EARLY on the following morning, before the sun had hung the eastern sky with golden mists, my mother was astir, and in due time had a plain but substantial breakfast prepared. And, too, I heard my father muttering his misgivings1 in an adjoining chamber2. My valise, nicely packed and strapped3, stood by the door; this I thought a contrivance of my father to shake my resolution. Indeed I must confess that whenever my eye rested upon it, an emotion of regret moved me, and my fancy filled with an hundred perils4 that seemed incident to my career. The earnestness of my mother, however, always restored me to confidence. Her motto was, never despond, nor sit idly at home, when fame and fortune are to be gained by going abroad. She did everything with great cheerfulness of manner, and though the frosts of fifty winters had made snow-white the hairs of her head, and plowed5 their furrows6 deep into her oval face, there was a vigor7 in her action that might have excited the envy of youth.
Though I could not suppress the effect of those reminiscences of home, which on the eve of departure from it, rise up and disturb the feelings, no sooner was breakfast over than I shouldered my valise, and with my father on my left, and my mother on my right, sallied forth8 to the garden gate, where we halted before taking a last parting. The favorite watch-dog, Tray, who had gamboled with me in my boyhood, and held himself worthy9 of protecting me in his old age, followed us, wagging his tail in evident delight at the prospect10 of bearing me company. A soft breeze fanned over the beach, the dew-dripping rose bushes, that lined the green-topped picket11 fence, waved their tops to and fro, the sparrows whistled and sung, and wooed, as if Providence12 had made them for that alone; and all nature seemed putting on her gayest attire13 to inspire me with resolution.
"My son," said my father, grasping me tightly by the hand, as the words trembled upon his lips, and the breeze played with his gray locks, and his eyes filled with tears, "if go you must, be a man in all things; but heed14 not the sayings of men who talk loudest of being your friends."
"Why should he not go, daddy?" replied my mother, who was accustomed to addressing him in this manner. "Be your own judge of the world, my son, nor ever think bad of it until you have made your virtues15 an example to others, for they who condemn16 the world most have least to lay at its door." She then took my hand affectionately, and after gently rebuking17 my father for his attempt, as she styled it, to excite me to melancholy18, which she held to be a great enemy to youth, kissed me and bade me adieu. And I set out, taking the road to Barnstable. They both leaned over the little gate, and twice exchanged adieus with me, as I turned to have a last look at all that had been so dear to my childhood. Faithful old Tray bore me company, and wagged his tail approvingly, and the rose tree tops, as I fancied, waved me a God speed; and the wind whispered joyously19; and the birds flirted20 and sported before me on the sandy road, and tuned21 their songs to the temper of my feelings.
Between me and Tray there existed the uninterrupted friendship of a lifetime, the recollections of which I have sometimes thought of writing for the benefit of future generations, seeing that to write one's recollections, (to which may be added the recollections of others,) is become extremely fashionable. Tray had been my companion in many an adventure, all of which I thought he at this moment treasured in his memory, and would have recounted were he possessed22 of the power of speech. Having ascended23 a piece of rising ground, about a mile from the house, I sat down by the road side, intending to take leave of him and send him back, according to the request of my mother. He immediately planted himself close by my side, laid his great paw incessantly25 upon my knee, and, with looks of regret, would have expressed the friendship he bore me with caresses26. Indeed there seemed a hidden goodness in his heart, a nobleness that caused the current of his friendship to flow with much gentleness, and a singleness in his mute appeals to my approbation27, that I could not help contrasting with the insincerity of those dogs who go about the world on two legs, and imagine themselves most valiant28 when devouring29 one another.
After resting for a few minutes, and casting a longing30 look over the scene behind me, recalling, as it did, so many old associations, I told Tray that we must part; and that as he was now well down in years, perhaps we should never more meet again. He seemed to understand all I said to him, and, as I patted him gently upon the head, repaid my friendship by caressing31 my hand, and turning upon me several sympathetic looks. On telling him that he must go home, he hung his head, and drooped32 his tail, and moved slowly into the road, several times halting and casting reluctant looks back. Then he stretched himself down in the sand, and placing his head between his great paws, watched me out of sight.
Having journeyed about two miles, I reached a cross-road, and saw approaching one of those great wagons33 familiarly known in that part of the country as "tin wagons." It was drawn34 by an exceedingly lean, gray horse; and a short, fat man, with a broad, florid face, beaming with good nature, was mounted upon a high seat, made of a bundle of sheepskins. He was squint35 eyed, spacious36 mouthed, and had a nose that was flat to the end, which turned up in a short pug. His hair was of a sandy color, and parted carelessly down the center; and his dress was of well-worn gray satinet, which sat loosely upon his rotund figure. His hat, of soft black felt, was drawn well down over his low forehead, and but for his beard, which was thick and matty, one might easily have mistaken him for a cross between a Dutch washerwoman and a pumpkin-bellied quaker.
