Indiana American, Volume 1, Number 52, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 December 1833 — Page 4
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE BACHELOR, When I wa twenty-one year old, I courted long a lassie, But hard to tell, she grew a scold, For me she was too saucy. And then tan year did pass away, And I remained unmarried For me I saw no cheering ray, My brightest hopes miscarried. But now I went to Linkintown, Afar down in the "Jarsies," And looked on one Miss Polly Brown, A child of widow Parsey's. My looks, my figure, she declared, Were all out of the fashionSuch talk as this I almost sweared That sho deserved a thrashin'. She not content to be my love, Soon threw me in a passion; And having had so hard a shove, It set my teeth a gnashin'. And now I'm forty-two years old, Out of the marriage state sir, And grown a bachelor strong and bold, And all the fair sex hate sir. Scrap Book.
HURRAH FOR OLD KENTUCK! WHOOri! Here we have it, won a large scale," a roarer from Salt Licks, chuck full of fun and fight, fisting and feeling, frolic and friendless all united in one man, and set forth at length in a work just issued bj the brothers Harper, entitled, "Sketches and eccentricites of Col. David Crokct, of East Tennessee." He is a leetle the savigist critter you ever did see! Orson, the wild man of the woods, is nothing to him not a circumstance not a huckleberry and munchausen, who shot a bear, when all the ammunition he possessed was two square lints, can't hold a candle to the Colonel! He's got the fastest horse, and the prettiest sister, the surest rifle, and the ugliest dog, in the district; and though his father can whip any man in old Kentuck, he can lick his father! He can run faster, and dive deeper, stay longer under! and come out drier, than any other chap this side the big swamp; and can grin the bark off a tree look a panther to death tote a steamboat on his back and stand three streaks of lightning without dodging; besides plajing af'rongh and tumble" with a lion, with an occasional kick of the zebra! To sum up in a word he's a horse. The Colonel is a curis varment! but he's a screamer! Goliah was a pretty hard colt, bnt the Colonel goes ahead; he takes the rag off! he frightens the old folks; astonishes the natives; aud beats the Dutch all to smash! He makes nothing of sleeping under a blanket of snow and no more minds being frozen than a rotten apple. He lives, moves, rides, walks runs, swims, fights, hunts, courts, and has children, on a great scale ! The same of his farm, the land is so rich, he will tell "you, that if yon plant ten-penny nails at night, they will sprout crowbars by morning? His neighbors are half horse half alligator, and a touch of the earthquake, with a small sprinkling of the steamboat, being of a real meataxe disposition, and always wolfish about the head. He liquors on a glass of "thunder and ligthning" that's hotter than Tophet, and bi(e3 like
a rattlesnake; or for bitters, sucks away a nbggin aqua-fortis, sweetened wiht brimsotne, stirred with a lightening rod, and skimmed by a hurricane! He walks like an ox, runs like a horse, swims like an cel.yclls like an Indian, fights like a Devil, spouts like an earthquake, makes
love like a mad bull, and can whip lus weight in
wild cats, or swallow a nigger without choaking,
if jou will butter Ins head and pin his cars back. Who has heard of David Crocket, the very
"cmboidied spirit," of a backwoodsman, and re
presentative of the class ol men now almost extinct even on the western frontier! Like Mike
Fink, the Colonel is probably the last of the "salt
river gentry" though in him are united many of
the features that distinguished lioon and his com
patriots, the hardy, fearless Pioneers of "the far west." Abounding in fun, frolic, humor and ec-
cenlricitv, he knows no fear, thinks ot no danger;
generous as a sailor, the stranger never goes from liis door hungry, while his house and his influ
ence arc ever at the service ot his friends.
We have him here, says a contemporary, at
full lcnsrth, delineated by an amatuer who,doubt
less like another Boswell, cultivated his acquaintance, for the sole purpose of handing his sayings
and doinss down to posterity. In point ot pure
unadultcraed originality, Col. Crocket unques
tionably excels all other men living or dead. Hi exploits in the noble and warlike amusement f hunting bears; his facility in falling in love
extempore; his Dutch stories; his gay, gallant,
inexpressible goou numor,ana ms aarouness in fendins off a joke or a blow, together with the
hardihood.perseverance.and generous confidence
in himself which his whole life exhibits, all com
bined, place him and his biography far above Gulliver, Baron Trenlc, Jack the Giant Killer,
Capt. Kidd, or even the mysterious adventure, murder &c. of one William Morgan, of antimasonic memorv! Calvin Edson, the Siamese
Twins, the Wandering Piper, or evert Black
Hawk himself, can t begin with Davy Croefcet. A KNAVE AND A FOOL.
