VOL. XX. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. ' SHERIFF'S SALS. E. D., No. 97, March T., 1883. W. A. Forquer, attorney. By virtue of a writ of Fi. Fa., issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county, and to me directed, there will be exposed to public sale, at the Court House, in the borough of Butler, on Thursday, the Bth day of March, A. D., 1883, atone o'clock, P. M., the following described property, to-wit: All the right, title, interest and claim of Jacob Kinser, of, in and to one-half acre of land, more or less, situated in Washington township, Butler county, Pa., Iwuuded as fol lows, to-wit: on the North by lands of Emery, East by lands of W. J.. Daul>enspeek, Sonth by lands of A. S. Miller and alley, West by Fuller and Emlenton road ; cleared and fenced, a board dwelling house and out-buildings there on. Seized and taken in execution as the property of Jacob Kinser at the suit of W. L. I)aul>euspeek for use. _ THOMAS DONAGIIY, Sheriff. Sheriff'sotllce, Butler, Pa., Feb. 14, li>B3. Application for Charter. Notice is hereby given that application will be made before Hon. E. McJniikin in chambers, on Monday, April s2d, ISB3, at !• O'CIOCK A. M , for a charter of incorporation of the Petrulia Hail Company, (Limited) in the borough of Pbtrolia, Butler county. Pa. The object of the said proposed incorpora tion is the maintenance of a hall f.ir lciturcs, Sabbath schools. Religious services and other lawful, public and private purposes. 8. W. HARLEY, President. Feb. 24th, 1883. feb3B-3t. ' NOTICE. All oenions indebted to M. P.eiber, Sr., dee'd., will please call at his former place of business on or before April Ist, I*B3, and arrange the Mune. After that time all accounts will l>e left for collection. FERD RELBEK, . Butler, Ftb. 16, 83. Administrator. • UOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Wm Barker, Et>art of Butler for nale. HOI'SE NEW, FIVE ROOMS AND WELL LOCATED. Price low and terms easy. Inquire of ' W. D. BRANDON, ESQ., Butler Pa. Valuable Farm For Sale. A farm, situated in Concord twp, Butler coun ty, Pa., midway between North Washington and Middletown, on the Butler aud Emlenton road, is for sale. The farm contains about 100 acres, 80 cleared and in good state of culti vation, and the balance in good timber. The farm is well watered; is underlaid with coal and lime-stone; contains two fine orchards of graft ed fruit; a two-story frame hoUSe, containing 10 large rooms, bank barn, large frame milk house and other building thereon. For par ticulars, call on, or address C. B. CONWAY, North nope, Butler Co., Pa. ~ RYE WASTED. The highest market price will be paid by us for rye delivered at our wholesale liquor store in Butler. „ jlO 2m JACOB REIBER & BRO. WHITE BIIMIAN OATS. Pore Russian oats for sale, seed got of John •on k Htokon, Phils. They are not the D. M. Fprry Jk. Co. oatu. but ripen as early as our com mon oats and yield nearly donbln Ten to twen ty stalks grow from one grain. One and one half bushel is plenty to the acre Trica *1 00 per bushel. For sale by Alon/.o McCaudless, Prospect, Pa. And orders received and filled at Miller Bros., «r A. A H. Beiber's. Jan3l-6t. BtfUer B. & L. Association. The flnnnal meeting of Ihe Stockholders ol the Building and Loan Association of Butler, will he held In the Arbitration room ol the Court House, ou Saturday evening, march 3d, 188S, at 7 o'clock, i». M , BY OKDEU OF THK BOAKII R, T. J. {J. CAMPBELL, SEC'V D. L. CLESIiAND,) WATCHMAKER & JEWELEE. South Main St., Butler, Paj Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, —B3?ECTA.CXjEH— AND SILVERWARE, At the JJ owest Cash Prices. Fine Watch »epa»rlng a Spec lal.'y. Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Yard. J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS, S.Gr. Purvis & Co., MANUFACTURERS AND DEALBKBIS Bough and Planed Lumber or KVKRV DKBCRI Pl'lON, FRAMES MOULDINGS, 8 ASII. DOORS, FLOORING, SIDING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards, SHINGLES & LATH. 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BROWN'S IRON BITTERS will have a better tonic effect upon any one who needs " bracing up," than any medicine made. m BUTLER COUNTY" Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. Gl. