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fVcPlKEf Editor and Publisher.
" HE IS A
FREEMAK WnOM THK TRUTH MARES FREE) AND AM. ARE SLAVES BESIDE.'
Terras; $2 bor year; Tn ad'varifcc
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EBENSBtiRG, f A., FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1875.
ft
NUM1&R U;
EBENS3URC
Ui
-AND-
SE-fORRISH'6 STORE
I THE PLACE TO BUY
E8 HARDWARE, TINWARE,
1 KOIV,
S. CLASS, OILS, PAINTS, &c.
CEO. HUNTLEY, PropV.
r
lMV.lr: ; T IH'NTLEY'S and
Jt t,.,. ,..t MIU AND ItK.-M"-
fi M il INK 1:1.1!'-'. 1'UILfc.S UllbAlLY
' i;k.
MVl. ' TO IH'NTLEY'S and
th- I--' Hi:sK HAY HAKE
... ...... : i i i .. v i 'iu cash.
:o TO HUNTLEY'S ami
n r! . T "l:N rolUH'I; AND
fv. I I I 'lt.i fii r .'II in tl.i-i county.
: ,;. 'in; s.n Lii in one ear Lyeut
!. . I u-.tli it.
:m;:i:s. no to iiuntley's ami
fk.in.iiic the ':!, r i:;ne i.iiurn.NU
v r i ii t r. J tj t .1. ir eiH'f irom iu t" k
,.( rv-. "in r -t : - per bu'jr. HCV
r i i'.m.v .".
I IIMKIIH. no '!'( i 11 UNTLEY'S and
il .it v.-nr H.W'VKST TOOLS, whi..l
- I 1 1 1 ! M ' ! ! t l'K (A.-ll (Km they can
(..'it I'.-.. -win I V ill KtlCIIrt'UI If.
ir.Mr.r.s and others, if you in.
? .. I... ., i . .
tni i.i ..il;.. :i uouse iir mini, rr OMior
I y..iir property, iro tn II r.V.'f.l'A
I i ...v 1 1 . r.l.M. II . lu;V A KM,
;n v ;it 'l ly (Miyinr Ivr ct.li.
lI'i'r.YlTKS. Co TO HUNTLEY'S
.1 ). :. v.,:ir Ti I.S and liUILDIMi
Ah!;, l'nv c:ir.li itn.l iive .t) per ti'iit.
I
ACK'SMITIIS. HUNTLEY will sell
vnii II.ii" SIMM'S, HdrMit Nails, t.'ar
; I; ir !: !. Niut Itoil, Cast cttvvl. Sc.,
ni '-r.KiiKrKixS, ;o to iiunt-
I.KV s !t vo'tr Rt'ivcH and Tin
y.w l AM)'SAVT? Mon-A".
'iF.Ki:r.ri.ns. oo to hunt-
L I.KY'S s:ive 1'T fPtif. liv tiav-
i ! r T.i'.'i- Kniv(-. I'nrks S'pooti', Jku"
ri'Vsr.uKi;ri;s, go to hunt.
L i.i;y umH.mv Hi.- i;T. Ncrr a nit
,N. !,. I r-t in tin. w niM. S'IJ for Cash
.iita- Mi'1 r' (r:-es.
i Ti Ht NTLEY FOli CLOT 11 US
v !: i vi ; MeseU ''.Viet: at great-
u : . ! - tni- t!ie reui!j- crteli.
.'N'Tf.KY v i'.l sell vr.it WALL I'A-
J.
. '.t !t Ivntirr, than
"' 1:1 I.' ei;.-tiiirir. r.M! tll'il It iiito
-- ii itlniut I'Xiru ehnrife.
i.;:';r. i.ot of tocket axd
.'IN KNIVKS vtrv cheap for 'cash at
ra;. s.
iK i;;M .ILVKiMLATEl WA11E
., .!. .i.r!-' at ".' per pent, less lliati
i'-! ' : i i s. gold for cash tt
.. m:ST,r.Y S.
st Steel Plow Points.
:VKK.-. nee ari'l all. are hereby infenre'
it if mii t. tune ami l ilmr c.tn le snivcij ly
1 '' : S'.-. l I'low ?han'. of which .m!y one
. .it.. . prnveil inftic!efit Inr a whole
' !;.. rnr. ami In .oru" toll '. I.y heiniT twice
. ! .-'.inn: lius laj'ed two Heasnns.
ur '-riiflit nti'l mi kn t he jilow scour ar.(
f-n ! nil" o "trunif ami tiiih tlnittliey
n'jls. When worn dull, thrv run I.V
iuJ ti-!iiore. l.y any a-oo-l blacksmith
'url..na the .'ittitik,- pnrt.
-I Y i
r:n's k.-jit .m Han. I ami nt nfy I'ittT
r " .i! .. or kind m.nle to ortcr
TAIL PRICES of POINTS.
it; Jl'mh ItftHh-
fi'tir. c't'irr. r"'ir.
...!.::.' IL.'.o if w
I'i. '. ir ! ..fr
"!' !!! r:L'!.t .
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-i .e: l v.-, .
I AO
1 ?5
1.-5
Vi
1.60
P rv .hir li.nt mv trmle timrk ami tlio worils
; . i.; tii.-r"i.r.
