Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1877 — Page 4

A THANKSGIVING PARTY. E* >kn and bls wile consulted, One bright Novunlxr day, Planning a splendid dinner In a pleasant airy way. “ we’il have a grand Thanksgiving,” Said Banks; “and, Polly dear, You get the guests together, And I’ll provide the cheer,” Then Banka, with heart o’erfl iwing, Said, “ Now’s the time, my dear, To aak one’s wife’s relations; So let them all be here. Yea, ask them all, my darling; Your husband’s not the man To stop half-way in making A pleasant family plan.” So Polly asked her people (And they were not a few)— Papa, mamma, and brothers, And all her sisters, too. These brought their little children — A laughing, romping crowd; And, in the after-dinner speech Banks really felt quite “proud.” Yet through it all a shadow Into his bosom stole; He knew what bills were coming in ; They paralyzed his sonl! He knew that Mother Pippling Was whispering good advice In Polly’s ear, and, somehow, That wasn’t very nice. He knew the romping children Had done him damage dire (For Banks had dainty furniture As any could desire); But still the guests were merry, The dinner “ went off well,” In spite of many vexing things Which one don’t care to tell. And when, at last, ’twas over, And ev’ry guest gone home, The tumbled house quite still again, And resting-time was come, Sweet Mrs. Banks said, cheerily, ‘ My dear, how kind of them To come to us I Though mother—” (Banks softly coughed “ Ahem!”) “ Yes, mother noticed—bless her I One slight omission, dear; Bhc said Thanksgiving dinners Without one ‘ thank ’ were queer. I know you don’t say grace, dear; But don’t it seem to you That to give thanks at such a time Is what one ought to do ?” He fell into a reverie : “ You’re right!” he sighed at last; “ Thank Heaven, the thing is over ; They’re gone, and all is past I” And so, in simple language, By that good husband Banks, The grand Thanksgiving dinner Was crowned by hearty thanks.

MISS WING’S THANKSGIVING.

Miss Wing’s kitchen wns prim and clean as broom, soap and soft water could make it; and Miss Wing sat in it, rigid and warlike, before the blackest of stoves, her feet planted firmly on a square of rag carpet. There was never an atom of dust, or even a skimmer or tin spoon out of place in that kitchen; for, in all the wide world, there was no one or thing that dared to enter without special permission, excepting a few stray sunbeams, and even they crept in and shimmered on the geraniums in the window as if they hardly dared. It was Thanksgiving eve, and the faint odor of cranberry tarts and pumpkin pies crept out from the pantry, and gave a sort of festal fragrance to the room, which might have led a stranger to believe that Miss vVing meant to celebrate, and had Ljpen preparing for guests. It would have been difficult for her to tell you for whom, however, as all her nearest relations lay up on the hillside, and, driven by her own stern will, “lovers and friends had departed far from her.” The only person living who was at all connected with h< r was a poor, country minister, with a John Rogers sort of a family, whose life was a constant struggle -to cover the body and satisfy the hunger of the ten healthy, growing children. We cannot wonder that ho sometimes t lought of Cousin Selina's age and nice little fortune, that “would go to some one.” Neither can we wonder that, in a fit »f desperation, he wrote and naked her to take his oldest daughter for the winter.

“ Let the girl come,” said Miss Wing. “I’ll make her useful.” So useful, indeed, that Milly Thorne never went to bed at night without seeing ropes of dried apples that she had strung, and acres of tallow candles she had dipped, swimming before her tired eyes. But nil tilings have an end, and patient little Miliy Thorne, worn out with hard work, and despairing of ever finding in Miss Wing that proverbial soft spot which is in every one’s heart, packed her little sachel and went back over the hills to the crowded house, the tired mother and the many children, where there was dearth of everything but love. So Miss Wing threw away a golden opportunity of crowning her old age with love and happiness. I think it must have been from force of habit that she had cooked her most golden pumpkin and stuffed her fattest pullet for a solitary Thanksgiving feast. For it was very certain she would bid no one to share it with her, and still more certain that no .one would come unbidden. For she set her face like a flint against visits from grown-up people, and with every child in the village she was at open war. The meeker ones among them would run if they saw her coming, and not even the bravest dare ask her for a flower, while the lawdess and ungoverned ones invented ways to torment her.

