Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1881 — Page 4

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MOMENTS OF TERROR.

"C*ptAhT,''ybh tm»e led a bwy lire — jeram^piMßai VAt seWtde, gentleman.” ;JKSj3 ,, iaßs?*wraf«ft fowls breed in the clefts in the rocks. The Ushernaaii fasten a stick at the end ofaloDgropo, which Is wet assured to the brow of the cllfl*, and then placing one of their number astride the stick, be is lowered down ttfe precipice in search of the game. You have moat likely heard the account of the man t&Es&u&vtttt from their holes, cut two of the strands of the rope that suspended bias.-be-tween heaven and earth. “Below bins was certain deathabove bim a terrific wall ot rock that seemed to reach the sky. He gave tbe signal for hauling up by striking tbe rope twice with his stall. Never did bis comrade® puli the rbpe 'so lafjly. Slowly, slowly dragged the rope ever the edge Of the cliff, while tbe severed seemed to fly uphr&rd with the rapidity of thought. ’ Every inptapthe dreamed that a weak {date iu the reltiafiiiog portion would be untwisted* and so certain appeared Ids doom that ha felt that every foot he aavauced up the face of th* preriptoe Would fctot increase the height ol bis fall. A sudden pause *in the motion struck him with a new tear—when the untwisting part of tbe rope came into tbe hands of the fishermen qjbcve, they at onee perfceived his danger and instantly lowered another line. • Tbe fowler was rescued Item his peril, but Buch was the effect ol his terror during the few minutes of his frightful ascension, thatbis dark brown hair was changed to gray.” ‘‘Bad enough,” said the captain, ‘•but not quite IM worst in the world. I don’t know ribether the chance which a young netrvey of Bribe run fowl oLparing the first voyage, in the Bay of Biscay, wasn’t just as bad. We were in a stumpy tub of a’mafferdile brig, trying to cliw oil a lee shore, tetth a rolling sea and plenty of wind Jn abort, sudden pUfift The boy—about is)—slltn built ana pale—was An out-in-oat lubber, fond of reading, and skulking his duty whenever he c >uld; his mother, my only sister, a widow, by the way, had made me promise to take care of him—butwe were' shorthanded, and he was forced to work his turn. Some 61 the bands had gpue aloft to shake oat* reef in tbe fore tofsai! —the rigging was covered with ice—it was a January morning—we.l, the boy sUpped, or was blown, or thrown from the yard—bis foot caught in a bight in some Of the ruaniug rigging, and he hung by the heels, head downward, ft on The end of the yard, dipping Btfb the sea at each plunge of the old craft, and hoisted Up again, high and dry, fevery time .lie csle t# the wind«-‘ I expected every roll to see him jerked from his foot-held, and'no boat that qm had could have lived a minute in that sea. I did not' dare to 16ft far tear of being taken back. When I thought of bis mother, I bad a Kt mind to save him, even if I' hed-thkold tub*- but the point I jttnteAtw' weather Was close ahead attd the roar ofqhe surf did Wot sound altogether WeVtdld save him at hut, and I guess the feelings were quite as qQeer as ihatl< of your friend, the fowler. He hadbut one pullap, while toy nervey had better than a hundred—with the 'bob bath In a froaty sea, between each poll—nothing nut an accidental fcalf-hitch round his ankid —anl head wvtivard a* the wbttpT'f . ,1 “Horrible, indtod. What did you say when he was rc-

“Tell him he deserved a starting for ■ 4s>ing so .clumsy, when he kuew I was Okoet-hanOed—made, him swallow, some hot coffre gntf ttrrh Irf. H e I weDt aloft aeairi; and at the end of v*yage, cut the sea and took to carpentering. That’s Borne years ago and ■is hair ain’t turned gray yet “Pray sir,” sold another of the P**engers, “have yon seen Hoffman’s toleer toe drunken fireman who crept to at the man-hole of * boUer undergoing repairs, on hTard 'otie of the WMtern stcamboatst It is very well’ ; Th® P<>t>r fellow woke u:. In total fcSWWV * the b.l^, ’ i h,,n beard file roardri the bolff gt>wlng .roaid him, while the flref man coot'ntied to 'wood obJ ?»

rl JS* 0 ? 1 b iC*i bati ' re4fnbles«b« Expert vaer in'liPEl^ £?.;?■ LC -’ QOt r ** .* t * veiem ( rticer imUeMrvweof England declare Lbat Xe stood toehNi* ot the Pt>nlcetslar h**^^* B *to to able season In g tn lpdfe, when fearful iighti jvere matter* —and (bat he never actually BtraemJ under the iufiueaee*! fe*t, even whe death slew dowto bis thousands, except once, and Shat, strange to «ay, occurred lu the heaft oT the eWy of .London “ “A ghost story?' 7 >v , “No, indeed, a street affair, in open dayHgHt. A couple of notorious murderer*, Haggerty and Holloway, ♦ere to bo executed in front oftbe ’Neweate jtil. It Is said that uptrard oi 40,000 spectators were collectefr.iu the neighborhood df the place ofvsiecation, crowding from every point ton common center. Just se the criminals were placed upon the scaffold, a'cart full of women broke down; the aocfeent alarmed the bystanders, and gave an impetus to the whole body of that immense assemblage, which stayed to and fro| like the waves of the' sea. Persons of small stature and weak frame, unable to compete with their more hurley neighbor*, sank down and roee no more. Shrieks of murder sounded on every side—the crowd was ,foread over the writhing bodies of eevaral females and boyr, without the po we to render the sli* btest aid. The mob w.is absolutely smuggling with each other for their live*. In the midst of the alarm the criminals were swung uotu the gsflows’ beam, au incident which, although »xpect»J, maferaUy increased the pop 'u Aon. The Hi er

