Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-05-26
miscellaneous.
lsCtDE.Ts OF ARK NSAs LtFE--TnE
VALUE OF A vOrE--GRAPuIC.

VALUE OF vorE--GHAPuIc.
The followiug anecdote. incident to life H.
IltSarsas. is copied t,tm the SPIRIT Of ke
TIRES, for Which paper it was wlit.cu by enc
Of its numerous IA eiieus correspondents -
u Is. as the newspapers say, too good to be
l,ss"
About the year 1870 politics ran very
high IN Arkansas. ca A. H. Sewer was Il
candidate fer The offce of Delegate to Con-
gress. and Ben Desha was lis epp"ucui.
Judge Andrew Scott was a warm friend os
Desl,s. and bitterly hostile 10 Seyicr: lie
had teighbor living about fifteen miles from
him on the far side Of Galley Creek. nam
ed L,gan commonly called ..stu;tering Jim
Logan. who was exactly vice wersy' in his
p"litics: and SO frequent had been ihcie Ell
counters. that the two neighbsfs had come
dially tn bate each other.
One pleasant morning in the Spring when
the sun sh,uc out warmly aud al nature was
z, aud fresh after heavy rain If two or
three days duration. Logan went down frum
lis house. the little strip Of bottom IL the
lauk Of the creek and sn, himself dnwa on
y lick leg, musing. perhaps. as Colonel
Jack McGariy once said ON erdaetheace Of
habianarg things
! he creek WINS about twenty yaIds wide
~ 4 the rain had raised it so that il was
swimming. covered with foam and running like
u mill race with full head If water here
| the read crossed on the edge Of which Logan
was sitting was the only opening il the woods
which frIuged the stream on both sides
| Ahcye and below the trees leaned over and
I d ..t. &. \.
and swung TO aud fro in the swift current
| After Logan had sat there little while.
Judge Scott came riding d.wn the road on
the other side. but lplted when he reached
! the waters edge and booked across. without
saying anJtli,g but looked as If he thought
/ D--n yau II its swimming. why don't Won
say so!' Logan took out his jack knife
SPLIT piece IF fron, the lick l,g. aud com
menced whiting it. ln"sing stcady across
toward scatt all the while
Icgan was large stout heavy looking
man scnit. swal!. wirv. passionate. petu.
lent. and as brave as hull dog
Altar waiting a momcnf--!or each hated
/ the ether too much to speak--scatt tigiitea
ed the reins aud rode into the water His
horse had not not taken mere than six steps
before kerchag he plunged in over head and
ears. In u moment more Scott was washed
from his qnrk, the rider vent one way. the
rider the other. and the saddle bags third
The horse turned turned towards the side on
which he went in aud got ashore some little
way hel'w: the saddle bags foated on down
stream. and Scott managed to reach Lagan's
side at the creek aud caught hold OF the
swinging limb Ut sycamore which dipped
into the water.
Help, Logan help I cried Scott Il
shall be drowned Ilclpr
s SIS say you'll vote for Sewer =
bawled Logan
Help, Logan. Help shall drown Help
: $ say you'll ' v vote for ecvcr y agai.,
bawled Logan. not rising from tie lirk l.g
just then the sycamore limb snapped, ard
the same moment Scott sung out
III see you id first. you Internal old
rascal. ! and away he swept round the tree
and out of sight below
rckily. the current made a sweep below,
eddyng round in the concavity u. tile upper
edge Of sand bar. upon which Scott was
iurpand scrabltd out He walked up the
bank. and towards Logan. sputtering with
rage aud streaming with water Luckily he
had no weapons hut pistol and that Of
course. was unfit f'r service; and Logan was
too big to he whipped hy him IN fist fight
Cd d--m il" cried >cett, as he got
pretty near him do 20. stop to ask man
how he's going 10 vote before you save him
from drowning?
Logan never stopped whiting but look
tn,r c,nnasadlv nm sl.wly call
Every gentlenaa has right to Wv, vote
as he likes and d d drown wren he likes
aud d dont suppose aayhody's lound to
dive Into the creek to fish out vote to K k
kill his own