Uue little colored boy, especially, whom the children called Caterpillar’ was the plague of her existence. His chief amusement was to perch himself upon her white gate post, his rags fluttering in the wind, the battered crown of an old straw hat clinging to his woolly head, and, playing an imaginary banjo, sing to an admiring dusky audience collected on the sidewalk :

“Ten little darkies stannin’ in a line ” At first Miss Wing affected a calm indifference which she was far from feeling. But when it grew to be a regular entertainment it was more than she coula endure. So one day, when Caterpillar had just commenced his second stanza—- “ Nine little, darkies sitting on a gate One ob ’em tumbled off an’ dar was only eight ” she mode an unexpected assault upon him with a broomstick, tumbled him over on the sidewalk and summarily dispersed his audience. Nothing daunted however, Caterpillar picked himself up’ shook the hostile dust from his garments’ and, retreating to a distance, sang ; Ole Mam Wing, Ugly ole ting; Crack you ober de skull boys, Just coz you wanter sing. This pct of Miss Wing’s was taken as an open- declaration of war, and peace and quietness were over for her. The most mysterious things happened to her garden. Tomatoes, that hung ripe and red upon their stems at night, vanished before morning. The onionbed looked as if an army had marched through it. Melons and green corn walked away together, and the grapevines hung their heads as if mourning th" Er asures of which they were despoiled.

But those were not the greatest annoyances. Every night her door-bell moved by some mysterious power. It was of no use to wait in the hall, open the door suddenly and dive out. There was never anything to be captured but a dirty piece of cord. One never-to-be-forgotten morning Miss Wing rose from her couch, prepared her solitary breakfast, and called the cat to get hers. For the first time in eight years Tabby failed to answer. She opened the wood-house door in fear and trembling. There, suspended from a beam by one of Miss Wing’s own apron-strings, was poor Tabby, stone dead.

Pinned in the string was a dirty scrap of paper, on which was written : “ Caterpilers compelmunts. ” For the first time in many years Miss Wing sat down iu a low chair, threw her apron over her head, and wept. Willingly now would she have held out the white flag if it would only bring back poor puss. Strange to say, from that very day there wps a cessation of hostilities. Whether it was becauee they Were

hansted and needed rest to think of tomething new, or whether there was really nothing left for them to do. Miss Wing could not telL As days passed on and no fresh mischief was done, she gradually gave up looking for it, and oossessed her soul in quietness. And now as she sat grim and solitary by her kitchen fire, except for a vague feeling of bitterness as she looked at Tabby’s empty corner, she had almost forgotten Caterpillar. It was quite a shock to her nerves, therefore, when her door-bell was rung with a violent jerk. “ That imp is at his mischief again,” she exclaimed. The ring was repeated, but she paid no attention to it, and finally a shuffling, irresolute step was heard on the side stoop, followed by a knock on the kitchen door.

“ Come in,” said Miss Wing, in a most uninviting manner. The door was opened slowly, and a colored man appeared. “ Is you Miss Wing?” he asked. “I be.” “ There’s a poor little nig up in the settlement, say he want to see you. Folks call him Caterpillar. Don’ know he name ?” “ What does the little scamp want of me?” “He mos’ gone, miss. He done got gallopin’ consumption.” “ Pity he hadn’t galloped off somewhere before he killed my cat. I’d like to trounce him,” said she. The man looked at her a moment, and then said solemnly: “ Missy, dat chile done got somefin on he mind. He axes fur you de whole bressed time; and, if you’s a Christian woman, you’ll go dar. Good night, Missy.” Miss Wing shut the door, and sat down again with her knitting. But somehow the room was not as pleasant as before. The fire didn’t burn as clearly, and her chair seemed very uncomfortable. She couldn’t compose her mind. Several very uncomfortable verses of scripture would force themselves upon her. In the little church over the way she could hear them practicing their anthems for the morrow. Clearly and distinctly out on the frosty air their voices rang. Over and over she heard them sing:

