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HE IS A FKEEMAS WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FllKE, AND AM A IIS SLAVES BESIDE.
EHENSBUllG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1877.
NUM15EK (.
O
jflffi XI.
;RIFF'S SALES.
t'" ,,rv writs of '"'- V.ritnn.,
hiuI .''"' mrwi'. issucu
! V""i""' l',,,,s of Cambria
i"u'' ,i.,.tI'"I. I here will e e.x
V ,i,c Hotel id John Uaub,
.y'mAHCH 2d, 1877,
' the ti.liowlnir if 1 eetatc,
' "tjii:
v. title ll"'I r'"it of J"hn S'C-
" i l i-l l"t 1,1 r
" i town '.'oroiijrli. Cambria
-',r ,,n Al.iin street, bavina;
'-fr .,,'eiiiicl lot r .M. Campbell
,i xtt'ii'iinif back i the
r..,,n erected h t wo story
I'M !" " J ollill lilt II
,. .-t i . 1 1 r J mm som
Ki i-. tor ure ol (Jeortre
. r titti
i.-i'j
-.-(it.
tit:'' iltl'l I' ' "II-
n f '
i m :i lot Ifroiinii
,i., Johnstown bor-
ith
1'ti.. I roniimr on TJed-
cir U mi the one side
,,'r liitii. mid e.TOondiiia-
tir
j,i)irl Y . I'll H - ',;l "' i oiri ei -n
, ,i n unit- house, story
-1: I'
iiii.l h .ii'.K mrniture
, in
iil'iiru-y oi v in, r.
..i atnl to he sold Hi
.is-" '
c:ti
,j,lU 1.11.1 I'"" '
I. .... I '..It 11)11: I
and KoLei t
iti. l inti rt-st of V.'il-
;im '-t
I!! Jl
( ill.
;',,i
,1 1 . : if i ii mi s;i mi i e
j..!,i..(i.h n ltiT'inu h. Cmiii
'iiu. i.' 1 (' ' he ncrt li id lii v it
.. Siniiirl M iliT.i "ll
tii- s'i'.lli i-ii'l SlifrniMii
,,.:!ftt il.iTii'ii -ieettl ii
,i t i ii I'.i i:ey ol 1
.. . i:i"ii ami to lie so id
. tii.. ,t;i l interest of Nrt
;;, unit t" a lot nt K'ound
k t- '.W: tl . p. I '.' Ill I'l'l: C'llll-
; , i - i i' r. iin I "li I he iv i st,
'.I'ii !' "ii 'i t Ii on t he
i i ! II "X'-r "ll the e;itl,
, . i.i" -o rli. h i vtnsr I he i e
ri i i; .' :i lid St.tlil'-. ll'iwr
Nr. il'ini' T. T.i ken
t . -..I.! ;.t tin- suit t A ir
.mi I 1 itrrest of (inn.
. : i i, :i'C or 'iiifi-l or
.1, .. n t.. l -ll'i'. I hiiiI'iIh
v; .-.'l '-"! I i- Villi i,' l,-
. .: It tii-is, iiiiiliiituiiir
I j
. ir 1 l' ''ii i'ii' jhti' eie.iri l.
if.' ! tivi'Moiy li.Hise. ii-mv
, ,i.,. W I . i MiiMe. TllU'll
.:' .ii it"' suit ol Juhit
: '.' ''. a . ::i .V l ii.
. .t, i: .iii.l in. i i e-t of Ja:n8
: i., ii : i I i:i "iiiil h u.ile in
i ;. ! ' , I ii tiiln ia c 'lint ,
i 'nit mi I In wift, it ml
! i ..- i..it i ti mid i-iiit. nti'l lot
:: i. ii. li.i i cl liei i on
' !. i : ': I slislilc, now in
t . - -it : U. -I ', ' lot of
: i ; .' v i ..I M.irreli illc,
, i ! 'ii ::tv. I' i.. f unit-
..': '.-'. in. I li.'i.v iHu-t,
' ' V i . I : i:n- mi i !ie we-t.
r i :t t i." si hi r ii, ii mi hi
i " :i .i lit til til-' sold tit
1 i.'i-s. a i:iiitiisirtor ol
. !' i- l ittfi rest of Jiteob
: i lii:: ri.t.-nd tl nut e in
! ..:. Ji. I Ul)i Ii. ( 'a :n : m
' 'i 1 I" - Hi I II i ill .Ml..-ri!!:lll
i. i ; n i i.e f t-i ii nd
;il V" ivl.' on tin- (!,
' .i i '", Mii-" li'iiis", now
.J iiii r.'iniiil. Tnki'ii in
it nt i in- Mitt ol Hfiiry
. t '! ir, ! intereit tf John
i i ' t 1. 1 u i "ti ii.: mi ii., te
i '.i. li. ' ',. i !u in ci Mi hi ,
f i:'ti i'ii ittei-n sti-t t,
i :i ' a -t Hud an ulley
'. i a. I'i-s t.i -M-i.ti ereeteil
i.i- . ti.iw in t he iici:ti
' i .in 1 .1 i'hi 1'. (.' m:i .
I t.i- -mil at t de suit
- i t I . . i 1 1 1 1 !- ! mlii i-i r.
- - - -i t l i',t'.f,.vt of Ki.-h-M.!,
Hi-.t It. v. Coulter
- : i.ih . in tii- rri.led
" ' 'ti, i-.im live li, to wit :
i i ' at, l o to n-n
i'i., . i -. t ivj.'M, it unte
: t in Knt L'one
i .i ( . unity, I'.i., niiil
' ' n ' r ii 1 11)11 t '; ..V (lint,
:i ' " i n ii. r ol Mum Mini
"'"-- 1 ' ken in execu
'l II," .n ,,J , . & J. i,.
' : m-.! inw riif of .!ime
' ' 1 "' 't oiiii't sit iinitf in
ui i ,.'i;i!. . ra.. 1 1 out-
I :-.v:iu Lit ol Siuvh
; ' l-.li.l lot . .'. .
' x -i l',- ir t,:.. h t it Pi-nn'ti
' ' ' 'i (I. T,t k n in nc
i: H" Mi:t ol Ilujrh Mc-
oi i ;',.! interff of Jmnes
' ' '' 'I t-'i' .ntid it u.ite in
" il' !"! uiiih, Cm-
' Mi ' ii ti.,- Wi-Pt on
foi.n-'.ry h'Ihv on the
. run . tin t hp north
" Ill I til l rill) CI I ctcd
" mi ' In- oeeupnitcy or
i ii-i , i ir y. 'I Hki-n in i'x-
' uit .: fi -. Km l:c.
i.l tut, rest of
.1 1 14-
: l"t III t7l".iiifltfttii., tt
' 'lillni.i i-oiiii,v, I'll.,
I -M i-i on the north, lot
.t.i ,
(1 If M . SI. I, ,t ,1 UM.
-.i;. iin, I ;',, n.'ley on the
'" i ' i ti . )t i wustiii y house
it, t i.'fcitl' lilt ti o Jua.
f t- i- i, ii, ti :,!,, t(; he sold
r i mh i,.. I j,. ,
i 'i '. I : I . I :.. . .
