Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-10-12
4 SCENE OF, ,YANKEG LIFE.

Mo.her iook on 20 When, pa neF gooor roye,
saoagh told her l woaldnq stay over & fort
Sisht, thssl had great mind to give up go.
iagAaeT all. bat had told all the folks / was
F., goiEg 10 Boston. and had promised to bring
Nancy new comb; 80 stuck 70 my resOlu.
ton and logged on. When began to feel
tOt0ws pulled out some Of mothers dough.
nuta. ard kept on eating ill | had eaten whole
,YOcistful. So Ididn't want any dinner that day,
Wsni on without stopping only spee to get
drink Of eldsr lill good piece aiter dark Then
didn't end tavern. handy, so I thought l.
Nould stop and inquire. Knocked at house
where there was bright light
Walk in,' said the man Of the house, in a
voice rather cross, / thought
How far is it to tavernt" said l.
Take chair" said he ,.si. r5.
Il hsn't time to sit, I've got little belated
Ibelitve-I just want to knoN how far it is to
tavern
"whers are ye gOingl'
To Boston, ..
What are you going 10 Boston for3"
Why-going for a number of things,
guess-'tsnt worth while to go into particulars.
which way did you come from9'
Why says ], and then sat down becauO
lgot tired Of standing up I've come from the
Northeast about days walk
That's away towards POpersquash. Do
you know Deacon Job squires. who lives
there9'
no don't but I've often heard tell Of bin,
how for did you say i. was to a tavern?
You don't know Deacon Squires, then; l
sOld him a yoke Of steers the other day maybe
you've seen em--the nigh one WAS brindle, the
cd one pretty near black, Wich awhile face ;
No. ban't and don't wan, to- says |, for
Began 10 get a little rled because he wouldn',
tell me ,hoR hrit was to a tayeru.--did you
say it was about mieH'
No, didn't say anything about it,
We'll, Ihope you wOnt,' was just going
to say, but thought it would be saucy. and ]
never was saucy To an old man.
Won't you stay all night?" sayshe.
No, | believe I'll go to a tavern
You shall be welcome il you'll stay
Then the old lady, who had set still NIL the
time darning stockings, looked up aud said
You can stay as well as not
Pull oG your great coat said the old man,
!'Zeb (Zeb was a great boy that sat on the dye
tub in the cOrner,) hang up his coat and hat.
aud you get some supper, Hannah
i ain: hungry" says |, for I've cat two
poeketsful Of dough.nuLs since sot out this
morning.
Never mind, must eat II we amt hungry.
So Hannah THAT was his dnughter) stirred
round, and hung on the tea kettle, and fried
some ham, and warmed mince pie. and got
supper ready in hurry. We've been to sup.
per once sid the old man. "but we'll keep
you company So they all sat down, and be
fore We got up we had made pretty good hole
in the yctusls. and got pretty well acquainted
When bedtime come, the old man
said. 'wu Slways pray before we go 10 bed. we
hope yoO'll join us.'
Certainly said I. So we moved a little
further back from the ERE, and Hannah set the
candle on the table by her father. aud got the
B.bls. and be read a. chapter. and We al
hueelcd down and be prayed for us all, and es
'Pccialy 'the stranger that tarrieth with us for
the nigh.'-and he prayed SO like he felt whs
he said, and was used 10 il, that had like L
cried. When be had done, we allgot up, ant
sat down, and were still Cor minute and sale
nothing. Then he took candle and gave il tC
me. snd said, You'll sleep right over head
here: you may blow out the light when you
get to bed. We are stirring here pretty epry
in the morning. guess yon won't want to ge
up as early as we do, considering your long
walk to day.'
When I'm home says l, "there are moi
many rOOsters that turn out earlier that do
and mean to get on a pretty good stretch to-
wards Boston afOre sunrise Tomorrow SO l,
lid tkCm goodnight, ard went to bed and col
Asltep fore knew 1.-THE 6rst thing kneW
was somebody working at the door, which
started me a little ut 6rst, before | thought
where was: then Zsb came in and set down :
light. Want you TO &c; up to breakfast. say,
he.
Breakfast han't Feadyr
Been ready half an hour. only mother hS
ted to wake you up.
Tell EN- I'm coming So | dressed in
bury and went down and out to the pump ant
Washed. and after we had short prayer, W
bad frs!-rate breakfast. By the time "
were done. IL began to grow light. Nov
must be Of. and shall remember you all
Eo6d sbile5' -
stop when you come back and tell US wha
you saw, for ] guess you are going 10 zee Bos