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J.Ts.’ Wljiwiwpi 1 * f i ifVUAl.'.t
Gir Wo are authorized to an
nounce GIDEON G. NOiiMAN, Esq., as a j
Candidate tor Receiver and ‘Tax ‘Collector, for the ;
county oi Wilkes, at he Eiec:.ou n J anuary j
liex t. ‘October 14, IbII.
(hT ‘Ve are authorized to ci
nounce WILLIAM 51- BOOKER, Esq. as a
Candidate tor Receiver ami Tax Collector, tor the
County of Wilkes, at the approaching Election.
July 29, 1841. 48
hh We are authorized to an
nounce JOHN B. JACKSON, Esq., as a
Candidate for Receiver and Tax Collector tor the
County of Wilkes, at the Election in January
iiey. August 18, 1841. 51
{£?* We are authorized to an
nounce THOMAS A. HEARD, Esq. as a Can
didate for Receiver anil Tax Collector of Wilkes
county, at the Election in January next.
September !l, 1841. 2
For Sale,
a The Subscriber oilers for sale, the
premises on the Northeastern corner
of the 8 juare, at present occupied by
Mr. R. 11. Vickers, as a Tavern.—
Fr.mi. convenient locality, it is well suited lor
■ either a Tavern, private Boarding-house, or a
private Residence. Any one disposed to pur
chase, cau do so upon reasonable terms.
JAMES N. WINGFIELD.
July 8,1841. 45
For Sale,
The Subscriber offers for sale his
fgMk place, within one mile of Raytown,
• ■S’llsS? 1 Taliaferro county, situated on
LAL~ia. Beaverdarn Creek, adjoining James
Bro >.. , usq. and Messrs. Luckett’s. The im
provements are good, with a Gin and Gin House.
There arc about Three Hundred and Sixty A
cres in the Tract, and about 175 Acres of which
are woodland. The place is very healthy, and
there is a good Spring of Water near the Dwel
ling-House.’
Also. —A Tract of Land in said county, situa
ted between Raytown and Washington, on Har
den’s Creek, containing One Hundred Acres,
adjoining Mr. Joseph Campbell and Mrs. Ran
dolph. About 00 Acres of this Tract is Wood
land—with some improvements thereon.
Any person wishing to purchase the above
property can have them on reasonable terms.
Apply to TERRENCE ROARK.
Ravtown, August 18,1841. ts 51
. i ‘ss si Sii way, W l l SI is & € ’o.
Respectfully in form tin Citizens of Wilkes
ami adjoining,.Counties, that they are
now opening, and offer for sale on
the West side of the Public
Square, a
General Assortment of
STAPLE AND FANCV DRY GOODS,
Ha-rrttrm m e 9 Hals,
BOOTS, SHOES, &.'■ &.-• j
‘i’lieir Goods having been selected in ilie j
Philadelphia and New-York .Markets with !
great care ami attention, and the STOCK
BEING ENTIRELY NEW, and pur
chased principally for CASH, is confidently
offered as equal to any in the place.
Having commenced with a view to a
permanent Business, they intend -selling
their GOODS at such prices as will ensure
them their share of business.
They would call attention particularly
to their Stock of
As they have been selected with much at- !
tention, and tor Variety and Richness ofi
style, cannot ho excelled.
Their Slock consists in part of,
Plain and figured, Black and j
Colored, Gros de nap, Gros de Rhine, Lus- ;
tring and Chenea SILKS.
Embroidered , and Fancy, Silk,
Merino, Thibet, and Cotton SHAWLS;]
Plain and Hemstitch Linen, Cambric, and :
Silk HANDKERCHIEFS.
Embroidered, plain, figured, & i
second Mourning Mouslin DeLains.
Striped, ligured &, plain Chal !
leys.
Thread and Bobinct Laces, I
Edgings and Footings ; Capes & Collars ; j
Scollop and Inserting Trimmings.
