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PELEG KENYON’S. FORTUNE.
DI.QlttM Wealth that Became the
Banian cf Hie i.iri~Dyla{ an Bn-
heppr, Frlendleae Old Man,
Leevlee Proper!j Ketlmal-
ed ta be Worth STSO.OOO
—Meklnc Reetltutlou
in Hie Will.
Hartford, March 7.—Pcleg Ken*
yon,aged GO, recently died in Gris-
void, a rural manufacturing vil-
hge in the eastern part of this
Slate, leaving prorerty worth, it
it estimated, $750,000. Kenyon
was a bachelor, lank, keen eyed
and bald, and a typical Yankee.
He died a miserable old miser.
The boast of his life was that lie
started at a machinist’s trade at
ll years of age, and at 21 was
worth $75,000. He has lived alone
in the barren Kenyon homestead
for years, an unhappy, friendless
old man. At his luneral not a tear
was shed on his bier, and there was
no particularly interested atten
dant save a Boston lawyer. Most
of his property is in real estate and
mortgages in Eastern Massachu
setts, and be left it to the heir of
Henry ilenderson, an importer of
West India goods, who thrived at
the Hub somewhat more than 40
years ago.
Pcleg Kenyon’s mother was a
hard-fisted Yankee widow, honest
bnt ambitious. When her son left
the old farm, more than two score
years ago, just as the ploughing
for oats was about to be begun, to
leek bis fortune in a Boston ma
chine shop, the widow was mad at
him. She took hold of the plough
handles herself, and told Peleg
never to come back until he bad
made his pile. Before a month
baa elapsed he was the butt of the
shop whero lie worked in conse
quence of his frequently and care
lessly expressed determination to
become a rich man within five
years. He was considered cranky.
A year later the gawky stripling
was installed in the great ware
house of Henry Henderson as the
oigbt watcuman. He also did odd
jobs of repairing about the place.
He soon ingratiated himself into
the good graces of his employer by
bis indefatigable labors and bis
faithfulness.
During the six months that fob
lowed Peleg was not idle. He at'
tended closely to his duties, and in
bis leisure hours be made first a
duplicate key to the office, then one
to the safe, and lastly one to the
cash box inside the safe From
time to time he would investigate
the contents of the cash box, bnt
never finding more than from
$3,000 to $3,000 in it, he bided bis
time patiently. One Saturday after
noon the house received after bank
ing hours a cash payment of $105,
000 for a crop of molasses. The
money was placed in the cash box
in the ollice lor safety. The safe
was both lire and burglar proof,
and the presence of a trusty watch
man in the building convinced Mr.
Henderson that the great pack >ges
of bills would tie as sccuro there as
anywhere. That night, as soon as
Kenyon was left alone, he opened
the safe and the cash box, stuffed
the bills into bis pockets, locked
the doors behind him, walked to
the depot, and took the evening
train for Putnam, Conn. At 12
o’clock that night he drovo up to
the old homestead iu Griswold. At
five the next morning he was at the
Putnam depot again, but minus the
money. Sunday night he resumed
kin duties as night watchman in
the warehouses of Henry Header-
amount of talk would affect the On. or the out starlet,
thief. The detectives were baffled. I laucaco n«aM.j .
a„ rit. m w<• Beoure „£ “ p s
the money. The widow Kenyon, panted to a scar on his arm, and then
too, was baffled. She was taken to the Confederate pushed back the gray
Boston, and with her eyes stream- hair from his own head and pointed to
ing with tears she implored Peleg a saber cut that was almost grown over,
to make restitution. It was with- T ho stranger put down an empty sleeve
whero it would show and the Federal
and tho Confederate “took him into
out avail.
the floor which seemed to conflict with
Ml. Hendsrson was disgusted, the first one made.
At tho end of a week he offered Somebody’s bright-faced boy, with
At the end ot a ween lie one red linosS of bearins an d head of red
l’elcg his liberty if be would return h „,, hni . ( . rnu .,i„,i into tho erour, and
eleg his liberty if he would return ba j r 7 had crowde d into tho group and
the money. nestled at tho feet of ono of tho soldiers
“Why, I want to goto prison and story-tellers. I should say he was
for it,” was his answer. “I expect 10 or a year beyond. Then ho asked a
to be punished fot taking it.” question: “Was there much excitement
$1,000, was the merchants next an( j riuttirif? his hand on tho boy's heal
otter- * j asked: “How old are you, sonny.'” I
• 4 i’ll give you $1,000 to let me didn’t hear the reply. “Ah, I see,” said
go,” responded Kenyon. j the frosty-faced fighter of^ many a ye%r
“Rough an Coughs.**
Ask fur “Rough on Conch*," for Coughs, Colds
Sore limit, Hoarseness. Troches, 15c. Liquid,
“Roughfoa Rats.'*
Hsart Pains.
