Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-30
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[CorreSpondence Of the Ohio Statesman.l
BLUFF CREEK, WISCONSIN, I
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rn ' BLUFF CREEK, WISCONSIN, 5''
Ir August II, 1866. 3hJ i'
"Helloah, my friend! How faris ito the
next town pnIHEI gIaH Tf THr I'd o. l
1t was rDast noon: the way had been
tediously rough, and I~had long since felt
that the near af5IJrOacIi to any cross roads,
where might be fJtmd d'hian'sabiding place,
was the most desirable pleasure IN all my
ambitions for the day. .H I.us,fgsfa, ygL u
The words were addressed by me toa tall,
lean, hatchet-faced individual, who, MOUNT
| ed upon an equally spare looking nag, was
slowly vending hls way down somewhat
cireuitous path running at right angle
with the one was pursuing. ., -,....t..,...
There was a gradual pulling IN Of the
bride reins; the half-bent form of the rider
slowly and deliberately opened out into
bold relief against an adjacent bluff; the
long, thin legs that had swayed to aud fro
| in & pendulum-like motion, we're naturally
thrust forward near to the nose of his stecd,
who, without further manifestations
from the rider, paused in its meditative
course, and fixed its attention upon a small
growth of grass, cropping out most fnvit-
| ingly at the road-sidel " i-a'1G ni yuir'
2 ''Wal, now, that 'pends tirely on which
way you go. You mout take that al. path,
| wot leads down, yonder, and, in three or
| four hours smart walkin', come out pretty
near where YOU r standin'nOw. Done that
myself ohct.u Had been down to De Soto
to talk politicks with Dock Sperry. He's a
real sumner, he is, and, sum how, ithurt me !
1t alters does Specially at De Soto; and
! whenI cum to start home, says Dock to
me:j tAllers pull to- the right Nose; and
don't git out. of the -narrer way. It's
| durn, crooked, sometimes, but it'll
\ cum all right in the eend !Nio'0 ai5 h-H'
Somehow didn't 'zacly comprehend
what he meant; and keepin' a thinkin' on
his. concludin' remarks, I'll be switched eff I
I didn't pull round that ere bluff three times
and was on the pint of goih' round agin,
when kinder GOT over the hurt, and pull
ed -3tother way for the corneFs.a Speet,
Stranger, you'r1lo0l1in' the'Sembly5 n
Pretty light for these diggins, jthoutlyer
want ortice." .IJW0q gnl4sm-7
j. i I.hastenedr to inform. him that l had no
political aspirations, and less rights, being
a stranger il his "diggins" and again
4 urged my inquiry asoto the nearest town
Tor habitatiohwhere L could find hOspitali7
ty and rest. odi M 1iy..q boap -Lipoa, aY
roads, here, are 4 leetle tough, and 7
wouldn'tswohdbre eff you was some l1aNed
1 i'm. n There as lar sort, o, town about, three
miles ahead, nm that way. where {, ;spect
EvonnV can git critter conff5rt.n " al h0Fr D
H. .GA b,fbpc ilohse kent there, 7 slffrS0se P''
i retnrnetl. -LSl 0t I6n IN nov. ''f-f1 III f',r'g
Y 1tGYaS hut ,tatuh hranv,as comes along to
j tstnn tho, there he sony..s
= Il was deIfgiifedI Z . There 5vN,as. An oasis
ahead: and. in tlie wrecked mariner who,
| w;th> d, cary ages rseas tbo loyy white heaeh
Hat n is to %T give u ~ him % sheIter and resi- NH
Snr rnf m IN geT a5d marlc AM f,irther
inu1riries cofcSrnihg this new hafb6r1 of
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VILLAGE NV friendpr ''1r'7
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adJ far .crihs3 hi, n oet te, ,checLin~~ in .of
f%e rains .y - The tar lean man cast Sis ewes
in a caIculating manner M an angIes of
| fortvE- iyn DEGREES rewards meridian ana.