f«JpCns waresqo22d todeath as they refed in the orowd, and ihA bodies remained wedged in the livid maaa for a fuU hour. Tho Major brteu ** T^AreihojHPAoe |pi hettonpkdkopat:it 1 q HapTace, Umen a swm mfroUfag of the crowd foocnrrriL pJh l a| wM from his baJanee rnnd ofWkhclfllfhf He tihh&ppy man. t In ondiadatgle cmptxmo hundred perwPw bis fcdy) potmdtnc it iatiMAK of blood m d wSTa woman wf%*& kitentf&-TO Lhi IAM, *whk wnfler tfwtiet of flic mob J? **, feU Bhe [pother bahij^wthe nwns of a man wh» amfiAfmtmmr. We threw u over l ttekkw.Qf Wi aware that he I wpehhditt Wisave it where be stood, •*•!» vedltneS | Uieedfe of the ‘Tbefhlld was taken sWky alive. bk*9gew many pCrwmsflest their llveg. \jg£ZSKo&rj! j \ / f T’be Mafiw deetfurd that when the’ Crowd Separated, whKsh was not Until tbe bodies of the crinopals Were remove ed from the piatformlkat upwardro/ KH were found senSCleAs in th% stwWam Q 0 wgtwtlttphß, gentlemen,’^ -vfwTo atom sa than feaptalnsgenerally dp believe that that idlrftil, Ipsrhic wgsilnfused into the mkut-&#the mob as m punishment *— T v g holiday in ine death hour of their fellow-creatures. ”

*‘l have*heard a story spmewhere of to jFdfTdf P ?hSe Utllf lamily festivals which brighten the dark track of life and cheer tt e human heart in every clime. It was his day; crowds of her young acquaintances circled round her and as the father gd&ed proudly on tbe face of the young bride, be wished k as bright a prospect might oppi for his other childreu, who were gW-i r holing merrily among the crowd. | log alonf l the passage connecting the ( lower rooms, oe met die arr vaapm##, an ignontut eountrv wench, who was carrying a lighted talipw candle in her hand, without C Cinarestick. He blamed her for this dirty conduct, and went into the kitchen to make some arrangements with his wife about the Strtfper Utfle. The girl returned from the cteHar, with her arms full of ale bottles, but Without the candle. The merchant immediately recollected that several balrtls of gUfipowdet had been plhced in the cellar during the day, and that his foreman had opened oue es the barrels* to select a sample for a customer. “Where is your can :le?” he inquired, in excessive agitation. * I could not bring It up With me, hr my hands were fuiy* said the girl; “ Where did you leave It 7” “Welt I’d no cafidle stick, so I stuck it into some brack sand that’s therfe in one of the tube.” The merchant dashed dowu the cellar steps; the passage Was long and dark, and, as be groped his way, bis knees threatened to give way uoder him, his breath was choked, and bis flash saemed suddenly to becdmfc dry and parched, as if lie already felt the suffocating blast of death. At the extremity of the passage, fin .the Trout cellar, over which their friends were , reveing In felicity,The discerned tlif opcu powder-barrel, full almost to the top—the candle stuck lightly In the loosb grains, with a long and fed SutifF of burnt-oat wick topping the small and gloomy flame This sight seemed to wither all his powers and tbe merry laugh of the youngsters above struck upon his heart like the knell of death. . Unequaled presence of mind, pissed a hand on each side of the. candle, with the open palm upward, and tbe distended fingers pointing toward the object of his care—which, a« bis hands gradually met, was f ecu red In the clasp or locking of the fingers, and safely removed from the head of tbe barrel. As he lifted the cand 1j .from its bed in the powder, the exuberance of the wick fell off and rolled, a living coal, into the hollow of his hands. He caied not for the burning smart; he carried it steadily along the passage to tbe head of the cellar stairs. The Excitement was dhan - over—he oejptl am tie at the dan get be bad con<|Usr*d,biH the reaction wai t6o power»ful, *nd i*a »l into fits of the most Vi >l<nt and drendiiH laughter. He was eofr senflele&s to. laid, and iriauy weeks elapsed est his tfervbs recovered sufficient tone to allow to resume his habits of every day life. “I confess that you have evidenced a stronger Instance of capse of terror than I did when I produced tbe fisherman of'the Orkneys. Yes, sir, your merchant had not only his own life in forfeit, but the consideration of the whole of Mi family, t can thoroughly understand that man’s feelings while gazing upon tbe candle of death.” “Hie merchant's chance,” said the captain, ‘'was a trifle worse than my nevvy’s, as ter as feeling and all that goes: but still be aid not get the duckings in • January sea. You -haven’t capped the dimax yet, thoug(h; and you oan’tdoljt oti dry land—you must take our mishaps at sea, ii you want horrible situations in perfection.” ‘ Can you instance one or two, captiin?” ■ Haqm'WggrOyif you like. I’ll mention one, that in my opinion,combines the uioStJaWkil point of all 'stories— jjly £o*ioi» it to be a f&ct. A sntali sth-muef was chartered iu New Yqhxb to take a company of plsyerefl «teae. \l*)torgot the manavnrs name, but he was with his troupe, and contemplated a junction tehe is of ipine standing as Mr. and Se .managei aqd several others The little craft was caught a gala off Cape •Hatteras: e heavy sea'struck her stern end forced fief head hfro Ctl6 Wind; her bows were seized bv tt>e gale, andl she, went down, stern first. 3 -:

