The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-01-09
RY A GOTHAMlTE.

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One fine morning in the latter part OF June, 1880
jumped into an old and clumsy vehicle srawm Dy lwo
horses, supplied with good driver, umbrellas, and
the various little appendages requisite lot snoi IRA
vel in the wilds Of the west and had as they say "a
fair start for of sixty miles into the interior
rode for several miles along the beautiful banks Of
the river Rasin, as it Winds in ssrpentine mode,
through the heart of of the richest countries with
which liberal creator has favored the globe OF HIS
creation ~. ..l
The sun shone in all his unsullied splendor-the
birds gratifed my ear unpaid and unrequlted, with
their soft natural, and delightful music say un-
paid for the pleasure was much enhanced from That
fact-fOr the tones and sounds which are PAD ior-
bought-for which we give an equivalent IN the pre-
sentation of portion of the circulating medium, are
not half so sweet and haowed in their nhuence-not
thousandth part SO much PRICE as the music which
God freely gives us as We wander DER his helds-
thread our way through His forests sail along His
calm ana placid rivers. said unrequited-but not so
lit was requited by that fixed attention and graied
feeling much better than money or any thing base or
pecuniary. .HN fN
left off, my dear reader-excuse this long digres.
sion but who would not digress when the music OF
birds was flowing into the ear Of his fond remen-
brance-by stating that the soft music OF nature
lovely songsters was gratifying my soul-the garment
with which nature was covered was of the freshest
richest greenest verdure-thc full fohage OF the trees
hang around my path--howers IN their wld iuxuri-
ance bedecked my road-and every thing consplIea 10
duoPlSAouS,
was plain blunt good spoken fellow, always ready
for a ioke and maintaining that habltua cneeriuiness
of countenance indicative OF com ort and peace OF
mind TO its possessor and nfuslng INTO all VINO came
IN contact with it, portion of that happiness OF feel
inc 30 delightfully."- manifested in the physognomy. .
He had that independent feeling characterislng all
the inhabitants of the west in peculiar degree and
considered that honorable employment should
cause distinction in the respect an individual ought
TO feel for himself receive from others II he bought
cigars on the road Of which were both very fond,
and by the way, they are capital things TO keep on
bugs and musqutos-feely and literally did he wish
me to share them with him, and with all his little
ick-nacks expecting that the generosity should
be extended to him. which expectation, fiatter my
SELF was not disappointed He considered himself as
much the gentleman, as one who had been born and
nurtIred in the lap Of refinement and all at the west
are on an equality their own estimation in these mat
fers have invariably joined in with this feeling dur
ing my tarryn Michigan, and by so doing have trust
secured many valued friends, among all ranks and
many young men from eastern cities, assuming man.
ners at the west certainly unc0ngena with the nha-
bitants which would not be tolerated in the society
they had been accustomed to at home and resulting
IN an ll-will and unpspularty, inducing discomforl
from the treatment their conduct called forth, or
sudden departure from the country of their adoption
enjoyed myself very much with this goedly driver
finding him free, pleasant companlonable iellow.-
4 I'd Iaay prove laughable to my readers
He said that "wild chap called at tavern in one
Of the small interior towns OF Michigan and spent
night and part of day. During his stay ne was very
no,sy and obsreperous much to the annoyanceof ALL
when the hour arrived fixed upon for his departure
he called out to the landlord in a rough and ungany
way, inquring what he should pay him. The landlord
answered, "fve dollars" "Fve dollars" exclaimed
the fellow-"I should like you 10 make out a bill"
SO the host made out q bill and handed il to him. He
took the evidence Of debt and read il over silently
Presently he bawled out, "here landlord, you've got
down two shlings for tea, four shlllngs for lodging
49, l, Ill
for noise and two shlRgs for ertra noise, and nowt
only comes to four dollars and half Now land
lord, how much do You charge for one good yeuY'
al shall charge you half dollar" replied the de-
: gave a tremendous yel-jumped on his horse, and
rode Oft as much amused himself at the incident as
the landlord and his guests.
SO much for Michigan story.
We stopped at a small village TO obtain some re.
freshments, where found man, with whom had
before come i'm contact at a different place, keeping
the public house He had, when knew HIM before,
been acting the part of Minister of the Gospel Lecu-
rer on INDICATION and ocnooimns'er, ana oeheve,
Professor of Psalmody. Now he was duly indicted
into the office Of landlord and lmbblng the universal
spirit of speculation pervading the whole West was
very DESTROYS of selling me an interest in his proper,
ty, which he had bought on time" He enlarged
most feelngy the peculiar advantages attaching 10
his real and personal estate, some of which no one
could see but himself and wound up, as | expected,
by saving that he would like to sell certain in
cheap, and aim sst all on long une, re-
ouiring only little cash in hand just by way OF bind
ing the bargain.
Not being very desrous of making investment,
I refused his kind offers, leaving him to exercise his
wits on some individual more gullble than the writer,
in disposing Of his most invaluable property. We
rode along through wide spread oak openings they
are called being large tracts of land covered rather
sparsely with oaks, till night began to fling her sable
mantle over the scene around US, when he came in
sight of the "new city, Of Petersburg, situated on the
River Raisin which here displays long beautiful
curve, about twenty-five miles from its mouth We
halted at the neat tidy and inviting looking lnn con-
GLIDING to spend the night inasmuch as long stretch
of heavily trnbered land beforeus and our weary
limbs sufficiently "used up by the long ride Of the
day The landlord and landlady, Mr.. Adams and
his wife, from Rochester were very polite and agree
able. They provided us with an excellent meal, and
first rate coffee as a beverage This very an
axpscod treat rs the and coffee at the West gen.
orally, are only fit for the dogs
held long and pleasant chat with the good hos
tess, who ~ the way was noble looking, agreea-
BILE and very interesting woman. She had been
eustomed to different mode of life than she was now
asked her the usual question:" how she liked the
-~esseyu cornuy2" She answered 'thatbe expecta-
Tins had not been fully realized" But said my
seod madam. YOU seem to be well supplied with The
.sosd things Of this life and every thing around WOW
wears an inviting aspect" "Yes sir, we have some
comforts but they the result OF tedious labor and
un6rine industry"
any good madam, you well know tha, cons,an,