History of Dallas
At ust, ation a great deni of diffi~
culty in aking human, affairs doveé-
t il with his text, the preacher sat
down. On the instant Mr. Linskill
rose frony his seat far back in, the
3 ch and: said with a deliberate.
enetrating voice heard in every cor
ner of the church, “If any man will
how me that text in the’ Bible, T Will
e a wiser 'man than I ever have
been,” and sat down Of course, this
‘was a crushing humiliation to the
preacher, but it seemed to be one ot
the cases of “east said soonest for
gotten, o and so 1 presume the inci-
dent has passed out of the memory
of most of those who were present.
/ A story is’ told of ‘A. L. Warring,
who for a short time about 1849
to 1851 kept the Hotel at Dallas.
Among his most liberal patrons were
Charles Bennett, a lawyer of Wilkes-
Barre, and Henry Hancock, a mer-
chant of Dallas, Huntsville and else-
"where, before mentional. They [were
in the habit of stopping there
© on their way up or down on numerous
fishing and: other excursions. They
were both famed for the fun that they
were usually able to extract at almost
any time from the most trifling inei~
dent or fact that might arise. On one
"occasion they began to show a disposi-
tion to criticize Warring’s way of run-
‘ning a hotel, and wound up by telling
him that unless he secured .a hotel
sign’ with an American eagle on it
they should decline to again stop at
“his hotel. The jest was so well hidden
‘that Warring promised faithfully to
procure that bird as soon as possible,
rather than lose such valuable Dpa-
trons. P. V. Wambold, a cabinet
‘maker and undertaker of note, then
at Kingston, was commissioned by
Warring to do the work, which he did
in his usual finished style, putting in
the bird’s mouth a ribbon on which
> were painted the words, “E pluribus
unum? in rather conspicuous letters.
In due time the sign was erected
and ready to greet the eyes of Bennett
and Hancock when they came again,
which was not long after. Supposing,
of course, that they would be delighted
“with the new sign, Warring went out
to greet them, and incidentally
/ “pointed with pride” ‘to the America
eagle on the sign. Quick as thought,
signs of disgust and contempt began
to darken the countenances of the
guests. Of course, Warring could not
understand the cause and asked an
explanation. “Explanation,” exclaimed
“ihe “Don’t you see you
insulied We are Americans and
you to erect an American
eagle sign, instead of whieh you have
had an “BE pluribus unum” bird put up
‘here, which is an insult to every
Arericon’ who comes to your house.”
Jt ie said that Warring was so worried
over the matter that he sent the sig
back to Wambold to have it made
5 right, as I presume it was, though
tradition telleth not.
cuests, have
us?
:
we asked
; he fact that no religious denomina
tien except the Methodists has ever
~ thrived in Dallas, has been: mentioned
before, but the density of the ignor-
ance concerning other denominations
in that country was never brought to
‘the writer's notice until one of the
Wilkes-Barre evening papers
; lished the following:
: HA distinguished Episcopal
man. from Philadelphia was at Glen
Summit recently. One day he came ic
pub -
clergy-
difference | grew until
the city and in the company of friends
drove over to Dallas. Being a great
he started off by himself to!
beauty of the surrounding
Becoming thirsty he went to
house and asked if he could
purchase a’ little The milk |
was produced and other hospitalities |
bs extended, for which remuneration was
| refused. Do you Episco-
palians over here? he inquired of his
hostess. “Well, really now, I don't
know, she answered;
shot some queer critter down back of |
the barn the other but he al.
Jowed it was a woodchuck.”
walker
view the
country.
a farm
milk.
have any
‘our hired man |
day,
This story is a little moth-eaten, aud
I fear was never indigenous to Dallas; |
but whatever it may lack of truth,
illustrates what TI before observed
_ about the tendency of the people of
Wilkes-Barre and vicinity to attribute
to Dallas any unseemly or uncivilized
“act or remark which ‘was without
other localization.
told of
y ETL
A series of good yarns are
and concerning one M— —_——
all around Yankee genius,
mentions in these papers. On one oc-
-casior® he a party of
came down to Dallas to enjoy one o!
Philip Raub’s suppers of
i chicken and waffles, and afterwards
: Mr. 1. brought
already
and neighbors
famous
+0 have a little dance.
his fiddle along,
called off the dances,
manager
and was orchestra,
general
As
the sets were formed for the anadrille
: ppened that Mr, L———'s son
Charles and his partner took
tion nearly in froat of and close :o
nis father. As dance proceeded,
3: the father noticed that Charles seamed
to be a great deal more interested in
talking to his partner than in prompt-
ly responding to his part in the quad-
rille us the calls were wade. This in-
and was
of ceremonies as usual.
dt ha
a posi-
“he
‘ments
Charles was
practically standing still luring man
of the evolutions where he should
have taken part. Presently “swing
your partners” came ringing! froin Mr.