“Being light-freighted, she »on rose to the eurface, keel upward. The saptain, with all his little crew, kid some of the passengers who were on deck, were swept away like so much chaff; but the sudden ness*,of their destruction was mercy compared to.the suffering* endured by the unfortunates in “bff - The companion way had ec«i lefrdpen, and the hish®e water apon engulfed the inmates, already spreiy bruised by the loose fumitere and luggage ib&t knocked againet them in toe capsize. When toe water in the eabiu-ranched ’ its level, it was Kira&t inches between the top. of the water and the bottom of the cabin overhead. Consequently fun-grown persons could flod breathing room by holding their faces in aharizcntal position, but were liable to lose their standing every instant JWm the rolling of the vessel in the troti£A of tfle, sea. ..., “But lew of the passengers oould avail themselves of toe tantalizing assistance for any length of lime; the weak-bodied and i ahert-sizerf men gradually sunk, manger all the sssist*nce the stronger class could render. T&4 bos baud 8 foaghtfjpith death r most manfully Jo behalf ordheir wives—but were uuahle to save them. One of the ladies had an infant, aad intent upoiri Its salvation literally drowned hereeld in endeavoring to bold her babe above the water. Thrice did her mudsuicL dimandJescuaCkH hh held dear oil earto; audible* ha impeded let them stn b. ISow.T affirm tbaffio imagination cat) piqtpre a scene of more perfect horror than this floating

1 tbe sea. wiUi tbe deSid bodies of their wives, ana 00-mates rolling about j than—the the storm withiout TThderkudnShAair within more f*^ ible - the ho P e of freecoe—thaoKßlhpai moments of silence lntemlpttw'by tbe muttering FUirererß, wiin vue DtuuiiDK, iirugj^uuK iaaiErarMPsi of Sei prepotoitodiveCdown Wider the companion ladder, swim along beneath the dec*, dive still deeper noder the bulwarks, and some up_.in the dkusna S2«!£i , S3?rbi«/S(CX23 There Was also the obaoee of bring caucht in geU^^i%{ae dritoirittee wcpiuered. wljal Mr WAk Uiare Umt iake swimmW wtfkte&t. , zx:rL± h °!%% keel. Ha madaJiervena attejtopta.b^ Ud .%K at lislTbe succeeoea in getting, out of the isblO, hot they waited in Vain for the sound. ■ **On« : of roetti fleCßtflSl he heart ft wild shriek mingle with the gale shortly after the adventurer disappeared. Another ventured and was fortunately thrown on the hull by a wave as soon as he reached the surface. He kicked loudly sgalart.the side of the craft, and in a saw minutes beheld another of the sufferers struggling to reach the hull—he was successful. The third and last appeared, and also gained a bold npon the vessel he was too exhausted to Sd turned —vessel, and suffering from famine, thirst, fatigue and cold. A brig, bound to New Orleans, rescued them, but Williams never recovered. Oougherty survives. -

JOCOSITIES.

A quiet yotlngraari froiri Shanghai r'.. s In'uulged In a pleica of mince pal, , Ills life work la o’er, U is form here no more, Will visible be to the al, TUdre was a voting Ixansvlllo rortgtt, . Who wanted a tteVspapet pongh; -Hd Hut It wasn’t the kttla That he liked, so he whined,« , “don’t give me nd more o’ that stondk.” It was at the mU9ic hall not long since that a lady remarked to a visiting friend, after a solo on the big organ: “That’s all very well, but you just \Valt till they put on the vox populi.” A brother arose in a weekly prdyer meeting in New Jersey and said: “Brethren, when I consider the shortness of life, I feel I might be taken away suddenly, like a thief in the night. A minister had preached an hour, then lie remarked: Another wide field opens from the in another direct ion ” JustF theu an old oalored saint ej undated, _ “Please, Lord, shut up tbe bais. , might mistake: Somebody went to a music teacher’s room while he was out and put e cat lu with her tail in a ft?el trap. 4. ad of course tho cat complained and everybody said: “Goodness,. he mast nave a girl in there praltcing a grand opera.” People who ifve remote from the seashore can make a good artifleal clam by rolling a pkee of so-tp It afind and ashes and eating it when it is about half cool. This is rather better than the rfial clam, bat It give tile Inlanders an approximate idea of the lukjiry. ;X. Said Mrs. Smith, who bad come to spend tbe day, to/little Edith: “Are you glad to see me again, Edith? Edith —“Yes, tn’in, and mama’s glad, tool” Mrs. Smith—“ls Edith—“Yee, m’ra; she said sbe,jlo|fcd you’d come to day. and have it over with.” * A negro being ask what he was in jail for said It was fqr borrowing money. “But,” saldXho questioned “they don’t put people In jail for borrowing money.” jF^es," l said' the darkey, “but I had to knock the man ddWn free or fo’ times before he would left I It to me.”

Naullcal—“You are on tho wrong, tuck,” said wife, when the hardy son of the load funding sea sat downoA itdhd afoisfwikh tbe bsUal exoiuno ftioti. "fw 1 -he replied .after a critSai examination."l m off the rightriaek, but shoot me dead If rain’t on tlierifrong end of it.” An agrnt who sold a Dutchman some goods wa_, to deliver tbam in the, afternoon at the residehcet of the purobaßer."W!ie'Dutchman g>iVe him the following direction;; “You shoost goes behind the Church ;den you turDS up to de right for a while, till you secs a house mit a big hog In tbe yard. Dot’s mei” m ' - OnCkCbll UdbhAga Ms^nslble The palfiJatoryTs soou Ufid. Tbe misguided lightniog came out of that hive quicker than it went in, and weiit off into space with ite tall .bctweefi quarrel when you-are not acquainted withihasfbiks.H : •

