The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-23

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1reylsra. They reach New Salem, Illinois.
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CHAPTER IlaE a
Wherein the Reader 10 introduced 70
offut's Store and His Clerk Abe, and
the Scholar Jack keIso and His
K Cabin and His Daughter BIN, and
Gets First Look at Lincoln.
They had dinner of prairie chick
ems and roast venison, favored with
wild grape jelly, and creamed potatoes
and cookies and doughnuts and raisin
pie. It was well-cooked dinner,
served on white linen, in clean room,
and while they were eating, the sym
pathetic landlady stood by the table,
eager to learn Of their travels and to
make them feel at home. The good
food and their kindly welcome and
the beauty Of the rolling wooded
prairies softened the regret which had
been growing in their hearts, and
which only the children had dared
to express.
Perhaps we haven't made mis-
take, after ALL" Sarah whispered when
the dinner was over. II like these
people and the prairies are beautiful,
TT Is the land Of plenty at last"
said Samson, as they came out Of
doors. 1T is even better than I
thought" t&s
"As Douglas Jerrold said of Austria
Tia: Tickle 1t with hoe and 1t
laughs with harvest" said DR..
Allen, who still sat In the shaded
dooryard, smoking his pipe. II have
an extra horse and saddle. Suppose
you leave the family with Mrs. Rut-
ledge and ride around with me little
this afternoon. I can show you how
the land lies off to the west Of us,
and tomorrow we'll look at the other
side"
thank you'll want to look around
here a little," said Samson. whats
the name, Of this place"
"New Salem. We call it village.
1t has q mill, a carding machine,
tavern, schoolhouse, five stores,
fourteen houses, two or three men Of
genius, and noisy dam. It's crude
but growing place and soon it will
have all the embellishments Of civi-
1ixed life" y%
That evening many Of the inhabit-
ants of the little village came to the
tavern 40 see the travellers and were
introduced by DR.. Allen. Most Of
them had come from Kentucky, al
though there were two Yankee fam
lilies who had moved on from Ohio.
"These are good folks" said the
Doctor. There are others who are
not SO good. ! could show you some
pretty rough customers at Clary's
Grove, not far from here. We have
to take things as they are and do
our best to make 'em better"
"Any IndiansT'N Sarah asked.
"You see one now and then, but
they're peaceable. Most Of 'em have
gone with the buffaloes farther west.
Now and then a circuit rider gets
here and breaches to us. You'll hear
the Reverend Stephen Nuckles II you
settle in these parts. He can h0ller
louder than any man In the state"
The tavern was the only house in
New Salem with stairs In it--stairs
50 steep, as Samson writes, that '.they
4 were. first cousins to the ladder" "
There were four small rooms above
them. Two of these were separated
by a partition of cloth hanging from
the rafters. In each was bed and
bedstead and smaller beds on the
floor. In case there were a number
Of adult guests the bedstead was
screened with sheets hung upon
strings. In one Of these rooms the
travellers had night of refreshing
sleep.
After riding two days with the
Doctor, Samson bought the claim Of
one Isaac Gollaher toa half section
OF land little more than a mile from
the western end of the. village. He
chose site for his house on the
edge Of an open prairie. !.
snow we'll go over and see Abe"
said Dr. Allen, after the deal was
made. .He's the best man with an
ak and q saw lin this part of the
country. He clerks for Mr., Offut.
Abe Lincoln is ohe Of the best fellows
that ever lived "a rough diamond just
outsof the great mine Of the West, that
only needs to be cut and polished
Denton Offut's store was spall
log structure about twenty by twenty
which stood near the brow Of the
hill east Of Rutledge's tavern. When
they entered ii 1t ABE Abe lay ct full length
on the counter. his head resting on .
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