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GALLAHER'3 INDEPENDENT,
ITBLISUED EVEItV BAXUItDAV AT
rr>i an, (* a..
BY
J. C. GALLAHER.
TERMS OF srnSC IUPTIOV i
TWO DOLLARS /ter Annum in Atitmtce.
(.From our Baltimore Corre*j*omleut. J
CLOSF. TIIK DOOR OEKTLV."
BY loUN DIAMOND.
(Tom- the door gently, father's asleep,
His fever is broken •bin (dumber in deep,
Lmh in bin wu faee ami wo there no paiu—
Brother, he thankful we’ve father aff&itb
Clowe the doMTauftly and conta to hit aide, j
What wimhl we do, luutamr father have died? ,
I Wrote has lured iuv our wt ary lift* through: i
Ok)** the floor gently and do aa i do,
f lo’ru- tin- aooh gently and kneel with me here, :
To Hint who ban npaml uh our own father '
dear;
Win# lias given him hac k t<> our anus once again,
Borne him timmgh sullerimrand softened his
pa iu.
t'hmi the door gently and look in his faee
And mark how it gathers in health and in j
graee,
Is he hot noble thin father of ottit,
\V;diiag Ui lift*, like the budding of flower* V
I<et n* kwe nil in this fa*t flying Hfe,
Sister and brother, and husband and wile,
Fsßier's loVe only rflfintr has defied:
( lost? the door gently and ootne to his aide.
(Uotw* the diH>r gently, father s awake,
Bsu k front the whore* -f the fathomless lake :
Weary with travel* Imt laden with charms.
Anxious to clas}> us once more in his arms. |
Father, dear father. We lovtvfl yem before,
Xovf vYi-ahall love you a tin ni*a:id times more.
nYhwait*. dear heart, from the shadowy land.
(Jio#e the door gently And kiss bis dear baud. !
Baltimore, M. T>.. Kept. $4, 1K74.
FOOLING THE OLD WAN.
“No,” mid Mr. Chalmers, shortly. “No.
IT lore’s no necessity for discussing the
hint ter. I simply mv no, mid put an end
Li it, rtttd there will h no need whatever
for you t* call upon my dnnghtc*r any
more. No offcuiee intended: hut tin* her-
Fatit will Ik* iusfcrtiotcd to say Tiot at home’
til TfHI.”
‘Hut. my dear sir.' plead Mr. Alfred
(•opely. Miss (T-.ahners has made me hap
py by confessing that that she does not
dislike* Die mid a rising architect "
’1 said I did not intend to discuss the
fiwUe*. sntd Mr. f'hjihm-rs. ‘No doliht
you arc. aVcl'v rcKpcctabb* voting man, but
my ditnghter is not of age; therefore I coti
frol lor iictiouK. Good-doy sir.’
And Mr. Chalmers rang the bell, ami
Air. ( opely, who had beeh referred to pa
ftv Miss Travinin Cb.-.bn<*rs, cudy the cvi n
?hg before, and who bud eute-ed the libra
ry full of hope and c nihdcnc *, retired
ere-1 fatleu.
Not
dM tffii ( yfi Miss Larinfe, but be sent
•n*y . tittle oP\ and the result was. that at
it certain h-ur i*\ery < Veiling, the cook.
Well lribed, nnlm ked the area-gnb*, and
Miss m a Waterproof and hood,
ibde nmnd the corner there to talk aiul
Walk.fu' the *pu<*o of huff art hour, with
her beloved Alfred, nttd with him bewail
the hard fate that kepttiiem asunder.
Sucre* s cntluddens. At first even this
was done in four and trembling, hut finally
Allred grew ladder. On rainy u gbts lie '
used to come ir to the kitelierr, and Mu-re,
in the shadow of the copper boiler, direct*
1/ under the feet of the parent who had so
cruelly exerted his authority, the two poor
turtle doves were a# happy ms possible. —
June, who said that she knew by experi
ence what true love was, furthered their ,
happiness by retiring early on these nights,
and received blessing* as well os bonnets
tar 1 cj consideration.
*>ften during these interviews mi awful
bamping was he. r l overhead. In the}
kitchen it sounded like some sort of rna
chitlery, and it w as very plain that it made
litrtfnin nervous. At last Alfred, whose
curiosity had been excited, questioned con
cerning it, and received a startling answer.
glpfftMtt it’s the spin to, Alfred, dear.’’
“Sf*iritaV” cried Alfred.
“AT**, cfcjrr," said Laritita, “Didn't yott
known pa believed iu ’em V”
“No,” said Alfred. “Does he?”
“Oh, ves,” said Luvinia. “Mr. Stripes,
the medium, conies every Thursday, and
hfc i trying bo make u medium of pa. Ma
is afraid of it, lint she has to help make the
dircle. They put their hands on the ta
ble, yon know, and spirits come and tip
it. Three bombs means ‘yes,” and two
'doubtful, ami one *Ho.* And Mr. Brriptss
says that pretty all til h car voices
'mh\ see spirit forms. Ma says when the
spirit forms appear she shajl die of fright.
It’s vei>J good for hie, though,” added La
viuia. “i-V forgets to look after mo as
long as the table is tipping.”