.. i "Mi ri-t oi f.r.-
i. ' j-.-l in ,,, ol' L round
"l iiih'iv il,-, t 'jin.tiriit
k . .'pi.- Hwtiue. hiving lot
1 " ' in- iili- mid uu rtilev
' ' l( A t...,,,,i 1,.,,. ,,, ,,d
' " X in i hereon eteeted tt
i-'-. ti. t n Hie o- uidtiey
ui i sttiiiiiuii and to
" ' '"'Hit Ir-'ii C,.
" tit-e ;i n ' I Interest of Wil-
' 1M till'l In .i in. ..m
ii..
" ! Ii.,r,.,..,l. ..r r- I . '
,,., i. . """1 ' one-
It, I i, V ' ' Known us Imt No.
'' iv r,r;" ' '""""f f",,r
..... ,.. vinir t Here.
1 1 ;i ft,.. ,
ui..,, . .- . V . -i'i notie,
V l.'U,ir. MeCotn.ell.
nidll i u-er oi j. ,i. cam i-
r- "r use of John P.
I, ti.l. . . .
l interest of Chrf.-
,,, ,() ". i iimnrmcoiiii.
' - ' I ii ii , . , . .. i. . . .
-iit.-i nun il'ljoin-
' .1 111 s lieiro I I v.
-:e,..t i :"""' ";--""
'"- i'1'I K III mu Hlley,
i rt i.iiif.-tivosiory Irunio
' . ' "I"' v or C. D.iris and
..',"ri: II. ... .
ii ii, . i. i " v roti in i l-
, - i t,,,, ai,. (;,,, eotiiMv.
' i:H-i"" "''". H'ljiiiiiinjr lots
i.,,.., '"'"' ""1 "Xtendin biek
in ti . "r i'-n h two itory
: "I i i . ,. . , "I'nney ui ,i ie;ia I
: n, , ,, ana id be sold at
- - "Mrn(.,.
'Lit. t . I ....
, tinii interest or TT
hi (','".' '" " ''ertrtin lot of
'a. ( ,' . "orouifh
. Cm ni
- on Mnif
si reer.
,., , iniiee oy sal (I
,. , '"7 u-y- thenee l,y
i ' t . . i. . . .
n;,l a i, - o.v rvinira-
'H i .i ,., ' "f'he to l..,t No. 14:
nieiiee tiv Klnir.
nit. i i" nea to I tie place
ti, I . pian, ,r iot or
1 i'hi . n s' 'teloinan
I? , "-.'l'i 'l t. 1. 70. and re.
1 t., ...
! I
O it lim -ii n .
1 I I
ftM In I'. t IKWirtlTT i v
''H M. !. Woodruff, toi
irii,. ....
' , and Interest of Jaeoh
'-
f I'r., "r "found situate
' 'nt
. " Adams township.
"'ri..tl """ on the liedrord
i.i.
'" ni l . r ,V " i'ii'ani ex-
lh'l.. M. Ill V F.li h hr
'""ni-v ", " , w" "toi-v hous .. n iw
''l ' .. . . .' " s,r'l- Tnken
'""'r m u !- "' ,'" r J"'
'in" "h.nii, P'trpiiasft
. ''w-iw ' ' Tn" Pronortr ts Ir -..lr ..,1
T . ' ' I T ti I - , r . .
'lie Ile,:'" 1 '-thirds upon oon-
'3.j-. 5v-. Sheriff.
'"Vown Yt.ltlu::.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY virtue or sundry wilts of F 1, Fa., TVnrf.
hxpon.. ami .11 Ytio f;.rpoii., issued out or
the Court of Common Pleasnl Cambria eonnty
and lo medir, ft id. there, will licMpocd topuh
lic sale, at the CmitT HotrsK in F.bf.sSbi hg. in
MONDAY, March 5th, 1877,
at I o'ocbCK, p. m the following real estate,
to wit :
Aid, the rigrht, title and Interest of Archibald
Farrell, of. In mid to a lece or pat-eel of land sft-
vlr.ir
a i wt smry pianK nnuo and a loir
barn, in Hie oeci ut cy ,r ArcliihnlH Farrell, and
a one stury plank house a lo stahle. now .n the
oeenpancy or Mary Ann Pencil. Taken in exec-u-tittn
and to he void At the suit or Itaniel Frv.
A i.ao. all the rUht, litleund in erest el i'atrirk
I'j rtics, or. In and to a l icee tir parrel nf land lt
uatc in Munster tewnship. Catobrla emint v. Ha,
ad jofnlnir lands nl Kranris Kherlv tleo'd. William
AleUahey, and others, OontaininK etie ncre, more
or less, bavin thereon erected a two s.ory plank
bouse, now iu the nerupancv or V. McVi v. Tuken
In execution and to be sold at the suit "or Sebas
tian Pry.
Ai.so, all the rlht. title and Interest or Peter
Kelly and .lohn Kelly, of. In and to a piece of par
cel or land situate in .laek.-nn township. Cambria
eounty. Pa .adjoining lamlsor James Mejran, Kd
ward Lei ly.and others, eonlainint? IS acres, more
r.r less about 30 ner:-s cleared. Iiavinif i hereon
erected a one an I a-hall storv house and loar barn
tiow in the occupancy r .lohn Kellv. Taken In
execution and to be s dd at the suit of John Funk,
Tor use uf.laeoh Fr,inhei"r.
At.ao, ail tin- riKlit. title and Interest or J W.
Oray. ol. in and to a piece ir parcel or land situ
ate in W hite township. Cambria count v. Pa,, ad
joininir lamlMil II. H. Konley. Chas. H."Uanstrad,
J. 11. FiSke. nn I others,-eontairiinir about 5 acres,
all cleared, bavin thereon eric-.ed a two storv
plank house and frame s.atile now in the occupan
cy or .1. vV. (ir ly. .s.i. about 5 acres ot land in
While township, all cleared, ail I'linimr lands of
IMi.-irles Knnsiead. havlrnr tliereon erected a tw-i
story plunk home and Irame stable, now In the
occupancy nf v rs llollen. . 1 .-, enc-hii lr interest
in a strain shinirlc ii!:l'. now in the iH'eupnt-v id
I iiini.ti-line Jc 1'iimtiili'irs. Taken in e.x'-cuiion
and to tie solo at the su.t of .1. H. F.ske & 'o.
Al.so. il l the risrht. title and Inii-nst ol U-eorire
Crook, ot. In and to a piece or parcel ol' land siiu
ate in C !n st township Cambria count v. Pa., ad
joining lands ol Oenrifc I'eitru h on the wct and
sou'h. by .la con Heiirii-h on the east, bv Simon
Nclx-wi r and Sateuel dill and 1 uwn-l ii' road on
thenorlh cont.iininsr acres, mo e or less, a bout
CO sieri s clca red. li.i viiiu t ht rciui erei ted a t wo story
plank liiiiise iin.l Ir.iine barn, now in the , iii:ni
cy of f ienrire t 'riaik. Taken in execuiion and to
be sold at the suit of Sim, m Schroih.