L.,. and the music for the swing pro-
ceeded, while Charles stood still tali-
ing to his partner, oblivious to every
one else Mr. L. could
endure this no longer. Suddenly the
stopped and he called out:
“Charley, swing that if you're
goin’ to dance, I want you to dance; if
you're a Eoin to spark, go down in the
settin’ room.
Mr. ¥ at one time nad a consider-
able reputation for his gift at swear-
ing, and when it was learned that he!
was about to move to Dallas that |
reputation preceded him. At that time
we could boast of another citizen, Mu.
J. F., also distinguished, armong' other
things, for his facility’in the invention
and use of oaths. About the time
that Mr. L. to Dallas.
some one mentioned to Mr. F. that
when Mr. L. arrived, he (F.) would
have to retire, as Mr. L. could beat
him all over at “he
curiosity of FF. was so aroused by
that he determined to go down to the
hotel at Dallas on the day of the ar-
rival to see the newcomer, and _pos-
sibly get some points in profanity.
After waiting around some time, a
stranger drove up to the hotel and
stopped. Hardly had he done so when
the floodgates were opened, and I am
told by ‘those who heard it that the
way he swore was an inspiration. No
name far the stranger had yet been
given, and I. stood wondering if this
could be his rival. After hearing a
few choice specimens the doubt was
enough removed for F. to approach
and address him. “Ain't your name
L.? ‘asked F. “Yes,” barked the
stranger; how the do you know
me?” ‘Well, sir, by , they told me
that you were comin,’ and that vou
were the only man in the world that
could heat me a-swearin,” and I
know’d you by that.” They were fast
friends from then on—two of the best
hearted men in the township; rough
diamonds indeed they were.
A good story is told of Joseph
Hoover dating well back in the first
half of the century. He went one day
to the store of Mr. Jacob R y Ind
neighboring town, to get a gallon of
molasses, taking with him the jug
usually used for that purpose. As it;
happened that day, the son, Isaac,
who usually waited on him, was other-
wise engaged, and the father, Jacob,
went down the cellar to draw the
molasses. After being gone for some
time, Jacob called up from the cellar
to Joseph and said that the jug did
not hold a gallon. “Call Isaac,”
plied Hoover, “and let him try; he bas
always been able to get a gallon in
that jug.”
in the room.
music
gal;
was coming
swearing.
his
r=
For a number of years prior to the
year 1883, Francis Hoover, who lived
near the eastern extremity of the
Wilkes-Barre Water Company's reser-
voir, where the road from Huntsville
to Dallas passes around the same,
claimed title to some land which also
claimed by a neighbor, Chris-
topher Eypher. The dispute ended in
an ejectment suit, which was finally
decided in favor of Mr. Eypher by the
poet-lawyer, David M. Jones of
Wilkes-Barre, to whom the case was
referred. I quote from the newspaper
account which was published at that
was
time:
“Eypher brought an action of ej} t
ment against Hoover for some three
acres of land in Dallas township, part
of a larger tract of one hundred and
The defendant filed the
‘not guilty guilty,’ thus
disputing the plaintiff's al
three racres.
usual plea of
not only
leged ownership of the title to the
but denying the
usual primary averment of the plain
tiff in such cases that the defendant
was in possession, as unless he were
he could not be sued even ‘though he
had no title
“A
case
three acres, also
whatever.
trial was waived and
to David M.
popular poet, who, after taking a large
both
spirited argu-
filed
To this numer-
jury
referred
of testiimony sides
and listening to the
counsel,
favor of the plaintiff.
amount on
nents of a report in
ous exceptions were filed by defen-
and after "lengthy argn-|
the court,
following
dant’s counsel,
exceptions,
filed the
on the
Judge Woodward,
opinion:
“Christopher Eypher Francis
Hoover. C. P 200, January Term, 1882. |
Report of
“Phis is an action of ejectment, and |
finding fact by the
VS.
Referee and Exceptions.
the eighth of
“ ‘Bighth—That the legal and |
equitable, to
pher Eypher, the plaintiff, and that he
has been in possession and has occu-
pied and improved said lot No. ©
since March 28, 1844, the
title,
is in Christo-
|
|
referee is'as follows: {
|
said land
disputed
land being within the certified lines of 4
certified |!
1854—that hol
has occupied and improved said lands |
gid No. 6, and of lot No. 5
Bedford since May 6,
under and by virtue of said convey-
ance.’
“Again, in what is called the ‘his-
tory of the case,’ the referee states
‘that the plaintiff has been in posses-
sion of these lands for a little over
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