Palpitation. Dropsical Swellings, Diszliiess, In
digestion. Headache, Sleeplessness cured bv
“Wells' Health itunewer*'*
‘•Rough on Corns,'*
Ask for Well#* “Bough on Corn*.** 15c. IJoick
complete cure. H«rd or soft corns, wurts, ouu
to be tho old grena-
l J they
The offer to Kenyon was slowly wf'are^beginnini,
increased to $10,000, and he as diers. Some of these days, an
steadily advanced his offer for lib- won't be such a long way off, wo will be
erty to" that amount. Mr. Hender- pointed out as the last survivors of this
son was now in despair. He gave 00 T* 8 ° r that ” Then ho 8 “ddenly re-
up all hope of getting the money,
and arranged bis business so as to
On Monday, ot course, there was
an outbreak. Consternation pre
vailed in the establishment when
the cashier, on opening the safe at
the beginning of business hours,
found the cash box empty. Where
could the money have gone to?
The night watchman was ques
tioned closely. He knew nothing
abont it, had seen no one about the
place nor in it, nor had be been oil
the premises after dark. Two
detectives were put on the case and
the next day Kenyon was arrested
on snspicion. He stoutly main
tained his innocence, and was re
luctantly taken to prison and locked
op. Mr. Henderson visited him
daily and talked with him, but
Kenyon held an unbroken front for
weeks. Finally the merchant grew
desperate. His business was badly
cramped by the loss of the money.
Ho trace of it could be found any
where. No one was suspeeted ex
cept Peleg, and many believed him
innocent. Mr. Henderson walked
into bis cell one day and said:
“Peleg, this thing has gone on
long enough. You stole that
“Well, what if I did?” coolly re
plied Peleg.
“What 11 yon did? You scoun-
mei, wny, I’ll aena you .a prison
for life!”
“No, yon won’t, Mr. Henderson.
Massachusetts law provides seven
years only for the man who steals
from bis employer,” Peleg replied
laughingly.
on villaint Wbat do you
■can?” said Mr. Henderson.
“I can’t earn $100,000 in seven
yean, Mr. Henderson, and you
know I’m bound to be a rich man.
Mow I’ve got that much, and after
I’Ve been punished seven years for
taking it, It’s mine, don’t you see?”
The merchant was baffled. No
do without it. Kenyon was not
brought to trial, however, and two
months later Mr. Henderson asked
him submissively wbat he would do.
“If you’ll let mu go with a writ
ten guarantee not to trouble me,
I’ll give you all hut $75,000 to-mor
row,” said Pele^blandly.
“Hanged if I will,” said the mer
chant.
Six weeks more rolled by, and
Mr. Henderson saw fit to accept
the terms of the shrewd Yankee
thief. For $30,000 he signed an in
strument putting Kenyon out of
harm’s way, with the lion’s share of
the money iu in his pockets. Ken
yon was released. He went at once to
Griswold, crawled under the horse
stable in the red barn at the old
homestead, and drew forth the bun
dle of $105,000 in bills intact. He
counted out $75,000, and going
into the house, said to his mother:
“Mary, there’s my pile.”
“No good will come of it, my
son,” she sternly responded.
Peleg wont back to Buston and
paid over $30,000, first investing
his own money skilfully in real
estate, mortgages, and loans. Fin
ancially lie was fortunate. Socially
be was ostracised. In ten years he
bad doubled and trebled his for
tune, but in the meantime his
mother had died, as had all his near
relatives. He went back to the old
farm in Griswold, and made it the
fairest in the land. The barren
hillsides blossomed like the rose
tree, fat cattle bellowed from the
rich valleys, and fine horses neighed
in the old Mtables. But the honest
people held alool from him. and for
the rest of his life Peleg Kenyon
lived alone u soured and rapidly
aging man, with no enjoyment save
tne piling up and gloating over his
ill-gotten wealth. 11 finally became
the burden of bis life, although the
story dropped out of memory years
ago, and be was forgotton. His
interest in the farm died out. Last
summer he sent for his lawyer in
Boston, and made a will in the
hope of partially atoning for the
great wrong of his life, lie was
found dead, alone, in front sf bis
treasure chest, sitting upright in
his chair.
If the number ot post offices
named after him are any indication
of popularity, says a Washington
special, Frank Hatton is the most
popular of Postmaster Generals.
In Ida native State of Ohio two
villages struggled for this honor.
The one that was worsted, deter
mined not to be entirely balked,
compromised on Hattonia. The at
taches of the department say that
Gen. Hatton was always averse to
granting these petitions. On one
occasion the people of a Georgia
town petitioned him to chango.the
name of their place to Hatton.
He refused. They then wrote
back asking if they might call it
“Hat Off.” “Yes|” said Hatton,
when the letter was read to him;
“any community of people who
take their bats off to me can have
whatever they like,” and Hat Off
is to this day a post office.
At a White House reception not
long since Dr. Mary Walker was
presented to Mrs. McElroy. Mrs.
McElroy spoke a word or two to
her rather unexpected guest; and,
■o it happened, the next person
piesented to her was a Miss Mann.
