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TIIE WEEKLY GWINNETT HERALD. I' i Mf i Vi PKKPLKS, i C.Oir.lß AND Pkopkistok ( ’•/\ The H DUD <* VBl HIICD «CvR.:V BY PEEPLES & bowlfs. HORSI'HIPriON liATKS : l copy 12 iuos . #1.50 in advance. I copy *5 mos., .75 iii advance. 1 copy 3 iuoa., .50 iu advance. Low Enough for Everybody . AS An Advert i si ny,. Medina* The HERALD is iinrqualet by reason of its ertensive circulation ami remarkably tow rates, falsities*mie should r* member this BLANKS BL.AivK-'i ' BLANKS (aI.I. KIND* NKAfI.V rRINTku) FOR SALE A T T H K H EH A D JO ti O El' It Jr MISOFI .1 iAN V* nony sNATcm va. 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.”