Two or three weeks ago a man applied at a boarding house for lodgings, stating that he was a planter from the South. He had noticed a young ladr at the window, and it was not long be
fore he made her acquainted with the fact, that though possessed of great wealth he was drsti-
hire of a paunif, and that In truth it. was the glimpse he caught of her person which induced
him to take lodgine there. He said a slight ac
quaintance had confirmed his favourable prepos
sessions and although he was somewhat advanc
ed yet if she would consent to be his bride, he would do what he could to compensate for that by settling upon her the sum effive thousand
dollars at once, and making her as happy as his own efforts and his ample possessions would enable him to do. The young lady, though under another obligation, deemed this an opportunity too good to be lost. The courtship commenced on Friday and the wedding took place on Tuesday. The bridegroom was but indifferently attired, as he had with him only a few articles in his bandbox and the tailor disoppointed him upon his hasty order for a wedding suit. That however was a matter of little importance with a gentleman whose character rested on so much more stable foundations. The new clothes and every thing else would be ready for the wedding visit,' the being, "at home," which was fixed for a few evenings ahead. Before that time arrived however he told his blooming wife one morning that he had a strange dream during the night, which troubled him; and, said he, "I am going out and if I do not return you may think something has happened to me." He did not come back, and on sending to his washer-woman it was found that a couple of shirts had been sent to him on board a steamboat. The steam-boat however was gone and the rich planter has gone too, bandbox and all. As he left his bill unpaid, and his young wife not a little in the lurch, it is presumed that something has happened to him. JV. Y Jour, of Com. A LITTLE BEYOND THE YANKEES. The following circumstance is said to have happened in a neighboring city: A gentleman having had a valuable watch stole from his person, advertised that he would give the thief, fifty dollars for its restoration, and that no questions should be asked. Soon after a man called on him, and said that on payment of fifty dollars the watch should be restored. The money was handed to the stranger and the watch to the rightful owner, who remarked that although he was under an obligation to ask no questions, yet he had the curiosity to know the manner in which he obtained the watch, and
would make that inquiry, leaving his answer or his refusal ,at his own option. The man readily
inquired of him whether he did not recollect that on a certain night a man put his had on his shoulder, "How are you!" and instantly asked pardon
for his abrupt salutation, as he was mistaken in
the person he was addressing, at the same time patting him on the shoulder in the manner he did at the time referred to. The man recollected the circumstance, and the stranger said at that time he took his watch. The man was much gratified at the recovery of the watch, and so much amused by the mannerin which it was stolen, that he stepped into a shop of his acquaintance to tell
the story. hile recapitulating the circumstace
he attempted to pull out his watch, when lo! it was gone again, the rogue having stole it the second time, while telling the manner he stole it at first. Hartford Review.
Newspaper Patronage. The New Hamp
shire Patriot states that it has 1200 subscribers, and that there are not 50 dollars due from them to the proprietor!
1 his is an extraordinary case ot punctuality.
The truth is, the public are too apt to imagine that a debt incurred for a newspaper, is a thing of little consequence. Newspapers accouts are
very dimcult to collect, fcome people who cannot eat their breakfasts without having first read their favorite Journal, consider this preference a
payment in full of their subscriptions!
1 his is all wrong. A newspapar costs money.
One of any circulation is sustained at an enor-
mons expence. The paper alone comes to many thousands per annum, and these thousands are gathered in by mere driblets. But further, be
sides the general disposition to give the printer
the go by, there is another practice m vogue, that of appealing to his good feeling for the gratuitous insertion of notices, for societies, that
are in the constant receipt of large sums of mo
ney, and yet have not the lirmncss to pay for what
is not only advantageous, but indispensable to their operations.
The following is an advertisement of Fleet for
the sale of a negro woman ; it is short and pithy,
viz: lo be sold by the printer of this paper, the
very best Negro Woman in this town, who has
had the small-pox and the measles ; is as hearty
as a norsc, as dhsk as a Diru, ana win work like a
beaver.
Sheriff s Sale.