Peace on earth, good-will to men. She knew very well that she felt neither peace nor good-will. “I wish they’d stop their.noise, ” she said, as she fidgeted from her chair to the window and back again to the stove. Still they sang on, louder and clearer, stirring Miss Wing up in an unaccountable manner. Her better nature was having a terrible struggle with the other, and, being much smaller, was in great danger of defeat. At last she started from her chair, snatched her hood and blanket shawl, and started towards the door. Little better nature had conquered. Miss Wing hardly knew herself as she stepped out into the frosty night. It was many years since she had visited the sick or gone out upon an errand of mercy. Such charity as she had given had been like throwing a bone to a dog. When she reached the tumble-down house where Caterpillar’s mother lived and knocked at the door, she heard a shrill voice pipe up.

“Dar she am, mamma ; mos’ know dat’s her.” There was a hurrying over the floor, and a noise as if stray articles were being hastily shuffled into their places. Then the door opened and Miss Wing walked in. “ Bless us and save us !” said she. Bolstered up on a narrow cot was a pitiful little heap of skin and bones, all that was left of the mischievous Caterpillar. He smiled feebly when he saw Miss Wing, and held out a skinny little hand. “Mos’ awful sorry done kill your cat. ’Pears like I couldn’t die ’out I tole you.” “Never mind the cat. I s’pose her time had come. What ails you, anyhow ? Be you hungry ? ”

He shook his head. “ Nebber any more,” he said ; “ got past dat.” There was a tugging at Miss Selina’s rusty old heart-strings, and a suspicious moisture about her spectacles; so, to hide these unaccustomed emotions, she turned fiercely to the mother and demanded : “ Hain’t you got no better bed nor pillow for that sick child ?” The woman began a long story which Miss Wing cut short by marching out of the door. “There, she’s mad !” exclaimed she. “ Nebber mind, mammy,” sighed Caterpillar, turning wearily on his pillow, “I feels better.”

But Miss Wing was far from being angry as she hurried down the street, and so Caterpillar’s mother soon discovered, as the door opened again, and a man carrying a soft, single bed entered, closely followed by Miss Wing, herself heavily laden. “ Sit down and take that child in your lap,” said she, in a peremptory manner, The woman meekly obeyed, and seated herself, with the wondering boy in her arms. I don’t think Milly Thorne would have believed her eyes if she could have seen her cousin Selina then. She flew around the room with marvelous celerity, beating up the bed, spreading over lavender-scented sheets and soft blankets, and finishing off with a plump pillow, and a white spread quilted by her own hands. Caterpillar’s delight was unbounded when, after being clad in a flannel night-gown, he was placed in the soft, fragrant bed. “Like oranges, bub?” asked Miss Wing, as she plunged her hand into her pocket. Now Caterpillar and oranges had long been strangers, so his eyes glistened with pleasure when a huge yellow one dropped on his bed. “May as well have this, too; ’tain’t no use to me,” said she, tossing a tinted picture card on the bed. Then, turning to the mother, he said: “ Them sheets and things is to make the child comfortable as long as she lives; you’ll find good vittles in that basket.” And out she bounced, leaving Caterpillar and his mother in a confused state of gratitude and bewilderment.

The angel of mercy had touched Miss Wing’s stony heart, and taught her the infinite pleasure of giving. And as some streams, when released from the icy fetters that have bound them, rush on with terrific force, overwhelming and submerging, so Miss Wing, suddenly set free from life-long bondage, yearned to do more for some one else. So she sent a telegram early next morning, which dropped like a bomb-shell into the little parsonage at Hopewell: “Bring all the children to dinner; I’ll pay the expenses. ” . There had been a great deal of commotion in that little house before, but never anything equal to that which followed the receipt of this telegram. Milly’s heart misgave her as she washed faces and tied on hoods and tippets, for she felt that nothing less than a miracle could change cousin Selina. But after a grand sleigh-ride they found her ready to receive them, dressed in her best black silk and snowy apron—the grim look in her face very much softened. The little Thornes had never in their fives eaten such a dinner as she had ready for them. They did everything they pleased, even to eating apples in the parlor and cracking nuts on that shining kitchen floor. But, best of all, when they were going home she tucked a SSO bill in Mr. Thorne’s hand, and when he tried to thank her she said : “Go ’long, Bob Thorne; there’s plenty more where that came from. ” So “Bob” Thorne went along, rejoicing for the spirit which had moved Miss Thorne’s heart and given them all such a happy Thanksgiving. The war takes all the Russian rolling stpek, cannot move the

VANDERBILT’S MILLIONS.

