Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-20
FromGnyham's Magazine for Sept. IS42.
BEN BLOWERS STORY;
ORHoW TO RELISH A JULEP.
BY c. F. HOFFMAN.

Are you sure lhal,s The Flams over
bg the shoreP .f
; tCerting nanny! could tell her pipes
actost the Mazoura / Missouri.
Y Aud you will overhaul herr IS
Wont we though! tell ye, Stranger,
sosuIe as my names Ben Blower, that
last tat bar'l 4 hove ID the furnace
has putt list the smart chance Of 90 -lhead
into usto cut OF The Flame from yonS
der pint, OF send our Boat 70 Kingdom
come e9 M
Tho devil.' exclaimed 4 bystander who
Intensely Interested iii tho race, was
leaning The while against the partitions
of the boiler room, i've chosen nice
tplacetO see the tll near this internal
powder barrett l'a97s eS - 4 re-
= Not SO bad as ifyou were IN ir cool;
sly observed Ben, as the other walked
rapidly away
& sAsif he wete I'M IN what3 ii The
boiler:.' +
.Certing. Don't folks sometimes so
Il into boilers, NANNY a''ss 5..'. s{s
~ II should think there would be 9th!
or parts Of the boa: more comforts.
Bile, gstf
THAT'S right; pokiRg fun at me at onc't
but wait i'm we GET thro1gh this brush
with the old Flame and littell ye Of 9
regular fyin nscrape that aman may get
into. It's true, too, very word
ofitr-as sure as my nameis Ben Blow
er.
tYop have seen the Flame then afaTes
sifsngerf Six years ago, when new. up
ON the river, she was "a real out aud opls
ar. Itullye.e / was at thai time q hand
aboatd her. Yes, Ibelonged 70 Der
al the fime Of her great race with the
NGo llar.' You've heerln, mayhap, Of the
blow up BY which we lost itf They.
made 4 great fuss about j, but it ,swas
nothing but aimere iz of hot water after
all. Only the spring of a few Eiyets,
which loosed a biler plate or two, and
.s.s e. aa! . thin spiFsingg npoA some niggers
that ihadint sense enough toget out o.
che way. We'll, tho Cosliaf' took of
our passengers, and we ran into smash
ar,s Landing 10 repair damages, and bu.
~ the poorfoo that were killed Here
We laid for matter of thirty houEs o.
so. and got things TO rights on board for
: bran new start. There was some car.
penter's work,yet 10 bedohe, but the cap
lain said thai might be fixed of jnsts as
well when We were-under way.--we had
worked hafd--the weather was sour, and
w need,nt do any thing more jusl nov
; we might take that afternoon TO ourselves
6Ut The next morning he'd gel up steam
bright and early, and we'd all come out
new. There was no temperance society
ntSmasher,s Laneihg, andlI went as
shoYe ,lDon hrke with some Of the
hs,s,lSf N9.Ef 38 t1tN ff egna
asgf omi,tbe WORTHY Bsniamin's eadyen,
.tasss uDo,i land and despaiFiig Cffuls
u conveying his language IN its oF'ginal
Doric force, will not hesitate 70 give the
rest ofiIs singular narrative il my owl
s5ords Save where ii d few instances,
can recall bis precise phraseology
which the teadeF will easily tecoe
! misc. " n 49,
I. .gsiThenidbtwas tawand sleety when
4esainsd he deck 6four boat. Theotil
refs Instead 81 leaving swatch above
had elosedupsSegy thing, and shut them
selves in he cabin. Thesfte FootEi Oil
was openI The boards dashed ffom IN
ctsids bythe sxpl0siun had not yet bee
5avlactd. The door 81 The room swa
and there was scarcely . cornt
&bich 6fs0fdsd shelter from lAe q
V;rS st6fh ysas about leaving the roo
RESIGNED Is sISsp iasthe open a1F, ai
a6S bona oflg upon getling aader Y
les q some 6d head ma wogla psgsa
n ARMS. ba illd u 'sssiag ~
kepi my sFMs sire he'd 0rvgaFd Y .yo n
my wag ID the dafl bat my feet cafne
consael Nill 8 heavy iron i Z. stsImpi
and IS fsll, struck Que d d hands y
JIs sna1h6le, think this vas llse ilai
De rave Ia ihe aTal shapod opening