By virtue of a decree of the Franklin Circuit Court
of the County of I ranklin, and state of Indiana, at the October Term, A. D. 1833, of said Court, upon bill filed in a certain case wherein Elias S. Haines is complainant, and William H. Eads and Jane Eads his wife, Samuel B. Harris, Caleb Hunt, and David Binns are defendants, to foreclose the equity of redemption to the mortgaged premises in the said bill set forth and hereafter described: I, the undersigned, Sheriff of said county, will offer at public sale, at the Court House door in the Town of Brookville, County and State aforesaid, on the 23th day of December, A. D. 1933, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock, P. M. of said day, first the rents and profits for the term of seven years of the following described
mortgaged premises, to wit: All that certain part of
lot of land described a3 follows, lying and beinff in
the County of Franklin and State of Indiana in the Town of Brookville, and being a part of lot number thirty seven, beginning on the line which binds on the
street running between the public square and said lot, at the South East Corner of twenty feet of said lot owned by Thomas Morris, thence with said street
south thirty feet to the corner of James Noble s pa
lings, tbence across said lot eighty feet to a stake,
thence thirty feet North to a stake, thence eighty
feet across the lot to the place of beginning, it being the same property conveyed to the said Eads by Enoch D. John and Noah Noble, by deed bearing
date the thirty first day of January, in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and seventeen, and if the
rents and profits will not sell for a Bum sufficient to satisfy said decree, I Will then and there expose 'to public eiU.v'ih'l.fi,e simple, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand of the said William H. Eads of, in and to the said premises, for the best price that can be had for the same, to satisfy the debt, interest, and costs in said decree specified and set forth. ..
DANIEL ST JOHN, Sheriffl
of Franklin Counlv, Ind Sheriff's Office, Brookville, Dec. 4th 1833. J 49-ts.
Goods!! Goods!!
The Subscriber lias just rcecircfl
Blue, Steel-mixed, and Drab CLOTHS, Blue end Striped C1SSIMMrfBlack CIRCASSIANS, Tartan and Camlet PL.4IDS, Rose and Point Blankets, Red, Green and While Flannels, Green Baize, Fine Woolen dress handkerchief; . 'Calicoes assorted, Ginghams, Black Italian Dress Silks, Black satin Lavcntinc, Black Silk Handkerchiefs, Black Worsted Hose, , Black and White Lambs Wool do. Black Silk Vckct, Ac. c. be. ALSO, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, TINWARE, looking Glasses, Iron, Castings, Nails, Windors Glass, Spun Cotton, Morocco Shoes, Coarse do.fy Boots, Brass Kelllcs,Seal skin Caps of every description, Homes, Cross cut and JIill saws, Grind stones, Hoop and Rod Iron, Pine Churns and Tubs, Sole and Upper Leather, S,t. gc. oc. Or- Allvof which will be sold cn the lowost termsR. TYNER. Brookville, lOd. 9, 1833. 41- '
Administrator's Sale.
finHE subscriber, administrator of the estate of
M- Simpson Jones, jr., will oiler for sale at his late esidence in Brookville Township, near the mouth of
Pipe Creek, on Friday the 20th of December next, the dersonal property of said deceased consisting of HORSES, NEAT CATTLE, FAT HOGS, STOCK HOGS, SHEEP, corn in the crib, grain on the ground, one two horse Waggon and Harness, and other farming utensils. Household Furniture, &c., a credit of six months will be given for all sums over three dollars with approved security. Vendue to commence at 10 o'clock.
ALL persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment; and all having
claims are requested to present them legally authenti
cated by the time prescribed by law. 1 he estate is considered solvent. DAVID MOUNT, Admr. November 29, 1833. 48 3 w
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David M. Knight, et ux. vs. John Cummins and Ann his wife, John
Crist and Polly his wife, John Blue and Sarah his wife, Eliza Smalley; Rebecca
Smalley ,Joha Smalley , illiam Smalley Elijah Smalley, Isaac Smalley, Abraham
Smalley and James Smalley.
