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IS THE CRIME "BISKINa” NEW IN CIN
I'INNATTI.
The Avondale ‘burking" horror
has been the main topic of discus
sion all over the state where I have
been recently. Ou every ear. in
every hotel anil in every office yon
hear. “What ft horrible milder
that was at Cincinnaiti.
Yesterday a Cineinnatii pliysi
cian who knows the ms and ou s
of the 'Jy « r *natti medical mile
get»i&fTspe<fial¥-~ of the Ohio
medical, gave me a loug talk on
the stiff raising business.
He began by telling me that in
1878 it was customary for the.pau
per dead ir be taken out from Ha
big’s to the Potter's Field at the
infirmary. It was common to put
them in a stable over night bury
them ihe nexi day. The sriff hun
ters found this out, and soon it
was a common thing to find the
EMPTY COFFINS
in the stable the next morning.—
There was no <lonbt but that die
ghouls had taken the bodies and
“silently stolen away” under cov
er of night. It was also suspect
ed that they had a confederate
who was connected with the infir
mary.
A body was occasionally taken
for which friends would call the
next day to see decently buried.
To prevent' trouble the infirmary
authorities resolved jto stop the
stealing, and set a watch to catch
the robbers. This wis when liob
ert Bell, brother of Johu E. Bell,
was Btiperintenden' of the infirma
ry. Well, the watch didn't work.
The ghouls came out for their hod
ies and took them. A fight lot
possession was had,but the ghouts
were mightiest, and prevailed. For
the next attack Bell strengthened
his forces. He had an ambuscade
fixed at a point in the road which
the robbers would pass when re
turning with the bod es. Several
men were armed with shot guns
loaded with buckshot, intended
more to wound than to kill the de
predators, /t was about mid
night when the wagon came along
with a well known physician o*
Cincinnatti riding in front wi-h
the driver.
The party were smoking cigars
and enjoying themselves, when
the ambuscade arose with “Halt
there.” The driver showed no
disposition to halt, but tried to
drive ahead. |n consequence
A VOTI.EY WAS FIRED,
and the wagon was stopped. The
physician, who was then ami is to
day connected with the Ohio Med
ical College, was found to bt
wounded He had got a load ol
shot in his shoulder and neck.
His wgu/|s were painful bu
not dangerous. He was, however,
compelled to lay up for repair*
several weeks at a oouutry house
During the shooting one of the
rubbers jumped up aud held a
DEAD BODY
before him us a protection from
bullets. The bodies were recove/
the robbers released, aud tbt
matter hushed up. The story
was cun ent about town, among
1 hysieians and others, that it was
l>r. Cilly who was shot, but this
was not proven.
In fact, imere.d in the matter
soon died out. Not loug after
this, T believe, a report was cur
rent that a negro resurrectionist
lmd been caught robbing coffins
at the infirmary and war slid m
the leg so badly tint it was after
wards amputated by some of the
physicians for whom lie was get
i ing "ma erial.”
“T hese body raisers," staid my
informant, "are always on 'helook
out tor bodies. Go lo the iieulth
office every day and yon will find
them looking over i lie dea/h rec
ord and finding out where and
when bodies are to be buried.—
They especially watch for those
who tie of peculiar diseases,
lhey thus know how, when and
where to go for their prey.’’
“ W ell, do the ,e medical colleges
here need as many bodies as got
ten nt V
"No; but certain people here
are acting aH “body brokers," ang
are speculating i n cadavers.—
Why. T know a few years ago
when there was a scare over grave
robbing, it was customary then to
Hade bodies with other colleges,
east, west and south. By that
way, parties calling to identify
dead relatives would always be
“left." This was discontinued
when the periodical scare was over
and grave robbing ceased."
“ Ilia was right after the Ncvlt
//arrison case, wash’ it V'
“Yes; anil ts at was another good
“ml." for the medical college. The
papers at the lime gave Chief of
Police Tom Shelbaker a gooe deal
of credit for sharp work in finding
Harrison's body hanging in the
hatchway. Pshaw! It was a laid
up j>b that lie should lie found
just that way. If the professor's
had wanted that body they' would
have‘skinned it,’or hid it so it
could not have been found by any
body. Let me tell you tiiat th‘
professor s like auy big “ad’s" of
that kind for their institutions.”