The New York Herald contains some queer advertisements. One landlady, innocent ot grammatical knowledge, advertises that she has a “fine, airy, well-furnished bedroom for a gentleman twelve feet square;” another, “has a cheap and desirable suite of rooms sos a family repair t : nme and winked, and then said: “Not much, Mary Ann. I saw a widow home once, and it cost me $16,000. She sued me for breach, of promige.aml proved it on me. No, fluff ftnl flg widows home in a hacra 'Y f Last week a strap f*fn g negm wnman was up before an Austin justice, charged with qnrnsroffutly treamyglftr HflJ? ler ,Wy Tile oat Kr cub of mine?” “Never!” ejaculatedthe judge with great vehemeod£lM(|kiglid face. “Den doriT taUjUri

'The man who was too poor to indulge in many luxuries other-than children was presented UK* loving Wife With triplets, three De gougfrt for. some fapfly lb ad opt toemffFA gentler 1 man wasxbclinnd to tike not of them, but buEdad wjßrathffotfAed. ThSy were tewing fttover bnfore their eight-year-off daueljter. who jjdd: •‘why don't flWhi, ma? or don't they want to break tkaaeflf” v The politest man in Boston has heed, discovered. He was hurrying along Latreettoeoto^igV^anJter great a hurry to investigate. If lam tt blame, I beg your pardon: if you

, *v vm hi - f, - W 2 TFARING. prsy ter MW so te.nnratt. I thank the* ter a halting pleas ii ads gled by Chine own smiling fhoet !Xtkeni th«B>liat tha dusty way fooutsps knoweth day by day: I thank thaa that aoaas path there be 4< yrorri pain and earn to psaes and thee. leansrsKisisa-”” How tbon eaost for eaeb pilgrim care. How. toon ea.net hear eadß pleading prayer How unto thee each soul la known • AJtit It Walked the world alane. In ttar dear garden of delight. Way taring done, let nte abide .Where never Calls an are|ttfda.

FOWLER'S FARM.

The Largest Farm in Indiana—--20,000 Acres in One Tract m | Benton Co tufty. / The tenet, embrace* precisely 25,000 acfda of fine fertile prairie laDd in OnUk AffM Grove townships, Bentob county, Indiana. In order to give Uiexeadars mi idea of how much territory it covers, 1 may say that 25,000 acres .represent* thirty-nine and oneife&toth Ukase mile*. This Immense body of land had been purchased by; Mr. Fowler daring tbe past twenty years. He commenced purchasing In TWST, and Tilts paid from live to fbrtjflve dollars per acre iqs.it. He bought a big block of It from Vale College, to whom it had been 'bequeathed by the late Henry L. Ellsworth. The land today would sell at,an average of forty dollars per acre, and the whole tract lint least worth one million dollars Of thisjmmense tract thirteen thaus&nd acres are under cultivation. About nine thousand aefee of corn «*d this year, and the crop Hr exceed three handled bushels. These figures are g—bat they are true. About id red acres of oats were cutseason. The laud Iq me*d- * two thousand five hundred acres. Fifteen hundred acres were in wheat lost spring, but, a< tie crop promised an almost toial failure, it was plowed up and 001 n put in. This fall the total amount of wheat sown will not exceed one hundred and fifty a ires.

in 1880 Mr. Fowler from rentean \ bis own production had 250,000 bashUs of eom which he sola in one lotto Bichard H. God man, of this city, ana quite recently be sold to Mr. Goam&n, 1.500 tone of hay, whloh will be baled an the farm and shipped from the town ofFowlef. Ihie vast domain of blgb, rolllog land went up into sT*fy tenantries and leased to a superior class of farmers. No drones are tolerated, and great pains are taken to prevent shiftlese, good-for-nothing renters from securing possession On »- lease. The tenantry sign a lair, squgre lease Which Is equitable to both the lessor and the lessees. Corn is the onlr-product raised by the tenants. The rent Is the some on all the farms, vii: Hone-third of whatev* er crop may be raided, the sstme to be delivered at Bacpard’s elevator In Fowler prior to January Ist each yeir. The tenants are most honorable in theif dealings, and there .is no swindle iu the amount paid as rent. Ea6h tenant occupies—rent free —a comfortable house on the loud be cultivates. A good barn is locafed near each tenement, and most of them have small orchards and groves. ,Ten or fifteen acres are allowed for pasturage and about three acres for a garden plat. The tenantry occupy in fact sixty s iparat / terms.

The land is all well ditched or tiled. This year more, than twenty miles of tiling has been laid- During the past tour years one hundred and twenty-five miles of ditches have been cut on the several terms, ami the land is therefore well drained, lire, ditches empty into a \tream called M.ud Creek, Which runs through almost toe’ entire place. The stream flows north-west and waters all the pasturage, finally emptying into Sugar Creek, whleVfif a feeder to the Illinois River, Mr. Yanatta trfiti nje (here is over one hundred milre of fence on the several farms. The tearing alone represents a fortune. The fences are all built off pine lumber —five boards high—an d m* posts ore cedar. Seven miles of bvbed wire fence has been put up and Si*M good satisfaotion, it being particularly suitable for keeping cattle mUliu bounds* The mads running thtough tbe vast estate are well graded aKtT ter superior to most thoroughfares in prairie regions. There are pastures! and the extent of them aataOefi me. One contains three thousand sc.ee; another two thousaod tw<Biundred and forty; another nineteen hundred and twenty; another twelve hunriMHjlMto , a [* To cultivate this greAt tract morel j than four hundrednorses are u^ed. '■ Most of the BtocftkrertoX is generotiy called “Prairie Piigt,” but! it anrirera the purpose. “It don’t pay,” said Mr. Vanatta, “to AKith.% toy*, hundred dollar hopre.” • Sheep raising is j#rtraown, and bogs, Strangely, are not numerous. Mr. Va■atta remarked that the number of awine did not exceed three hundred, •