English, French and American |
Prints and Muslins.
Codon Cambrics $ Plaid, Hull,
Book, and Jackonet MUSLINS.
English, French, and German
MERINOS.
AH Pacha Cloths , anew arti
cle for Ladies’ CLOAKS and RIDING
DRESSES.
New Stylo, Florence, English,;
Straw Bonnets, and Hoods.
Gauze, Grodena , and Chenea I
Ribbons ; Wreaths, and Sprig's.
Silk, Cotton and V orated Ho
siery.
Silk, Huskin Sc Worsted Gloves.
Tapes, Needles, Thread, lint
ions, &c, eve.
Jl-4, 1-1, and 5-4 Bleached and
Brown Shirtings.
Red, Wlike, Green, and Salis
bury Flannels.
Rose, Whitney, and Maccinau
and Negro Blankets.
Wool-dyed, Black, Blue, Mix
ed, Oxford Mixed, Drab,Brown, Green, and
Invisible Green Cloths.
Pilot Cloth, an Extra Article
for Over Coats.
Plain tmd Ribbed, Rite k, Blue,
and Drab Cassimers.
Plain and Fancy, English and
French Satins.
Vestings, Plain Cut Velvets,
Silk, Cotton, &. Worsted Shirts,
and Drawers ; Assortment of Satinets, and
Kentucky Jeans,
Fur, Silk and Wool Hats,
Fur, Cloth, and Seal Caps,
Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ Boots
and Shoes of every description.
Negro Shoes, a medium and ex
tra article.
Hardware, Crockery, Drugs,
Groceries, &c. &c.
September 30, 1841. 5
CUTTING &, BUTLER,
ATTORNIF.S,
H'AVE taken an OFFICE over Cozart &
. Woods Store.
March 11,1841. 28
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court-House door in Wash
ington, Wiikes county, on the first Tuesday j
in December next, within the legal sale hours,
by order of the Honorable Inferior Court oi
said county, while sitting for ordinary purpo
ses,
A Tract of LAND, well improved, lying in
said county, on the waters of Beaver-dam Creek,
containing six- hundred and thirty Acres, more or
less, joining F. G. Henderson, and others, belon
ging to the Estate of John W. Jones, deceased ;
to be sold subject to the Widow’s dower. Terms
made known on the day.
CHRISTOPHER BINNS, Adm’r.
Sept. 30,1841. 9t 5
| AOUR mouths after date, application will he
I made to the Honorable the Inferier Court
of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, lor leave to sell the LAND belonging to
the Estate of John T. Dent, late of said county,
deceased.
THOMAS BLAKE Y, Adm’r.
July 8, 1841. mini 45
JpOUR Mouths after date, application wi 1 he
-* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for ieavc to sell the LAN DS belonging to
the Estate of Asher Layne, deceased, this 10th
of August, 1811.
THOMAS L, PSALMONDS, Adm’r.
August 12. m4m 50
IVASIia.\fTOA T ANARUS, (WHILES COIKTV, OCTOBER 21, fs.g|.
I _ THE SUBSCRIBER
IS now receiving an extensive supply of all
kinds ol GOODS, generally kept in this
I section of the country. All of which he oilers
I lor sale on rea. ■ . e terms, particularly to those
j who wish to purchase for C l Sll f
MARK A. LANE.
Washington, Sept. 30, 1841. 5
ADA IS & IfOPI INS,
WARE-HOUSE
COMmSIO^MERCHAOTS,
AUGUSTA, GEO. ,
j JOHN M. AIIaMS.
LAMISETH lIOI'KIXS.
Augusta, October 6, 1841. lot 7
WATCH Sb CLOCK
aßPia,sasKrG.
1 pallid Subscriber returns his thanks for the I
- a - custom heretofore received, wishes to in- 1
form bis customers and the community general
ly, that, i.e lias just received a good simply of
•‘•I
Materials for Repairing
Watches* Oloc&S; dc.
