Gambling on Steamers and a Shocking Slave Sale Tale
A lengthy reminiscence on Mississippi and Ohio river steamboats reveals gambling, blacklegs, and a mysterious holder of stolen winnings. A Methodist priest is implicated, a hidden gambler vanishes, and a harsh incident leads to the captain exposing the fraud and returning stolen money to victims. The narrative segues into a moral reflection, intertwining tales of debt, marriage, and racial injustice with a sensational lampoon of contemporary vices.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Arkansas River
Mr. Goggles
Cincinnati
Blackleg
Arkansas
Louisville
Mary
Daugster
Tim and Rachel Escape on River Steamer Old Gray
In a perilous run to Orleans Tim and Rachel flee a runaway steamer named Old Gray. The captain orders land and Tim and Rachel return ashore, relieved after a wild ride and a perilous voyage.
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Tim
Rachel
Worthin
Ohio River
Shadlow’s Mill
Balkin
Old Boss
Cap'n
Awag
Orleans
Deacon Shively
Terra Firma
Great West
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
ARES
Coe Boo
Big Bend
Warren
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean
Glade
Fanny Osborn
Thomas Struthers
The
L. R. Geer
Loay
Adams Robinson
Warren County
Johnson's Exchange
Second Street
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
P. D. Fitch
Morrison House
C. W. H. Verback
Carver
Eddy
Water Street
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co. Pa
Richard
Barbour
Temperance House
Cole
Court House
High Street
Warren, Warren Co
American Hotel
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
Sth
6Th
Philadelphia
Wrarr & Hecmes
Wetmore and Clark
Johnson & Brown's
D. Wetmore
JO Junius R. Clark
Johnson
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glennt W. Scofield
WM. Db. Brown
L. E. Guignon
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
E. M. Pierce
Steves
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
R. D. Bartlett
Orr & Henry's
A. Fingers
Stranahan & Randalls
G. N. Parmlee & Co
Carver House
C. W. Rathbun
Point Breeze
D. M. Williams
Tinckney House
Chauncey Hulburt
Schrrx, Mercy & Co
Creat Pennylvania Mead
Market Street
Church Atley
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Hunter
Waters
M. Waters
Hazeltine & Co
Variety Hall
Warren. Warren Co
G. W. Wazeltine
P. Johnson
Danforth
E. H. Danforth
Stranahan and Randall's Store
C. J. Taylor
Geo. F. King
Taylor & King
Bankers
Brokers and Collectors
Waterford
Bank O
New York
Neilson, Wardwell & Co
Wright & Co
N. Holmes & Sons
Pittsburg
Gilmore & Brotheron
C. B. Wright & Co
Erie
Businessmen
Hunter & Waters
Don Dodd
Stranahan & Randall
Justices of the Peace
Justice Blanks
Gambler
Anna
George Blakely
Mrs. Blakely
Mary Edgar
Mr. Blakely
Camfield’s
Blakely
Camfield
Saratoga
Newport
Circle
Bucyrus
Ky ) Journal
Underground Railroad
Crestline
Cristline
Galion
Canaan
Dertrott
Sandusky City
Toronto
Onesimus
Pater
Porpice
Onesimas
Dicken
Arsterat
Spriggs
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