Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-10-18
LOG ROLLING.

An Englishman who was travelling on
the Mississippi river, told some rather rough
stories about the London thieves. a Gin
cinnati chap named Chase, heard these mar
ratives with a silent but expressive hurnph!
and then remarked that he thought the
| Western thieves beat the London opera
| tors ali hollow. ..al $50
| ,a" Why SO ~ inquired the Englshman,
with surprise, " Pray, have you lived much
in the West"
Not a great deal | undertook to set
| up business at Desmonies Rapids while
ago, but the rascally people stole nearly
everything had, and finally Welch mi
ner ran off with my wife"
""Good God p said the EngIshman, "and
you never found her !"
Never to this day. But that was not
the worst of it." r.s
"Worst! Why, what could be worse
than stealing mans wife 7" a
Stealing his children, should say"
said the implacable Chase
"Children N l.
.. Yes, niger woman, who had not any
of her own, abducted my youngest daught-
er, and sloped and jined the Ingens"
Great Heavens did you not see her
do ?"
See her? Yes and she hadn't ten rods
the start of me and she plunged into the
lake and swan like a duck-and there
wasn't canoe to follow with"
The englishman laid back in his chair, and
called for another mug of aft and 'aff,while
Chase smoked his cigar and credulous
friend at the same time most remorsely
7 MI fIIr4b I
think" at length observed the excited John
Bull .ar..t ..i
Il should not advise any one to CO." said
Chase quietly. My poor brother once liv-
ed out there, but he had to leave, although
his business was the best in the country"
What business was he in ?"
Lumbering-ha a saw mill"
And they stole his lumber 2"
eyes, and his saw-logs, too.
"Saw-logsw
eyes. Whole dozens of fine black wal
nut logs were carried off in a single night
True upon my honor, sir. He tried every
way to prevent it, hired men to watch the
logs, but it was all no use They whipped
'em away as easy as if there had been no
one there. They'd steal em out of the riv-
er, out of the coves, and even out Of the
mill ways"
Good gracious !"
just to give you an idea how they can
steal out there" continued Chase sending
a sly wink at the listening company, "just
to give you an idea-did you ever work in
a saw mill 2"
Never
"Well, my brother one day bought an
ALFRED black walnut log-four feet three
at the butt, and not a knot in it. He was
determined to keep that log, so he hired
two Scotchmen to watch it all night Well
they took small demiiohn of whisky with
them, snaked 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 monstrous big log-bark four inch.
es thick. Well, as | was saying, they
played keerds and drank whisky all night
and as it began to grow light they went
asleep astraddle of the log About min
ute after daylight my brother went out to
see how they got on, and the log was
gone !"
"And they sitting On it ?"
Setting on the bark The thieves had
drove iron wedge into the butt end which
pointed down hill, and hitched yoke of
oxen on and pulled it"right out, leaving the
shell and Scotchers setting astraddle 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 go
on deck, and see how far we'd be down the
river by morning.