A large supply of all kinds of Chrystals
and Spectacle Glasses.
Also, a few pair SILVER SPECTACLES
and PENCILS,
For sale by R. 11. VICKERS.
I, 1841. ts 7
vlPcw Warn s ijtjr
Ca IC O U i<J 1C AJE $.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
ll,is just received, anil is daily receiving, a
Large Assortment of
e um v P• : ft - 5 . :pa h ©
8 ra Evil LI
CON SITING IN PART OF :
Brown Sugars, of the various
qualities,
Coilhe and Teas, of the different j
kinds, •]
Loaf and Lump Sugars,
Raisins, in half boxes, to suit fam
ilies,
Prunes, Almonds, Molasses, Rice,!
1 epper, bpice, ldace, doves,
Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmegs,
Patent ‘Fallow and Composition 1
Candles,
Box Salt, Snuffs, Blacking,
Shoe Thread, Dye Stulls,
Bar and Fancy Soaps, Alum,
Salt Petre, Writing Ink,
Rilled Foolscap &, Letter Paper,!
A genera! assortment of Nails,
Shot, Gunpowder, Bar Lead,
Fine Chewing Tobacco.
Cut Tobacco, for smoking,
A good assortment of Cigars.
W indow-G i ass, &■ c.
Also, a Genera! Assortment of
Liquors, Wines,
Cordials, Lemon Syrup
Apple Vinegar, Slc.
All of which will ho sold low for CASH,
m m on3!i mu.
Persons wishing to purchase any article in
this line, would do well to call and examine my
Stock, as it has been well selected in the mar
kets of New-York and Charleston.
ID’ Store or, the Northwest side of the Public
Square, in the New Building lately pu s
up by Mr. John D. Thompson.
GEORGE W. JARRETT.
October 14,1841. ts 7
e
ON the night of the 21st oi September inst.,
a GOLD HUNTING WATCH and
CHAIN were feloniously taken from me
The Watch is Numbered 2103, and was made
in London ; the name of the maker is not recol
lected. Any person bringing the Watch and
Chain to the Subscriber, will be handsomely re- ‘
warded and no questions asked.
WILLIAM F. SOI IAN.
Sept 30, 1841. 3t 5
Strayed or SStolen s
From my Stable, on Friday night
last, the Ist instant, a Sorrel Horse,
wt !f!il one bind foot white, long maue and
tail, and the inane lying on the left
side. Said Ilorse is about fifteen
hands high, and nine or ten years old. Any in
formation of said Ilorse will be thankfully receiv
ed and all reasonable expenses paid if said horse
is delivered to me in Crawfordviile.
WILL'AM LITTLE.
October 4,1841. 2t 7
GEORGIA, Elbert county.
Tolled before me, James H. Rey
ryah nolds, a Justice of the Peace for
T*]|l -aid County, by William Roebuck,
A 4 yjA . bright Bay MARE, about tour
rr - —i~*TT ears old, five iee ! high, black mane
uiui tali; no marks or brands visible, and apprais
ed by James J. M • Allister and Fleming A. Alex
ander, to Forty-two Dollars and fifty cents.
Given under my hand this 25th Sept. 1841.
JAMES H. REYNOLDS, J. I*.
A true copy from the Record ofEsfrays in the
Clerk’s Office of the Inierior Court oi Elbert
county, this sth October, 1841.
WILLIAM B. NELMS, Clerk.
October 14. 3t 7
EXECUTED AT THIS
o) p H © I □
PUBLISH K 1 / EVERY Till lIS DAY MORNING.
\ KO U S.
From the Gift for 1811 .
THE TOUGH YARN.
j OR, TIIE CAUSE OF JACK KOltlNSOx’s LA.MK
XICSS.
nv SKUA SMITH.