This explanation mitered Alfred’s mind
and pastil out of it again, and was in a
measure forgotten. The meetings went
on, and the love re grew so bold that they
absolutely forgot there was such a tiling as
danger, when nigh about teu o’clock a
heavy stop was heard upon the kitchen
stairs, add Lavinia, with a stifled shriek,
declared that “pa” was coming, and be
sought Alfred to bide himself, “for her
sake. ”
Alfred, not averse to hiding himself for
his own sake, yielded without much oppo
sition, and ii* a twinkling found himself
on the wood cedar stairs, and iu a minute
more in tle wood cellar itself. What is
more, eve* here he was not safe, for the
door in the kitchen entry opened imme
diately and a gruff voice said;
‘ Hand me a candle, Vinuy—l’m- going
down* to get a pi teller of beer-"'
AJfced retreated before the advancing
.indle. He gaaed about huu. There was
but one object in sight that appeared capa
ble of concealing even his slender form.—
It was the beer barrel. Behind this he se
creted himself itj one wild pimp.
Down came papa. The light of the
candle went before him.
VOL. 11.
The pitcher clinked against the stone
floor as be sat it down, and Alfred t’opely,
in endeavoring to coiitract himself into a
smaller compass, bumped against the bar
rel.
Mr. Chalmers heard the bump. His
hand was on the faucet but ho paused,
and sitting hack upon his heels, propound
ed the singular and startling query:
“Does a spirit desire to communicate ?”
Alfred was a genius. A genius always
sees his opportunity, instead of keeping si
lence and quaking with fear. He replied
in a soft falsetto:
“Yes.”
“Ha !” cried Mr. Chalmers. “A spirit
voice ! Stripes said 1 should hear them. I
Is that a spirit voice ?”
“Yes,” replied Alfred, behind the bar
rel.
• Spirit of a man ?”
“No.”
“< )f a woman ?’*
“Yes.”
“AVbut woman ?”
“Your guardian angle, Martha,” replied
Alfred.
“My aunt Martha?” asked Mr. Chal
mers.
“Yes.”
“Poor dear *oul,” said Mr. CTiulmers.
getting out bis handkerchief and wiping
his eyes. I’s glad to hear from you Aunt i
Martini.”
“Bless you nephew,” said Alfred.
“Have, you anything particular to com- ,
munieate ?” said Mr. Chalmers.
“Yes,” ieplied Alfred.
“Concerning uiyself V”
“Audothers,” said Alfred.
“What others?” asked Mr. Chalmers.
“Your daughter,” said Alfred. “You
have done Very wrong.”
“How ?” asked Mr. Chalmers.
“In refusing the young man Alfn and.
whom the spirits sent to her, said Alfred. ,
“Gnudous goodness ? ’ said Mr. t.Tuil
mers.
“I myself guided his feet to this house,
s.iid Alfred. ‘ Beware the consequences!
if you drive him from her. The dwelling
you abide in will be Imnnted by an evil
spirit. "
“But, I say, f didn’t know,” said Mr.
Chalmers.
“Repair the evil tli n,” said Alfred.
“J wiil,” safd tin* old gentleman.
“Mend fur him.” said Alfred.
“To morrow. ' said Mr. Chainin'*.
“Swear,” said Alfred.
“i\uj my word," said Mr. (Taliu< r*.
“1 ieuv tiw*e in ]w. Ailfeu,” said
the spirit.
Air. Chalmers enlb-d on his beloved mint ;
to speak again, but all wussileiiee. Tilcli,
with altakiug limbs, he hurried up the eel
lerstairs with his pitcher still unfilled;;
and, before lu* slept, wrote a note to Al
fred, who, na he sealed It, glided out of the
urengnte, convulsed with laughter.
To-day Lavinin is Mrs. Copely, and j
things have turned out so well that Mr. ;
ClmhmTs
advice of the spirit*voire In the wood-cel
Ur, and is fond of narrating this adven
ture to select circles of believers, who re
joice in such authentic confirmation of the
potency of spiritual manifestations.
Home.
After all, when one comes to think of it,
there are not many homes. There are, of j
course, innumerable places which go by
the name of homes, called so for it waist of i
h better tlrttiftmitioii, or berite rvorylmdv |
calls the place whore lie eats auSklecps I
"home;" Imt when yon cmne tluwft to the
real softer fact, homes sire comparative-j
ly sc.tree. A home is a refuge-place from i
the stonns, the fret uml worry of life. It j
Ls a place where tlic Inislrand comes to aj
an actuary, where smiles and loving words j
answer hi* smiles and loving greetings. I
It is a place where the wife reigns in her
benignity and grace; not, it may be. Un
grace of the outward beauty, or cultivation, j
Imt of the true womanhood, w here she
receives honor and love, even as she gives
them both. It is a place where children
ore happier than anywhere else in the
world, because there are the elreeriest
woids, the brightest looks mid kindest
nets. .Such are not Jbe majority of homes
as we find them. How dm-s it happen
that when yon see a real Itome, a light,
- pleasant spot where every one seems to be
happy; where if husband and wife have
misunderstandings, no one cvei knows it;
where the children seem to Vs? hopeful of
one another; where laughter and smiles
perpetual guests, why does it strike one
as peculiar and noticeable ? Simply because
there are so few of them. 1 will not ask
yon to think of your own home.—
Lot us indulge in the luxury oi talking
about our neighbors. There is Mr.
Smith's house. What are your ideas about
his home ? You seehim go in at night
fall, looking used up l>y the wear of the
day, and if you could step iu with Mr.
