Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-01

l sides the NIississippian yelping on ter
| there was another Of the same II fib(
, in the inside, who could initiate The
braying of an, ass to perfectiop+:
melody which he kept up in rivalry
} with his friend and partner aloft
Add to these an Alabamian who sang
\ negro songs; a Rock River IllinoisaI
who whooped like an Indian; Tex
Ian that played the mustang, or wild
i horse Of the prairies, and besides
kicking the bottom nearly from the
stage, neighed and Whinneyed till the
VERY teamIhorses on the road respon-
ded to the note, and FIVE others who
did nothing but scream and laugh to
fill up the concert, and you have be-
fore you q set Of the happiest mad
Drained rosterers that ever astonished
the monarch Of stage-horse.
At this place We were destined to
sup and lodge; and accordingly, in
the due course Of time, we. were all
seated at the board, where We had
| the satisfaction of being tyrannised
over both mine host and mine hostess,
the one glup, yet facetious, the 9th
er ugly as ill-temper, and naughty as
la'princess. There was nothing at all
remarkable in the esupper, which was
no better ndr wor$ Q than usual, ex-
cept the total absence Of that sine qua
non of a ViFglnian table, fried chick
ens-and, indeed, Of chickens in
every shape, there not being 50 much
as wing orclaw on the table. This
omission producing a gentle interrog-
tatory, somewhat in the tone of gex-
postuIation, from one Of the NIissis-
sippians, (who, as well as all the 9th
er travellers, it is proper to say, was
now playing the part Of very mod
est, well-behhved young gentleman,) \
mine host very wittlly gave US to
understand, at was all our own
fault, seeingIthat the diabolieal noise
we had made, while apprehending the
house, had scared all his fowls into
the mountaihs.' . This the Mississip-
ian declared, reminded hin. Of Cap
tain Dohb's chickens, in Kentucky
which, he had the captain s own words
for it, no SOD ner caught sight of d
traveller apr reaching, than they i'm
mediately td ok to their heels, being
well aware, from long experience, as
Captain Do ibis said, that the visit
of a stranger was certain death to
them. |
Before we had finished supper, a
thirteenth guest made his appear
ance-a tall, raw-boned Yankee ped
lar, it seemed, who drove up in his
little wagon through d shower that
had begun I'd fall, and presently en-
tered the suBper-roon, bearing a pair
of saddle-bas Is, which he laid beside
him with gr4at care, as if afraid its
contents should be injured, If placed
out of his protection. He had a |
very meek, solemn, unpresuming,
solit tary look and rather sneaked IN
to than took chair. at the foot of
the table; wi Iere he waited very sub1I
missively for the cup of coffee, which
my landiady| deigned, after sundryl
contemptuo4s looks, and five minutes
Of delay, to SEND him. On the Wholel
he did not seem to produce any mord |
favorable impression upon my fellow |
travellers, who left him to consumd
his chickenless supper by himself
while they proceeded to the bar-room
to resolve a doubt which had entered
the head of the Mississippian, Gap1I
tain Dobbs's friend-to wit, whether
the thunderIof their approach had
not killed alh the mint plants, and so
deprived thdm Of then, julips. This
was fortunately proved not to be the
case; the young gentlemen concocted
their sleeping draughts, smoked their
seears, SETTLED the affairs of the na-
ton, and thd d, having received a hint
that such was the will and pleasure
of the Landlord, assembled to the trav-
eller's room to seek their beds.
This TRAVELLERS room was the gar
ret, or the half there the other
moiety being partitioned of, and ap-
Piled to SOME other purpose; and as
it was neither ceiled nor plastered,
it presented no very striking look of
luxury or d pmfort. BUTT exhibited
the rare and captivating spectacle of |
a dozen different beds, in which each
man was to possess for one night at |
least, the dppines4 of sleeping with !
out bed fellow. The beds we're, |
moreover, all singld ones, one onlyI