Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-11-10
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-percha perseverance and rmness
of Yankee fpsddler1 Just about none, we guess;
if any doubt the feasibility Of our little sketch
and staaiaa sc notion peddler in pursuit of trade
Under difficulties, they had better come down East
and study the scritter'' as we, have. - &c.
Not far south of Mason & Dixon's Line is place |
known as Bowling Green, in that vast and sandy
State of Virginia 1t is great point for political
eaucuses and lawproceedings, poor whiskey, but
better prouender for man and beast. q ezt
Some years ago, a noted politician, who had
great propensity for whiskey, andsspouting shadi-
speare and other dramatic poets, took drop too
much one day, and that, with other ups and downs
in life, made such inroads upon Col. Cannon--as
we shall call him, inasmuch as he was or had been
rather, great gun and his intellect. as tocause
his friends to look after him. Ergo, he was taken
up and carried off to the Lunatic Asylum and kept
some months. ses95 : sts's5s.s3 ..7 .T e.
Along towards fall, peddler, mounted upon
wagon-a sort of Noah1s Ark of all manner of
merchandise and notions--came drifting along
down towards Bowling Green. By the side of the
swamp, upon the edge-of a rather dense bog OF
woods, perched upon a dead tree, In rather for
1ndable attitude, uspeddlerespes good looking,
comfortably y-dressed, farmerish sort of a person,
watching the approach of his wagon. .esE
Driving square up to the stranger, our Yankee
pokes his head forward, and dropping the reins
upon his knees, he props his sharp elbows upon
his sharper thighs, in the most approved, oldfash-
ioned style of taking quiet repose for convention
al purposes, and says he s- sss-- 5tt,-s
"Hoo'h, Kit Haow dye deu, Squire! Nice
evenin' this a S, .s,S.ss
The stranger not yet having moved from his po-
sition, but fixed staue upon pedestal, eyes
Yankee moment, and then says he IF.
ssFrom whence comest thou-from the noun
tains .''sss $50 - sa
'Mountaingsa Salvation's sake alive, no I'm
clean away from Connecticut valley; faint much
mountaings we have araound there, Squire
Rocks, hills, boulders, and water-paower, enough
though, guess, Square, tu build mill big enough
tu grind all creation into brick-dust !! I've got
some of the shckest stuff here, for Shawn and
blackin be'oots, yeou ever did see. guess. Bet
ter thy it, Squire said the peddar, rglancng at
the muddy and dusty boots and long beard Of the
stranger. ssss!55ss ss4.s@s.z - - szzS 81
s'Throw physic to the dogs-Hll none Of it, p
exclafms the stranger. in very good style.
sPhis-ick!. echoes the pedder, "who in saliva
ton said anything about phis-ick IF yeoa want
any phiz-ickin', I've got the stuff herel take the
kinks aout on ye quicker'n razor'd slip threw a
pound of milkey butter; here she is, Squire %
sthe Yankee, rummaging in a box at his Ell
bow, and producing paper of bottles highly or
namented with Illuminated labels. .The Extract
of Liberty grand cona-paound of abaout every
thing under hevings, from sassyfrax to billed iber-
ty-poles, a-a-and, Squire, the fact may seem a
little startlin but lisa fact-tried it my
self-so popla sis this .Extractof Liberty that
people git sick Jest for the luxury Of takin' the
darned stuff to cure 'em - sss..z
81 do remember me an Apothecary,' musingly
began the stranger. ssez.ezs..
"Pothecaries = responded the peddler; adon't
remember 'em! O-o-o! Jeemes Rirer, don't | +!
and tncture-o'- '-tubub about enough tu kill an ele
phant. Salyation's sake thought T should die,
in spite of pepper and SALT doun at the heel abeout
as zoao as feller could git. Say Squire, better
let me sell you some of this patent, -trated
shayin' lie, Essence of Liberty or heow'd yeou
like to tradefor some fsh-hooks (fumblng over
his stock) raal cheap jack-knives, buttons, war;
ranted to wear five generations, and good for the
young 'uns clothes then !'' - s - 5sz.zz
AesAh !! what's them!'' says the stranger, who
had got up alongside the wagon, and was
leaning forward, observing the peddler's goods
and Clothes as item after item of the various box
eswere thrown open. *.'e'
ssWhat are these % and grasping at bundle of
adozen ugly looking pocket-dirks and long knives,
the stranger drew one and brandished it in the
air, and with grand attitude, says he, Ia Othel-
fc-5sss ssss So 80 -s-f 9gse -s-sg-
aWith this good sword and this little arm, ,(about
the size of modern Hercules, 1 can make my
way through more impediments than twenty times
your stop {" -
''Stop ?" says the Yankee, not deeply attracted
by the rather suspicious movements of the stran-
ger.slHWall, I guess yeou.d better stop, ha ha {!
tell yeou Squire, that's keen knife-none of
yeour sheetiron, leaden-p -pinted hardware in them,
BY a darn sight! Here's another; handle 'em
keerfully; dr-e-e-adful keen aiged; cut like ra-
shdre; sell yeou that fo-r-r WALL seein' it's pooty
nigh sun-down,. and most time to put up. I'H sell
yeou one of them pieces of cutliry for ten dollars
and a half. Cheap as mud; it's, by natur !''
81 want to buy million dollars worth of knives
and pistols, and swords and guns, and cross-bows,
and cannons, and spikes and spears,'' says the
stranger, handling now the knives and then the
razors, and various other implementsof of use orna-
ment and danger, in the modern ark of the latter
day Noah. sz se sss .a '+s's sse ,g+sss 60 1.-s
sEverlasting religion!" exclaimed the peddler j;
cha! ha why, | guess, Squire, you're goin' intu
the war business, in a hullsale way I! I'd like to