A 1.8,1, all the ritfht, title mid interest :if John
Lynch, el in and loa piece or parcel of land sit
uate in Wnsl.in .. ton towntltip Cambria county.
Pa., front Inir ;n the new Portaee l:ail Ho-m. on
the sunt h and east by lands o Philip Prit h and
Mii-h.tet Don, uu liui". on I he south and west by
In mis nf 1-. Jl, (Icnrue. containiim 40 aires and
106 juTches. improved, l.axinr thereon ere -ltd a
two story pi ink house and plank stable, in the
oi-cupani-y of . Taken in execntiou
and to be sold at the suit of C. Ij-ihey. tor use.
Al so all the riifh . title an 1 interest ol John
Shai hanxh. ol. in and lo a lot or xround a tuate
in Suteiii'iville bo 'ninth. Cambria county Pa..
Tront in x on t he Cambria. Indiana am lltintine
don Turnpike an ' extending back 'Jis) leet to an
a I ley, on I be ea t by loto! Airs. Schuieeder. on
the west by an alley i.nd lot of Paul AlcKenna.
biivinir thereon erected a two story Lplank honse.
I'ot now o-cti pied. Jls. .three aeresol land, more
or less, slam! one acre cleared, hounded oil the e,it
by Keieh. Paul McKcnea on the west, and
runninur 7 perches to oTt Portatte Kail Komi and
havinif ihereon erected a plan k stable. 'Taken
Itiexecuti in and to be Sold at the nut ol John
Dibert & S'.n.
A 1,81,, all I he rlitht, title and In'erest or Tobn
P irler. of. in. and to a piece or parcel ot land sit
uate in Sisiuehaniiii township, ('tttntiria county,
I'll., aitj.mi na binds id Peter Oarin.m on tin;
east, lands ol V. .Gninni'i ,ri tin souih and
west . coti'alniiijr f ! acres and 126 perches, more
or less. I.vin ihcruon erected a loir house and
loic barn, now in the occupancy or .lohn Porter.
Taken In exc-m ion and to be sold at the snitor
A A Marker ,V Son.
Ainu, all the rijflit. title and Interest of Paniel
Hurke, o. in and to a piece or parcel id land sit
uate In (1 illitrin township. Cambria county. Pa .
coutHifiinjr 1;V4 acres, more or less almiit one acre
cle .red. a.l)"iiiinj- lannfof T,ewis Uecher on the
west and Aunes l urke on the east and south. now
in the otcnpHiicy of Ibiniel Hurke. Tacn in ex
ecution and to lie sold at 111 suite! John Ii. Sean
laii exeeu'or or M. UI. Adams, dee'd.
A t.o. nit the ri j fit. 1 1 tie and in! erest or James
AV McCartrey. and F.linabcth McCartrcy. oi. in
and to a certain two stery piling hou'e 1W Teet
rrunt by 'JO feel in ilejd h. "wi' h an 1, bu Idinir at
taclted 'Ti-o stories t-'trh. 16 leet by W Teet located
on a piece or parcel or around s 'ttnte !n White
townshtp. Caiebria ci-unty. Ph.. iMtjoinina lands
of David Van Se.iock. Thomas Vm Scy-ick, and
Henjamin Fiarart". Xow in the occupancy or
. Taken in execution and to be sold at the
suit or J. A. t.ates
M so all the right, title and Interest of John
(I. Fiilltnan of. in and to a certain piece or parcel
or land situate in tfiliiiin township Cambria
county, l a . adjoining lanns ol lo irs ol Until
rjalla.'hcr. dec'il. Auirus'ine t hrisiy, Anthony
Mvers. and oiIits. cont.ainiinr 120 acres, mure or
less, about 40 acres cleared, bavinr therejn erec
ted a rriime bouse and lo bam. now in the occn
panev or John Fullmer. T.iken in execution
and to be sold atthe su.l or J. J. tiillespie.
TF.ioia K Sat.k. One-third of the pur-liae
money to be paid when the property is knoeked
itown. n in I the reinaitiinjr two-ltiirds upon wm
Hi matiotl of the Deed.
JOHN TITAN, Sberiff.
Sheriff's Office, Etiensbur. Feb. 11. 1877.
TKIA L LIST. Cjttios set down
for i rial al Court of Common Pittaa tn
be held at Kbensbiirir. t'ainbriH cmimy. Penn'a,
cominenc-l.'nr on MoMiAY, M AHt H SIH, 1S.7 :
riitsT wEf:ir.
Johnston ts. Feleh; Flynn ts. Troxell; Oeorjre
vs. Hichards: tVK'per vs. Tierncj s. Null: Krise
vs. Krise; Murphy vs. prltseli: Millinifs &. Wbcci
oek vs. Iwis et al: Kline v. Nafhanson: Fynn
Co. vs Kinton tk Son ; Marshall Uro.' t. vs.
Linton t Son.
8KcT5t VF.KK.
Pots & Campbell vs. Kearney. fcl"nd lsne;
I'omerov vs. McCloske : Ijintfv vs. Hipp":
fc Foster vs. Fhrnfelt & Thompson. Milliken for
use vs. Hur line: M 'ijl'iniirle vs. Woleelairle: Ham
ilton vs. Kavlor: O'N'elll vs. fancy: Fronherser
vs The Borouirh or Johnstown : M 'Oarcy vs. Pat.
tcrson: Kerr vs. Hradley M'Cool; Klckey vs.
Kuiriifl; Kimmel vs. Orris' Adm'r: tlriff.th vs.
Keim : 'resson Springs vs. t'Ijitiirhlln : Mel
lon vs. Finney , Johnston: Coo,er l Mellon vs.
Finney fc. Johnston; tJoniibnonr vs Jouirhnour ;
Ilcnrv Frilr. &. t:. vs. John Lynch bail, etc.;
Pritch vs. Hche; ;lder. nsc of. vs. Hopple ct nl .
Cnshinr vs St. Francis' Academy: I. Wonders
and wile vs. Itcnrv S. Peden ; Naitle vs. Thomas:
Summerville vs. Hipps h. Ilovd : Usher &. Co vs.
A'lam TioMen. K M 'Ct LO A . Pro 1,'y.
Prothonotary'i Office, Kbensbur. Feb'y 6, 1877.
NOTICE IX TAHTITION.