"r ' i ' :i? oni- and try It row,
' !".iy r., inure at in inls lierea tier.
'. !-' makitjir tliW Steel l patent.!.
- iiulity i ii .i.lc at no other Steel Workj
iinn
l t"v... j xr- ftn,j tvnif,n Sketnr alfo
r ,i,i nt, ii.iTinif Irmn tour to fix times
nr. t .?iy l. iil the wcirht 'if thus
tr.-t.. t. v. itimv KI.U
' i't -iiO vV,iv aril triirrion Allev
, , ritt.iliursh.'I'a.
,iT; 11- (i w.ir'it. .line 4. H75.-3.il.
iPPTiI T1"" "' the lift:.
'if' I I fn-t If it i. itni'tire t!i whole rrn-
L'Jvit) 1 ', ,M w ,! ''ieae.l. Y u fiin-
I wi a , , , j,niv .tr.-ain while thi
. , 'i '"'liT fan nm lit part sroo-1
, , ' " iiill parti, or It. There
( i . i'.r. il il), nnl nature will heal
i- r-inc-ly ti:s ever hern 1lcoercl
1 -i ". ' 1 S'J t1 nilinber of jwriKt-
I-!?iDSEY'S
WED BLOOD SEARCHER !
SrH' 'ir -iu:rir a national reputatloo for
t!ie cure Cf
r"fltf dr...... -
g.ri.Hipfnift, Jioiis,
1 nl,lrs. I h ers. Sore
,,, 1!v,"l- T tt-i; Salt
Mtajm. Mercurial and
"fl Skin Diseases.
?T. -V I- .
k ha,, K'taMe Componml, ami ean-
"'"''f Infant. Ladies who stir
: 1 1'. '' 'll,l'Hir diseases known as Yr.
1 -,., , Li J"1 s will hud spaed relier by usin
s ."..'' "w'e cf rotuitoi felts. The irenu.
. . '1l L!n.lllll ti,l mliMf l.o iljin.r
t h . r('r,:--K. E. SELLERS k CO., 1'itts-
'. '..'- T""' ' f e'" h '""tie.
1 , "rtiijists and Country Dealer?,
v, Vi. ,jAa"R It Sos, Agents. Kbens-
r t.,..,.,'. mrr, , rotuno r-ielts. J lie irenu-
-4.-3ta.)
VtiU G01XO TO PAINT ?
verill Chemical Paint
, O.MO.NS. BALDWIX CO
Wood Wtreet4
IMII IKJlf, !.. 16m.
JJeyer' Poultry Powder.
Tvarrsnlfd.lf used In time,
to eur chicken cholera and
:iks. W ith anp.ly o fthis
rowtler and ab.ttuw.ltf
orilluary atict.tlon tociean
bnuia aod , roper f cediuir.
P.,,,r..jrrt'"b'!l,'roTmle al.stty one may
Vx. i7LT',,1aonniiient)for any lemrth of
I' on "t.Pro,itn Pleasure. V-n-kr ct..
Hof Dri. ; . our "leler. 6nt tree upon ro-
t. . . with & I'M. I11I .ner.lv i
(y - Z v v., iibi loi.ui xZ.
E0 M D V 4 itTr. i . , 7r
A.JL. ME TEH CO.. Ualtlmore.
' :!'!'.r- ?. Office o. Centre Street.
Vu-'tT 'n, rin f,r an raes anl colors, rc'ly to
Liiv''ru Ffl an1 uo- Any on ran be hi
W-i... I ,k lainc hy acinic H. It I
mm
TKCEirTS k EXPENDITURES 1
of th BoRorcii of KisENsncRO from I
tltf ' Ut Iuy of March, 1374, to the 1st iy or June,
Tin. !
To amount of Duplicate, 1874 $l,ie3 !J 1
To cnh reeeivc-1 from Welirhiiiaster 144.17
l'o cash receive.1 from 1. II. Kinkead, late . '
Jmrsres 81.60
To cash Tce'd fr-Mii li. J. Tibbott, Treasu- . i
rer, 1S73 15.74
(2,310.69
Cn'
Ht eTnertitlonr to Collector. . . W.."8 tl,530.21
Ity eonitnis5ion paid Collector.. 67. S3
Ity cotnniiiion paid Treasurer. 3t5 49
Hy am"t paid repairs to-streert
and alleys
I!y amount pa'id elect iun 2425
liy atiuiunt paii for lumber.. .. 213.81
Ity ntrtonnt ald Tire Coin pa nr 115.U0
Hy amount paid fiell Tor entire.
hou.-e 6o.v)
Hy nm t p'd datnaee? to property 173.01
Cleric to JTouneil.... 51100
" " Horouith Solicitor... 60.00
" " U.ardinff prisoner. IH.fu)
' " policemen 37.60
" weijth cale 2.10
" " printimr 13.00
" " " street eoinmisgioiKT. 12iJ 12
" " water wo, ks 4".5')
' " tni-eella icoun .. in 72
" intt on water bonds 12.00
" " old imleliteilncss 1:1.50 $1,9.1$ 21
Halanne in hands Ii. J. Tlbbott, Treas'r.. 3.1.4S
T, , ASSETS.
