Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-20
Wonderful Los.ROllins at the West.

An Englshm,n who was lately travelling
or the Mississippi ri'er told some rather
tough stories about the London thieves. A
Cincinnati chap, named Case, heard these
narratives with ssilen, bat expressive humPh
anil thea remarked ths, he though, III. wes-
tern thieves Lei, the London VpefI,Ou oil
hollow.
How so'" enquirei the Engli,hman,
with surprise. "Pray, SIT, have you lived
much in the wes,''
Not great deal. undertook TO V, up
a business a, the DcsmoGies Rapids a while
ago, bu, the rasca!ly peopl. stole nearly every
thing had. aud, aaally weleh miner ran
od with nv wife"
4" Good G"d!" said the Englshm,n.--
&" Ard you never have found hsIi"
Never to thn day. Bu,ihs, ~,s ~, tie
.oni u Il.
Worst Why. what could be wOrs- than
stealing q mans wIie'"
Sisiiiug his children, ! should any,
said the implie,ble Case.
"Children,'' 80
Yes; nicrcr woman who hand sny OF
her o~u. abducted my youngest diueh,er.
anJ .lcpcd ,St lacd The !ngIns "
Great heaven! DID yUu zee her do hr
' Soc hsr' Yes, and she hadn't ten rods
the starr OF ne bu, she plunged into the AXE
and svan nir ike a duck, and lhere want a
caaoa to follow her with
Tic EugIlshlnao Lard back in hi, chair and
called for another mig OF aGln.ll, while
Gaze smoke hr cigar sad ercJulous friend =,
the sane time, mos, rcnorseleSsly.
Ill ,han'i go any further ~cs,-l think,
a, lsny,h Observed The excited John Ball.
u should not advise any one io so.' 'ild
Gaze quietly MY brother once lived there,
hli nc h,d to leave, although As bGs,re.s
-. the besl - the country"
What business vas he is, pray'"
Lamberng-kaJ a saw mili."
"Ani tsey ,,ole bis luaoef''
" Yc,. aud las sis Logo, too"
"Slw loPs'"
Yes. Whole Gpsers ofhne black walnut
log. were Canned - III single night"
lis It p,ssible 20
True, Upoa my honor, cir. lie tr'ed
every w.s ~ pc,cn, II, had soF h'red To
watch las logs, bat Il w4s all q ~ u>e. They
would " hip 'em away rs easily ~ II ;hsre had
l,-cn n.Sndy there. They would steal them
oyi u the r,er, on fthe cove, aud ersn out
II the nd, ~,y."
Gsod graeious''
Just TO give you an de. hU~ they can
steal on ll,rre," continued Case. sending a
I Wv vIEk n the listening company. Jus, TO
give you m idel-did you ever work IN
,lw.mlll :"
/ Never"
We'll, my brother, ono day, brought an
alfred fine h,ck raag log--frr fes three
a the butt. and nt 4 Lnoi IN u He was de-
I i,rnnrcd ,n Keep that log, anyhow. and hired
two Sco,chInen To watch u all night. Well
,hcy l.sk small dcmI ohn of ~tistey ~'h
them. snakoj ,hc log up Gse sde'hIli above
the mill, saI built Grg, and then 80, down
on the lss Ia lh.y kenrd., jusi n keep 'wakc
YOU 49, Twas mons,rOus big los-barS
two inches ihek. Well, st VAS ssyin'' >
they Id,sed kecrd, and drank whIskcy al
night. and a, !, began to grow light, went 0
sleep, a~,mddle of the 10y. Abou, minute
aiter d,ylicia. Gsrgs ~em oVet 70 ths mill
to SIC ho~ ,hey 60, on, and the log was goSo'
"AsA they sii,ing on III
"siring on tho bark The thieves had
drove an iren wedge into the bnu eond, which
pinied do~a hill, and hrchsd yoke Of oxen
Oh, and pulled i, right Out, Having tho shell
and the Scc,rher. sitting sirsttIe on 1t last
asleep"
; The Enslshm,n here rcss, dropped his e''
par-stump into the spl,ioon, and looking al
hi, watch, said he though, no would so on
deck and zee how far we'd bo down tho H'sr
before morning.