To Calhariite Vek. formerly Cntliarlne
Reese. oftMarlon county. Pennylvania. one orthe
helrsjof Kleanor Reese, rormerly Kleanor Roberts,
decea'sed. John Koberts. or Hlair eonnty Ilavld
Huberts, or the State or I-.wa Robert Roberts, of
the State ot Ohio. Falward Robcr'snnd Wlllinm
Koberts. orthe State ol Calibi nil. and .Ttrtf.tret
Kohrrts of Plltsburir. Pa., heirs of Jane Roberta,
Intermarrlod with Kvan Kolierts. deceased, the
heirs and leiral representatives of Robert J. Rob
erts, deceased : Take notice that an Inipiest will
be held at the residence oT t he late Kohcrl J. t-ob-erts.
ort:ambria township Cambria eounty. dee'd,
on Satitro it, the :tl day or M av.ch. A. I. 177,
at 10 o'clock In the Torenoon or that day. ror the
puriMise of makinv partition or the real estate d
SJld decaased to and amonif his helra and legal
representatives, il the same can be done without
Iirciudice to or spollinsr the whole; otherwise to
l i. i .. . .n.na al which rttne anil
VIHUH l," 'l, II II-T3 llirpni... -
place youare reouested toattend If von Hunk pro
: n.iiv HVAN.Sierilf.
herlfTs Offlce. Ebensburtr, Jan. 24. 1-77.
dt.
--u.-Mu-imniiii towtifiiip. .amtirta rnnnty,
I'a., adjoining lands or .Insenh Kearcr. jr.. I'hilip
Jinty, and ethers, enntrtiniiix ja aire?, nrnre or
n-m, aiHiut. ., acres ol wiileli an rlMrt. I.
.'lM,'.n::,,'"nd PPrten- TOU SALK Oil KENT. That rte
' J ;:; ;: ZV'n X r-We HOTKIj 111) PERT Y popularly
HII'IWII H - , im ..i.iMei"." ......., ... ---
orCarrolltown. Itambrla county. Pa., now In the
oeeupaiiCy of D. Kirer. is otlcred ror saleorrcn
nn the most, rensonatde terms. This property It
situated near the centre or said borouirh. and ilia
house Is commodious and well suited Tor hotel
purposes. There Is also a lar. e stable, as well as
nit neeessnrv ouUioum-s and a (rood garden, on the
premies. Ilavln purchased the projierty at
Sheriffs sale, I can aflord to Iflve a .rood bar aln
either In t:s saleor lease .1 t'LlLS STlCH.
tlarrolltown. Jan. 19, 877.-tf.
Willi. SEC HLK ti. Attorney ai
Tjaw. Kl.enHl.iirr. '.' OmV tn Col
onade Row. (reccnUj octuimi by Wm. Kitltil,
Esq.,) Centre reet. l-21.'76.-t(,J
out Fiiisr idiiv ii. ii it.
HY WALTF.lt C. HOWDEX.
As the first l.jj pntteritiK drops that fall
Willi a splali on otir lattice, pane
Make us shiver anil start astliey warn nsall
Of a sform or of coming rain;
So it is with life when we're growing old
And age steals on unaware
We shiver and start if the truth were told,
At the sight of our first gray hair.
Ve mark not the light of our n.wnulay hours.
Like the first strenk the dawn doth tiring; ,
We hail not. the birth of the summer flowers
As we tin the first snow-drop of spring;
On the bleak winter wind we look not with
grief
Tliongl; it howl through the branches lare;
But we sish when we see the brown Autumn
leaf
And behold Nature's first gray hair.
Gray hair may come when the lieatni.ig eye
Has none of its brightness lost.
When the bonyant hearts we will fain deny
Youth's Ilnbicoti has been crossed;
Rut the ivy-clad tree looks. voting ami green,
Though a sapless trunk lie there.
And naught ol'tlecay on our cheeks may be
see n.
When we witness our first gray hair.
Oh a noble crown to a noble life
Is a head of silvery gray,
And 'tis well if tired with truggle ami strife
It finds rest at the close of day;
Hut gray-heaib-d sin is a crownless curse,
And the parent of dark desptiir,
And il gives us a pang, oh, tl.mbly worse,
Thau the night of our first giay hair.
Come early, come late, like a knock at the
Is Ihat ti.'st a iff, silver threa I,
And it j-iins with tin sileln-e the years that
w a i I
Willi the years forever fled;
Il silently tells us we're junnieyinj; on
It silently questions ns Where?
Oil, a faithful mile stone, were truth but
k nown.
Is seen in our first gray hair.
ji a i: i lx a i nun ;.
A STRANGE CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
It miglit le snijusctl i fiat personal iden
tity was a mailer lit 1 13 liable to mistake.
C'hncs of pctsotiiil resemblance, such as
would deceive a number id' persons at once
and fur a length of time, aie vtiy rare.
imdheis and sisters are sometimes so alike
that they must be confronted in order to be
distinguished, but we feel pretty sure that
we should soon find out an impostor if we
cmild catechize and ci oss-eximine l.itn.
Vet.il is soinel :mes I i flic it tt In lisjose r
bits of evidence adduced In favor of actual
impiistois. llatflly any one of the false
Diiiipliius, claiming to be the sons of Louis
XVI. but had his adheieMts, and there are
still hiile fragments of unexplained testi
mony ntilttHl ntg against, the belief tn.il
Louis XVII died in the Temple.
The story of the false Maiiiti Guerre is to
be found in the tiist volume of the French
Coiled ion of Hie Cause L'elrbres, and seems
to prove that even the evidence as to p"
sot.al identity which would ajjea: most
convincing shotild be received w iiti cauliuu,
and that the ieiMiaMon of individuals "
any ;ii I icular cast , should not be allowed
to otn weigh solid proof oi any other kind.
One day, towaids the close of the six
teenth senility, t lie little town of Artignes,
in lite south of France, was thrown into a
slate of gieal exctieiii'-nl by the iiinn.ied
reappearance of one of i's l.iiniur inhabit
ants, who bad quitted I he place eight years
be. fore, and of whom iioiiimg bad been
heaid since he hail been tempicd to steal
some of his father's cot n, and tied in fear
of the the Ft being discovered. The old
man. howevev, lefi him his heir, and l'n-t re.
the young man's t'.ncle, managed the prop
eity in his nephew 's a bsence. On heating
of his tetuiii, every ore hurried to tin
house where the wile of this man resided,
a young and beautiful woman, who had
passed t he tune of her lemnrary widow
hood in the Kindest retirement ; and there
to the sat isf.ici ion of all, was Hie missing
Martin Guerre. The long parted couple
were visited ami congratulated. Everyone
recognized Martin. lie was barely twenty
when he left A'tignes, and there was just
I he change which eight "ats might have
made in him, butnomoie features, voice,
manner, all were the same, and ll waserv
pleassu: in I he old town, w hen old planks
weie icciilcd, fnitnor jests laughed ovei,
and the balf-forgoi.ieii escapades of his boy
ish rla brought I" memory. Martin
Guerie had always leeu a fa vol it e, and had
apparently come b-.ick as g'Mid a Fellow as
ever. I5ei trattde, his wife, wasfnllot hap
piness at hei husband's ret it in, and there
weie other i hit ions foui sisteis, two ol
them martied, who, w ith the brother-in-law
and an uncle, I'iene Guerre, it-ceived the
new-coinei without a shadow of doubt.