Smith, and be there iu invisible presence,
I don’t believe you would be wholly
charmed with the look of things. Possi
bly the first words of Mr. .Smith are di
rected infinitely, “What’s all this noise
id as it t I don’t see why these children
are kicking up such a row.” The said
children take the hint and move out of
the way, not thinking—for which they are
pardonable—to say “Good evening to
their firiflier. He soon “settles” tlu.-m.
The family sit down to the even tog. meak.
i Mr. Binitl) feels tilled,- and don’t care to
talk. The children huve something to
say, but they learned long ago that “fa
ther” does not-care lobe bothered with
, their tab s of '-ebool, nor to be asked
QUITMAN, (rA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1574.
questions about kites and balls. He
lms forgotten all lie ever knew about them,
or, indeed, that he ever had them. They,
sensible enough, keep still. On the whole,
they have, if not a bud, a very stupid
time of it. The family is a company of ,
animals, who feed, and leave when they
have enough. They do not know pre
cisely wlnit to do with themselves; so j
they mope about, and are glad to go to ;
bed, though they don’t want to go, ex
poet to escape the dullness. Now, this is
not a beautiful picture, but is it a very
uucmntilou one ? An honest confession
would tell of more homes of that sort than
of better ones. Are they real homes V
Ihjir 7>V,7s.
The Sort of a Bridegroom an Old Bache
lor Makes.
Young: man ami voiing woman, you
think that the divine iutovieatiou of eouit
ship i to liust forever. Ton think it is
nl ways going to he an ecalutic pleusure to
trudge a mile through nnul ami ruin to
lmy Seraphim* Anno a paper of pius.
But this state of things cran’t last. It’s
too high pressure. It must cool down.
When you are married, and slm is yours
and you are hois, and the novelty of the
affair is over, and you uro fairly nettled
down into “old married folks,” then
comes the test. Then, if you have been a
crabbed old bachelor, full of little whims,
habits mid peculiarities as in thu fretful
porcupine of quills, then will come the ,
tug of war. Don’t you recollect how,}
when single, and you came home after;
-oUie tedious business, heated, tired, ir 1
ritublc, uml disgusted with the world, and
got nh'ue in your room, that you used to
fling books and blacking-brushes about,
ami swear aud thrash around for mi hour
or two before you simmered down into j
comparative calmness? Well, matrimony
won’t cure this at least at first. .But you
miisn’t cut uj* so now. Bveu a teinpora- |
iy raving, maniac is not a proper ora
pleasant persou for any young woman to
be shut up alone with; and if, on mitering :
she sees trouble written on your face, and
asks von, “what’s the matter ?” ami yon
reply, “Oh, nothing,” because you don't
want to be spoken to, and, above nil
things, it miiieys and irritates you to I>* so
interrogated, and still she persists ill ask
ing “what's tin* Matter?” and slid you
try to say, “Oh, nothing,” as mildly* as j
\ll can, only it wont be said mildly, and i
it comes oil your tongue as a pistol-shot,
and you would just then like to bite some
body’s head off Oh, won’t you at such a
time wonder where the uiniabil ty, the oil,
the sugar, the honey, the sunshine of
cotirtship has all gone to? And how will
you fee! you who have been accustomed
to go in and out of your vile bachelor’s
and. n without inquiry or hindrance ? Mow
wiil yon fed as you start to go out for the
purpose of getting ft drink around the
corner, to hear h* r say, “W here are you
f/oin,; ?” and tlm a dozen times a d:tv,. mid
every time it is naked you must stand and
rack your brains for u new lie.
15ut 1 have learned a great deal during
my short nmtiiinouiul career. I would
not have remained single if only for tin*
sake of the information Tve gained. I
know now, in the fust place, that oiioV i
wife is never iu the hast wrong, ii
there’s a row. ii'm yon, nil you, every bit
youf fault You may labor by the hour
trying to make her own up that there be
ing one pound avoirdupois or sixteen
ounces of blame between von, you arc
willing to take fifteen ounces of that
blame, provided she will but shoulder the
remaining ounce, and she won’t. When
she says she will be only five minutes get
ting ready to go out it, menus an hour,
and when sin* says slie’s all ready it means
fifteen minutes more for putting on tlm
final touches. She may never be consid
ered* rcahy dressed until fairly out of the
lx>nse and round the corner, aud even
then, the? chances are that she's forgot
ten gloves or handkerchief.
If there was a bedroom a mile long, and
her entire wardrobe could be packed in u
bandbox, still yon'd find portions of that
wardrobe scattered along the whole mile
of dressing-room. She's a nice thing to
look at when put together, but this j
wonderful creature is evolved from a chaos j
interminable of pins, ribbons, rags, pow
der, thread, brushes, combs and laces.
If there were 7,000 drawers iu your |
room, and you asked for but one to be
kept sacred* and inviolate for your own
private use, that particular one would be
full of hairpins, ribbons, and soiled
cuffs. Some provision, some protection
in this matter, should bo inserted in the
marriage service. —San Francisco J Juliet in.
——
John’s Share.
“Dad” said a hopeful sprig, “how
many fowls are thereon the table?”
“Why,” said the old gentleman as he
looked complaceutly on a pair of finely
roasted chickens, that were smoking on j
the dinner tab.e, “why, i.y son, there are j
two. yf
“Two!” replied smcrtnoHs. there are
three, sir, and 1 will prove it.”