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL. TIIEASVHKU 11. C. IIEINEMAN, SECRETARY DIRECTORS: /. L. Purvis, ; E. A. Hclniboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Buikhnrt, A. Troutnian, Jacob Schoene, (i. C. Roessiujr, John Caldwell, Dr. W. lrvm, .J. J. Croll. A. B. Kliodca, 11. C. Hcineuian. JAS. T- M'JUNKIN, Ben. Ae't -BTTTZLjZEiIR, IP A.. jfr • AI'ATFM DOI HLE b Fl4>o STOOI,, ' H Which Is single when closed iind double when open. Awardedtlie hitjliest medals of excellence and JWJW\ X diploma at its fir-t exhibllion. Stands at the head of ;ti! I***l 111 eady in use. l.aiKe»t sf<»'K »t TgyJ*'" double and single stools any where • the market at wholesale and retail. I'rlces tlie lowest. Styles the latest. Send for ciicular. flood pav :ind Territory RIVCII more salesmen. Wilson I'ateiu J'iano Stoc 1 Co. Ollice, No. I lot Walnut, Pliila. I '- 1 '5 TnpUtDf WANTED $100,"^ I ttllltno wSSSi ..jfeffirir-Sa™. J y c St Co.. rhiiaJrlpbU.r*. BUTLER. PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH T, 1883 HI X.MONT ASYLUM. UNDER INVESTIGATION BY A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. Testimony of Mr. A. P. Hop kins, of Washington, Pa. Tho committee appointed by the Legislature to investigate tbe charges made against Pixmont Insane Asylum, consisting of Senators McCrum. of Crawford ; McNeill, of Allegheny, ami Hart, of Lycoming; ami Repre- H'titativi s Walker, of Erie, and (Jra h:>in uf Allegheny, met at tbe Monon j gab< la I lon-e, I'ittshnrirh, at 11 oYI ick, A M , on the 24th ult. In | addition to the Committee there were i presi nt Charles T. McKenna and i .lames 11. Ueed, attorneys for Pr. | lieed; Mr. T. F. Zimmerman, of Johns ! town, counsel for Mrs. Constantine Neinstrell, and who was summoned to testify in reference to the charges cf Dr. Sevin, of Erie, tbr.t she was being grossly abused; Pr. Wvlie, ot Pix mont, "llev. Travelli, Warden Wright, Morrison Foster, Malcolm Hay, George W. Guthrie and the Repre resentatives of the press. The chair- Riap of the committee announced thut it had been thought best to exclude re porters, but added that a conference would be held on this point and the re sult announced. A session of half an hour was held by the committee at tbe end of which it was decided to allow the press representatives to remain. The statement was made that Messers. Hay and Guthrie appeared for the committee. Mr. Graham said that this was a mistake as tbe committees were not acting as prosecutors but as a jury. Tbe gentlemen \vi re not pres ent at this time, but just then came in, when it was learned that they were present in the interest of W. L Scott, proprietor of the Erie Herald, against whom several libel suits have been entered in connection with this a flair. A. P. Hopkins, a pleasant and in telligent looking gentleman. with smooth face and silvery hair and prob ably sixty years of age, was the first witness sworn. Mr. Hopkins stated that he resided in Rochester, Pa.; pre vious to June last he had lived in Washington county. 0.: February 8, 18*2, he was sent to Dixmont by the county authorities, and remained there until the oth of June following, Dr. lUed was Superintendent ana a man named Caldwell had charge of the watds. Mr. Hopkins said his insanity had been caused by overwork in tak ing care of small-pox patients in Little Washington. For a period of nine days he had scarcely an hour's sleep. "About the second night I was in Dixmont, said Mr. Hopkins, "two men came in with a straight jacket. I said, Men, I don't want that on me.' They replied,J'We know what is best for you,' aud put it on me, tying the sleeves around my throat until I was insensible." The witness here described what the straight jacket is like. He said it fits closely to tbe body, and has sleeves about eight feet long, which are tied tightly around tbe body and arms of the patient, and in a hard knot in the back. "When I recovered," said the wit ness, "the jacket was still on me I struggh d hard and finally broke tho jacket in the back. The next night thev put another jacket on me but did not chike me. Wm. Ligget and Joseph Hamilton were the two attend ants. I think I was insane at this time and remember these circumatances plainly, but how I remember them so distinctly 3 don't know. For several weeks nothing occurred, only that let ters which 1 wrote home never readied there. One day while sitting at the dinner table I thought it would be a good joke on the attendants to pretend to take a spasm, as another man was accustomed to do. I stiffened myself and threw myself back in my chair. I was immediately seized and taken to ward No. 8, where some strong medi cine was given me. Then Liggett, Hamilton. Robert Parks, Jno. Gennefl and another attendant tried to put a straight jacket on me. I resisted and struck at Geuneff. They threw me down and choked me, jumped on me with their knees aud broke a rib on my right side and one on my left." Mr. McKenna.