Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-06

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'hin1; and We I, tmayiseem strange, Il,
land Seroggsa werei unabieatos agree
! Bafneyihadthe poorest sstand,S Barne,
! got the leanest stakes, ,'Fand ats'the entt
4 Of, every week Bafney's billewas sdis
ll,putcd. Besides this, 'S6foggs was q
] verbearing, tyrannicaE and particular.
i " hard Ia thetreatment of his bows and
his negroes. Now whether it was be.
cause Barney \ own head was little
woolly, and his skin rather q dubiou,;;
/ White,,or whether ii was because 81, his
kind hcaEted mature we cannots tetef&
minei but certain il is, he always had
a sympathy fortheoppressed sons and
daughtersaof Ham, and never could
bear to see them illatreated; and .on one
occasion, when lScroggs with a large
black snake.'fay it onthe9 naked, back
Of one lofhis negroes, so that1every cut
brought blood u Barney Rinterfered-----
swore it was inhuman, brutal, and must
be stopped. ,'Scroggs couldn't under
stand what right Barney had TO inter-
fere., Barney pleadth right Of COM
mon humanity; at which Scroggs swore
he was an fnfernal 5abolitionist, and
shouldn't work for him another hour,
and told him TO make out his bill. Bar.
neyiwas used to being discharged and
complied without hesitation. Coming
tobalance accounts, however, Scroggs
was dismayed TO find that Barney had,
overdrawri his account about, ten dol
lars, and he now insisted that,he should
remain and work out the amount Bar
ney put his thum to hisnose and made
some signi6cantImotions with his fin
gers, at which Scroggs became perfect
~ furious, and swore he would adver-.
,tise him inthe ReUeiAe, and post him as
a cheat, scoundrel, and paltroon; and
following Barney. to the door, just as
he was Stepping out, sss.a4 ''a,s'..ss s,tIs Y, {
,,"ssz-z--- Gave him twitch, s.,..t n
As quick as Lightning, in the brooch, ,'' 4, 4
/, just in the plaza where. honors lodgd,
ggAslwise philosophers have judged; f<4
sBecausesa kick in that part, more s;. s.a.....
Hurts honor, than deep wounds befpp.', i.sy.r
Suchlat leastait did in Barney's; case;
andahe instantly turned to demand sat>.
isfactionfor his wounded honor, but the.
door was slammed in his face, aand the
key turned, and Barney was obliged TO
pocket the afffont. ''s% 5as.'@a aaeh
The season being dull, Barney found
no new Sit in the place. and after duly
weighing tile, matter, determined to
pull stakes for the north, for Chicago.
and the ,nonrishing region ofthe lakes,
To, ascend The Illinois river in steam
boat was, out Of. the question, for the
very simple reason thai he lacked the
wherowilhal 10 pay, his fare, and none
Of dhebeats needed deck hands, So
the ferry, paid bis last
picay une,to be carried across tosthe II
inois side and started on Ahlsq 1long, pill
grimage afoot.ta af .H5otss1l Lags "a si
laIn that t'irksome and iweafying jour-
aey through the8 greattlA rnerieangB Bot
ON, would be toopainfuEto follow him.
md we shallslet him tFudge lit alone
Until at the end Of eight days we shall
lgain, meet him about sdndown, IA few
niles out of Peoria, iii the TIMBER a.
one. sitting on'a log, his meditations
.unning thus: go y 1 = Z e',o', : q
',".Well, this IS, tiressome. e. $50 miles
o Chicago. 1 wonder where III sleep
o-night. ! wish ! had something to
,at. The hunk that woman gave me
his, morning sits confopnded heavy,
Ugh! One blessing, there are no mus
luitoes here: how thick they are in
hataAmerican Bottom. ba May well call
h tBottoma--it's s thce bottom of creation.
What avllainth that Scroggs is: r,a-t-h b.
.>r guess leone it over him, though!
,eShe. e.he-ho-ho.hoha To think I'd slave
i longer for him! Wonderif heshas ad.
1ertised me? We'll, s'pose he hus?UBu
ONE scoundIr7el J, might Try e to- Z. stop me,
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|, H Here 7 his his ameditations were broken'in
lpon. By a gentle tar; upon The, shloul-
lei. Quick asfligftning he was on on hlls
eet,, and exclaiming Just as T expect
ID was about to- ept, for ltallsttlpm11bDer tall timber
when aga lssy 10 sHas .sssli ai .b}.og
q gsHold, good,frlend, ,.said theIinl9trulder. d q
be besnotlalraid.ililsam no. bailiH, nor any
,fthatsort, but one that would betrlend
hee,' and his kind and sbenlgnants look
il once convidced our Cousin thatahe
vas in earnest. .sreTs1h Pes soaw ia ssg
4 sTheeshas been laboring fora cruel
lave naasterain MissoarilA ataaa ~ Vi
Y y ou may well saySthat.a aaAs bht
Y Thee Has travelled faT!' y aa''tsfa
|. An the way from 81. Louis afoot
and little to north star my only
guide-7nNeaairll ~ caught ilsll, ny death sleep
ng3 in, the open air.
u The, good mar, groapcd. well come
.leng with me- and thee shall have
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