The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-02-22
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Sketch eg Of the flush Times of Ala
Z barla and mississippi.
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sssssslSQyS3s III Tic MIitc VI, llie
iffourishing village of M. was in its
ainfancys She e5had not dreamed of
tho great things in store for her
When she should have reached her
teens and railroad cars crowded with
visitors should make her the belle
village Of all the surrounding coun-
try :fe@slog houses hastily cree
Ted end oyercrowded with inmates,
alone were to be}seen; nor did the
inn, either in the order. or style of
Its architecture, nor in the beauty or
comfort of its interior arrangements
and ace cefo5mmodations, differ from the.
sotl,er5and less public cdifces about
her Tn sober truth, it must be con.
fessed that like the great man af.
sfl as sslaIued, tho PROM
ssiisc OF her youth was, by no means,
equal to- the espectability of her
more adyanced age. It was the
season ofSthesyear most unpropi,ious
to The development Of the. resources
sofs the landlord the skill of the
cook Fall5had set in and -four
made cak les were not set out. Wheat
WAS not then an article Of home
growth and supplies of -four were
only TO bos got from Mobile, and
not from thence; unless when the
SssTrembig DYsriyer was UP; SO, for a
sIong sinsS the boarders and guests Of
the tavern had it to rough it on corn
9,sloa ger, as twas called, greatly to
their discontent. AT length 'thejoy-
fuI tidings we're proclaimed, that a
barrel of -four had come from Mobile.
iSInek exei tenn en- prev allied. An.
anitna ted discus on arose "a 3 to the,
hish theme q lime stanld5
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lss se
Si itioIl u.s. Il flat
u tess Should be had for supper
that night Supper time draggcdits
slew length along: it}came, however,
at last.
There ere a COOL many boarders
at the Inn- some twenty or more
and but one negro waiter, except a
servant OF j Il. whom he keptahout
him, and whowaited at table. Now,
ifs iiffsSss4uires A.ahad any particular weak.
ness, twas ssili5 favor 6f fritters. Frit.
tiers " ere d great EfaYoritc even per Sc,
but in the deartb Of edibles, they
were most especially so. He had a
way of eating them with molasscs,
which gave them a5rare and delecta-
sble relish. accordingly seating him
selfsthe first at.the table, and taking
position next tic door nearest to
gthesk itchen, lie prepared himself for
tiie onslaught. lie ordered a soup.
plate and; filiedEit Shalffpll Of molas.
.sestucked upShis sleeves brought
the public towel from the roller in
sthe porch, and / fixed it before him at
the neck, SO as to protect his whole
bus and stood as ready as the
ssiollN abbot oyerthe shaunch of veni-
son at the widow Glcndinning's. to
do full justice to the provant, when an.
2nounced.
aW, had a distinguished rep
utatisn and immense skill in the
ART and mystery Of: frittcrs eating.
How many lie could eat a meal I FOR.
Oct, if Lever heard him say, but I
should xsay making allowances for
sexa ggeration in such things from
the various estimates Il,aye heard,
well con to the matter3of a bushel--
possibly a halfa peck or so, more or
Hess. Yhen sright:brown and reck-
ing With fresh fat, il. would take as
1many persons to feed him as a card
,tnachine Sam, darkness used
to say that if3a wick were run down
dis throat after d fritter dinner and
sHt, would burn a. wcek-but /
don believe that,
He usedino implement in eating
sbnt d ffotk. lie passed the fork
tliroagh the fritterin spca a way as
10 break its back and double it.
up in the form Of the letter ~, and
pressing tsthFonghand clo&hg up tile
lines, would flourish IL around in the
sinoIassssi NO Or three tunes, and.
then CON it. whole, o5lsistmoiitl
drawing the fork out with a sort.
sof5ciht,lsss
ever INTENDED to have his
sisast root gpe3 taken -that was the.
more hopeful, compia,..
t;sltt beneyoleilt cast Of countens
allee,s han Dis, wilcIl
the dior heiay le fFs ttIe Jar, the.
seopS eellsl sec,i In the iSitellens
iiaSsii1g ttills Ese SIS mid
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