His team moved along at a measured pace, as if keeping time to the song he was singing, with great flow of spirits, for his own entertainment. I waited until he came up, much amused at the manner in which he every few minutes cracked his big whip. "Stranger!" said he, in a shrill37, squeaking38 voice, "which way are you journeying?-what can I do to serve you this morning?" He reined39 up his team, and dismounting in a trice, extended his hand with a heartiness40 I was surprised to find in a stranger. "Jedediah Smooth, the renowned41 fisherman, is my father, and I have set out in search of fame and fortune," was my reply. At this he set his small, but searching eyes upon me, and seemed confounded, the cause of which I was not a little anxious to learn.
"Son of the worthiest42 of fathers!" he exclaimed, in a voice of great earnestness, "my delight at meeting one whose fame as a politician has preceded him, knows no bounds." Again he shook my hand fervently43, as a pleasing delirium44 seemed to have seized upon his senses. "Accidents are sometimes equal to conquests," he continued. "Know, then, that you confront Major Roger Sherman Potter, commonly called Major Roger Potter. Like a titillation45 of the fancy, I have been thrown up and down by the tide of political fortune and misfortune until I became sickened of it, and resolved to seek obscurity, and live like an honest man by the sale of tin, and such wares47 as the good people of this remote part of the world might have a demand for. You must not judge me by the calling necessity has now forced me to follow, for I hold it right, and in strict accordance with the nature of our institutions, that when fortune forsakes48 us, we stand not upon the order of a reputation, which at best is but a poor thing in time of need, but give ourselves manfully to any labor49 by which our hands may preserve the honesty of our heads. It is much better, I think, than following the fashion of our politicians, who reward the people who send them to Congress by neglecting their duty to the country, and studying those arts by which they can appropriate to themselves the choicest spoils."
The Major now led his team a little out of the road, hung his feed bag to his horse's head, and while the animal was eating, spread a sheepskin upon the ground, under some elder bushes, and invited me to sit down to a plentiful50 supply of crackers51 and cheese, to which he added a quart of cider drawn from a small keg he kept secreted52 under his box. He also discovered to me the fact, that in addition to every variety of tin ware46, mop handles, washboards, crimping moulds, and wooden faucets53, he kept a small supply of fourth proof brandy, which he sold to those who had a want in that line for winter strained sperm54 oil, a name convenient enough to suit all purposes. In truth, the good people of the neighboring villages had taken so strongly to the temperance cause, that no spiritous liquors could be got of anybody but the doctor, and then only on a certificate from the parson, who vouched55 for your good character, and set forth that to the best of his belief, it would be used only as a medicine. And the doctor, who had a scrupulous56 regard for all good and well regulated communities, took a joint57 interest with the parson, and so raised the price of this sort of medicine as to make the trade an extremely lucrative58 one. But as the rich were never known to be denied, and the poor had not money enough to enjoy so expensive a cure for their maladies, which were greatest in number, the popular enactment59 became not only a grievous, but a very oppressive monopoly. And this monopoly the major, who esteemed61 himself a great public benefactor62, sought a cure for in selling for three shillings a pint63, an article equal in quality to that for which the doctor and the parson demanded ten. But this, he said, very good naturedly, he was compelled to do on the sly, for though his customers were principally poor people, if it got noised abroad, nothing could save him from the fury of a mob of pious64 and very orderly people, who would get up town meetings and vote him down an intolerable nuisance. This done, and the market for his tin pints65 and washboards would be closed for ever.
Having refreshed ourselves with the crackers and cheese and cider, the Major very pleasantly commenced recounting a little affair of honor he had been called upon to adjust but a few minutes before, and as he was proud of his skill as a diplomatist, the recital66 afforded him an infinite amount of pleasure.
"Parsons and doctors," said he, taking a copious67 cup of cider, "no doubt imagine themselves (and they have an undisputed right so to do) to be the very embodiment of natural benevolence68 and inviolable fidelity69. But there are things of an opposite nature, to which their hearts and inclinations70 are as susceptible71 as those of the tenderest virgins72. I was pursuing my journey this morning, when 'old Battle,' my horse, who has smelled powder enough to make his nerves more steady, pricked73 up his ears at something he saw in the bushes by the roadside. Reining74 him up, I dismounted, and to my great surprise discovered two well-dressed men fast asleep, locked in each other's arms. 'Faith of my father!' says I, 'who's here?' A slightly guttural sound was followed by a hoarse75 voice answering, 'It's only me.' And then a lean figure, with two well-blacked eyes, and a face otherwise disfigured, disconnected itself from its fellow, rose to its haunches, and stared at me with wild dismay. A white neckcloth, somewhat besmeared with blood, denoted his profession. On coming to his senses he aroused his companion, and commenced charging him with being the cause of the sad plight76 he was in. Neither seemed to have a very distinct recollection of the event that had founed them in a condition so disgraceful to them as respectable citizens; and the other protested his innocence77 of any misdemeanor, but was equally at a loss how to account for the disfigured face of his companion, and was about charging the whole affair to a dispensation of Providence, that being the most convenient and fashionable method for disposing of such things. But the man of the disfigured face, who was no less a person than Parson Stebbins, (and his companion the doctor, of whom mention was made in the foregoing chapter,) clung tenaciously78 to what he was pleased to call his love of facts, and said he would come out with it all, that the truth of history might not be impeached79.
