New-York tribune., 1878-10-01


a-havin' good time and the like Them was my medi-
tauOns Mark IN the House OF the Lord" ,,.
And Major Lahers stopped TO laugh and and WINK MS
"AnI when Theerd they was good. ole-fashoned hoe
door, big barndocr. IL '5eared iike~s opened 70
and Mark Bonamy Tanner Township is rightly Loco
foF Sd gVe SUS the men ts sawder and the like you
know wen use them like the pilgrim fathers md tue
About sunset the two arrived at Kirtley's double
cabin. Already there were signs OF the oneomng Tee
Hello Old Gid !" said Lathers who knew just when
familiarity likely to win, you alive yet you oid
you haint dead and done fer. after all we've been
through wish was half as hearty you l9ok K,r,,sv
"Howdy. ole coon !" and hereaohed out his hand I'm
mlddlln peart come over ts WAY " gTI 80 o Ic over
here you ever see."
"O6, know that. tho't I'd come along and shake
you about Old Hickory jst f6g fun. You always heV
bottle OF good whiskey and you don't Kick ole military
friend outdoors on account politics aud the like
Bland If don't feel more at home when I'm INSIDE
your door than do IN airy mother in this county
Hows the ole woman and that doggOned purity giI OF
yOurnf was afraid 10 bring Bonamy along fer iear
she'd make fool an the like out OF him But told him
you perticler friend Of his father the colonel ana
that yO1'd perfect him."
WAL said Kirtey hesitating % wish could make
you comfortable. But the folks is got hoedown sOt
fer tonight an youall won't git no sleep ef you stop
hoe-down !" cried Lathers with feigned surprise
oval, CT I'd kDowed that, I'd q fixed things so as 10
Old-fashOned set-down and the like with yOu Here nc
pulled bottle OF wnskey from his pocket and passed
TO Kirtley, But next to IA talk with yOu I'd enjoy
reel with the girls like used to have when was
yOungster" Saying TINS Lathers dsnouned without out
6ottlej tune to object. But Marx hesltated.
"Lght, Mr.. Bonamy light" said kTtley " eL yGn
kin put up with us, we KIN with you. Come rght I'D,
gentlemen, and III put your hosses out" ,. o,,,
Bopamy and me knows how to Work list as well as you
do. You Rocky Fork folks is little stuckup and tue
efyou haint now You tank they haint nobody as can
do real tough work an ich ike but you Nov B0namy'
here brought to that sort of thing aud as fer me-
1 was rocked IN a gum stump"
The Major insnnctively spoke more improperly even
than was habit, in addressing kircy and others OF
his knJ though Tom Latherss English was bad ien9ugn
at any time. r-.,.....o..o.
The old man grnned at the fatery and Laters passeo
the bottle again.
In a quite different kind is the dreamy picture Of
still life in Western village.
One can never have done admring the beauties of
late afternoon ON the Ohio In village hc LUZ gne pd
rose-bushes and grapeynes, and honey suckes IL was
always delight 1hat is IL IIy , VH"oe, % anu & NV 20
stranger, TO have nothing much to do AZ some sea-
OF the year. when onion buying and hay shipping
were active the town had some appearance OF ie but
II never so peaceful ana sleepyOOklng as aD9ut e
first of August. In md-afternOOn, tho clefks III
the stores sprinkled the floors TO keep them
cool, and then themselves down on shoe-ooxes or
reluctance to sell hafpOund Of eightpenny nails 10
uuluCky vlager into whose garden an industrious
hog had forced his way and who was Obliged 10 exert
himself enough to naii ON few Iallngs d9e roses
have long ceased BLOOMING Ibe red seed-Vessels
look bright among the greeu leaves Of the roserees
One hear everywhere, on sueh day the voices OF
the redbird aud The twteng OF the martins and the
chatter of chmneYsWlfls. Inc grapes are hardy red
denug yet but can hear az TINS season the tuI Oh
the ripe Summer apples, as they fall from time TO Time
upon the ground Nobody does anything. The bows Ind
II 10 play. They are up N the appletrees,
filling their hats and shiFt-Dosoms with the 100
abundant FRUIT they proving about some garden
patch, watching tnelr opportunity TO " hook q great
ripe watermelon. They know good place IN some re-
tired orchard or under driltpilc OF the riverside,
where they carry their booty, ana ma out now
whole village full OF BOYS
Will be swimming in the tepd river shouting diving
II is beautiful climate on this beautiful river, where
the Winters never stern, and where IN the hot sum
where Is the sweet dong nothing sWeoter than here
Lie down under chelrY-Lree ana Sleep sretch yOutseI
near an open doorway and read with the sound OF
cow-bels and the far away caNing OF crows, and the
cackng OF heDs, and the scarcely heard ana lazy ha-
nerIg of tbe village smith floating you out Of air
fun OF stilluess peace. Put away your book at last
Tie word too comfortable fOr e&eftlOn Inc ep0se ia
TIE sky aud in the faint is exquisite. IL s
II does not matter that you come of energetic
air is TOO much for you why be ambitious The
poorest is nch enough here Sit down, sad SOUL OF
lie down and slunber
"RoxvD may be accepted as the latest example of
purely American novel and to say the least, Of
the very best without the slightest trace of foreign
influence, although a Characteristic Swiss family
naturalized in Indiana figures largely in its scenes
II is the genuine product of the Western soil, in
spired by familiar personal knowledge of the people
and profound sympathy with the primitive life in
its early imperfect manifestations. The writer has
drawn exclusively from Nature, without the aid of
caricature OF fictitious establishment. He shows
no tendencies to fantastic exaggeratlons, his dicon
though presenting instances of strange vernacuar
is as unaffected as it is expressive, and his fertile
fancy always acknowledges the rule Of good taste
and artistic proprety His store Of recolectons, 1t
is to be hoped. will not be exhausted. as they
afford more effective materials for superior literary
work than the happiest exercise Of mere invention