IJal.mce In hrni! r Treasurer 4.171 48
UMe hum Mle of toll-house. 16134
i " ". w,n- I'nvis, lato Treas'r 43 07
Amount in ban !s of Uurgess 19 50
11 ABILITIES.
t)tifstan.ling Orders
. i.21
Balance in favor of Borough $147 13 '
V. the undtTSf-ncd Auditors or the Borough j
er Kbensburir. !o report that we have examined I
the accounts uml von. hers of the receipt and ex-
peiHiturin of said Boroueh Irom the 1st day of
Starch. 174. to I he 1st. i!n v of Im.n l7l ;. '
them correct; as al5. the n.rctroinir rta'teraent or
the assets and Imhiliiie. of said Borouzh.
J Ml. (JHIIH IU. t
r., ,0 1 J.NO- ,:- "-'AXLAX, V Auditors.
-13.-t JAS. It. ZAIIM, )
Q T A TKMKXT m SETTLEMENT
witb the Supervisors of Chest Township,
June 12, 1S7":
Ph 1 li p !Nrii.r.F.a, Supervisor. Dr.
To atnoiuit of Duplicate f 402 02
"'''l rri)in ITusentt-d fjinris! 714 oil
k Sll ll.rt-ia.. f. 1 stl :ii itt
lutct-cst on f 100 lor 3 mmitUa 175
Cr I.1&J ii
By work on rnnda hv citizoni ;tsi 7
fn1 paid to Ceo". A. D. drieh Ijr, ij
" tnsh paid for two scraper,
one plov. work on roads,
plank for bridges, etc 2Sd 09
" personal services as Super
visor, o'.tx da vs
" cash on order (i. A. Dcdrieli. 17 2H
" p.Tonerr. lions and return . il 211
" ititertston 4:Slat 2 percent. H Rti
" notr and Int'st In his hands 2.V1 00
attorney's reesw 10 00-I,107 20
Bulnce in favor or Township ,. 1 Id
tir.ouoE A. Di;ti:tcit, Supervisor, Dr.
Toaniotnit of Dtiplicnr" f ,TM m
- cash received from Phl!ij Miiier." "' ITilO
" tush on order " ' ' 17 28
By work on roods by citizen. .. .?.Ts
" en-h paid fur n-ork on r.iads.. "i2 2S
" services 6". Supervisor, i0 days MM' .-21 0o
"Ve. the utjilers'.irned Auditors or Chest Town,
si;, p. do h. rchy certify that we have examined
the m count mid find them coriect.
JACOB IlKDKUdt, i .
CAT.EH A. CIHAY. v Auditors.
f;llAULBS WAHKF.H,!
AttestA. AnSa. Clerk. -18.-llt.
R KCEIPTS & EXI'ENDITUHES
of the School District or the Boi
fii -fiHor KiitNsiiLit.;, ror the 3 car ending June
1st. ii.i :
Dr.
To belnrtee lit hands of Treasurer nt lnt
st tt lement a 4 16
" Amount 01 Duplicate for 174 '2 MS 79
" ' State appropriation 242l3a
' received from Canil.ria Twp.
atJ other sources d." o
3,5fl.Jj
By exoneration to f Tcllecter. . . If 3190
" vvtittnltdfon paid ' ... l;;9 34
" .. " " Treasurer. 4(t..1
" cash paid Teachers l.2l.7
" " " Secfetary. salary 2.'. 0O
Mnlo Teaeher... 17..VI
" " " Kent Aiiil Bepalrs 2T.7 47
" " " Kuel and contin-
KWlcs 239..$2,n7l5.54
Balance In aands of Treasurer .41.19.79
t. ., . WM. M. JU.-Et?, ITcsidcnt!
I. VT. EvNS, Secretary.
AVe. the iindersiif ned A Hillfetii r.f tl:e Bcrmrt
ot EiMinlmr. do rt-jmrt that Wo hare examined
the accounts and vouchers of the feceitits ami ex.
p nditurcs of the School District or said Boro'tuh
lor the year ending Juno 1st. A. It. 1875, and find
them correct, as above stated.
itness our hands, at fbcn'bure, this 14th dcy
of June, A. D. 175. '
JN(. (MTTINOS.
, j Aadltor.
J.. K. SCAN LAN',
:-i".-rt.j
J AS. B. ZA1I.M,
CTATKMKNT of SETTLEMENT
with thn TnF.Ar.ntEH ok Ck'itlf. Ttp.
j School Distkict ror year ending June 5, 1175;
P. M. fimwif. Treasurer, hit.
To cash on hand at last settlement $ 17" 02
" State appropriation 24 10
" amount recei veil frotu Corn'rS. r;5 S3
" reed from IitiUs Paul, for
mer Collector 60 00
" amount rccir-d from Win. V. Hice. 1 (
" " or Duplicate, ,1,00: 71
fl,?il45
. CR.
Byarroit.tt rif Ordcfs cancel
ed ttMlate ...ll.lOROff
' T'er rontaie for collecting. 2:107
" exonerations 22 7'!
" returns to Commissioners. C 'JO
" , r- ...... t.i .... . . . f . 1 1 . . . .-'
per eentng-e 01! Collectors'
iiiipiici'Je
Inui't duo from Collector.
1W 40-f,1.73C3
Balance due Township.
. 61 77
F.MAS
'".LIAS I A I T I. )
IOS. W. 1'KIN'OI K, V.
lAAf f fCKLLT. S
J
Auditors.