” The great profit In Benton county farming has been *nd still is In rmftw raising. BIffMVMKiBffMP Fowler and Vanfltta are now grazing eleven bundled head-of flne oattle, and they are all in good condition. During the preseat year tjffy have sola twen-ty-two hundred afflJfarty head of fkt cattle. Six or sevtoto ea "® sufficient to look after tne several herds. With a view of improving the breed of his stock Mr.Fowler.some time ago, purchased in England a herd of Hereto d oattle. l’he importation consisted' JgJljL to bedoing well and tolly acclimated. Sixty native cows are now with calf from Hereford stock. During toe s'; siftnmer thirty half-breed Hereford calves were sold for breeding purposes at an average price of eighty dollars.

An immense quantity of hay is cut oAthsETplace. Moeswf this produot is . pun p iu bales of one hundred pounds <aHi shipped to Eastern markets. In IflO twenty-thfee hundred tons -'were baled. If each bale averaged one hundred tha total number of balsa •wnrwty-MX thousand. Two thousand tdhs Were sold to one man in New j%mK M 'i JWienauth are all of nationalities, \m the Hotoler stomsnts predominates. Among the tenantry there are six seven Danes, and; three HpK Of the foreign elements the □atfvee of Hamiet's country are regfffledae the meet skillful farmers,

bat in the end make little more money ttiai other people. The Irish element B prosper and raise good crops. aatta did not tell me so, nut I rqpn reliable people at Fowhe Benton county Swedes are wjL They are the most clane otthe globe, full of small, ainfled prejudices, suspicious of every one, and as unsciuplous as the .boss ofhades. They are possessed of petty shrewdAMSAnd regard for their fferff tagger Indian. They saveUtueor what they earn and bring up their chMflren in almost total ignorance TUWr principal dHnk seven school house* ' The attendance of scholars com-

Mr. gtUte Hat to MpMtmSmn (m e*t oodfined to his care He is a partner of Mr. Fowler toibe wwamhip of the cattle above mentioned.• He Isa very clever gefittumata|U§d refiWth# Times with raarcapßennM devote touch sketch orbim. ' Btfflfoe imrwWTmgrever, that he wa* boro wyqrdlfit, Ohio, In IM6, and la co«»flQent|r In his sixty-sixth year. He en/eys excellent health and has all the Nldli ssuiss£s®l«Mi! ran, a son and two daughtUW, th whoftfhe will leave a million doliys apieoe.

Eloping From a Convent.

A Norwich Conn, special ray* *On a bright January mnjpi4ML9( thisjsat Mrs. Della Hsruatjsat io rbejjdge»s room •Mk^Ciiy yonng and beautiful Monde, with fine* lv marked fwtiuraaand of pnr/not taaaa «wm saara sasSJfilSLSSErißfe tic hidden t. tfrs. May«|d mum this city four years afl formed the acquaintance of Charles Maynard, a saloon decorator of ,the town of Ledyard, a few miles douth of Norwich. Love and a wedding quick* ly followed. The couple were married by Rev. Mr. Cryer of Bean Hill. A child was born, and it is now three years of age. Two years after the marriage Mrs. Maynard left her husband, accusing him of intolerable cruelty; Her child went with her. On December 29, 1979, she again married, notwithstanding she bad not procured a livoico’rom her first husband, and that be was still living in this country. Lyman Brainan was her se3ond choice. He was a handsome youDg mechanic In one of the Norwith pistol shops. Soon afterward, Maynard, who had never done much if any time to assist his wife, appeared at her new home and demanded hjMgild. It waa refused htav, and he Instituted proceedings against her for bleramy. Her appearance in the City Court aroused a strong feeling of sympathy for her in the popular heart. The trial of the case againstber was adjourned for a few days, and she was placed Under 1900 kinds, which were furnished by an express driver of this city. On the following day she and Bra man fled. Four mqpths later Captain . Whaley, of the Norwich polioe traced the oouple to a Massachusetts town, and brought

them* Mick to the city. TbUy were tried and convicted of bigamy in the Superior Court and sentenced to six months in the Wetherafield , State prjafrn. They went to prisdti anMay* uafd regained his child. While in orison the story of Mrs. Maynard’s iife Was learned. Khe is twenty-one years old. Her parents are respectable and wealthy residenoh M Mbfitteah She received every social advantage afid art excellent education, When fifteen years of age she was finishing her studies in a convent, tibe had keen there hardly a year be for she elopeu with a member of a circus troppe that visited that city. She traveled w ith the troupe, and at length, it is said, married one of the performers. Alter a time fclrctta life lost Us charms; her husband was hot congenial, and a voluntary separation oGtfa followed. Sbq then came to Norwich. During her Imprisonment her parents learned of their daughter’s disgrace. They Communicated with hes, asking whether she was willing to abandon her reckless course and return home. She answered that She was willing. ' Her sentehoe expired yesterday, and she is now on her way to, MonlJeal. Her lateta-husbaml is industrious and respectable and deeply in lovS 4 with' his wife. He had never been convicted of an offense uutil bis marriage. He said in prison that he shoutd take steps afhis release to legalize the union, Hl* wife unconcern foifhtm.

A Story of Major Sanger.