‘•Well, do you tl ink that there
a re many bodie’s buried in the
[Hitter’s field ?"
“No. The skeleton’s of bodies
taken '.here are scattered all over
the country. I don’t think, either
that many bodies which leave the
undertaker's to be buried are ever
pm under the ground. Some
years ago ii was discovered that
one of the city undertaker’s em
ployees would take a body out for
burial, bury tie coffin wi bout Ibe
body, which was brought back to
J.ie medical college and sold for
#ls. Yon can see that the loss
of a #1.50 coffin don’t compare
with the value of a stiff.”
WHAT EJ.T.IOTT HAYS.
In connection with the same
subject I interviewed William J.
Elliott, now editor of the Sunday
Capi a), l olnmbus. He was once
secieturyof the < liucinnalli health
board, and was late state supervis
or of printing under Bishop.
Elliott branched out on the oils
tom of the ci y undertaker in his
day in taking out bodies to the
pauper burial grounds, leaving the
coffin, burying it, aud taking the
body to the medical college
“Once we set a watch on the city
undertaker, and found that sever
ul of the
COFFINS WKKE BIIItIKD EMPTY.
“The claim was made by the
undertaker that ghouls had rob
•>-d the grave. But the coffin lids
were nailed down tight. Now.
ghouls do not take off coffin lids.
They break in the top and take the
body out.
A BAD MISTAKE
“I remember once," said Elliott,
“when a big pussy negro was bur
tied in the pauper grounds a young
woman was hurried at the same
time. She had died of consump
tiod at the hospital. The ghouls
found out when the bodies were
buried They had to be put un
derground for their friends went
out with the undertaker. The
“Stiff raisers” wanted the girl's
body, as she was lean and sited for
dissection. The ; made a mistake
and dug up the negro. They got
him half way up, when to their dis
Lawrence Georgia, Tuesday April l, iBB4
gust they found out their mistake
and let him set straight up at the
head of his grave, his feet hang
ing down in the hole. The girl's
body was then taken. The next
day the negroe s relatives raised
money to take his body out of the
iiiiconsecrateil ground and bury it
elsewhere When they came they
found him sifting- up big us life,
auci they were
SCARED HALF TO D2ATH .
"We investigated, found the
girl’s body gone and accused the
ghouls of it. Thev didn't deuv it
but said "we made a mistake and
got tile old uig fust d- n him,’
and that was all we could do with
(hem. Fou must remember tlmt
then the law gave colleges the bod
ies of paupers not claimed by
Mends. It was as much against
the luw to lake ih;m as lo take
the stiff of a rich bar ker hurried
in stately style. 1 used to have
lots of trouble with the stiff' raie
ers. Dr. Minor, who was health
olhcer then agreeu with me that
iliey should be kept out of ihe
health office. I know once a body
was missed which had been burri
ed, and 1 sen! a sanitary officer to
see old Cuuuingham, ihe famous
old resuiTociionist of the Ohio col
lege, to see ,f he Lad gotten it.
Old "Gunny” swore and cussed,
but we finally searched his stable
across the Tthiiie, nud
FOUND SIX BODIES
stark naked and covered with straw
Of course we had them burried and
old “Canny" lost lus fees. He
was mad and even threatened the
officer, saying : "I’ll Burke yon,
and hang up your skeleton in a
week. This makes me believe
thatlhe
CRIME OF BURKING
has been going on for years in
Cincinnati. The remark of old
Canny makes me think so. I know
that often at night the young dis
trict physicians used toga'tier in
the health office and tell stories of
S'iff' raising, ami what sor of boiL
ies we e dissected in the Ohio med
icul college. I remember that
Coroner Muscroft and a red-liair -
ed doctor were among our district
men, and they were both active in
telling yarns of ghastly sights. 1
renumber they of en told how hod
ies were brought in with their
SKUII.S CRUSHED IN.
