The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-10-31
WONDERFUL Thieves

An Englishman who was lately travel.
ing on the Mississippi river told some
fought stories about London thieves. A
Cincinnati chap, named Case, heared these
narratives with silent and impressive
humph. and then remarked that the Yves.
tern thieves beat the London operators all
hollow
GLOW so?' enquired the Englisman with.
surprise. pray, sir, have you lived long
in the West.
"Not great deal l undertook 10 set
up business. at the Desmoins rapids
awhile ago but the rascally people took
neatly every "thing, i had, and finally
Welchman runaway with my wife
Good GodP' said the Englishman and
you never have found her.
"Never to this day. But that was not
the worst Of it.
"Worst why, what could be worse than
stealing a mans wife,"
Stealing his children, I should say"
said the implicable Case.
Children
eyes; nigges. womanfwho hadn't any
her own abductedmy youngest daughter,
and sloped and jtasa the lnjins."
Great heaven: And did you; not sec
her do it,"
"See her? Eyes. and she hadn't ten rods
the s.art of me, but she sprung iGto the
| lake, and swan off ike duck, aud there
wasn't canoe to follow her with"
= The Englishman laid back in his chair
1 1ealled for Rnothor glass Of 'alf-and'alf,
| WlllfeSesase smoking his cigar and his cred
uloUs 4riend at the same time, most rem
forselessiy.
Ill shan't go any. further West--I
think, observed the excited JOIN Bull.
81 should not advise any one to 80, said
Case quietly. My brother once lived there,
but he had to leave, although his business
was Jhe..best in thescountrY."
| What business wasshe in!.
/ sLumberiug-had a cav mill. !"
"And they stole his .umber?'
"Yes and lis saw logs, too"
sSaw Iogs.3'
yes. Whole dozens of fine black wal.
nut logs"
lis it possiblep'
"rrue, upon my honor, sir. He tried
every way, TO prevent; had men hired to
watch his logs, but it was all OF no use.
they would whip'em away as If there had
been 10 body there. They would steal
them cut of the river, out of the cove, and
even out of'the mill ways"
Good Gracious
Just 10 give you All idea how they can
steal out there, continued Case. seeding a
sly wink at the listening company, Ibid you
ever work in a saw mil?'
Never"
well my brother, one day, bought an
lol rad Eu.a
at the bait ard not knot in it, He was
determined to keep that log anyhow, and
hired two ScotchmeR to watch it all night.
We'll, they took . ANAL 9emijohn Of whs-
key with them. snaked the log up the
side Of tie hill above the mill. and buiIt
a fire. and then set down on the log to play
, keerds, Just to keep awake you csc. Twas
monstrous big log bark two inches thick
! Well, as was sayin, they played keerds
and drank Whiskey al highland as it be.
! gan to grow Igh;, went 10 sleep stTaddle
4 of the log. About minute after day ligh;
! George went over to the mill 70 see how
they were getting, on and the log was
!, gone.
Z And they setting on it?'
= = Setting on the bark The thieves had
= drove wedge into the butt end, which
was pinted down the hill, and hi;ched q
: yoke of oxen OH, and pulled it right out
. leaving the shell and the Scotchmen sit
!" ting straddle oft fast asleep
:; The Euglishman here rose, dropped hi
- ci gar stump into the spittoon, and looked q
= his watch, thought he would go on dec
- and see how far we'd be down tie rive
n before morning.
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