The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-12-08
Anocdote Of the Arkansas Travel

ArLnnsas, when Ito settlements were
fcw and far between. An adventurous
traveller from one OF the old states
while iravcrsing the swomps OF that por
ton Of country, got lost on cold rainy
dny in the autumn Of the year. hitcr
wandering till evening, aud despnring oi
finding habitution, while searching Tor
a place TO camp, he strikes n train which
seems TO lead some where, aud also bcars
in that direction the noise Oi nddlc'
Accordingly he takes the tfail, nnd soon
discovers ahead of him, rising above ihp
timber, a light column Of smoke, wNlch
no knows comes from The cabin oi a
squatter. As lie approaches he mus "
70 bo log cabin, te logs high ana eoout
ten feet square, ,one side being rooleu and
the other only hall covered with boards.
lie also secs the proprietor seated on an
old whisky barrel near the door, shelter
ud by lew boards which projected from
The caves, pluying tune, or rathcr lhr
first snatch Of a tune, on the old hddle
After surveying the babituiiOns and sur
ruundings of cotton head children, the
traveller sides pp TO see " ho can get
lodging, when the following dialogue en'
sues: ..| ..
The hoosicr still continues to play the
same part over aud over again, only stop
ping to give short indifferent replies u
the travellers queries:
Tru.cler-"Goud evening, sir"
Suuaticr-"IIow dye do, SIR
"Cau get to stay all nigh, w'th youV
"No SIR"
"Can't you gvo INC glass ol some
thing to drink I'm very wet aud cold.'
"l drank the last drop this morning
81 am very hungry, oin't hndn thing tc
cat to-day. VIII you let me have some
thing to eat
Haven't darncd thing in the house y
"rhcn can't you give my horse some
thing.
"Got nothin' 10 faod him OH"
GLOW FAR i. Il to the next house"
'Strunucr | don't know; I've never
been there"
"Wcll, where docs this road go tot"
It's never been anywhere since I've
lived here. It's always here ia the morn
ing when get up
"As nm not likely TO get Ia any othc
house Tonight, can't you let mo sleep II
yours, and | will tie my horse 10 tree
aud do without anything 10 cat or drink
"My house leaks. There ia only on,
dry spot in II, aud mc ahd Sal sleeps OF
that" l.
"Why don't you finish covering you
house, aud stop tho lcnks"
"lt's ruining.'
Well, why don't you do 1t when it i
not rainlngl"
at don't leak them"
"Wcll ns you have nothing TO eat u
drink ia your house, aud nothing uliv
about your place but children, how d
you do here anyhow
"putty well, thank you-how dye d
ycrsell!"
(Ailcr trying in vain all sorts of wny
TO extract some satisfactory information
from hiu) "My friend, why don't yol
play tho whole of that tune"
(Squa,tcr stops playing aud looks nj
for tho first timed ii didn't know thcr,
was any more to Il. Can you play thu
fiddle, strNngcrr'
II play little sometimes"
"You don't look much liko fiddler
(h,nding him the iiddlc) will you pla
the balance of that tuncw
Tho traveller gets down aud plays III
tune.
stranger, come in. Take n hnlrd,zc
chairs aud sit down. Sal 10 round int
the hulcr where killed the buck thi
morning, cut n some Of the best prcc'
and folch it in and cook II for me and thl
gentleman directly. Raise up the boar
under the head OF the bed ufurc yo
20, aud get tho old black jug hi
from Jim, and give us some whisky
| know there's sumo LEFT yet. Jim carr
the gcntlcmun's horse round to the shed
and you'll find some fodder and corr
there. Give him as much as he can eat
Darn me stranger, If YOU can't hnd tn
butcher knife, take the cob handle o
grunny's knife. Play AWAY stranger yo
shall sleep ON the dry spot to night"
After about two hours tiddling m
some conversation. in which the squa,tt
showed his chnructcrl.ticH, the strange
retircs 70 the dry spot. u..hF