They told how women's bodies
were brought iu which showed
that they had been purposely
AI.OWEI) TO I>iE
in order that their cases might be
considered under the dissecting
knife. It was common talk that
persous were “burled,” and i
shows plainly that the right kind
of supervision is not exercised.’’
Apropos of the ghastly tales of
young doctors, Elliott told lire fol
lowing :
“A young green county boy en
tered the (Jbio medical college,
and so as usui 1 the older students
agreed to initiate him with a joke
in the dissecting room. it he
body of a young girl was laid on
a dissecting table. A mustache
was placed on her lip. Then fix
ing the body, the boys arid to th e
iew student : “Como along, now
and get acquainted with the stiff.”
//e came up, took one look, rush
ed. forward, jerked the luout-tache
from tbs lip, anil shrieking
FEU. FAINTI.NU ON THE CORPSE.
\\ hen he came too, he told that
the gjil was his half sister, who
had lived iu an Indiana village
near t.'incinnai. ls« had been
brought up away from home, but
recognized her body at once. Well
of course apologies were profuse
the body was recoffiued aud taken
back for burial. The affair was
hushed up aud never got in the
papers.”
if, as Elliott thinks, “Burking”
hai been praejeed for years in
< tincinnaii, and explanation is fur.v
ished for the hundreds of persons
mysteriously missed from time to
time. “6 1 ,” in Cincinnati Timm.
Hon John Q Adams, of Wash
ington, was recently poisoned
with some foul beef which lie
bougnt from some negroes. The
cow.was killed accidentally, and
when the negroes skinned her
they concluded to ael< some of the
beef. The negroes were proseeu
ted am] convicted iu the county
court.
I fKVOTKI >TO NKVVK, UTEMATUHE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS
A Hellish Attack
On last Thursday evening about
4 o’clock, Mrs. Sai rah Ann Chan
cey .wife of,Mr.'Calven Chancey ,ol
tins county, who lives near Mitch
ell s bridge, while on her way
from town, acotupauied by hor
little girl Marry, about ten years
old, was overtaken near the
bridge by one John Scott, a white
married man who followed them
ali ng some distance, cursing
and swearing and making all
kinds of hellish threats. Ilie wo
man and her little gi.l ran thro’
the woods until almost exhausted,
in trying to evade Scott, when
she met Mr. Sam Couch whom
she lohiol Scolt sjtlneats audjmen
aces Mr. Couch seeing John
Scott coming up in pursuit of the
woman and child, ran and caught
him and held him ul til they could
get away. When Couch released
his hold, however, Scott mimed
diately reuewed his pursuit and
overlook the woman and child
the second time, whereupon he
caught the little girl, and attempt
ed to'aceomplisli a crime at which
devils blush for shame. Tbe
screaming of the girl and her
mother soon brought Couch to
tbeir rescue a second time who
anted the woman and ehild to get
home again without tailing into
the clutches of tins hiiiuau devil
Scott.
The woman went immediately
over to Mr. Duke Hamilton's who
is a Justice of the peace in that
district, and had a warrant issued
for the arrest of Scott, charging
him with aniult .with intent to rape
The warrant was at once placed
into the hands of Constable Sims
who made diligent search for Scott
but was 100 late, he having made
his escape Mrs. Cbancey says
Scott had been drinking and was
partly under the influnce.of liquor
at the time. This however, we
are glad to know, is no excuse
but rather an aggravation of the
diabolical offence Scott may
thank Ins maker if lie escapes
under Judge Lyneh, and is allow
ed to [lick coal for Joe Brown the
the remainder of his worthless life.
— Bu'intr Watchman
Mr. David Dickson says:
Four distinct errors keep plun
ters from making good crop A —’
1. Not keeping sufficient mold
in the land.
2. Plowing too shallow in pre
paring for the crop.
3. planting too thick
4. Cultiva ing too deep.
Keep your land in good heart.
