The Moran House is the old Fulton House, opposite the Court House, on Elbow or Main street. Like the old Seaton House, the Fulton was built in sections, some of them by Seth Howell and others by his predecessors. Seth Howell kept this house a long time. He was called "Flinger," because he had a habit of flinging disorderly persons out of the house, as he termed the process of ejecting. Howell was succeeded by Calvin Springer, and he by William Thorndell, who became the owner of the property. David Mahaney came in after Thorndell, Michael Carter after Mahaney, and it next passed to the hands of James Moran, its present occupant and owner, who gave it the name of the Moran House. This old tavern was always well patronized, and continues to be under its present proprietor, who has added many improvements, and the house is in better shape now than at any time heretofore. The name Mahaney has long been identified with the National Road. The Mahaney House was built and is conducted by Lloyd Mahaney, a son of David, elsewhere mentioned. It is the newest hotel in Uniontown, and the finest in architectural display. It is a hotel, having come into existence after the old inns and taverns had been relegated to the dead past. It is located on a lot formerly owned and occupied by George Ebbert, adjoining the present National Bank of Fayette County on the east, and is on the south side of Main street. It is well managed and does a large business, and is likewise one of the best of the many recent improvements in Uniontown, and reflects credit on its proprietor. CHAPTER XXXIV. _Old Taverns and Tavern Keepers continued--Uniontown to Searights--Anecdote of John Slack--Slack at Night and Tight in the Morning--Old Roads--Parting Tribute to the Old Taverns of the Mountains--Henry Clay Extols the Virtue of Buckwheat Cakes--Boss Rush and his Poker--Moxleys--The Old Hunter House--Searights--The Grays and the Gray Meeting--Jackson Men and Adams Men Meet and Count Noses--Old Political Leaders--Barnacles of the Road._