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THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
B. F. BOHWEIEB,
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1894.
NO. 52.
VOL. XLVIII.
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CHAPTER II - Contltml.
in vain; the stranger only laughed
the more.
Come, I n.eant no harm," he said
pleasantly.. "May 1 not even touch
this ro IV Such a clipper as it is, tool
I'll do it no harm: 1 am used to rods."
stretching out his hand as the coveted
possession was jerked in another direc
tion. "Oil, 1 see how it is," continued
ho. "vou have 'no I-nglish.' and I. un
fortunately, have 'no Gaelic.' sowhafs
to be done? .She's furious, the pretty
vixen." anide, "I must appease her or
ire shall come to blows next. 1 Hey,
yonng woman hey, 1 say. Oh. so you
Jiave found vour tongue at last, have
j oil." What is it? 1 can't for the life
of ir.e hear a mutter like that, you
must s eak louder, you know. Louder,
miss, louder.-' nodding at her. "Oh,
she is not addressing me at all; too
deeply olTended I r-upiMise: and itisonlv
to the o'lier wild man of. the woods
that she will condescend to-" but the
speaker's own voice died away, his
lips loll apart, and the smile iadded
from his cheek, as he caught at last
one distinct, unmistakable sentence,
and that delivered in accents which, in
spite ol their childish trehle, had a
rng of yiumand as well as the refine
lient of modulation.
1 onald, te.l thi9 pentleman from
.ne, that this is my burn, and that
I give him no leave "to lish in it, and
rnat I desire him to fro away at once."
If ever tables were turned in the
twinkling of an eye, they were now upoa
that gallant young life-guardsman,
Capt. l-roiericic Augustus liellenden.
the great man of his family, and gn at
match of bis. county, and the last per
son in the world to have been made a
fool of by his own blunder.
There was no m staking the serious
ness ot the situation.
The raged imp, to whom tho ordei
for I'cl'enden s summary ejection was
entrusted, turn-d straight upon him
self, and in his own fashion confirmed
it lorthwiih.
Tho leddy says it will not be here
vou will I sli. nor thi.- burn you will lish
to day. The leddy says It is you whe
will go where o i con.e 'rom.and leave
this p a'-e;'' an'i in further demonstra
t oa of the validity of his authority.
:he t-t'irdv shred o. a clansman pointed
si-iih hi- "finger up the l ank, whence
he dU'ined the intrusion had been
tliaile.
io'id heavens." ejaculated the
ania eil BoUeiiiien.
. ch?" shrieked I'onaM again,
lraw'.ng closer to h m. and still tixidiy
pointing up the bank, "i i'li? Is it the
way you wo tld know There is no
other' wav but that "
'Hut l" 1 want to fish here."
"The leddy says''
Surelv the lady" and he glanced
jtill doubtfully round "surely the
ladv wiil i erinit me to tish "
"l wil. do nothing of the kind"' said
Jerry, with a s amp.
The next instant she was sliding
aljout on the face of the wet and slip
pery lock, not altogether free from
the danger of slippingover either, and
"tiood heavens." again ejaculated Hel
lon i n. for he was now alarmed on a
new count. The next instant he had
thrown aside his ewn rod, clasped the
swaying .orm in his arms, seized a
birchen bianch with one hand, and
ai- swinging himself and his burden
by it to a place of safety. At the mo
ment otT came tho "son wester," and a
glorious profusion of shining hair halt
hid the crimson brow and cheek be
neath it.
"A lovely girl." thought the stranger
it once: "and what a blessed fool I ha e
made of mvself." Aloud He merely re
marked: 1 'ray, young lady, as lonr
as vou live, remember to beware of
standing so near the edge of a Upiery
rock, er-p'-c all.' if vou are engaged in
an ak-rrbiisg o ciipation. (on my
word, 1 thought you were down Ju-t
now." taking o'l his cap and brushing
his hand across his h rehead. "it wi.a
horrid. I g h I 1 can't think of it.''
"I had Donald." said Miss Campbell,
but in rather iin altered voice, for she,
too, had been fr glitcned. and uiu not
feel quite as she had done towar--" .his
stranger a iiT minutes before.
"Tha. hi!d." said Itelleiiden con
temptuously, "lie can take care ot
bi.sol;'. 1 doul-t no," .or Donald was.
id the moment, stepping from ledge to
K igeof the giddy n'Hits as dti ntily
Mid safety as a mountain cat might,
"but what could a iittle bit of a crea
ture like T hat do to sa-e you. if vou
h:.d another trip like this.- I'o, pray,
be Wil lied. Vou you : re very young
vourr-e'.r. To your parents know you
ci iii to a phu e like this.-''
"1 have mo parent.." Her liosoin
ho-.iv. d.
oi gi .'e me." .-aid he. very res; ect
fuilvi'liiit ni l mu.-t havo so ue one
some gi i'.r ian "
"1 have niv urandnio' her."
'.-lid vol live with her?"
'She lives with ine." quoth the heir
ess o: Inchn.arew.
Oh - hi ' Every, instant brought n
new revocation. He grew more and
iiioi e grave and courteous.
"And this lady Who takes care ot
vou your grandmamma, does she
"know this place? Ili eho ever beer
with vou here "
i; .t this w:.s to ran h for .ferry. It
v.- s .no funny i- he really on d
l ot i.-.-lp h'er.M-if she must laugh if shl
..id. or it. t r.-nnyat the high pool'
Ur.utiv. w o had never been near the
l.uriisiTio iu her life, who knew ut
nrich of her i ools as she did of thf
i a'ls of . lagai a. and of. her bircher
1 ;mk iiM-l the precipices of tho Anile?,
She L'ave w.iy once lor all now, and 8
laiiL'h so Kv.-c'ci. mi ubilant. so Irani
n:iX hild sh rang out ia the ears o
ine o i- e i e.'ii'i i.sionmheil Itellenden
I nal l.e :' ' s if he v.-It -lied by a crea
t;-Ve o-i'y li:.:f u.i'i Ui. Vi hut was th'
on 'o tiuv'
'Oh. j-ou are fo funny! Oh, if yo
only knew how funny you aro," crioe
the child, laughing her high, clear
bell-like laugh again and again, "U
ask if granny comes here' Granny
Oh, dear! oh. dear: And if she knowi
this placed h, dear! oh, deari" anc
she shook her curly head with eyes
that brimmed over, as if the mirth o
vuch a suggestion could never have ai
end.
"Well. I I sn prose I mvst be funn
since you say I am." responded tht
stranger soberly, "though upon mj
word I did aylukuow it. Voun,' ladiei
of j'our age." mentally appraising "hei
it i-, for her face wassingularly young,
though fche was tail enough, "voting
ladies of your age o not generally !(
about alone, or with only mountain gil
lies, and I should say that if your
grandmamma knew what a dangerout
place this is "
The real danger was what you did
yourself," re' orted Jerry, with a sud
den pout. "When you s:artled me like
.hat I might have fallen o!T very
iasilyi"
" i ou might, and I can on'y say 1
had not reali ed the slippery t-tute ol
the roi ks but anyway 1 ought not tt
have done it. 1 ut now." he added
with a smile, "can,ou forgive and be
friendly? See, 1 most humbly sue foi
pardon. I am a total stranger here: 1
know nobody: and being stranded foi
the night at tho inn down there, was
told by tho good woman who keeps it.
that I might b ing her in a dish o'
trout from this burn, and she especially
mentioned this pool within the grounds
of Inchn.arew Castle."
