The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-14

home daring DE holidays Of 1850, on his
annual isynt cf frolic. and nte,rin, nm cre,.
tiop generally p and directed b,s. course 10.
wards The tbri,ipv, village of R,ornIsvi,Is. /.
which, thourf otIly ten Or twelve miIes dis.
tant, owlse TO the facts heretofOr,e 4 stated.
msintained little ,ur, no, intercourse with.
and therefore lived in blissC,il ignorance Of
their neiVhbots Of the valley .sysi 10 maih ba
Arriving ana pulling up in front OF the
only tavern the village afforded, our travel.
ler's attention was attracted to the unusual
number ofAcats, Of the domestic species,
whose purriar repose n The Sunshine of The
yard being suddenly disturbed by his coming,
dashed, helter skeIter. aad in ALRIGHT, into
the house and other handy hiding places. :.
Accostine the landlord at the entrance, the
Moior, after returning tbe customary aa t saiuta.
ftions, betook himself 10 a sea. where, 40.
paren,ly fsreetful of the presence of auo,h,
Ell, he seemed intcntly to be occabied with
his own thoughts. 'a 'sl /. -'e7 ., : 'sa ~, 70
.aWhat might your ,nnne de-, stranger.
asked 3onifsce, whose curiosity was some.
what aroused BY theuncommnpicatine bear.
ing Of the gaest. ss o. g ,sa9h sai s.iTroi.
rDempsey Crafts; commonly called Ma.
jor Dempsey Crafts,'' was briefly replied.
..Georgy name, Crafts--aint ity, pursued
the prying interrop ator. qosSi aai r. a.,7a
I"Possibly," curtly answered the guest.
"Whnt part of G eorey might YOU come
fromr, said the landlord, again breaking
the silence Of a few minutes pause, durine 0
which he had been scanning CLOSELY tbe
stranger. i's q ,H-l',' e. I" ~ Eaua
"I'm not G Georgian.,, replied The guest
ina rather curt and uncommunica,iys tone.
.sHumphl' grunted the baffl I'd auerist, as
turning On his heel lie left the room, IA search
of Mrs. Honeycut, his better half. whom he
desired to notify of the new arrival. with a
view to additional culinary reparations, and
purity, perhaps, to hold kitch N consultation
withher as to the singuiarly tacitura de-.
meanor Of the traveller. .g a.s +
Returning, after short time to the re.
ception room of the tavern, where he had
left the guest absorbed in desp study, our
landlord found him justly engaged in copnt
ing over money on a table. This circum.
stunce dJubled the curiosity he had felt to
kaow something about the stranger. Es
Saying another effort 10 draw him out, Boni.
fuce begun, ass s.s. a.
"Hemi Major Crafts Mrs. Honeycnt says
that is, say--sdinner wifi be ready in
ID h,lf an4hour. HUMP
"Huml''s echoed the Major; without tax.
ing his eye from the money. ,..F , a,tg
"Almiglty sight Of neaey you got thar!'
said the tavern keeper, returning to the
charge on another track. = - r., -. ~, ~
..Huml" was the unin,eiiig:ble response.
.Money scarce in Tennessee! 9 asked the
prYing landlord. t-I t'h' . o,fe
%"Ncver was there. Ninetytwo, ninety.
three. ninety four" was mumbled out in re,
ply, the Msjor still counting away. s
| Again headed off and brought to stant
still, our interchangeable inquisitor resolved Il
nuke oac more effort. ana in quarter he
had'never known to fail. Accordingly, af
ter spausingsa moment md noisilya clearing
| his throat, he opened with 'h"7, aa'fa ~ :
i "Ahem! Mrs. Honeycut says there,
some mighty nice ven'son in the kitchen
and told,me 70 AK YOU if.you, Liked il frie'
or briIeda' IL, !. s,,-, as, :. .,,;,-.a
some hundred and thirty Eve ind tens
hundred and forty five! IN count the res
after dinner. Did you say dinner was ready!'
@"No, sir; ] only said we had some nic'
deer meat, and asked. you which way yo'
likedit best triedor broiledaB iF3' yyr'aa
Next to bar7meat, deer is the best feed
4 in in the world, and 4 don't on make any dif
! ference how its cooked" answered the Ma
jor, putting up his money 'undagain seating
himself. Alter keeping his eyes fixed IN
4 quiringiy for atiine on the host, he continued
j show many cats have you got!"
4 "Sir" exclaimed the landlord, doubtlu
about the question. ,'s'' :"
"How many full grown cats have 70
got" repeated the Major, earnestly.
81 "CATS!, Do you-Want any for dinner'
4 asked the tavern keepers looking astonishe
aud indignant RI Ya.7..'a s'l.el'a ,.1ll. I