THE above named heirs and children of Abraham Smalley, late of the county of Franklin, deceas
ed, will take notice that I shall apply to the Probate
Court of said county, at the term to be holclcn in 1 ebruary next, for the appointment of Commissioners, to make partition of all the interest which the said deceased had at the time of his death, in the south-west quarter of section 31, Township 10, Range 1, and the south-east quarter of section 1, in Township 9, and Range 2 in said county, and which has descended to the before named persons; and this applicant, as the Heirs of the said Abraham Smalley, deceased, at which ime and place, they or either of them, can appear and opposesaid application, if they think proper. DAVID M. KNIGHT, ct ux. By Ryma:j, their Atty. November 29, 1833- 4S-4w
STATE OF INDIANA, ) Franklin County. In the Probate Court of Franklin County, Nov. Term A. D. 1833, before Henry Berhy Esq. Probate Judge of said Court. Estate of William Ev ans, deceased, on Petition lo settle as an insolvent Estate.
ND now at this day to wit on the 12th day of
rvovemoer a. u. is, comes James Beard ad
ministrator of the estate of William Evans deceased and files his petition to settle said estate, as an insolvent estate; and the Court having examined the complaint in said Petition set forth. It is ordered by the Court that the said Administrator notify the Creditors of said Estate of the filing and pendency of said complaint, by a publication for six weeks successively in the Indiana American, a weekly news-paper printed and published in Brookville Franklin Country Indiana, and that unless said creditors notify said Administrator of the existence and extent of their respective claims, by filing the same, or a statement of the nature, description, and date of the contractor assumpsit upon which the same may be founded, in the office of the Clerk of the Probate Court of said county of Fraaklin, previous to the final distribution of the assets or the estate of said decedent, which final distribution will be made on the 1st day of the next term of this Court, to be holden at the court house in Brookville on the 2d Monday of Febuary next, their claims will be postponed in favour of the claims of the more diligent creditors. . Copt Attest, ROBERT JOHN, Cl'k, p. c. f. c. Johnston Atty. for complt. 20th November A. D. 1833. 47 Gw.
STATE OF INDIANA J Franklin County. In the Franklin Circuit Court, October Term A. D. 1833. Benjamin W. Remy, on Petition as Insolvent debtor, $-c. AND now at this day to wit on the 21st day of Oct. A. D. 1833, comes the said Petitioner by Matson his Attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Benjamin W. Remy heretofore filed his Petition praying the benefit of the act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors and a schedule of his property agreeably to the statute in such cases made and provided in the Clerk's office of the Court. The Court thereupon order that the pendency of said application, and that the said Insolvent Petitioner will at the next term of their Court, make application to have the benefit of the act for tho relief of insolvent debtors extended to him and for a final discharge under the provisions thereof be published for three weeks successively in the Indiana American a weekly news-paper printed in Brookville Franklin County Indiana. Copt Attest. ROBDRT JOHN, Cl'k p. c. c. 21st November A. D. 1833. 47 3w
Money JV anted. THOSE indebted to me cither by Note or Book Account, for GOODS purchased previous to the 1st of Jannary last, are requested.to make immediate payment. I cannot carry on my business without money, and shall not wait much longer on claims of the above description. R. TYNER. Brookville. August 27, 1833. 85-tf
TV are House.
R1NOCII D. JOHN, has now in readiness a W
and forwarding .MERCHANDIZE AND enm?
- ' 1 ' .y juviuimms rusiuing in the into riorof the State, who have their GOODS landed at
r.a .....j i" .m. hi;; uj mosi proiDDt attcntiofTY)aid to forwarding them, should they be con signod to his care. S1TIPPERS, who have produce, can be accommo.
to any market they may direct. His Warehouse is t the south end of Mr S Ludlow's row f tl.m
hiiirlinnra nn r.nrr cf roof frontier !.-. i . J
wui,,i"ft1' v" " -w '"'"""f; iticr, ana isentirely above high water mark, lie will also sell fori
... ...... ....j i-.-.viij mat niiijr oe sent to him, and his charges for stornge and forwarding will be so regulated, as to meet reciprocally, the inf r i-ff g-.C nil 4 I iO rvi Tf-incf r - - A
ins ruuis. Miuu&t;, wm be completed in a fe weeks, when he will bo able to accommodate those
salt, will be furnished at cash market prices. Lawrenceburgh, Aug. 23, 1833. E5-4m 1
Sheriff's Sale. By virtue of writ of Venditioni Erpoia, issued roni the Franklin Circuit Court, to me directed I will offer for sale at the Court House door in Brook ville, Indiana, on the 28th day of Dcccnber, A. D. 1833,. first the rents and profits for reven years, and if no buyer, then all the right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of William Powers to tho M
lowing described real estate to wit: part oftheNnrtii
west quarter of section fifteen, Townshin twpltn t : ir r- ... i c
North-west corner of the blacksmith's shop, lately oc-
cupieu uy jii ii.e, aim running uence about a west course ten and one third rods, thence about a south course thirty one rods to a stake, thence about an east course thirty six rods, thence due north on the section line seventeen rods to a stake, thence about a west course nineteen rods to a stake, thence about a north course twelve rods to the place of beginning, containing four and one half acres, be the same more or less, as the real estate of William Powers at tu
suit of Elihu S. Neff. Sale to commence betw
the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock on said day, where etrict attendance will be given by me. DANIEL ST. JOHN, Sh'ffF.C.
