Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-08-16
WONDERFUL Log RoI.T-Te1.----

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AN Englishman who was lately travelling
on the Mississippi, told some rather tough
:stories about the London thieves A Cincin-
snati chap, named Case, heard these nara
:tives with . silent, but expressive hump
ssAnd then remarked that he thought the Yves
Stern thieves beat the London operators all
hollow.
How soq inquiredthe Englishman, with
,aurPrise. Pray, sir, have you lived much
in the West
/ Nota great deal undertook to settle
/ up abusiness at the Desmoins Rapids awhile
ago, but the rascally people stole nearly sv-
4 erything | haa, and finally Welch miner
/ ran of with my wife
Good Gedr said the Englishman. And
! you neven found her
'Nevsrso this day. Bu. that vas no. the
| worst Of IT, ~
Worst Why. what could be worse than
stealing, mans wife =
u Stealing his children, should say said
the am ltacable5 Case
Childl-ni r. n
Yes a bigger woman, who hadn't any Of
Il her own, adjusted my youngest daughter
and sloped and jined the Ingins'
Great heaven Did you see her do it2i
.
the start Of me- but she plunged into the
lake and swan oFlike duck, and there war,
rant canoe to follow her With
The Englishman laid back in his chair an a
called for another mug Of eff ansaff, While
I Case smoked his cigar and looked nj his cred
ulous friend st the same time most remorse-
lsssly. IN
I'll Ehan't 60 anyfurther West,-I think,
!. at length observed the excited John Bull +
should not advise any one to goa said
Case quietly My brother oneed lived there
/ but he had to leave, although his business
/. was the best in the country
hatbusins4a was he in, pray 2
4 'Lumbering--had saw nip
Aud they stole his hmbg
Yes, and his saw logs 90 +.
Yes wbol. aoz.s<o f fne black walnut
logs were carried Tin 4 single night
True. UPON ~ honor, sir lie tried ey-
cry way 10 PREVENT it had men hired TO
watch big}fbgs but it was all of no use +
They vSuld whip nj away as easily as If
there Dad been nobody there They woui@
st.d them out Of the cove. and even out Of
shemill.ways'
Good gracious 7 e
just to give you an idea how they can
steal out there, continued Case, sending
sly wink at the listening company, just to
give you an taea--did you ever work in a
saw mill ~
Never, =
Well, my brother, one day, bought an all
fred fine black walnut log-four feet three at
y the butt and not knot in it. He was de-
termined to keep that log, any how, and
hired two Scotchmen to " atch it all night
Well they ,took small dsmijohn full of
whiskey with them, snaked the log up the
side hill above the mill, and built FIRE and
then sot down on the log to play keerds, just
to keep awake, you see Twas a monsus
big kg-bark two inches thick Well, as l
was sayin, they played keerds and drank
swhiskey all night, and as ii began to grow
light, went to sleep astraddle Of the log 20
About minute after daylight, George went
III les -, .sss I'll 20 SEQ how they got on, and
Z And they setting on it>'
t.Sstliag on thcA barki The thieves had
drove an iron wedge into the butt eend
which pinted down hill, and hitched yoke
Of oxen on, aud pulled il right out, leaving
the she'll and the Scotchers setting a-strad
u die of it, fast asleep e.
The Enghshman here rose dropped hi
cigar stump into tho spiton, and looking a
his watch, said he thought he would go Of
deck and see how far we'd be down the rive
before morning.