M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-12-27
1nisttllantous,
LUIiCrOus Incideut-An Indian
CaptiVe'S Adventure With "a

Captive's Adventure with "a
Bear.
The following laughable affair is
from book entitled FISHERS RiCsr
Scenes and Characters, The Incl
dent is located IN North Carolina, 1t
is the story Of man named "Ohver
Stanley" who was taken captive by
wild "lnjins." After some consiGera.
tion, they put him into an empty oil
barrel, and headed him up, leaving
the bungholo open, that he might be
longer dying. The prisoner relates a
portion OF his experience in this wise:
determined to git out'n that or
bust a trace; and so pounded away
with my fist, till beat it into nearly a
reilly, at the end of the bar'l; but it
eswere no 20. Then | butted spoil
10 18th my noggin, bnt had no pur-
/. fe like old rams have when they
aUdssi ssus, you know, they 'back ever
80 far when they make a tilt. So |
saved in, made my last will and tes-
lament and virtually gave up the
ghost. 1t wur mighty serious time
with me for sure. While were ly-
ing thar, balancing accounts with
t'other world, and afOre | had all my
figgers made out to see how things 'ud
stand, hearn suthin' scrambulatin'
in the leaves, and Snortin' every whip
stitch like he smelt suthin' he didn't
adzactly like. lay as still as q sal
amGnder, and thought, maybe there S
o chance for Stanley yit. So the
critter, whatever il taout be, KEEP
poseyin' round the bar1. Last ho
came to the bunghole, put his nose in,
smelt mighty pertlcler, and gin a
monstrous loud snort. l holt what lit
tie breath head to keep the crittur
from smellin' the Intervals of tho bar'l.
l soon seen it was o bar of the woods
tho big king bar of the woods, who
had lived there from time immortal.
Thinks |, old fellow, look out; old o.
liver amt dead yit. Jist then he put
his black paw in jst as fur as he could,
and scrabbled about to make some
'scovery. The first tho't | had was to
nab his paw, as a drownein' man will
ketch at a straw; but soon seen that
wouldn't do, for you sec he couldn't
thon travel. So jist waited a spell
with great aatterbation Of mind The
next move he made was to put his tail
in atIthe bunghole of the bar'l to test it's
innards. | seen that were my time to
make my Jack; so seized my holt,
and shouted at the top of my voice:
"Charge, Chester, charge!
On, Stanley, on!'
And the bar he put, and | knowed
tail-holt were better than no holt; and
so VIC went, bar'l and all, the bar full
speed. Now, my hope were that the
bar would jump over some pressepiss,
break the bar'l all to shiverations, aud
liberate me from my nasty, stinkin'
lily prison. And sure 'nuff, the bar at
full speed leaped over a caterack fifty
feet high. Down we went together in
q pile, cowhallop, on big rock, bus.
tim the bar'l and yearly shakin' my
Rizzard out'n me. let go my tail.
holt-had no more use for it-and
away went the bar like a whirly-gust
NV woodpeckers were arter it. I've
never seen nor hearn from that bar
since, but he has my best wishes for
his present and future welfare.
The EFFECT OF LINooLN's ELECTION.
The New Haven (Conn.) Register
says two thousand men are out oi EN-
ployment 10 that city, owing to the
withdrawal of Southern trade.
The Clay County Qnd.) Democrat
estimates that the farmers of that dis
tMct have lost $4,000 in the decline
of pork, in consequence Of the panic
inspired by Lincoln's election. The
loss to the whole Union in the dimin.
ution Of prices and the fall of securi-
ties, amounts to hundreds Of millions
Of dollars. A bad election, that of
: Lincoln!