The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-12-29
McGREGOR IOWA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1853

could any body fork up BARN, an
neither him nor me ken .
We got the cart loaded once more,
knitted the ropes firmly, and set out !;
but we had not proceeded hundred
yards before the child fell acryi'g again
among the hay with more choking
screams than ever. 'Gudeness have a
care D. US +! Heard ever ony leevin the
like O. that I declare the creature 8
there again!' cried Sandy. and fiinging
himself from the cart with somerset,
he ran of, and never once looked over
his shoulder as long as he was in our
sight. We were very sorry to hear af.
terwards that he fed all the ways into
the highlands of Perthshire, where he
still continues to live in a deranged state
of mind. .".a 1859" 1a5 @s-
We dined at the Hunters Tryste,
and spent the afternoon in hilarity but
such a night of fun as Monsieur Alex
andre made US l never witnessed nor
never shall again. The family at the
inn consisted of the landlord, his wife.
and her daughter, who was the land
lords step-daughter, a very pretty girl,
and dressed like lady; but I am sure
that family never spent an afternoon oi
such astonishment and terror from the
day they were united, until death part.
ed them-though they may be all liv.
ing yet, for anything that know, for !
have never been there since. But Alex.
andre made people of all ages and sexes
speak from all parts of the house, from
under the beds, from the basin stands
and from the garret, where a dreadful
quarrel took place. And then he plac
ed bottle on the top of the clock, and
made child scream out Of it, and de
clare that the mistress had corked it II
there to murder it. The young lady
ran, opened the bottle, looked into it
and then losing all power with amaze
ment, she let it fall from her hand ane
smashed it to pieces. He made be.
buz round my head and face until
struck at it several several times and hat
nearly felled ,nyself. Then there was
drunken man came to the door, and in
sisted in rough, obstreperous manne
ton. being let in to shoot Mr.. Hogg Of
(which the landlady ran to the door ant
! bolted it, and ordered the man to q
about his business for there was no room
in The house, and that he should no
enter on any account. We all heard tn
| voice of the man going round and roun'
the house, grumbling, swearing, an,
threatening, and all the while Alexandr
was standing with his back to us at tn
room door, always holding his hand t
his mouth but nothing else. The peo
pie ran to the windows to see the drum
ken man go by, and Miss Jane ventur
ed to the corner of the house to look al
ter him but neither drunken man no
any other man was to be seen. A
length, on calling her in to serve us viii
drunken mans voice ;ieaS comHfigh h1ara IA 4, tbB tbB
top Of the chimney. Such state @
amazcment as Jane was in l never be
held. b.
But ye need nae be feared. gentle
men, SAID she, tor Ill defy him TO WI
down. The DOORS boltit a. lockit, an,
the vent O. the lumb is nae sac wide a
that Jug ... ii
However. down he came. and dow
he came, until his voice actually seeme'
to be coming out Of the CRATE. Jan
ran for it, saying: ~ ~
He is winning down, l believe afte
a. He is surely the deli Fl a
Alexandra went to the chimney, an,
in his own natural voice, ordered tn
fellow to go about his business. for int
ourparty he should not be admitted, an,
if he forced himself in he would shoe
him through the heart. The voice the
went again grumbling and swearing VI
the chimney. We actually heard hin
hurting down over the states, and after
wards his voice dying away in the dis
lance as be vanished into Mr.. Tratter'
plantation.