—Before accepting this testimony as to injuries, it would be proper to have a medical examina tion. Witness.— I was examined by two physicians, who said some of my ribs were broken. I can bring certificates from them. Continuing tbe witness said he had never consulted any of the Dixmont physicians, as the patients generally understood that they were not allowed to speak to the physicians. "After throwing me down," said the witness, "they put the straight jacket on me and kept it on me for nearly ten days, during most of which time I was tied down to niy bed. The pain in my arms was excessive on account of the impeded circulation This injn ry to my ribs was inflicted on me about three months before I was re leased, and I felt the effects of it some time after I was released." Mr. Graham.—"Was the jacket put upon you as a punishment or to re strain violence ?" Witness—l can't answer, sir, but 1 was not violent." In answer to questions Mr. Hop kins said he had a similar attack of in sanity £1 years ago and was sent to the insane department of the West I'enn Hospital, then under charge of Pr. Reed, now of Dixmont. While at the West Penn Hospital he had been maltreated as badly as at Pix mont. He had a difficulty with three of the attendants when tliey threw him down, put mufflers on him and one of them kicked him on the back. The men theu took turn about in hitting him on the bead until he was insnsi ble. On another occasion an attend ant jumped on his chest causing him to spit blood for several days. Com plaint was made to Dr. Reed, but no notice was taken of it, hut witness i said he had not been maltreated after ! ward. Witness said he was released from Pixmont by the efforts of his friends. Senator Hart—Did you ever see any other persons maltreated while i you were at Dixmout? I Witness—"Y'es, sir. Two men had a dispute about a testament one day and one knocked the other down. Three attendants and an inmate rush led at the first man. Liggett took a leather strap, put it around the man's neck and pulled it so tight that the man was choked insensible. Liggett then jumped on the man's body, after j hich the man was taken to the bath room. There was a innu named Miller, who ! had I>een sent from the Western Peni tentiary. Miller makes affidavit, which I have in a letter here (letter shown), that he saw a man tied down in bed and so badly abused that he died two hours afterward. Miller himself told me that he had been bad h injured by his treatment while here." i Objection was made by Mr. McKen na to admitting this testimony, and | tbe objection was sustained. The I chairman stated that Miller's testi mony would be takeu. "On another occasion," continued the witness, "one of the attendants kicked a Swede in the mouth because j he told him to get up and the man did not do so because he did not un ; derstand. Letters that patients wrote did not reach their friends It was not the custom to stamp the letters, ! but the patients thought the attend | ants wvuld stamp them. The food w. s very uusavory and ipsufiicmnt. : For'breukfast they had meat of some ; kind, bread and coffee or tea; the din ner was always a 'boild one.' For supper they hail about the same as breakfast." The witness then de scribed the elaborate preparation that were made when visit rs were expect ed, the rich food, sple .did service of silver and china, and the contrast that was presented when the visitors bail departed aud the tables were prepared for the patients. Witness was asked if he remember ed Dr. Sevin. but he said bo did '.ot believe he did. At this point the committee adjourn ed antil 2 o'clock. THE FEMALE SI I> K OK IT. The first witness sworn was Mr.