The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-11-08
LOG ROLLING.

An Englishman who was travelling on
the Mississippi river, told some rather
tough stories about the London thieves.
A Cincinnati chap named Case, heard
these narratives with a silent but express.
sive humph and then remarked that he
thought the Western thieves beat the
London operators all hollow.
why so p inquired the Englishman
with surprise Pray, have you lived
much in the West
Not a great deal. | undertook to
set up business at Desmiones Rapids q
while ago, but the rascally people stole
nearly every thing | had, finally
Welch miner run off with my wife,.
Good God i said the Englishman,
and you never found her p
Never to this day. But that was
not the worst Of it!'
Worse Why, what conld be
worse than stealing mans wife p
Stealing his children, | should say
said the implacable Case.
Children?'
Yes, niger woman, who had not
any of her own abducted my youngest
daughter, and sloped and jined the In.
gems
Great Heavens did you not see her
do it?'
See her? Yes, and she hadu't ten
rods the start Of Inc, aud she plunged
into the lake and swan like a duck
and there wasn't a canoe TO follow
with
The Englishman laid back in his
chair, and called for another mug Of
aft and aft, while Case smoked his ci-
gar, his credulous friend at the same
time said most remorsciy.
'I--shan't go any farther wcst-l
think, at length observed the excited
John Bull.
Il should not advise any one to go,
said Case quietly. My poor brother
once lived out there, but he had to
leave, although his business was the
best in the country.
What business was he in 2
Lumberng-h a saw mill
'And they stole his lumber -
Yes, and his saw logs too"
Saw logs
Yes, whole dozens Of fine black wal
mt logs were carried off in single
night. True, upon my honor, sir. lie
tried every way to prevent it, hired
men to watch his logs, but it was all nc
use. They whipped em away as easy
as if there had been no Que there
They'd steal them out of the river, out
Of the coveS, and even out Of the mill.
ways
Good gracious
Just to give you an idea how they
can steal out thele, continued Case,
smiling a sly wink ID: the listening com
pany; just to give you an idea-did
you ever work in sawmil." :"
Never
Well, my brother one day bought
an all fred fine black walnut log-t1ul
feet three at the butt, and not a knot in
it. lie was determined to keep that
log and hired two ScOtchmen to watch
it all night Well, they took small
deuijohn of whisky with them, snah ed
the log up the side Of the hill, and then
sat down on the log to play keerds just
to keep them awake. you see. Twas d
monstrous big log-bark four inche:
thick. Well, as l was saying, they
played keerds and drank whisky al
highland as begun to grow light they
went asleep astraddle of the log. About
minute after daylight my brother
went over to the mill to see how they
got on, and the log was gone "
And they sitting on it?"
Sitting on the bark ! The thieves
had drove an iron wedge into the butt
end which pointed down the hill, and
hitched yoke of oxen on and pulled it
right out, leaving the shell, the Scotch
ers sitting astradd!e of it fast asleep"
The Englishman here arose, dropped
his cigar stump into the spittoon, and
looked at his watch said he thought he
would 60 on deck, aud see how lar we'd
be down the river by morning