"She did?'' cried Jerry, her eyos
glaring.
"I expect she never thought of anj
one else being out on such a day."
"She had mi business to think about
She-knows that this is my burn, j
And that I keep it for myself, ami in;
friends."
''Oh," said the young man, and the
truth burst u on him. "Then you are
Miss Campbell of lnchmarew," he said
I'llAI'TEK HI.
by jove! what a nice anui!'
'Bat I shall be past making lov.
When sua beg n . to t-uliiiTebend it.
After this admission it seemed all a.
once as if the clouds rolled away, th(
sun shone out, and all was right.
A few sentences did the rest. 1
seemed but a minute ere he had offeree
a respectful hand down the bank - verj
different to the grasp which had con
veyed her up it an 1 the two were
chatting away as long a-t they could be
beard, and nodding, directing, ami a
proving, as the case might be. whoc
too near the fall for Si.eech -i.nJ the
sport began afresh.
After a sue essful hour or so. ( o al
dine next proposed a move further up.
the presence of the new-comer t einu
accepted by UonaUl with the stolid it)
common to his kind, an I the threo
,.ow upon the best of terms.
After the next hunting-ground h:
been abandoned, "Where next?" criei
liellenden gaily, "where next"
"I am afra:d we have no other real!,
rood place," replied his younjj Hostess,
almost apologetically, for she was now
as anxious to do the honors as she ha 1
erst been to avoid them. "I hardly
think we shall get many more to day.
but if you would like to come aain to
morrow " she a ided, shyly, for it
was a great event to her to give an in
vitation of the kind, and she could go'
no further.
"To-morrow I am afraid 1 shall lx
many miles away an i I shall be shoot
ing instead of li "hing."
. "Oh." said Jerry. "That s a pity,'
she added simply.
"1 am on my way to Kincraig.' con
tinned the speaker, not i nwid'ng t
volunteer a little information in t':t
hope of getting some in return, for
things he had heard before had beet
rapidly coming back to hi-n during thf
silent sport o the past hour or two. anc
it was, on the who e. rather interesting
to have had an adventure with till:
odd little wit.-h of an heiress, who. re
port said. pos-essi d. or wo il 1 po.-s.es
one day.'the best . state an 1 grandest
moor in the country. A part, of thi;
very n cor was, he knew, at present
rented by the very friend with whoir
he was going to shoot on the following
day, and a- cordingly, "I am on in
way to Kincraig," he began: but Jerr
interrupted eagerly, and with th't
pleasurable excitement of one in who.-
li e coincident! and events were rare.
"Kincraig'.' she cried. "Are you go
ing to stay wish Archie Kincraig?"'
'No. my friend's name is Campliell.
He is Archie, however," said iielleu
den.
' Oh. Campbell, of course: but we cab
him Archie Kincraig, because we are
all (jam. .bells here. I should have
been called In ) marew if I had been i
man a; it is. 1 a n 'Jerry lnchmarew,
1 e ause, you see, I am the heat
of tho Louse" and again stii
drew up her voung proud ligure, anc
again, alas the ill-disposed ve low oil
skin i oat hid the grace of tho uncon
si ions movement.
"Vour name is Campbell. I know,'
said l-'e len-.len. amuse . "I was toh
u great deal about Miss Canipbel! oi
the boat, as we passed Inch naro w Cas
tie, but 1 d d not hear Merry Inch
marew.'"
"That is only by my friends, yoi
know, not by my people."'
"If it had, I might have been a litth
ulcker in guessing who Jerry Ineh
marew' was."
She laughed. Her wrath had com
plctcly gone by
'And so you have let your shooting '
continued liellenden.
"Only a part of it. Not the b;;
part neither. That is kept for mi
cous:n Cecil."
-oh!"
'My ousin, C.-cil Raymond. Ti
comes to us every lith of August, ant
we expect him ibis evening. There
I believe that is his boat coming ii
now," eyeing a long, thin streak o
blue smoke discernable over a head
iand in the loch below. "We shall : e
her directly if it is. Yes. there sli
comes, rounding the point now,"'sai.
Jerry excitedly; "look! do you see her
She comes in to our own ierrv pi
next."
"i see her." '
"I wonder if Cecil Is in her," mm
mured the iittle giri to herself, wit!
what seemed to her co npauioii tome
thing of a tender interest
"1 know some l'a monds," ho o!
served. "I wonder U th s ca'i be on
of them Lord Kavmond's famil'"
wcy, of course. And Cecil Is tae
et!t son," cried Jerry; witu renewed
-r sitement. "Why; bow very, veiy
odd. Ana you know my Ai nt fe;har
otte Idy Haymoud-and-and Kthel
and Alicia, and all of them? Oh dear,
aow strange it see t s" . s
Kelienden Ia 'ghed. It was not quite
o strange in his eyes, a "man ot-' the
world, who went everywhere, ind
made new acquaintances every iny
but he was amused an 1 pleased with
the impression the v. onderful discov
ry made upon his little friend.
"Oh. yes, I know the u all at least,
t suppose I do." he said, ' 1 du not
know them very intimately, mind, you
must not nut u;e through niv tacinge
too severely,' but 1 have ce;-tain'y mot
both Lord and Li:dy Kaymond "
"And Kthel. and Alicia.'"
'-Vot that 1 remember. I do not :-o
tiember any Miss laya.onds."
"Oh, but tbey are hardly Miss Rav-
t ouds yet. Kthel is only a year older
man l am, anu .-wieiu is just my age
"Jut Cecil is grown up he is nearly o."
"Iwenty? les, the Kaymond 1
know must bo ahor.t .0. At Oxford.-'
"Yes-yes. At Oxford."
"I stayed with, him at a.huuso this
;enr. I remember a;m perfectly. Tal",
ind fair end"
"Yes, that is Cecil - why, it is Cocil,
if course, th, you munt come down
.nd see him. t ome along, quick, and
iv o 11 meet the boat. J Two run down
straight from here, we can easily head
lier. and get to the n er ti.st. Ito come
Jccil wi.l ii.ee i:s to meet him."
i jko this?" suggested Hel'enden,
ooking first at her and then at him
elf, though, truth to tell, it was of Iter
ippeara'ice only he had his doubts.
. or himself, he was all right, roughly
.ut suitably an 1 becomingly cla 1, nut
lerry was - such a Jerry: xnd ho
new well that young Oxonians were
-nsitie on such points, and not likely
0 appreciate being bailed, even on u
Highland pier, by Highland cousin!
wrapjied in oilskins and topped by sou'
70ters.
"To bo sure. I had forgotten," owned
the little lady herself, i oloring slight
ly under the imputation. "1 do look
rather queer, don't 1? And Cecil is
most frightfully, dreadfully particular
1 should catch it fropi granny ever s
uu-h if he were too see me."
