The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-11-29

The mob passed me FIVE or ten rods, ard
waited till came up to them. As passed,
1 heard several observations like the follow
ing: The lecherous old hypocrite" e"-''the
sancti6ed murderer" r"-"the black coated vii
lain'-"let's tar and feather him"-'lynch
the scoundrel," etc, etc. passed along to-
tally unconscious that these remarks could
possibly have any reference to me. The de-
nonehent, however, soon came. The mob,
which now numbered at least one hundred,
overlook me as passed another corner, and
one fellow seized me by the collar, while five
or six others appeared, bearing rail between
them. 70 '.'t 2. ''" "N @ 0-
"UOme, says the man Who had ctllared
me, ''old chap, you can't walk any farther;
we know y6u. and a, we always make gen.
tlemen riIe in these parts, you may prepare
to sraddle that raip' ...- ID. 81 e-'i d ''..1 st
My surprise may well be IMAGINED. "Good
heavensr' exclaimed, as they all pressed
around me, "gentlemen, whathave done?''
"0h, we know yeu, exclaimed halt DO.
zen Voices; "you needn't roll your sanctimo-
nious eyes; that game don't take in this coun-
try. Come, straddle the rail, and remember
the stack yard!" ''
Igrew more and more bewildered; it seem
ed like dream; could not imagine wEa
possible offence / was to suffer for, and !
continued to exclaim, Gentlemen, what have
l done? DON'T kill me, gentlemen, but tell
me what have done"
"Come, make him straddle the rail; wen
show him how to hang poor factory girls, :"
shouted some chap from the crowd.
The man who had me by the collar then
remarked, "Come Mr.. Avery, it's no use.
you see we know you, and wen give you a
touch of lynch law, and start you for home
5ain."
"My name is not Avery. gentlemen; you
are mistaken in your man." | exclaimed.
@"Come. come, none Of your CANNON, ,strad-
die the rail, Ephraim," said the man who
had me by the collar
The rail was brought to such level as to
allow me to be 'tstraddled" on it without
difficulty, and was about to be placed &C.
cordng to orders, as the truth flashed upon
me.
"Gentlemcn," I exclaimed, al am not A.
very; I despise that villain as much as you
can; but my name is Btrnum; belong to
the circus which arrived here last night, ard
| am sure Old Turner, my partner, has hoax.
ed OH with this ridiculous story al"
"lf he has, we'll lynch him, y said one o!
the mob g''h-aH" ai'" e.
"Well, he has, PLEASURE you, !" replied;
$50 just walk to the hotel with me, and III
convince you of the fact g. "
Tbs arrangement they reluctantly con-
sented to, Keeping, however, close hand
npon me- AS We walked upthe main street
on which the new State House is situated,
the mob received reinforcement of some if-
ty or sixty, and was marched lihe male
factor up TO the hotel. Old Turner stood
on the piazza ready to burst with laughter.
appealed to him for heavens sake to ex-
plain this matter, that might be liberated.
He continued to laugh, but finally told them
che believed there was some mistake about
IL. The fact is," said he,5"my friend Bar
nun has new suit Of black clothes on, and
it makes him Look SO much like a priest, i
concluded it must be Avery" sne sat 2ia.
The mob saw the joke. Some apologized
to me for the rough manner in which Ihad
been handled, (for they had, torn my coat
half off my back, and rolled me in the dirt
considerably while others swore that Old
Turner deserved the, fate intended for me;
but the majority y1of the people roafed with
laughter, declared it was good Joke, and
advised me to look sharp, and pay my part
her offforit, Il was exceedingly yexed. and
vixen the mob had dispersed, asked Old
Turner what on ,earthncoul induce him to
play such an outrageously mean9triek, upon
mes8j a. .gaRG 9aiasEq tad. tg go4sH'l
tel "My dear Barntim,F said he, sit was1a
for our goods lR9memberaalwe need to in
sure success is notorlety. You will see tha
this will benoised all about town as a tricl
Iplayed by one of the circus managers upon
the other, and our pavilion will be crammet
to morrow night q. l.ao iIaa7 gsA
1t turned outas he conjectured. The jokt
was in every PERSONS mouth. We soon be
came acquainted with the whole town, ant
had immense audiences during our stay
This, however, did not induce me to forgiv,
Old Turner, for knew full well that self-n
crest was an after consideration in this case
the joke being prompted solely by a desire
to see some fun, no matter atwhose expense
/ A peculiar incident occurred at Hanover
Court House in Virginia. In cnsequenc'
of heavy rains we could not perform there
and concluded 70 start for Richmond imme
d diatelyi after dinner. The landlord howeye
| Informed us that as our agent had eagaget
a three meals aud lodging for the, company
our sbi0twould1 be the same five deprte
that daylas. five remained to breakfast mex
morning. We backed our remoustrance wit