Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-31

OUR HoUsE ENTERED BY A BURGLAR
We, the Local Editor, have had sensation
peculiarly our own. Strange to relate, our
dwelling on North Seventh street was en-
tered by burglar between two and three
o'clock on Saturday morning. He was ev-
identity ignorant of our occupation, or he
never would ave thought OF invading our
premises with the hope of finding any
booty worth carrying off. But to our story:
Two young girls, our daughters, were
sleeping in bedroom on the first floor, on
the north side of the house. The window
was raised, and one side of the blinds left
partly open for the sake of ventilation. Our
burglarious visitor opened the other blind,
and reaching into the bedroom, took out a
chair, and placed 1t under the window,
where it was found next morning. His en-
trance within was, Of course, thus made
easy. Proceeding to an adjoining room, he
found our pants lying upon lounge. lie
took, rather uncourteously, we think, the
little money we had laid by to 60 to market
with that morning. He did not even leave
us five cent shinplaster. But he had the
grace to return the empty portmonnaie to
our pocket, after having ruthlessly rifled
that pocket OF the last piece OF silver we
had-a quarter dollar-which we had care
fully refrained from spending, and were
keeping as memorial OF by-gone age.
Opening the parlor door, the burglar
placed shoe against it to keepit open, and
thus provide for his return. In the parlor
he found box which he probably mistook
for casket of jewelry. But he made as
bad mistake in carrying off this box, as
he did in entering locals domicil for plum
der. The supposed casket was filled with
photographs of relatives and friends of the
family, the younger members of which
greatly regret its loss. They will be much
obliged to the gentleman, if he will be so
good as to return it or leave 1t where they
will be sure to find it.
From the parlor, the enterprising burglar
entered hall, and ascended flight of stairs
to the bedroom of our two sons. From the
pocket of one he took very small amount
of money-all there was in it-and also ap-
propriated a pocket-knife, but left the port
monnaie. The pocket-book of the other,
which was stuffed with papers, and appear
ell quite bulky, he also carried off. But
here he made another sad mistake, for it
contained but little money, few stamps,
and a large amount of jokes, bonmots, con-
nundrums, poetry, anecdotes, &C., &C., cut
from newspapers.
Having completed his tour of conflsca-
ton, our burglar retraced his steps. Re-
entering the girls bedroom, he spoke in
loud whisper for some purpose, perhaps,
addressinga confederate without or with
in. This awakened the girls, who alarmed
the family. Our nightly visitor made his
exit through the open window. 1t was
done so bunglingly, an&swith such loud
racket, that there seemed to be two or three
of them getting out, instead of one. But
h, or they did not choose to linger about
long enough to be recognized. They did
not, however, "cover their tracks," but left
them exposed to view in the soft ground
near the house. We opine, that having
found such poor picking about our prem
ises, our burglar or burglars will, before
invading another dwelling, ascertain
whether it be inhabited by a local of a
newspaper or not. II it is, they will doubt
less shy of.