The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-10-13

when about two-thirds OF the way across,
we were hailed by Sol Todd from the bank
we were approaching. We stopped to
hear him more distinctly.
'Hellow little squire, you chicken
hunting to-day
Being answered allirmatively, he con-
tinued-'You better mind the holes in
them ere rocks, if your horses foot gifts
ke,ched in 'em you'll never git il out.
You see that big black rock, downlo your
right ! Well, there's good bottom down
below that. Strike down thar, outside
that little rillc-and now cut right into
the smooth water and come across !
We followed Soils direction to the let
ter; and plunging into the smooth 'cafcr,
we found it to be basin surrounded with
steep lodges of rock, and deep enough to
swim the horse we rode. Round and
round, the poor old black toilcd without
finding any place at which he could effect
a landing, so PERCEPTIONS were the sides.
Sol occasionly asked us if the bottom
wasn't first rate, but did nothing to help
,.IanoL, ,,o s.r,,,LIod IN, vot and
'I;r.,I -, - Lana c,r !, ros sh,rn
S ",', ora;,r o,I continued our
;a,. ,.,"', w., I;,La o,nnyod ~, ,be hois.
,o.','s uaa.;ar I,naL,or &c mo so;d So.
tom"n ~, omr r;n,n,osoro ,nncararce
We hadn't more than got ont Of hearing
of Soils cachinatory explosions, before
mo ,oo, ono or h;s ,oirbbors. who gave
re ,o understand ,ba, the duckino we had
..;,oJ ,,.a. h,, 1.-Two r,IGIlno,, of
'' .,o. ~ c",,S ~ n,aro o.hiolon
., .,,o ,,; :, diva p,oL UIo
IT.. IT," haJ haa.J So 90. s,o,n;,r IN tho
~. 49,. or 49, .;,or u,o r;r,, ,,r,
,;nns and Ioorn;n, our ;n,en,;on 70 Card
;.a. ,'l,a.a mo- All Gyod h;nsoIr an tho
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+ ,"as ' sa,,,,;nr .r,nnI IN moro rho NM.
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NY ILL.,, :.
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! .o.'.. ALL .na,I ~ n,o.,ror c,r ,bo co,
! son ond ,,,o wa,cr w,s ,Io,os, like ice
y, ,ha, Lalc ,ho oon,or,s or ,ho h,ck.sL,,
> Wv. '.t "I ,o,'IJ 10 ;ns, ,Lon, c,in Cor roooy
- r.; :, ,co. son,o chararin, -,
H.. g., .,o.rI l;.a r.. r7o ma
. 49,, .an shoros, and 700 won, dow,
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..aa;sa s,o, -, r.Lioh orr nocr.e,s .rroy
), r,L,, We Ala @, w;,b o,;nns ov,c,no.s
- arI Sol sonr IorrJoL himself and wen
>. nrJor tho w,,or in tho nncI Hole III,
oL,n,. l,.I. u.;,L III, ,,;,o h.ol.o
.. pnr, nnr,"as bo aroso - ,no snrr,c,
~ .Co, !, Solr .No dana !, -Uc,c one
NJ og,;n, and ho J;s,rnc,rod oc,in,-,r
a.. no I;so,noarod secorJ limo p.G
-, ,nr, , oo,,.;Jor,Ilo r,,,,o oc ,o,I
:, - bo onco mara r,so int, tho INNER ,;
70 what luck old horse :, .Bv iiprs fr
4 :, IVA, ,imo I'm, Same how :, sl,I On,
= nv Gngcrs Down went Sol AGAIN. an
/. m ho came oC,rr ,hc I,,so If a mimi,
sin wi,hou, the pouch Are Won rjgj
g e,,e sopirc. ,ba, Won lbs, il in this hole
-, sail no co,;,c or, rro, , larro rocl