The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-11-12

'"'iN lau was nVNu 70 us on last
evening ofand concerning the erperiMsnis
IN milling Of couple Of friends Of ours.
now or lately so.iourning for health and
pleasure at the ralladeEt Syringe. It il
unnecessary TO give the names Of these.
gentlemen, but for convenience wo call
them. respectively, John aud Joel Thev.
1t may be remarked, have great similarity
OF tastes, and amo. z other penuhants. are
very fond Of fishing. and every BODY
knows that the vicinity Of Taliadega
Springs offers fhe opportunity to he
skilllul knight Of the fy.
Thus John and JOel--there being no
religions services at the Springs that day
went out. Sunday befnie last. 10 The
MIL OF Me b., a mile or two down
the creek, with view o a dinner Of small
trout aud cream with them went their
Invited guest, Mr, Smith, aud Miles
'contriyed" TO tako down boulo or two
Of vino with them.
The party was snug, the wind was pro.
pituous; aud the fish altogether amiable.
A cosy, fine dinner of brown aud erisp
mountain fish was soon washed down
with a few glasses Of champaign. aud
then cigars were liz. As the smoke curl.
cd languidly about their noses, satan.
{ who was inyisibly present, without an
Invitation, suggested to John, tha, mill
was "a slow coach. {" and oouldnI on,
much lumber; and John expressed Tho
same opinion 20 Joel, toel thodpht dif.
iertntly, and ~ did Smith.
"Lots try, her " said John.
"Agteed," " said Joel and Smith.
IL WAS short work; a large pine LOG Law
At right angles across The carriage of the
mill; and it was agreed to "let her rip''
through :his. Accordingly the gate wa,
ralsel and Immediately TIE stiffness ol
the grand old woods was broken by the
rapid, sharp strokes Of the saw. In :
minu'e tho log was brought up and Oh,
saw went rapidly through
Nov stop her, said JOEL and Smits
and John essaysd TO do so.
But the mill wouldn't be stopped. bul
went olatloging away, as hard as evorl
'Stop her, John, or by tho Lord she A
split herself IN Two, shouted Joel. But
all the fixtures were obstinate. and refu.
sed to yie,d 20 the exertions Of John and
Smith, On went the saw, while Joht
and Joel perspirad. v.' lrI ~
Presently the carriage presented som,
metallic obstruction 70 the passaga of N,
saw but "true as steel, !" IL went, 20 ,ins
the obstruction aud then the teeth few
Some pieces of mill-Fon had been eCi
upon the carriage way. But yet ceased
not--up and down. up and down the tru,
steel to the dull cast iron, until suddlnl,
a small flame broke out among the du.t
and splinters near the point of contract.
"Great Cd, said Joel "the infer
do?" T'T' ="
"Run down to the creek and brino a
your hat full o. water" said John. Joe
looked aifeotionately at his handsome .ile
which is always kept neatly brushed, Bu
submitting to a dire necessity. he straight
way made il Ere bucket and commence,
lighting the flames. John and Smith
straws were unavailabe. nevertheless
they did all those wild. iBconsiderat,
things which most person5 will do. h
case Of fire, when there is no possibility
OF doing any good;
Still that Loothless saw ripped on aing.
ing a demon song as il scraped against t6e
dull cast iron; and the fire kept gaining a
little.
Joel laborod faithful, and every two
minutes brought up his hat full Of water.
aud threw it upon the FIRE. John stood
despairingly leaning against post in the
mill, and hallowed to his friend, as he
seemed to pause at the brink of the stream
"Another hat-full, Joel, for Gods sakel
The internal thing will cost us at least
$1,000 apiece, if il burns"
"Besides my hat" said Joel; but he
brought the water and poured il on.
On went the devlish saw, raking, rasp.
ing aud tearing itself to pieces.
At this juncture. Mr.. p, the owner of
the mill, having seen the smoke, came
down to the mill, and with great Difficult.
" it was stopped and the fire pu; out
Joel was grieYously "blown" With carry
ing water il his hat, and was Quite used
up With excitement, While Smith was
breathless from his e&ertions at some lev.
er which he SUPPOSED might have some
influence in quietng the demon saw.
Gentlemen" said the PROPRIETOR, very
politely, 'it Is easy enough to see why
you couldn't stop the saw after you set Il
a-going This ihiIl has some he& arrang
ments Which can easily EXPLAIN"
"For Heavens sake, P.," said John no
erPienatiORs on Mat point It's the FIRST
mill l ever set a-going and shall nevey
start anoihcrl Just send us your bill for
the damages, and let's say no moe about
it,"
The boys paid $50 for not knowing
how TO stop saw, and that night John
in ieverish sleep h3 has that blessing,
chill and fever shouted to his roommate
"Ono more hateful, Joell"
First Love;