Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-04-26
A JOURNEY DOWN EAST.


the Red Sea-dreary wanderings in inter-
minable deserts-long travels round the
world, and even Of run to Ohio through
mud that covered both poney and rider up
to the shirt collar, but never in our lives
have we heard Of any thing to match a
late journey of gentleman, whom we
shall denominate Dickey Deliver, down
east.
Dickey was famous we'll digger some
where in the western part Of this our good
state Of Maine, and undertook, as he sup
posed, at a most advantageous bargain, to
dig we'll for As dollars. Having labored
with much assiduty till he arrived at the
depth Of nearly fifty feet with a prospect
of soon completing his job, Dickey ascen-
ded in these upper regions to look for a
little IL O'clock" and had just effected
his escape, when, alas; in caved the sides
Of his we'll and filled it Is feet with anoth
err solid mass. Dickey looked over the
edge, groaned, scratched his head, and for
a moment pondered in the bitterness Of
his heart, half murmuring curse on his
cruel stars, for thus doubling his heavy
task; but, probably, never once thought Of
feeling grateful to kind Providence for his
almost miraculous escape from instant
death. Looking round, however, he saw
his coat and hat lying near the margin Of
the well, and a thought struck him that if
he should "clear out" as the saying is,
his friends and neighbors would soon dis
cover the situation of the we'll, and seeing
his coat and hat where he had left them
when descended, would no doubt consider
him buried under the mass that had fallen,
and with one consent would join to dig him
out, and thus clear he WE'LL So thought,
so determined, and away goes Dickey,
without coat or hat, not to another world
but to another part of this. The affair of
the Wells caving in was soon known in
the neighborhood, and as might be expect
ed all were soon gathered around the fear
full gulph. that, as they supposed, had
closed upon poor Dickey with dreadful
vengeance. After the first surprise and
silence were past, one and another ven-
tured an observation upon poor Dickey's
lot. g Poor man he is no doubt dead ="
How he must have felt, when he saw the
whole earth above falling in upon him"
But it is all over 1.-THE relatives
seemed to be quite calm, and it was at
length it was very seriously ag.tated whe-
Their they should dig out the body. Some
were in favor Of that measure, but by a
suggestion Of relative that it was no use
for he YVES already we'll buried, they final
ly determined to leave him to his lot, and
allow his bones TO minge with the gloomy
depths in which they were confined. The
particulars of the case soon travelled in the
shape Of news to the place Of Dickey's re-
treat, who was so mortified at the result
that he KEEP. himself out Of hearing half
the year, being ashamed to return home.
| At last, he thought Of an answer to the
inquiries which plyed thickly to his ears
on his first appearance above ground and
with that he resolved to make venture.
Dickey accordingly returned, and after a
little surprise excited in his neighbors by
the unexpected arrival, they began to en-
| quire how he managed TO get out, inform
! ing him Of their conclusion to let him re-
main where he had buried himself
"Aye, ave." says Dickey, 81 know all
that very we'll, for | waited till you had
abandoned me, and then went to work
myself to dig out, but missing my direc-
ton, had rather long job Of it, and late
| ly came out in Somerset County, about
fifty miles from the starting point!''