Three years passed. IJerliande had a
little, daughter, the family haimotiy was
unbroken, when a soldier fiom Itochelorl
passed through Arignes. ami strange so
lies began lobe A'hisiteied. This man had
lieeu heaid to say that Martin Guerre,
whom he knew ieife:lly. was in Flanders;
that he had a wooden leg ; and that the fel
low who had usurped his uam and his
lights was h villain and an imposter.
Hut the soldier and bin motives were un
known ; his tale w as improbable ; for what
hindered the teal Martin Guerre from com
ing home) to claim his property and his wife?
Yet the story produced an eflVct on Hert
rande. She secretly summoned the man
before a notary, and had his deposition ta
ken down in writing. It was as if some
doubt had entered her mind ; but she m idi:
no change in her conduct, and continued to
treat the man as her husband, whom she
had, for so long a time considered such.
Her position was a painful one.
The next, event in the Guerre family was
a tremendous quarrel Indween the uncle
and nephew. Three years had passed, anil
I I'jerre constantly pm oit giving up mr
statement of accounts demanded. High
' woids followed ; and, in the end, the uncle
i gratified his vengeance by getting Martin
into I I.e juisnti of Toulouse, inconsequence
j of another quarrel he had got into. . Pierre
I now trird to get Bertrandeto acknowledge
that she had been the victim of an impos
ture, but without success.
. Who eutd know her husband," she
saiil. "so well as lieislf ? The prisoner at.
Toulouse was either Martin Guerie or the
devil in his sh;:pe." The rich man of the
fa mil v, Jean Wing applied to by
Pierre to advance money for legal proeeed
. ings against llie impster. replied that
t Martin Guerie was his relation, and, if he
r advanced money, it should be todefend him
against bis enemies.
In Ho tT"e, J!f -1'i's term of imprison
,iireut ended, aud lieitraude "
affectionately on his return home ; yet, the
next morning, the iudefatiguble Pierre,
with four sons-in law, was seen coming out
of Heitrande's house with Martin as their
pi isouer. He was lodged in the jail at
Kietix. and it was soon known that- these
insolent proceedings were taken by the
wife's authoi ily, who was at last biinging
an action against her husband as an im pos
ter. Yet she sent money and clothes to
him in the prison, ' She senilis lo have been
unable to make up her mind positively ;
anil it seems clear that her sic nature, au
thorising the capture, was extorted by
those live men against a timid woman.
Xow licgan one of the st ranges! of emweH
celebre. The accusers charged the oi-rti-ant
Martin Guerre with being really acet
tain Arnold Tilh, a native of s,agias. His
defence was simple and at raight forward,
lie stated that alter the quart el with his
father he led a roving life, and associated
with (lifteient peisons, all of whom he
named, lie had been in the King's service
in Fiance seven years, then had run away
to Spain and made his way home as soon as
he knew that hecould do so safely. Friends,
sister, wife, every one in Artignes had
recognized him, am! received htm with o-kmi
arms. '1 hat bis w ife was on the side of his
accusers was clearly because she was under
ci'inpulsioti. She had lived with him hap
pily aud without, a shadow of suspicion for
three years. 1'ietre'a motives were only
too plain ; they were revenge and self-in-leiest,
and he had leen heard by people in
Artignes to vow vengeance against his
nephew. Th accused demanded I hat his
wife should be removed from Pierre's in
!liienco anil placed under the protection of
unbiassed persons. This was granted, and,
in addition, a monitoire was issued com
manding every one who knew nny.hing of
thealluirto come forwaid under pain of
excommunication. The result was a most
t riumphant couHi mation of every statement
of (he accused. Further, his answers were
completely f at isfiictory tot-very question
adlressed to hi. ti. He gave c n rectly every
p.n t icnlar as te his parents, his birthplace,
his marriage, the priest who officiated at
the ceremony, and even deseiibed the dress
and conduct of some of the gnesia. IJert
lantle was separately examined on all these
(mints and the answers of the two ta'ilied
exactly. As many as one hundred ami fifty
w itnesses gave theirevideiice. About sixty
declaied that the resemblance between
Martin Guerre and Arnold Tilh was so re
markable that they refused lo say which of
the two stood before them ; from thiity to
fivty said decidedly that the accused was
Mai tin, and about tifiy more, equally posi
tive, that he was Arnold. On Hit question
of family likenesses, Martin's son was pro
nounced to bear no resemblance to the
piisoner, xliile Guerre's four sisters weie
found each as like her supposed brother "as
I wo eggs." The decision of I he judge at
the close of the ti ial was against the pris
oner, and be was sen'enced lo death. The
prisoner appealed to I he Parliament of Ton
louse, and a new trial was gi anted. As
ilert ramie de Runs was to hi; a decisive wit
ness, if l he inquiries into her charicter
proved atisfactory, these were veiyexaetlv
made. All bore test uuony to her blameless
life and viituous character. Would she
have lived with the prisoner for tin ee years
unless she had been firmly couvine d he
was her husband? The supiwised husband
and w ife were confronted. 11 is manner w as
frank, assured, and feai less ; her's. confus
ed, fluttering, and uncertain. He boldly
charged her lotell t he truth; to say w he! her
lie was, or was not, her husband. He
.vonld have no judge but herself, ami was
ready to sulfur Die punishment if she were
prepared to afiiiiii on oath that he was not
Martin Guerre. She replied that, "she
would neither swen:- it. nor believe it."
Tii is evtisi ve reply seemed lo st rengt hen I he
cause of the pt isnrer, but the judge hesita.
led to decide. Another inquiry began.
Eighty of the foi iner w itnesses were select
ed, of whom nine or ten confirmed, and
seven or eiht denied, the assertion of the
accused ; the rest remained neutral. The
result s ;iu increase of ierplex'it.v. There
was more I ban sufficient reason for believ
ing that the ptisoiit-r was Martin Guerre,
and quite as much for declaiing b in an
impostor.
The great point to be proved by his ac
cusers was that the person in question was
Arnold Tilh. Arnold was irreligious Iis
houesl, ti ;isri upu Ions, a diuukatd and
gambler. The likeness Ix-tween him and
Martin Guerre was so remarkable, that
nothing was easier I ban to mistake one for
the other. His apparent know ledge of facts
which could only be known to Mat tin
Guerre merely p-oved Ihat he had laid his
plans vet y well, and informed himself ex-
j acl ly ofail those paiticnlars. No one ever
thought ot charging Her'.iaude Willi com
plicity in the plot,.
Among the witnesses who spoke positive
ly to the prisoner, Arnold Tilh. wasone who
siiic that he had admilte.1 this to him in
confidence ; two deposed that they recog
nized him. Guerre was a IJiscayan, but Ihe
accused did not know the Basque dialect.
The shoem ikei employed by Martin Guerre
swore ihat. his niitn'jer was laelve, while
that of the prisoner was nine. Then the
uncle 'f Tihl burst into tears on seeing him
in chains ; a strong evidence, as his recog
nition nwi.st lie the ruin of his nephew.