To her Mrs. McElroy made the
neat remark: “I have just been
presented to a woman who would
like to ue a man. I am picased
now to meet a Mann who is con
tent to remain a woman.”
An old Indian canoe, 21£ feet
long, was recently dug out of the
sand on the shoro of Canandaigua
Lake. An arrow was found em
bedded in its side. It was found
at what was known as Deer Hun.
calfed tho boy’s quory and answered,
“Yes, my son; there was a good deal of
excitement about it, so I heard, when
the war was over. But we didn't know
much of what the country thought at
that time.”
"Which sidowhipped?” asked the boy.
The old Federal's face clouded a sec
ond, but only a second, and then his
honest expression lightened as be nodded
to the Confederate.
“His side?" asked the boy, looking at
the Confederate.
The brown face in a gray setting
lookod out from under two great eyes
that wero as peaceful as the fields when
the harvest is plenty. “His sido,”said
the Confederate, pointing to the old
Federal.
“No,” said tho man who had been
with Grant.
"Maybe it was a draw,” said tho boy.
“Yes—Yes”—said two voices at tho
same time, in the same key.
Ixmgevity In Hornes.
[Live Stock Journal. |
While the aptitude for living to a
great ago is undoubtedly inherited, still
this tendency to long living many times
shows up in tho character of a spurt, ns
n single son or daughter from a given
pair may attain to a groat age, all other
scions from tho samo stock being only
modorate long livers. As to longevity,
as we ordinarily meet with it, there uro
physical signs that, fully inspected and
estimated at their worth, will always bo
found to tally with the results.
The thoroughbred has a firm structure
throughout, clearly the result of trans
mission through an agency rendered
firm of tissue by continuous and somo-
what severe training, ignoring accumu
lation of fuk Tho latter substance in
excess, or even approaching this, places
tho horso, or tho person with this pe
culiarity, ns though with a sword sus
pended over him by a very weak thrend.
Life is prolonged by such repeated
efforts as give vigor, short of sapping
tho vitality, and one of the ngcncies
througli which this is dono is curtail
ment of tendency to fatno s.
Wo have in trees corroborative evi
dence that firm texture leads to long
lifo. The hardwood trees aro consid
ered by naturalists to bo long-lived in
proportion os they grow thick and stout
rather than tall, bllm plants are, os a
rule, delicate and short-lived. Wo can
safely apply this similitude to the horso,
and calculate that the spindliug, leggy
horse will not provo hardy or long-lived.
Tho firm texture of tho flesh and bones
of tho tnulo may be taken ns evidence
that this coucontratioa of structure may
be considered to bo associated, as a rule,
with tendency to long life, und it is
worth considering how far we can safely
depart from the peculiarity referred to.
Utility of Microbes.
iScientiflc Exchange.]
At the last meeting of tho French
Academy of Sciences M. Pasteur road a
letter of M. Buteau’s on the utility of
microbes in tho system of creation, tho
writor maintaining that vegetation
would bo impossible in a world in which
no microbes existed. In the course of
somo remarks suggested by tho commu
nication M. Pasteur doo'.ared that for
his own part he believod that lifo itsolf
would bo impossible for animals fed on
absolutely puro food—that is, food froo
from ordinary microbes, and he an
nounced his intention of submitting bis
theory to the test of practical experi
ment if his other labors allowed him the
time necessary for the purpose.
Industrial Villases.
I London* Letter.)
The Society for Promoting Industrial
Villages is the name of a recently incor
porated English association having for
Its object the relief of tho congested dis
tricts in tho large cities by removing the
surplus people into the country, paying
the cost of transportation and providing
means of employment. In several cases
small towns have been started with these
people, in which weaving, dressmaking,
candy manufacturing and tho like are
carried on, and next spring market gar
dening will be tried. Several very
wealthy philanthropists are at the head
■of tho movement.
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Children, slow In development, ptiujr, scrawny
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Stregth- nlng, iin| roved, the host for bnekaebe
pains in chest or side rheumatism, neuralgia.
At West Point, U».,aJruitgrow
er has sold since 1881 seventy-six
thousand dollars wori h of peaches
off of not more than fifty acres of sulphur,
trees. i
The Ralnrall or Western Kansas.
[Exchange.]
A writer in Science, discussing the
subject of rainfall in Kansas, finds that,
while this has increased 20 per cent, in
the eastern part ot the state sinco its
occupation by tho white settlers,
western Kansas has little increase of
rainfall to boast of and little to hopo
for. lie greatly doubts, indeed, whether
half of the state, lying outsido tho im
mediate track of vapor-laden winds can
ever bavo a rainfall adequate to main
tain successful agriculture.
Soot os an Absorbent.
[Chicago Times. ]
People who are forced to live in cities
which burn soft coal will be pleased to
hear that an Englishman declares that
soot is useful in absorbing germs of dis
ease Fad in preventing the spread of
epidemics by it* diffusion of carbon and
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