Mrs. Ue Baa, One of the Commodore’s Daughters, Contesting the Will—Remarkable Statements Made by Her Counsel. Hon. Scott Lord, counsel for Mrs. te Ban, who is contesting Commodore Vanderbilt’s will, made some remarkable statements in the opening of the case in the Surrogate’s Court of New York, the other day. Some of the charges which he made against Wm. H. Vanderbilt were of a very serious character. Mr. Lord, says the Times, admitted that it seemed hazardous to say that a man who accumulated $100,000,000, and was famous for his strength of Trill, had not the power to dispose of his fortune. Yet, there was not on record a more unjust disposition of a large estate. The deceased Commodore left two sons and eight daughters, who, under the statutes, were entitled to equal shares of the property. To one of his sons he gives $95,000,000. Both of the sons had equal claims upon him, and the one who had been practically disinherited, having been bequeathed only the interest ats percent, upon $200,000, had an additional claim to consideration because he had all his life been the victim of a disease which, although it had not impaired his mind, had yet been very painful. The Commodore during his life had not shown so much favor for his eldest son as his will suggested. When he called him from the Staten island farm, and put him forward in his railroad enterprises he was mere potter’s clay in his father’s hands. The Commodore had put his son, who bore his own Christian name, under a revolting vassalage. Here Mr. Lord made the first specific charge against William H. Vanderbilt, and asserted that he was responsible for his father’s will. The daughters were not treated in so unjust a manner as Cornelius by the will, but their injuries were scarcely less outrageous. The Commodore, for a long time before his death, was suffering great pain, to relieve which strong medicines were given to him, which were sufficiently powerful to weaken his mind. His desire to have his fortune perpetuated in his own name became a mania. Commodore Vanderbilt, Mr. Lord said, was addicted to a form of vice which had a direct influence upon his brain. Moreover, he was a sufferer from chronic maladies, Bright’s disease of the kidneys being one of them, and cystitis another. The last mentioned was the most painful and most dangerous disease on record. The agony which the Commodore suffered from it was terrible. It caused him to writhe, and he frequently acted like a woman struggling with labor pains. Medicine strong enough to allay such pain must have weakened his mind, and, on the other hand, the pain itself must have affected the brain. Sometimes the Commodore exhibited a very violent temper. In his fits of fury he paid no heed to persons near him, and created havoc among the furniture. Then he would become at other times cheerful and tranquil. That his intellect was weak, Mr Lord asserted was shown in the fact that he was a believer in Spiritualism, not in its higher phases, but in its lower types. He believed in clairvoyance; that the nature of his diseases could be discovered from miniatures and locks of hair, and that they could be cured by mesmerism. He spent, counsel asserted, thousands of dollars upon such vagaries. After his second marriage, in 1869, the Commodore became silly on occasions, and he was evidently entering his second childhood. Years ago he had been of the opinion that an equal division of a parent’s property upon his children was the only proper distribution. He changed his mind in his dotage. More than twenty-five years ago, said Mr. Lord, Cornelius Vanderbilt became enamored of a governess, and to get the mother of his children out of the way he had her sent to a lunatic asylum. William Vanderbilt was the only son of the old man who sided with him and against his mother in this matter. In talking of the affair the son said that he sympathized with his motetr, but that it was not a question of sympathy with him, but one of self-interest. The old man was bound to have his own way then, but he, the son, would rule hereafter. His father, he said, was bound to be ruled by a woman, either the governess or another woman, and be (the son) was determined to govern that woman. When the mother was released from the asylum by the officers of it, William H, Vanderbilt joined with his father in demanding that she live in another house. He obtained the entire control of his father by these methods. He lost all sense of justice and honor, and he made use of the Commodore’s susceptibility to falsehoods. His conduct toward his brother was always harsh and unjust, and was of late years worse than that. The contestant proposes, Mr. Lord said, to prove all these assertions, and also to prove that after his second marriage the Commodore, who had before been very harsh to liis younger son, thought better of him, and talked about giving him a large sum of msney to set him up in business.