“Three,” replied the old gentleman,
who was a plain matter of fact man and
understood things as he saw them. “I’d
like to .secyoif prove that,”
“ldasily done, sir, easily do no. Ain’t
that one V* laying bin knife on the first. (
“Yes, that’s certain,” said dad.
“And ain’t that two ?” pointing to the
sc con dv “and don’t one and two make
three? ’
“Really/’ said the father turning to the
old ladv, who was in amazement at the
immense learning of her son, “really,
wife, this hoy is a genius and deserves to
|be encouraged for it. Here, old lady, do
you take one f>wl, and I’ll take the sec
ond, and John may ha v c the third for his
learning.”
A Fourteen-YA/tn-Old Bot Hangs Tfiw-
IHE of.— ln Peoria, 111., last Friday morn
ing, the attention of the police was called
I to an almost unbearable stench proceed- .
ing from the insurance and law office of
j Carson A McFarland, on Douth Adams
street. Both these, gentlemen had been
; out of the city some days and their office
dlowed. On breaking in the* doors u hor
rible sight met the view. Suspended by
a slender cord from a hinge in the office
door hung the body of Herman: Nielmus,
Ia young lad about fourteen years old, em
ployed by the firm as a copying clerk,
j The body was bloated and decomposed,
, and had probably been hanging there
I several days. Nielmus had been left in
I charge of the office, and had probably
. hanged himself in the manner described
after tlie departure of his mplovers. No
possible cause can be assigned lor the act.
(From thu Mobile Bußiatcr.]
A CONFEDBRATE AMAZON.
mi the Trtiled Mi ld of Mr*. Hum*
tier. All;** Unit, llarry Knfoid,
Saturday Mis. K. H. Botmor, better
known throughout the South as Lieut,
llarry T. Ihitord, arrived iu this city from
New Orleans, en route to New York. This
distinguished lady lias perluq s gone
through more hardships and done more for
the Confederate States during the “late
unpleasantness” than any woman within
the borders of the sections designated.
During the month of June, 1801, she left.
New Orleans, in the full uniform of a re
cruiting officer, and went to Aikausas,
vvlu-re sin* soon succeeded iti raising uooiu
pauy of veterans. As first lieutenants un
der Captain Weatherford, she left Arkan
sas with the company and went to Key
West. Here she was reluctantly eompe.led
to leave the command which she had or
ganized, uml to which she became so
much attached, on the ground of iueom
|H*teney, as alleged by the Commander.
Determined to allow no impediment to
make h. r swerve from the lint* of duty
marked out by herself, she at once pro
eeeiled to Virginia, and joined Drew’s bat
talion of New Orleans the day previous to j
the first battle of Manassas, uml partioipu- j
ted in Unit memorable struggle. A short
time after this she joined the Bth Louisi
ana, and for the first time her sex was l
quet tiom and. and she was arrested uml or
dered to assume female attire. Among
hundreds ol‘ amusing adventures perhaps
the bust with which she was connected
took place during the time of her impris
onment after this arrest. A committee of
ladies waited upon her by order of the
commander, for the purpose of settling tlm
vexed question, but after seeing the dash
ing 1 dulliMg young officer they concluded ,
not to perform their mis hu. Hhe was
taken before the mayor, released, allowed
to retain her uniform, and ut once, com
missioned to perform any services for tin* i
confederacy which she might be called upon
to perform. As ho sex luid been question- •
ed, if not known, she resolved t * leave
Richmond* and rejoiced when (tali. Winder
ordered her to the western army for the pur- !
pose of scouting in the vicinity of < >ku- i
lona, Mississippi, The reliability of the j
daring young recruit was soon recognized !
and appreciated, and (tanernl Quant,rell i
sent In r with dispatches a a spy into Mis- i
soiiri. After rendering inestimable ser-1
vice in this capacity she went to Missis-dp j
|<i, and from there back to New Orleans, j
where she joined the 21st Louisiana vegi-1
ment, then being organized, and reported
to (b-m-ral Vdlipigue.
Receiving her commission ns first lieuten
ant, she went, to Memphis, and from there!
to Shiloh, where she was badly wound- j
ed in the right shoulder on the first flay of I
the battle, A jail (I. While recover- !
ing from the effects of her wound her sex j
wufl discovered to her morlifii ntion, and
tleii. Benuregard and other-? were aston {
tail’d to find oip t the gah ant young j
officer was not of the stronger sex. (Tn-1
able to disuade her from participating in j
active warfare, she was commir-u ned to I
go to Atlanta, ]aks through the fines, and
act as a spy. I’poii re.idling Atlanta sin
was compelled to wait sev. ra! days for j
further order?, find.instead of staying in
that city, she rail uj to Dalton and (’hat !
tanooga, and part eipatod actively in both i
fights, returning to Atlanta u day or two !
before the necessary orders arrived. From |
this section of the country she >vusordered j
aboard of bloc leaders from djflercut .south
ern ports to the Indies, and often was the j
hearer of important dispatcher to foreign '
ports for the Florida and Shenandoah.