"liut you don't mind my seeing yon?'
"Oh. no -at lea.-t, I moan 1 nevei
thought al out it. Cranny would have
minded, 1 daresay: but then you wil.
i ot see granny, unless"- and again the
i-o in 1 yo.ing cheek was suffused by
blush "uniess you will come iioini
ft-itii me. and "
.ow this was the very proposal Hoi
lenden was longing to have made him.
"i should like to see the Raymond;
again." he said thoughtfully.
i erhaps he really thought at tin
moment that he should like it. Per
haps it was only the remembrance of
the close, stu ly. wliisky-reeking iittle
iuu at the ferry, whi. h made a chance
ol escaping from it so seductive; but at
iny rate the unfortunate traveler felt
that for life or fieath hisonly hope was
u hang on to Cecil Raymond now, and
that never in his life boforo ha 1 an ac
juaintanccshipturned up such truuio.
I mil within a few moments he had
seen forced to contemplate pass'ng a
.m kles night in a damp, rough lied,
miiuthe coarsest surroundings, with
hea y mists obliterating ail the lteau
;ies oi the landscape without. and with
so companionship, sa e li's own
.houghts, within. "He had been j Osi
iively assured that, there was no possi
bility of reaching his friend's shooting
lo tie until the .ollowiiiL'iuorning: that
;ho iioat on which he had depended for
proceeding up tho o -h did not go be
yond tti-ferry on that especial even
.ng o; the week: and that tho best, in
ieed the ou y thi eg to be done was for
mm to take up his quarters at l)am
Maconochie's litllo public bou.e, anc
nhabit her one spare room.
It had bees a sorry look out; but it
aad been mitigated by tho dame's
i. ggestion that ho should take her
ion s rod. and bring her in some trout
lom the Iiichiuarew burn, not a mile
;. which burn she assure t him would
in : ne trim after the rain, and was
1'ited for its trout.
The worthy woman hud not ad 'cd
ihat the l.shing in its best part was
ea:ously guarded for thebenelit of the
,-ci ng mistress of the place, and that
my one caught trespassing within tho
inchinaiv W grounds in pursuit of sport
votild be iu an awkward predicament.
she had truted to the gentleman's not
x-ing caught. The o lds were that ho
vould not le so: tho day being so ex
teedirgly bad, and the stream having
n so great!)- augmented by the re
:ent rains, she concluded that the little
niss would hardly be allowed out, and
diat,. at any rate, if the worst came to
.he worst, the stranger would sav not li
ng alKiut her. She did not think he
Rould even know her name.
TO UK CUN'TlXL'Ktl.
A Xow-l-'anjle 1 Swim Watch.
A curious application of the phon
rr;i! ii to watcher has teen made re-u-niiy
by a watchmaker at (Jcneva,
iwlt.erlaml in whose repeating
Aatche.f,lie Jell is replaced by a cir
ru'ardise of vulcani ed rubber b'ss
.ban two inches in diameter, upon
hi Ii phonographic i i lies Correspond
ng to a c- rlain ser es ol spoken words
irespi ally engraved. The passage
if a vibrating point over t;;e.e iioes
..tuses the watch literally to tell die
iou-s. and even, when desired, to
oun.l an a arm and awaken the
lee per. it has been demonstrated
hat the point may pass many
hmtsatid times over the lines on the
lisc without wearing them away ap
us iahly. When the watch steaks
.he hours its voice is c earand distinct
.wenty feet away with a closed Acor
etwee a.
Krl lently a Star Himself.
Professor P., a well known and
'ery talented man connected with
uieof our best universities, has a lit
,le son who has an exalted opinion o'
als father's ability.
One even ng a friend was showing
.tie little fellow the stars, and said tc
:iiu
"Johnnie, do you know who madr
M;e stars?"
1 he little boy thought a moment,
l.en saki earnestly,
"No; J tni not sure, hut I think
!o!in I) (.ite fathen did. That mar
)irt enough to do anything."
2i"a man is competent to Dick out a
fio i.an's dress a wo nan cannot do if
fatisfiiCtorily herself.
Lsi'iiUlrijT and the ''evil never sleep.
News in Brief.
The herring is the most prolific of
fish.
A scientific exploring expedition
to Madagascar will soon leave Lou
don.
Xew
Gninea Yitdiln tarce nnantitinn
of sage from the palms which grow
wild.
Oman,' and Arabian State exports
dates, guni arabic, Mocha coffee and
pearls.
The .Niger Valley region exports
lice, lemony dates, heavy cotton and
leather.
.Bechnana Land, in South Africa,
exports Indian corn, hide.", cattle
ana wool. - -
" A married couple in Canada,
Japan, according to a native paper
the .fajher . 132 years old and the
mother 1:10 have a family of fourteen,
including a son aged 105, and a daugh
ter 108. r.
The largest and most beautiful em
erald in the world is in the possession
of the Maharaj th Ki Koo, of India.
It is six inches in length, one inch
thick and two inches iu width
Cabbage is an old cure for intoxi
cation. The meteorologists tell us that the
bigh cirrna clouds even on tto hottest
summer days are wholly composed of
fine crystal soft snow
Every ordinary occupation in the
life of ancient Egypt is found depicted
on the tombs of her people.
REV. DR. TAM1AGK
XBB BROOKLYN BimTSrS BTO
DAYKUUIQK.
Subject "Siege of Luelcnou
Text i "When thou shalt NMijr .
fonit tim in making war agaiaw it totU
It. thou Shalt not destroy the trees thno' bj
forcing an ax against ttiem." Deutarono
ty xx., 19.
The aw.'ulpst thing In wir Is busier" tiont
for to tho work of deadly weapon itaM
Imocer and starvation and plague. sie?e
mrnt is sometimes necessary, but ray tx
commands mercy even In that. The fral
trens must be spared because the afford
food for man. "Thou shalt not dpstrnytlit
tres thereof by foruing an ax ai;uin-4
tbem." But in my recent journey roua I th
World I fouai at Lucknow. Indiu.the re:naioi
of the mM merciless bmiegement of thi
Rg'., and I proceed to tell you that story foi
lour irrent reasons to show you waat a hor
.'id thing war is and to make you all iidvo
rates for peaoe, to show you what Reuuinf
Christian character is noder bombar I nent,
to put a coronation on ChriMian eourae
nd to show you boT splendidly gooipjo;lt
die.
As onr train glide 1 Into the dinTr I itni
station I asked the RUirl, "Is thN Lu -t-liowV"
and he answtn-ed, "Lacknow," t tin
pronunciation ot which proper name
emmious rushed through LoJy. ui.ua uui.'
Soul.
The word Is a synoivn of anfrertn. o'
cruelty, of heroism, o iiorrorsucti a is au .
peste.1 by hardly any other wor 1. We hava
lor thirty-live years been reading of the
agonies there endure 1 an I tne darin? deuils
there witnessed. It was my (jrat desir to
have some one who had witnesoei the
scenes transacted in Lucknow in 1857 con
duct u over the p'ace. We found just the
man. He was a youn? soldier at the time
the greatest mutiny of the atfes brose out,
and he was put with others inside the
residency, wliioil was a cluster of building
mukinea !ortreH iu which the repres-nta-fives
ol the Kii'-lish Uovercmnnt lived and
which was to lethe scene of an endurance'
mid a I onb-irdnient thi story of which
poetry nnd piniitini; an 1 history and scciijar
ami sacred elmiuenje hav lieen tryinz to de
pict Our escort not on'y bad a Ko I
metnorv of what had happened, but nJ
talent enough to reaearsetne trage ly.