Here was strong evidence; but, sitange
to say, that on the opposite side was equally
convincing, and the latter witnesses had
known M m tin Guerre from childhood,
while the others had, for the most part,
only seen Tilh at di.Teient times and in
casual interviews. Tlieie were one or two
of the witnesses who, at first, were not sure
whether the ikjisoii was their old friend or
not, and whom he convinced of Ihe fact by
reminding them -f circumstances which
could be k no An only tot I. em and to Martin
Guerre. He addressed them all by name,
and vatied his manner to Martin's intimate
friends according to the degrees of intima
cy which had subsisted. Could the dewi
est impostor pi iy a part so faultlessly ? and
whocjuid have been his teacher? Either
Hertraude and she was above suspicion
or Martin himself. Ami how could Mattiti
have imbued him with his tastes, bis ways
of thinking, ami all the little faniiliit iiies
which individualize a character?
The slight, personal dissimilar!! ies which
had been commented on weie explaititd by
the d iflVrence of age. He had grown much
storter ; he had corrected his old slouch
ing gait. Martin bad a peculiar growth
of the n. i il of one finger, a scar ui the fore
head, a blood-mark on the left eye all of
w hich weie found on the pi isouer.
As he left Biscay when only two months
old his ignorance of Ihe language was eas
ily accounted for. No one hid ever hoard
M ri'- "'.. t.i tt Arnold had lived
"e bince his letnin
such as could hardly have been thai of a i
previously wort bless and dissipated char- I
acter. !
Never was evidence more equally balan
ced, nor public opinion more equally divi
ded. The universal exja-ctal ion w as that
a favorable view of the prisoner's case
would be taken, when a new actor appear
ed upon thest ige, Ihe true Martin Guete,
the husband of Bertrande de Hoss, witness
and accuser at Ihe same time. He was
received suspiciously in psite :f his wooden
leg, and taken into custody. Things look
ed od.L Might not Pierre Guerre have
started this new claimant.
His examination was not satisfactory.
His answers weie indeed correct, lint, the
other claimant had replied npue positive
ly ; and, w hen Arnold respec fully begged
permission lo question the nvi'i himself, a
war of wotds ensued, in which the wood
en-legged man used langjage of much vi
olence, while the otbei preset ved the com
posure which is supposed to proceed from
a good conscience. All this may cisily be
accounted for if we place ourselves in the
posit ion of the tespecl ive pa. t ies ;
Fresh witnesses tiow called Arnold '
Tilh's brotheis, were summoned to appear ;
in court, but nothing would prevail on
them to do so. Then the new claimant
was con fronted with the Guerie family.
The elder sister was the fitst to enter the
court. For a minute or two she gared on ,
hi:n fixedly, then she threw herself on his '
breast, weeping passionate'', calling him
by his name anj imploring forgiveness.
Her brother was no lessagitated, embiaced
her affect innately, ami fieely forgave her
error, The scene can ied Convict ion to all.
The other sisters were equally satisfied
that this was really their brother ; and all
the other w-iinesses, even those who had
been most, positive, agreed that, they had
been deceived by the extraordinary to- ;
semblaure, but that this was beyond a
doubt Mart in Guerre at last.
And now came poor Bertrando's turn.
Every one felt fov the pale, beautiful wo
man, who atom trembling at bet door, as
her eye fell on the stranger, for whose ap
pearance she was, of course, quite ttupte-
cared. Her features became convulsed
with emot ion, and, with a wild cry, she
fell at his feet, praMtig, with hearl-rend-intr
sobs, to be forgiven. Her beauty and
distress touched all heartsbut his ; he had
pitied and easily forgiven his sisters, but. '
to his w ife he remained inexorable. He
could neither forgive her nor believe her,
he said. If was impossible for a wife til
mistake a sit anger for her husband ; she,
and she alone, was the eausenf the misery
and dishonor w hich had befallen his house.
Arnold Tilh, whose identity was fully
proved, made a confession before his deal h
and explained the story of his deception.
He and Martin Guerre had been compan
ions in arms, anil he had learned trotn
him much concerning his wife, his house,
and ciiCiiinstances, by which lie rietet min
ed to profit, and to accept the situation
when he found people addressing him as
Mailin Guetie on his leturu to his old
neighboi hood ; and, hy clever manage,
ment, soon contrived to.know quite enough
of his fiicnd's past life for the purposes he
desired.
On ihe 12th September, 1500, Arnold
Tilh was sentenced to death hy Ihe parlia
ment of Toulouse, and on the lGlh he pa id
Ihe penalty of his crime. He was hanged
lie fore Mart in Guerre's door, having hog
ged pardon of him and his wife, with
every sign of true contrition and penitence.
w
What to Do V"ith Ir. You mrty
laugh at it if you please, but leally the
difficulty of disposing of one's hat in
church is a set ions one. The extreme
danger of placing it in the aisle immedi
ately outside the pew is universally
known. The first lady that sweeps up
the aisle ca tries with her a confused mass
of defenseless hats. The pew scat is
hardly mote safe. Stat is' ies show that
out of eveiy one bundled hats thus situa
ted sixty are sat upon by their owners.
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y-uve ,e sa. i .nn.j ...uer pcop.e,
nun ,iiiy i , iv. . i in i ii it oi i it i t-ii. ai ii ns
J ' 1
to putt it'g one's bat on the floor under
neath tlte seat, no man w ho follows this
reckless course can expect anything but
disaster. If there is a small boy in the
pew lie will infallibly discover that bat,
and kick it to ihe further end of the jcw
within the first thirty minutes of the ser- 1
vice. If there is a lady in the a sur-
gical operation will be required to remove
her boot from the interior of t he hat, while
in any event the hat is ceitain to absoib
eveiy panicle of dust within a radios of
eight, leel. Neither under the seat, n
the seat nor in the aisle can the worried
hat find rest. What, then, can we do
with it ?
Fi.ating tiie 'Rt;rr.Et." A lady who
deiei mined tosurpiise her husband, a few
nights ago bought him a new pair of i nb '
bers and placed tlu-n, by the bedside, so
that when he came in she could enjoy his
delight at. such a fond exhibition of love
and affection. The man stayed out so
late that his wife fell asleep, and when he
came in his eye fell upon the overshoes, j
He was just about to stab himself with a
cheese knife, when he reconsidered his in- .
tent ion aud determined to rouse his w ife
and tell her that he knew all. Grabbing
her by the hair, he yelled out : "This once ;
happy home is desoh.ted by A faithless i
woman's perfidy," and pointed to the ,
overshoes. It took neaily two hours to
explain, and then he forgave her, wit lithe
undetstanding that she would make him a
pair of slippers w ith his monogiam and a
green dog ou tLe toe. Virginia AVr.)
Lhrouilce.
An I sci ment of the Commission.
