The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-23

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little Dutch to the host, that worth
turned to the traveller:
''Good eve'ns, travell'r."
eyes, sair," pleasantly responded tn
Frenchman, ga little"
"You got hoss, eh % continued tn
landlord
'.Y es, sair; [ wish ze hos-e-lar to Civ
mine hoss plenty to eat-plenty hay
plenty oats, plenty watair, sair."
''Yaw,' responded the landlord, oder
Jacob, give'm der oats, and der hay, ant
der water" and with this biief direction
to his subordinate, the landlord turned
away from the way-worn traveller to re
sumo his conversation with his more appa
rently influential friends. The old French
! man very patiently waited until tho
discussion should cease, and the landlord: ::
ear should be disengaged, that he might
apprize him Of the fact that travellers had
stomachs, and that of the old Frenchman
was highly incensed by long delay, and
| more particularly by the odorous fumes
of roast fowls, ham and eggs, &C., issuing
from the inner portion Of the tavern.
'Landlord, l will take suppair, if you
please"
"Yaw; after desc gentlemens shall eat
der suppers, den something will DE pre-.
pared for YOU"
''fSair y said the old Frenchman firing
up; Il will not vait for ze shentlemen I
want mysupper now, directly--right away
[ net vait for nobody, sair"
''It you no like 'em, den you 90 off out
mine house" answered the old sour crout,
'.you old barber :"
"Bar- bair." gasped the old Frenchman,
in suppressed rage. "Sair, | will 90 no.
where-I will stay here SO long, by gar, as
-as-as | please, sair."
"Are you aware, sir" interposed the
legal gentleman, "that you are rendering
gross and offensive, malicious and libel
ious, scandalous and burglarious language
to this gentleman, in his own dornicil,
with malice and preteuse forethought,
and"
"Pooh ! pooh pooh u! for you sair ~
testify replied the Frenchman.
''Pooh To me sir? Afe SRI" bullying
echoed Blackstone.
eyes, sair-pooh-pooA Won geese,
sair." 1t were vain to try to depict the
rage of wounded pride the insolence OF
yayelling barber had stirred up in the
| cry face Of the man of law, logic and
! hal lore. He swelled up and strutted
alut like mifed gobler III a barn yard.
II tried to cool down his rage, but it
blFtcd forth:
fou--you-you Internal old frog-eat-
ln@soap-and-lather YOU You smoke
drl9 poor old wretch you If it wasn't
~ r.l- - 1
put the county jail for vasrancy,-I
"ouIeyon poverty stricken old rascal !"
"J8b," bawled the landlord to his
sub, ing out der old hoss again, before
he dle4,it the crows in mine stable =
Now, y old fool, you shall go way pout
your blstnish, nit nossin to eat nit your
boss, tod' said the landlord, with an
7 evidenti sh Of blood and beer to his
head
"Oh, We veil, patiently answered the
FrenchmaA every veil, sir, | sal 60
butt, shaks his finger significantly at
the lanGior4nd lawyer, 81 com pack to-
morrow moofng, | buy dis propertee );
yoq, sir, sal IKE de deed in my name
L KICK you 4, sair, (to the landlord ).
and you 10 Ae lawyer) | sal like the
SOOSe-Ooou
W lth this, t poor Frenehman started
Tor has gig, amfthe ''Haw haw haw Y
aud Ella ha he!' of the landlord
f and lawyer.
That's for yoV said the Frenchman,
as he gave the My hostIer a real halt
dollar, took the DIV ribbons. and drove
off,
NOW the farmer,,ne of the spectators
present. mad quletlyytatched the PROCEED
ings, and being gitfewith enough might
into human naturf tosee something nore
than an ''oid freif1 bFtcr" N the pespn
and manner OF te tnveler, and bdng,
moreover, intere4d in the tavern non
ertY, followed TIL Frenchman. Oylrta.
king hlm, he atpnce offered him the
hoSpltalitics OF hisomicil, not far di3int,
where the travelepassed a most coiifor-
table night, his l.t finding out inthe
meantime that he Is entertaining noless
a pecuniHy mlrac OF his time thai
{ Stephen Girard.
Early next morpg, old Stephy, inhis
shabby old gig, aempanied by his elier-
, tainer, rode over the mower of the av-
ern property, andiith them sought The
lawyer. The deedbf transfer were ]on
made out, the ol Frenchman paying
: thirteen thousand lars for the property,
| drawing on his owl bank for the amo.nt
, lie gave the farif ten years' lease