Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-10-10


trout from the lake not half d mile, distant-T
venison steaks reeking from the griIdiron, and
real wood-fre- ditto in irresistible pate's
manufactured by the buxom hostess herself.
aud then to wash it down such cider-equai |
to the choicest verzenayt without the inevita-
BILE headache -
:. That turks in each bottle Of sparkling cham
page" Rs
/ wont particularize my treatment of these
delicious viands Enough that paid my
lis devours' until exhausted nature compelled
me to resign the cutlery. and incontinently
loosen the lowersbuttons of my vest
[ guess one -of those same Western bar
rooms is about as fne place to study real,
genuine, unadulterated human nature in. as
| there is this side of creation and when, after
/ lighting a cigar, and placing my neither ex7
! trenites on the nearest. unoccupled chair,
/ had found time to look arcnnd me, l wasn't
disappointed in the various specimens collec-
i ted within the hotelof the jolly doe Bagster
There was the grim old trapper, whose
! weather-beaten face and toughened carcase
| had borne the suferings of forty years in the
/ wilderness, until he had taken kindly to, their
rough usages and could hardly persuade hiln7
j self to approach the despised precints of civil
ization, even TO obtain those necessaries OF
his existence, percussion caps and tobacco. 3,
There was his younger associate, to whom
! an occasional visit. to settlement or invita-
ton to quilting, was rather a pleasant epi-
sode than otherwise And later in the even
i ing the Jolly old topers and conyivial souls in
general belonging to the village itself dropped
1 in, and altogether it formed about the joliest
set of fellows it was ever MY good fortune to
i Jokes, anecdotes and finn of all sorts few
fast and furious, and, mixed up with sundry
and divers Invitations . :. to licker, gradually
wrought us up to pitch, of boisterous merri-
4 mcut, that would have sadly disturbed the
eaanimity and tested the forbearance of May
or Moods model ~ Ps. had we been sud-
denly transplanted TO some quiet locality IN
Z. York - - ,4
4 Our mirth was suddenly interrupted by,
and my atts ntion attracted to, a discussion.
!, which appeared to be waxing rather warm.
between long son of the forest aud short
podgy individual. whose appearance indicated
| a certain amount of civilization, and whom
+ hour host politely introduced to me as Colonel
Washington Tubbs, grocer and general ner-
chant ,......s ss...t -, 8 s - s...sa. 81
!. Colonel Washington Tubbs seemed to be
gradually getting into a. dreadful passion. and
when he brought his fat fist down upon the
table, until the glasses rang again, and swore
he'd be teetotally. I'D if he did,"
scarcely thought any one present would have
the hardihood to tempt him to eternal perdi-
ton by farther pressing the subject matter Of
dispute.
!. The aforesaid long trapper, however didn
+ seem to share my compunctions, and to Col
Tubbs' energetic ren,onstrance very eooliy re-
joined. Ssti4
: ..ls.Wall, Kurnel. you're bound to stan the
, ticker or here goes for the huh story"
:. Look a-here, Bill Dryell,''' exclaimed ths
! indignant Tubbs, !" / guess that ar story has
/ cost me matter O fifty dollars to shut YOU
Q cussed jaw already, and d ---n my picture i
: |, shell out another cent, SO go ahead and jes
h spell it out as sudden as you darn'd please"
J t., ny curiosity being somewhat excited b,
the apparent my steiv attached to this episode
e or. whatever It might BE. in the life of Col
e Washington Tubbs, / begged Joe Bagster Il
: explain the matter for my special benefit, pro
$ vided the subject of it were a consenting party
, !" Wall. stranger" began Joe, "yoa see
: this here story is kinder hard on the Kurne
9 thar; but he knows xhe rule of the house AM
: if he sortcr chooses to rile up and back dews
about the Ticker, why there amt no kinde
: help for it. You see, the Kurnel thar, som,
Q eight or ten years back. happeued on an ad
venture, which he's ally seemed kinder anx
9 ious to suppress, continued Joe, with a 81,
: wink at the cosaTany, g an so we wish to b
Z accomdatin' to him and struck bargain, tina
II whenever any gentleman. as knows the or
y cunstances proposes to tell this here story
: unintentional of course" and Joe winked a
: the company again, !. why the Kurnel tha
e was to say, .sboys let's licker,' and there
It upon the unconscious individual was bound Il
It shut off steam right away We've had ~ a
II mighty spelIo' strange custom round her
sr lately, and the way the sKurnel has had t
le plank down for drinks is a caution, and that
g a fact" asie ssssl al0s 81 sss.1 1c. tlaisl
r If Colonel Washington Tubbs hadn't look
le ed as desperately ferocious as he did, thin
Of must fairly laughea out right at the batter
of winks with which Joe favored the compa
er ny at the conclusion Of his explanation, bu
T. prndently put the cork on my rising pre-
OF pensities and requesting the landlord to seor
le up drinks for the company on my account
al courteously begged the Coloners forbearanc
q and permission for the story to proceed.
p wall, stranger" began Joe, after til
J health Of said stranger had been daly dram
Of with all the honors. tbs some seven or eigl
n years back now, since them Canajines an
Il the sUnited States fred up ak creation abo,
Q a darn'd d territory as we ought to 60 to wa
d ?, about right of, to make the Britishers take
u back again. I reckon,v said Mr. Bagstel
e parentheitcally. take it from eend to eeaS
le that ar Oregon question was about the darn
= a*st piece OF foolery as two great, kedentry
= ever riled up upon. But howsomever.
e AVOID depression. as the nigger said when 4
g outted hissef through q water nask. TO say
= = fronpie p walking round It, lived in Jone
y Vile before it ever was ,JonesyiIle / ma