-. Mary Jane Coulter, a former attend ant at Dixmont. The witness testi fied as follows: "I reside in Baltimore, have lind there three months. I was at Pix mont as an attendant. Went ;h re November si, 18SL When an attend ant first goes there he or she is w hat is called a 'surplus' or assistant attend ant. When there is a vacancy, the surplus takes the place. I was in the sewing room first. I was at Dixmont four months, the last month I ivas an attendant. There are two attendants, j and in the worst wards a surplus also. The duties of the attendants are to see that the wards are taken care of and that the patients behave themselves." Major Walker—Did yi.:: ever see any instances of abuse while you were at Dixmont? Witness—l did, frequently. There was a Mrs. Mitchell, who always wish ed to take her life; I saw Miss Jo. McCaslin push her' violently against the arm of a settee to make her set still. I have seen her strike her on the hands with a bunch of keys while putting her hands in the mufllers ; fre quently when she put the jacket on Mrs. Mitchell ?he would put her knee on Mrs. Mitchell's breast, and press so hard, and pull the sleeves of the jacket so tight, that Mrs. Mitchell would lean forward and groan aud say, "Oh, don't!" Mrs. Mitchell was very sick ly, and the treatment she received was not right at all. There was Mrs. Barnhart, .vho, it was said, had been made crazy by ill-treatment from ber husband. Miss McCaslin would taunt her with having murdered her hus band with bed bug poison Mrs. Barn hurt would become enraged and swear frightfully, and then she would be locked up. This was done about four times a week for amusement. Major Walker—Did you ever know of any one being tied to the bed while in the straight jacket ? Witness—l did. There was Mrs. Watt, who was tied so. The patients arms were folded across the breast aud the long sleeves of the jacket wound around them and pulled tight by the attendants and tied in a hard knot in the back. The feet were tied, the pa tient put to bed, and laid on this knot all night Miss Hope was tbe super viseress, and was a very grim looking person. She has been there about six teen years. Dr. Reed very seldom came into the ward. One time I saw Miss McCaslin cut Mrs. Watt's month with a cup, and once with a knife in forcing food into her mouth. There was a Mrs. Schilling whose mind was almost gone. I have seen Miss Mc- Caslin strike her in the face because she would not eat. I complaiued to Miss Hope, but she said she did not know which one lied,l or Miss McCaslin. She also said my sister-in-law and I were too tender hearted. The patients were summoned to their meals by the ringing of a bell. If patients would not go they were forced. I consider tbe food very uufit for any one to eat. It was poor in quantity and quality, and tbe meat was nearly always taint ed. The sugar was ths coarse brown article and would make persons sick that used it. The tea was very poor. We considered some of the things so poor that we would not use them, and purchased for ourselves in Allegheny. There were fourteen rooms in the ward I was in and twenty-five patients. Part of these slept in the beds and the remainder on mattresses on the floor Major Walker—Po you know of any ol the patients attempting to take their lives while you were here ? Witness—Mrs. Mitchell tried to choke herself by puting ber head be tween the slats of the bed. This the only one I know of. There no female physicians in the asylum. Prs. Hutch inson and Wylie were the only phys icians. I don't know whether Pr. Reed was considered one of the phys icians or not. Major Walker—Po yon know of a patient named Katy Pailey? Witness—Yes, sir. One day about noon Katy Daily sprang at Miss Mc- Caslin and scratched her face. I push ed her hack and must say I struck her. She was put in tbe straight jacket arid taken to her room. Major Walker—Did von ever know of patients' arms beiug injured by hav ing this jacket put on? Witness—Yes, sir. Mrs. Watt had a large sore on her arm from this cause. Cross-examined by Mr. McKenna— I am a nurse and employed in a sani tarium in Baltimore. I left Dixmont because my sister-in-law was discharg ed. This Mrs Watt was of a suicidal turn, and Miss Blackwood, the hall girl, told me tbe sore on her arm was caused by wearing the jacket. Mrs. Mitchell was very hard to manage. She wanted to kill herself and would eat her fingers and her arms. The sleeves or mufllers were put on her at night to koep her from killing herself. Miss McCaslin and I never agreed very well, because she wanted me to do her work. Miss McCaslin was my immediate superion, and Miss Hope was above all. As soon as I went into the Institution I discovered that the food was very poor, and we used to complain that we did not get enough to cat. The duties