The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-16
OF. sao.---No. 51--WHoLE NO. l55 JOIN


rum, French brandy. Holland gin, and choice
assortment Of wines. which we're deemed ab-
soIutely necessary in those days to render a
Thanksgiving feasr sufficiently merry. Besides
these supplies there was the usual assortment
of English goods, hardware. and croekery. -,
Z This year Mr.. Cricket was going to cut ont
all the other storekeepers with his splendid
and rich assortment Of Thanksgiving goods !
and he did not hesitate to tell the neighbors
that, when the Sally -Annshould arrive. they
should see what they should see If Bunkum-
vile did rot have q merry Thanksgiving this
year, it should not be his fault ''7 " .-
AT the end Of a week, the Sally Ann had
not arrived. -s0n the tenth day she had not
arrived-had not been heard from. Mr.. Crick-
ct was getting nervous about bis goods, and
those Thanksgiving goods. He got
spy glass and went to the top Of the steeple
Eof the village meeting house, where he couid
see the entrance to the harbor. aud watched
for an hour in the cold November wind, hop
ing to see her come in. Bot she did not come
in that day. nor the next. nor for several sue
Eceeding days. although Mr.. Cricket climbed
up to his post on the tseeple and watched for
her each day, as il thatwould hasten her com
ing. sI ...+.-.--.-....,...-.. --<Ea-s .f-l -gs-s
There had. been q good deal of stormy
weather lately-coid northvesters-two or
three snow storms. Mr.. Cricket grew positive
y anxiens as Thanksgiving day approached
He read the lists of shipwre ks in the news
papers, expecting TO End that of the Sally
Ann; but he could not find it.. He rode down
to Bunkdmvills Port 10 see the owners of the
brig, and ask Them what they thought about
liz, But they, were as much in the dark as Mr..
Cricket, and they frankly told him they could
not make it oct at all. They did not know
what had become Of The Sally Ann. and as
she was. fully insured. they probably did not
care. Mr.. Cricket thought they were alto.
gether Indifferent about the affair,and he came
home as wise as he went.
At length Thanksgiving day came and the
Sally Ann had not arrived. Mr.. Cricket ste
his thanksgiving dinner with very long face,
and did not give the usual dance 10 the eve.
ming. The neighbors. and especially the trad.
ers who has. paid. their freight and got their
goods safely by the regular packet. did moi
sympatbize with him ,; on the contrary, they
laughed at him. They inquired what had be-
con q Of those Thanksgiving goods. and the
traders wanted to knoow if reighfs toers
lo,o .e.- q 'g,pa< !. bag /, .a2 % ~ - 3.
4 Another month relied away. Christmas
came; but the Sally Ann did MOI come Pro
baby she had foundered at sea. January ant
February passed away, and still no news o
! the Sally Ann. MIR. Cricket began TO console
himself with having fully Insured his goods
That would be, hard cash in hand. Marcel
passed away; no news yet. On the first day
|. Of April a boy on horseback, without a sad
die, came riding posthaste from Bunkumvin'
Port. jumped of his horse in great Laste, RAJ
into our store and bawled ont to Mr.. Cricket
r The Sally Aim is ariU - sai dt5es u 9aa57 e
When did she arrive5s said Mr.. Cricket
4 This morning. bright and airly.' said th'
boy, ' e y. !, s,s -,,sa ~ = :, ~ - @ - Y s. r. b. @
aWbere is she from 2 said Mr.. Cricket. :
From ST. Barts.' said the boy.
THAT won't DO said Mr. Cricket. 'G'
back to the folks that sent you, and tell ther
they can't make an April foolof me this time
Poor Mr.. Cricket, had been lbadgered SO muc
about the Sally Ann and those sTbanksgiyia
goods that he had grown very suspicious.
In vain did the boy relate, circamstantiall!.
al the particulars of her arrival and protes
p over and over again, that he was telling th
d truth. / was convinced of his sincerity !; an
suggested to Mr. Cricket. that It would do a
\ harm to ride down to the harbor and see fo
himself, Il He, refused to go but said I7migl
. GO if chose. sees + ~. . 3. h.ss. erg.lf--.i
r Right glad of an opportunity to ride. sat
e died the gray mare and set off incontinentl
for Bunkumville Port. I was not long
reaching it. Sure enough, there was the Sal
: Ann with her colorsf flying. She looked
q good deal battered and weather-beaten, b.
: : alt her epars were sound. Captain Liferecei
led me very cordially aipquired for Mr.. Cric
8 cts health, and invited me into bis cabin
II take glass of punch.
p, When we we're alone T said to him tWe
'e Captain, how about our goods, especially t
n Thanksgiving goods y .ss=b bss aasssl.5 80 :
q a'.Well. Martin says the Captain .tbe lie
= We say about those Thanksgiving goods. &
y better; but The other things are all right,
1t Why, said I, greatly alarmed, what is |
N matter. -d,aoat Il Il * s,sslla seii IL - ssi.
y The fact is said the Captain. when
j sailed from Boston did not calkiate to
TO out more than, two Or three days, more part
* nlarly as we weresso strong handed; for the
be came aboard dozen sailerssall Belonging
rs Bunkumville Port. who had been discharg
lis the day before. and I offered them free p,
etsage home il they would find their own gru
IN So I only laid in provision for my own ere
,:tfor four or Eve days. C When We were of Nj
I'D blehead. there sat in the most awful norwes,
u I ever seed in my life. 1t blew, and it snew, a
id it sleeted. y IL was as dark as Egypt and
as cold as Grinland. It held on this way
ts night. So We had to pat tff to sea. e i A
1t. this was only the beginning Of our troubles
as We got blowed of the same way, every Ii
Isl we came near the coast. AT last, in 3 drel
'e-f full nerwest gale, alter we had scudded bef
I'D the wind three days. our maintop-mast
fer carried away and We sprung leak. We "
v. in the latitude Of the West Indies. and b
be to, put into ST. Barts to reft There we W
ly. bothered and hindered for weeks before
lite could get our repairs done.' 'e' ,l.s ..7
ok ,Well.' said l, cutting short his rather 10
So wjnded story what has all this to do "
nn, those Thanksgiving goods Of ours 2 ..'.