In the early pirt of 1H57 all over In lit the
natives were rea iy to break out in rerjeldoa
against all foreigners and esp-cially a.tinsi
the civil an I military represiintalivas ol tit
English (Government.
A half dozn causes are mentrone I for the
fcelin j of discontent and inturieejio tfia:
was evince I throughout India. 'Uu-t most
ot these causes were mere pretex'."" Grcisd
cannlse9 with no opuNt an-e-c ispr.itioa.
The tjrease ordere.1 by the KuHs-t tiovern
nient to be usei on these cirtr. Ies -.v.;j
taken from rows or pis, an 1 Krease to tb
lluidoos is unclean, an I to bile tli) ctr
tridires at the lo.lihn.' bt the guns would Irt
f. n otr.-usi to the tfinioo religion. Ta
leaders of the Hindoos s-ii i that t'lest
crease I car: ri-lee was only part of anat
tem(t ly the English G ivrn-nent to m Kf
the natives cive up their r"ln:ion ; leuo, un
bounded indignation was arouse 1.
Another caus" o.' the 'uut ny was that an
other large province o. iu t! iiil be-ri
nexed to the British, enip.r., and tjou-titii?
o. ofrl 'ia's in the emp.o.r o Hie Kin; of th it
province were throwa out of po-dtiou, oa j
they were all ready for Iro.i tie :n ikia
A not her cause was s lid to le the ua t itoy
ern:nnt exeris-jd by ioaiu Eu,-!isU o:fl;ia!.
in India.
The simple fnt wis that the mtiv hi of In
dia were a conquered race. ,ia 1 t io Kti 'lisl
were the conqueror. For 30 ye irs thi
tntih eepter nad been wave 1 ovr In lii
nnd the In lians wanted to break that 9 -i-e
ler. Th'-re nevr had be u nuy lov.j or syrn-
athy betw -en tho natives of India and tdi
urop :in. There is none now.
He:ore the time of the great mutiny th
Englfeh fiovernment r.skel much power ii
the hands of the native. Too many of ih-n
manneit the forts. Too many of them wen
in the (lovwn nental employ. And now tin
time fia t come for a wide outbreak. Tin
natives had p -n-inded themselves that thej
could sen 1 Ine Knclish Government flying,
nnd to acv-o nplis i it d iier and swor i an'
flrearit s nnl mutilatiou and slaughter mui
do the r woist.
It w-.s evi.'.eni in Lnjfcnow that the na
tives were a out to ris-; an 1 put to death ll
the Europe u.s tliey could lay their hands
on, i b I into the r. ol iency the Christian pop
ulation of I.u -know hastened for delensi
Irom the tit: rs in l.u ran lor-n waleh wr
prowling for th-ir vieti s The ccitpauti
of the residency, or fort, were military an'
non-eoinbaiants, men. woaieu nn-1 cliildroi
in uu nbera: out 16'J2.
I frugcst iu on fci ntenc. some' Of th
chief woes lo which they wero subjected
when I say that thes'j pi-opie were in th
v si'lemy live mouths without a sini
change ot clothing , some of th-Mimn tat
heat at 12 J anil 13D dugrees , tho place black
witu flies and all n-Tquir n with vermin
firing of the enemy upon them ceasins
neither day nor night the hospital crowded
with the iylng ; smallpox, scurvy, cholera,
a Iding their work to tn.it of shot ami shell
women brought up in all comfort and never
having known want, crowded and steri
Heed in a cellar where nine children
were born ; less an.l Ies foo 1 ; no water ex
cept that wnich was brought from a well
iin ler the enemy's tire, so that the watsr o!
tainel was at thenrice of bloo 1 , the stench
of thedead hor.so add-d to the effluvia of
i-orp-cs, and nil wniting for the moment
wi. en the army of CO. 000 shrieking Hindoo
devl s should break in upon the garrison of
the residency, now reue t by wounds and
s'ekuess and death to 97fi men, women anc"
cbd iren.
"Call me early," I.al f, "to-morrow mora
ing, and let ns beat the residency beforethe
sun becomes too hot." At 7 o'clock In th
morning we left our hotel in Lucknow, and
I siiil to our obliging, gentlemanly escort,
''Please take us along the road by whictj
Havelock and Outram came to the relief ol
the residency." That was the way we went.
There was a solemn stillness as we a
proaehed the gate of the residency. Eat
tereil nnd torn is the masonry ot the en
trance Signature of shot and punctuation
l cannou jail all up and down and every-
vhero.
'Here to tho le't," said our escort, "art
theremains of a building the first floor ol
which in other days had been used ns a ban
quet ng hull, but then was used as a hos
pital. At this part the amputations took
place, nnd all such patients died. The heal
was so great nnd the food f-o insufficient
Hint I he poor fellows could not recovei
fro-n the loss of blood. They all died. Ampu
tations were performed without chloroform.
All the anaesthetics were exhausted. A
Irncturo that in other climates and un
der o! her circumstances would have come tc
easy convalescence here prove t tatal. Yon
der w is Dr. Fayrer's liuu-e, who was sur
geon of the place and Is now Queen Victor
ia's loctor. This uppefe-.ieom ..was the offi
cers' room, and there S.r Henry Lawrence,
our dear commander, was wouade I. Wnile
he sat there a shell struck the room, and
some ono suggested that be ha-l betlet
leave the room, but lie sailed nn l sui t,
'Ligi. tiling - never strik'es twice in 'tht
Same piaee.r;. Hardly "ha I no said this
waen anothershetl tore otT ufstnigo-, an I he
was carried dying into. Dr. Fayrer's bou
on the ofierside of the ro L Sir Hear)
Lawrence bad' been in poor realtti tor '
long lime before, the mutiny. ' He had i-een
in tne Indian service for years,- an I Ue had
started lor England to recover his health,
but getting as far as Ktunuay the English
Government requested hira to rema.u at
least awiiiie, lor he couid not ho epared
in such dangerous times.. He came hereto
Lucknow, and foreseeing the s.ege of this
residency had tilled many ot the room with
grain, w.thoat which the residency would
have been obliged to surren ler. There were
also taken byiiim into IU s resi ienev rue
nmlsnir -r 1 Ciareoal nni foi ler for the
uxen and ..-'or thi hors-. Itu: now, at
the time w'"U -ill t'ie poo'e were looking
to him for uto ji au 1 courage, Bir Henry
Is dy.ng."
Our escort r?ecri rs ths sen". untqns
tent-r, l-eautiful nnl overpowering, nn
while I (.toot en the very spot waere the
sighs and groans of the besieged an I lacera
ted and ore!: en heirted me: tho whiz of bul
lets, and theiiemoniao hiss of bursting shell,
and the roar of batteries, my escort gava me
the particulars.
