The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-08-05
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A Incident.

There aIe incidents Ia the lives of ali
printers, editors and publishers, which
oere uron them ike fearful storm
with dark clouds obscuring the irna.
meat, rage like tremendous tornado fol
a time, then pass away Ike squail up
on the ocean, leaving all nature as brigh'
ana beautiful rs after the visitation Of a
Jure shower. .-s,
Las, Friday, while ali hands were bu.
sy in the Office tn,aing mp the forms, we
were startled b. the intrusion Of man
Of no ordinary muscular build, s,alwar.
and huge, exhibiting in his appearance
degree Of power ard activity danger
GUS for mortals Of less magnitude to tri.
ile with; besides, his coun,cnance was
illuned with no pleasan, indications nor
exhibited any signs Of peaceful inten-
tons his eyes rolled and snapped with
emotions of wrath Ibis countenance liv-
id with burning ire, and his lips srembled
with indigna,lon-he spake --"stop my
papery" were the awful words which
crashed upon our hearing like the .re-
mendous explosion Of bomb shell! in
our midst, derascinating everything a.
round. We were panic stricken com.
ple,ely bivouaced and surrounded, with
not bIunderbus, bludgeon or other
weapon Of defence within reach, we were
compelled to SUR cnder at discretion.
The horror.str!cken con,pos..ofs took
shelter beal.lthc ciss stands, H. Eof.-
man seize . s.oots,.s -s..e.. ani .oo~ re.
:. fuge under the bank; the devi! aed be-
hind the ink-k.g, while we, trembling
at our awful position, were LEI. to face
1.-The grape.
Again he denanded--"Ssop my pa
per-" We, sough, Our .anc,um, closely
guarded by the enemy, produced the
books, and found a.s name. There was
-noroom for DOUBT II was hi. unrnis,a-
kshle desire !ha. his name should be blot.
TED on aud tie Advertiser sent TO him
no more. we pointed to his name. Oil.
ed our pen with ink, and with desper.
ate rdor., calling to our aid all the mus.
tular cxcr,ion we could u,us.er--quiver.
lag like an aspen leaf through bodily fear.
and laboring under great mental agita.
iion,--slowly and deliberately drew the
pen across his name with hesitation and
dread equal to the, we should have Tel;
had we been signing cur own death war
rant, Will. visions OF bankruptcy, lnsol-
yency and ruin fitted across our excited
: brain.
The desperate man stood BY with eyes
cleaning with exuita,ion, and 6eneld Us
perpetrate this deed Of his coercion. Il
was done, tn. name that once stood
fair upon our list, is now hid by deep,
black cancel, and stands among the rest
like the place Of Marine Fsle1io among
the potrsi,s Of the ancien, Doges Of We
nice--a veil Of darkness. !, was finished
and be with exul.a,ion and sa.islac.
ton retired from our sanctum, as proud as
did the victorious Ciaud.us enter Rome,
or Alexander, Jerusalem. !. was finis!:-
ed Grateful for our safe deliverance,
we listened to his retrea,ing footsteps on
the stairs. --Then the glad sun appeared
10 break forth from behind the dark
clouds Of = dreadful storm, and the JOY.
Gus birds came forth and sang with their
won,ed gladness; all nature seemed gay.
er and brighter than ever, and the I'D
reriiser was issued a. usual. But there
remains upon our books one name above
which is the black slgnet Of oblitera'on,
at which, whenever we arrive in making
up our mails, we pass with an instructive
dread equal to that experienced by the
ru tic Frenchman when passing the spot
where one. stood the monster gulllo.lne,
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