The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-07-16
Selctted Story.
AYANKEE MAN-TRAP.


ETHAN BALcH was not swearing exactly yet
he was undeuiahly wishing unchlritable wishes,
respec' ing the future OF certain Englishmen,
and using exclGmatory eXplctiYes N do it with.
IL was August the 10th, 1878, and Mr.. Bdch
was walking slowly homcward from the sea shore
of New London county, Connecticut and as he
went, he whitted. The precise expressions in
which he INDUCED were these
"Consarn them darned Britishers to darna-
ton Blame their everlastin' plcters hope
to gracious the plaguy old boalll go slam daown
with 'em, sarse an all
Thrs, arer pause, he added;
"Jrst as ef | mghtn't knowed they'd done
it Eff Id only kept her hum till night, snd
crep ranund, / could a gone strate into New
London Jest as easy, Near sbiout two numbered
dollars gone slAp-dsb for nothin' o, good
thunder cried the mourning Young Yankee
in the bitterness of his soul, as this cgOwning
misery rose fresh in his mind
II is no wonder that he was seriously displeas-
ed, for the British, then maintaining a strict
blockade upon Commodore Decatur, who, with
the frigatcs United States and Macedonian, and
the brig o!-war Hornet, had run up the River
Thames, had that day made prize OF a certain
small craft, in which, together with her cargo
was invested full moiety of his private worldly
estate.
Nevertheless, with continuous whiting, and
many quaint execrations, home went f han, and
told his sad tale 10 his parents, who sympathz'
ad uith hin, aud wnra oriavn1
"WhO was there in the boat, Ethan asked
Mr.. Bach, senior.
"That's the wnst ont father" said the junior
gentleman. "rve got to go'n tell Marthy Rob
bins - and what on 'arth she'll say, | ont know
They was Pe'eg and Xtek Robbns aud then
d,rned everlastiu' rotten pzen cusses has go
'em, and the boat besides, and sarse enough tc
keep the feet week"
"Wal, my SON." said the old gentleman, "l
ruther guess you'd better 90 right over'n tel
her, and hev iG done with She'll t,kc on som,
at fust, that's sar,ain hut the boys'll come bach
some time anuther and she'n Misses Rohbn,
kin comcn stay with US eff they're a mind to-
guess we could tend up to that ere liule farm
while"
For Mrs Robbins, the widowed mother q
"Marthv," aud of Peleg and H,chariah, owne,
and occupied, with her children, a small farm
near by, and carried on the same and the cap
ture al her two stout sons had, of course, lei
the fam quite bare Of men. f. han walket
moodilS over to Mrs. Robbins house. He Wa
warmly welcomed by the two women, bu, re
ceived their SreeriaS with SO much emhsrrass
meut, that they perceived that something wa
wrong
What on Rrth's the matter with ve, Ethan
asked the old lads, cooking back her head :
that she could peer az him through her spr,ta
Giles, which usually abode some ways down O
her nose your shorter'n pe-crust, seems T.
me-"
"Perhsps, said Miss Robbins, with a sms
smirk, "he didn't want to come. Taint nes
ssry to come hero unless you enjoy IL, Miste
Bilch."
"Wen, well" expostulated the disconsolAt
Yankee, " doHt so plaguiu' man, when he
in trouble already. didu't want to come, an
It's the fust time aud you know it Marth!
But wasn't cos wasn't glad to see you.
spose might Jest as well ont with it. Ther
ere darned British has ketched the boat and T,
leg aud Z,ck along with it,
An ouIburst of lameutat,on from the wome
interrupted the further progress of the ts1
which Ethan's awkward attempts at consolstio
did not avail 10 qnench. They gradually reeo
cred themselves, however, and proceeded TO i
Quire hos it happened.
"It was" Rhsn said, "by means Of We
known row-galley belonging to Admiral Hardy
hig-ship, the Ramilies, sevenry.iour, which h'
already cip,ured many small coasting GRATIS, At
which had secured its boOty, in the present il
stance, by "snakin out" as he described
with Joint use OF sails and oars, the fair breei
with which the Martha las Ethans boat Was nat
ed) had set sail, having unexpectedly died sw'
nearly TO a calm"
Miss Martha Robbins having cried good De
did uoS, ss Somsukipj are oiieu apt 20 do {
psreuce a sudden aad nos very reasonable
action into aneer, aud chose TO insinaie' NJ
that her lover had very eunuingly avoided u
personal risk TO himself, by sending her o'oth'
oG with the boat alone secondly, that snyo
who had not sufficient brains to keep him lr'
such losses as that, was hardly likely TO MAKE
thrifty or prosperous helpma'e.
These asperslOns Ethan vigorously repell'
asserting that "the boys had chosen TO
together, bO,h desiring TO visit New LondO