Thtffbllowlng story of a well known .army, officer, who has redmtiy been located at Fort Lincoln, will be enjoyea Iff army circles. The Major,although a plucky fellow, is Very di min native in pfaito and is known as a “bantam’' in military slang. He was was returning one fl °r f Bismarck to Fort Lincoln, which is *be river, and the ambulance in le was riding was delayed by a id a wagon drlvbn by on* of lha class known as male whackers in that country. Thedriver of the ambulahce and the mule whacker got into a woi.dy altercation, and Major Sanger became very indignant at what he hec lleved to be impertinent language and unwarranted interference lu his Journey. He jumped from the ambulance, Tom Thumb in sise, but a veritable Goliah in fury, and exclaim*!» "Git that wagon out of the way." The mule whacker looked al'hlm quizzically, and asked: ‘.‘Who the deuce are ywif’’ * "l am Major Bauges, ol thf i^naje ? a iX™y t 7° Ut ° get ' mV * ,PD The mule whacker ejected a mouth* fnl of tobacco into the load and re* marked:

"Do you know what I'll do with you Msjor Banger, of the Army, sir, if you don't make leu noise with your ' ‘‘rff set a mouse-trap,and oaMyooi Major Banger, of the Army, M ana' giveysu tfrmr puppy to playVntb.” For once in nis life the Major was "stumped," and the person who alludes to mouse-traps Ih his presence, since that da& forfeits his respect forever. M

Drinking Blood.

Philadelphia Tttrtlm. t 4 ft ft A W W "Your health, ladies!" exclaimed tbeoaUaat gentUsaaaa as las tsssmketf the draught of blood with great enjoynfr.tA°ki| were tm fr coffee IrPW gardlng it as s pleasant sumndSWrink. The cups wets rest had twise sedemSS ted with great rfclishi* Thrytotogtody refused to taste the blood and regarded the whole affair with rfeghftg and illoonoealed aversion. EeeKgs akin ta disgust were portrayed orAer face ■ her friends removed the eakison staid* kerchiefs and expressed thfltnaelves aa well satisfied with the revolt of the morning’s excursion*

■aid she. In accents of honor, "and I W "M; h dt’ t S S ri^sESlted^fee round-faced man, “yon don’t know ti^i7SGt£tigMXs£i tot of blood-drinking as you havft but I was oompeUad to get over It M nearly dead with oopsumptycn and and . < ‘°°. t ° r ’ ?° dh^

Jm it *iTort4IBWiJdoRJEMi«h» I It's blood ordeathP Ash rfcrHfijfeyssvrd my life, ] ly vtffevtfiS I got well and hearty. Bhe uiPiftighi voung again, and I hare btattatofct ea 4 [ frayilyp*king skeleton ta|kl aUKb [ - , 1 kins<Mt 49 FaS&uNnrottttns was that liar gone with rtinritonllfil q jr had hyattg her here on a JtiaHha. nßheipWk at the smell of Utepfeee Whe tfmltae. an<j, couldn’t -he—i sight of blood. Wk brought her here three timra before *he would'ttota. ft. ventured to fey,and she milk to her that she had twtMaMi thereafter in drinking bloo<| dfeMktha reel of us. Look at her no\g n Uriah and healthy as you could wfah, add kdktroubled with Consumption in any

of Ha ‘ forms. Ttiood la the medicine for you every time. Tad tarn* need a doctor, and you have aofrlghtIbl trills from the drug store. It hufe vou nothing but the journeys. I» the abattoir, and that you will enjoy when yianamgaining in health andetr—gih of people visit the abattoir daflytAtake advantage of the health* gluing liquid*. Manx {are in the last stages ofoofisumptipn . and are fighter. v; JT( n:! rlasa of m.D owing, in measure, to 4hair< well-knqxr'fi fonduess for blood and raw mesa. They claim that it a person will eat beefsteak why should lit not drink blood, emphasizing their argument by pointing to their own re taut bodies.

No Chance for Him.

He wee coming down street with a “crick” in his back, a wobble in his knees and a thumb tied up in a rag Perspiration had wilted his collar and made his flannels crawl up, and each kuee carried the marks of dust. He halted a pedestrian, got his aching back against the lamp-post, and asked : “Sir, do you suppose that George Washington ever fell down stairs With a bureau after him an(L on top of him?” - “I don't think so.” “Did Daniel Webster ever turn an old ingrain carpet t’other side up, and haul it around, and pull his blamed arms off, and pound his thumbs to a mash in tacking it down?” “I never heard that he did.” “And, sir, do you believe that Henry Clay ever lugged a durned'old bedstead all over the bouse, papered bedrooms, daubed around with paint, and* lifted stoves until his eyes stuck out like lemon! on a Greelev hat?” “i never heard that Henry was any such man." - ? “Nh, of course jou didn’t, and yet you and the rest of the world wonder why I don’t get up an perorate and philosophize and theorize and thunder around like an earthquake. Look at me. Feel of me! Go ache as I ache, wilt as I wilt, and' then tell me what earthly chance a man of mpderate noeatrs has in this world for secur-' log the laurels Cf fame. Ye 3, sir. and be hanged to you, sir, and even now I’m on my way down town to buy a whitewash brush, two pounds of putty, a p|ck of lime anfi four more papers of

Modern Origin of Free Masonry

■ —— - a » London Saturday Review. It has been indisputably proved that the institution of the order of Free Ktasona, which under the name of the of Masons," was lormed by the architect and workmen employed from the thfrtcehth to the fourteenth ' naf.inry jn the building of Btrasburg CatheJral. The flower and pick of the profession w»e engaged upon this -mas terly flee, and they were naturally Arirait of Perpetuating the secret of ttWfrgSbd work Just as the Comedie Francaise preserved the traditions of theart of perfect Acting. Their example was followed by other groups sf Masong throughout Germany, and all these different lodges were,some twenty years after yie completion of the tower of Bt&Sbtrtg, merged into ods assogtatioal-Their act of Uniformity wasftfaWrfffp in 1469, and ratified by the Emperor Maximilian thirty years later hy au imperial diploma. They adopted LbedpStoPrfants of the craft—-the-square, level and compass—as their emblems,and had the secret pass-word, ‘Liberty,V which, in itself, gives a else to the ulterior alms of the society. Tha Fraternity pfMasons lasted until 1707, when It vnm abolisbiedjby

Expert Penmanship.