She seized every opportunity, whether in ■
the south, iu the north, or in a foreign j
land, to render assistance to the southern
confederacy. She has a receipt now in
her possession for S7BO, which she collect
ed from the United States soldiers of Com
modore Brissels’ fleet, then at Bridgeport,
Barhudoes, and sent to southern hospitals,
although the money was supposed to have
been given for the benefit ot federal sol
diers. She was now sent to San Diego
and Havana for the purpose of buying
coffee and sugar for the confederacy, and
from there, after making the necessary
purchases, she went to South America, in
the interest of the confederate government,
with Price’s expendition. From South
America she proceeded to the VWst In
dies, charged w ith some important mission
for the country which she loved so well
and served so faithfully. The deeds of
this nol le woman arc well known tbnmgh
out the south, and have been recited on
many a hearthstone by well-scarred vete
rans and inmates of federal dungeons..—
The starved, in humanity-treated prisoners
of Camp Chase have every reason to re
member her who nursed them, fed them
and furnished them with every cent she
could spurn, day after day.
She is in possession of genuine docu
ments, given her every step she Ims made,
and from all of them it can be seen that
she was trusted unhesitatingly, and bore
an unblemished character from the begin
ning to the the war. Even after
her sexhood lmd been questioned, through
out the entire war—he it said to the credit
of the men of the south -that not a sylla
ble was ever repeated in her hearing unfit
to repeat in the presence of the most re
served lady. Airs. Bonner removed to
New Mexico, after her adventurous life,
and engaged in mining speculation, and
lias realized it handsome fortune from her'
investments. She has been well employed
oth*iTwis£> and has finished a book given
a truthful account of her adventures du
ring her connection with the confederacy.
She is an iiftellig-t-lookiig lady, of about
thirty-five years of ago, and has a particu
larly refined appearance for one who has
cxjierienced the hardships’ of camp life
and performed the duties l ol a man for
j more than fmr yearn.
| She is on her way to New York, and has
: a number of letters of introduction to
: prominent gentlemen of many southern
and northern cities, and other evidences
of an irreproachable- reputation. While
here she called upon several of our distin
guished citizens, whose connection with
the war rendered her desirous of forming
their acquaintance, and to many of whom
; she brought letters of introduction.
- ——
Bkauty. After all, the truest beauty is
not that which suddenly dazzles and fas
cinates, but that which steals upon us in
sensibly. Let us each cal Pup to memory
' the faces that have been the most pleasant
jto ns—those that we have loved best to
look upon, that now list* moSt vividly be
fore us in solitude, and ol truest haunt <lur
slumbers and we shall usually find them
not the most perfect in form,, but be.
sweetest in expression.
[From the Detroit Free PrhK.)
Posting an Old CoUple on Historic Spots.
On the train the other day were u very
confiding old man and a very innocent
old lady. They had passed away five
sixths of their lives hidden away be
hind the hills of Vermont, and were going
to Western Michigan on a visit to their
son, After a little skirmishing aryund the
old gentleman pitched into na# about the
“crops” and “sile,” and when 1 found
how innocent he was, 1 gave him all tin*
information I could. All at once, us he
rode along the wife caught his arm and
exclaimed:
“Look out, Samuel, or you’ll be for
getting that place w here they fit !”
The old man explained, lie said that
a young man who came down from Cana
da with them told them to lookout for the
battle field of Briuldoek'g .defeat as oon as
he left Detroit* '
1 was going to reply that the young
man was an infernal liar, but tile old lady
seemed to have set her heart on seeing tin*
spot, aud the old man was so anxious that
I couldn’t hear to disappoint them. When
we got down to the woods l pointed out
(ho ‘‘buttle field,” and they put their
heads out of the windows uml took in the
scene.
Think of it, Hunger ?” ex laiiued the
: old man, as he drew in his head, “think
ol them InjUUs creeping thro’ them woods
and shootings Mr. Bniddock down dead !”
“My soul !” replied the old lady, seem
ingly overcome at tin* idea, and she kept
her eyes on the woods until I thought she
would twist her neck off,
We got along all right for about, five
miles more, and then the old man wanted
to know if w. weren't down pretty near
the spot where Teeumaeh fell.
“Where!" I veiled, ntnl he said that the
aa?ne young man had informed him that
the railroad ran close t<* the identical spot
where the great Indian wairier fell and.
slept.
* 'A 1 *ll be a powerful favor to mean’Sam
I uel it ye’iJ point out the spot !” urged the
old lady, placing her hand oh my arm.
How comd l go buck on what-tlmt-brazen
young man lmd said ? The old folks had
made up flu ir minds to see the spot; and
it 1 didn’t show it to them they might wor
ry for weeks, and tfiey might think thy
I young man had lied, or that f wasn’t pos
ted ui the historic spots of my own Stab*,
i Lord forgive me, but a mile further on I
1 pointed out a hill and said:
“Behold the last resting place of the
great Teeumseli 1”
“Think of it, Manner just think of it, ?”
| exclaimed the old man, “right there is
where they got him !”
“Mercy, but it. don’t seem possible!"
she ejaculated, and she lmd to get out her
snuff box before she could recover from
the shock.
The old gentleman said, hr* had n particu
lar interest, ii* seeing the spot, because he
knew tin* man that killed xecutuseh -used
to live right by him.
* Hi* must have beer, nn awful Injun!”
tu'oko iii tiny old huffy, • ‘lor tin* young man
said he didn’t die till tiiev hi and cut, off his
head, feet and hands; and Mowed the body
up with . barrel erf powder !”
I wiintid to get awat fter that, fearing
that, something worse might come, but she
instated upon my taking a pinch of simlf,
and so 1 kept my scat. We were just be- '
voml Brighton, when the old 7mm came at
me like a steamboat, with:
‘ Now, then, how far is it to tin* spot
where they found the Rubes in the
Woods ?”
