Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-04-30
A JOURNEY DOWN EAST.

We have heard. (says the Inquirer, printed in
Maine,) of journeying through the Red Sea
dreary wanderings IN lntermlnabe deserts-long
travels round the world, and even Of run To
Ohio through mad that covered both pouey and
rider up 10 the shirt collar, but never IN our lives
have heard of any thing 10 match n late our
ney of n gentleman, whom we shall denomInat e
Dickey Deliver down east:
Dckey was f,mous we'll digger somewhere
IN the western part OF this our good state o.
Maine, and underto he supposed, at most
-, gv"uo t'nfgniu, To Dig wen foT 10 dollars.
Having labored with much II ssiduIty tlll he arri.
we'd a, the depth Of nearly fifty feet with a pros
pect Of soon completing bis Job, Dckcy ascend
ed IN these upper regions 10 To- k for lIlle 81
o'c!ock,n and had ils, effected his escape, when
alas, in csved the sides of his well aud filled ii
II feet with another solid mass Dlckey looked
over the edge, groaned, scratched his head, and
for moment pondcrod IN the bitterness Of his
heart, bali murnurIng curse on his cruel stars,
for thus doubling his heavy task bat, probably,
never once thought of feeling grateful to kind
prov ide2ce for his almost miraculous escape from
instant death. Looking around, however, he saw
his coat and hat LAYING near the margin of the
well, and a thought struck him that If he should
"clear out" tho saying is, his friends and
neighbors would discover tho situation Of The
well, and seeing his coat and hat where he had
left them when he descended, would no doubt
consider him buried under the tina, had fall
len, and with one consent would )n to dig him
out, and thus clear the well. So thought de-
termned. and away goes Dickey, without coat or
hat, not to another world but to another part Of
This The affair of the wells cavng in was soon
known in the eghborhood, and might be ex>
peced all were soon gathered around tho fea rful
gulph. thar, they supposed, had closed upon
poor Dickev with a dreadful vengeance. After
the first surprise and silence were past, ono and
another ventured an observation upon poor Dick
ey's lot. Poor man, he is no doubt dead."-
..IT bo F,ft nor taS he ha1p
earth above falling in upon him. "Bu, it is all
over Tho relatives seemed 10 be quite
calm and il was at length very seriously nglta-
ted " he Their they should dig out the body. Some
were in favor Of that measure, but by sugges-
ton Of a relative that il for he was
already well buried, they finally determined TO
leave him to his lot, and allow his bones rningle
with the gloomy depths in which they were con-
fined. The particulars of the case soon travelled
in the shape of news to the place of Dickey's
retreat. who was SO mortified at the result that
he kept himself out Of hearing half the year, being
ashamed to return home At last. he thought OF
an answer 10 the inquiries which ply ed ihckIv 10
his on his first appearance above ground. and
wi tn that he resolved 10 make venture. Dick
ey accordingly returned, and after little surprise
excited in his ne ghbors by the unexpected arri-
val thew gan 10 enquire how he managed to
get out, informing him Of their conclusion to let
him remain where he had buried himself. Aye.
Ave" says Dickev, Il know all tina, very well,
for waited till found you had abandoned me.
and then went to work myself TO dig out, but
missing nv direction had rather long Job Of
it, AMI lately came out IN Sommerset county,
about fifty miles from the starting polnt.
SpEED.--Dr. Franklin ventred 10 express The
opinion that the time would come when the mail
might be conveyed from Philadelphia TO Boston
in a fortnight, and possibly IN week. The
mail is now carried from city to city IL less than
twenty -four hours.
THE acknowledgements has found cham
pion among the Canadian Indians. A Chief,
named Hoisawatsi. has been the means Of reform.