At the Omaha National bank may be seen a S2O Ml executed entirely with a MSI by some expert pen than androTger Ht finery skillfully dope, and not One person out of a hundfea would detect It without the closest examination. and even then the chances ar that the defection would be purely h mirier W It is executed in all the various colored inks used on bank notevwtf,*™ the paper itself fsi made to look like hapfe note paper by tftSiiirek«Bbfhfirfpen. This biff is imiMfiftl curiosity. It was paid to the bank by a government official through whose hands it passed without detection. It was received aft the bank, but its true character was soon afterward discovered. The execution of the bill probably required two days’ hard work, which would give theforger $lO a for his larger dflßfitagfnations, a»d it is likely Kytt trfKJHty dApl above mentioned bn- riairrt thr of m^^rJtho^N^KTtlon^^^^

Truisms.

.The success of the greater part of, tiKgs depends upon knowing how Ift it takes to succeed. . very man truly lives so long as he jflhhis nature or In some way makes good the faculties of himself. wUtf tS?res?l?tioP by the -Principle —MMfctnesdQlteistick by It frrmlv, and there will fas no danger k>f4MpWecHraanh9Bi^^ If one only wished to be happy, this eould baaasdhy acoomplif bed ;j:jtwe wdah to he happier than other peony and this Is most difficult, for we* relieve others to happier ftjl they | and this is |h£t pfoperjy eauseth to be exoellent: and yet we boo (we know not how much) more beyond £hafc Whfetrcfli understandings can. kioTtnjfr^dHWmddbmprehena.

A Lucky Accident.

to the' North Fork, about flftoaa miles above paxiß&?v3S£!& . A prospector — >AffoasYitorfi’tt. 1.

TABLE TALK.

lug to a cirque, and uafellm promise never to do Unjoin.. . >tfi ttajpotMeswp a MBs percent of festival on the iDOTH 1 1 U ajjrUhil arriving there. Lady WarCross suite for damages have been S'JSfit tti dS£. hy the out * . * * -

The fox-bun ting expenditure of Ire, laacLis jwokflgcd as amoanting in the ■aggregate to abeUl *2,500,000 a year. TOis Mr. Parncit has stepped, so tar as beoan. t Ail that a‘Chicago woman has to do to get a divorce is to swear to the discovery after marriage that her husband is a St. Louts man, and the courts give It to her atonee. Robert Bloskie, who has just died in Wabash, Ind., had for nine years lived chiefly on deg meat, winch he declared to be wholesome and palatable. His' 1 family relish the samefood, and propose to continue Its use. The amount of game reaching-Paris during the first fortnight of the season has during the last throe years averaged 123,350 heal- The value of consumed there each season W?estimated as not let* than $16,000,000. The energy of the analysts in Paris seems impotent to stay adulteration. Of samples analysed last June the numbers were as follows: Wine,'3lß in 455; elder 16 in 22; milk and cream, 120 in 180; batter, 10 in 19; spices 48 in 54. The current crop in Greece this year is one of the best ever known, both in quantity and quality. The entire crop is about 120,909 tons. About 46,000 tons have been already shipped to Great Britain, the Continent, and ■ America.

The trial of Julias Hoeb'el proceeded with great smoothness and oelertty at Evansville, fnd., until the clerk sold: -“Prisoner, stand up and hear the verdict.” Then it was found there was no prisoner, for he had quietly flipped out an hour before. The Boston and Maine Railroad Company allows each station agent $lO a year with which to buy flower seeds, plants, and trees for ornamenting the grounds about bis station house, and qflers prizes to the agents who make their places most attractive. The London Tablet (Roman Catholic) says that among the town population in Ireland there is bitter complaint shat by the Land League movement everything has been done for the tanners and nothing for them. The tradesmen find their occupation gone. A single vineyard near Dixon, Solano county, Cal., has just yielded 250,000 boxes of rahins, worth $500,000. Vine planting is increasing greatly throughout the State, 2,000 acres of new vines being about to be set in the neighborhood of Cloverdale alone. . ’ Amative war is threatened in Taran&ke, New Zealand, the scene of the severe fighting in 18G2. A body of 600 'Maoris have seized upon Government land, and while they are planting aad fencing the armed constalulary are endeavoring to cheek the trespass by pulling down the fences and tramping over the sown fields. Real ducks are still fought in the South, out nothy the more pretentlous upholders of the code. Jack Patrick and Frank Comer, bummers, of Columbus, Ga., had an encounter, by appoiuUqent, with knives, the weapons being agreedon by both. The struggle was desperate and Moody, thirteen stabs being divided between them, Comer died on the spot, and Patriok is sull in a precarious condition. While rector of St. James Episcopal Cbureb, Philadelpdia, the Rev. Marchs! T- Meigs stole from the church fund and from a widow’s estate, and ft natty absconded with e month’s salary itt’ advance. He new writes back to bis friends that be evidefatly mistook hks fitness for the ministry, end has gone into profitable mercantile employ meat aoroad, whence he will soon send money to pay all claims.

BRILLIANTS.