Major Grant of Massachusetts was re
turning home from Mooseheail Lake, where
j he had been to look at one of lii-s newly pur
j chased townships, and to sell stumpage to
I the loggers for the ensuing winter, when he
stopped for the night at a snug tavern in one
j of the back towns in Maine, and having j
been totlie stable, and seen with his own
j eyes that his horse was well provided with
j hay and grain, he returned to the bar-room.
! laid aside his cloak, and took a seat by the
box stove, which was waging a hot war
with the cold and raw atmosphere of Novoin ■
i bf T„
File major was a large, portly man, well j
to do in the world, and loved his comfort, j
Having called fora mug ofiiot flip, he load- |
ed his long pipe, and prepared lor a long j
and comfortable smoke. He was also a j
very social man, and there lining hut one I
person in the room with him lie invited him I
to join him in a tumbler of flip. This gen- l
tinman was Doctor Snow, an active member j
of a Temperance Society, and therefore he ]
politely begged to he excused ; but having I
a good share of the volubility natural to his i
profession, he readily entered into converse.- (
tion with the major, answered many of his |
inquiries about tile townships in that section |
of tlie State, described minutely the process
of lumbering, explained how it might be
made profitable, and showed why it. was of
ten attended with great loss. A half hour
thus passed imperceptibly away, and the
doctor rose, drew his wrapper close about j
him, anJ placed his cap oil his head. The I
ma jor looked round the room with an air of
uneasiness.
‘ What, going so soon, Doctor ? No more j
company here to-night, think ? Dull busi- |
ness, Doctor, to sit alone one of these long j
tedious evenings. Always want somebody j
to talk with ; man wasn’t made to he alone j
you know.’
‘ True,’said the Doctor, ‘ and I should be ]
happy to spend the evening with you hut 1
liavo to go three miles to see a patient vet
to-night, and it’s high tirn• • 1 was oft’. But
luckily major, you won't be left alone after
all, for there comes Jack Robinson, driving
liis horse and wagon into the yard now ; ami j
1 presume lie’ll not only spend the evening
with but stop all night.’
‘ Well, that’s good news,’ said the major.
l if lie'll only talk. Will lie talk. Doctor ?’ j
‘Talk? yes! till all is blue. He’s the j
greatest talker you ever met. I'll tell you
what’tis, major, I’ll bet the price of your
reckoning here to night, that you may ask
him the most direct simple question you!
please, and you sha’n’tget an answer from
him under half an hour, and he shall keep
talking a steady stream the whole time, too.
‘ Done,’ said the major; ‘ tis a bet. Let
us understand it fairly now. A’ou say 1
may ask him any simple plain question, ! j
please and he shall be half an hour answer- ]
ing it, and talk all the time too ; and you j
will bet my night’s reckoning of it.’
‘ That's the bet exactly,’ said the Doc- j
lor.
Here the parties shook hands upon it.
just as the door opened, and Mr. Jack Rob- j
inson came limping into the room, support- j
ed by a crutch, and with something of a j
bustling, care-for-nothing air, hobbled a
lotig toward the fire. The Doctor introdu- !
ced Mr. Jack Robinson to Major Grant, and 1
after the usual salutations and shaking of
hands, Mr. Robinson took his seat upon the
other side of the stove, opposite the major.
Mr. Jack Robinson was a small, brisk
man, with a grey twinkling eye, and a
knowing expression of countenance. As
lie carefully settled himself into his chair,
resting liis kune limb agamst the edge of the
stove-hearth, he threw his hat carelessly
upon the floor, laid liis crutch across liis
knee, and looked round with a satisfied air,
that seemed to say, ‘Now, gentlemen, if
you want to know the time of day here’s the
! bov that can tell ye.’
‘ Allow me, Mr. Robinson, to help you to
! a tumbler of hot flip,’said the major, raising
the mug from the stove.
■ With all my heart, and thank ye too,’ j
said Robinson, taking a sip from the tumb- |
ler. ‘ I believe there’s nothing better for a j
cold day than a hot flip. I’ve known it to !
cure many a one that was thought to have :
the consumption. There’s something so—
“ And I have known it, said the Doctor,
shrugging his shoulders, “to kill many a
one that, was thought an excellent constitu
tion and sound health.”