Two hundred pounds dissolved
hones will produce all the fertiliz
ing effects of one thousaad pounds
of bone dust.
Plant corn from 10th of March
to the first of April.
A man only gain* hard work
and more of it by very early plan
ting.
Lay oft corn rows seven feet
apart., with a long shovel, and
open out the furrow with a longer
shovel
The corn row should stand eight
inches deep.
Drop the manure three feet in
the bottom of furrow
Drop the corn within thrhe or
four inches of the manure, on the
near side of the multure &b the
dropper goes.
first plowing, line twenty two
wing sweep, /he right wing turn
ed down a little; four furrows le a
1 row
Seeond plowing, use same
sweep with right wing more eleva
ted. Split middle witii same,
both sides up; five furrows to a
row.
Third plowing side the corn
with twenty -two inch sweep; the
peas with a twenty six sweep—
siding ’lie font lust then the
peas.
From the Ist to the 20ih of
June plant peas. Ituu shovel
furrow in the middle; drop six or
eight evenly two feet apart uud
cover with h>*rrow. —Southern cul
tivator
The survivors of the Sinkat
butchery, who arrived at Huakitn,
report that the rebels ‘ore the
body es Tewlik Bay into pieces
and devoured his liver in accord
ince with their superstition.
CORRESPONDENCE
Editor Herat,l :
I hope you will give me space
iu your paper to reply to your
comment ou my communication,
published in vour issue.of the I‘tih
ult.
You s«y you believe I am a citi
zeu of this county by a tight
squeeze. 1 was brought to tiiis
couuiy by my father iu the month
of December 1884 ami / have
been iu the county ever since
with tiie exception of ten yeurs,
three of which 1 spent in Walton
county and sever in the county of
Cairoli So I have spent fifty
one years of my life iu the county,
fifteen of which was speut in
your town. Yet lam only a citi
zen by a tight sqceze. I have
been where 1 now reside ten 1 , are
and have paid ray taxes regularly
every year. It is true the line of
ihe county pas es ihrough my
farm aud I am very remote from
the county cite. yet. f am compel!
eil to pay taxes ull the s me as if
1 was a full Hedged citizen. Mr
Editor, will you fell me how long
I will have to reside in the couuiy
before I become a ci-izen. If /
have to stay until 1 approve d all
the aets and doing of the Larence
ville Bosses f will stay a long
time, unless they get lo doing
right, and stop burdening the
people wi li unnecessary laxa inn.
Yon say / attempt to hold you
responsible for the action of tbe
Grand Jury and County Com mb
sioneis. You are mistaken, and
no fair minded man who reads iny
letter can reasonably place such a
construction upon it. I only
claim that you belong to the New
Court House party, as is fully
shown by yonr editoria', and that
is true anil you cannot deny it.
You say you have not the time or
space to discuss a dead issue. O,
yes, you would he very glail the
county would consider it a dead
issue and quietly settle down into
calm submission to the action ol
the would be bosses and say noth
ing, but if I am not verry mucli
mistaken they m:ver will, but will
continue to talk and will hold eve
ry man responsible who is in fa
vor of any such uncalled for taxa
tion and will consign them to
back seats.
You aay you never learned tbal
I wan an architect. I can tell
you that ihere are many t hinge
true that you do not know, and
jou are not tao old to learn yet.
Though I never claimed to be an
architect, lam architect enough
to know that the people of thib
countv do not want to build a
new court house. It is true lam
a poor man and do not pay much
tax, bnt I have some feeling for
my fellow citizeus who do. lam
uuwilliug to pay one dime *o
build a court house bo long as
there is one that will answer ihe
ends ot justice.
You say there are a thousand
other men who will pay their tax
without tearing their shirts about
it. I think you are a little'mis'ak
en in the number Ido not be
lieve tnere are iwo hundred men
in ihe county who are willing to
pay for building a new court
house. I have never met but two
mei yet who favors it, and one of
them lives iu your town. I under
stand there is one in this district.
