The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-06-27

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for Judgment and execution went hand in
! hand.
The Steward, and indeed the whole
household, treated the Chief Cook with
much respect, as well for his valuable ser
vices as for his general good character and
pleasing manners.
! 1t was while preparing the Thursday or
| Congress dinner that Uncle Harkless shone
in all his splendOr. During his iabors up
on this banquet he required some half
dozen aprons and napkins out of number.
Ii was surprising the order and discipline
that was observed in SO bustlihg scenee.
His underlngs flew in ali directions to ex
ecute his orders. while he, the great mas
ter spirit, seemed TO possess the power of
ubiquity, and 10 be everywhere at the same
moment.
When the Steward. in snow white apron
silk shorts and stockings, and hair i'll full
powder, placed the rst dish on the table.
the clock being on the stroke of four, ceas-
ed 1.-The labors of Hercules"
While the masters of the republic wee
engaged in discussing the savory viands Of
the Congress Dinner, the Chief Cook re-
tired 10 make his toilet for an evening
promenade. HIS perarisi,es from the
slops of the kitchen were from one to two
hundred dollars wear. Though homely
in person he lavisi,ed the most of these
large avails upon dress. In making his
! toilet, his linen was of uneXceptlonable
whiteuess and quality, then black silk
shorts, ditto waistcoat, ditto stockings,
shoes higly polished. with large buckles
covering considerable part of the foot,
blue cloth coat with velvet collar and
bright metal buttons, long watch chain
dangling from his fob, n cooked hat, and
gold headed cane completed the grand cos
) tune of the celebrated dandy (for there
were dandies in those days) of the Presi-
dents kitchen.
Thus arrayed, the Chief Cook invara
bly, passed out the front door, the Porter
making low how. which was promptly
returned. Joining his brother loungers Of
the pave, he proceed up market street, at-
tracing considerable attention, Market
street being, in the old time. the resort
where fashionables did most congregate.
Many were not little surprised on hehol-
ding so extra"rdinary-a parsonage, while
others who knew him would make for
NAL and respectful bow, that they migh
receive in return The salute of one Of the
/ mos, polished gentlemen and the veries,
dandy of nearly sixty years ago.
The CoAcHMAN.-JohnF Pagan, by birth
, Hessian, tall and burly in person, was
al accomplished coachman in every res.
pect, He understood tie mechanism of d
carriage, and could take 10 pieces and pu
together again all the parts, should he
meet with any accident on his road. He
drove the President the whole tour of the
United States, from Portsmouth 10 SavaE
nah, in the white chariot built by Clark OF
Philadelphia. without the slightest acci-
dent or misfortune happening in SO long a
journey.
On the Presidents return Clark was in
attendance TO learn the success of what he
, deemed his masterpiece of coach making
No sooner had the horses stopped at the
t door of the Presidential Mansion than the
| anxious coachmaker was under the body
Of the white chariot, examining everything
with careful and critical eye, till Fagar
shouted from the box. "All right MIR
/ Clark; all right, sir; not bolt or screw
started in a long journey and over the deV
lis own roads" The delighted mechan-
ic now found his hand grasped in that o
, the President, who complimen,ed him up
, on his workmanship, assuring him that II
: had been sufficiently tested in great We
| riety of very bad roads.
l Clark, the hapPiest of men, repaired tc
his shop, in sixth street. where he inform
; ed his people of the success of the white
chariot, the account of which he had re
ceived from the President own lips
when the day ended in a jollification a
: the coachmaker's.
John Kruse succeeded Pagan. He was
, a steady, estimable man, and having beer
bred in The Austrian cavalry; was perfect
ly conversant with horses. He was ar
, excessive smoker, his meershaum neve
being out Of his mouth, excepting at meal:
or on the coach box.
The stables consisted of ten coach anC
saddle horses. and the white chargers, a
coachman, and two grooms. Of the char
/ gers the one usually rode by the Chic
was named Prescott. He was fine pa
rade horse, purely white, and sixteen
hands high. He was indifferent to the
fire of artillery, the waving Of banners
and the clang of martial instruments, bu'
had very bad habit of dancing about on
the approach of carriage, habit very
annoying to his rider, who although a
master in horsemanship, preferred to ride
as quietly as possible, especially when
y during his Saturdays ride, he would NEE