‘There’s something so warming,’ contin
ued Mr. Robinson, following up his own
thoughts so earnestly that he seemed not to
have heard the remark of the Doctor, ‘there
is something so warming and so nourishing
in hot flip, it seems to give new life to the
blood, and puts the insides all in good trim.
I And as for cold weather, it will keep that
| out better than any double milled kersey or
j fearnot greatcoat that I ever see.
‘ I could drive twenty miles in a cold day
with agoodmugof hot flip easier than 1
■ could ten miles without it. And this is a
j cob! day,gentlemen, a real cold day,there’s
I no mistake about it. This norwester cuts
j like a razor. But tain t nothing near so
! cold as ’twas a year ago, the twenty-second
i day of this month. That day, it seemed as
I if your breath would freeze still before it
■re! an inch from vour mouth. I drove ntv
j little Canada gray in a sleigh that duy 12
, miles in forty-five minutes, and froze two of
■ my toes on iny lame leg as stiff as maggots.
| Tlu ■m toes chill a great deal quicker than
I lit'}’ do oil t’other foot. In my well days I
never froze the coldest day that ever bleu .
But (hut cold snap, the twenty-second dav
j °f Inst November, if my little gray hadn’t
; gone like u bird, would have done the job
j for niv poor lame foot. When 1 got home
j I found two of my sheep dead, mid they were
under a good shed, too. And one of my
neighbors, poor fellow, went into the woods j
after a load of wood, and we found him next :
day froze to death, leaning up against a j
j beech tree as stiff as a stake. But his oxen !
I “'ns alive and well. It’s very wonderful I
how much longer a brute critter will stun’ ,
the cold than a man will. Them oxen
didn't even shiver.’
• Perhaps, said the Doctor, standing with
his back towards Mr. Robinson, “ perhaps !
the oxen had taken a mug of hot flip before j
they went into the woods.”
By this time Major Grant began to feel a
little suspicious that he might lose his bet, |
and was setting all his wits to work to fix j
on a question so direct and limited in its I
nature, that it could not fail to draw from j
Mr. Robinson a pretty direct answer. He j
bad thought at first of making some simple I
inquiry about the weather; but he now felt j
convinced that, with Mr. Robinson, the I
weather was a very copious subject. He
had also several times thought of asking
some question in relation to the beverage
they were drinking ; such as, whether Mr.
Robinson preferred flip to hot sling. And ■
at first he could hardly perceive, if the
question were put direct, how it could fail
to bring out a direct yes or no. But the
discursive nature of Mr. Robinson’s elo
quence on flip had already induced him to
turn his thoughts in another direction for a
safe and suitable question. At last he
thought he would make his inquiry in ref- |
erence to Mr. Robinson’s lameness. He j
would have asked the cause of his lame- j
ness, but the thought occurred to him that I
the cause might not be clearly known, or I
his lameness might have been produced by j
a complication of causes, that would allow |
too much latitude for a reply, lie resolved
therefore simply to ask him whether his j
lameness was in the leg or in the foot.— j
That was a question which it appeared to i
him required a short answer. For if it
were in the leg. Mr. Robinson would say it j
was in bis leg ; and if it were in his foot,
he would at once reply, in his foot ; and if 1
it were in both, what could hi more natur
al than that lie should say, in both l and j
that would seem to be the end of the story. !
Having at length fully made up his mind
as to the point of attack, he prepared for the
charge, and taking a careless look at his
watch; he gave the Doctor a sly wink.—
Doctor Snow, without turning or scarce ap
pearing to move, drew his watch from be- |
Death his wrapper so far as to see the hour. j
and turned it again to his pocket.
