Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-17

By BACHELOR.

! u
have Just been on visit to a re
latiye in Ohio, and have returned
oppressed in nind, and
bruised in body. ] don't mind II tel
Won about it, because the rea'ieis OF
Saturday Night always sympathize
with a fellow when he has been an
fortunate.
| went up to TofptlV. on a propeller,
from Oswego, and started down the
Dayto,, and Michigas, road to look for
INV uncle. l diln't know anything
al,oui him, you understand, for "he
moved ont West.r before came upon
tbis stage of action. fonhd the
neople of Western Ohio knew isothing
ahonf tire r.ace where he lived, ara l
crr;.,d mn and down that part Of the
State for a week. and happened to una
the village by an accident.
found nv uncle at last, living on
a farm = few miles out Of Glfead, 'n
TIM ,atriarchal state of which We near
in the early days OF the repuolic.
The house was Of logs, to oe sure
INT If was large erough to hold
numerous family, children and grand
children. who had grows mp about the
old mans knees, since the time wheH-
a stalwart, yonng faArhef--he ilad
st.rfed for what was then the faf
West. Ohio. He was grand OLD man
hale and strong yet, whose boast u
was that he had no son or soi'i,''a",
who ,vala pat him on his oack; :
don,t mean to say much about that,
for If get 10 talking about the old
man ana his good family. won't know
when to stop. started to tell aoont
nv horseback excursion alter the COWS
and how | came ts grief.
The great swamps in this part OF
Ohio are the pastures Tor the cat'ie vi
the whefe people. They turn the
animals ont after milking time, ana
they seek of their own ACCORD the
grass. grown islands in the swamp,
and the tinRling of their bells can bt
heard ut all times sounding through
the swamp. After had l'een vt my
nnc,e's about a week, az the co"s th'
NOT come home the night before, my
, Cousin Julius invited me to JOIN h'n
: | i'm hunt for them. don't calm u
iw much OF a rider, but calculated
could stick Oh horse somehow, ant
i'm Am unlncky moment agreed TO go
e Julius rode wild young colt, aud
> selected n st:iid-Iooking mare, WHIT
. looked as il she never could he induced
to go out of walk. My cousin dit
! not wait fer the bars to be taken ttcwl
e but took them flying, and looked parl
r expecting me to do the saihe. nee'
, u,a SAY that he was disappointed, 10
| wasn't going to risk my neck 0ve
!, those rails, so / quietly waited unit
n some one took the ba,s down, and
!, rot our into the road, and Ut cours
julius had to come up alongside, an
cl,a,irnye IRE for race. Away u
uent. and in spite OF the Saving of tn
u snaifle, away went that laliguid Oh
j. mare 1T the rate of three minutes
!. the mile. 49,.
!, 1 never ielt SO mean IN all my III
" for the iani.y OF the patriarch wei
watching me, and 1 aew by, b'nncin
n up aud down in the saddle IKE Jaci
e i'm the. box. expecting every monie''i
:, BECOME aca,,aietpd c.ese.y with M
!, mother earth. and was only iooKii'
+. looking Tor spot on when 10 Gu!
ii m, sell down, when Julius pull d
d the plun.i:.g colt, and tile mare stoI
,y ped of her own accord, thing 81
= would not do tor all my persuasion
'o and we turned aside from the ro'''
TX and plunged into the trackless swan
y Ii was 4 wild ride, the dew-iasit
y. branche. brushing our faces as
:, went forward, through sluggish creel
- and muddy pools, rising to the sadd
u girths: vending our way in AMI o.
rs OF the covers, and stopping now al
Il. then TO listen for the bell the sound
= which julius knew SO we'll. Over ia
'" pn leys. through bush and brandt
ne we ,u,shetl on until we paused III
ed sort of tran. into which, believe fro
es my s,ul. that rascal, Julius, had Il
.h me with malice prepence and afol
- Thought.
u The logs had fallen on each side
a. tha nt,sost confusion, and in iront "
.ir another fallen patriarch, the top
r.. which was four feet from the gfcai
Tine vouug woodinan shouted to
:" to !. came en- and went over 1t like
III deer. leaving me hopeltssly entangl
re ! In the lneslles OF the net IN which
had entrapped me. | would i'a
ha.ked out, but the mare would 4
NO have it 40, and detiet me IN nay emo
Ia, to restrain hef, and rising tothe LEI
ed file went over the log like a rM:k
lid Have you ever been struck 10y hg
ta- Mig, or had a taste Of South Amt
H. can earthquakei That's the idea!
for Twas seized with a frantic des
y; to get over that log ahead Of the ma
ri and did it. didn't have time
ily choose a place TO light, but ! found
MI ,apital one, pool Of mud, not wa
he ut least ave feet deep. l rose tn
Il surface. half stranglsI, and fo''
l I,.1s x.fsrax~