The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-03-21
CharI..town chronicles.
tHAPTERI III.


And as they departed from the barn Of
JEREMIAH, they said among themselves. we
have no continuing city or abiding place,
but barns and saw-mills shah be our place
of meeting until the frOsts of winter drive
us into the city. And the wise men Of the
council commanded them to meet in the
barn of one CHAUNcY, the man who executes
justice for the people, sometimes called Esq;
now this man before time had been Patri-
arch among the friends Of freedom; he was
also anxious to be in the majority, and this
is faithful saying and worthy Of note, that
he has always been ready to follow the high
priests of Tinnicum whithersoeVer they
might 60, for he early joined this holy or
der, and has proved himself worthy to be
called one Of the greatest in the ranks ofthe
Know Nothings. rH 42r
And it came to pass about this time that,
there came from the east, even from Con-
necticut, man whose sir name was BRIGGS,
and he enticed one THOMAS, his brother-in.
law, to join this band of righteous men and
help put down the Catholics. And when he
went, his wife knew not whittier he had
gone, and she waited patiently even until
midnight and he returned not, and she wept
bitterly, for she feared he had gone after
strange women, but when she learned that
JAMES, who liveth in Knapp street, was with
him, she said all is we'll, for this man doeth
all things right. E-.r. Sod rrn.|gae@
Now there were many who came at this
time to this place to see Sam; the chiel
Clerk who records the peoples names when
they vote, and who has been valiant man
in the cause, having been a member from
the beginning, and having received the oaths
and the laying on of hands from the high
priests in Tinnicum, when JOHN refused to
pay the ten pieces of silver, offered him
money, for said he, know ye not that this
money is to buy indulgences from the high
priests of Tinnicum, and he, (JOHN9 was as
tonished at his doctrine. And there came
also man from the east, one RICHARD w.
a man who shoeth the peoples beasts; q
man also of extensive knowledge, and he
brought with him one LucIUs, whose sir
name is CATLIN, also one Ro BERTs, who
liveth not among US at this time; and RICH
ARD said by the power Of Pistols and Bowie
Knives in Canton, and the poisoned wells
in Ravenna, have persuaded these men;
and the chief men said thou hast been faith
ful over few things and we will make the
ruler over something. And when ali things
were ready, they instructed them in the mys
teries of barn Theology, and they comman'
ded that they tell no man, for said the in.
structor you have seen things which are moi
lawful for man to utter.
| And when they had nearly ended theil
sayings, the doors of the barn were seen to
swing to and fro upon their hinges. Con-
sternation seized upon them--the dark Ian
tern was Immediately extinguished, and
some of the more valiant men rushed for the
door, and the man who watched at the polls
on election day being foremost, fell headlong
into the barnyard, for there were mary
stumbling blocks in the way and they al
ran hither and thither, but they found moth
ing. Then the chief men commanded RICH
ARD to go under the barn, but RICHARDS
courage was not equal to the task, and hi
refused to go nevertheless, he went ant
brought long pole, and with this he punch
ed under the barn, at the same time saying
"come out you wicked Nebraskaite, you tina
have disturbed the peace of my brethren,
and he continued to punch violently fo
the space Of nearly half an hour, and many
of the other brethren, with sharp stick
punched the hollow logs and old stnmps, bu
they found nothing of the enemy; and it re
mains a mystery to them even unto this day