Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-07-02
AscAPITAI a STORY.

Some years since, an eccentric old genius,
whom for convenience will call Barnes,
mas employed BY q farmer living. in a town
some six or seven miles westerly from the,
aPenobscet river, to Olga we'll. The soil and
Ssubstratum being mostly sand, old Barnes,
after having progressed downward about.
forty feet, found one. morning upon going;
!. out to.his work thatthe well had essentially.
cayed in and was full nearly to the. top: SO
: having that desire, which men have, Of
knowing what will be said Of them after they
g ara dead, and no one being yetastir, hecon.
.cealed himself in rank growth Of Sburdock,
by the sidesof board fence near the mouth,
of the well, having first left his hat and;
! frock upon the windlass. over .theswelt At
Sslength breakfast being ready q boy was dess5
patched 70 ail:him to his meal, when los
and behold it was seen that Barnes was
buried In the grave unconscious dug by
I his own hands: The alarm being given, and
the family assembled, it was decided first to
Seat breakfast aud then to send for the coro-.
ner, the minister, and his wife and children
Such apathy did not aatter Barnes self.es-
teen a bit, but hesHaited patiently, deter:
mined to hear what was to be said andssee
what was to be seen. s,ss q - So -.
Presently all parties arrived and began
prospecting the scene Of the catastrophe,
as people usually do in such cases. At
length they drew togetherto exchange opin-.
ions as to what should be, done. The min
lister at once gave it as his opinion that they:
had better level up the we'll and let Barnes
remain; fol, said he, 1he is nowtbeyond the
: temptation to sin, and in the day of judg-
ment.it will make no difference whether he
s.is buried five: feet under the ground GRITTY,
for he is bound to come forth in either case:
{ The coroner likewise agreed that Sit would
be a needless expense to his family or to the
I town to disinter him when he was 50 efectu-,
ally buried, and therefore. entirely conceded
with the minister His wife thought that
Z as che had left his hat and frock, 1T would be
hardly worth while to dig him out for the
rest of his clothes; and soft was settled to
::slet him remain. But poor old Barnes, who
had no breakfast and was not at all pleased
with the result of the inquest, laid quiet
until the shade Of evening stole over the
landscape, then he quietly decamped to.
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After remaining sncognito for about three
) years, one morning he suddenly appeared
{ (hatless and frockless asheswent) at the door
Of the farmer for whom he had agreed to
dig the unfortunate well. To say that an
avalanche of questions were rained upon
: him as to his mysterious Temperance, &c..
would convey but feeble idea of the ex-:
citement which his bodily presence created.
But the old man bore it quietly, and at length,
informed them that on finding himself bu-
sried he waited for them to dig him out, un-
til his patience was exhausted, whenche set
to work to dig himself out, and only the day
before had succeeded for, his ideas being
somewhat confused by the pressure of the
! earth at the time he was buried, he had dug
( very much a.random, and instead of COM
ing directly to the surface, he came out in.
: the town Of Holden, sac males east of the
Psnobscot riuer : g
No further explanations were sought for
by those who were so distressed and sorrow
full over hissupposed final resting place.
Bangor Jefersonian. :.
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