Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1851-01-22
A REAL LIVE YANKEE.

Whoever travels through New England
says the Sunday Mercury, and notices the
eccentrlci,ies of some of the natives, can
not fail 10 be amused; and may derive ma
ny new ideas in respect 10 etymology and
diversity of character.
Some years since, an acq naintance Of ours
set out on horseback from Massachusetts
to the Green Mountains in Vermont-
While travelling through the town of New
Selim, his road led into piece of wood
some five miles in length, and long before
he got out of which he began to entertain
doubts whether he should be blest with the
sight OF human habitaton; but as all things
must have an end, SO at last had the woods,
and the nut brown house of the farmer greet
ed his vision. Near the road was a tall,
raw-boned, overgrown, lantern iawed boy,
probably seventeen years of age, digging
potatoes. He was curious figure TO beh old
What was lacking in length of his tow
breeches, was amply made up for behind !;
his suspenders appeared TO be composed of
birch bark, grape vine and sheep skin and
as for his hat, which was Of dingy white
fell-poor thing it had once seen better
days, but now, alas! it was only the sha-
dow of his glory.
Whether the ,empests Of time had beaten
The top IN, or the lads expanding genius
burst II out, was difficul. to tell a, any rate
it was missing; and through the aperture
red hairs IN abundance stood six ways for
Sunday. In short he was one of the rough
est specimens Of domestic manufacture that
ever mortal beheld. Our travelling friend
now feeling an itching to scrape an acquaint-
ance with the crilier, drew up the reins Of
his horse, and began:
"Hallo, my good friend, can you inform
me how far it is to The next house -
jonathan started up, leaned on his hoe
handle, rested one foot on the gambrel of
his sinister, leg, and replied:
"Hullu, yourself. How'd-dew! Well,
just can. 'Taint near so far as it used to
be afore they Gu. the woods away-then,
twas generally reckoned four miles, but
now the sun slrivels up the road and dom.
make more'n tew. The first you come to
is barn, and the next is a hay-stack bu,
old Hoskin's house is on beyant. You'll
be sure TO meet his gals long afore you gel
there tarnal rompin' critters, they plague
our folks more'n little. His sheep gel
into our pasture every day, and his gals in
the orchard. Dad sets the dog arter the
sheep. and me arler the gals, and the way
we make the wool and short gowns fly, is
sin 10 snakes"
81 see you are inclined to be faceious,
young man; pray tell me how it happens
that one Of your legs is shorter than the
other. ! would like TO know.''
81 never lows any one to meddle with
my grass tang lers, mslur but seeing IT'S
yew, I'll tell ye. ] was born SO at my
.icular request, so that when hold plow,
can 90 with one foot in the furrow, and
,'other foot on the land, and not lop over
besides il is very convenient when ! want
to NOW round a side hill. lis just the
thing stranger"
"Very good, indeed ; how do your pota-
toes come on this year?"
''Thev dom, come on at all; digs 'em
out, and there's an everlasting snarl of 'em
in each hill"
but they are small, perceive"
Yes, know it; you see we planted
some whoppIn' big blue noses over in that
'ere patch there, and they 1ourlshed so all
fired, that these 'ere s,opt growing jist out
of spite, cause they know'd they couldn't
begin to keep up"
"You appear to be pretty smart, and
should think you could afford "a better hat
than the one you wear"
"The looks amt no,hin'-il's all in the
behavior This 'ere ha, was my religious
Sunday-go-to-m meetn' hat, and its ust as
chock full Of goodness now as the dog is
full Of heas. I've better one to hum, bu1
don'I dig ta,ers in i, no how"
You have been in these parts some time
| should guess -
81 guess so tew. | was born'd and go
my broughlin' up in that ere house, but my
native place is down in Pordunk."
"Then you say i, is about three and 6
half miles to the mex, house :"
yes, sir; twas a spell ago, and ! dom
b'Iieve its crowd much shorter SINCE"
"Much obliged. Good BY"
"Good-bye to you-lha''s darn slick
horse Of yourn.''