The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1853-04-30

tended door, ana 'dld up the shoW!-
Gave them touch of Shakespeare first,
down east Yankee next, high Dutch and
low Dutch discourseS, comic songs
aided by the calico coat, red nose, COR
ked eyebrows, and chip hat--gave gen
eral satisfaction to the various good-na-
tured and jolly-diSpoSitioned congrega-
tions, to which held forth in 'Elocu-
ton and Music along the way. rt
AT Salisbury, N. C., my compagnon
de voyage fell in with stray uncle, a
planter in that neighborhood, and plo-
posed to stop there a few days. for
tunately fell in with party of bon viv-
ants at the Rowan House, and sat down
for several days with Col Crawford and
bis friends, and had a remarkle good
time Accepting a seat in a new car
riage of a Mr.. Hague, who was going
down to Concord to yet married. |
started of, gave one Of my rccAeyche
grand concerts, netted something less
than an Italian Operas expenses, and
moved on to Charlotte, thence to York
town, and hereby hangs my tale! ,,
Having applized the landlord Of my
intention to give the citizens little 'El.
ocution and Music he 'booght the op-
Grafton quite feasible one. ..'...
Zine room says he.
Wheie?' says I.
H'll show il 10 you' said he.
But, upon examination, the room did
not seem TO offer the requisite space
and convenienccs necessary for a rush
ofPeople, and my powers of melody and
display. ..
But for five dollars said he, Il can
let you have our dining room, larger
apartment,' and said I'd see abont it +;
so after dinner | took survey Of the
town. 1t was quite a lively looking
place; meeting houses, schools, court
house, jail, lawyers Offices, doctors, bar
Der shops, printing Offices, and other
evidences of progression | made one
discovery, viz; that had not 'pnt up
in the right pewl The town had two
first class hotels; one was painted, and
had real swinging sign, and the other
wasn't painted, and had no swinging
sign; that was difference, you sec, and
as it was policy to conciliate 'fast cir
cIes' in the concert business, went in
and locked Ground, tried "a ll,le' peach
and honey and had word with tile
landlord. He told me ! ought to have
stopped with him; nobody would attend
concerts a, the ether tavern; he had a
handsome room, offered it for three dol
lars, and all that, and returned to my
tavern quite in quandary,
Got two hotels in this place, see,
says | to my host.
'Yes, there is another tavern, kind
of ore, { J 'to,her end of town says he,
'Dropt in says |; rather a clever
fellow that landlord, I think ...
'Ile amt mucA, never was, was the
contradictory reply. .I..r.
Got fine room,' | continued; says
all the balls, parties, concerts, Sc, are
held there
Hes used to telling such hes! saic
my host
WelI, of course Pm stranger here
sir, aid my business q makes il expe.
dient to stopin the best or most popular
house, you know, and | should iudqe
that that house is more central, ~ fac
room, and only three dollars a night!
says |, sort of Yankee dickerng like
for my real design was to get off as qui.
etly and conrteously as possible-to the
0tAer house. 0'H ''
'Look here, Mr.. Snowman says m,
host, Il have kept tavern good man,
years, Pve had the very best folks stop
: ping with me, and my house is as vel
kept as any house ID South Carolina
or any other State, be-P; y
'0h! PYe no doubt at all, sir, Of that,
SaysI H. 3r. o" Al 9f ''''''l.
Then what in thunder are you dispu.
ting abou'S' says he
'0h! nothing; nothing IN particular,
says /, SOFT of feeling that was getting
my foot into it. Nothing at alp
4 Well, ] understand it better tlsn so,
do, ,'says he, 'and will tell YOU Yol
see Shellbark, up there, is Sheriff )
THE deuce heis?' saysI.
4 'Yes, Sheriff Of this county, and
DID pooty Sheriff he is aay ho,c.-
And ! am candidate for the Office mex
year, MYSELF y l'. ''''' e
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