The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-02-29
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A NIGHT IN THE ALLEgHENjE,
A 6rAOE coAoR aT45Rv

N'O'y ''Sh nl'NdiuJ ediu
tao inqrisitivc youth, with ligh. hair and
blee eyes.
'i'hat / win friend, and swear 10 every
word if Necessary replied the doguhty cap.
taih.- - That ! viii, and iCs as true story
az ever came from tho lips of man. You
sce The light On your !eft there y
Some distance down tho valley y
The very ganies 1t shines from the old
tavein window The old house glands On
tho old read, which wao uaod before we had
andy turnpike in tho Aleghenes. Wen,
you see, tho tavern was kept by a tnan who
was once in the French Army, and was gen.
orally believed TO have descted from Ma.
poiaaiis as he always spoke hard Of him. -
Its many years since, and The country was
wildef Then than tits now !hcdgh--thunder.
drisers what jolt!- wild enough ye:--
| wonder II taggago is safe ON this unchirs.
Nah road-1-i'm very careful Of baggage, Nav
ing rof many years before the war and since,
been travelling mcrchanh commonly cal
LED pedlef--'
! A fine business captain for getting a
knowledge Of tho county, Interrupted his
companion,
First Fate, sii, irsl ra;e-2.ahd much mdfe
honotable formerly than now, when every
body is his c"n merchant, or has store a,
his elbow Faith mint .he time when The
PedIafs were welcome visitorsj aye, sir
when / was in my prime--5ut what's the
use CT going over it! The glory CT the
business has Departed
Trte, ahd the stage coach and ,ha drl-
v6rs themselves must soon follow, 10 make
way for putting, swearing, rampant sieam.
Bat to the story, captain
Wellj the ligh! we caw but now, was
from the old tavern window. Us no tay-
ern now, however, but farm kouse, occus
pied by the Uultvator Of the cleared srot
around, 1t was dreafy November ever
ing many yearc ago that had stopped there,
nay horse had been cared fer inlhe rough shed
that served for a stable, and ate a hearty
supper CT potatoes and venison, washed
down with a goodly portion Ur whishey
teddy. Temperance and teetotal societies
were not in vogue in thoso days, ncr were
the lumbcrmcn Of this region very abs,em-
ious' After supper | eat by the roaring fire
of the barlroom hearth, annexed cigar
frcn my best loti and chatled with the half
French landlord. don't know why it was,
but lel. uneasy and had to force myself
TO endure his company! Several times |
fancicd caught him looking at me as if his
purpose were evil, and once fancied he
winkcd TO his wife, who was a moet urin.
wiling looking A traveller, sclcrably well
dressed, who had arrived before me, had fal-
len asleep, and was snoring on bench a.
gains! the wall. My pack, or stock in trade,
was slowed in one corner, and great dog,
my travelling companion, in the opposite.
In this way tho evening was spent I'LL nine
O'Clock, the hour for retiring, when my host
lighted me up the ladder with a huge pine
torch, and | threw myself on the course
bed, when exhausted nature seen yielded TO
tho Influence OF sleep. My dog had fol-
lowed me uP the ladder by the landlords
help, aud lay at The foot of the bed.
BGI it Is necessary, in ordsr to give an
idea Of my situation, that should describe
the tavern. 1t was low building of logs
twenty-five feet long by half the number
broad, oae division Of the lower story, used
as parlor hall and bar-room, and the other
as q kitchen, eating room and a chambsr (oi
The landlord and his wife. The second s!s
y was kind OF a garrct, the clapsboard roof
9eiug raised on each eide about two feet
rom the floor, and joining in cone in the
h!ddle' In this aparlmen! tslept, occupy
ne ooe OF the Iwo straw beds which were
spread on the floor. At each end of the
'oom was hole in the gable, (Which was
'uilI up Of logs, shortened gradually, till