My opinion is that, if ii wus l»fi to
a vote of the people it would be
defeated by at least twenly to
one.
On the gulf question I will say
I am no aspirant, though J would
love to have friends, bnt I must,
have them upon the right priuci
pies, f never allow any man to
diciate to me the terms upon
which he w'll be my friend. He
must be my friend upon my terms
or not stall. Ido not compro
mise my honest opinion :o consili
ate the favors of any man or men.
I am not hunting for the popular
current. Ia 1 living on my farm
and trying to make an honest liv
ing by cultivating the soil. I live
ai home and have my washing
doue near the well. lam not as
piringforany official position, if
nothing troubled me worse than a
desire for office I certainly would
be very happy indeed.
Allow me to say in conclusion, j
Mr Editor, that if any man who
favors the new court house ever
• •ins for office and ge’aa single or
double vote in thia part of the
county, ii will be by a tight
squeeze.
W. B Bkackwkix.
March 8t 1884
MEYtORIUM.
Mrs. Mouut Sinai 'Mitchell, nee
b'arner, was born iu Lawrens dis
• lint S. 0. April tith 1811, joiued
the Methodist church when quite
a child; so small that when grown
she did not remember her age
whob she became a member ; was
married to Win. F. Mitchell, Sep
•.ember 11th 1827, aud died at her
home in Gwinnett Couuty Gn (
April 14th 1884
Mrs. Mitchell was the mother
of five children, three sons aud
two daughters; she survived all
her children except her youngest
child a soli, J. W Mitchell, wlm
now resides all he old homeetead
She was always attentive lo home,
and domestic dimes, indeed a help
meet to her husband, in his ear
nest toils for a comfortable living,
a kind levoied loving wife; a tlio't
ful. attentive, affectionate, sympa
thet.io mot In r Mrs. Mitchell.
“Aunt Sinai." as she was called
the latter years of her life, by her
kindness, will linger in the memo
ries of the people of her iteighbor
liooil, for she was always ready
with some act. of kindness, ofteu
dispensing to the neely comforts
of which they were desd ute No
doubt many weary passing sol
tiers, during the late vvai, were
mil le glad by her kind neighborly
spirit.
Slio lived to be 70 years and
ei-lit days old, was much afflicted
the last few years of her life, and
suffered a gicat deal, but complain
ed little; often keeping up andeir
gaged about her domestie affairs,
when leally unable; always willing
to do even more than she wus re
«lly able. She manifested humili
ty aud chrisiian meekness with
much patience to tbe last, Hriil
seemed perfectly resigned to God's
will, as to whether she should
live long or die soon. She was
lev >te I to her church and
Pastor. Her spirit is werthy ot
jmi'uiion by wives aud mothers.
May the surviving soil answer the
earnest longing de.-ire of a devot
ed loving mother, and meet her in
Heaven.
William Fisher Mitchell was
born]in Rutherford county, North
Carolina, Nov 23rd, 18(M>, and
died inGwiunet.t county, (la., Ju
ly 10th 1883.
He moved to Georgia whea a
young man, reached the Slate
January ‘2sth 1820. After living
more tbau a year and a half with
his sis'er, Mis Dorcus darkness,
he was married in theu J tckson
county, (la., to Miss M S Garner,
September 11 tb, 1827. He then
became a permanent citizen of
fVwiunett county,- residing on the
head Su vannee creek,
//e devoted himself principally to
funning aud by application and
dilligeuce, be was more than an
ordinary success in bis business,
and acquired a comfortable com
potency, He lived with bis devot
e<l wife more than fifty four years
and reared five children, three
eons and two daughters. Two of
his.sons died in. defense of ibeii
country during the laie wur.
Both of,his daughters died before
him, ufler being married which
left him only one son, who sur
vives and was faithful to the last
wants of his loving father.
He was about thirty years old
when lie uuiied himself with the
Methodist church. He lived a
quiet, unassuming member of this
church until his death. He was
noi dei onstrative religiously, but
upright in life. He adhered dose
ly but quietly to his own views
and notions, aud for this, perhaps
seemed to some a little obstinate.