Curious Thanksgiving Custom.

At the annual dinner at Clement’s Inn (London), after the bauquet of that learned society, members and guests rise on the removal of the white cloth and witness the so lowing thanksgiving in pantomime : Before the President of the second table the butler puts a mass of bread, consisting of four loaves adhering to each other by their kissing crusts; taking this mass of bread in his hand, the said President of the second table slowly raises it above his head to the full reach of his arm, and after a few moments’ pause brings it down with a thundering whack on the oaken table. A second time the bread is elevated and struck upon the board. Yet a third time the same feat is performed; and then, before the strangers have liad time to recover from their astonishment, the grave actor has thrown the bread so that it slides and spins down to the bottom of the long table, where it is caught up by the butler, who instantly runs out of the dining-hall with it in his outstretched hands. The whole grace is typical. The four loaves represent the four gospels; the three elevations are in reverence of the three persons of the Sacred Trinity; the manner in which the bread is cast down the table indicates the liberality with which the bread of life was given to mankind; and the alacrity with which the butler ran out of the hall exemplifies the alacrity with which zealous servants hasten to distribute the bread of spiritual knowledge to those who hunger for it.

A Murderous Mayor.

A very unfortunate occurrence for the city of Hot Springs has just transpired. A new daily paper called the Sentinel, having commenced its publication only about forty days since, deemed it essential to criticise several classes and individuals in reference to their habits and occupations, among whom was the Mayor of the city, T. F. Linde. The Mayor, feeling aggrieved at the course pursued by the employes of the Sentinet office, met the city editor on the street, drew his revolver when near his victim, and commenced firing at Mr. Matthews, the city editor, who clinched with the Mayor after he had been shot through the wrist, and in the engagement with Mayor Linde received another shot through the right breast, also breaking his right arm below the shoulder-joint. The editor finally secured the pistol, which in the melee had fallen to the ground, but did not use it. The Mayor then drew another pistol and shot Aid. Davis (colored) through the thigh, and another man by the name of Atter, who was peddling canes, through the shoulder. Another colored naan also came in for a share in fee way of a woued (<# being in fee vi-

entity of the random discharge of the revolver. The latter were probably not dangerously shot. Mayor Linde was psomptly arrested by the City Marshal, and was discharged, after giving the required bonds for his appearance.— Hot Springs (Ark.) Cor. Chicago Times.

LYNCH LAW IN lOWA.

Hanging of Reuben Proctor by a Mob at Indianola. [From the Dee Moines Register.] Reuben Proctor, the man suspected of shooting Miss Cadigan in Belmont, Warren county, was taken from jail at Indianola to the nearest Justice to the scene of the crime for examination. A large crowd had gathered when the Sheriff and prisoner arrived, and it was evident there was trouble brewing. At the opening of the court it was reported that the girl was but just alive, when it was suggested that the court adjourn to the house to take her dying declaration. To this a strong objection was male by the crowd, accompanied with hurried consultations among them, but finally the crowd consented on a pledge of the court and officers that Proctor should be brought back, and the prisoner was taken before Miss Cadigan and identified as one of the three masked men who attempted to rob her father’s house, and by one of whom she was shot while ejecting him from the house. She had known Proctor several years, and he passed the house every day. She knew his dress, walk, and voice. He had frequently visited the house within a few weeks, and at each visit was peculiarly anxious to find out whether he had sold his farm, hogs and grain, and how much he got for them, if he got the money, etc. On the night of the attack a man walked into the house with a mask on, and, without a word, drew a pistol and pointed it at her. She sprung to him, caught the pistol, and pushed it down, when it was discharged, and the ball entered her right breast. She tore off the mask and found the man’s face blackened, so she did not recognize him. She pushed him out-doors, when he fired again, the ball entering her hand. As he went out the door another man outside said; “How do you like that?” and that man was Reuben Proctor. At the close of her deposition, the court started back, and, when about half way, was met by a crowd of about 300, led by two men with ropes over their shoulders. Surrounding the prisoner, they returned to the Justice’s office, where other evidence was taken corroborating Miss Carigan’s testimony, and fixing the crime on Proctor, until court adjourned to supper. After supper the Sheriff was notified that he would have to surrender Proctor. The Sheriff attempted to resist, when a rope was thrown over Proctor’s neck, the crowd closed in around him, keeping back the officers, and he was run across the street, the rope thrown over a crossbeam of. a pair of scales, and he was quickly run up. After he had hung about fifteen minutes, the leader of the vigilantes told them they could disperse until called out again. He made a speech, which was responded to by a citizen, who tendered thanks for the work they had done. Proctor’s body was taken down and an inquest held, the verdict being that he came to his death by hanging by unknown men. Proctor spoke not a word. Not one of the crowd were masked. No attempt was made at disguise. The work was done openly and emphatically. Proctor was 25 years old, and. one of the worst men in the country. Two brothers are in the penitentiary, and all have been identified with murder, robbery and various crimes for years, until the indignant people could bear no more, and are determined to rid the country of all such.

