Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-11-05
THE BITTER BIT.

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have heard much of the sptcuaiiors Of that
employee The Central Railroad who boasts thar
he has cleared DO less than So 600 Id The -four
trade this fall but the following account Of one
of his tours certainly the richest Of the kind that
has come TO my knowledge. | have It from the
best authority. aud have no doubts of us genuine
ness. -i-'1e si'
II Sc, ms that this tile Spectator had made a
con Fact W gen, Ienun al Concord near Albion
IN this stale, u few days before the recent rise in
the markets, tor la &c amount Of 1aur, at u FIX
ed price, which was considerably less than It was
after the receipt the foreign news. We may
be mistaken as To the amount, 6ut thuk il was z,
UUO barrels. The money was 10 be promptly
paid down and The -four delivered on Saturday,
the very day the news was received IN this CITY.
which the great rise. Well Oh Saturday morning
MIR. specuiaor. ea,ed BY the news he had iusr
learned. chuckling IL, expectancy over the golden
harvest he was about 20 reap aid having provided
himself with the requisite amout Of funds, put spurs
On his seam ht rse and started off with his tram In
double quick time. eae4
He expected to reach Marshall in ample tine to
ride .ver 20 Concord before night aud close the
bargain which he must do, as this was the last
day. But II SO happened tina, on that particular
day, (how could fortune be so cruel p il has been
decreed that the train must run off the track
Such was the case, and consequently il did not
reach Marshall until after dark But Concord
was cisant only about IA III les from Marshall,
and Saturday lasted some or hours yet,
SO our hero, nothing daunted by the provoking
hiudernnce just spoken Of hustled around and
hunted up buggy aud two horses aud driver,
&c. just as he was ready 10 star; il occurred to
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TITLES, aud require illegal tender % si
After much running around among the mer.
rharis, brokers, &C., he inally succeeded in get.
ting his funds into gold and silver, making some
them into the buggy aud started off pos, haste for
Concord BY this time it had got 10 be pretty
well along 10 The evening" but be had plenty Of
time If nothing happened TO retard his progress.
But something must needs happen. When near
Albion. aud distant seine four or Eve miles from
Concord, driving at furious rate, up come the
buggy against stump tree, Tor it may have
been COW and out tumbIed speculator, driver,
specie and all The buggy was completely used
up. What could they do now? no tune
was to be lost. ltmay be proper here to state
that i: is not reported whether our hero made use
of any blasphemous language at this time or not.
havugslong enjoyed the stated preaching .of the
Suspcis u 70 PtcSuttiSu uc uiu UOt NioSt kucu
when this last accident happened, would have Civ.
en- up the chase. buts mo-. so our renowned specu-
la,or. Up he jumps, takes survey Of the scene
of disaster, mounts of the horses the driver
the other--lhey divide the boxes Of specie between
Them, and off'they start again, with accelerated
velocity. Soon they bring up at the proper place
they are admitted to the house and their errand
made know. The '.man to be feeced smelt The
rat and looked at his time piece. 1t was most ~
o'clock, at whlch lime he would be released from
his contract.
thought strikes him--he "must send for his
parner!" Well, after considerable delay along
comeslhe partner-the preminarles are now ar
ranged and the contract about to be cIosed-but
1.-THE specie must be counted over first" This
must of course occupy some considerable time,
but the customer goes leisl,rely at it and slowly
commences counting. one, tuo, three, four, &c.
After counting out few dollars he again looked
at his time piece, when 10, it was afer ID o'clock
our toasc eniious friend, with an arce smile looks
graveIy up and says "Captain, l can't trade pith
you on Sunday" Our hero could make no reply
but together with the driver shoulGered his boxes
of specie, marched out Of the house, monnied
their horses, and wendell their way back to Mar
shall. oh, what cruel disappointment was that!
Adreaiser sa