The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-09
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which Describes the Journey Of Sam
son Henry Traylor and His Wife and
Their Two Children and Their Dog |
sansbo Through the Adirondack viii
dssuess In 1881 on Their Way to the
Land Of Plenty Furthsrmcre II De-
scssbes the soapino Of the 6rin-
steads.
\ In ne early summer Of 1881 Sam
Yen Traylor and his wife, Sarah, and
two children left their old home near
he village of vergennes, Vermont,
and began their travels toward the
setting sun with four chairs, bread
hoard and rolling-pin, a feather bed
and blankets, small looking glass,
skiIaet, an ak, a pack basket with .
pad VI sole leather on the same,
water pail. box of dishes, tub Of
salt PORK, a rifle, teapot, sack OF
meal, sundry small provisions and a
yi01in, in double wagon drawn by
sxen. 1t is pleasure to note that
they had a violin and were not dis
posed to part with it. The reader must
not overlook its full historic signifi-
canees The stern, uncompromising
spirit Of the Puritan had left the
house Of the Yankee before a violin
I could enter it. i Humor. and the love
of play had preceded and, cleared a
way fcr 1t. Where there was fiddle
there were cheerful hearts A young
black shepherd dog with tawny points
v and the name Of Samb0 followed the
wagon. s,.a .,,,l m, Y.
y III VIZ had been at the Congrega-
tional church on Sunday we might
have heard the minister saying to
Samson, after the service, that 1t was
hard TO understand why the happiest
family IN the parish and the most be-
loved should be leaving its ancestral
home to go to far, new country OF
which little was known. We might also
have heard Samson answer:
sItas awful easy to be happy here
We slide along in the same old groove
that our fathers travelled, from Yer
gennes to Paradise. We work ant
(, play and go to meetin' and put shiI
plaster in the box and grow old ant
narrow and stingy and mean and g
up 10 glory and are turned into saint
and angels. Maybe that's the bes
thing that could happen to us, bu
Sarah and Il kind O thought we'd tr
new starting place and another rout
to heaven"
Sarah and Sampson had been raise
On adjoining farms just out Of tn
village. He had had little schoolin,
v but his mind was active and well u
clined Sarah had prosperous relt
tives in Boston and had had the az
vantage Of a years schooling In this
city. She was connely girl Of
taste and refinement unusual in tf
place and time of hei birth. Man
well-fayored youths had sought ht
hand, but, better than others, 81
liked the big, masterful, good-nature
"a humorous. Samson, crude as he wa
4 Naturally in her hands his timber hi
undergone some planning and smoot
ing and his thoughts had been gent
! led into new and pleasant ways. 4
sS Let u.s. take look at them as tn
slowly leave the village Of their birt
The wagon is covered with tent clio
drawn over hickory arches. They q
u sitting on d seat overlooking the OK
III the wagon front. Tears are strea
4, ing down the face Of the woman T
mans head Is bent. His elbows .
resting On his knees; the hiekC
handle Of his OK whip lies across
lap, the lash at HIS feet He seems
be looking down at his boots, into
tops of which his trousers have be
folded. He is rugged, blond, beart
man with kindly blue eyes and
rather prominent nose. There Is
striking expression Of power ins
head and shoulders Of Samson Tray
the breadth of his back, the size
:, his wrists and hands, the color
his face betoken, q man Of gr
strength. This thoughtful, sorrow
attitude is the only evidence Of q
don which he betrays In
minutes he begins to whistle a liy
tune. ss5
The boy Josiah -familiariy ca
Toe sits beside his mother. He
I slender, sweet-faced dad. He
hooking up wistfully at his mot
The little girl 5Betses sits between
and her father.
That evening they stopped at
house Of ian old friend some n
up the rusty road to the north.
s'Here we are goin' west" 8
son shouted to the man at the q
step.
he alighted and helped his fal
out Of the wagon.
'sYou 60 right in-pll take car
the oxen said the man. s
Samson started for the house
Nj the girl under one arm and the
4 under the other. A pleasmt-f
woman greeted them with q he
n welcome at the door.
'sYou poor mani Come right.
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