of an at tendant are very confining. Major Walker—Equal to this exam ination ? Continuing the witness said the pa tients and attendants ate at the same table. If patients would not come to their meals, and they could not be forced to do so, their meals were taken to ibem. Witness had never inflicted any injury on Mrs. Mitchell. She used to assist in putting the patients to bed. Mr. Mc Kenna—Mrs. Coulter ; do you remmbur of being severely repri manded for kicking a patient while put ting her to bed one night, and that you were not allowed to assist in this work thereafter? Witness—No, sir. I deny that ut teily. Mrs. Coulter continuing said she bad not been discharged for incompe tency, and did not insist on tho hygie nic method of treatment while she was at Pixmont. On being asked if she had given all the cases of ill treatment she had seen, the witness related re lated an instance where Miss McCas lin tried to put the straight jacket on Mrs. Mitchell. The latter resisted and in the struggle she was thrown vio lently to the floor. Miss Hope and witness got along- tolerably well. She did not complain of the food to Dr. Hutchinson or Dr. Wylie, because it was no use. Witness did not remem whether there were any printed rules or not. Clippings. —The Western Pennsylvania Hos pital will get $i;0,(>00 from tbe Appro priation Committee. —A new edition of the school laws is published every three years. The Pepartment of Public Instruction is now distributing the latest. —A craze has set in among women of wearing their hair cut short. The leagth is graduated by the quantity of brain it is necessary to balance, i —The Asiatic Society is about to erect a monument on the site of the Black Hole of Calcutta, the dungeon in which 140 British were confined on the night of June 20, 17f>'5, and from which only 23 were taken out alive the next morning. —A "corner in onions" is mention ed. This will cause great inconve nience in some quarters. How are the heirs of a rich old uncle to assume a proper amount of grief and tears at his funeral without the artificial aid of an onion. F. A. I'ettibone, prosecuting at tornev for Ashtabula county, Ohio, is charged with crunkenness, misconduct before the grand jury, failure to account for fines and costs coming into his hands by virtue of his office, and mis conduct in general. The charge, which is filed with the Clerk of tho Common Pleas Courts, has been sign ed by a large number of people who are anxious for his removal. —Take a young man, a tall young man with a small hat, a long face, a lengthy neck, a short body, a pair of long and slim legs, with arms to match, and both arms and legs largest at the extremities; put him in a Sev more coat; encase his legs in eel-skin pantaloons, with sufficient bow in the legs to give passing glimpses between them of the mashed and astonished world that lies ahead of him as he walk; cram his flat feet into pointed shoes; tie an eye-glass to his lappel; give him a delicate mustache aud a cane to play with—and if there be a grander sight under the canopy of heav en, we haven't time to think it up.— Franklin Press. —Paper, in days not long past, used to be a type of flimsiness of fab ric and of inability to stand wear and tbe weather. When compressed pa per began to be substituted for wood, stone and metals, it seemed to be a special pleasure for those who employ ed it to apply this material to the very uses for which it seemed wholly un fitted. Paper row boats were among the earliest of these new uses, ami they have already become too familiar to attract attention. Theu came the desire for substituting paper where great wear or strain was endured in iron machinery; and paper car wheels seemed the extreme in this direction. Yet now there is a movement to sub stitute pa]>er rails for steel rails, as being very durable, and less costly, who shall say that paper may not one day give us drills and trip-hammers ? THE ACADIANS. From the American. If the poet's dream of an earthly paradise was ever realized, it was in the home of Evangeline, the lovely heroine of Longfellow's most pathetic poem. This beauiiful laud of flowers was truly the "home of the happy "They ilwelt together in love, the- • s ; in;>V Acadian lar.uers, Dwelt i:i the love of God and man. Neither locks li : I I hey to their doors, nor lur< to tluir w. i i ».v>; But their dwellings were o|>e:i as day and the heart* of their owni rs; There