As soon nn t3'r Henry in told that h
bad not many hours no live ha asked the
haplain to administer to him the holy com
nunion. He felt particularly anxion? for
hesa'etyof the womn in tho residency,
.Tho, at any moment, might be subjected to
he savages who howled around the resi'
tency, their breaking in only a matter of
Ime unless r enforcement should come.
3e would frequently say to those who sur
onnled his death couch 'Save th
a lies. Ooi help the poor women andchil
IrenV He gave directions for the desperate
tefense of the place. He asked forgiveness
) all those whom he might unintentionally
lave n-glected or offended. He left a rces
n ge for all his friends. He forgot not to
.ve directions for the care of his favorite
lorse. He charged bis offlcerssaying 'By
lo means sarr-n ler. Make no treaty or
rompro-nisa with the desperadoes. Di
1 hting." He took charge of the asylum ha
ind estabdslied for the chil '.rcn of soldiers,
tie gave directions for his burial, say.
ns 'No nonsense, no fuss. Let
m I buried with the men. He dictated
t own epitaph, wtrtra I real above his
tomb 'life lies Haacr Iwtaince. who
.ried to i.o his duty. M iy the Lor I h-vs
nercy on his sou'.' He stid I wo i d liku
to have a p issage of Serloture a bin t to t is
irur Is on mv gray, s i -h ns, "fo the Lor I
ur Qo 1 belong mere es a:il forg veuesses.
though Ti barn r'bilel a-riinst Htm."
tsu'i it fro n 1) ml.T So as br v a man ns
Englnn t or India ever saw exp.re t. The
lo. .tiers liftel the cover fro n h.s f ice
in i kissed him before they carriei him
ut. The chaplain offered a priyer. Tien
they removed the prtt hero amid the rat
ding hail of the guns ant put him flown
imong other soldiers buried at the same
Ime." All ot which I state for the bene lit
f those who would hive us believe that the
Jbristian religion is fit only for women in
tie eighties and cbil Jr,a undersevun. There
r as giory enough In tlut departure to halo
jnri-teniio-n.
Tuere." sai l (NT escort. Bi" thi
Sailer did the work." "Wiio wu B ' the
Sailer?" "Oil. he was the A'riean who sat
it that point, and wucn any one of our men
rentared across tiie roa.l h) would drop
lim by a rifle ball. Bo' was a sure marks
nan. Tne only wav to get across the road
tor water fro n tho wil was to wait until
is guu 0 is tel and then instantly cross
se'ore he na I limeto.load. The only way
conl I g-t rid of hira was by digging a
Tine un ler t'ie house w iere he was
n idn. When t:e house was blown up.
IS i t ie ? uier went with it. 1 sat 1 to him,
id you ran le up your minis want you
in I the other suiTerrs would do in eise the
11 -u Is ae.u illy nro :e in "O . yes ! said
i.y escort. " iVe li 1 1 ii all p..iiiu-j I, for tne
tror i .ility w is ev.-ry hour for nearly five
nout is that taey would break in. You must
vne noer it was ICO) ngainst 61.03). an I
or the latfr part ot the time it wif
2) ngiinst 6),000, ant the residency anj
t .in eai ruwocis nruuu I It were not put up
for su -.i an attack. It was only from th
mercy of Go I that w sw-rnot massacred
so.m a. tor tne beAiege-neut. We were re-'
o "c I not to ',U-it eursjlv-s lo get into the
nnu Is of t.-os-, des:erado3s. lou mustT--
lii-.u-jer t'.at we and all th women had
"!:eir,lof tie bu:c lery at Cawnpur, and we
t:iyif what deleaf meant. II nimble to hold
rue rby '-oil ?er -we wou'd have .blown our-
' ls'.v-s u?-atwl a'l gone out of life together."
. "i.ipw 4oi','',l said, "the rooms w acre the
s-oii-u and eail-lren staid during thos
a u. months" Then we crossed over and
w at do,n into-the cellar of the resi leniy
W'lln a Rie bb-E of horror indescribable I eu
lrc ! tue-e-tlars where 622 women and ehil-
ur-u Mad be vi crow lei until the wnole floo
wis ful. 1 kuo.v t'le exact uumier, for
oud'.e I their names on the rod. . As ooo o
lao la lies wrots- in her diary--speaking o;
I lies', w:Tiea sue said, '"'fney lay upoa thf
roor fining futo eic i other like bits in a
r.uzie." Wives had obtained from tueli
busjuils the promise that the '.bus
bin is wan! I slioot tlwn rather than lei
tae n iatl m o the ban Is of thae despsr
it Iocs. T.ie women within ths residency
w -re k:t on tne s:nallst allowance thai
would malnta.u life. No opportunity o
privacy. TU death a:i,'el aui tue birtt
ingel louche 1 wings as they passe I. Flies
noi-quitoes, v.t.d o in Iu 1 possession of th'
jlace. an I these wjtneu in momentary ex
ct itioii til-it the enraged savaros wotiei
ra i up-n'tue n, in a vioienoe of which clu
in I sword mil torch nnl throat cu.lin
vout 1 ue the mitder forms.
Our escort toi 1 us agin and a -jr. in of th.
trivery of th ws wo.nen. Tttey did not de
nair. They encouraged the soldiery. Thei
iraitel on the wouu lei ant dying in the
lopitaL Tuey gave u; their stockings for
tto. :ers or ti LTipMhot. They solaced
mc i other when their children dlej. When
I has an I or father fell, such prayers o
y uotitav w re o i ;re i as oaiv worn -a can
JTer. Tuey eud'irel without complaint.
I'.i-y pfpir I their o.yn c lildren for uurial.
I' icy w T) inspire 1 for the men who stool
t tuir posts tl;iit at till taey droppel
uur escort toi l us mat agim au t again
i-ws had come that Hiveloe!: nnl Onr.m
s--reoa the why to fetc.i these b s eel
tines out or taeir wretcjednes. They ha i
received a letter from, Havelock rolle l ap in
s qaoi an i e-irrie i in ine moutn or a uis
ruised messenger, a letter telling them that
lie was on the way, but tua next news was
that Havelock bad been compellel to r
Ireat. It was constant vacillation between
Lope an 1 despair. But one day they heard
the guns of relief sounding nenrar an 1
nearer. Yet all the houses of Lucknow were
fortresses nlled with armed miscreants, and
every step of Havelock ai bis array was
;ontesteut firing from housetops, llrlug
xom wiiiows, tiring from doorways. ..
I asked our irien i if he thou -'lit that th?
fforM famous story of a Scotca lass'in her
lehnu'ii hear.ng the Scotch bagpipes ait-
raiicing wi;h tne Scotch regiment was a tru i
lory, ila said he did Ljt know but that it
iras true. Without tuis man's Miliar ine I
knew from ray oja o'ervation that de-
Wiriu n som"rlmes quickens some of the fac-
uitiee, ana I rather thin; the Scotch lass m
her c.eliriuin was the tirst to hear, tho bag
pipes. 1 decline to believe that class of
people who would like to kill all the poetry
t the world and bauisa all the flue seu-tiT.-nt.
