Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-05-03
A JOURNEY DOWN EAST.

We have heard, (says the Inquirer,
printed in Maine. Of jOurneyiug through
the Red Sea-dreary wanderings in in
terninable deserts-lOhg travels round
the world, and even Of a run to Ohio,
through mud that covered both pony and
rider up to the shirt collar, bot never in
our lives have we heard OF any thing to
match late journey Of a gentleman, ,WhOH
we shall denOminate DIckey DeIver,dOwr
east.
DickSy was famous we'll digger some
where in the western part ofthis our good
NISine, and und ertoOk, as he supposed
at most advantages bargain, to dig a
we'll for As dollars. Having labored
With KAuch assiduity till he arrived at the
depth Gnearly fifty feet with prospect
Of sOON completing his job, DiSkoy asCcn,
ded in these upper regions to look for
little "lf O'Clock, }" and had just affected
his escape, whom, alas in caved the sides
Of his we'll ard filled it Is feet with an.
other solid mass. Dickey looked over
the edge, grONHGd, scratched his head,
and for a,moment pondered in the bitter
ness ofhis heart, half nurmuring a curse
on his cruel stan', for thus doubling his
heavy task, but, probably, never once
thought of feeling grateful to kind prov
idence for his almOSt miraculous escape
from instant death. Looking around,
b owevsr, saw his coat and hat lying near
the margin Of the we'll, and a thought
struck him that if he shruld "clear OUT
as the saying is, bis friends and neighbOrs
would soon discover the situation Ofthe
well, and seeing his coat and hat where
he had left thSm when he descended,
would no doubt consider him buried un-
der the mass that had fallen, and with
one consent would Join to dig him cut,
and thus clear tho we'll. So thought, so
determined, and away goes DIckey,wfth.
cut coat or hat. not to another world but
to aASther part Ofthis.
The affair of the wells caVing in was
soon known in the neIghborhOOd, and
=, might be expected all were soon gath.
cred around the fearful gulph, that, as they
had closed upon poor DickSy
with vengeance. After the first sur
prise and silence were past, ,One dfaaother
ventured an observation upon poor Dick
sy's lot. Poor man, he is no doubt dead!'
How he must have felt, when he saw the
whole earth above falling in upon him -
"But il is all over now." The Relatives
seemed to be quite calm, and it was at
length very seriously agitated whether
they should dig out the body. Some were
in favor Of that measure, but by sugges-
lion Of relative that it was no use, for
he was already we'll buried, they finally
10 leave him 10 his lot, and
allow his bones TO mingle with the glOo.
ny depths in which they were confined
The particulars Of the case soon travelled
in the shape Ofnews to the place Of Dick.
sy's retreat, who was so mortified at the
result that he Ikept himself out Of
nearing half the year, being ashamed to
-eturn hsme. At last he thought Ofan
answer to the inquiries which plyed thick
y to his ears on his first appearance above
Iround, and with that he resolved 10 make
venture. Dickey accordingly returned
md after little surprise aInong his neigh |
lois by the unexpected arrival, they be-
,an 10 inquire how he managed 70 ges
'ut, informing him Of their conclusion g
et him remain where he had buried hlmr
elf. "Aye, aye, . says Dickey, q know
II very veil, for | waited till touua yOI
lad abandoned mo, and then went % wCIk
nyselfto dig out, but missing my drec,
ion. had rather long job Of i, and
,telv came out in Somerset County
bon, filIy miles from the starting
o;n, -