Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-09-01

dy as mile stone to accommodate the stran
ger and wayfaring man with intelligence Of al
interesting character.oiEsH = 8ail edgi9ss1Bf n
al Can You entertain so many travellers, Ma.
damr
'Ireckon, please to light of, gentlemen,
was the calm reply: then running to the enc
of the house, she called to her three sons, who
were playing marbles there, tyou Homer, Vir.
gil, Milton, run to the big field and tell daddy
that there are heap Of gentlemen here, that al.
low to stay all night; and please to walk into
this room, or will yoi take cheers and sit in
the passage? 1T is, cooler aa, .+.s...' t..a,p
sSally,' continued my landlady, stell Becca
to make on fire, and tell Patsey and all the
other little niggurs torun downa few chickens
Jim, fetch piggin of water from the spring
,---shallI take your umbrella and whip, stran-
ger? How have you been Major?-how are
all your consarns?-you will stop and see your
oldacquaintance aort-a-neighborly-like once in
a whIle.--Sally, grind the Coffee (and n an
under tone) 'put in sprinkle past common,
for these are gentleman officers I'd.
'What mamma, them men with jeans on, Of
fcersF -l i5a4 g.ii Haii ar B5r9lgi ~ "
'No, child, but the height of them are; and
| don't know, Sally, that the jean coats make
any differance after all; married your daddy
in one, and Of all men in this yearth, he is the
most beautifullest ever seed.'
Nanny don't you think blue coat, with
whitelace on the collar, like the majors s,would
make daddy look better heap? a +.dj1 ssal
Z. AT this moment the old gentleman came in
to the yard, with his hat ilr his hand, wiping
the honest product Of labor from high and
manly brow, the deveopements, chronological
ly considered, as they opened to view through
the thin natural covering of good head, inti-
mated to us that neither cloth nor lace could
improve this fine specimen of the human fam
lily. ~ aalf4ee.y .as .a.al. tsr.
you have had a .disagrceable ride through
the prairies to-day, gentlemen. Homer, bring
this other gentleman cheer
''Thank you, ike my seat on the grass
sVirgil, you should never allow your old
friend, the Major, to sit Oh the ground--Run,
Milton, to the spring, and bring some cold wa
something we backwoodsmen would call "a
hickory above any body's persimmon.'
fThank you, Mr.. Estel, we have enough Ct
patriotism and good taste to believe this u
good article, as the Inspector on the levee
would say of the cargo of a broadhorn.' -..
'Well, l am glad you like it--may be you
would have little honey, Virgil and ask
your nanny for some honey for the Majorand
these other gentlemen officers, and these stran-
gers-I reckon you are land-looking, gentle
men?
Eyes, we are looking at the country lit
tle.' tGf - Ef' a.I1'1 a-t H5sas1' @ -.'
sWhat parts are you from, gentlemen?' ..
'We are from Madison county, Kentucky
was the reply. .--... .,... ..s.,.. ...,
Well, Pm from Scott Continued mine host,
and married in Bourbon, How do you like
Missouri r..-
' 'Like it?' was the emphatic reply-sthe
only difficulty is to know which quarter or sec.
ton of a million of good ones we have seen we
had best locate. We are in the same kind of
quandary that young nag is, when the crit
ter, is turned into the cornfeld-the animal
will run mile or two before he can begin on
hill of corn, the ears all look SO tempting
'Wel stranger let me ADVISE you, if you
settle on the edge Of prairie,to select the mu-
latto sofia crop never will fail on such land
through life.' 81, ...--........ "a .....s
At this stage of the conversation young Nil
ton came running to his mother, who had sent
him to hunt an egg to settle the coffee, with
-visage as wild as if he had just then heard Of
the loss of paradise, exclaiming breathlessly,
M lmmy! nanny! something must be done
with the old speckled hen, ,or she will kill some.
body afore longp gy 61--eal5acG % sgga
b. When the beauties Of tBoonslick,' Sugartree
bottom and the Blues, had been set out in bold
relief before the land hunters, and the relative
merits of timber and prairie fully Investigated,
supper was announced. Venison, chickens,
aud bear meat had already sent forth their hos
.pitabe efluvia, when our landlady came bus
tng into the room, clad in black silk dress
with which she had decorated her person as an
expression of cvility to her guests, more thar
from the pride of personal appearance. Wher
seated, the first movement she made was tc
blow into the mouth of the coffee pot to assure
herself that the passage was free, and then she
began TO distribute the beverage, while she en-
couraged her guests to proceed.
20 Help yourselves gentlemen, to such as you
like, if yon can find it on my table. Tea OF
coffee, MAJOR, forget which it is. Sugar ol
cream you don't takeP .-.-..
sCream, madam camp habit, acqired from
necessary prvation.' sl@ ~ .l11 la'.ee
STRANGER continued the kind, considerate
lady, Hmay poster you to carve that chicken
the Major would do tiff he could with one
hand. Twill you take cup of coffee, SIR
Sally, pass the gcntleman's plate;--Will you
sir, please to sugarize little more?-Mr
Milligan,. shall l. help your plate to a slice o
that bear meatl Stranger, take taturY,
tThank We, marm, ! does ,,, ,.s...s
In this free and easy mode the hospitalitie'
/ Of the frontier regions were dispensed; ant
after supper, lodging, and agood breukfas
were furnished, only fifty cents for each, mar
and horse,' was demanded on our departure.
HsJ OMSIBus LIRE "DowN EAsr."--The Bostol
Mercantile of yesterday has the following:
NATIVE -FLowERs,-A large omnibus pas