The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-04-20


| Fotage, giving her money TO provide foyd at
/ her various halts, and in every : av sought TO
! promote her comfort. As We vent -atiling
down the streets of Pittsburg, ate - the secoat
! night, threw open the curtain on my side oi
! TIE coach, and sat looking out into he night,
| through which the street lamps struggled, with
/ the indeinable curiosity and awe one a. ways
| experiences in entering a strange city late at
ngnt, aud the prospect OF good bed and quiet
| hotel, when I was suddenly reused from my
| rFyerie by violent blow on my side, delivered
! hy my old dame, as she screamed in anger
''Lean up lean Up. what you takin' all der
/ Yinder iof ? Don't you 'spose pussons oh cu-
| Ter hah dere rights as well as you good-for-noth
| ipg whites ? wants 10 see de scenery too"
believe it was the verdict of my fellow
| passengers, that ] received what 1 had deser-
| ved.
There is neither rectory- -honse nor manse for
/ the travelling preacher ol Illinois he depends
/ solely upon the native hospitality or Christian
| feeling Of the Inhabitants Of that scantiIy popu-
! lated region, and rarely fails to fnd ready,
! though often rough accommodation. Neverthe-
less, It seems scarcely tour 10 take ones wife
/ IN the honeymoon, as Rev. William Henry Mil
burn did, rather, as we should think, to the la
/ dy's astonishment. Upon arriving at a sell
! Element his custom was TO tell the driver to
! take them to the door of the Methodist who
! lived IN the largest and most comfortable dwell
! ling.
/ "FTaloo, the house," cried l. "Halloo your
self what DO you want 20 was the reply. 81
an travelling with my wife, and learning that
/ The quarters at the hotel are bad, have come 10
/ get some supper, and spend part of the night
, with you" As ] said thIs, [ was making the
/ word good by getting out Of the wagon The
nan of the house cane siriding towardSihe gate
| saying in an angry tone ''Look here, stranger
! we don't keep tavern and il you're a tFay-
| elpT, you must put up with travellers fare, and
90 to the hotel.' FDon't be 50 savage, said ];
'have you never heard the saying, BE not for
getiul to entertain strangers tor some have
! thereby entertained angels uaawares 2 80,
| no, SAID be, .'that sounds like preaching you
amt preacher, are YOU ~ I intimated that /
was, and mentioned my name Eyeing me
from head to foot, be exclaimed "Well,
never, Who wouid have taken such a poor,
Iihtr, dned-uP specimen, as you are, for
s ghI,4 -
At two in the morning. the happy pair were
/ again seated in their miserable wagon, "w!th
: I'd itblFEilJH from Tue tNll1 iditlt bGl tbE
fnen cover, through which The water dripPed
~ showers We had been overtaken by iu-
r5us equin0clial storm, which begun about mid
night, and our plight was plhable enough
The temperature had fallen about forty degrees,
the nlgbt was pltchy dark, only relieved by
| frequent flashes of lightning, most vivid, and
sometimes appalling, instantly followed By
sharp and stunning reports OF thunder. But
the flashes helped to lgat our driver on his way
or would have done so, had they not showed
toe whole prairie a.pooI of water. Aiter time
we reached a little belt of timber, indicating
our approach 10 creek. As we crossed the
bridge, we heard the now swollen torrent rush
ing through deep ravine, when the broad glare
revealed our position.
"Bv Jovs - shouted the driver with glee,
''weren't that lucky half a minute more,
and we'd have been all smashed. / never was
nearer going over bridge half an inch more
and we'd been over, and then salt would not ba'
saved US" TO the rather timid question OF my
wife as to whether there was any more bad
bridges to cross before daylight, he replied go
yes, several but YOU mustn't be skeered we
must all die some time, you know J"
Snrelv not even the most F'muscuIar Chris
t1I NDllEb Ittlil ilt N Ct+ ~ iANF iJltt
OF this kind and, indeed, however glorious
may be the state OF matTmony for a divine in
Great Britain, We can scarcely think It suited
10 peripatetic theoIogjans ~ the far West
We ourselves, however, are all gratitude TO Mr..
Mllburn for having experienced these adven-
torres which he has described 50 we'll. He has
not only aroused in US warm personal inter-
Est in himself, but a sincere respect for that
hardworkiDg and enthusiastic body of men of
which be is member. The hardships which
they undergo. however, are endured with their
eyes omen, while our unfortunate author scarce
knew whittier he rode, be was so blind.
':I therefore set to work to educate my SEN
ses, thinking that if an Arab, an Indian, o: a
half-savage backwoodsman could bring has
perceptions to such precision, keennPss, and
deicacy, why might not / 1t became a
matter Of pride 70 conceal my defective vision,
to make up for the want OF eyesight by the
superior activity of the other faculties. The
foot almost as delicate as the hand, and the
cheek welInIgh as sensitive to atmospheric I'M
preston as the ear to acoustic vibratIons.-
By reason of the difficulties which encompaSstd
II, travelling became an art, involving in It's
practice many elements of science. III pFeser-
we'd the air and seeming of man with two
good eyes, my step had to be as cautious and
well considered as an Indians on the war-pa,b,
and my dislike of being recognized by strangers
as partially blind, was almost as great as his
dread 0: detection by an enemy. Selfdepen-
dence delights in obstacles. There was
pleasure in securing strange regions alone F.; and
although have often had my face severely cot
by thorny branches while riding through the
woods, and have been frequently obliged to
hold my right hand IN front Of my face, the
elbow extended to the right, and the riding
whip TO the left, for hours together, as protec-
ton to the upper part of the person, fatigue and