The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-03-21

bold face on The matter and accompany
Increase, and SO be declared himself
ready and jumped over the fence. At FIRST
ne was afraid of committing himself, but
the conversation by the, way sho wing
him, as be thought, exactly how the
ground lay, he laughed heartily at the
queer manner in which the thief wa
caught, and volunteered to be the first 10
enter the granary where he was confined,
at the same time ehuckling joyously at
the anticipation Of the younger Smiths
dismay. on finding. instead OF the tLief,
his own father under lock and key. -
With great glee the men proceeded at
once to the granary, where Increase pro-
posed leaving his companions to go into
the house for a lantern. and see If hi. fa-
tner had returned; upon which Joe Fer
ris laughed all to himself, and advised
the younger Smith to be sure and bring
the old man if he was anywhere to be
found.
"Hallor' cried Bill Hodges, "ths
granary door is open. and the thief has
broken oulr'
Increase came back filed with cons
sternation; and Joe Ferris was no less
surprised.
The strange events Of the night were
involved in a deeper mystery tnan ever,
when the eldor Smith, shaving heard Of
the approach Of Increase and his eom-
panions, made his appearance with q
light. . ''
"Hallo, neighbour cried Joe Ferris,
"whatis all this hubbub about? Increase
has been telling US about thieves .$sss
II declare, father" said the younger
Smith, /" after you shut me, up, shut up
relief thief. and left him in my place"
II know it, your mother told me-"
replied the older Smith, "and when I
come to let you OUT sea U} 1s
"Oh, see all p groaned Increase, she
got away"
"Yes, and shut me up!'' - aa '
"How did youget out?" s91s& aasI
..Wny, the thief's wife had the kind-
ness to come and break the loek!' s..-r
So saying. the elder Smith held the
lantern up,to the face of Ferris, who turn
ed ghastly white, and irembled as if he
had been in an ague ft. t-.-.-.,
II The whole affair was now explained
to the astonishment of every one in gen.
eral, and of Joe in particular. who was
too much astonished to make any resis-
tance. while Increase and his compan.
. ions were tying his hands behind him.
II Ferris and bis wife were accemmoda.
ted with lodgings in Mr.. Smiths house
that night; and on the following day a
search having been instituted. and all
sorts ofgoods having been found on Ioe's
. premises they were both committed to
! Jail, to await their trial. s
What the sentence was, when convic-
ted eff the crime charged as ainst them. I
have quite forgotten; but it ia certain the
good people of Smithville were troubled
no more with the mysterious disappear
| ance Of their goods and chattels. and the
Smiths remember, with peculiar satisfac-
ton, the manifold mistakes committed
on the night of their adventure with the
robbers. -s
KILLED By / SHEEP.-A melancholy
: accident occurred in DanburY township.
Ottowa county, on the 1st inst. the
/ particulars of which are given in the
Port Clinton Democrat. A little child, .oi
r Mr.. Albert Witcher, aged three years.
r strayed away from the house to play
5 along the road side, and is presumed to
e have been attacked by sheep and killed
: As Mrs. w. went to call the men to din
ner she found her child lying dead in
!. the road, and the sheep standing by
looking at the body. The child bore
o many bruises and marks in the face and
D head, showing that it had been butted to
/, death by the sheep. Ia, sa,
E Speaking OF the number and va
rie.y of names suggested for the fSouth
ern Confederacy," the Milwaukee Sen
e t,nel says: iSambonia, -Niggerina. and
r Cottonalia, are all very pretty, bat we
suggest that they use the name OF one OF
their leading men-take Rhett. fer in
stance. how appropriate this would
n f,rJan