I wanted to get out of it, but how could
1 ? That young man had deliherntfdy lied
to those nice old folks, and 1 hiidn’t the
moral courage to tell and hi so, and thus had
to make a liar of myself. It’s awful I** de
ceive any one, especially a good old man,
and it fat, and motherly old lady, on their
way to tlm tomb.
*‘That's yes that’s the spot !*’ I said,
us we onine to a dark piece of woods.
“Think of that Humor!” lie said, his
head out of the window, “think of them j
babies being found in there !”
“Yes, it, was fearful !" she replied ;
“seems as if ( could almost see them stub- !
bing about in there now !"
There was another historic spot of which
the young ream had told them hut they
had forgotten it, and I never was more
thankful, 'i hey kept quiet until the brake
man yelled out, “Lansing," find then the
old inan bobbed up and exclaimed:
“I mising- Lansing - why, here is where
they hung Tom Collins, ailit it, V”
lie explained that Tom Collins, a Chi
cago desperado, lmd murdered eleven o)d
women and drank their blood for his liver
complaint, and after being hunted for
miles and miles, and at, length been cap
fcuwd at Lansing, cut to pieces by the in
furiated populace, and then left hanging
to n tree.
1 had to point out the tree. It was a
tree near the depot# and the tail of a kite
had lodged in its branches.
••Tlh o's whari they hung film, I lan
nor !” said tlio old man, stretching liis
neck.
“And there’s some o’ his shirt left yet!”
; exclaimed tbtrold lady, as I backed out of
: Buvcur. tho good old man was going to
j ask the train l>Try if ha didn’t have the
j pamphlet life of To in. Collins, that lie
I could get further particulars, r
M. Quad.
—4*—
(Gorreßponfloiiee Ran Francisco Chronicle.]
A CALIFORNIA DUEL.
j One of tho Men Shot Through the Jugular at the
First - He Foil' v, 8 Up His Antagonist
and Takes a Dying Ilovenge.
A desjx'rnto shooting affray took place
! here to-dav, resulting in the immediate
death of one of the chief actors, and the
probably fatal wounding of tin* other.
The scene of the tragedy Was Coodhus’s
saloon. At 10 o’clock this morning a man
named Leandcr T. Robinson, more com
monly called “Tod” Jiobinson, entered the
saloon and invited all bauds to take a
drink. Among those in the room was a
mau known as Tony Harris, between him
and Robinson some ill-feeling was exist
ing. Robinson had no sooner finished his
invitation than Harris remarked that he
“wouldn’t di ink with a ,” useiiig n
very obscene epithet, Robinson replied ;
“Well, I always pay for iny drinks,” Har
ris th< n rose from his chair, waring:
“Well, this is an old grudge lietWeen you
| and me, and we might us well settle it
: right now,” drawing a derringer as In
spoke. Robinson Distantly drew his pis
tol a live shooter and both men fired
1 almost simnlianeously. Harris’ idiot struck
Robinson in the neck, cutting the jugular
vein, and the blood gii oied forth m tor
rent. Robinson’e lin-t fitaoc UussnUri.il
'rie. lae luttcr, immediately after firing,
i flm w his weapon at Robinson and having j
nothing else to defend himself with, ran
into the billiard room, back of (lie saloon,
hoping to escape from his antagonist. |
Although "mortally wounded, however,
aud with his life blood gushing from (he i
terrible hole in Uis neck, Robinson stag
gered alter Iqs assailant whom he hud now
cornered in (he billiard room. Steadying
himself against one of the tables, he took
deliberate aim and fired at Harris, who was
facing him at the opposite side of the ta
ble, the ball taking effect near the navel,
and inflicting a wound which is likely to
prove fatal. Again the dying man raised
his pistol uml fired, the bail striking Har
ris in the hand tearing oil his thumb.
Home of the men from the saloon huff
by this time entered the billiard-room, i
supv lying the shooting to be finished.
sul Upbißson’s vengeance was hot yet sat*
tatieH, rind though the glaze of death was
utTeiuiy in his eyes, he again fired his pis-1
tol, and th(*n dropped dead. The last shot
struck the night watchman's trouser pock- :
et. hut owing to tin* lucky circumstance of 1
ins having a hunch of keys and a police
whistle just in the right spot, the course of
of tin* deudly misle was stopped tlm only
damage being the breaking of the whis
tle.
Coroner Black held an inquest-soon af
ter the killing! The Jury found a verdict
iu accordance with the facts above set
forth, and Robinson was buried this after- j
noon, which fnuny people around here:
consider rather quick work, oven fora!
Oidifoniiiin town. The deceased is what I
is generally known as u sport ing man, and
is said to have a wife living in Merced.
His age was about tliiity-eight years.
Harris, whoie real name is said to he
Galvin, is a blacksmith, and has no rela
tives iu California. The formality of plac- j
ing him under arrest Ims been gone!
through with, hut from present appear-,
unces lie will not trouble the courts much.—
• —♦
How the Eirly Virginians Got WJves.
Tlio history of tho coinm<uiwealth of
Virginia, mys thu liiolmioml Whir/, com- i
m,'noon with an unction sale—not, how
over, in n store, but beneath the green
trees of Jamestown whore probably the
most anxious and interested ennvd of auc
tion habitues over known in the history of
tin- world.wore grtlicml. Iu a letter still
to be seen, dated London, August 21.