Seene : United Slates Supieme Court
I loom, while Senator Howe was speaking
on the Louisiana case. Mrs. Tyler, widow
of l'icsideiit Tyler, who occupies a seat
next to Mrs. Howe, says loa lady friend mi
hei It-I'I : "O. iiiygiacioiis! w hen will I hat
tiresome old man get t lirough ?' Mrs. Sen
ator Hwe(ho is unknown to Mis. Tyler),
sharply : "There is no law to cm pel jeo-ph-
to lemaiit if they don't like il." Lady
friend of Mrs. Tyler (loud enough to be
heaid by Mrs. Howe): "That lady evident
ly doeii't know that she was s(eakiiig to
' the widow of President Tyler." Mrs. Eu
gene Utile (whos.it on the left if the last,
spcakd, and loud euounb to lie heaid by
Mrs. Tyler, to a lady friend) : "And Mrs.
Tyler piohably is not aware that the lady
on her t ight 's the w ife of Senator Howe."
Hero the curtain fell. Washington Star.
Bi,fsst-t !.tbe man who minds bis ow n
A CUltIfVS WILL i
About twenty years ago there lived in
Central Michigan a curious old benedict
named Dodswoiih. At the age of fifty
he man ied a gill of twentyr and when the
burden of sixty yeats bore him down bis
wife was only half his age. Dodsworth
was noted for his peculiarities, but the
climax came when he found himself on his
dying bed. He waft worth about $30,000,
aud he hadn't a Ii1hkI relative living, S3
far as he knew. He w anted to leave his
property to his wife, as the pair had lived
very happily, but yet he could not leave it
w iibout displacing some of his jtcnlitiht ies
in the provisions of the will. Some old
men display a mean spirit when making
their wil.saiid dial't in a provision cutting
the w ife oil with a shilling if she man ies
agitin. This old man wasn't of that stamp.
His young wife was good looking, viva
cious, fond ol society and it was f.dly to
mipjiose she would iiioiini for her "late de
ptred" any great length of time. There
fore Mr. l)odsworlh turned heel on the
usual custom and said in his will :
"In case my wife Celia does nt take
unto herself another husband within thir
teen months from date of my burial all be
quests otherwise made in this will are to
revert to the state of Michigan, to be used
for building and furnishing a home for old
women."
Whether Celia was plased or displeased
at this provision dp me.it saith not, but
the old in in h, nl. not been undi'i the sod
more than six mouths when the widow was
said to be Ii Miking out for another man.
If it was singular for the djiug Dodsworth
to urge his wife to marry again it was still
more singular ihat he should desire her
ceremony to be perfoimed under the fol
lowing en cumstanccK. viz :
"And it is made incumbent on said Celia
D.hl.-iwoitli that in taking a new husband
the man iage ceremony shail be pet formed
in the big barn on my farm, on the II "
rnad. It shall take place at ten o'clock in
the evening, on the main lloor, without
lights of any description, with all d,srs
shut, and a free invitation shtdl be extended
to all. The clergyman shall statu! in the
stables and the bride and groom on the
main than, and the principal parlies at the
ceremony shall be diessed in black through
out." The widow announced her intent vm to
faithfully obey in spirit and letter, the will
was probated and the twelfth month had
scaicely passed In-fore she issued an invita
tion tor I lit) public t attend a wedding
at the big barn. Just ho the groom
was to be no ono could positively as
sert, as the wideiw had been keeping
company with a widower, a bachelor aud
two young men, and as far as any outsider
could judge she loved one as well as the
other. Being good looking and tah.nted
and having a forluti'i behind her, it was
not, strange that she should have a num'icr
of suitors. She seemed to enter into the
spirit of the affair with great zest, as als.
did the minister: aucl to further mystify
the people in attendance the biide euieicd
the barn alone at one door, the groom alone
at another, and no one knew that the min
ister had ai lived until his voice was hi aid
in tha siables.
Theie were at least 200 people present,
and each one understood that even the
striking i.f a match would bieak the will.
Many jokes were passed and cnisideiiible
confusion existed, but at length the minis
ter announced that all was ready. 'Ihe
ceremony was gone through with, and at
its conclusion, the ailtir having been a
"profound suec-ss,' a iiish was made for
ths bride ; she was kissed by a hundred
men, and wan then carried home, a distance
of a mile aud a half, in a big aitr-chair.
Now comes themysteiy. When the lady
was set dow n at her own door the widower,
the bachelor and the two young men each
claimed to be her true and lawful husband.
None of the crowd could say who was the
lucky man, the minister was at sea and the
bride heielf seemed to have doubts. The
widower aas the man of her choice, but in
itiuunri nautili
' ,,lfnMon ,,e con,d ,lave f,, hustled
. , , , , .Tt , . , ,
. w i.i ui.st Iia Hul a In rm tliut an At t e .11 1 it
was made to choke him and get him out of
the barn. The bachelor vowed that she
had promised to marry him, as also did
both young men, and each one was sure
that be held the w idow's plump hand and
was legally married to her. The four men
had a fight, but lh;it didn't mend matlets.
The crowd ducked two of them in a c;ek,
but that didn't decide the question.
Just how it would have terminated, had
not the widower been a man of nerve, no
one can tell, as the other three had already
appealed to the law, when the widower
steptied in and took his place as husband
a.id settled with the others for f'2, 000 each.
One of the young men, now over foity
years old, and having all the wife he wants
(she weighs 2:J0 pounds), is living in De
roit. aud during an interview he solemnly
and earnestly assured a coi respondent that
he was legally manied to tlte Widow DihIs
worth that night in the big barn. Another
of the parlies lives in Clinton county, and
he has lime and again asseited that he is
the woman's (rue and lawful husband, so
belt) him God. The bachelor is dead, but
were he alive and kicking he would renew
his oft i ejeited protest at ion
"I married her, by gum ! and by gum 1
ought to have her !"'
A Bi.t K-Gl.Ass Expkkimkst. Mi". F.lim
ley reau about blue glass until he ttec.tme a
convert to the doctnne. Having a boy
baby alout three mouths old who lias been
somewhat puny and has given cvidente of
weak lungs, he had n east window of his
house paned with blue-glass: and exposed
him to the sun's rays for an houi oi two
for several days. Last Sunday, Ix-ing a
sunny day, the baby w as left under the bine
window for three boms at the conclusion
of which time he got up and went down
statts, dejiaiiug thai he bad enough of that
"dog goiied foolishness," On M-md y he
was exposed fin four hou s. At P2 o'clock
on Mot ir! .iv night he thiew his off 1'oot into
Mr. Bliiniey's Momach, and knocked ti e
lower portion of Mm. Blunley's chin off
with his tiybt list. As Ml. Biitnley lay un
del the wash-stand, try ing tuilic tlo wbeth
er he had Ik-cii sliuck by (igliMiii.g -r was
in an Ashtabula dt-asier. young Burnley
set up such a yell that a neighbor Xt
d.Hir. who Ins been howlm for wai it ice
the Kill of Novemitel. went down into his
cellar and hid under an empty tl nr b.ltrel,
under the impression ihat a general insur
rection had broken out. As soon as Mr.
Blimley recovered snflleiently he procured
a hammer and smash, d every pane or blue
glass he could find. They now keep young
Blimley rapped fn:l c'"iioed to r.M auvtl
1'hnrlctlvn Jou rtial vf L'oHimtfct.
a h oxDKRrui, si onr.
