Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-14
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Puaipers and Suckers.

base Of the Allegheny mountains.
My stopping place WAS a small, din
gy-loohing, neutral tinted, two-story
drunkard-7niaking establishment
which glofied in the significant APP
pellGon 6f 'The Hunters Home. L
IA few rude men, who, to my eyes,
appeared Oddly dressed, without tlle
least re gard TO any principles Of tasLe
Tor of "a khihn their garments being
partly of skins of animals killed BY
their @ Fn hands, and partly of coarse
cloths fatlwithout regard to any 9th
Ter idea than That Of comfort, with hats
'of as n any different shapes as there
were Ii adk to wear them, were ldll-
ling abPut the bar room. Some OF
Chem lad q powder-born thrown oTer
I.thcir shoulders, and long-barrelled
>musllct id their hands. And one or
two, in addition these, were embel-
lishod With rabbits, squirrels and
birds, WHICH they hhd recently SHOT.
! now understood the appropriateness
Of the mamie Of the tavern.
AsI STEPPED to the door to escape
The odor of the various drinks upon
which the returned sporlsmen were
luxnratiag, my attention was at
,raet6l UPWARDS BY a mysterious
crebkit K, sluill sout 4, which fell at
irregular intervals upon the ear, and
which | So on discovered. proceeded
from a sign suspended from the limb
.of a large elm in front Of the house,
which the wind took the liberty Of
keeping in constant motion. 1t was
significantly decorated on one side
with huge bowl, and on the other
with quart-pot, rejoicing under a
high crown Of light foam, which On
one side, was flowing over, appearing
like bea4tiful white plume, grace
fully ben ding from The cor6net
above.
/ On thq right side .of tie front
door was a long, tudely-coustruetfd
bench, which appe3 red af though il
had been used from timd immemori-
vi. for no other puinose than to &C
eommodate the idlerB Of the village,
with material on Which 10 test the
/ temper Of their XII YES, and, Rt The
same tind, to try their own still in
carving; as it was covered With etters
and figures of all shapes and sid les
Whilst occupying one end Of I'll is an
1ique, eld borated SCAT, watchih be the
y3riegated and cons .antly cha nging
hues produced BY tbe rays Of ii DO set
ding sun upon that Wild MOI lntain
scenery. | heard a rumt Hing which,
;Is. it gradually grew louder, seemed
like the approach Of distant thu nderl
1t was Heard in the bar-room, and
brought the men to the door
Il must away, " said one--a long.
lanll, taway fellow, with a garment
somewhere between coat and a jack
ct, made Of bear skin "a storm S
brewing, and If I aia't on hand my
old woIna n II have the mysteries, .
emphasizing the first syllable. "She
is dreadfqily skeeral at lightning ev-
er since q flash set my hay a fire, kills
ed the COW, and stiltened Etle Tom,
so that all we had to do was 10 put
him in Ills coffin and bury him up. .
"Not s. fast, ''replied another, the
promiDen feature Of whose dress con-
sisted of tail. steeple-shaped white
fqlt. '.Not 50 fstas that. / reckon
ypur woman don't hear That. if she
did, it would take something more
chan thuh der, MANI Gctured by wag-
on wheels and dirt tb Grighten her. :
That's nothing but the pumpars ind
suclers.''
"Gladofit, said Bear-skin. ''IFor
I want To kill some Ellington supper
before Igo home. But your story
about the pumping is too much for
me to swallow. There's no truth in
it."
"Whatll YOU betR I'll sta Ike my
against YOUR Fail-n3t. /"
at faint no use Slay-bear's a
good piece, I know, / brought down
an eagle whit, OF ice; but Fail-not
kills as much game las ] want. Be-
sides, my old Donna IN tells me | had
better not bet, and | think a sight of
her Judgment"
During the unsu fcessfnl q attempt
to get their musketb stakedI against |
each other, the cause Of the mysteri- |
Gus sound was developed by the APP
ii the distah bee, of eight or
line large baggage wagons, drawn
some by four, and others by SIX hor-
,es.
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