Ifl2l, and directed to a worthy colonist oil!
that settlement, the writer begins with 1
saying:
"Wo send vou a shipment, ope widow
and eleven old maids for wives of the peo
ple of Virginia. TlnTo Inis tieeu special
care in the choice Of them, for there hath
not one of them been received but upon
good recommendations. In ease they
cannot ln> presently married we desire that
they may be put with several householders
who havc wives until they can be provid
ed with husbands.”
Rot the writer of this epistle had tittle
reason to fear that any of the “maidens 1
fair” would be left over. The nrehievea
contain evidence to prove that these iirst
cargoes of young holies were put lip ate
auction and sold for one hundred aud twenty
pounds of tobacco each, and it was order
ed that this debt .should ha re precedence
of all others. The solitary "one w idow”
went along with tho others, for they could
not be particular in these days. Thegood
minister of the colony no doubt had a
busy time that day He did ifot mention
any fees nor did the bridegrooms think
of tendering any. All was joy and glad
ness) no stormsalieiid t no impbsitive clerk
to stand and say, ‘Heres license, fork over
that Li.’ Nothing of the sort. From !
some of these couples the first, families of
Virginia arc descended.
*i - ■ ♦ - -t
A Fable.
A buy and girl wm onue pealed on a
flow or v bank, and tidking proudly about,:
their dress.
“See,” said the boy, “what a beftufifnl
new hat 1 have got; wlmt a fine blue jabk
et and trousers, and iv hut a nice pair of
shoes ! It is not every one who is dressed
so finely ns 1 uni !”
“Indeed,” said tire little gild, “I thin!:
I am dressed finer than you ; for 1 have on
usilk hat and pelisse, and rtfire feather in
my hut; I know that my dress cost a great
deal of money.”
“Not so much us mine,” said tho boy,
“I am sure !"
“Hold your peace !" said a caterpillar,
crawling near in the hedge -you have
neither of you any reason to be proud of
your clothes, for they are only second
handed, and have all been worn by some
creature or other, of which you think but
meanly, before they were put upon you.
Why, thut silk hat first wrapped up just
such a worm as laiu!”
“There, miss, wliut do you say to that!” j
said the boy.
“And the feather,” exclaimed a bird
perched upon u tree, “was stolen from or
cast off by one of my race.”
“What do yon srvy to that miss?” repeat- 1
ed the boy. “Well, in}'clothes were never
worn by worms nor birds,”
“True,” said a sheep, g/azing close by ;
“but they were worn on the buck of son o
of my family before they were yours; and
as for your Imt, 1 know that the beavers
have supplied the fur for that article; and
my friends, the calves and oxen, in that j
field, were killed not merely on purpose!
to get their flesh to cat, but also to g*t
their skins*ta make your shoes.”
See the roily of being proud of your
clothes, sirree we are indebted to the mean
est creatures for them ! And even then
we should not use them if Heaven did not j
give wisdom to contrive the best way of j
making them fit to wear, uml tho means ;
of procuring them for our comfort.
What is a Daulino V - An exchange nn
swers this question in tlie following deli
cious style:
It is the dear little bright evoul an* who
I meets one on the door step; who flings
| her fair arms around one’s neck, and kiss
|es one with her whole soul of love; wlm
1 seizes one’s hut;-who relieves one of one’s
! coat; and arranges the tea and toast so
i prettily; who piaffes her selfish form at the
! piano-and warbler forth unsolicited, sm h-‘
! delicious soiigS, who **ast herself at oneV
i foot-stool and asks her eager unheard of'
questions, vviOii such brighter eyes itmr
| flushing lace, and on whoso glossy curls
[ one places olio’s hand and breathes ‘God
I bless her !’ as the fnir.v form departs.
A Detroit young woman tried to 1
| aristocrat-icy uiu l Ant tank at the uu licy
she gave Po a horse-eai' conductor, but In*
meekly gavff her buck the lozenge on
: which was written, “I II never cease to
: love thee,’ aud said that he was an orphur,
vith live Jit-tie urotaers uj support, kul
■ run t lie excused.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
i.uvti and let love,
j ’OiirM at home The htihy.
A-Veil-litile KpHOc A woman', lace.
I’ackiiiff n trunk is aa inborn talent.
Man ih lilavter, 1:1ft woman i;s a inysfei'l'.’
Fir.st. loves aehloin, last loves uuiH"
■ wed.
Ah ohedtent wife eoinmauila her Ims
band.
The voice of tile night 'fllfjee lilii*ej
Imhie.s.
The latest tliltig out ill Sew Ark Has.
hands. ; Cl 'Wr
The fashionahlo color for ulil age Snpfe
green.
A fashionable lady's dfesk Mneli tlui
llVer-e
Matchless mind The kitflii'n girl out
of a Inciter. ,
A clean shirt is ohu of Waanaii's l>et
gifts to man. ’, ■
The Idlest fashion ill Ctucagte One
term marriages. -■ . \ .
The markets -laidies hair 1 ias uu up
ward tendency. j ‘
They are already talking'” nhout winter
fashions iu l’aiis. * -
V
A hello doesn't, always give U| best
l “tone to'society. ” - 1
W omen are now admitted to fifty
American colleges.
r When is a young lady like n winds?—
When she’s pouting.
A Montreal girl chopped off a linger to
get rid of sewing. -
Tight lacing is coming into style %u in
with flu' thoughtless.