urooKvuie, inuiana, December 6th, 1833. $ 49-ts.
Lost or Stolen.
"TN Adams Township, Ripley County, Ind. one mile
j- west oi jonn ounman s, near widow Harnbart fence, an elegant sett of knives and forks, with three rivets in the handles, a sett of knitting needles, and a quarter of a pound of pepper. One dollar reward wi1 be given for the delivery of the above articles. Dec. 11 50 RICHARD WORTMAN.
JYotice!
ALL those indebted to the subscriber are requested to make immediate payment, as he is much to need of cash. Ho will be in Brookville every Saturday. J. P. St. JOHN. P. C. He is also ready, willing and waiting to receive and receipt for taxes. J. P. St. J. Brookville, Dec. 11th, 1833.-.r)0
A Grist Mill. THE subscriber respectfully informs the public that the New Grist Mill, at the Whitewater Factory is now in operation, and ready to receive Corn for grinding, and will soon be ready for receiving Wheat.- lie assure the public that as good accommodafion will be had at this Mill as any on Whitewater, and confidently asks such a patronage as will stimulate him to still further improvements for the accommodation of the country. LEWIS S. INGALLS. December Fth, 1833-T)0-3ws.
Taken Up,
W T V YV:ll: Will-Inarm nt Tlmnlr ville Tmrfioliiiv
MP Franklin County, Indiana,an ertray Sorrcll FILt t . , , f . i i . j - i. i r :
Hi, two years Oiu, luurieeii nanus iwu auu a uan uiches high, the hind feet and legs as high as the ham joint white, a hlaze face, each sido of the under lip white, without brands, and no other marks perceiva
ble; appiaised by James S. Coalscoot and Thomas Murphy at twenty dollarg on the 25th day of Novem
ber, 1833.
I certify the above to be a true copy taken from nrjr
estray book. ELIJAH BAIIV1UK,J.I'Dccember 10th, 1833 50-3w.
JOHN RYMAN, Attorncv and Counsellor nt T.rw.
ILL attend to any business in Franklin mi the
adjacent counties with fidelity. His othce w
in the brick building east of the Court house where be
will at all timcB be consulted except when absent on professional duties. Persons who confide business him may rely upon his strict attention to it. Brookville, Jan. 4. ltf ; 1
GEORGE HOLLAND, A TTORjYE Y AND CO UNSELLOR AT LAW, Brookville Indiana, WILL attend to all business which may be entrusted to him. either in the Circuit or Probate
Courts of this or the adjoining counties. He will al
so attend betore Magistrates, and to drawing conveyances of all kinds, powers of attorney, &C. &c. Office
one door north of the Clerk's office.
Jan. 112
Goods Again!!
HIE subscriber has just received a very heavy sup
ply of JYeic Goods,
which added to his former stock, makes his assortment better than it has ever been at any former period. He assures the public that lie will sell any article as lo for CASH, if not lower than the Cincinnati prices,
adding the carriage on heavy articles.
Brookville, November 27, 1833.
Taken Up,
Y WILLIAM WRIGHT, of Brookville ToH
ship, Franklin County, Indiana, an estray
Sorrel Mare Colt, supposed to be three years old last spring, marked some white on the near hind foot, some white on W forehead, and some white hairs on the back, shod au round, supposed to be fourteen hands high, no otnw marks or brands perceivable." . Appraised J tweD'J eight dollars by Andrew Reed and Joseph Lldon, o the 9th day of November, A. D. 1833. - I certify the above to be a truo copy from my book. . JOHN WYNN. J; November, 23, 1833. 4Z-
S loves
For Sale by the subscriber. ' Dec. fab".
R, TYNER-