Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-13

had found laying sropDd hose upon the goor. "a.
exhausted, and al application to tho Landlord
resulted in abe cool information that be had ma
more FUEL But you will have n FIRE to morrovfI
inquired. Yes, was the reply. Bu. vha, will
you do foi materialf l asked. Well, he thought
be should be able to find something in the morn.
ingl "TakS no thought for the morrow" WAS
here fairly exemplifed. And as nothing better
could be done, l essayed to go to bed, in gloomy 70.
corrections OF past experien res With byvksn slst.
too oedsteads, soiled sheets, wild animals, and IN.
furnished rooms at hotels Of fho appearance with
THIS But here was happily dissppSis.ss, ssd
lound aroom reat and tidy, well and cleunTy fsrs.
'shed in all its appointments.
Having learned here that I had been mi,;nsorps
ed as to the hack, but that the morrow was The dsv
TOR IL, and that it would pass about noon,I made ne
haste in the morning, and quite leisurely waited
lts arrival. About eleven O'Clock l stepped over
to the post Office to ascertain when il might bs cor.
talnly expected. and learned to my dismay, that 70
was not running,a e a large bridge on the route was
undergoing repairs which could not now b. crossed
by carriages, and the mail was carried On horse
back
~ "J Oe5Bnkc uhbHly etAfked nA
my way by the "foot train, through roads thas
we're much woree than those Of the previous day
in consequence of the fall Of snow tina. bu. conessr.
ed the Shiny, slippery mud that lay underneath, %
filthy rs ever, and more damaging to good psdss-
trianism than without its wbited guise every step
OF the way bringing wildly to mind the fable Of
tho frogs escape from the well, by jumping tive
feet forward while slipping one back or else, enc
forward and two back, I forget which.
Five miles Of painful s~lumping accomplished, I
reached my first desired point, and on inquirins a
the post office, found that tho nearest Bugls suh.
scriber lived q mile and o half from tbe.cen,sr-
To him made what haste / could, (butI"msd, bs.>e
slowly,") thankful that my weary pilgrimage va
so near an end. But alas for the delu,iou of Ia,
man anticipationsl l found him too old and fs~
BILE to render US material aid, in the way Of going
with a team to meet and bring forward our bag.
gage and heavy artillery, and as tho other Busls
subscriber who lived two miles farther of IVES 70
ported to be in no better situation to aid 10, I r.
ireshed myself With a few apples. snd started for
ward. Stopping at the center / made arrange
m ents for meetings, lin case We could over get Ger
} company there, which then seemed doubtful, with
! q man who was opposed TO that antislaveYy that
destroyed all religion. / told him that We were
. just the kind he liked, as it was our labor to sstab.
. lish pure Christianity against the atheistic in6dsli.
: ty OF pro-slavery religion. This friend rendered
8 US Efficient aid when we finally arrived on The
s ground and seemed pleased with our meetings.
n Five miles more of slipping up" and '~slippiss
s down" the steepest hills thss | have seen iu Ohio,
g land these were not real hills. but only the sbrupt
banks of two large rivers that doubled themselves
n ANrnanp ~ N 9TH ro,,u -. b.. L =.
at dark to find tina, none of the friends lived ness
n or than three miles, and a. tina, was too mach -
add TO my weary journey of thirteen miles, asl
IL % the night was too dark TO find the way ~ oil. I
Is turned into the village bo.el, and rested oonHsr<
o ably for the night, and on the morrow ,rsmped 10
n three miles over the top Of the mud now fresss
d stiff in oil its frightful deformity.
n Here at last ! found the friends we needed, VIE
were prepared to arrange meetings for us, and h
furnish conveyance to attend them, as we'll - -
re meet and bring us on to the ground from the nsss-
u est point Of public conveyance. There I rsstsa
from my labor the rest Of that day, o., apples.
read the papers. and wrote ~letters.
On the morrow | started afresh, with q pleasass
} sun, but cold air, for a tramp of twenty miles ever
the rough frozen mud, my host regretting that ID
; was 80 cold and rough that he could not carry M
a part of the WY. But a stout heart and willing
+, limbs took me safely over the ground by the middle
tf the afternoon, with no external mid, save shs,
afforded by two or three apples, and with no mate.
ri i damage, save blistered toes, weary liAabs, and
worn s~tockings and boots.
B.. S. j. suggested in his ~''notes" awhile age
that, IS a penny saved WAS two pence earned, W
IN should be credited with a donation equal 10 twiss
the amount saved by tbese foo, excursions. Dsl
u as l fear that your exhausted treasury would hard
ly be able to pay me off, for the mere than Q hun
dred miles that | tramped in january and the NOR,
i than half that distance that | accomplished in Ii,
~ same way in February, I would suggest that III,
=, COMMITTEE vote me instead, the brevet appointment 0
commander of the fret company of foot soldiers
And if you should be at all scrupulous about YET
oh ing me the usual epauietts or sword, perhaps yo'
h, can ut least vote me a pair of orershoes 10 replss
4. those CHASTITY relics that now adorn my pedal q
=, %,remities. and which have borne me so successfull
IL over such quantities CT mud in all its various staa
es, from its most Shiny l~iquidi,y. up. or down, :
nc its most deformed frigidity and which ! canine
:. look upon without q shudder. lest in some untow
If ard moment | may slip through tho yswnipg rent
"A into such a depth of Ohio mud that l shall bs los
forever.
d. J.. 4. n.
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