The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-04-21
A Pcrilous Adventure.


Special to The Democrat.
While many readers of The DEM
oCRAT have no doubt had many
heart-rendering sights and advent
ures to summon their utmost nerve
and presence of mind, but one the
writer most vividly remembers il
of an adventure that occurred in
'75 while among the Neb. Bug-eat-
ers and only eighteen miles from
the thriving town of Omaha.
During that summer we were
eaten out by the grass-hoppersand
the farmers were having genuine
case OF the blues and no wonder rs
the hoppers ate the last vestige of
green vegetation and the writer
was compelled to make careful
scouts and prompt returns fearing
his bones might be scraped in short
meter by those rapacious crittsrs.
Now these were mere trihes com
puicu w tIic CNcHt tiiuU l. iuGt III
my travels in that year, for some
time in July my uncle had me go
along with him to Omaha to haul
to loads of fat hogs which were
fine, fat and large, IL credit to the
owner, an honor to the hog indust-
ry.
We reached town about 4 p. m.
and the hogs were soon disposed of
and glad were we, for it was an eX-
trenely hot day to handle fat hogs.
Being stranger in strange
land l left uncle to locate u suit
able rendezvous for the night, and
he found it u very plain frontiers
like sort of place we'll patronized
as we were well crowded and had
HohsOn's choice for the night
Quarters which we priced Il lucky
capture.
Readers you must bear in mind
too and much the better for our
host, Il good, genial Fritz, who
showed us to our quarters all our
selves in small cozy room with
only five or six more beds all crowd
ed and with the finest ventilation
right up the stairway and through
n small gable window and we felt
comfortable all this time. Having
been on the road from very early
morning along the dusty highway
| soon begon to- snooZe Il little
further toward sleep when l begnr
to notice some uneasiness in my
uncle's reclining posture as he
would roll over and rub himsei
then roll back again with fire
quent cultural groan and another
rub and roll. Well / began t.
have some alarm for he began t.
ask me serious questions and Il fire
quent Jog with his elbow that
found it important to inquire thu
trouble aud if possible relieve hin
of the distress; and soon to my ut
most surprise there was sudden
rolling up of the, whatever it wa
spread over us, bed-cluthes hope
and off they went on The hoOi
when sort of shriIl whistle CAV
IL signal for the on set and as w
were new guests for the night, tn
battle waged hot and long and Il
my uncle WAS larger than | by S
pounds or more, the rogues knes
ii they coul,i get away with him
would be mere pastime to clea
me from the place. Now this wa
an intense affair for uncle began t
yell murder and police and with
super-,uman effort made stru.
Cling grasp for me saying Joh
give me your hand for the con
founded bed-bugs are taking III
feet fornest over the foot-boar
. and raking all the skin off my AMI
is but out he went just the sam
and after regAining his feet, wit
tears he soht,ed that should loo
up his trousers and bring thel
down stairs which by the chance
now offered / took the opportunit
" and gave them toss after hil
- seeing by the dim light of the lam
q, in the hal! he got them.
D Next came my turn for a runnin
D, fight, so 1 hethought myself on COZ
Il nerve and if could keep perfect
quiet they might concluded the
- could get no blood out of turni
u and so did, hut for the next h0l
,f and thirty-seven minutes thel