The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-09-02
OLD SANS STORY.

The first 1 ever received was when 1
was about sixteen years old. belonged
to band consisting of bass-viol,
flute and two fiddles. l was second fid-
die. That was sixty years ago, when,
no matter what happened = a wedding
or an election or an ordination - there
was ball and SO 1t came about that
for five nights running we played six or
seven hours on stretch, and on Satur-
day we had to provide the music at
some sort of great celebration in the
city of H. Now, in order to reach
there in time we had to leave NJ at
three o'clock in the morning by stage
coach, and expected to get into H
In good time in the forenoon, so as to
have chance to take little nap. But
halfway there the stage-coach broke
down, and we were detained, so that it
was one O'Clock before we reached the
tavern in H, and the celebration
was to begin at two. don't remember
what sort of celebration it was, but
there was to be music, and speeches by
DR.. D of Yale College and other
gentlemen whose names / have forgot
ten. Now, not one of us four had had
more than forty winks of sleep since
Thursday night, and we were so used
up by fatigue and sleepiness that we
could hardly keep awake L had taken
cold too on the journey, and felt sick
and feverish; so Spencer, who was first
fiddle, went to the bar and ordered a
glass of whisky-and-water for me. 1t
was the first time 1 had ever touched
anything of the sort, and l didn't find
it at all to my taste, but sat at little
table inside the bar slipping it and sip
ping it, and trying to get through with
it, when all at once into the room strode
the great DIR. D of Yale College,
the orator of the day and one of the big
gest men in New England. He was tall
and stout, and dressed in the fashion of
the time, with ruffled shirt-bosom,
e-breeches, silk stockings and silver
buckles, and his long gray hair was tied
with black ribbon. He held his head
very high, and had frigld eye and a
stern mouth and triple double chin.
He had been dining in one of the parlors,
and now came out to settle his reckon
ing, pompous and dictatorial.
Landlord" said he in deep stento-
rian voice which could be heard half
mile, my bill, if you please"
In one minute, your honor in one
minute" said the landlord, whose voice
was little shrill pipe. "I was going
to bring it in to you"
And while Dr. D waited, his
eyes, travelling around as if longing to
find something to find fault with, fell
on me.
"Young man, said he in his deep
bass voice, "what is that you are drin k
ing?"
"Please, your honor" said I, tremb-
ling from head to foot "please, your
honor, it is only little whisky-and-
water to"
"Young man." he said, eyeing me
with his fierce round eyes and shaking
his double chin" "young man, do you
know Were the feet of the drunkard
lead2 Are you aware that once upon
the downward path they travel straight
to hell? Have you never learned that
the inebriate has neither part nor lot
with the righteous, but is chained fas
in everlasting tormentY Put by that
glass-put by that glass, 1 say; and
when you are lured into temptation
again say that DR.. D--Dr. D. OF
Yale College !-showed you the evil OF
your ways"
He stopped for moment, glared hard
at me and nodded his head and double
chin impressively, and was just raising
his fore finger to commence again, when
the landlord in his little shrill voice
began;
Here it is, DIR. D., here it is
Half gill of rum and wineglass OF
brandy before dinner"
Never mind the items, never mind
the items," said DIR. D. in q terrible
voice.
" just want to see if they are all cor
rect" said the landlord; A." Half gill O
rum and a wineglass of brandy before
dinner-n
" l tell you don't want the items, ;
thundered the doctor: "give me tn,
whole"
" I'm coming to that" said the land
lord, his voice growing shriller anC
shriller. "Now, how far have got