Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-19
.I The. Arkansaw traveller.

s4n0r ATk0mSAWf .IFAYeIers
e. We8lpublish the following. .abeeanse the
time has come when it should be read over.
1t has made you laugh before, and it will
do it again: sisz saas i-Ialsss as,-.i fQeYz
In the early settlement dof Arkansas, a
traveller, after riding some eight or ten
miles without meeting human being or
S. eiDg human habitation, came at last, by
sudden turn of the woodFeaes to a Tnisera-
fibley sshanty,p the center of small clearing,
IN what had original " been a ssblack jacket
thicket," whence the only sound that pro-
-eee1s iso the diseordant music of broken
winded fiddle, from the troubled bowels of
which 3the-occupant is laborionsly extort-
ing the monotonous tune, known sss'The
Arkansaw," or 7"Raekensac< Traveller -
Our traveller rides up to within a few feet
of the door, which was once the bed frame
of a cart bOdy.now covered with bear skins,
Hand hung upon two big wooden hinges.
After much shouting, the inmate appears,
fiddle in hand, and evidently wrathy at be-
ning interrupted in the exercise of his art.
The following colloQuy ensues, the indefa-
tigable fiddler still playing the first strain
sof fsThe, Arkansaw Traveller" which, in
fact, he continues at sudden intervals, un-
til the dialogue, as will be SEEM is brought
TO sudden conclusion. If this be not
;'seeking lodgings under difficulties" we
should Ike TO know what might be legiti-
.;;Enate1yso considered: s9as.5 a sea Is
Traveler-.sFri Friends can I obtain oecom-
s1uO0dtiOUS IOE Itlc UltstI6 With you
- Arkansas Artist-stNo, sir, nary COM
-Inedation.''
Traveler-"My dear sir, I have travelled
over thirty miles to-day, and neither my
self nor my horse have had a mouthful
to eat; why can't you accommodate me for
the niyht?'
Arkaiisas Artist-"Jest case it can't be
did,. We plum out of anything to eat in
the house. Bil's gone to the mill with the
last nubbin of corn on these premises, and
tit'll be nigh onto the shank of tomorrow
evenin' afore he Gums home unless suthin'
Oncommon happens -''it"
Traveler-"You surely have something
that i can feed my horse; even few pota-
staes would be better than no food ~ -
Arkansas Artist-"Stranger, our eatin'
roots gin ont, about "a week ago; so your
chance is slimthar." - 49,
Trayeler-"But, my friend, 1 must re-
main with you, any way. can't go any
further, whether ! obtain anything to eat
or not. You certainly will allow me the
shelter of your roof"
Arkansasa Artist-"At can't be did, old
Ehoss. You see. we've got only one dried
hide on the premises, and me and the ole
woman all silus occupies that; SO whar's your
TraVeler-"Allow me to hitch my horse
t0that persimmen tree, and with my sad
{ DIE and blanket y Il make bed in the fence
corner.'
nArkansas Artist Hitch your horse to
s'that 'simnon tree In aihoff1. Why, YOU
must be nat'ral fool, stranger! Don't you
see that's me and the Awoman's only chance
for ,simmon beer in the fall of the year p
fIf your hoss is so tarnal hungry as you say
he is, he'd girdle It as high up as he could
reach afore mornin.' Hitch your hoss tc
that treel 4 'spect not no. no, stranger
Our traveller, seeing that he bad an origi
nal TO deal with, and being himself an anna
telir performer upon she instrument tt
which the settler was so ardently attached
thought he would change his tactics, anC
draw his determined. not be shost ''ou
a little before informing him, of the fac
that 5he. too. would once being known, h,
rightly copjectured would be passport u
- -Travelef--r. W WellS1 friend, If can't stay
how far is it TO the next house ?n
Arkspsas Artist Feu miles and you'll
think they're mighty long ones, too, for
you cit thar. came nigh. onto fotgettin
70 tell YOU, the big creek is up; the bridg
is carried off there's nary yearthly ehanc
Go ford it : and If yer bound to cross it, yer'l
have to go about seven miles pp stream, II
old Dave Lody's puncheon bridge, through
0ueDf hedardest bamboo swamps you eve
rsFe. f-reckon the bridge is sta hdin' yet
tf,twas, yesterday mornin' athough@one en-,
had started down stream about fifteen feel
o1or eich matter"
TraVelef--SE Er1enQ. you seem cOl1mun1
,eatives and if it's no offense, I'd like t
know what yon do for a living here ?'' 4
Ark Artist--s.N No offense on earth
stranger. We keep grocery"
Traveler-1g A grocery. Where in tn
name of all that is mercantile do your Gus
TONERS come from? Your nearest neigh
bor is ten miles distant" n
9VA FIX. sArtiisJ-ss The fact is, me and th
old woman is the best customers yet: bu
we 'spect these diggins will improve, an,
in course business will improve too: How
Sever, we do suthin now, even. Me AM
9Atfle ole woman took the cart t'other day
went to town;. we bort bar'l of whisky
and artef we come home and 'gin to cOun
F-flelbalauceo on hand, we found thar wan
esbnf list one solitary pickayune left, an q
the ole woman allus carries, the pnss. j
course she had it. Well, I sot, the bar'l agil
-Onersile of the room; and shortly afttr, tn
ole woman)sez I 6pozin you zap your en-
-of-the bar,l' and : did; and she bought
-sdrink. and paid me the pickayunes ePrest
sasoorlg j sbegun to get dry; and sez /, tOl
-aSvflfrIaIl sDoZinB you tap your eend of th
-ssbaTsI ,---and she did and then she sells 10
drink and the way thatpickayune ,traE
eled back'ards and for'ards over the bnni
-of that barsf is caution to them as love
v<sred- ever oBuf, stranger, Losses is aptt
,,ooT1ia aini every business; and me and tn
.eoie woman has lost some In the grocer.
v.fina & and I'll tell you how. twas. Tha
fS-z- pill oF1r oldest son, he see now tn