Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-04-21
RAVENNA, oHIo WEDNESDAY, APRIL 81, ,,ls47.

strong man wept in the bitterness of hi
heart & E sl
You have been stabbed, sir!' said tht
Recorder. officers. take that black fel
low into custody 6 i9 iq
8. sNo, SIR sud he of the rueful counte
nance, shaking his head sorrowfully, anc
gazing abstractedly at reporter.
'0h never shake your CORY locks at me!
Thou caps.sn not say did il!' exclaimed a
reporterwith walking stick, like shriv.
elled andfrosibilten sugar cane.
mo, sir, I dab 1, DON'T said the coun-
Ltryman- pobody struck me; but I'll tell
you just how It happened, and he'll find q.
fore get through that he's ketched the
wrong pig by the ear. My hard got rath-
er long, and when seed streeked pole
stickin' out afore door, | thought I'd go
in and have pound and half took of.
Well this ere varmint told me he'd cut it,
and | sot down. The first thing that he
did was to tie me up into this sheet, so tight
that | couldn't breathe sca'cely. | told him
10 cut it short, behind, and he'd a-shaved it
he couldn't have took it off higher to the
skull, but didn't mind that, 'cause know
ed 1t would grow agin. By'n-by he cum
to trimmin' it off round the ears, and every
now and then Id feel the sharp pints of
his scissors jobbed into me. 1t made
cold chill run all through me. and told
the felIer to be keerful or he'd have my
eye out; but he knowed he'd got me tight,
and kept on. My har amt none Of the
slickest, cause it aint accustomed to no par
tic'lar trainin' and don't get greese often,
and it was considerable labor 10 brush it
out. By'n-by he got coming among the
scientiics close TO my left ear, and fust he
gin snip, and then he d rattle the scissors
as if he was tryin' to cnt away the air in
stead Of har. This sort of science made
me shiver just as ii had the chills and fe.
YER on me, and kept a-winkin' and blink.
ia' for fear he'd poke the pints into my eye.
Il told him to let me be, that my har
was cut fust rate and | was afeered I'd
ketch cold ifI had too much aiken off at q
time. but he only grnned, confound him,
and kept a-snippin' away. Finally he gin
one almighty clip, and took the entire top
ofmy ear clean off! thought was kill
ed, for sartin, and the blood did pour out
bad. ! expected | was goner, and Jest
grabbed the Teller by the throat and made
a rush to where seed an open razor, but
the other niggers all got holt on me and
hustled me out Of the shop. He hoiered
for help and hollered for doctor, but
never lost my holt on him, and some gen.
tleman told me I'd better bring him up here
and here heis, AND HERE'S MY EAR!'
So saying, he took from his vest pocket
piece of his ear about quarter of an
inch broad and an inch in length, and de-
posted the inanimate piece of gristle upon
the Recorders desk. Had he produced
juvenile grizzly bear from his pocket i,
could not have excited more lively curl
osity or desire to behold it than did the pro.
ducton Of this small portion of the human
form divine.'
The unfortunate barber protested that
the circumstance was as accidental as un-
fortunate, but the unhappy man who had
been 'curtailed of his fair proportion in
sisted that it was SHEER case of intention
al BARBAR-ity and that the perpetrator
should feel keenly the retributive blow Of
the sword Of Justice, which can shave as
closely as one Of his own razors. The
Recorder, evidently considering the affair
serious one. committed the barber for
examination. The victim pocketed his
ear with melancholy satisfaction, and in
dignantly expressed it as his private opin-
ion that the BARRIERS of New Orleans cut
little tco fat for American people.