‘ Mr. Robinson,’said the major, ‘if’l may j
presume to make the inquiry, is your lame- !
ness in the leg or in the foot V
‘ Well, that reminds me,’said Mr. Robin- i
son. taking a sip from the tumbler, which he i
still held in bis hand, ‘that reminds mo of I
what my old father said to me once when ‘
1 was a boy. Says lie, ‘ Jack, you block- j
head, don’t you never tell where anything
is, unless you can first tell how it come
there.’ The reason of liis saying it was
this : Father and 1 was coming in the sc am
boat from New-York to Providence ; and
they was all strangers oil board—we didn't
know one of’em from Adam. And on the
way, one of the passengers missed his pock
et-book, and began to make a great outcry
about it. lie called the captain, and said
there must be a search. The boat must be
searched, and ail the passengers and all on
board must be searched. Well, the cap-
tain he agreed to it ; and at it they went, j
and overhauled every tiling from one end
of the boat to t’other ; but they couldn’t I
find hide nor hair of it. Anu they search
ed all the passengers and all the hands, but j
they couldn’t get no track ou t. And the i
man that lost the pocket-book took on and i
made a great fuss. He said it wasn’t so j
much on account of the money, for there
wasn’t a great deal in it ; but the papers in j
it were of great consequence to him,.and he
offered to give ten dollars to any body that
j would find it. Pretty soon after that. I was j
: fixin’ up father’s berth a little, where lie i
1 was going to sleep, and 1 found the pocket- !
j hook under the clothes at the head of the j
I berth, where the thief had tucked it away j
; while the search was going on. So I took
j it, tickled enough, and run to the man, and
told him I had found his pocket-book. He
catclied it out of my hands, and says lie,
“ Where did you find it ?” Says I, “ Un
der the clothes in the head of my father’s
berth.”
‘ “In your father’s berth, did you ?”
says he, and ho gave me a look and spoke
so sharp, 1 jumped as if was going out of
inv skin.’
‘ Says he, “ Show mo the place.”
‘ So I run and showed him the place.’
‘ “ Call your father here,” says lie. So
I run and called father.
‘ “ Now mister,” says he to father, “ l
should like to know how my pocket-book
came in your berth ?”
‘“ I don’t know nothin’ about it, says
father.
‘ Then lie turned to me and says he—
“ Young man, how came this pocket-book
in your father’s berth ?”
‘Says I, “ I can’t tell. I found it there
and that's ail 1 know about it.’
• Then he called the captain and asked
11 . J. frititcr.
if be knew us. The captain said lie didn’t.
The man looked at us mighty sharp, first to
father, and then to me, and eyed us front
top to toe. We nan t neither of us dress
ed very slick, and we could tell by liis looks
pretty well what he was thinking. At last
be said lie would leave it to the passengers
whether, under all the circumstances, lie
should pay the boy ten dollars or not. I
looked at father and his face was as red as
a blaze, i ml I see his dander begun to rise,
j Ho didn t wait for any of the passengers to
I give their opinion about it, hut savs he to
j the man, “ JJod-rot your money ! if you’ve
j got any more than you want, you may
tiirow it into the sea for what 1 care ; but
| if you offer any of it to my boy, I’ll send you
i “ here a streak of lightning wouldn’t roach
: vou in six months.”
‘ That see ne and to settle the business; the
man didn’t say no more to father, and most
of the passengers begun to look as if they
didn't believe father was guilty. But a
number of times after that, on the passage,
Isee the man that lost the pocket-book whis
per to some of the passengers, and then turn
and look at father. And then father would
look gritty enough to bite a board-nail oft'.
When e got ashore, as soon as we got a
little out of sight of folks, father catclied
bold of my arm and gave it a most awful
jerk, and says he, “ Jack, you blockhead,
don’t you never tel! where anything is a
gain, unless you can first tell how it come
there.”
‘Now it would be about as difficult,’
continued Mr. Robinson altera slight pause,
which ho employed in taking a sio from his
tumbler, ‘ for me to tell to a certainty how
I come by this lameness, as it was to tell
how she pouki-i book come in fatiier’s berth.