East summer a young New Yoikernsm
en Henderson swallowed a clnriy-stone.
At Ihe end of a week he was seized wit If
violent pains in tl.O stomach, and could
get no lelief. It was pitiable to wileess
bis sufferings so intense and excruciating
did they appear to be. The Joiing mini
continued to sutler and giew thinner and
paler dtiy by day. At I lie end of t-ix w eeks
he hat', liecome s" fet-ble that he w Ss com
pelled to leave his business at il ccifine
himself to bed. His physicians d.d not.
understand the case. The symptom were
entirely unique. He said that he exjieri
enced a sensation as if something were
gradually spieadmg among and I lug up
his intestines The physicians an ivd at
the conclusion that he w. a aftfiett d with
worms, and irra'ed him aecotdmgly, but
w it b no c fTect.
Whatever the disease was it seemod to
ba file the j'liai tnacoj ii'ia. and tli it !ois
and the heart-btoken mother weie obliged
to stand idly by and see joung 1 let dei soil
die before their eyes lu the meantime
his sufferings incieascd. Sleep was al
most a stranger to him, and he complained
more and more of the -cnliar feeling of a
vitality in t he inte.-t i-es, l isl iuct fuonl.is
own. After lying for four mouths, he
died in great agony. Weak as he was be
seemed to be jiossessed of a fictitious
strength and at the t ime of his exei t ions
in the paroxysms of agony to which ho
was subj' ced, two men could with diffi
culty hold him on the led. After young
Henderson's death the case had excited so
much attention in medical ci, cles. t he roti
scnt of the mother was obtained to an au
topsy being made upon the body. Invita
tions were sent to several physicians of (he
city and the investigation commenced f
w hat w as to lie a cause cob-hre in toed ietil
history. On ojiening the body, incredible
as it may appear, it was discovt-ied that
the cheiry-Mone had sptoulcd in the stom
ach of t be tinfoi I iiuate young man . TI.e
assembled doctors could hardly crcV.it the
testimony if tl.eii own eyes, palpable al
though it was before them. By some e
culiai process the cherry-stone, after hav
ing become lodged in young Henderson's
stomach, had actually sprouted as thrift
as if it had tcen planted in the grout. d.
The strange pains of the young man
were now accounted for, for proceeding
from the cherry stone were shoois of tibi es
which had ramifnd throne h ,e inu-siims
of the victim, and, lit some instances, had
coiled themselves tightly around thetn.
In the vicinity of the healt weie a n:i:n
ler of these shoots and one of them, iat gar
than Ihe rest, in piessing upon this organ,
had liren the immediate cau-p ,f death.
Of these shoots there were in all funitren,
vaiyiog in length fiom thtee to nine inch
es. In color they were white, w ith a faint,
yellowish green tinpe towards the ba-e.
The shoot which had piessd against
young Henderson's heart was consid) rah y
thicker aud laigerthan the rest, and h;:d
a peculiar reddish tinge, which the oth is
hail not. The shoots weie so closely
winded and twisted around the intestine
that, it was found impossible to remove,
them, and so they have Iwen presetved t
science. The :afcc, howcer, was so entire
ly nuc fffnrrf that in all probability a full
and scientific account of it will be wriiteM
and published by the physicians ud sur
rcous interested in it. A". ". 2.rc;ry.
Ax Old) FoM. A5D a Yofxo V, "ipf.. .V
, story comes from Liberty, Intl., whieli
would lie not suprising if located in sou e)
: port tints of the Old World, but is almost
incredible in this country. It is a case f
thedowuiight pm chase of a w ife, ihronvU
j the agency of a middleman, aud the w d
t d;ng has been duly celebrated. The pi in
i cipals iu this affair aie Mr. Win. Smith, a
' wealthy farmer and mechanic, :ind Miss
t Phe'.te Joi-ns a lariy about sevei.tren years)
! of age. aud weighing almut 25 -vuin'.s,
both living about three tn ilea east of Lib
erty. Mi. Smith is about seventy yarsof
' age. demented, deaf and of most tlitpiom
ismg a;i-ai atice. II is wife, ;he only
known relative living, died ale nit two
years since, and the old man has been liv
ing alone on his farm. Not long ago ho
offered t pay to any one who would get
him a wife thesuin of f."i,(H0. Mr. I'owell
Slade, wiih w hm Miss Johns was living
as servant gill, heating of this ofler, began
negotiations with the gill and also her
. father, Wash Johns. Tlie fattier, in
C'-nsideialion of sf-,0,K) to ,jm j hand
paid, gave his consent. Phelx agieed to
marry Mr. Smith, provided her wedding
clothe were furnish, d her, a grand up
per le given, and that Ihe old man wu Ul
give her a deed for his fai nt of 2.1 1 atvs
A meetibg was ananged at the Indiana,
House, in i h ist city, wbete every thing was
aat isfactot ily fixed. Last Tuesday nil t
the man iage was ei formed. A magi..fi
ceut supjier was qi.ead, and music d
dar.cing weie the nniit of the iiijht.
Ale nit one hund.cd guests were present,
Some of whom went from the town ot Lib
erty. Cirtcin n a ti G'Jzetfe.
The lloMAXcr of Canhy-Pkiumivo. A
New Yoik conespondeiit says: Another
purely self-made man is llolieit 1. Sluair,
of ihe fl.m of It. L. A. Stuart, sugar le
tiuers, who are, I think, no longer in bnsl
' lirs. He is the son of an It isli wontan w !h,
when left a jiermiless widow, liegau lot ant
a livelihood by making molasses enrdy,
which f-rrtwn btlle boy s KoIh rt and Alex
ander, sold in the stieets for a cent a s,;ck.
Fiom this humble beginning sinsy a l. tge
coufcctioiieiy. and afiel w ai ds t bn extensive
sugar lefineiy in ChamlM-ss street. The
elder S uvt, It 'crt, icsides hi the hand
some blow ii-sloue ficuit, stai d:ng in a atlL
cultivated garden, at the no, ih west corner
of Fif'.h avenue and Twentieth sticrt. It
was long one of the finest priv .tic houses in
the city, and is sli l veiy piea-ant rd nt
tiacnve. Il issnpeiblv imuished, contain
ing uiHiiy ptct 'lies and oi l.s if 51 : t, t hooch
it is gtcatly surpass,-,! mm hyrnoip ambi
tious establishments. Hobeit S'UDtt is be
tween stxty-five ami seventy; has several
children who have repeatedly made him a
grandfather; is an earnest I'i eshy lei itiu
(his at stots weie Scot eh-1 1 ish i. and alst
H liberal ntertainer. I lis estate is esti
mated al WU'.)0, and his brother Alex
ander, a "etchel'ii, o.vns pioict won ll
ao ail Jo,i)J),0J'J or 4.01.I . I hry
excel. cut. example "I w hul honesty nm in
dus'iv will achieve for m -.i in u eonc.tiv
wbete evri y t il iz'-n has a el-aiKe and ml
euCi'iiiMgeniciit to do his best.
Anxo!,r, the writing fluid, inan has
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