J
Attest Dam hl McUocmi, Twp. Clerk.
TpiNANCIAIi STATEMENT of
WAsmiNOto ToATNsitip Scitool Dis
tiiict for the year ending- June, 175 :
Jrittrrn CatSTE, TrctSsurcr, Dr.
To amount or Dirplfeate 3.22W 12
Slate appropriation ..... 27S 13
" " " Tax on Cnsoated Lands.. 245 30
M rec'tl f roM Jesse McGouh,
laO Treasurer 1,433 73
UJ06 rt
. 1127.1
2H41
. If I 45
eS34-3,733 47
Oy Orders redeemed.'. .
' f-"oneratiotis
" Tax returned
" 5 per cent, on 2.T!29 12
S percent, on 13,417 M
Balance due Township 473 01
Having- cxannlncd the above account, we. the
ttndersltrned Auditors of Washington Town
ship, hereby eertiry that the same is correct.
JAMES NOON, I .
t-13.-3t. JAMES 1TEL, f Auditors.
"JVTO TICE. i hereby caOtion allpat-
ties against interfering Willi tlie fol!o
Injr r'PTty pnrehnsed by me from' Henry AjWe-.
sr., and left with Henry Arhle. jr.. durina my
pleasnt'e, rir.: 'i bay mares, I briodle cow, 2 sets
harneus, I wajjon, 1 sled, 1 yfow. and a lot or har-nt"s-
KKEDEKICK AUBLE.
Carroll Trp., June 1. 1S75.
J B. MCOXNELL,;M. 1).,
, LORETTO, Vk.
Offlce formerly oncnaled hy Dr. Jamison. Xiif6
calls can b mado at iyrs' Motel. l&-14.-0ni.,J
TWO PICTl'RES.
BEFORE MARRIAGE.
My Maggie ! my beautiful darling !
Creep into my arms, my sweet I
Let me fold you again to my bosom
So close I can hear your heart beat.
Wh.it f these little fingers been sewing?
One S pricked by the needle t seel
Theae hands shall be kept from such labor
When once they are given to me.
All mine, littla pet, I will shlcM you.
From trouble and labor and care ;
I will robo jrou.lifte some fairy princess,
And jewels sSall flash In your hair !
Those slippers, you gave me are perfect !
That dressing gown fits to a T !
My darling ! I wonder thai" Heaven.
Should wive sCci A treasure to me I
Eight nine ten eleven ! My precious,
Time flies so when I am with yon !
Itaeeins but a moment I'v been here,
And now must I say it? Adieu 1
AFTER MAKRTA&E.
Oh Meg, you are heavy ! I'm tired !
(Jo sit in the rocker, I pray ;
Your weight seems a hundred and ninety,
When'yon plump down in that sort of way.
Yon had lx;ttcr be mending my coat-sleovo,
I've spoken alont it before ; .
And I want to finish this novel,
And look over those bills from the store.
This dressing gown sets like the deuce ;
These slippers run down at the heel f
Strange anything can never look decent ;
I wish you could know how fhev feel ;
"What's this bill from Morgan's? Why, surely
It's not for another new dress?
Look hero ! I'll be bankrupt ere New Year,
Or your store bill will have to ;row less.
Eight o'clock ! Meg, sew on this button
As soon. as you finish that sleeve.
Heigh lso! I'm so dreadful It sleepy;
I'll pile off to bed, I bedievc.
Tin: noonx affair,
ONE OP THE SfOST EXTRAORDINARY CASKS
OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
ON It ECO It r.
On the morning of the 2Gth of Novem
ber, 1819, I read in the Itutland (Vortnont)
ITtrald the following notice :
"Murder I Fritters of newspapers thro'
out the United States are desired to publish
that Stephen Boom, of Manchester, iri
Vermont, is sentenced to be executed for
the murder of Ilusec.l Colvin, who lias
been absent about seven years. Any per
son who can give information of said Colvin
may save the life of the innocent, by mak
ing immediate communication. Colvin is !
about five feet five inches high, light com
plexion, light hair, blue eyes, and about
forty years old. Manchester Vermont,
November 2Ctb, 1819."
This communication was copied very
generally by newspapers, and created a
great deal of interest. IJefore describing
events that followed, let us go back to the
year 1912 and to the little town of Man
chester, Vermont.
Batncy Boorn, an old man, had two sons,
Stephen and Jesse, and a daughter Sarah,
wife oT Russell Colvin, a half-crazed, half
witted day laborer. They were a bad lot,
poor, ignorant, and in doubtful repute for
honesty. Two miserable hovels served
them for shelter, and a few acres of piue
barrens constituted all their possessions.
They raised a few potatoes and garden
vegetables, and eked out a scanty livelihood
by days' work for the neighboring farmers;
In May, 1812; Colvin was at home. In
Jlino lie was missing. At first this oc
casioned no remark. He wan always a
tramp, absent from home sometimes for
weeks together. But this time lie did not
come back. As weeks grew into months
inquiries began to be made among the
neighbors about the nvssing man. There
are 110 tongues for gossip like those tihich
wag in a village. One Rike to another:
Excitement grew. Wonder, like a conta
gious disease, affected everybody.