"They had been spending the evening at your father's house, and were regaled with cider of such uncommon80 strength as to make a deep impression upon their sensibilities. The doctor declared they drank nothing stronger, notwithstanding the parson accused him of having a small flask81 in his pocket. It was late when they left the house; and as they had been warmly discussing whether it was right in the sight of God to hang a woman for killing82 her drunken husband, without coming to any decision, they agreed to change the subject to one of a theological character, it being absolutely necessary that they have something to debate on their way home. The doctor inquired of the parson, what he thought of the doctrine83 held by many popular divines, that God made Moses and Elijah visible to the Apostles on the occasion of the transfiguration. The parson, after pausing a few moments, and remarking that he had a curious feeling in his head, which seemed to sit unsafely upon his shoulders, replied that the question was of too abstruse84 a nature to be debated by any but members of his own profession, to which it of right belonged. If he were to speak his mind it would be to give doctors in general no very high reputation for either morals or religion. 'True history never gave them much mention; and though Aristotle had treated their vagaries85 with great condescension86, Cicero never could be got to look with favor upon them. Yours is a mischievous87 profession, the members of which are always seeking the demolition88 of useful sciences.' This the parson said in so angry a tone that it excited the pugnacity89 of the doctor, who was scrupulous of his profession, and declared he would not stand by and hear it slandered90.
"They had now staggered among some laurel bushes at the side of the road, when the doctor, having inquired if the parson meant anything personal, and not receiving an immediate24 answer, fetched him a blow that felled him to the ground, and almost simultaneously91 followed him. And now so great was his fear of having done him bodily injury, that he seized him in his arms, and, thus embraced, they had slept until I disturbed them. Each now commenced giving a confused version of the affair, criminating and recriminating in a manner that only served to increase the disgrace to which it attached. The doctor protested his innocence of the deed, while the parson continued to discant upon the consequences that would result from the disfiguration of his features. At the same time they both intimated their readiness to have me sit in judgment92 upon their affairs, and accept my decision as final.
"When they had put on their hats I bid them sit down upon a moss-covered hillock, and hold their peace. Having done this with great good nature, I seated myself on an opposite one, and commenced to deliberate upon their case. The state of debility in which they had unfortunately found themselves on the previous night must, doubtless, be put down to the strength of the cider. The debility, then, being acknowledged, neither could be held accountaable to the other for acts committed while morally insane. As to the imputation94 cast upon the medical profession by the parson, even were it done when the mind was morally sane93, it ought only to be set down to the natural envy existing among members of different professions, and was much to be deplored95, for instead of one being ambitious to claim a superiority over the other, they ought to regard themselves coworkers in equally good causes, and for the advancement96 of a common humanity. In order to settle the questions they had attempted to debate, I proposed that they adopt the rule laid down by our noisy Congressmen, each being satisfied in his own mind that he had demolished98 the arguments of the other, and for ever settled the question at issue. The battering99 they had given each other was a thing of the past. Was it not better then to let a bygone be a bygone, rather than seek a technical satisfaction, that while it afforded the public some amusement would only bring themselves a great deal of pain? They could no more recall the past than they could make a set of rules for governing the appetites of the people. There were always simpletons enough to believe that they could be cured of consumption by taking such nostrums100 as cod101 liver oil and Wistar's Balsam; so also would the world always be pestered102 with men simple enough to believe that every man must square his inclinations to the measure of their own. But one point now remained to be deliberated upon, and that was how the doctor should atone103 to the parson for his damaged face. I, however, soon overcame this, by suggesting that it would be no more than right, and equally becoming of a Christian104, that the parson accept the doctor's deep regrets in offset105 for the injuries he had received in his features. This the parson, who was not to be outdone in his benevolence of soul, readily acquiesced106 in; and thus was saved the trouble of calling in the aid of a lawyer, who, with no earthly hope of restoring the broken peace, would have made destructive inroads upon both their pockets. The two now shook hands, and with expressions of the highest esteem60 for each other, thanked me and took their departure for home."
I had my suspicions that this story was a romance of the Major's own manufacture; nor were my suspicions dispelled107 by any subsequent act of his. And notwithstanding he was ready at all times to redress108 the wrongs of thirsty humanity, he kept a sharp eye to the equivalent, and had an inveterate109 hatred110 of all who opposed his free trade principles, which, in a measure, accounted for the story of the doctor and the parson. In truth, he had the facility of an Arab for manufacturing romances, which he used as a means to demolish97 his enemies, as will hereafter be shown in this history.
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