They tell us that Whit-
:iers poem nnout B-trlmra Freitchle was
founded on a delusion, and that Longfellow's
poems immortalize. 1 things that never oc
curred. Tne Scotch lass did hear the slo
kn. I almost hearl It myself as X stoo 1 iu
lide the restdeney while my escort told ol
Oie coming ol the Seventy-eighth Highland
Hegiineut.
" Vero you present when Havelock eatm
n?" I asked, for I could suppress the ques
Son no longer. H's answer came .
I was not nt the moment present. Put
irdh some other young fellows I saw sol
Jiers dancing wuile two highlan I piprs
played, and I sai l, 'Wil it is all this excite
jintr" Then we came up and saw that
Havelock wis in, and Outrun was in, anl
un regiments werepour.ng in.
'Snow us where they came in," I ex
iaimeil, for 1 knew In it tn-v del not enter
through the gate ot the residency, that he
ng banket ap inside to keep the murderer,
ur. 'Hero it is," answered my escort.
'Herd it is the embrasure through which
they came."
We walked up to the spot. It is now a
tiroken down pile of bricks a dozen yards
Tom the gate. Long grass now. but then 41
Dlood spattered, bullet scattered opening in
the wad. .
As we stood there, although the scene wis
thirty seven years ago, 1 saw them come in
Unvetook pale and sick, bat triumphant,
an.l Outram, when all the equestrian statues
in Calcutta ana Europe cannot too uraudly
present; ' .
" "Wnat then nappneil7" t said to mr es
iort. "Oh," he said, "that fs Impossible to
ell. ffiie earth was remov-1 from"the (rate,
Old sbon all the army ot relief entered, and
ome o'f us laugh'e f. and some cried, and
ome prayed an l liome danse.1. Highlan
lers so dust co-ered and enough blood and
ronnds on their faces to make them nn
ecognizable snatched tne bahes out of
hejr mothers" arms and kissed them an I
iass-d the' babies' along for other sol
liers to kiss, and the wounded men
irawled out of the hospital to join In the
meering, and It was wild jubilee until, the
Irst excitement passd. the story of how
nany of the advancing army had been
lain oa thn way began to have tearful
ifTict, nnd the story of suTering tha ha 1
wen endured inside the fort, and thi, an
nouncement to children tht they were
atherless, and to wives that they wre
vi iowsj submerged the shouts of joy with
railing of agony.
"But were you not emarrassel by the nr
ival of Havelock anl 1139 men who brought
10 food with thorny" He answered. "Of I
lourse we were pat on smaller rations, ime
ne'Iately In order that they might share
Tith us, but we knew that the comwg of his
-en forcemeat would help us to hold ths
tlace until further relief should come. Hal
tot this first relief arrive 1 as it did in a day
r two at most and perhaps in any hour the
tesiegers would have broken in, and our end
rould have come. The Sepoys ha t dug sis
nines under the residency anl would soon
lave exploded all."
After we had obtained a few bullets that
ad been picket out of the wall, an 1 a piec ,
if the bombshell, we walked arouad the elo
uent rains and put our hands into the scars
f the shattered masonry and explored the
lemetery inside the fort, where hundreds of
ha dead soldiers await tie coming of the
Jord of Hosts at the li.st day, and wc
null endure no more. Jly nerves wer
ill a-tremble, an 1 my emotions wore
rrung out, an 1 I said. "Let us go." I
tad seen the resid-ncy at Lucknow the
lay before with a beloved missionary,
ind he told me many interesting facts con
tenting the besieg.iment of that place, but
his morning I had seen it in company with
ine who in that awful 1357 of the Indian
nutiny with bis own fire had fought the be
gers, and with his own ear bad heard tte
fell of the miscreants as they tried to storm
he walls, an l with his own eyes ba l wit.
lessel a scene of pang and sacrifice anl en
lurance and bereavement and prowess an I
escue which has made all this Lucknow
'ortress anl its surroundings the Mount Cal
rary of the nineteenth century.
On the following day, about four miles
Vom the residency, I visited the grave of
Havelock. The scenes of hardship anl sell
lacrifloe through which he had passed were
too much for mortal en lurance, and a fe
lays after Havelock left the residency which
le had relieved he lay in a tent a-dying,
while his son, whom I saw in London on mj
iray here, was reading to the old hero th
;onsolatory Scriptures. The telegraph
wires had told all. Nations that Have
lock was sick unto death. He had
receive ! the message of consratulatioa from
Queen Victoria ovr bis triumphs and hai
seen knrgute l, anl suon a reception as Eng
land never gave to any man since Welling
ton came back from Waterloo awaited hit
return. ut he wi'l never again see his na
tive land. Ho Has lei his last army an-J
planned tha last bailie. Yet he is to giic
nother victory. . -IJe declared it wiiea ic
bis last hours he said to General Outra n "1
die happy and coh'oiite i. I hav for fort
rears so ruled my life that when death cam'
1 mlgnt face it tr.thout fear. Todieii
rain." Inicsl tu,s w.is no nev sentimen
ality with hi a. ...He once stated that Ii
boyhood with tb";ir" companions he was ae
customed to s-'-fc'tlie "seclusloa of one o
the dormitorip for-purposes of devotion
though certain ip.tbos's days of being brand
edas Methodists an 1 ''earning bypoorhes.'
He had in early life'bsen imm-rs i in a Bap
list hui'ch. Ha acknowledged Go lin ever
victory an 1 says in one- of his disn itc le
lhat he owes it "to the power of the Eufleli
rifle in British han Is to lintis1-. plu tkau 1 ti
'die blessing of Almighty Go 1 on a mos
righteous caus:"' He was accustomed t
ipen 1 twr boars ev-ry jnornias in prayo:
ind Bible rea hug, an I it the army w ist
march at 8 o'clock ho aror for purposes o
religious tiero-iou at 6 o'c'o;k, anl if th
irmy was to march at Go" slock he arose at 4
-.A plain monunnt mirks Havioek'i
.fr-aye, but the epitaph is as beautiful ant f
jo.iiir.ieus o as nu) iiuu x ii-iv rverseju
UdT epied it then HU l there, nn 1 it is a
fotlonw '"Her rest the mortal remains o
Henry Havelock, major gnr d in the Brit
Ish army and Kni.'ht Com nan ler of thi
Bath, wuo die 1 at Ildkoosia Lucknow o
lysesry pro lu'el by the hardships of i
iuiipjiga in w iie'i he achieve 1 im norta
Ij1uia4.on.the 21th of November, 1S57
tl-was boraoa he 5th, of April. 1795. a
Bishops. Wermonth County, atham, Eng
laa'': ' Euterel the amy 1815. tlamo to In
.iiu 1S2J and s-rvi 1 tnere with little inter
tuytiou till bis death. H- bor an honorabb
part in the wars of Burma, Afghanistan, thi
Uahratta ca np dgn of ISid an I the Satiij o
1845. Betained by n Iverse circu nstanei
in subordinate position, it was the aint
)f his life to show that the profit saion
l Christian is consistent Willi the fullesi
iischarge of the tut.es of a sol lier. H
jom-uande i a division in tho Persian exp
iition or 18j7. Iti th" terri'ilc cotivu'sioa o
lhat year his genius an I ch iracter wsra ai
length fully d-yiopil anl known to th
rorld.' Saved fro-n siipwrck on the Cey.
ou coast by th l'roviieoca which designe I
Sim for greit-r thinrs, he was no.niuati-d
to the command of tho eolu na destine Itc
relieve the briv garriso 1 of Luvtuisr.