The Turf—East vs. West.

From the last Turf, Field and Farm we copy the following: “Statements having been made to the effect that Mr. Pierre Lorillard had offered to match Parole against Ten Broeek for $20,000 a side, to run at Louisville next spring, at any distance from one to four miles, we addressed him a note requesting him to state if such reports had any foundation in fact. Here is his reply : Jersey City, Nov. 13. Editors Turf, Field and’ Farm: I have not challenged Ten Broeek, but I am willing to run Parole against him for $25,000 a side, SIO,OOO forfeit, two miles and a half, Western weights and dry track, the race to be run at Saratoga, and I will allow Ten Broeek $5.00 ) for expenses if it comes off. I will also run, from my Hau hocus stable, a 2-year-old at three-quarters of a mile, a 3-year-old at one mile and three-quarters, a 4-year-old at two miles and a quarter, and a 5-year-old at three miles against Western horses of the same ages, excepting that I will run my 5 year-old against a 5-year-old or over, the fourraces to be run at Jerome Park or Saratoga for $2,500 a side each race, SI,OOO forfeit, to be named at the post, the four races to be accepted or none. This offer means that lam willing to run my stable against the pick of the West. Yours respectfully, P. Lorillard.

Assaulting an Editor.

Two men entered the office of the St. Louis VblAstimme and enquired for the city editor. They were shown to his room, and entered. One of them presented a copy of the paper, and, pointing to an article, asked Currlin if he wrote it. The reply was in the affirmative, at which one of them immediately locked the door of the room, while the other sprung upon Currlin and dealt him several blows. They then went to work in the most brutal manner, pounding and kicking the unfortunate man, who had fallen to the floor half unconscious. Tiring of this they drew rawhides and plied them with all their strength. The noise, after a few minutes, attracted the attention of the other employes, who, upon trying the door and finding it locked, broke it down and rescued Currlin. The two men were held until the police were called, when they were taken to the police station.

Hayes to Bice.

The Boston Journal prints the following congratulatory greeting from President Hayes to Gov. Bice : Executive Mansion, ) Washington, Nov. 7. ) My Deab Goveknoe : It is a great satisfaction to be able to congratulate you on the gratifying result in Massachusetts. lam glad of it on general reasons, on your account and on my own. Your personal popularity had no doubt much to do with it. It is an example of what the Republicans can do when they unite, in spite of the blunders of the President. Sincerely, R. B. Hayes. Gov. R. H. Rice, Boston. The name of Senator Morton’s family was originally Throckmorton, and their ancestry is traced to the Earl of Throckmorton in the rejgn of Queen Elizabeth. The Senator’s father dropped the first syllable of his surname, and his son adhered to the example.

The Lakeside Library. Good Cheap Reading for Winter Evenings.

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Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

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To Worry the Liver

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Gleason’s Publications.

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True Economy.

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