The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-12-26

town. ga Secession Movement! IA
Man discovered under Bed up to his
middleI
We CLEAN the following from pri-
late source, but can't vouch for the
truthfulness Of it !:
There resides near Baptisttown this
county, a family composed of Wilson
| Cline and wife, Lewis Cline brother
of the former we expect, and very
courageous individual hired man
named Mahlon Bunnel Also occupying
with them TIE same building there is
a Mr.. Sanford.
On Saturday evening the 18th inst.
the story goes, Wilson Cline and wife,
and Lewis Cline, going off to spend
the evening at a neighbors, left Bun
mel the hired man to take care of the
premises and attend to doing the
chores" such as riding the geese to
water, stopping the ducks, &c. After
they left he fastened the doors and
proceeded to the barn to fodder
the animiles." tits said coming events
cast their shadows BEFORE" but it APP
pears they did not in poor Mahlon's
case, or perhaps he would have prefer
red remaining in tho barn until day
light rather than approached the house
where, as the sequel will show, there
was "dreadful scare" in store for
him. But Matlon never dreaming Of
guns, and pistols, and clubs and like
instruments of husbandry, attended
quietly to his work, and when done he
marched boldly as he was want to do
to the honse. Upon unlocking the
door, however, there was a slight
Charge came DER the spirit of his
dream" for there, standing right be-
fore him, was door wide open. Now
Mahlon had faint recollection of clo-
sing that door, in fact he was almost
certain he had locked it, and what
spirit just, or goblin damn'd" had
opened it in his absence, was an argu-
ment which brought the goose-pinp-
les to poor MahIon's flesh, while his
teeth kept time to the music of Cover
the hills, and far away" The ques
tion naturally arose in Mahlon's bo-
som whether it would be parliamenta-
ry for him to run away and save his
bacon, or stay and be devoured by the
savage door. At length, thinking he
might be mistaken in regard to fasten-
ing the door, he summoned courage
enough around him to marchup stairs
but he marched down again in little
less time than it would require to say
scat for there he behell man I'M
der bed atp to has middle, and pair
of terrible looking coat tails printing"
in the direction of his, Mahlon's head
1t is true Mahlon is not timid man,
but the pair Of tails done the business
for him-he seeded" immediately
and with a single bound he cleared the
stairs, and rushing in to Mr.. Sanford's
apartment, divulged the alarming
news Mr.. Sanford being peacea-
able man, concluded things looked por-
tentous of GLORIOUS war, "and proceed
ed straightway to load divers and sun
dry guns and pistols, afterwhich pre-
caution he and the valorous Mahlon
advanced in solid phalanx in direction
of the battery of coat tails. But the
enemy anticipating this coup de main,
had the forethought to securely bar
the door, snd arm himself with huge
club, with the intention it was
thought Of running through the first
man who was brave enough to "beard
him in his castle" Here was fix to
be in. But they proved equal to the
emergency. Mahlon guarded the door
with rusty gun, while Sanford broke
across the fields like a quarter horse,
to arouse the neighbors and get rein
forcements and it is said by chose
who know, that eight-rail fences were
no obstacles at all in his way Hav-
ing procured the number of recruits
requisite, which amounted to almost
battalion, all told, armed to the teeth
with guns and "hoss pistils," not to
mention other dangerous weapons in
antagonism to good order in military
discipline, such as pitoh-forks, crow
bars and pot-hooks, they marched bold
ly to the scene, and the word was given
to split the door down. Finding such
formidable array of chivalry brought
to bear, it is needless to say that the
enemy laid down his club and opened
the door, when who did they behold
but Lewis Cline, one of the family, who
had returned in the absence of theg
hired man, Mahlon Bunnel, and we
suppose thought. he would perpetrate
joke at his expense, which has turn
ed ou' so serious to the peace of that
portion of our beloved country.