It was known that there had long existed
between the old man and boys a grudge
against Colvin ; it was in proof that the
last time the missing man was Rcen ho was
at work with tho Bocrns clearing stones
from a field, and that a dispute was going
on, ahd Loti;a Colvin, a boy, son of Russell,
had stated that his father had struck bis
uncle Stephen, and that he, the boy, be
coming frightened, ran away. Again, a
Mr. Baldwin had heart! Stephen BoOrn, in
answer to tho inriutry as to where Colvin
was, say :
"He's gone to h II, I hopo V
"Is K6 dead, Stephen?" pursued Mr.
Baldwin,
"I tell you again," replied the man "that
Colvin has gone where potatoes won't
freeze."
For seven yeais tho wouder grew. Col
vin'sjghost haunted every house in Bcn
ningtoncorinty." There was noknown proof
that the Booms were guilty, and yet every
body believed it: A button and jackhife
were found, whicli Mrs. Colvin believed to
have belonged Id Rhssell ; dreams, thrice
repeated, were bad by old women' And
kitchen girls and. ten thca'sand! stories
frere in circulation.
Five years after Colvin was missed,
Stephen Boofn removed to Denmark, New
York, while Jesse remained at tome.
After the former Lad left, some bones
were accidentally found in the decayed
trunk of a tiee hear his bouse', and though
all snfgcons said to tho contrary, it was
nniversally believed that they were part of
a human skeleton. Of course, then they
must be CorvhVs bones. Jesse was ar
rested. Stephen was brought back fr6m
Denmark, and both were held for examin
ation. Although all the testimony when sifted
was found to be wotthlesit,' yet the two
brothers wero remanded back to jail,' and
Jesso was worked upon to make him turn
State's evidence. The jailor toruented
him with suggestions, which his wife fol-
lowed up with womanlv adroitness. Neieh- I
bors helped. Beset witb directions told
there was no doubt in any one's mind but
that Stephen commited the murder urged
to make a clean breast of it and thus save
both his body and soul, what wonder that
the man confessed, or was alleged to have
confessed, that Stephen Boorn did murder
Russell Colvin t
On September 3, 1819, the grand jury
found a true bill of indictment against
Stephen and Jesse Boorn for the murder
of Russell Colvin'. William Farns worth
testified that Stephen confessed that he
did it, and that Jesse helped him ; that
they hid the body in the bushes, then
buried it, then dug it tip and burned it.
and then scraped together the few remains
and hid them in a stump. Upon thft un-
supported evidence the jury returned a
Verdict of g'jilty against both prisoners,
and they wevb sentenced to bo hlihg on '
January 2S, 1820. !
And now the men Came to their senses. '
They asserted their iunocence. They said
that they had confessed as their Jast hope.
Some compassion began to be felt for them.
They might, after all, bo innocent. A
petition for their pardon was presented to
the Legislature. But it availed only to
obtain commutation of Jesse's sentence to
imprisonment for life no more. Stephen
was to bo hanged.
Let the reader n'dw tr.rn to anotherchap-
ter of this strange history! j
In April, 1S13, there lived in Dover, 1
Monmouth cunty, New Jersey, a Mr. 1
James Polhamus. During that rnblith a !
wayfarer, begging food stopped at his !
door. Being linndy, good-natured, quiet
and obedient, bonieless, and weak of in- j
tellect too, be was allowed to stay. He"
said bis name was Russell Colvin, and that
he came from Manchester, Vermont.
Not far from Dover lies the little town
of Shrewsbury, then a quiet hamlets How
invaded by the cottages and villas of Long
Branch pleasure-seekers. Here lived Taber
Chadwick, a brother-in-law to Mr. Pol- J
haraus, and intimate with the family. Ac- j
cidentally reading the New York Kiening 1
Post, he met, not with the otice of the
Rutland Herald, bub with ah account of
the trial of the Booms. Convinced that
the Russell Colvin, alleged to have beou !
murdered, was the very man then living j
With Mr. Polhamus, be wrote to the Kvtti- 1
Port a letter, which was published
December 9, IS! 9.
Upon the arrival of this paper at Man
chester it excited but little attention. The
letter was believed to be a forgery or a
fraud. Had not the best people in the
town long believed the Booms to be guilty ?
Had not one p'jrhtps both of them, made
full confession ? The bones of the mur
dered man, a button of his coat, his jac- j
knife had they not all been found? Had '
hot an upright jude made solemn chal-ge ;
that the evidence was conclusive, and an
intelligent jury found them guilty, aud the
Legislature sanctioned the findings ? There
was no doubt of their guilt none what
ever ; aud therefore no benefit of a doubt
had been given by jury, chief justice or
court of appeal.
Mr. Chad wick's letter was, nevertheless
taken to Stephen's cell and read aloud.
The news was so overwhelming that nature
could scarcely survive the shock. The
poor fellow dropped in a fainting fit to"
tho floor, and had to be reeovcredJJ by
dashes of Cold waten
Intelligence enme liexi day from a Mr.
Whclpley, formerly a resident of Manches
ter, that hb himself had been in Ne"v
Jersey and seen Russell Colvin. The
members of the jury which had convicted
the Boorns, however, hesitated to accept
anything short of the man's presence, and j
Judge Chase-, who had sentenced them,
pointed to Stephen Boom's confession.
The third day came another letter. "I
have Russell Colvin with me;" wrote Mr.
