The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-10-18

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must be the very place fer thesn. sad
fsrihwifs raxe<ed the house without
leave or license. Whether fkxv were
aware Of his position on sh< political
arena Is not knumn. nor Is il mztter
VI any importance. All men love good
eating and, in srsIcr % quiet the cla-
mors Of ssbarking stomach" will
fight harder. and show ns.re reckless
disregard Of friends and foes thaa for
an, thing else ~ =
Having bernso much harrassesl along
The ffst part of skeir retreat. and hzs-
ing marched fsr the last fifty miles
ever an uninterrupted stretch q sand
hills and pine barrens, where, if there
was ever any thing good for man OF
beast. il had doubtless been destroyed
by the recent conflicts between the
Whigs and Tories, probably no sght
could now be more grateful to them
than a well furnished bakers shop.
( However this may have been. the temp
tztion vas not an ordinary one to chem;
and whether imPeIled W the cravings
Of hunger. oc by their iawless habits Of
plumber, they were not disposed 10 lay
any restraint upon themselves.
While they were rzaging through
the house Ia every direction, as chance
or caprice led the way. salne into one
apartment and some into another, two
or three concluded that ihey would ge
up stairs and Try their luck there As
. Lewis Bowel, lhnugI, an honest Whig.
was no lighting character. aud when
the British army entered crsss creek,
he found himself in q pcrilous condi-
,tion. Ifit was nvt mure esngeRial 10
his disposition, 1t was certainly more
in his line Of business to let others
fight the battles soI freedom. and for
him 10 follow his trade and furnish
them with the staff Of life but now
the enemy had come to his dsor aud
something must be done. II he re-
lssined there he expected nothing else
than TO be seized by them, and perhaps
!, to be put TO death as rebel. IL he at
tempted tn escape. he would certainly
fall into the hands Of the Tories. who
j, would, beyond all question, deliver
him up to The British. In this dilem-
I ma he hit spon an expedicnt winch, IL
j, il did not succeed just as he wished.
! resulted more perhaps to his satislac-
ton. lie had made his wife, few
huurs before, head him up IN nne Of the
empty barrels and this barrel, as the
room was nearly full, stood not more
than few feet irum the head IL the
/, stairs.
When the txe or three soldiers, al
J ready noticed assembled to the top. the
foremost one took hold Of the first bar
rel he came to and. supposing that It
contained Hour, as it felt heavy, he
threw it on its side and gave it a Kick
with his foot, which sent ii rolling
, down the stairs, but when 1t came to
. the platform, or turn in the stairs, it
struck against the side Of the house
: with such fwce that it burst open,
: when, 10, and behold. the little Dutch>
man sprung to his feet, and stood up
in his full dimensions, as Minerva is
sued from the head Of Jupiter, and er--
claiming at the top Of his voice, |" Lew
is BowelI Py Got, true Whig from
de start. I'd as lief die as live." Such
: : an utterance, made with all the ear.
!, ! nestness which the occasion demanded,
!, ! aud accompanied with gesticulatiuns
| indicative Of most desperate reselu-
ton, struck the batch OF ared coats''
! with kind Of panic and, supposirg
: that every barrel contained a true
: Whig from the start" they all moved
: of in short arder, leaving Lewis Bow
ell in quiet possession of his empty
barrels, and Of whatever else they had
not eaten or destroyed. They never
found out their mistake; or if they did,