Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-07-30
OLD OWSLEY.

OLD OWSLEY.
Previous TO the revolutionary war. per-
sous convicted of crime IN England. were
sentenced To be transported to Virginia as
they are now to Botany Bay. A fellow OF
the lame OF Owsley YVES transported for
theft, which lie had committed as much
ont ut mischief as any thing else. Alter
his arrival IN Virginia, he played some
nischlevouS tricks, winch showed that
his punishment had not the effect of re-
forming hlm. A neighbor of his who
was not very well provided for in the up
per story, poor, Ill managing. creature,
who had not wit enough To cuntrive how
I'd make D"th ends meet, had one hog,
which he put into pen To iauen, ami be-
lore the hog Was Iii To butcher, his owner
mad been borrowing pork all over the
neigborhood. which he had promised to
pay When he Killed his hoy but on max
ing calculation, he found that his hog
would not make pork enough to pay all
his debts, let alone leaving any thing ior
/ his ta'nilv's use. In his trouble. ZONES
applied To OwsIey Tor advice, telling him
4 N'N NV "ho anu
that, II Owslcy would tell him If some
plan to get out o! 1t, he would pay hlm
what lie owed him and something more.
Wei '" says Owsley, III tell you VIVA,
to do Jones. Do you 90 homo and mind
your business, and he sure thar YOU Cont
tell any body shat you are afraid that YOU
can pay item their pork, but tell then.
That you're gong To xiii y"nr hog nn such
day, and then you'll pay them. When
the day comes Kill your hoy aud clean
hun, and 1T ann hang out To cool In SON,
} place "here your ueighOnrs can see hun
ana make "a much fuss about II as you
can, SO as 10 make all take notice OF Won.
Let tie hog hang ill after dark, then Sian
out AID take hIm down and hide him o,,l
II TN way, and then 90 TO the uea,es,
ntIghbors and tell them that vou had kill
ed your Dog, and let hun hang out to cool
MI alter dark, and that when you weni la
take hIm down, somebody had stnien hlm.
II they don't believe you, yOn mus. swear
by III that's good aud bad that I, is so.
and you must tell the same story To all
your neIghbois; aud he sure next day To
90 to Ill that you've borrowed pork of,
and tell them the same story, and now
sorry you are you can't pay them, and
that you have no meat at home for your
family. They'll all let you off. None of
them VIII expect you to pay them if you
make them believe that your hog was
stolen; and if they don't believe you, YOU
must try every way hat you can TO con
vince them that ii is true. But now
Jones, honor! you must pay me what you
owe me-" Jones promised faithfully that
he would. and went away.
Some days afterwards Jones killed his
hog and hug it out as Owsley had direct
|, ed Every neIghbor that passed by,
Jones would call TO him and tell him that
he would pay him his pork tomorrow.
As SOON as II became dark, Owsley slipp-
| ed up and stole the hog, and carried it
, oil. When Jones came to take care OF
II, he found that It was gone, and almost
run mad. He followed OwsIey's direc-
, tons without having to tell a lie. He
went to his neighbors and told them of
! his bad fortune with tears in his ewes.
In the morning he was at OwsIey's. as
) soon as it was light. "WeIl MIR. Ows-
) ley did as YOU told me. killed nv
, hog yesterday, and hung it up, and When
+ vent out after dark to bring it in, it was
gone-sonIebody had stolen it sure g.
J nongh." OwsIeg looking at him as if he
did not know what he meant. "Mr
OwsIey may be you don't believe me 2?
Believe you why you don't want to
J poke the story on to me, do you ~ 81
wish ] may never stir, if it ant just as |
tell you" OwSley burst into a laugh
Jones swOre it was true, and went over
the whole story again how he had killed
the hog and dressed it, and hung it our
as Owsiey had told him, and when he
went to take it III To hide it, some one had
stolen it. "W~Il, (says Owsey,) you
need not be afraid but what any body will
believe your hog is stolen if you'll keel
such long force on when you tell then
I your story as you do now. lf | did no
know how it was, should believe yo,
myselI." Then Jones began to swear
again that somebody haf stolen the hog
Stick to it, Jones, you'll easily make
them belive it, and they'll all forgive YOU
what you owe them. You look Just as Il
you were in earnest" "Whv. Mr.. Ows
ley, am IN earnest. There's no lnkt
about it somebody did steal my hog.