Wbelpley. "I personally know Russell
Colvin," swore John Kefnpton ; "he now
stands lefbre me." "It is the same RuS
sell Colviu who man Ted Sarah Boorn, of;
Manchester, Vermont," made affidavit
Mrs. Joitcs, of Brooklyn. But it woold
not Answer. Pride of opinion is stubborn.
Doubt of opinion dies hard.
However, Colvin, or Colvin's double,' wSs
on his way. As hie passed through Potsgh
kecpsie, the streets were thronged to see
him. The news everywhere preceded hira.
His story was printed in every newspaper,
and told at every fireside. At Hudson
cannon were fired ; in Albany he was
shown to the crowd from a platform ; and
all along the road to Troy bands of music
were playing and banners were flaunting,
and cheers were given as Colvin1 passed by.
Some men become famous from having
been murdered. Russell Colvin was fa
mous because he was alive.
Toward evening of Friday, December
22, 1819, a double sleigh was driven furious
ly down the main street of Manchester to'
the tavern door. It contained Wbelpley,
Kempton, Chadwick, and the bewildered
Russell Colvin. fmmediafely a crowd of
men, women and children gathered around,
and as the sleigh unloaded its occupants
and they took their places oh the piazza,
exhrbftlng the last man in view. "That's
Russell Colvin, sure enough 1 There's no
doubt about it I" came from the lips of
scores of gazers. , He embraced his two
children, asked after the Booms, aud
aitcd for the jail.
The prison doors were unbolted, and
the news was told to Stephen Boom. I
"Colvin has come, Stephen," said the
Rev. Lemuel Hayness.
"Has ho ?" asked the prisoner. "Where
is he?"
'Here I am, Stephen,' said his orolher-in-law.
"What's them on your flogs?"
"Shackles !". replied Boom.
"What for?"
"Betja'ase they said I murdered you."
"You never hurt me in your life," re
plied Colvin.
The sequel was soon told. Stephen
Boorn was released from pi ison, as Was
Jesso also, Russell Colvin returned to
New Jersey. But tho judge who suffered
an innocent man to be convifcted oF murder
by the admission of extra-judicial con
fessions the members of the jury who
deliberated but one hour before agreeing
upon a verdict of guilt upon evidence that
should not hang a dog the deacon and
church meirtbers who urged confessions
and preached repentance, and the ninety
seven members of the Legislature, sitting
as a court of appeal, who refused re-hearing
of evidence what became Of them?
TlfF It A ST STATION
BY M. QUAD.
He had been sick at one of tho hotels for
three or four weeks, and the boys on the
road had dropped in daily to see how he gel
alohp;; and to learn if they could render him
any kindness. The brakeman was a good
fellow, and one and all encouraged him in
the hopo that he would pull through. The
doctor didn't regard the case as dangerous,
but tho other day the patient began sinking,
and it was seed that he could not live the
night out. A dozen of his friends satin
the room, when night came, but his mind
wandered, and he did not recogr.ire them.
It was near one of the depots, and after
the great trucks and noisy drays had ceased
rolling byi the bells and short, sharp whis
tles of the yard engines sounded painfully
loncl. The patient had been very uiet for
hair an hour, when he suddenly unclosed
his eyes and shouted :
"Kal-a-ma-zoo 1'
One of the men brushed the hair back
from the cold forehead and the brakeman
closed his eyes and he was qniet for a time.
Then tho wind whirled around the depot
and banged the blinds on the windows of
his room and he lifted bis hand and cried
out :
"Jack-son. Passengers going north by
the Saginaw road chauge cars I"
The men uuderstood. The brakeman
thought he was coming east oh the Michi
gan Central. The effort seemed to have
greatly exhausted hira 5 for he lay like one
dead for the next ten minutes, and a
watcher felt for his pulse to see if life had
gone out. A tug going down the river
sounded her whistle loud and long, and the
brakeman opened his eyes and cried out !
"Ann Arbor !"
He had been over the road a thousand
times but ho had made his last trip. Death
was drawing a special train over the old
track, and he tvas a brakeman, engineer
find conductor;
One of the yard engines uttered a shrill
whistle of warning, as if the glare of the
headlight had shown to the eugineer some
stranger peril, and the brabema'ti called
out :'
,fYp-slanty change cars here for the
Eel-river road I"
"He's coming in fast," whispered die of
the men.
"And the end of his 'inn' will bo the
end of his life !" said a second.
The dampness of death began to collect
on the patient's forehead, and there was
tho ghastly look on the face whicli death
always brings. The slamrhTng of a door
down the halt stai tied him again, and he
moved his head and faiuly called :
''Grand Trunk Junction passengers
going east by the Grand Trunk, change
cars 1"
He was so quiet after that that all the
men gathered around the bed, believing
that lie was dead. His eyes closed, and
the braktman lifted his hand, moved his
tead and whispered :
"De "
Not ' Detroit," but death tte died
with the half uttered whisper on his lips.
And the head-light on death's engine
shone full in his face, and covered it with
such palor as naught but death can bring.
SrrETtiDAX.'s B-itiDE has thus been done
rfrto poetry : The first that the General
saw wasthcgroups of weSdtrig guests, then
the presents in troops: What was done,
what Its do, he knew like a book, then seiz
ing her band with a lovingest look, he
marched down the room 'm?d smothered
hnzas,' and the friends on each side held
their breath (ben,! because the words that
the priest spoke compelled them to pause.
