The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-10-18

brought with us. I: VAS constructed on tn
principle rs . coffee mill. only much larger
and vas furnished with two cracks u pro
pei il by. aud IL was generally thought thu
il never ground the m al too fine. One ma
on sssing it grind. remarked that il was
singular mill indeed, for the faster it run tn
more water came. About ;h,s p rid som
n-,ghbors joined to blaze out = bride va,
10 S =illwarer. (as il was called Tor the pun
pose ot packing bread stuff from there u
horse back. and |, with other neig'. bnrs
made one or more trips in that way. Blu
iather thinking It too slow = plan for fun
ishing his large family with bread, concsiv
ed the idea "f sending WACO IS through o.
this Quaker trac" a. it Wa called I re
monstrsted against the scheme As being al
mos. improbable. Nothing however woule
do him, short Of making the attempt; acc n
dinghy we rigg-d up the TWO fore wheels %
our large wagon Tor uncle James MORRISON
t." drive. whilst was to take our sm.ll wag
on with four heels. Thus equipped. With
an axe and three or four days provision, re
set out on our tour through the wilderness
We stopped about the middle Of the day to
feed our horses and whilss in the act Of eat
ing our dinner We we're visi sd by three
W. Ives; bur IS we hs.l no deadly weap ms
with US. they we're suffered to pass unmo-
Tested. We drove along over weeds, net
ties, chunks, logs and almost saplinys, until
we reached the place Of our destination
procured our loadinx Of good, hard. sound
corn. bat to my great disappointment were
unable to get il ground without sraving
longer shan uncle MORRISON would cons-ni
10 stay. SO we STA ted homewards, but had
heard there was 3 BOD wafer mill START
on Twin creek. At New L < ngtnn--,lso
that there was road GU, out rom Dayton
to Eaton, by way of Lexington. was
med aiinS on The pracucaoil,,y of iakin !.
Lexington IN our waV home, nen We came
To ROAD used bv some wagons, bearing u
>outhward dir-ctio | in s. ed on taki Y
that road believing 1t would take us To the
Dayton road, on which WAS the mill ',efJr-
mentioned. Uncle Morr,sson opposed it
with all his strength, of arxum-nt--aid we
might get into DIFF .uities, even worse than
those on the road we came; land So II prov
Ell IN the sequeD bal being de'errnin.
cd 10 have our Corn gruuni. If ;.,ss,ble, be
fore Teaching hom-, rs | dreaded grin ling
50 much hard corn wi h the hand mdl
nncie at leog b yielded, though rriuc.sntiy
We had not travelled man~ miles % our
unkno"n road. till it almost disappeared -
We. however, made W mai h. adwa. we could
IN soushwa.d direction, occssi .nailv con-
ing on the premises Of newly settled Datch-
men. some of whom could neither under
stand OF peak our ,usge. cons quently
could give no j;rections as - the wav We
should go. We went on, however, from
place to place n a 8 ,uth " ard direction. with
windings. bscaing~. and turnings, to almos'
every point of the compass: and At len 9Th
We reached the long looked ,or DAyt.u road
We turned west on it with cheering antici
pa'ioos, believing all our difficulties were
overcome. and before US Their could ba but
little else, but triumphant slcc-ss. Whilst
travelling on in this ch.erful mood We met
spentieman on ho'sehac>, going east. who
accosted US with "genllemen wher. are you
yoins?" ITO Lexing..n to get our corn
grpund--th-nne TO Whitewa:er where We
i've" was our prompt reply. MY God"
said he. Il am sorry for you-you will pres
emily come to an old hurricane through
which the ro. ID is not cut out, only bride
way. and l know Of no possible way to 90
round it." This gentleman WAS Neesbit.
the owner Of the mill and proprietor OF Lex
ington. This Information threw a damper
on our pleasant prospects. but rs there SEEM
sd TO be no other way for Us but TO press
through the many difficulties that intercept.
ted our pathway. We went on. and presen ly
came to the old hurricane-thc saplinys
standing on the ground from The size Of q
handspike to that OF a mans ley or larger
We went TO work with all the energy we
could commandment through. a dis sncs Of
half mile or more. By this time the great
luminary Of day was sinking in the western
horizon. SO We passed on, and soon came to
house where we ob aimed some refresh
ment. which we stood IN much need OF, as
our stock OF provision was Well niys spent
Early next mnrni'g We were on our way
reached Ne~sbit's mill--go, our core
ground, and started for home with rene we'd
spirits; bus sad to relate, before We r. ached
Eaton We sank into slough. which would
answer we'll to the description Banyan gives
Of the slough OF D-spond We were en-
tirely unable ~ extricate ourselves from this
difficulty by any otner means than unload
ing "u- wasons-csrryi ing our sacks OF meal
90 our shoulde thrush the swamp to firm
ground; 10 do which took off nv shoes
and laid ITEM on log. Ai,er good deal
OF splsshin. IN the mui. We yn. our
wagons out, ba, lik.' the poor pilgrim were
very mucs o-danbed with the 6Itn of the
slough. We reloa.l-d our wagons aad star
ted On our way. but in the hurry and con-
fusion OF the moment. ] forgot my she's
and have not heard of them since. From
this time forward We were successful! IL our
Journey. and reached hon.e safe. with .
COOL supply of good. We'll ground meal.
W ich was luxury IN Iced TO the family,
after living for several mpu,hs .n corn tina,
WAS not any too sound and ground with q
hand mill. / think we oy-rs,~id our time
two or three days. which gave our folks
some unea,ines-; but our triumphant returu
SION male all Ihiugs right again. excep,
with uncle Morrison. and do not tno~
that he ever forgsss me for my hesdlony
rxsnEsss while he lived, and that was ssv.
eral years.
TO BE CONTINUED.
IA correspondent OF the Lafayette
Jou. nal makes the follosinx charge a.ains
David rnrp;e Doarlas ean.}itsHa Tor 7 ;.,,