Tli ere was a hundred folks abroad, and we
knew some of ’em must a put it in ; hut
which one ’twas, it would have puzzled a
Philadelphia lawyer to tell. Well, it’s
pretty much so with my lameness. This
poor leg of mine” figs gone through some
most awful sieges, and it “s a wonder there’s
an inch of it left. Hut it’s a pretty good
leg yet ; 1 can almost bear my weight up
on it; and with the help of a crutch you’d
be surprised to see how fast 1 can got over
die ground.’
‘ Then your lameness is in the leg rath
er than in the foot V said .Major Grant, ta
king advantage ofa short pause in Mr. Ro
binson’s speech.
‘ Well, I was going on to tell you all the
particulars,” said Mr. Robinson. ‘You’ve
no idea what terrible narrow chances I’ve
gone through with this leg.’
‘ Then the difficulty is in the leg, is it
not V said Major Grant.
‘ W ell, after 1 tell you the particulars,’
said Mr. Robinson, ‘you can judge for
yourself. The way it lirst got hurt was go
ing in a swimming, when 1 was about 12
years old. I could swim like a duck, and
used to be in Uncle John’s mill-pond along
with bis Stephen half the time. Uncle
John he always used to keep scolding at us
and telling of us we should get sucked into
thefloome bime-by, and break our plaguy
necks under the water wheel. Hut we
knew better. We and tried it so much we
could tell jest how m ar wc could go to the
gate and get away again w ithout being
drawn through. Hut one day Steeve, jest
to plague me, threw my straw hat into the
pond between me and the gate. 1 was
swimming about two rods from the gate,
and the hat was almost as near as we dared
to go, and the stream was sucking it down
pretty fast ; so I sprung with all my might
to catch the hat before it should go through
and get smashed under the water-wheel.—
| When l got within about half my lengtli of
O J o
it, 1 found I w as as near the gate as we ev
er dared to go. Hut 1 hated to lose the hat,
and 1 thought I might venture to go a little
nearer, so 1 fetched a spring with all my
I might, and grabbed the hat and put it on
j my head, and turned back and pulled for
Imy life. At iirst I thought I gained a lit
j tie, and 1 made my hands and feet ily as
| tight as I could spring. In about a minute
I 1 found 1 didn’t gain a bit one way nor
t’other ; and then 1 sprung as if l would a
, tore my arms oil"; and it seemed as if 1
i could fee! the sweat start all over me right
there in the water. 1 begun to feel all at
| once as it death had me by the heels, and I
j screamed for help. Stephen was on the
j shore watching me, but he couldn't get near
| enough to help me. When he see 1 could
] not gain any, and heard me scream, he was
■ about as scared as 1 was, and turned and
j run towards the mill, and screamed for un
cle as loud as he could bawl. In a minute
I uncle come running to the mill-pond, and
got there gest time enough to see me going
j through the gate feet foremost. I ncle said,
i it lie should live to he as old as Methuse
j lah, he should never forget what a beseech
ing look my eyes had as 1 lifted up my
1 hands towards him and then sunk guggling
| into the floome. He knew 1 should be
1 smashed all to pieces under the great water
wheel; but he ran round as fast as lie could
to the tail of the mill to be ready to pick up
iny mangled body when it got through, so I
might he carried home and buried. Pres
ently he see me drifting along in the white
foam that came out front under the mill,
and lie got a pole with a hook to it and
drawed me. to the shore. He found 1 was
! not jammed all to pieces as lie e.xpected,
though he couldn’t see any signs ol life.—
But having considerable doctor skill, he
i went to work upon me, and rolled me over,
J and rubbed me, and worked upon me, till
bimo-by 1 began to groan and breathe. And
jat last 1 come too so I could speak. They
j carried me home and sent for a doctor to c\-
! ammo me Mv left loot and leu was terr-
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