Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-06-12
Wonderful Log Rolling out West.


on the Mississippi River told some tough sto-
ries about the London thieves A Cincinna-
Il chap, named Case. heard these narratives
with silent but expressive 'humph', and
then remarked that he thought the western
thieves beat the London operators all hollow.
How soy inquired the Engllshman. with
surprise. Pray, sir, have you lived much
in the WestP
Not great deal. undertook to set up
busines at the Des Moines Rapids while
ago. but the rascally people stole everything
l bad, and finally Welsh miner ran off with
my wife
Good Gracious p said the Englishman,
'and you never found herT
Never to this day. But that was not the
worst of it,
Worst! Why, what could be worse than
stealing mans wife ?
Stealing his children, should say said
the implacable Case.
Children p
Yes, for niger woman who hadn't any
Of her own, abducted my youngest daughter,
and sloped and Joined the Ingins
Great heavens! Did you see her do itp
See her? Yes, and she hadn't Ten rods
the start of me; but she plunges into the
| lake and swan like a duck, and there Warn't
canoe to follow her with
! The Englishman laid back in his chair and
called for another mug of aff-sn-aff, while
Case smoked his cigar and credulous friend
at the same time, most remorselessly.
! II sha'nt go any farther West-I do
think at length observed the excited John
| Bull.
! L should not advise any one to CO. said
| Case quietly. My brother once lived there,
/ but he had to leave, although his business
was the best in the country
/ What business was he in, pray?'
'Lumbering-and a saw-miIl.'
And they stole his lumber
Yes, and his saw-logs too
| Saw logsp
Yes. Whole dozens of fine black walnut
logs were carried off in sirgle night-true.
upon my honor, sir. He tried every way to
prevent it had men hired to watch his logs,
but it was all of 10 use They would whip
'em away as easily as if there had heen no.
body there. They would steal them out of
the river, out of the cove, and even out Of
the mill ways.
Good Gracious =
Just to give you a idea how they can
steal ont here continued Case, sending sly
wink at the listening company, just to give
you an idea-did you ever work in a saw
mill 2
Never
Well, my brother one day bought an all
fired fine black walnut log--four feet three
at the but and not a knot in il. He was de-
termined to keep that log, anyhow. and hired
two Schotchmen to watch it all night
Well, they took small demijOhn Of whiskey,
with them, snaked the log up the side hill
above the mi Il, and built fire, and then sot
down on the log to play keerds, just to keep
awake you see. Twas moastrous big log
bark two inches thick. Well, as I was
saying, they played keerds and drunk whis-
KEY all night, and, as it began to grow light,
vent to sleep straddle of the log. About q
minute after day light, George went over tc
the mill to see how thoy got on, and the Ecs
aOds gone p
And they sitting on it ?
Sitting on The bark The thieves hat
drove an iron wedge into the but end, wkicl
pinted down hill, and hitched yoke of oxeI
on, and pulled it right ont, leaving the bari
and the Scotchers setting a straddle of it
fast asleep
The Englishman here rose, dropped bis ei
gar stump into the spi;toon, and looking a
his watch. said he thought that he woul'
90 on deck and see how far we'd be dow
| the river before morning