Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-08-21
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THE FALSE ALARM.

Every village has It's sensation. anu It's erea'
event. Shouport, where vtu Tor ilme,
mol a hundred years ago, was nYexcep'ion 70
The rule. It'll had innumerable eten's OF. moe.
Z eraie importance, attracting more or iessdtten- :
tion and eIieiting more or essiaughter orseIi-
ois feeling from the good people. But It's
Z prsat event was "0ur Burglary" y came
about in this wise:
Shoriportwas near enough 10 New YORK lpe
<ackrowledged rendezvous OF bali the thieves
h AMI burglars OF The Western Conllnent 10
n make it not unlikely 10 hdve visit from lnem,
III some time nr other: aud only lew weeks
Z efore the time OF which write, Middlevllie,
. n.ighboring town had been WISHED IN 'he
, night by couple Of burglars, win all life toolS
OF the fraternity. and almost robbec.
say aInlcst-for II happened IN that case
that one OF the very respectaSle youthful clii-
zeBs of that fourishng community, coming
home late from what is commonly cailcu
..spsrk," came upon lhe industrious person;
ages who were prying open door OF Two; and
I, they went out oil town, ufe Of themin The con-
Il stables cart, end the otiiet with lead enough
in him 10 Keep eim from swimming well.
or course burglars we're S'cken Of IN every
village in The countryi andi was rumoied
that all lhe horse pistols which had been ~
Z ing idle since the time when the sea cpast was
threatened by Cockburn in the last war, were
s cleaned IN and loaded, and Few cheap re-
yojvers added to them. But for few weeks
no buygiars appeared anywberein The section
AT length one very dark night III early NO
venber, Captain Howell, who happened 10 be
detained over late at bis coasllng schooner on
The Bay, was coming up Main sifee! about ha
mast twelve, and wos startled BY a light IN
< front OF one Of the fancy stores OIL The street
i He stopped there they weie sure! forlu
ns,eiy ihe Captain had on lndioaIubber boots
! the waterman's indispensable companion, ant
was enabled TO approach without making |
great deal of noise. He was bound 10 have
y q ,hem single bandsG and unnrmed though bt
might be, against no ore knew how many des
nefs.e fellows; and he crept up noise lessly.
Nearer and nearer, and there they were
sure enough. Three OF hem, and the tales
no less than six feet and hall high, engaget
at that very moment In fumblhg close by tn
,ioor. One Of the two others, both shorte
men. was holding dark lantern, that ihrey
y a ain, and doubtful ray on oil their faces, an
the Captain saw .hal they were an ill-lookin
W sci Of fellows indeed. Three, and one o ther
of such size--ihe prospect OF coniending vii
them single. handed was a bad one, and tb
n Cantsin decided that there was no use in bl
riskjng his life so rashly. lie would give ther
M 4 wide birth, as they say al sea, but so nea
enough 10 see their fares plainly, so that tn
constable might know better how TO pursu
them The next day And SO he went up close
still.
Of tin or iron, aud quick as thought the slid
n The dark lantern was shut, and all wa
darkness. He went on up The path, then, az
The burglars were not IN i. They had
course been alarmed, and dscamped probab
for the night. So the Captain went home on
10 bed.
nv The next morning was one Of excitement
shodnort. OfcouTse Captain Howell consi'
cred il his duty tog give warning o. Inc 70
tbst burglars were bobbin' around," and
,,,a 90 Tben il became spparent that the
had heen heard al more places than one. 4
Wilson'S al sboul half past eleven, there hl
lesn 4 noise at the front gate; at Smiths, 4
~ door was shaken two or three times. Mrs Smi
fhoupht then, about midnight; at Jones' me
were heard walking around the hoase oil nigh
and Mrs. Jones hadn't 'slepl wink; b
she'd no thought oftheir being burglars, or 81
wouldn,t have been abed at all, that 81
wouldn't" Al Poher's one Of the shutters
the shop was found open in .he morning; a
.aronnd pretty much every house in The cent
ofihe town were plenty Of foot. marks
Truly il was mercy in all these aitemT
mat the fellows had no, succeeded in maxi
an entrance anywhere. .--Bul unqueslonsb
t6sv had thought il unsafe, afier being Sc
by Howell, 10 make any further attempts ii
nieht, and were holding back for the nsxt.
The next nght--ay! there was The Iub--t
next was evidently 10 witness general desce
by body Of burglars, armed with skelet
KEYS. iimmies, chisels, prizes, &C., on de- ol
shortpor. And The constelnsilonswas gem
al. The town hadSuo regularly organized
lice, snd only occasionally indulge IN bo
OF that description ss amateurs when tb'
was row 10 Js queled OF made. But II v
iuJsed best 10 have ore for ihis occasion,
half dozen were promptly organized as g G
traI force. and postsl at nine O'clock IN "
ein's ware house, while dozen osbels weie
ACT as patrols about ihe Town.
ne ptincipal arms Of the central body W
. box Of cigars. 20 pilehloiks' ene hana %