Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-10-02

as fhsg supposed, on prndrce. "ahd sure
70 must be hunGry--and such a dtcent body
wouldn't ate a potato" Assuring them | was
not hungry, they all rose and Joined in ono
universal valndictory Of Cod bless We, and
speed ye on we're journey" One woman tol-
lowed mo out and begged me TO turn into her
cabin aud take an org; telling her that was
greatly obliged that She should show me SO
much Kindness. hut | must hasten 10 secure a
walk across the strand before tho tide should
set in.
/ crossed the strand md reached an island
| a mile la diameter, OF one rude pile of stone,
with a little patch now md then Of green,
| without a road, the foot-f aths being 50 obscu-
! red by sand blown in from the beach that
g~uess-work was my only guide. Here were
huts-some of stone, and some of mud, and
here, too, were inhabitants dug In the sand,
as rabbits burrow, and whole families live
| therein; an aperture 10 crawl in admits the
inmates, serving as door, window aud chim-
ney on the ground straw is spread, which
serves for table. bed and chair; at each end
Of This island live the owners, called L9rds.
Wading ANGLE deep in sand, | made my
way to one Of these domains, and found an
entrance into the kitchen. The 'laIy'' wns
gone to Cliifdpn, and tho foo less kitchen
was a dep Jsit for calves, pigs, hens and
ducks. Two servants were sitting on the
hearth. ard handing one a tract, which had a
red cover, the scene that followed | better
Eh than my tongue or pen can describe
The girl went ont. and in a few moments the
dilapida'nd door, with u tremendous noise,
was burs, open, pouring in a host Of men,
bows and girls who were employed planting
potatoes; and they with one consent bounced
upon me, demanding books, and they must
be red 0ncs. Begging them to be quiet, and
| would make an equal distribution. (having
about fifty with m e,)-ihey would hear none
Of this, but runmagpd my basket, demanded
an entrance into my pocket-lll clamoring At
once, some in Irish and others in broken En-
glish, while tho servant-girl stood aghdst,
and a MN more manageable than the rest,
who had entered before the mob, and had
been reading a tract, declared to them that
the books were ''dacent," that they were
~blackguards ; and after | had given The only
one in my possession, he succeeded By phys.
zeal power to drag them out of the house
such az were draGable, while the oihers, took
their 0wn time and ocn way. l mado of
with an apology from the servant that she
could give me nothing to eat, as all was
''lccked up"
My next depot was 10 he at tho extremity
Of the island, where lived the other ''iq{y."
She, too, "iCzs OIL ;" but, admitting me into
the kitchen, | had a quiet survey of what
was passing there. Hero l counted sixty
three living and human beings, 9uq3ruped
and bipei, besides such as walked eroct-s
kennel Of dogs, their ooops for hens, chick
ems and ducks, a calf or two, a pen for young
pigs, a fold of sheen and lambs, and an able.
bodied he-goat-thesc all walked and talked
each his own language, with no pugnacious
symptoms; and if the ''lion and lamb did
not lie down together" the goat and lamb
did.
But the "lady,''-sha entered with a good.
i ly-looking daughter of fifteen, both attired ir
long linen coats, with respectable tails reach
, ing nearly 10 the ground, worn by the father
] and brother. They passed through in digni'
fed silence, and in a moment the lady re-
turned. saying, 'comc down 10 the p%Gri0r.'
| went down to the par!or, and here was
ground floor, a dirty looking bed. a few
) wooden buttomed chairs, and a table by the
wall, with one leaf turned up, and a platte
of potatoes and a cup of milk. "Will yor
tike some dinner !" | did not decline. for
B was hungry and 4 long walk was before me
and the tide not yet out, and The sun was set
7 The lady was young looking and handsome
and the mother of sixteen hopefuls-wa
! rich, and rode out to Clilden giving grea
dinners in the city, and on the island assimi
laling herself to the society around her.
1"S"t y rlooN anu Wv ~" 1t SAN" W o'
out, and ! had a strand Of a mile to eros
IL and six miles to CiiflIen then before me. ,
boy was sent to show me the shortest course
and when | had nearly reached the strand
:, girl called out, 'the Mistress says, may b
you'll come back and stop all night"
strange oversight, my pride answered, tina
4 this Invitation was not given before. THANK
ed the child and went on, quite to my diSad
vantage. Midway tho strand the sea wa
: quite deep: waded In and stood demurring
the night was dark and to find my way ou
seemed Impossible. turned back and mad
shrewd Investigation of the caus, Of my vi;
Lo'HinE AZ nGr %n."Ee'hPI' net sAyag
hiaht r,nk ~ J;srns,e1 70 Grj mrsoIf :
,hee or,ion E ,,rb ,H..on, Of ,ho w -! ~.