He was it very resolute man.
He was stricken with paralysis,
whi n in his plantation /ooking af
ter his business, and became al
most entirely helpless aud (peach
less, though he did not seem to
became utall irrational. He was
carried to his house a«d remained
iu that slate only a few days, and
passed away peacefully and qu : ot
iy
-11. M. yiULUAN.
A Slew I.iek at LtquOr
To Jsy a very important trial will
take place iu .lug Tavern. Blabey
A Smith several mouths agoesiab
lished a bar room there, and ii is
said that Ban Smith's district mil
the upper edge of Walton tried
themselves the day the bar was
opened, iu drinking whisky, curs
ing and sw earing The citizens of
Jug Tavern have employed Messrs
\Y E Simmons aud C. H. Brand
to have the bar abated as a nuis
auce. The bar-keepers hive em
ployed Hay & Walker to represent,
them Deputy Sheriff No veil has
summoned ajury, and the question
of nuisance or uo nuisance will he
tried to-day bv 12 freeholders. A
great deal excitement exist over
the ma ter, ard quite a number of
citizens have gone from this place
lo witness the trial. Wultou News
Washington, March 13. E. F.
Hedlmrg, from New York, on bis
way to Macon Ga , was vichiaized
by a confidence operator on the
Baltimore and Ohio train which
arrived here ,»t 8.30 yesterday,
//esays that shortly after leaving
New York, an elderly man, with
gray heard aud well dressed, took
a seat beside him and lliev etigag
ed in conversation. By the time
they entered Fie suburbs of I‘hila
dolphin he hail every confidence
in the stranger. Then the sirun
ger pretended to have uo change,
aud remarking that he owed the
baggage master some money.he ask
ed Mr: Hedberg to change a #IOO
bill. Mr. Hedberg counted out
#IOO in small bills, and looking at
the note offered and seeing a large
“O’ and ‘100" on the corners,
placed it in his pocket After the
departure of the stranger, whom
lie never saw again, lie examinee
(he #IOO bill, which turned out to
be a patent medicine advertising
circular.
If it is not two la'e to present
tc our fur me- friend* the follow
ing list of resolutions taken from
Rural New Yorker:
Go out behind the barn, und
lin k your trousers in your boots
and looking over your left'should
er at the poultry-house, re
solve.—
That you won’t allow the base
ment of your trousers to wear the
paint off' the plow beam
That you won’t keep a worthless
dag
That you will be kinder to yonr
wife and family acquaintances.
That you won t goin debt.
That you will lie a better farm
er than ever before.
That yon will live be'ter ibis
year than the past
That you will keep acounts.
That you will know what your
family expenses are.
Thai you will know what each
crop cost, aud wuui it brings in.
That yeu will be economical
bnt penurious.
The longest 'ine of fence in ihe
world will be tbe wire fence extend
ing from the Indian Territory
west across the Texas Panhandle
and thirty five miles into New
Mexico. It is said that eighty
five miles of this fence is already
uu l u r contract, lie course will
be in the line of the Canadian riv
er, aad its purpose is to Stop tee
drift of the northern cattle Jt is
a bold and splendid enterprise,
and will pay a large percentage
on the investment. The fence will
be over two hundred miles long.
Postmaster General Gresham
says if the bill providing for u
postoffice building in every town
having 2.5(H) inhabitants is amend
ed so as to limit the cost of Ihe
cost in each to $l- r (MM> and pro
vide that they shall he erected uu
der ti e supervision of the post
master general he, will aprove it.
Hitt the anther of the bill, says
it will be so amended and pass
ed.
Money lias beeu offered in New
York within the past few days at
li per cent, for approved paper
with no takers.
If Lincoln should be nominated
for President New York will
spring the name of Fred Howard
for Vice-President.
Bartow county wauts prohibi
tion.
1 Vol. XIV.— No 1
Tlie wheat in looking wall in
southern Georgia
The Urges' c.ty in Japan i»Osa
ka. which con tain a 1,685,1195 in
habitant!