Mahomet held to the doUrinO that
women have no souls. 11
I low to cure a “girl of of the period.”—
Put a full stop to her.
Some of the silliest sea shoro . bellys
bathe wit’ll braeriets d , u.
A Candimv dustaml ehewei) off a girl's
ear for rejecting bis hand.
!-ji plumber is till: jndst probAc nH-athf
iu subjects for fashion writers.
A rinoranJonto lady about 70 years of
ago, wears tho liloomer costume.
One Newport daiue bathed with a shawl
draped over her shoulders.
Favorite’ airs of nmmfmis with nfarr'age
alile daughters Millionaire^.
The ladies don’t ask ns to write on their
fans us much as they used to. <
Few artists can draw a pretty mouth—
it's harder, though, to draw teeth. J
Duty on silks That of husbands to buy
them Chittu/n Cost uml Mull.
Interesting document—Tho hill of the
young lady at tho Western seminary.
An exchange notices marriages under
the heading of “Doing- of the Weak.”
Missouri has dccln-c.y Jhu'i a Ivomaii is
not an old maid uutil rik' hr twenty-live.
The girls named Mary are the most ami
able because they are easiest Mollytied.
Jacksonville,' Fla., claims s fatly dosed
oped woman not yet ibt join* of age.
Tho handsomest lady **> ft horse ear is
not always the one who Ist passing fare.
Ann Eliza is still of the opinion that
Brigham has broken her heart 820,000
worth.
There is a skeleton i ; fi cvAfy bodse,. r
was before, the latlcr day epuolipc came
into use. ‘ lit
The paper that cults (iolilsmith Maid
tho,“King at (he Turf” opposes woman
suffrage.
Vas’iir girls during vacation are enjoiewf?
to study tile pbilmtopliy of eiiiiliing fruit.
The creme <!" la crane at one of tlm
Saratoga hotels consume tUO ijiHirU oi
miik per day.
Tlio Beim Rrnmniel of Saratogi* #h(V
makes five toilets a day is u iiaJtiincVe
oyster pucker.
A late marriage ill Lniidon was between
Mr. Pickle aud Miss Onion. Oiie’ iftdrc
onion pickled.
A wife full of Irntli, innocence and hn<
is tlio prettiest flower n man can wear liekt,
to his heart.
It is proposed to substitute for til, 1 '
epilhet. “old maid” the more expresMiV
one Of “old Vilgin-iait. ”
Thin makes good reading:—“The’ en
gagement of Dapt. —to Afiss - iis
talked at the Branch.”
A Detroit man recently eloped Wnir e‘
woman and lior six children. Tho for
silken hnsbaiiii did not pursue.
Mrs. Dovejoy, age 08, residing near
Baldwin Pity, Kan., gave birth to 1 a
bouncing hoy a feW days since.
According to the Chinese code of !; : V
regulating matrimony, two persons of Ihri
same surname dare trot fmirry.
The beaux, of Saratoga this year range -II
the way from fifty to eighty years. Om
ni th" most protnhient is an 1812 veterm
A young xvomnn iii MDsduri is inding
ing in- tranet s, four days long, during
which sh:- goes to lieaveu, or says- siifl
ibjeH. ■ \l !
There’s trouble.LViiiiT for Jidin Burr, of
Indiana. Alias Ella I’.-ar is about to m.-
liiin fur breach of promise; damages, $26,-
000. ' ,1 :'e.
Young I.ndy (at the post office)': ,f P. f
don’t get a letter by this mail, I waiiv to’
know wbat be av;)s doing Sunday, thm
all, j
There is mi old niaitV in New York vl>o
is HO uceustomed to dining her age h.ur.-
WUrd; thnt when she sJ#wkS of tin' !?-7 r
part of .Deceui ber she Call* it "late in ri *
spring.” •’ a V
I,ady bathers .at Ihidgeport, Conna. -r.:'
becoming very prudish iu ooguequeui) i
several lately reported familiarities on t iutt
part of the sllnrks.— SHtukh/n A-;/*.
Ladies who take no particular pleaSurf-'
iu a looking-glass are easily recognized If
the fact of their wearing a gmise veil • -i"
tl ir faces, even iu the hottest sun - -■
Any.—Yonkers XStizette.
ft is nothing for Arizona girls to e !d !
5,000 cattle and 10,000 sheep; hut pain*,
young man. Him stumps around bi.rtw'
: footed, spits through her teeth, and playsr
a “lone” hand of euchre.
A Member of Congress lately rose in h .
place and solemnly declared “Mr. Speaker.
I cannot sit still here end keep silenc. ,-
without rising mill saying a few words.”
An old lady, hearing somebody snys ti e
mails were irregular, said: “It was just 4
in my young days—-no trusting any (A
t cm.”
“The one thing needful fof the perfect*
-lijoymcnt of love is confidence.” Sand
with hush and sausages, Detroit Keennto
j Ac a’f
lie assured that vlidli once a wool: iV
begins to lie ashamed of what she ollgl t
not to be ashamed of, she will' not bo
ashamed Of what sho ought.
The fancy for wearing a little hntu-li --F
natural or "artificial flow era with the bow*
ut the throat is on the increase with 11:
i ladies, and a very pretty idea it is.
A backward spring—That of a man who
thought be << aid ei-* out vit I, oilt at< p
ping the omnibus, a Ed- sat down in tnt
nun .
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