Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-07-12
81 amt your SONNY"

"No, you amt my sonny, but if you'll
jump down and come here I'll give you i,
dime"
| The boy sprang as if alighting from I
wasp's nest, and coming close up 10 th'
stranger exclaimed:
"Well old hoss, what is it!''
"Tve lost my way and don't know where
l am! Can you tell me?"
"Yesm
"You'r sittin' on that hossr'
Mr.. Lord laughed at the boys wit, and
handed him the dime.
The boy took the money, looked upon
it with mingled feelings of wonder and de-
light, and said:
Il reckon you must have power Of
money"
"Why so9'
"Cause you slather it away So"
"What's your fathers name!" inquired
Mr.. Lord"
"Bill jerks" was the reply.
"Ah, yes know him." exclaimed Mr.
Lord. "He grows wool, don't he 7"
"No! but his sheep duz"
''If you knew me, my lad, you would
be more respectful in your replies. I'm a
friend of your fathers. My name is Lord"
80 yes!" exclaimed the astonished and
delighted lad, "I've heard pap read about
you in the bible!" and starting for the
house on dead run, he bawled out at the
top of bis lungs-"Mother mother! Gaud
is ont here on horseback and has lost his
way"
Cbagriued and embarrassed at hts novel
position, Mr.. Lord put spurs to his horse
and looked not back upon the howell until
he had left it miles in the rear.
Leaving Springfield in the cars of the
Wabash Valley R. R., we proceeded to
Lafayette, Ind, thriving city of about
ten thousand inhabitants, The freighting
on this road has become very extensive,
and it passes through section that for
farming and grazing purposes is equaled in
but few places in the world. We noticed
thousands of heads Of cattle-feeding
along on the green prairie, and as we
saw them in Iowa, Wisconsin and Mime
sota-they were nearly all fat and fine
looking. 1t is not an uncommon event for
a thousand head of cattle a day to be
passed east over this road. The cultivated
fields were mostly occupied with corn, and
were looking healthy and vigorous. Farm
ers in the western country seldom hoe
their corn, but plow it once or twice, and
even then it produces one third more TO the
acre than the land in Ohio.
Our stay in Lafayette was necessarily
brief, but we found time to visit the famous
Artesian Well of White Sulphur water, and
was highly pleased with the beverage;-
althoug h gentleman in our company said
that the smell of it alone made him sick,
and he would as soon think ef drinking
decoction of cigar stumbs, old boot and
camphene.
Leaving here by the New Albany, Mich
igan City and Chicago R. R., we came di-
rectly to Michigan City, where we have
enjoyed brief visit to the new prison now
in the course of erection. The State has
one hundred acres of valuable land at this
point, and is now enclosing eight acres for
what is to be called The Northern Indiana
States Prison. One hundred and forty
two prisoners are now empoyed in erect
ing this prison. They are at night put in
to the basement of what was formerly a
pork-packing establishment, and are kept
under rigid discipline by the skillful and
well known Lot Day, Esq, the Deputy
Warden While working in the woods on
the goth of March last, one of the men
on telling tree "took to his legs" and
put for the bushes with the speed of a
wild deer. After two hours search he was
recovered and brought up for punishment.
What did you break your patrol of hon.
or for, and run away?" enquired the Dep
uty Warden.
81 didn't mean to" said the prisoner.
"How do you make that out"g
"Well, you see, your honor! When the
tree fell, | was frightened with the ncise and
so | run to save myself from the bruises.
l tried 10 turn around and come back half
a dozen times but l couldn't do it. l tried
hard, indeed, l did, but upon my soul, l
couldn't do it~
On the Goth of April just one month
after the former occasion, there was anoth-
er stampede, and seven of the prisoners
made break or freedom from prison dis
cipline. But one of the seven succeeded,
and he by death. He was shot dead while
running. The others were captured alive
and severely punished. Although severe
disciplinarian-Mr. Day is generally much
beloved by the convicts, and be treats them
with greater familiarity than we have ev-
er before seen manifested by officers in
power. Mr.. Days mode of management
is one of the finest illustrations of mind
over matter that we have ever witnessed. |
That we might see a striking demonstra-
tion of the system-Mr. Day-with no one
to guard him but our own stalwarth form
Is feet 81 inches, just the heighth of Say
ers) walked alone into the basement of the
packing house amid ooe hundred and forty
thieves, robbers, forgers, murderers. They
gathered about us like so many sheep about
the hand that was sailing them. With
bold front, trusting eye and a cheerful
voice, Mr.. Day addressed few brief re-
marks to some fifteen or twenty of the
most villainous looking, and passed through
the crowd as if he had been among the
most devoted and long tried friends.
Our emotions on coming into tha onap