The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-08-27
A RACE FOR LIFE.
BY ONE OF THE ACTORS.

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forIy years ago, my IatneI Sia'II.Iy SettlGu
m one ol tRe counties OF Oehtral New ork'
we located hlleeh iI'Ile9 rom UhG IdIlhGSI
pioneer ne WOODS were arouhu us Ihe
tall trGes ana lhe picturesque We mountains
we hau oPeleu pace III ule lC'eSU. 10 ana
a caolh OF JnaJ Soou olu Ill,e ah"rueu iUs
sheIter' IL looked ne" ana colliIoIIaole' :,
ana ltS chimney smoke cuTIgu grace ql'y up
ana vanished win Ine shauo"9 oI C6e Tor,
'S'' me plaCheneu hcaP9 sIhoheu ana
crackIe9' ana aeeP IN tfoSe "ltu "Uou son,
tuueS' lle "I'ueIi,eST =, o.oTSoLlleu aug SIIleu
in inc presence "l gGIloW har'e7O9' a haPPy
nome was OlJIe' ne n.IuS s"us az earliest
""FH' ana inc uGeP I''et' necI 'ile ~, I""r'
IhuIu'UIeT sN,euy az ~. ~ ol 'ali i tIl'io
WciG ~ u, 'lel rs
~ Cney oomeg .'.o' ne'coS fu -. .nC ~l'.us
nE.y %ISIle,u [ o"y,I uP iao,t fI Sii J S1,
80 w. i,olJ af ca Tba villa ao@I,.ars ~
II, iIo'll UliJ manu- Vi Iou JS,.;n S lo I, T.o
Tiooe'. eyC'' ~ wv cy+ ~ ,,1 t
ueei sUoP,T ~ :ilo lo' -. ~ 5'"0 "P0' 'ii'
''ijGHo ,TN VI Vilo I,l.;t'i :, H. IA NIL
,La 81 d 0s''''-'"A
u'I NE t.,,,,.1,4 no ,o;,,l,bor. ,Tr,os
H0 PIt"9 Dio1o-' ...ilo 9
So VI - ~ - u .a
P1loii"9'u Lo.'D e., - tlo,,J,
" a. u W.. oaIin naraJ o,,t rro,,,
- OOii,'o, f ~ al,,osito hanI,
Ife ae4Se WooulalI w " UlLo IP,ooi.' o'I,iN h
"dIcHeu Oiio 9,lloN I'm w tl,II loT' e.
.ile suu "en' uom anu aoonou I,l H.
Ii Vtle IeAC A mummy .I IuU u % N0O LIZ
SMOKE careu 30 llluCu u aoCu.i l r...,,
only knew IHaI ~ ouIlIu uPw"Io I.on
tle hreSloe WIete uTelI % ''eau.i'Ii ~ " Itva @
Cy'e % 'tel 0Io0Iiou I.o' -
Tollu' Anu 'o .LI LI tLo .i,,on t CIV
Ircd'ueu u a. "I.CneG si'G ralo urio,
lIte liioon nj" jtaJ c ~
cltii;a5. ,tI';i"5 fnota4ons %l,''
i',,r.,,' 4cross tbe river was the bouse Of Carry
ACROSS Sne IItIL I was m lme ho,so a C"r1
II - -, D''e J5, L,,a -, iaaf anJ
iIau uioPPeI iOS u.I.'lii il'S oi 10 Iii
T''e"' li''u It;li i'''I o 1ikt " ~ b;d
ne. ~ III 'iio ''ili ~ - '--'
''o1r'S, grbo 1oo,,os f,dod ord tho w;rtor winds
swnnt lbronah the forest But we cared
:,II I"IIE r Ito9 TLo So f,, +L;oL anJ faSt
i,,.. .,,. o,}.;,, -, ,,,rra bri,,Lt o,d ON,
Ioor,y war;, aIi,,o viii baT,rinsss and homo
WI ., srri,, ororaJ PId tba Lirds re-
t,,r,,aJ we wnra 57t to he ,,arriad
,r;rtor oyerin,,' T,art,, in a nou countrv
Did Won ever attend one, reader! Ther,
are large hearths and open hearts there tC
be found.
Carry and I were invited to attend thu
party rude jumper had been built, anC
In This we started. Ten miles were sool
passed. and we found ourselves in as merr
and bappv tbrong as ever gathered on
frontier. The huge fire cracked on tn
wide hearth. and the old fashioned fun AM
fraIic rang ont tilI a late hour.
The moon had gone down when W
y,or+nd for home and The snow began to fall
Lnt '. we heeded # not. for we talked fast a
,ha ,, stont borsa ened On tbrouph the fores
1,l,
P"S" Garrv ,,r,sned NV arm and wbispere
,;ttT JTf9I r,P;uJ .byieied over tbe TONS q
I,ay ad,rll niros NJ and 7 Iangbed at her fears
I5iy P,,+ 0., "Ln FnagtIod cIosor fo NV side an,
~ ~ -, - ,.Iaa tn sri;o of oil M,
'%rntl - ghoJnw T9yoIId Groom over NV owl
e,loits' .,i;r;,o " 'l"uO" "0'-O ''' wv
SP,Iii'H' Il --o,,,J o,,o,o, donso orow-tI