Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-08-01

| " " f'itis fffh rs't fi';T "TN''S ''''S
he street. where a new house was h~u'I'ira, !
WINS eninrsi by the remark Of an Ind Al. w''".
sfteY looking nj The proprietor. surrounded r..
ca,ucptess md msernr, and bpeTina him give I'll
sorts Of directions shrugged his shoulder and
mu'tereJ, Ugh white man take great t'5"i's 'o
build him house. me build mine hi ha'i al hour.
Ours iiks tho Indians, was mode ~ half an hour.
and was Of fnuc', the same siwplF contradiction
a few poles, forming he ou'Iiue # . sugar Loaf,
were soon covered with ~hougts, and ha'h. a
Young sp-ure was cnt TO block mp The doorway.
when We retired fttilje night. and bots Of wood
was prepared 10 fe,d our ereni"g fire. Attei
rearing our manson. and putting all things 'ha'
might he .np,eh within teach, W. tesnfilei our
rods. and fingered by the rnnr'Tg wH'e's. nn''t
the deep shsiows closing around ia. the diiIlcnl.
~ Of sseins our own fl,rs, satisfied us thai II was
useless to ,ry another @nsi. We then re'tcd 10
our camp- kirdIed our lire --ho'Ird oar 's ket-
! tie roasted sonr trout upon d s'''k -r"n naa"d
our knapsncks f., bread, butter. ham aud cheese,
anl got about The rnInyinrnt Of nn' event. q meal
viii, app"ri,ss that gave n relish to al Ne touch
cd, and WHICH az cpicu'e ~ ~ Alderman mrghi
have envird.
.Tbi., now said Bob Norton. lighting IL Sc.
gar, and throwing hirself back on bis ''loH.
is clear comfort, ~ old Mex said IN the Gart'
.Wha, Barn was that a.kcL U'Bfen. 'nnI
boa caroe ths fellow to be so ron.Grt.hie|
AS TO the Barn. said Norton. like most Of the
old acquaiD'nnces OF my youth, that were tna''r
Of boards and shingles, il las passed away, but
some Of you must t~emembor il. II stood at the
corner of ~hft Is now AIlis6u's f,nr, mex. the
stone bridge, and wss q coinfortsjlt tenement, FIR
horses and hotnej cattle, in my boyieh d'ys,
when The property belonged TO Stayner. THAT
Barn was the scene Of one of the oldest Iurls pf
the nlJcn t.ne-one Of Tho s,srnee' sword in
hand battles ,hn, ever occurred in The county,
1T mus, have been between a bruce Of hull
iber,' sid i, .for su'e'y no bipsJs would resort
10 rack and u,spgsr, 10 settle their personal d'il't-
9"ces.' ,~.,.
= .riero on ~ni..,ke,' raid Dob. smany things
Tia, atc M, very iite'y, hspp'o notwithstanding
nc old Barr. you mus, kno", like other Bat"'
On the PeninsuIn. was tnif, before there was any
house IL ;ta neigbi.ou,hoqd -forf yesrs "g' tbs
stone btijgs was 'ou' IN 'he country and ib"
old Barn Occupied . nice retired sj"l. AMI ha'f"s
| d broad h !~ahing hoor. was not a 'aI pl,~" for a
eoufie bent % mischiYf'o take csmc'se # = ftoe
" m"mirf. C'd TIT # cali him old ~Fr~a@~"
| &c died before | was ho,n, b., h. vrz u,t oil ~
tie ,imcJ WIS u lieutenant IN 'tH--liiat'And N".
ui,nrn', stationed in l1,i,f,S, about tfc f'"r II
| saw hi picture 10 fol- length. 1t go h1"s" Of"
| trL.ire IN The In'sr;@r, sono y"ars since; md E"
/ d. .,Lt,,, .t I,r, imam be ,,t,st hnyp ,c,u -
Wh,ir g.t,rs IL, his handsome features. nd
ira*ry limbs. IN re,rae upon i'r canvass, !
ro,Il no. bat ~i.h that I bal 4'"r lhru ~ II"
toll ,,lay nf action. sI,rtc I'fe r Il nth. va ~
Me strife. MIX md y 'rn'het oih'ef G"'ftN
cl while at mes, nni The nlro law+ Of tbs D"'Ho
heinz - tho4r DAYS not very we'll defined o. nrrh
regarded. they agreed to meet in 'h' Old hafn -"
nrx, morning. and fight it out. sword in hard
up,p The tiitrsting n,or. For some reason :"
rlhc,. which I never lsarnri. they took no q"
! conis-nnd whcn ihcy drew tleIr fr1nI sw"tis.
and PULLED their hornets over their eyes. rh,s.
now, said NIX -, looking round. and seeing no
.,Iri; thing near but an old cotv p'c'nG through
the nnnarI viii, nn'Drnl n=ionI-hinrnl, thJa. said
Nick, who had ihe irur Highland InV~fo hYh,.
. IVY aft t'ii' ~ - ''"P''' ''' "
! nothing L. bot al tntr""p'"", tia" = ''""T CON
fort
al least 4, s,v.trairton, murrnnrel Urisn,
.bu, tho word conf"rt is peculiarly E"2i'sh.'
Il am not gong ID S"rar'o a''' s'} u ''""F'
. feap'lr,l Nofton, but you have The story - 1t VA
void 10 ING. After cycling each o'rrt tr u no.
mrp,, Ait ihcy went, rnh irint hd', p1a"rtnl
fcll"ss. and good "@or"am"n, n" "o"''' va
LONG, obstinate ara "on'''' over u '"''''@
J. onsfi,ahh some nn''''a''a 8" ''' F'@y '''" "'''
~s'nnd'' and '''d ''''' '"'' '''"''s '''7''','s.
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aud wipe tDe ID "' asa re''?'' 20" '''" '''
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f''''t man, n''i! ~ i'"6''' =" me """ ''"N'
both wcre despc'"lc'y ""n"d''. 'n' "'""s "
opposite 'pd' OF '~ S'a'"' ''' ''<>'' 'f'" 80
'n''F"''5 '"'' ''""'
who h"dhr' E'n~"s "h"as h"'' was E'''f'T 80
'nrn''ng ta'' '''] h'' Mt '''"g"' NV" '''''''
N th''f ''''s't'h' 'n"y "'8" "''' . '''' -
at "irh ''hoi'by way Z" "'''"P' "''' u ''''
opened ard ~ "a'~'' '"' '""~' " '' "''''
who hal coo'c +" mix h'f GU" anu '"'" "' ny
ION the common u" gave "H "'""' '
"a. brought. and tn" ""uo"'1 ''"e'f7 were
conveyed to the f'Sl''''' u i" " num-
Ell up anh''h"y wore 'o's'''"' - ="
tho high "r'"'"" entertainer & '"'' NV
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