With lace and with eilk the fair, lady was
gay ; by the flash of her eye and her fan's
nervous play, she seemed to the whole
milling country to 6ay i "The conqueror's
conquered, don't you see, lo I Sheridan
here surrenders to me."
There is a girl in Baden, Beaver coun
ty,' who is credited with having golden
tresses six feet eight inches long, and it
ain't store hair either. Wouldn't that af
ford a splendid hold in a domestic jamboree,
where the loving husband desired to yank
her around on ft double quick.'
GOING TO THE DENTIST.
I like to come acroes a man with the
toothache. There's something so pleas
ant about advising him to stuff cotton in
it, to use camphor, crebsotei peppermint,
and "relief," that i always feel better
after giving it; I have been there had
tn aching snag, and I know just how it
feels. It nsed to wake raa up i t night,
and make me mad at noon, and set me to
wearing early in the morning; I didn't
meet man or woman but what they ad
Vised "One said that a hot knitting
needle pushed down on the rocl was excel
lent ; another said that ttpiu.ni was an ex
cellent tiling and others said that it musi
be dug out by the dentist. If I sat down
to dinner", that old tooth began to growl.
If I went to bed, or got up, ot went to a
party, or ttaid at home, il growled just
the same. It wasn't always a growl.
Sometimes it was a jump that made my
hair sta&d up, and again a sort of ,'cutting
pain that made me mile uj5 faces at the
baby, and elam doors and break windows.
I ate cotton, peppermint, camphor and
opium. Until I got black in tho face, and
that old song kept right on'. , I put bags
of hot ashes to. rriy cheek, applied mustard,
held my head in the oven, took a sweat,
arid tho snag still ached; After the third
week iloiglibCrs didn't dare to let Iheir
boys pass my house, and hawkers and
book-canvassers went round another street.
I was becoming a menagerie, and at last I
decided to have my tooth but. .1 decided
to, and then I decided not to. I changed
my mind four times in one afternoon, and
at last I went. The dentist was glad to
eoe me. He said that if he could not
take that tooth out without hurting me,
he would give ir-e a million, t got easier
as he talked, and concluded not to have it
pulled. I started down-stairs, but a jump
caught mcj and I rushed back. He said
he would look at it 1 perhaps It did not
need pulling at all, but he could kill the
nerve. By dint of flattery hb got me in
the chair. Then he softly inserted a knife,
and but away the gums. I looked up and
said I would kill him, biit he begged me
not to said the cutting was all the pain
there was in it: He finally get me to lie
back and open my mouth, and then he
slipped in his forcep, and closed them
round the tbolli. ''OKsordorordonbordoso
forsor !' I cried. But he didn't pay any
attention to it. lie drew a full breath,
grasped the forceps tightly; and then he
pulled. Great spoon's ! but didn't it Seem
as if my head was going 1 I tried to shout,
grappled at hiui; kicked, and theil he hel?
Up' the old snag; and said, ''There, I guess
you won't feel any more aching:" I
leaped down and hugged hint. I promised
him ten millions ; I told him to make my
house his home for everj t hugged, him
again. I shook hands with every body in
the street, kissed my wife, bought the ba
by a doien ratlle-bofces in a heap, and it
seemed to me as if the world was too small
for me, I was so happy.
"ir inffii 1
ttLACK tf.tS Irf frLOKIDA
A correspondVrit of the BiUiniora Sun
tells this rather hu'gh fish story :
South from Jacksonville about two miles
is Alachua Lake.' Formerly this was a
vast prairie of over twenty thousand acres
cf good grating l.-ihd; Ift the midst of it
was a deep hole or land sink, of which
there ate a great hiary in the State, intc
which the waters of McKinstfy Lake, situ
atfed further north and the eurrounding
country used to flow and find a subterran
ean outlet to tho 8e.i. About four years
ago the outlet got more or le3S choked up,
and the surplus water backing soon cover
ed this vast tract of country, in which
aqueous condition it has remained ever
since, increasing and diminishing in are3
as the season varies from wet to dry. This
lake is literally alive with fish. I have
6een colored boys with an ordinary pole
cut from the" Woods," a line not ovei- foni
feet long, and fly, rudely constructed ol
red and white flannel; catch eighty" pchmda
of black bafla iri a couple of hours." These
fish average from twe to twelve pounds.
An eight pound bass is common."
A short time ago a gentleman re
ading in Gainsville, caught, aril weighed
on Fairbanks' scales, in the presence of a
number of Northern visitors here, a black
bitGH' weighing nineteen and one-qnartei
pounds. Tradition says that one wa
caught here last year that weighed twenty
three pounds.
All the small streams flowing' into this
lake are also full of bass.' I recently paw
three sifiall boys standing in a stream
about three feet wide, and my be a foot
dcap, each armed with a piece of hoop iron,
with which they killed, In the half hour 1
was present, eight good-sized baas. An
other boy of the same .party, with' ft two
bushel corn bag; made one haul ii
same stream of ten bass.
th
It may be interesting to know that
the people of this country consumed last
year 1,636,335 pounds of arsenic, 789,787
pounds of camphor, II6',053' pounds
of jalap, 26,202 pounds of ipecac, 297,
113 pounds of nux vomica, and $399,'
899 worth of vaccino virtis,' all of which
was imported.
