The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-26
Frog. oh! frogee, frog
An' 50 dus . ole bull frog.
"Sally Jones IL very nice gSl,
An SOS her brulher Sam;
lrssl 'ilonly.Fmry:ine PIT
] wud'nt ealre 49," Ii % y

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"salIy Jones is avery nice sSl,
An SOS her brulher Sam;
lrssl 'iioniyFmry:me .-'lhi- "
p Wudnt aire s-A--,"aL 1aW go
"Wabl my white brother sings
like a g0vels mcpt nuIc!' said Il
deep. guttcral voice, intcrrnPlipg
the dilty. ,o.,a..n
Adolpbus Blizzard bounded into
the air and descended on bis feet.
with pistol in each band. ard Ills
knife between bis teeth There
Was Vengeance in his flashing eye,
and death in his compressed lips;
but there was also = biz IGdiup on
his back, and one grasping each
arm, 80 that before lie c0rid pull .
trigger he was hurled 10 tke
ground and tied hand and foot ,"'
!, lie swore fpcpdy.. A.. ~ .''' -.l ~ ~ 40
THE, white man will slut the
'bole 10 Ills facet 'bewled a paintsd
savage, as be seized, a stick 0f ire
wood and gave Biz a belt on Tie
jaw thet'kpocked cut four teeth.
First blood for The Indian.
The captive shut the hole, 6
"Wahl what does The pale face
carry in the big bottIo?" inquired
the chief Of The party, raising the
demijobn to his nose, Fire wa.
teri Ugh! Good Indian ike
him!" and the red cUes threw back
his head, and swallowed at least a
quart. The fiery liquid nearly
chokod him, but he smacked his
lips, and passed it over to one 'ot
his companions, with grunt of in
tense satisfaction, The other In.
dians, in turn, took a big drink
In ten minutes y happier lot o
heathens didn't breathe, They
laughed, sang. danced, kicked th,
prisoner in the ribs, eat all hi,
grub, drank the last Of his whis
key, broke the dcmijohn ever his
head. and promising to roast nhin
in tho morning, went 70 sloop,
An hour after the last sayag'
had srccumbcd to tho effects OF tn
liquid lightning our hero raise,
his head slowly, cautiously, and,
ghastly, battered bead it was On,
eye was closed, and his nose look
ed like a boiled beet struck with 1
club. TO say that be was mSc
wonld hardly convey an idea 0
vindictivc passion that ragged i
his soul. A fearful oath Of ven
geance escaped from his Bleeding
lips, and the convulsive hcayiut
of his hroaGt nplit his shirt from
stem TO stern. Bya mighty efior
Of his bcrculean strength lie burs
the thongs that bound him then
crawling like q huge black snak,
through the grass, he reached tn,
| fire. seized q burning brand, AM
E held il over tho mouth Of tho near
est Indian. The. effect was terri
fc A volume OF blue smoke burs
from the potato trap Of the intoxi
Gated savage, with hissing soru'
ike the burning fuse ofa bomtshclI
The brand was successfully, qp
piled to each of the PROSTATE re'
men,, with the same appalling of
feet; and then followed a series Q
horrible explosions that fillod th
air with human fragments. rcd no
sats, and 6ying scslping knives
In the midst of this dreadtu irrup
tion Adolphus Blizzard danced
and howIed with fepdish triumph
but a flying head striking, him il
the bread basket doubled him u
like a half shut jack knife, so h
mounted his terrified ,steed aut
Sslloped madly INTO thf darkness
# i *.idT* *ueiiH Ci
There is legend cnrrent on th
prairie that the spirit Of Blizzard
, on n phantom ,stosi, may bcvsNeI
on dark nights galloping across th
plain, chased by Indians beIchiu
forth blue fame; but a9strict re
gard for truth compeIs the acknow
= cdsnient that he is still a dtnize
+ of this mundane sphere, and runs
2 gin mill in the Pines - '".
) .Hli a'nr.. .l quo