The Portland daily press., 1878-03-19

The following sketch appears in the Editors
Drawer of Harper'S Magazine for April, and is
| credited to An old contributor:
Whittier's poem of "The Waite. Fall' ia the
Atlantic Mouthly requiring so much search for
the water fall remIuds me of al anecdote
related by Judge - of Maine He was
once on a circuit at Portland aud having few
days to spare before the term of the court
closed, occupied the time in looking up objects
of interest in the vicinity. He had heard of
romantic cascade 10 the neighborbood and was
irquiring it, locality Of the hotel clerk when
teered the information in this wise: "Say,
can tell the Judge all about that ere CASCADE,
for live close by it,
The judge turned to him and expressing bis
thanks, desired to be informed how he might
reach the place.
"Easist thing in the world judge" replied the
man; it amt great way out on the Saco
turnpike. You go vut-wa'all, guess about
four miles till you come to cross road, and
then you turn off to the lett; you keep along,
where there's pair o. bars If you let 'em
down, mind you put 'em up, cause the owner
is mighty peTticul,r about his cattle. You
keep along say forty rods til you come to
another pair O birs-miad you put them up
too--theu you fallsr up that road till it comes
to hill; you kind O. circle round that till you
come to another sort O. crooked path that
crosses a road; take the right turn and go
down the haller; TALLER up the hill till you come
to by path that leads you round the mount
ing; that brings you into the main road that
leads you right up to old llsley's bsrn.'.
Glow shsll l know Ilsley's barn if ever
arrive tbere?" asked the judge.
HOW'LL you know Iislss's barn? Why,
it's right opposite bis house."
"But how will know Ilsley's house"
"Hs hous ? Of course you will see Ilsley
round there"
"But how shall know that it is usey"
Sure judge you can't make mistake about
Ilsley; you 'Ili know him by his yeler nankin
trousers"
"Nankin trousers! Does be always wear
nankin trousers"
I'm course he does judge Why. you see the
way ont was this. There was man down
here to Portland that owed Ilsley considerable
and couldn't pay So ilsley he levied on him,
and attached six cases O. yaller nankin he had
in his store, and them he took for the debt, and
carried 'em home. Well Miss Isley she was
so dsrned mad that she told the old man he'd
got to wear out the stuff in trOusers-that was
about seven year ago-and Ilsley he's been
a'wearing nankin trousers ever since; one pair
in summer, two pairs in fall and spring aud
about half dozen pairs in winter. Judge,
YOU'LL laugh till you split if you only see old
Ilsley iu them trousers! Miss llsey she amt
much of taioress and she makes 'em aarrer
at the bottom, and puckered up where they go
round him, SO be looks jist like demijohD
bottom up Seems to me as If [ shonld bust
every time see him"
swell, we'll" exclaimed the judge with some
impotence, ''if ever find llsley, what then?
How about the cascade?'
Cascade, jldge?' replied his infor mapt.
"YOu ara the particlurarest man ever see.
should think old Ilsley was curiosity enough
for one day, anyway, and arter you've seen
him,y forget all about the cascade.