, A queer genius, said to he worth! some
$20,000 or over, is in the habit of frequent
ing the Buffalo Police Stations for the
purpose of "sponging" lodging. The
other night he was searched1,' and about
1 4,000 was found in bis pocket,
V
tHFfKY'S DOQ.
, Almost everybody in town has heard o!
Jimmy Di ffcy'a dog Duplex. He had a
thousand tricks", but none that were "vain."
Catching ball And all that soli of business
aSfordod him much pleasure. Make but a
single motion as though throwing some
thing into the air, and Duplex was all
attention. His nose was aloft in a moment,
iad hi ears Vrere vibrating eix ways for
Sunday," whde his, taii was extraordinarily
inflexible; When he had rallen into thie
ittitude the majority cf external thing
were hoi heeded by him iintil he became
convinced that fee was not going to hear
anything drop'. Not only in this but ia
many other re?pccts the dog was a study.
Wtll, poor Duplex is dead now. Last
Sunday afternoon the Chinese residents of
this place tendered their god Guinboots ail
ovation, in Which fire crackers and bomb
largely predominated.
Jimmy Diffey weiit doii lo Chinatown
to see this blow-out, Duplex following at
his heels. Hardly had the Joss house been"
reached when a Chinese worshiper of the
cross-eyed god above mentioned threw
high intfc the air one tf those wicked Spher
ical, wicker-covered bombs, a thfeg which
no other nation except the Chinese would
ever have thought of inventing. Toor
Duplex saw tho bail ascend, and rushed
farth from his master's side, confident that
as a trained dog he was expected to do his
duty. The ball had not yet done ascend
ing when Duplex was underneath it;
squatted upon his hauriches, hose in the
air, ears vibrating, arid tail laying out
along the ground as stiff as a small crowbar.
In vain did Mr. Diffey shout and call
"Here, Duplex? You; Duplex ! Get out ! Come
here ! Ah, yon ! " Duplex knew too well what
under similar circumstance had always been
expected of him knew hi duty. As the
hissing sphere reached its greatest altitude;
paused the fractional part of a second and
theh began ita descent, the slightest bit of
tremor imaginable was to be Observed in
the extreme point of the tail of the alert
animal ; then, as the ball descended nearer
he was as firm as a rock he was accurately
measuring hhi distance. At the exact and
critical moment; Dili lex started from the
ground straight as an arrow from the
bow, his rigid, well formed tail pointing
directly to the ground, and his mouth Open
to its widest capacity. Down between the1
distended jaws of the dog fell the bomb;
"Drop it, you rascal ! shouted Mr. Diffey;
"drop it, dfo I But Duplex did not drop
it. A heavy dull explosion wa-S heard
sort of thud and Duplex where was hef
The greater part of him lay where the ex
plosion occured, but one of his eyes Was sent
across the street through the window of
Hop Lock, the Chinese doctor, the end oE
his nose fell in the boudoir of Miss Soo
Chow; and a shower of teeth rained in the
meat market and pig-killing establishment
of the fat and ey going Ah Luck.
THE HAN TTUO STVA LLOITED AN ALI
OATUK. The Lyons (Iowa j Advertiser, of the 12th,
says: We have read oT Jonah being swal
lowed by the whale, and after ruminating
and feasting itl that acquatio animal for
three days and nights, was delivered safely
on dry land again, brJt never before have we
6een a taan who corld swallow an alligator,"
and give him peaceful possession of hie
stomach for three years, until we were in
troduced yesterday to loth the man and
the alligator, at the rooms of Dr. Gannon,
in Clinton. The victim of this monstrosity
Is a colored man by the name of Thomas
D. Gains, a resident of Clinton for more
than six years, and gancrally known. Tom
related the facts substantially as follows :
" I felt something in my stomach for about'
three year3, which sometimes made me
very sick. I could no? endure my clothes
to bs drawn tight upon me.' My stomach
became very sore, and at times ejected a
green slime. During the last year or more
I was obliged to get up at mid-night and
drink mDk to stop the raging in my stom
ach." This thing, which is about four
inches long" yet neither beast, bird, nor
the devil, resembles' the alligator, except
the head which is like that of a frog. It
has scales upon its entire body and legs.
It has also long claws, with which Tom
says, it has beed scratching the very in
ternals but of him for three years. The pet
of Tom's which is now corked up in a small
jar, is minus the end of Its tail. Tom says
he ejected the tail after he went home.
These statements are facts supported by
affidavits,' which are in bur possession, of a
number who were present when the animal
was ejected.' . . . . . .
An old man and a young woman gbl
aboard a train abore Erieville,' Madison
County, on Thursday morning. A clergy"
man happened to be upon the same train,
and before many moments nad elapsed tha
couple requested that they be married.
There appeared to be no one oh board to
rai5e any objections. and the ceremony wal
commenced. The groom appeared to be'
axious to get off at Earlville, but as th'
prayers and exhortatioffs were lengthy, he
was obliged to pais that place and com
further North.' The event created consid
erable excitement upon the train. Thii
may be called a fair specimen of marriage
in haato- fcepentmce may come during a
trip upo'n a canal-boat.
"I would rather," said;Cato; "that pej
should inquire why no statue wa hJ
to uie than why I had one..