the richest was |i<«>r, and the j.oore i lived iu abundance." It is difficult to appreciate, amid the splendid material progress of the nine teenth century, a community so seclud ed and yet so happy,—possessing so little, yet so contented. Theirs was not that state of nature so enthusias tically advocated by Rousseau, who unnaturally abandoned his children to the mercy of strangers. Theirs was not the stern virtue of ancient Rome, which applauded a father for butcher ing his sons. While not possessing the "peculiar" virtues of Rome, they were also free from its atrocious vices. Suicide, infanticide and avarice were unknown among the Acadians. Pride, which caused the fall of Adam, the ruin of Greece, and the destruction of Babylon and Rome, was unheard of in the happy Valley of Grand Pre, where "All men were equal, and all were brothers aud sisters." 1 magine a people living in peace and plenty, free from all the cares and anxieties of civilized life, while enjoy ing all its advantages,—dwelling to gether as in a common brotherhood, but without the moroseness of Sparta, —bright, cheerful, lively, but without the frivolity of Athens, —a people, so good, so simple, so honest, that laws were unnecessary and lawyers un known ! Plato never dreamed of a re public so truly admirable as Acadia, while the famous Arcadia of the ancients did not approach it in the sweetness, beauty and simplicity of its pastoral life. The Valley of Grand Pre is the most beautiful in British America. The patient industry of the Acadians had reclaimed it from marsh and sea, and turned it into fertile meadows. They led a simple, pastoral and patriarchal life, with no desire for wealth and no ambitious aspirations; their lovely valyes were covered with flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. "This was Acadia, —this the land That weary souls have sighed for; This was Acadia, —this the land Heroic hearts have died for." Our own Valley of Wyoming alone can compare with the Valley of Grand Pre in beauty and sorrow. • The happy, pastoral life of this com munity must have suggested to Gold smith some of th? most touching scenes in the "Deserted Village." Young men aud women married early. As soon as a young man was old enough to marry, the community built him a house, cultivated the lands about it, and furnished him with all the neces saries of life for one year. Thither he brought his chosen partner, who con tributed her portion in flocks. By the Treaty of Utrecht, in 171.°., the Acadians became subjects of the English Crown ; but it was expressly stipulated that they should not be compelled to fight against their French countrymen, that tbey should retain possession of their lands, and be per mitted the free exercise of their religion. From that time they were called the "neutral French." At first, they were treated with some consideration ; .for the English wanted their valuable services in the construction of roads, dikes, forts, and in the cultivation of the soil. But in a few years the con querors had established themselves securely in Nova Scotia, and were not long in showing that they not only had the strength, but intended to use it. The Acadians were excluded from holding office, deprived of the right of representation, and not allowed to ap peal to the courts for the redress of wrongs. They were obliged to cut wood for the building of English forts, failing to do which they were told that their houses would be pulled down for the purpose. They were ordered to furnish provisions, and threatened with the destruction of their crops and cattle if they refused. All these injustices were endured with unfailing patience. When Charles Edward, 1745, at tempted to regain the throne of his ancestors, George 11. insisted upon the Acadians taking an oath by which they were required to become loyal subjects of Great Britain, —to bear arms against their countrymen and the Indians, to whom they were bound by i many ties of gratitude and affection. I The conscience of the Acadians rebelled at a requisition "so repugnant to the feelings of In:man nature." Three hundred of the younger and more im pulsive of their number resolved to fight rather than to submit to such j terms, and were found in arms at the j taking of Fort Beau Sejour. This offered the occasion which was wanted. The whole of the twenty thousand "neutral French" were made to suffer for the act of the three hundred. In