The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-06-25
THE RIOUS BELL
HIN GERS.

A sweet, letired place was Bungtown, "a
small but rapidly improving" village Of
Northwestern Ohio. at the time Of which
| write it ha Just been blessed by our / &
islature with al act Of incJrpOraJ on, grant
ing them the privilege Of eletting a mayor,
common council, IN ,rshal, and other OH
GERS, for the purpose of preserving the dig
nj aud peace Of it's inhabitants, and like
Wise of enactng certain wholesome laws,
such as can ordinance to prevent the dis
charge of ii ea-lns within The corpOrated
llit, of BungtOwn." -" to prevent the
running of horses in the streets," and divers
Others Of equal Importance, which it is not
necessary ~, my purpose here to enumeIate,
an which it was tie duty Of our newly
elected marshal, Prigg, to see properly ell
forced
An excellent house was the Bungtov II
houl," and a fine jolly old Iel ew was Bo-
nlface, who took particular delight III pro-
vtding the very UesJ the country afforded
in the way Of edibles for the 'whOle
six of his bUarders, although | am iu-
cl ned TO think his profits must have been
but small for IN his Language they never
mlssed meal or paid cent, yet the bust.
ness Of the establishment went On. be deem
lug it would be AN injury " Ahe house ~
dismiss them.
The house itself was large wooden
building, surlnonnted with small bplity
wllhin which, as Is found III all western wi.
lage hotels, was suspended bell which,
bestdes answering tUr a dlnher-bell, was
al-O used 10 call Lns Ostler, whenever hls
services were Ie,, ,ulred.
Que moonlight evening, about seven
o'ciUcs, the b,ll of the aforementioned inn
was heard 10 RUG the usual a,arm for The
os,ler, who sOon made his appearance al
the trout door, but his services were not
required, as neither hurse nOr man were .
be seen, Ofly the villagers passing 10 and
fro, intent on. blsiness purposes or loung-
lug about the corners OF the streets, grave
discussing sumo knutty subject of political
mature. Will t Wondering who could have
rang aud what they wanted, his astonlsh'
ment wa, greatly Increased by second
ringing Of the bell, apparahtly without amy
agency, as he Stood near the Dell-pull hlm-
self and could plainly see that there was no
person touching It,
This secoud alarm brought the landlord to
the door, To whom the OsLler stated the re-
markabIe circumstance and BOnilace re-
paired To the second story of his house,
expecting tu find the authors OF the mis-
Chief there but to his surprise his cham
bers were vacant, whilst FROM time to time
the bell loIIed forth Its notes, and at the
same time the bell-rOpe would he but gently
agiIated. BOnlface was very irritable, and
with a few threats of wha, he would do if he
caught the offender, he descended to the
street for tn pu pose of taking a survey Of
the roof Of his house. This was attended
with better s.cCess, for there sure enough
was the rerpetrator of the mi, chief, seated
within the belfry, with one hand upon the
clapper Of the bell, apparently we'll pleased
with the part he was playing
halo, fellOwl" shouted Boniface, in no
very amiable mood, you'll oblige yourself
the cOnloundedest by coming down off from
my house, and leaving NY bell alOneP
The person thus addressed seemed to lis
ten altentively until the landlord had ended
and then without deigning a reply, again
commenced ringing the bell Mine host
was now overfowlng with wrath, and has
tily picking up round stone, he again
addressed the offender:
See here, you Blast your ugly pictur
--if you don't tOttle right down, aud lei
that bell alone, why Ill make you, that's
all"
Again the bell tolled forth note Of def.
ance, and the excited landlord, unable Ion.
ger to contain himself, aimed the stone full
at the fellows head, but unfortunately
missed him and as the stone rebOunded
from the little sbelfry, the ringing again
commenced on the fire. alarm style.
BY this time quite crowd had collected
ard at the request of Boniface, all joined
heartily IN pelting the fellow with rocks,
and for time he bOmbardment was kept
up, aud the shower OF stones ratified and
reb,unded from the roof like hail, whilst
the bell kept up lively accompaniment,
which. together with the shouts and laugh
ter uf the crowd in the street, soon attracted
by far the greater part of our villagers to
the scene Of action. The war Of stones was
suddenly ended by one less adroit than he
rest missing his aini. and hurlng an unfUr-
tunaie missile through the gable window
OF the hotel, atwhich Bonitace, fearing thai
further damage might befa from this mode
Of warfare, requested the bystanders u de-
sist, and leave the whole mater TO him.
IItstilties were accordingly suspended, and
the landlord stepped intO the house, iFom
whence he s00u returned with an old fowl
ing-piece, which he proceeded TO oad III
fun view Of the bell.rlnger, aud at the same
time addressing him somewhat Us follows