Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-02-22
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MY ADVENTURES IN SEIATHs
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Make you apair before Saturday night,
sis,s, said tire shoemaker.
..Can't wait" said Il; 'tgo;ng out OF
town by tire next train bss}8 -
..Oh, well, now L think, = replied he,
there is an uncommon nice pair that may
bell fit. They was made for gentleman
that didn't take 'em; too small across here,
you see.
..Iry.err on, sire All, yes, 50 exactly
Why, lhey ftlke-7like they q been naue.
for rou!'s "a
They did fit tolerably well, so bought
them. In Ave minutes WAS seated aboard
,theicars in Chatham street, and in half an
hour more was steaning and rafting away
out of the city, toward my destination L
wac geigg on oliessing exeedt dtsio2 t9-stas.
secluded sslittle sruraRr paradise, Smlfh-
burgh, which, as you are aware, IS sltua-
ted about hundred miles back OF the CITY
Hall. and is about the same number OF
years behind the metropolis in the '.mod-
ern improvements" one of the Smlthbur-
phers was in debt to my employers, the
great house of Naryred and Company, OF
whom you have doubtless heard, Pearl
street, Just below Fultou.) The aforesaid
Smithburgher was rumored to be on the
eve of suspension" hence my hurried
Journey. Be it remembered that these
events occurred i've years ago, at which
era debts were still collectable.
ssThe shades of night were falling fast
when the train deposited my carpet bag
and myself at the Smithburgh station. L
was soon ensconced in the tavern; an am
bilious wooden structure, very ga"nlshly
white, and very lavish of piazza without,
which qualities were counterbalanced by
its being very dirty and very cramped for
When I went over, in the evening, to
the store of my delinquent debtor, did
not find him; and very brief conversation
with the people whom l did find served to
| inform me that had come on trultless
errand He had not only suspended, but
had .decamped out of SmithburgA into
parts unknown. He was a dead loss, Sc
far as Naryred and Company were con
cerned. All that could be done with him,
was to put him down on the debtor side
of the profit and loss account. There was
nothing for it but to go back.
"And when does the next train g
DOWN." inquired L of mine host at the
"Hotel"
eNo train down till 1885 A. M.,' was
the curt response.
just my luck. No money; no assets
no collection, and now no train. shoult
IL 49,
dismal country tavern. Tired ana yer.
: ill-humored after nodding an hour over tn
same paper L had read the day before Il
town, took my candle and took mysel
off to bed.
, 1t must have been near midnight, whe
= was suddenly reused up by thunder
ing explosion.
"BANGH'
; Bewildered and sleepy 1 sat up in bed
d trying to make out whether Naryred an
Com pany had "burst," and were unable
pay ten cents on the dollar, or whether
k was aboard Mississippi steamer whlc
c had "collasped a fue,'' and was about t
= be scalded with hot steam; or whether
:, "BANGr' suddenly went second e1
- plosion, and l made out to comprehen
= that something was being fired off unde
my window.
IS Jumping up, 1 rushed to the sash an
e, peered out. Sure enough, there was
= croud of men and boys gathered rouu
- what looked like dilapidated anvil, ran
y ming it down for third discharge.
,e 1t must be election day in Smithburgl
nd thought l, and they are rejoiciDg'over q
result. Confound the successful cand
/ date, whoever he is, making such an
It, fernal racket
ri Just then one of the youngsters, loo
- ing up, caught sight of me, standing
- my shirt at the window. He hurried
It, spoke to the others, and then one shoute
h, "Boys, let's give him three cheers
ga And they did.