The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-01-08

face and hands; then the good house
wife insisted upon her lying down on
lounge which her husbands skill hac
constructed, and which was her especa
pride in the way of furniture. The body
was made of unpeeled saplings, bound
together Grmly with bark. Stout strips
of the inner lining of bark were woven
across the top; and upon this not une-
lastic frame work cushion, made of an
old bed-quilt and stuffed with prairie
hay, was laid. Glad indeed was the
weary lady to repese here while the pre-
parations for supper went briskly on.
Il wonder where on arth my children
be = Mrs. Potter fretted rs she hustled
about. 81 expect every day when'l Il get
lost, or snake bitten, or something aruth-
er. Oh, you there, Dan, Amos (" 60
ing to the door with basin, as the two
curly headed and brownfaced boys came
around the corn field, "pnt, quick, for
the blackberry patch--and mind you pick
enough, for there's company to tea
Company TO tea 7" When ever had
they heard their mother say that before ?
They could not obey ker mandate to hur-
ry until they had stolen up to the door
and peeped in like frightened wild crea
lures, shy but utcurous. Then. when they
had met the eyes Of the beautiful lady
smiling at them, off they darted as if her
glances had been Indian arrows.
1t may be that fifty miles of riding,
with only a noon lunch eaten under a
paw-paw tree, is especially good for the
appetite, taking away all extra fastidious-
ness from epicareans. Be that as it will,
when our travellers took seats on the
rough bench placed for them before the
table (Which was drawn as near the door
as possible to be away from the heat OF
the fireplace they ate supper enough,
almost, to satisfy the hospitable desires
Of their host and hostess. Barley coffee,
seasoned with rich cream and maple SUI
gar, was not distasteful beverage
The johnny cake was yellow as gold,
light, and nicely Drowned over deli
eious.' as any one might truly call it.
There was fresh butter, too, and huge
disis OF : tbllav5iizoerfTes auEf ereasr4 Even
the pork, fried crisp and dipped in -four
tleman. The two tined steel forks with
horn handles, the blue-rimmed earthen
plates, and cracked cups were scrupu-
lousy clean, and therefore good enough
for lords and ladies.
These guests at the humble table o
Peter Potter had supped off gold service
in their native land but there was nc
hint OF it in the manner with which they
accepted the plain hospitalities Of squat
/ ter life
It was twilight when the meal wa
over. The strangers sat in the door ad
miring the magnificent stretch of prairie
over which they had passed, while The
hostess washed up the dishes and pat he
two sons to bed On home made mat
tress which she spread out on the floor
Peter Potter, having milked the COW an,
fed the pigs, seated himself on log out
side tha door, and entered into conversa
ton with his guests. By means of hi
Yankee inquisitiveness he soon learnet
that they were English, that they ha
been in America but few months, an
that, failing to get satisfactory employ
ment in the Eastern cities, Mr., Lancas
ter for thus the gentleman gave hi
name) had concluded to come to tha
:" Far West" Of which he had heard S
much, in search of home and the NEAR
of living.
The honest squatter regarded the youn
couple, SO delicately reared, SO inexper
enced, and now SO nearly despondint
with a grave face.
!. .sI tell you what it is, stranger, it
hard for rough ones, like my wife and m
to put up with tie inconveniences OF
: new country. Sickness and hard wol
! are the lot of the most though, thar
the Lord, we pitched on healthy spo
no fever an ager here. But it's bad !
to Beaver Creek. l don't see, for Il
life OF me, how you calcilate to 6
along {"
: I. "Oh, do not say anything, Mr.. Pott'
i to discourage my husband He is
most broken in spirit now" pleaded
. . soft voice of the young wife, as she stc
her hand into her husbands, while
tear, wrung from her more by the nj
vousness of fatigue than a failure Of M
tai courage, dropped upon her low
cheek. She smiled and blushed a
brushed it away. Peters generous he
dissolved within his breast at sight
that tear SO patiently wiped away ), 8
" he would have done anything in his pc
~ er to aid the young couple, SO won W
~ his sympathies by the beauty and gen