Beware of the fury of a patient man Wondrous strong are thee spells of fiction. - r* * A shot that hit* to bettor than a hmajlsideJhat misses The chains which cramp us moat are those -which lay on ns least. - - * Travel improves superior wine and spoils poor ; it is the same with the brain. Calumny spreads like an oil-spot;we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains. , . ; Manners are the hypocrisies of nations; the hypocrisies are more or less perfected. Each man has an aptitude born with hior. to dor easily some feat impossible to any other. It is with happiness as with watches ' —the less complicated the left easily deranged. * ,* ; . - ''m If idleness do not produce vice or maievoienoe, it commonly produces melancholy. . . a * **r 4sl Nature Was sometimes made a fee# but a coxcomb iar always of a man's own making. ; Annoyance is-man’s leaven: the element of movement, without which we Should grotr mouldy. - To acquire a few tongues is the ttdr of a

WheftdealheerffesrtA to letws live m long time, it successively as hostages all t£©ss we have loved. ttHfltable man lias iiks a hedgehog Wm^lf U wSrfcjsoan** Q '• 8 - a great fire w ith great heat. A man's idolatry Is for an idea, a woman's is ford person. A mau suffers Wr a monarchy, a woman for a Htop f 1 bo t "l love “that tranquility dMU In which be ftel the blessing of existence fSLSS'. 1 ,.'• a ™ SJk opportunity lo tb.m,n «ho cwi ; t us© M 7An unieounaea ©gg f iaj vriunsr is he wlrogives himself to his work body and .•sSpMMppHS(» The good thinrn of life are wot *<vk> j itfciTwb flSv of Octo- ;

wl la atoto xwwid a thing as «rais<V&mee (IraTogmrs is only useful tiWi|Tpßr wt tnb litter is for the reqervq i forthe gods. * Wi® tfie WbiW ao net-resort to in■luri onjy twiwwyand gayety; ■opiYrevolts, while irony makes one

Sparks of Science.

in the United States foreeveril years post has been ekwtain fights are being tried in the Earnock colliery, near Hamilton, tar are said to give utisfaolMWljPt The average candle-power of New Yolk iHußainatiag as taken from the.lata statement -ol the sis Gas iP. Theaais iu the Paris Electric Exhl)le of givloug and x inches It k recommended to treat carbondeß and boils with pure carbolic hypodermically in aufdciertaqafintky tothoro«|dily saturate the swelling. 14 is asserted that qnperal oils are no»to At the RpyafUiaito In Blerlin 40,000 wax candles areltamaltoneousiy lighted by a single match. The wicks are prevfoaaiy eoanOcted bjr!*tbread spun igniting the end of which ol| the candles ore lighted simultaneously, and tnus the whole of the 70oIpkrtment8 are lighted at onoe. The Uttca Herald thinks smoke in the otmoophtas tea Teal ly good thing, and iu proof of Us assertion cites the smoking of hams meats to preserve them. Tme Witor of the Herald may need to be .kept sweet in this way, but meat people will prefer pure air, unoon laminated by the produots of factory chimneys.

You Sweet' Thing.

San Franclßco Chronicle.' The other evening a curbstone broker named Fuller, 'fefiilestonding in the door of a livery stable on Sixth street, addressed a atiaage young lady as “You sweet thlug.” The sweet thing turned on her heel quick as a flash and struck the insolent lellow wRh a blow whbher parasol that she ctenfhis cigar fiyibg out ol his .jnouth. A second crash with the knocked the conceit so eompletegpout of the curbstone fiend that ydUed for protection. The enraged young lady followed the coward and demoralized speculator, and oanged him at every bound, until in desperation he threw himself on the floor and almost kicked the plastering off the ceiling In his efforts to ward off the blew*. After beating the fellow until she. -was tired, the “sweet thing'* folded the shreds of her parasol *oubd its bent and battered ribs, aud walked away, followed by the prayers and admiring glauoes < f every oh! who had witnessed the aflair. •’*» aPg -toHw

Pendleton. Voorhees and Williams.

Chicago Times. Pendjeton wae nev# looking better. His crinkly iron gray hair was curled in g moat elaborate fashion, while the greeted ids frienos. Senator Lamar, who looks as thpugh he had recovered his lest health, was the object of much attention to the galleries, as was ihe handsome M. C. Butler, the somber Senator Garland and the dashing Dan / aorhees. Bayard, the candidate for doubtful honors of brief duration, was in deeD black and very rmervt d and thoughtful. The' happiest picture of comfort upon the Senate floor Was that presented by Cerro Gordo Williams, of Kentucky. He had on a new, long curly wig that feu across hia forehead in recklees profusion over nis highlycolored, smiling face. He ntirsed a huge gold-headed cane against his white wttfist ooat, and looked as happy as if he wasPp the front seat at a ballet performance, _ _ •

It Pays to be Polite.

New Haven Palladium. j •' A gentleman ht Bridgeport was an interested and amused party fn an episode which occurred Friday eveniug at the SoUwf Noriblk ■ TOpot. While stzoHlukabe&, the platform waiting for-a train, he saw a woman slip on somethingtta>d aamlj talL Full ol sympothyvaod politoness, he -hurried to the rescue and assisted her to rise. As she assumed an upright attitude, however, somethin! escaped from her possession that .at once caught her benefactor’s eye. It was netting les« than his vahto, which he had left iu the ratonto Jttfore, and which it an pears the dir tressed female was

A Truly Devoted Wife.

N A Otleans found her

The Meanest Man.

c&tHbim atßoribigton. ' 'shades 0 wVc filling fast," 1 1 at meanest the world came otpmory butter. .. Denby A Kumler, attorneys tor Watwhom \ u range mass,, J$