vain was their protest that this resist ance was contrary to their wishes, their habits, and beyond their control. Their entire destruction or dispersiou was de creed. Colouel John Winslow planned and carried out this wicked work, lie was a soldier, trained to make war upon armed meu ; but he engaged with brutal zeal in an enterprise against helpless women and children. He wore the uniform of His Majesty, King George 11, but his actions disgraced the service which had once been honor ed by the peerless Sidney. It is a melancholy story, so let us tell it as briefly as possible. The de struction of the Acadians having been decreed, Colouel Winslow, with live transports and a force of New England I troops, proceeded to the Rasin of Mines. A proclamation was issued, requiring the attendance of all the adult male in habitants at the respective posts of the different districts on the same day ; the object for which they were to as semble was not distinctly stated, but, it was so peremptory as to require im implicit obedience. I;i response to th : s summons, (our hundred and eigbtein men assembled at the Church of Grand Pre. The doors were closed and barri caded, and (Ylotiel Winslow, suiroußd ed by his cfii -«rs and guarded by his men, informed 1 he unfortuate Acadians 1 ; •' the U riir of Kni'l.ind had ordered i "tl.it their luii.! ;iinl tenements, cattle Jof all kinds, and live s'. - ed t • ihe | fro MI, and tbry were I <■ . C leniovcd from tin; province." TL • wrcii-hc d : people, uii'-imocioiis of air. HIM -nob bnraliiy, received li Mii'.eoce eha!f of these unhappy people, but without effect; they were left in their exile aud misery, their enemies hoping that, in the course of time, their language, customs, etc., would be iost in the midst of the Kn glish colonists aiuoug whom they were scattered. The removal of the Acadians recalls the tender lines of Virgil which express the lament of the Mantuan shepherd when driven from his home by the victorious soldiers of Augustus, commencing: "O Lycida, rici jxrvemmm.*," etc. The merciless measures adopted to wards the Acadians, and the wanton destruction of their possessions, form one of the darkest spots in American history, and is only paralleled by the massacre of the Wyoming by the En glish and Indians, twenty-five years afterwards All that could throw light on this dark transaction was care fully suppressed by the English author ities. But later investigation has dis covered that the iniquitous sentence of banishment was carried out with brutal violence. Old men and delicate women were torn from their homes and left all night on the shore, exposed to the cold autumn air, and no roof to shelter, no covering to protect them. And, al though Colonel W'inslow had pledged his word of honor that families should «o on the same vessel, the aged hus band was separated from her who had been the partner of his joys and sorrows for fifty years, the young bride of a few weeks was torn from the protecting arms of her husband, widows were separated from their only sons, never to meet them again. Colonel Winslow received eight hundred pounds sterling from the British Government for driving tlie Acadians into exile. Mis portra't in the rooms of the .Massachusetts Histor ical Society represents a man of full face, fair complexion, blue eyes and smiling mouth, lie died in 1770, aged seventy-three years. His family were Tories" during the American Revolu tion, and were obliged to seek refuge in Nova Scotia when the British eval uated Boston in 1 77;>. Only a mournful tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand Pre ; a few weeping willows mrjk the spot where once stood the happy home of Eoaiujeline, and forever sing the requiem of her doomed people; while "I'ntler the shale of their branches Dwell another with other cintoms nnd language." of Beaver Falls, was cured by mesmer ism instead of by the Waters ot Loar dcs. A well known minister, when told of the reported faith cure, said that a few years ago one of his congregation owned a dog that became completely paralyzed in its hind legs. One diy somo- other dogs cha.-cd a rabbit par< the helpless brute, which, fcuddenlv stirred up by the excitement of the chase, bounded to his feel and started in hot pursuit of the unfortunate rab bit and caught it. The dog retaining the use of its former paralyzed limbs. J/rrnT llepublii a:i. IJjtf" A'lvertisc in the CITIZEN. NO. 16