This object, a't'r alm ost super itnut
rxrtion, he, by tho b'.essiu? of Gol. ae-
;omplished. B it ho w is not spared to n
ceive oa earth t!io rewird ho so deari;
earned. The Pivino Master whom ht
lerved saw tit to remove him from the spheri
of his labor in tho moment of his grentes
triumphs. Ho departed to his rest in hum
ble but confl i-'nt expectation of far grente
rewar is and honors which a grateful coun
try wasanxious to bestow. In him the skil
of 11 L-O'iim in ler. th 1 coitr igo an 1 devotion
of a soldier, t i ' leirniug of a scholar, thi
grace of a lii;'ity lire 1 gent email an 1 all
the social nnu domestic virtu -s of a hus
band, father an I friend were blend
ed together, an I strengthen ? t, harmonize 1
an I a lorned by the spirit of a tru s Chris
tian, the result of the influence of the Holj
Spirit on his heart, nil 1 of an humble roll
buc ' ou the mer ts of a crucified S,iVjour,
II Timothy, iy., 7. S '1 have fought a good
fight. I have nnishal my course. I have
kept the faith. Heneefortu there is laid up
for me a erown of righteousness which the
Lord, the rightinous Ju lgc, shall give me at
that day, and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love His appearing.' This
monu nent is erected by uis sorro wing wido
aud lamily."
Is not that magaiftcnt? But t said whilf
standing at H iveloc i's grave, Way does not
Eugiand talco his dint to tjersel', an 1 in
Westminster abbey make hi-n a pillow? In
all her history of wars there is no name so
magnetic, yet.shu, has expressed nothing
on this mau's totnb. H s widow reared th 1
tombstone. Do you say, "Ler him sle'p iu
toe region where he-li i h:s grandest dee. IsV'
The sa ne reason would have buried Wel
lington in Belgium, nnd Yon Moltkeat Ver
sailles, an I Grant at YicKs'jttrg, and Ston'
ivall Jackson tar 'away from his beloved
Lexington, Ya. Take him home, O Eng
land! Tiie rescuer of the men, women and
cail irenat Lucknow 1 His ear. now dulled
eoui 1 not hear tne rod of the organ when it
Boii'i is through the venerable abbey the
national nnthem. But it would hear t he
same trumpet that brings up from amona
those saej-d wails the.torm of Outram, Id!
lellow Hero in tne overthrow of the Indian
niu'iny. Let Par iamcnt make appropria
tion trra'the national treasury, and some
great war ship under some favorite admira
sail across Jfixiiteranuau aad Abrabian seas
and waiflit Bombay harbor for the coming
ol Uiis co-iiqueror of conquerors, anl then
saluted Lytiie shipping ot all free nations,
let nim pt.ss on and pass up and come undei
the aroues of the nble-y and along the aislee
where hnve i;en carried the mightiest dead
of many centuries.
If religion has done nothing for your
temper, it has dono nothing for vonr
soul.
True dignttv is never trained bv place
and never lost when honors are with
e'rawn.
Itisa loncr way np the hill if you
think about the hill all the time.
Xao much sensibility creates 'unhap
piness; too iuucU iusenstbility leads to
crime.
If everybody was psrfect what would
the. go.-sips" dy for interesting mater
ials.
None but the brave deserve the fair,
and none but the brave can live with
some of them'.
Science will probably find a way to
utilize in our homes the central heat of
the earth. .
The man who creels a large building
on a very small lot does so because he is
shortsighted.
Impudence is sometimes mistaken for
liberty.
Money is a powerful conversitianal-
ist.
Unho'y tempera are unhappy tern
pers.
Tne bisia of good manners u so'f-
relianco.
I The sky is never all uluo at the same
I time.
CRADLE OF A CHURCH
MRTHPLACE OF PRESBYTERIAN
ISM IN AMERICA.
file Two Hundred aud Fiftieth Anniver
sary Recen 'y Celebrated in Hempstead,
1. I. Lons and Stirring History of as
Interesting Congregation.
Rritth Made It a, Barracks.
The two hundred nnd fiftieth anni
versary of the establishment of the
I'resliyterian Church In America was
feceutly celebrated iu the pretty vil
ice of Hempstead. Long island. Ir.e
I'stublishmcut of this church and its
larly history are marked by a serit. of
events which gle it a leading place
la the history of the nation. The rec
ords preserved In this little community
rouch for the claim that there one of
the first sparks of religious liberty in
America was ignited, the light from
which served as a beacon In the strug
gles of the colonists to throw off tho
iemauds of the mother country. Tha
revolutionary spirit was deinonstrat
iil on more than one occasion, and the
records of the church are teeming with
Jeeila of valor and of independence
which finally resulted in separation
from Great Britain.
From 1G44 uulil the present day the
;ongregatlon has remained intact. At
ao period was there ever wanting de
rotion to the church, and the record is
tone of the most remarkable in Ameri
can history.
The founder of the parish and its
first pastor was Kichurd Denton. He
fame to America accompanied by a
band of faithful worshipers, and, like
the Pilgrim fathers, settled in Massa
chusetts. Uellgloiis liberty was de
nied them in England, and they gave
ap home, worldly prospects, and ev
erything near and dear rather thnn sac
ifice their devotion to Presbyte-ian
principles. They were a portion of the
i'uritans of Massachusetts, and the
leader was idolized by his followers.
The party landed in Massachusetts
ibout 1G40, and settled in Watertown.
Presbyteriauism did not receive much
sncouragement from the Pilgrims.
Denton moved to (Vmieeticut. follow
ed by his adherents, and located where
VUCII
TO-DAY.
Stamford now stands. After ninny vi
cissitudes, he finally wended his way
to Long Island.
The island was a wild spot. Inhab
ited almost exclusively by Indians, al
though a few settlers had established
ionies. They erected a humble house
of worship on the site of the present
structure. Adjoining the church was a
stockade. Through the sides were
portholes, aud during services -sentinels
were constantly on guard. The
men carried guns to church, and were
jlways prepared for conflict.
Minister Deiitun remained at the head
jf his congregation for fifteen years,
when he returned to England, where
he died. lie left four sous to carry on
his labors. Two of them were instru
mental in the creation of a colony now
known as .I.-i 111:1 i a. and the other two
founded Elizabeth, X. J. Their de
scendants are scattered throughout
both of these daces.
The congregation built a new church
In 17G'J. and services were lreld in It
until 177(5. The IJritish soldiers then
invaded the town and held it ns a
vantage point, defying siege or bom
bardment. The ltritisu took posses
sion of the church, and committed
many depredations.
The Presbyterians were revolutionists
sf the most pronounced type, and the
soldiers took especial delight in heap
ing indignities upon them. They used
the church for a barracks and installed
their horses there. They eveu cut
holes through the flooring so that the
animals could stand ou the ground.
