New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-12-02

halt to set me down at Rlchtord to-
4 night" lie ~ ~ Aos" reg II. "of-
I Three dollars and a half, thought I;
that will pay me well. Thesman is cy-
|idently bent on going to Riehford--I
have a curiosity to carry him. I might
as well add that had a curiosity for all
such jobs, from the fact, that, on such
occasions, I always "took suthin." 80 ~
2Hl9or four dollarsI I will undertake the
job ,pIsaid I.mB oala .2DGlf oia9.91tH
| 3HFor dollars, then," said he slowly;
go ! m'lustr|1ggcEs eayEgef8e 5gga 3-a
"What time will you start?" said I.
/ "At six"
''"Early the next morning, I hitched
up sOld sorrel,' and in company with
THE stranger, drove rapidly toward North
Tfoy. ItwasIa3bitter ccldn day, a day
Iwhen nature needed Little assistance, if
eyer; and when, about four mules out,
passing through Newport woods, drew:
| "a flask Of Brandy from. d. my my pocket, and
holding it'up to the stran gel, observed,
'aiere, friend; this isitooo cold a day to
ride without something g, to gdrink-take
some, ,,''w nj soh 4niHaEd baa 4su
sflNo, faNo, o I thank you, ! never eq use M slim. Il
Iulants.", f....--.-.,-~- ..-,. .
tTake hold, take hold, we can fill it
iagainn at. Dodge's.'' '@~1'''' % s@ ""'
4e'No, I1never drink, ,seoer! p have
suffered too much from it!pfaW tnos9yi
| \ felt.rebuked that hefdid mot drink.
I had, been debatingin my mind, for the
last two miles, whether to sound him in
a round about way, and. find out wheth-
er he ever drank, or TO put a Bold front
on the mattery fana Offer it to him at
once. biButlI never had theqgood
luck to- carry Isu teetotaller,s and had
therefore come, to, the very conclusion
that teetotallers did not travel, But for
once had got i've total abstinence,
man, actually TRANSPORTING him Thirty
miles on tRsfhue!9 fIfthougliSi lniln istul
pid--ssery: b9159loa li9w bro 2gIa'
| .Dodge1sassa "a rum shop situated on the
Missisqupi river road. between North;
Troy and Richiori. It issa place Of
considerable notoriety-celebrated in
tie country around as a low lived dram
drinking establishment from which
flows alcontinued stream Of moral and,
physical deathtothe surrounding neigh
borhood. ~ It.isa . fayorite resort for the,
abandoned and reckless. ,,;vys, .fe,;s,
I was not at this. time drunkard. I
was unwilling to- admit, that was q mod
crate Grated dripken @ True, nov and and then rs, as,
on the present occasion, iS ! thought it no
harm to take drink Of brandy, in. or
der the more eAectually to keep out the
cold. 4 detestea drunkards.f Twas not
at oil alarmed about myself and won
dered how any, one could be 50 foolish
as to think me in danger yet my, wife.
had often begged me TO abstain, totally o
No other human being seemed to think
Of such a thing as my becoming too
strongly attached to my cups. Ny wife
I thought avery foolish little lovesof a
woman, and dlmysel, very strong mind
ed man, capable Of drinking q bottle Of
brandy now and then, without becoming becolm ing
a drunkard. On the present occasion,
I found no 10 difficulty IN disposing of the
brandy, without the assistance of my
staid companion. When we arrived at
Dodgse's 1 had drank the last drop, and
drew rein for' Tie purpose Of replenish.
ing my aask.i SniIaq a1a { 6nats bio
liENot hore, not here, friend! for Heav-
ems sake, have respect enough for, my
feelings not, to-, enter this miserable
Place Dgivs vsssGn Gn + have ayg'sn something II Y
tell you" ,.,,,..o 3, So,
He grasped the rein as he spoke, and
Old isorrel shot by'in an instant, and
went trotting on towards Richford. He
had got something'to tell me! What
IN the name ofnatureF could itbe2 II Was
it,possible that so stupid a companion
had . romance in his Life? Nothing Of
the kind, Fl was sure, IPsrh@apfs @apfs,lhpee lhe