The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-03-02

hour afterwards we were In the arms OF
Morpheus We started early the next morn
ing, and by driving the old mare hard, we
managed to get to the Glen house about
dark. That is a nice tavern riJe at the foot
Of Mount Washington.
There was black bear chained IN front
Of it to prevent people from robbing the
clothes lines and hen houses. Bounce he
flew rite at the bear; but arter he'd lost a
mouthful of hair aud skin, he was glad to
come back and behave hisself
asked the landlord if he could put us up.
He sed lie was sorry, but he was full.
asked him if he couldn't give us bed on
the floor, He said it was out Of the ques-
ton. Then | asked him if we couldn't roost
somewheres. He scratched his head min
nit, and said we might have the dining-room
table.
He led off the old mare and we went into
the house. The floors everywhere was xiv
cred with people, wrapped up in shalls, blan-
kets and comfortables, and snoring like all
possessed. G
We eat our supper, and then | got the
comfortable and the braided rug out of the
wagon, aud by the help of a cheer we hoist
ed ourselves on to the table and turned in.
soon got to sleep, and dreamed that old
Capt. Chamberlain was .rying to kiss me,
and in the slrinmage, | thrashed over, and
off | rolled rite onto a fat man who was lay
ing close by the table, snoring loud eautf to
split the univarse. 3 t.
knocked the snore clean out Of him, and
smashed his watch crystal, and his patent
double-barreled squirting glass all to find
ers and scraped all the skin off from my
left elbow The man yelled dreadfully, and
skeered some of the people nigh about out of
their wits. Most Of 'em thought the house
was fire, and the way they gathered up
their baggage was lively.
AS soon as morning came, | made my
toilight as well as | could, though had a.
pretty tough time to make my rat look
decent with SO many folks staring at me.
AS for looking glass hadn't seen my face
sense left home.
asked the landlord what about going
up onto the top of Washington for hadm't
a CRATE while to stay.
lie sed that most people went up in ler-
ridges that belonged to the hotel-though
some folks purfurred to 60 with their own
teams.
told him should go with my own team
then; was acquainted with tie old mare,
and she was acquainted with me. lie ad
vised me to leave my baggage with him no,
I'D rather have it under my own eye.
We started real airly. The sun wasn't
more'n up afore we was on the kerridge
road. Ever seen it? lfyou hain't, you
let missed sreing one of the siickest roads
i'll the country. Its about nine miles long,
and Jest as smooth aud even as your parlor
floor. But its awfully up hill.
They made us pay some money for gong
onto the road at little house by bridge,
down at the bottom Of the mountain.
told 'em | thought that was mean when
we'd come so fur-but law you can't TX
pect "a mean man to be born over agin into
ginerous one.
The sun come out pretty hottish, and
aft5re we'd gone moren mile that boss was
as wet as if shed been dipped in tine river
| Aunt Peggy and got out aud Travelled a
afoot apiece And after spell took out
couple of my band boxes and lus;ged them
to tighten the load; and aunt Peggy she did
the same by her valees, and the pail OF pick
| les-Bounce he trudged on behind, and a
sorrier dog you never seed. Every mite OF
of the wag had gone out of his tail, and his
ears hung down like two wited cabbage
leaves.
| 1t was ecnamost sunset when we got to
the top, and the old mare was clean tuck
cred out For the last half mile had to
haul her up by the bride, and aunt Peggy
she pushed behind.
We couldn't see nothing but couple Of
| houses biit out of rocks; and lots and lots
more of rocks laying round, just as though
somebody had carted 'em for stone wall g1
| slept tip top that night in the Tip-rop
House, or the Summit I've forgot which,
! There was two Of 'em there. and | disre-
member which. The morning was clear
We seed sight Of things. 1t was ellal to
b1ing up in Squire Horrick's garrut winders
only more 50.
/ We picked up some rocks and pieces of
moss to show when we got home aud start
ed to so back down the mountain agin. /
rid and aunt Peggy walked.
We was going down pretty steep place,
when the cid mare priciled her ears at a
stick in the road, jumped and, law me
that wagon parted bounced out,-the boss
kerried off the forrard wheels, and the rest
Of the consaru, baggage and all, went tum
bling to destruction down q slantandickular
precipice more'n a hundred feet higher than
the steeple Of our meeting house.
l screeched, aud clambered down after
my vallerbes as fast as could-but deary
me They was all ruined-everything ex
cept three baudboxes. two carpet sacks, anC
an ambriIl. The wagon was all stove tc
Sindlings! picked up the remnants anC
clamuered back with them. Aunt Peggy
and | strung EN- onto pole and logged 'en
down to the Glen House.
There we found the old mare, with the
fragments of them forrard wheels tied to
her-but she looked as sober as Judge, if
not more So
We stayed there all night and the mex
morning sot sale for home I'd seed enuff
led the boss aud Peggy kerried one ell,
: OF the pole on which the band boxes anC
bags were strung, and kerried the other
|. Bounce he skulked behind
Folks LATED at US on the way, but the,
lated at their betters. Nobody keered fol-
EN-
Thank goodness we got home at last
though ain't been able to 60 step since
Ifmy neurology is so bad anl aunt Pegg,
hmn't wore a shoe for a mouth Partly 6e
cause she hain't got none 10 wear, Well,
anyhow, we made the tower. -PsterSoa.
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