The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-05
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save what pltmnnss "a
huge black Fireplace. we 6kh 6ukd 0dt, BY feel
mails we're On tks tabie, sc oily III Ia had
found fork, and be could not carve, being the
very man who wss making mile StshiA Mp.
Neither would he give uplthe fork, unless soue-
body wsuld give him kpiye. N three RaaI eot
AT length Joe Day was made f6S nnddefSbt1tf
that we wanted light, and he .seoh paEtiallyltei
leved us from this difficulty inathe fsllowigG
novel manner. Lard oil spirit gaa, apd all the
other Inventions for Illuminating the world, that
have flashed and corruscated from Yankee inge9
nuity. must sink into nsignifcancss witsnN CONF
pared with this idea Of Ioe In "a few minutes he
ppeaI sS, hoda sls. Y gs S,sT ass
stream Of grease came down, to the great constef1
nation of gus all! It was plain that our emily
chance to still our craving appettes WAS justit0
seize on what was before us, and perhaps 70 de-
your it in the dark might only save US from q
knowledge Of some other vexation, Of which the
palate would fail to take cognizance, unaided BY
the eye;p 20 to it we fell tearing away lat ribs
and rolls in . manner anything else than Ehess
terfeldiaM ,S,
But, Joe Day, standing over Us with the Hams
ing fryng-psn, is something that Ought TO live on
canvass forever 4! The Indian was In his dancing
dress, covered with feathers and fringe, and bells
were rafting about him as he moved: His wild,
mischievons eye was glaring upon DC frem uiidef
the frying.pan, and there was something III ihs
face that made NJ fancy he Was not 0verraeaaed
with our presence. Eudeavpring 70, grew sQcla5
bic with him, one Of us observed ..t w, ,aea,
4 Joe, YOU are great mdn Here. = III
= Yes great man said Jbes 8ithoGt changing
any mnsels Of hin countsnAncey 70 give indication
Of expressim, but ssaripg.joF rather gIaxing still
under hs strange chandelier, glittterlps wiz. dr
Ola Psihs oldslsi yess,s, q 2' 81 s ,.
~ AU I'll SaiG NJ ses'ss \ pTsf
I'VE hayeaaite taken possession here joe
TUNED out Of house and home ONE. vi, az
Eyes. SaTs3 i'p s'Ais 1900 80
aoWe had every reason to believe thar Joe uns
derssood very well what we said, so 1hatghis
gruff and abrupt mp1osyl able seemed most sus-
piciously unconrteous. III II.
| During all this, our curiosity endeavored to
pierce the smoky gloom around TO gel, some
idea of the place we were ia butt positiye@ys
face under the frying-pan. Some low Indian
muttering in corner behind Us gave us 4 notion
Of persons in bed but we could see shoshing
around, above, or beneath, bur thick volumss Of
smoke, that made us wink and weep all the
time we were eating. Joe had some assistant
| in the Fireplace, to whom he spoke now and
then, and who replenished the lamp once when
Hit went out. This was his wlfe. rs we discov-
cred when we all went out again to the dance.
She was as jolly sample Of = woman as Mrs.
Gov. Armijo, Of Santa re, was in 1889, and she.
was as fair picture Of Falstaf in the feminine
as can ever have been known in tale or history.
i When we got seats again in the ballroom, an
old chief called ki-aquah, was leading the dan-
|Icers, and the sport was going on with increased
|,excitement -for il was getting late, and II was
Ievident that whiskey had been going round.
Whiskey rs forbidden among them, and heavy
i fine is exacted by government from anybody
4 caught selling it to them. Shawnee caught
drinking is also compelled TO tell who sold him
the liquor, or pay penalty, SO thar they can
only obtain drink clandestinely, as they do, how
ever, continually, and make use Of it in secret.
stealing away in twos and threes, and pulling
glass tasks out Of their bosoms, behind the trees,
with great caution. y, s $500.
Tired at length with the strange scene, and,
with the ceaselsss din Of the key drum ringing
in our ears we got Joe to show 9s'whsre Ia
sleep, and we soon found ourselves in the other
| room of the Day mansion, where sufliciency Of
old beds, blankets, and bui4l0 robes, lay scat
tered about to keep us warm. Certain creeping
fears came over US as We lay down, TOO horrible
to mention there was no help for ouf situ-'
alton, and we }resolutely addressed ourselves to-
sleep, despite The din Of the drum, which con-
tinuing without, and the Pickering of the frying
pan lamp, which Joe had left for us in the fire.
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