The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-04-21
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passing In front Of me, oror fallen
timber, which sometlmcp occurs
when thote Is d great land slide,
which often happens u high water
on this part OF the fifer Iatop.
ped amongst the tops Of willows,
in osIRck water; tied INST to the
largest, and began 20 hft4k oR
tops of willowto lay inmy skif for
bed as my skiH was ssofneWhat wet
Ithen thought TaNould girs one
more shout. The echo had hardly
passed away, when anulhan voice,
cried out "helloos''afI said i.nlIol1
thereT He answered aGome oyer!
l hayela boat here.r Itthe6 called
10 him 10. hold ont Alight, anabby
the time ! l0osenod the skiff andNof
seated. he swung a. FIRE brand back
and forward. / pitched forward
and struck the current l had heard.
II was the St, Francis river on q
rampage. It carried me seawafd
rapidly, and Ishouted, "HoM ods
the lightf' and so he did until /
had ferrled the river and was ia the
eddy on the opposite side, amongst
the treesas I had slack water land
was soon along side the keel boat
with a moving family. The rise
in the st. Francis had detained
them; and, mother-like, the old
lady could not Sleep and had heard
my call, thought she heard gun
fired, and had reused her son, a full
grown man, who had been so kind
in furnishing me reliefin comingto
my assistance, which was ,mosts
highly appreciated. They were
poor, and I never felt the want Of
my purse more than on that occa-
sion. 4.,..,s4sla slab e;,1g1 ET
] 1t was late before / had answered
| al questions, and explained my
| situation. The rest Of the family
had remained asleep about the fire
that was built in the middle Of the
front Of the keelboat. ] slipped
into the vacancy / saw, and slepts
until tho, young man got up to in-s
crease the fire. i found It was get
ting light; SO arose, washed in the !,
river, dried on my bandanna, and
thanked the lady and son, and was
of for the Mississippi.
The current Of the ST. Francis
set ont amile~or moro strong.
had seen boats coming down at q
distance, and Imet them. Behold;
they we're loaded with large live
!; hogs for the Cuba market, where
the duty was ON the hog, and the
/ larger the hog the less per hundred
the duty. They were shipped from
Cincinnati. The owner on board
was Mr.. Brush. The steersman
was Davis, of Cincinnati, Of old
! time notoriety. After tieing fast
Z to their boat, in the stern, / mount
ed and addressed the steersman.-
. Enquired il he had seen such
! boats. The Scioto broad horns
|. were sharp fronts. He had run all
|, might; had not been near enough to
: the island to see boats. At this mo-
! ment Capt. Brush came upon deck.
+ He had been below looking out for
J breakfast. 1 stepped up to him,
: land briefly told my story, and said
i I wished to remain on their boat
]. until could make some enquiry
: for my boats. sAl right" says he;
I Z "but l see you have got a skif and
n we have none; we have gun, and
# are out of. shot and powder; and I
n would, if you please, take the skif
VI and go to Helena. It's in sight.--
q % They have stores there, and then We
: can shoot ducks" eyes, and I
h wiz 90 with your We seated our
q selves in the skiff, and soon left the
/, boat behind. But it was a four
q mile pull before we got to the town
,s and back to the boat. The houses
/, were deserted; the overflow was
r four or more feet deep in the streets,
k, On returning to the boat / told
y- Brush of my poverty and an empty
r. stomach. AS soon as we were up
f. to the boat lie jumped aboard and
II went for breakfast. l remained to
ID fasten the skiff, and then mounted
t. to the top Of the boat, where all
N the crew are usually employed;
D. and as l passed forward / pulled
off my gaudy cap, and pushed up
cd my profuse hair, for l was heated
be with the exercise of rowing. a
ld yourig man, one Of the hands, i'm
to mediately came forward to meet
h. me; asked my pardon, and said he
NJ had been slandering me. He hac
told the steersman that he knew
m. Col. Noble, of Lancaster, and that
ad you would not catch him in such
ss fix. The apology was accepted
H. But the breakfast, the first j had
Of ever eaten in hog pen, was mos'
!, welcome. t.~
or We drifted down, down, for al
nd that day, enquiring at every wood
of yard and prominent point of land
m. where. we could see an inhabitant
We After passing a point that we hat
me- an opportunity of enquiring, ant
II. describing. the boats, in a Ions
a straight piece of river, we heart
N. an unusual noise behind us, ant
4; in looking back we could barely SCI
he boats. / told Capt. Brush tina
ne they we're. my boats. They hat
he enquired at the same point, AM
,ed then raised the shout. -a
dis We got into the skiff, and hel,
cts against the current until the.
came up. Icould send one of on
'ay boys back with him to his boat
ed, and take the jug that was empty
len and would fill it. We soon wer
ay; in the skifl-the men on boar
'ip- glad to have the jug filed. w
,et. held against the current all tina
der two good rowers could do to hol
int their own-a current Of four and
no. half miles per hour, until my boat
the came up. The Joy Of my Gre
ver could not he excelled. They ha