The windows were broken aud other
desecrations committed. Imriug the
presence of the soldiers ou the Island,
the little congregation became almost
extinct. The members were obliged to
worship in private, . and it is related
tlmt the greatest secrecy had to be
maintained oil account of the hostility
of the militia. After the war a minis
ter from Jamaica was secured. Kev.
Samuel Sturges served from 1791 to
179ft, Itev. Mr. Haveuport from 1794 to
PARSONAGE. LSKK ASA CHURCH FROM
1MJ3-I84li.
1790, and Rev Joshua Hart again took
the pastorate iu 1797 nnd served un
til 1S03.
The church. was burned and a new
building erected in 18U3, and this is
the structure now used as the parson
age. It was converted into a dwelling
house in 18 1J, aud Is still in excellent
condition. On the removal of the old
structure In 1S43 to Its present site and
Its conversion - Into a parsonage the
church now standing was built.
It has remained without alteration. It
has witnessed many changes In its
pastors, but the congregation has
grown steadily. Adjacent to the
shurch Is a graveyard In which are
Interred many revolutionary colo
nists. Perhaps no church in the coun
try is richer In legends or surrounded
with more historical associations.
Evert one hates the man who al
ways thinks he is being robbed.
f . . e s AUb.l. V' '.r '
IIEMTSTEAD CUVUCII OF
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"TOBACCO TAKING,"
Csers of the Weed Labored I'atier I01sad
vantases 259 Tears Arn-
People who make a specialty of un
comfortable statistics Dave lately as
serted that a warehouseful of to
bacco is consumed by smoke in th ii
city every day or the year. As a
unit of measure the warhouse is a
vague and variable quantity, but il
curries the impression of unlimited
tobacco and un infinitude of suiok
ing. But this is nob all, for the
statisticians no not seem to include
in this statement the amount ol
"the weed" consumed in other ways.
Doubtless just such a prevalence ol
habit aid the "General Courts" of
Connecticut foresee when it drew up
the fatuous ' liiue Laws," bearing
date in the year of our Lord ln.'n.
The good people of Windsor, Hart,,
ford, and WetliersBeld established
this court by provision ot the Civ.J
Co upact of lb 38.
The smoker ot to day may niedl
tatively wonder at 1 . gis'ation that
made a license from the court and a
prescription from "some approvid
for knowledge in skill an 1 phisick"
necessary before one could beiin tl.e
use of the fragrant weed, and t!i;.t
proniblted the taking of any ";o
hacko in the streets, highwayes 01
any barne yards." Fortunately, tha
cigarette had not attained its later
deadliness, else the violator of tha
statute might not have escaped witr
so light a Une.
This was the law as enacted:
Ton a. a
For as mu-h as it is observed
many abuses are crept, iu and
that
uiu-
niitted, by tiequent tak us of to
backo.
It is or Icred by the authority ol
this Courte, That no ersou under
the age of HI years, nor any other
that hath not already ac ustoincd
himself to the use thereof, shall take
any tobacko until hee hath brought
a certitlc-ite under the hands of smne
who are approved fur knowledge ;ind
skill In phisick. That it is useful for
hi 111, and also, that hce hath re
ceived a lycense from the cou te for
the some. And for the regulating of
those, who either by theire forever
taking it. have, to theire own ap
prehensions, made it neees-ary to
litem, or uppon due advice, are per
suaded to the use thereof
It is ordered, That no man with n
this colonye, after the publi atio.i
hereof, shall take any tobacko pub
liquely in the streets, highwayes ir
any barne yards, or u; on training
days in any open places, undjr
t!ie penalty of six-pence for each
ollence against this order, in any the
particulars thereof, to lice paid with
out gainesaying. uppon conviction,
by tiie testimony of one wit ness. that
is without just exception, before any
one magistrate. And the consta
bles in the several towns are required
to make presentment to each partic
ular Court as such as they doc un
derstand, and car. evict to be trans
gressors of this order.
It is certain that tobacco-users
were, mctapl ically at least, not in
the bestofodvr in those days. Here
is a provision of the same cou t that
came under the general head ol
'ld.eness."
It is ordered by this Courte and
authority thereof That no person,
howseholder or other, shall spend his
time idely or unprolltably, under
paine of such punishment as tho
Courte shall thinke meete to iu: ict,
and tor th s end It is ordered than
the constable of every place shall uu
special care and diligence to taku
knowledge ot offenders in this kinde:
especially of common coasters, mi-
I proli table fowlersand tobacko-laker
; and n-esent the same until any 111.11?
j itrato, who shall have power 10
; heare or determine the case, or trans
j fer it to the next Courte. New Yo;k
Tribune.
A Blackmailer Bluffed.
A good story is told of a prominent
Federal oilicial who was in otlice dur
ing the (Irst Cleveland Administra
tion, and his reception of a woman
who endeavored to levy blackmail
upou him. The woman came into
his o:i"ce one day and after tearfully
recitin her tale of woe ami wrong t
him and an amse. ! onlooker, who
had tried, ineffectually, to le.ne tho
room atsc! let the couple attend to
uicir own a.iairs, sue aemauded im
mediately a check for -SI no.
But 1 cannot give you that
amount. I haven't got it," said the
otlic al.
'Well, then, I'll tell all about our
dealings and .ou won't show up very
we 1," said the woman threateningly.
'(ill, I don't think yuu can make
anybody believe such a tale as you
wou d tell against me," came the iiu
perturbed reply.
' Oh, I can't, can't lr" sneered tho
woman. "Well, I just need that
trloo, and you'e got to give it to mo
or I'll let out the whole business.
ow are jcu ready to pony up?"
The oilicial pondered a moment.
"The case wou d look pretty black
against tue, wouldn't il''" he said re-
llectiveiy.
j "Yes, I'll see to that." was the wo
man's still more threatening an
I 6wer.
j "Well." said th.: official, after a
few moments' thought and with a
' suspicious twinkle iu his eye, '!
' guess I see a way outof the dilliculty.
You know my wife holds the purse
strings of the fa nily. JCow you jus'j
' go to her and tell her the whole story
and cry about it, and she might give
i.'ou tUe amount you want, (iood
day," and he bowed the obnoxious
I (aller outof the ollice, while she was
.too utterly dumbfounded to protest.
I She never bothered him again, ap
parently admiring bis nerve. Kate
Field's l'at.er.
J A Strange Tree.
j A thread-and-needle tree is a step
beyond the wax-tree in the way of
con . eniene. It souuds like a fable,
f but the Wexiccan maguey-tree fur.
( nishes not only a needle and thread
all ready for use, but many "'her
conveniences. Just outside the door
ot a Mexican home the beautiful tree
stands, loaded with "clustering
pyramids of flowers towering abovo
; dark coronals of leaves." and at tho
' tip of each dark green leaf is a slen
der thorn needle that must be drawn
carefully from its sheath, at thesatno
time slowly unwinding the thread, is
J a strong, smooth fibre attache 1 to
the nee lie, and capable of beiuj
. drawn out to a great length.
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