It is staled that a railroad is
now completed from Mexico te
the Kio-Gmude
•In to bo is said to hiiea increased
five mchea in height daring hie
stay in tbiH country
Canada is having trouble with
her provincee. Manitoba and On
tario both threaten to secede.
OxforJ Til ivorsitv, England,
has decided to grant woman the
same examination as is given to
men.
Gen Grant finds “Old Point
Comfort" misnamed, so far as he
is concerned. His rheftmatisra
still continues.
4 Source of iailnenee
In accounting for the sttccess'of
the la'e Thnrlow VVeeti as a poli
tician, stress has been laid upon
his knowledge of human nature,
h:a|tact in managing men and his
fertility in devising expedient.
But the Christian Union publishes
au anecdote which shows that per
sonal iuriueuce. due to generous
trea‘ ueut. of enemies and forgive
nessof injuries, had quiteaH much
to do with his success as his
shrewdness. It says :
Mr Edward Crosswell was the
editor of the Albany Argus and
the manage! of, - the Uemocralic
party ; Mr Weed wan the editor of
the Albnuy evening Journal and
the manager of the Whig party.
They were political foes; the
party strife was hot; the papers
were rivals anil the conflict easily
degenerated from|a purely politic
al strife to a bitter quarrel. The
two men never spoke.
While the buttle was at its hol
teet, the failure of the City Bank
hunk Knitted Mr Crosswell, and
threatened seriously to embarrass
him, if not absolutely to drive
him from his position as the con
trolling spirit of the Argus.
Mr Weed learned the facts, and
started out in the evening of the
day to Mr Crosswell’s house
He walked back and forth in
front of the house for nearly, half
an hour before hs could make up
his mind to execute his impulse ;
then he rang the bell, went in,
and* when Mr Crossweft came
down to meet lent, walked up lo
him, extending both his hands and
saying:
“Mr. Crosswell, I hoar that you
are in trouble. Lot ns bury the
past, I have come to you as a
friend, to offer yon anything I
have, or anything I caa do. Trust
in me; lean on me.’’
And he went out, and iu]a short
time raised from among his own
and Mr Crosswell’s friends the
sum of $‘2O,lXlO, euough to put
him on his feet again. Such acts
of Christian chivalry in political
strife are rare; too rare to be left
unknown and uuhonored.
m
A t otal Winer* ■lory
The following may show that
gratitude to a higher Bower is
oftener felt than expressed to
outer world. “On one occasion,"
said my informant, “three »f us
chroucbed d6wn in a ftfli. The
pony was going at a walk up a
slight rise. I can’t tell how it
happened, but I must have raised
my head Unconsciously above
;ho level of the tub. I felt my
forehead touch a crossbeam in the
roof, and tefore I had time to r#
fleet I knew I was in fatal peril. The
forward movement of the tub Jam
med ipy head bet ween the beam
and the edge of tue tub I gave
myself u| wrench” trying toget
free; but T couldn't. All this of
course, passed, hi a fracton of a
second and l gave myself up as
dead Now comes the most wood
erful part. At :be very time my
head touched the roof, in the
very crisis of my agony of mind
'when the r hole situation flashed
over me,"the pony sloped I had
utimed no cry the pony stopped.
I dre.vdowu my head and couch
down almost fainting in the tab
My life was saved. 1 never told
my companions untill we earne
out, when they remarked bow pale
I looked. For weeks, whenever
1 went down the pit,‘T was almost
unnerved by Shu tetri blejrecollec
turn. Aud I tell you, sir, 1 have
read of drowning people seejug
at a glance all the past scenes
of thief lives—l never thought
much of it—but I tell you every
scene and deed of my life seemed
to come before me in a flash of
light. I saw everything. I have
never forgotten, and shall never
forget, the feeling cf that day.
How it was that pony stopped
and my life was saved, 1 can't say
but if it wasn’t Providence, I
don’t know what else it eotthl have
been.”