The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-29
aAs1 PfIfTIC AL, AGRIC CULTURAL. COMMERCIAL
wonderful Log Rolling at the
West. "eHH iihsit''2i'

An Engllshman WIN was lately travelling
Dn the Missisti ,pi5iyeftld some rather tough
s,orts about the London thieves. A Cinein.
nati chap, named Case, heard these narra>I
lives with a silent bnl expressive humph and
then remarked thar he thought the western
beat the F0adsaapeFato althgirow.
SO, ,niaqairest the EnglisIimaRswIh
siFHse. "Pgpy, sir, have ysu,iiyed 3mueh
IN the wesI? ......l
"Nola a great deal, undertook 10 set up
1 b6isitss al The Dssmoinesa R7pals While
agn, but the rascalIy people stole. neosly ev
lerythjpg I had, gand fnallyq Welsh miner
ian off with my wife" IL ta,.r.s,, al
.%Cood Godr' said the EugIshman. "And
" IA Il .ver found her. ''
''Never to this day. Bat that was moi the
wors, Of it," .sfs# s9 liza
"WorSI! why, uhti could be worse than
lstealino.a mans wife'f q is9ll %" Et
his children, 4 should say, y said
lhe lmplacable Casc."2 s77s aW e,asa 7't
I "Chidren!' t.- .s,..-. ,.-,~ .,.-
s'YcS; a ngger won II who hadn't any OF
her own, abducted my youngest ughier,
and sloped and jtned the iniius." 'a9 's'aq
d ',Grcat heaven! did YOU see do it,
"See herr Yes. and she hadu't ten rods
The start Of me, but she plunged into the lake
and swum OF like a duck, and :hete want o
canoe 10 follow her wilhn f 9i'% 8." 81
The Engllsllnan laid back his chair and
called for another mug Of atT,an af,, while
Gaze smoked his, aud aerednons friend a
the same time, most remrTsely,e> y7t'is3}
~ slRp'tgo any further west--l lhjnl
| al length observed the excited John Bull
| II snould not advise any one TO 60" salt
Case quietly. My brother once lived there
bu be had 10 II ave, although his business va
the hest IN the country
fFH'What business was he in, pray"
! 4iaAI.nmbering- had a saw mill" ''f
hAnd they stole his mbel?'3aa "a
t"aYes, and his saw logs. too" lac .a.
Saw logs?'
ayes, whole dtzens Of fine black walnu
loSswe carried off in single night
True, upon my hoNor, s., lie tried eve
ry thing to prevent il; had men hired to watc
ahis logs; butt was AL orno use. They woul
tEwbip them away as easily as If there ha
been nobody there They would Jsteal then
out of the river, out fIhe cove, and eve
out az the mill ways" H' e'' A-9
! "Good grnciOus!'! i,a"oL baa sfsas
just to give you aa idea how they ca
steal out thefe,'' continued Case, sending
sly wink, at the listening company, "just t.
:, give you an idea did you ever woiksin sa
mil!w s..aaa-.. .o a..f.s
! HNeVeT. - a.-~.-a.s-.-
"WeIl, my brother, one day, hDught al
: ltlll. fired fiuu black walnut log four ret
tItee at the butt and not knot IN i. u
was Gelerm,ned TO keep that log, any ho'
' nd hired Two ScotcIlmen to watch it a
,inigbi.# Wen, they ytook small denilohn
= EWMskey with them, snaked The log up tn
u side hill above the mill. and builta fire, M
then sot down on the log TO play kcerds. ju
to keep awake, yui see. Twas monsus hi
! loe--b bark two inches thick, We'll. as | w
sayin', they played keerds, and drank viii
key, all night, and, as il began 10 grow ligh
Il went TO sleep, straddle of The log A5o
: minute after daylight, George went ov
to the mill to see how they got on, aud Il
y log was gone!" .gm3 aaes.sas s p
!; land they setting on il:'
= = "Seltlng on The bark. The thieves h
= drove an iron wedge into tic butt end viii
J pined down the hill, and lIitclieda yoke
d ggtoxen on, and pulled it right out, leaving Il
: ;" shell and the Sclchers setting a>stradtle
= lii, fast asleep, ... .......,a ...-. +. b..
. The Engishman here rose, dropped
!" cigar s'ump into the spiltoon, aud Ionki
'e al his watch, said he thouahr!ie would
9 on deck and see how far we'd be down
!, river before lndrning 4i habi iv