Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-27


Down Easter, attlred in one Of those cost.
umes which are now nowhere 10 be me,
with except upon the sta age,a toll bsll.crown.
Cd white hat, short wasted blue coat, with
snormous pewter buttons, a ves, as .yaller'
as q barberry blossom, pair Of cerduroys
whose highest ambition seemed to main tain
their ascsndency over a pair Of enormous
cowhides that had .rodden many hundred
nailes Of logging paths, might have been
sssn, jack. knife and shingle in hand, wind.
ing his way up Long wharf, in the realiza-
: sion OF his lifelong anticipations of 'seein
Boston, At the corner OF Merchants
Row, his progress was arrested by the
numbering transit Of two.story house on
wheels, drawn by half dozen yoke Of
oxen. with the people inside pursuing their
usual ayocasions.
What on airth is tha. erel he asked Of
bysiander.
Oh! nothing, replied the 'towney,' the
folks are only moving that's all. When
We move down here--we do j. house and
oil. ...-..
Js,rusalefnl Wall tha, beats oil mater.
Wall cap'n what's that ere big stun house
over the lefti
That's,he new Custom House. lis a
mighty bad loeation-but they are going
10 move it next week.
Thunder aud Molasses! it'll take all the
oxen ln creation for to start her.
Oh! they use elephants for moving such
large buildings.
And how many elephants I'LL taks7
Upwards of hundred. The Yankee
cut deep cash in his shingle and walked
on.
He next inquired for the Adams House,
for be had heard Tell of that, and was de.
iermined to progress during his juvsnilety,
aware Of the impossibility OF doing SO at O
more advanced nge.
He soon found The tavern and the 'dea.
CON- and ordered accommodations, liberal.
iy 'darning the expenses Having slick.
Cd up, little, he witnessed with some a.
mnxement The operations of servant on
the gong simply rsmarking that he know'd
what sheet lightn,n' was, but this was the
frst time he'd ever heard of shse, thunder.
BE followed the crowd into the dining hall,
and was ushered to q seat, where he en-
sconced himself Iucking lis towel under his
chm with q sort Of desperation as if he was
going 10 be shaved or scalPed.
The sight OF the covered dishes added to
his nmnzelnent. bod dern ii! he exclaim
ed, if ever .heerd of cnokin on the table!
bui here the'ye gone and sot tin kitchen:
aii overfhe lot. Whar's the IRE 10 coms
ffotn-thu.'s Whist I'D like 10 know?
He got along with the soup very well
and was pausing for breath before he fin
ished il, when a waiter snalched his plate
Rway, and was running off with il.
Hello! you sir! yoeiferaled the Yanke,
Esee you-feich that ere back qu,cker'l
link lighrning,or else you'll hsv your hea.
punched.
his plate was returned, and he fnishe
his soup with dignity. After waiting
momen. he raised bis voice again, and sum
moned the often ling waiter slernly.
kaikilate TO s.arYe me?
No, sir.
Wal-wby don't sou fe,ch on some ire.
fodder-darn We!
There's the carte, sir.
Where's the cart? And what in thur
der am / to do with the cart when I've gt
III Look out. 700 pesky sarpint, Or you
eafch it.
The bill of fare.
! don't pay my bill till I've had my fod
dsf.
Tho waiter humbly explained bis NEAR
ing.
WHAT'S all these crack. jaw names mean
Give me something plain and heariy-bi
ed corr beef-while look over this pape
and see what I'LL hey. The meat wa
brought him.
Hold on! Was the mex. order. What
this herea Mace a-Read it, wont yo
sir.
Maccaroni, sir.
All right cap'n-hurry it up.
The dish was brought.
The eternal cuss! roared the Dow
Easter ef haint as great mind as eve
. lshad to ker-whollp yer. and make an OK
ample Of ye on the spot. What do yo
mean BY running your rigs on me jest be
casse Im stranger in these parts2-
Take away yer darned boiled pipe.slen
and fetch us some cabbage. That's righl
And now squire, some vinegar.
Vinegar'sin the caster sir, returned tn
waiter, and made good his retreat.
In the castors, is it hey? soliloquise
Yankee, nnd where in thunder is the cas-
tor
: The young gentlemen opposite pushe
ittowards him. He looked ut it took tn
stopper out of the bottom; turned it up
But all the cruets manifested desire /
illustrate The laws Of gravity and leape
from their locations, and the Yankee wu
compelled to set it down again.
Jerusalem, he exclaimed. This here
curious contrivance, and no mistake
How On air.h am TO get at the tarnal vii
eGari-pll try il once more.
4aAgnin ne cantedfhe castors, but this tim
~ the stopples tumbied out.
81 fhuuderation, he roared, here's pret,
mess Darn it aili-here l've got II
darned castor oil in my gravy, and II
yallsr on my tater. Darn that thing l sa,
Ny friend, said the gentlemen opposit
With q strong control over his risibie mu
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