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><j.-
fiuuipnaa of Lewis Hazlett, has filed hiß final ac
count in the oftice of the Court of Common
Fleaa of Butler County, Ma. D. No. U, Dec.
Term, 1880, and that tha same will be presented
to Mid Court for confirmation and allowance on
Wedne-ay th. 7th day of WtEER
Prothonotary
Prothonotary's Office, February 5, 18H8.
EfTATE OF JAMEN HAY.
LATE OF CLIHTON TWP., DEC'd.
Letters testamentary with the will annexed
on the estate of J as. Hay, dee'd, late of Clinton
twp., Butler county, Pa , having been granted to
ihe'undersigned, all persons knowing themselves
indebted to said ustate will please make imme
diate payment and any haviug claims a.ainst
said estate will present them duly authenti
cated fur settlement. THOMAS A. HAY.
Executor.
Saxonburg, Butler Co., Pa.
FOR NAM:.
Mouse and lot in Northeast ]>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
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C. B. CONWAY,
North nope, Butler Co., Pa.
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The highest market price will be paid by us
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jlO 2m JACOB REIBER & BRO.
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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'. <k, at.d .ill
fit. ts and iiii t, were for>- 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
<vith fortitude ami resij^iation ; but,
w heu the fatal mom -tit arrived in
which they were .to part from iltcir
friends nnd relatives without a hope of
seeing them agaiu in this world, and
to be dispersed among strangers whoa*
language, religion and customs were
opposed to their own, they were crush
ed by a full realization of their miscrv.
The young men were lirst ordered to
go on board of one of the vessels; this
they peremptorily refused to do, unless
their families were allowed to accom
pany them. This very natural request
was refused, aud the troops were order
ed to advance upon them with fixed
bayonets, which had th • effect of
making them commence their march.
The road from the chapel to tho shore
was lined with women and children,
who greeted the miserable procession
with tears and blessings as the prisoners
walked slowly along, praying, and
weeping, and singing hymns. The
old man next followed through the
same scene ot sorrow, aud thus the
whole male portion of Grand Pre was
forced on board the transports which
-vcre to convey them away from their
homes forever. The meu having been
thus secured, the women and children
were distributed indiscriminately
among the vessels; husbands ware
separated from their wives, and chil
dren from their parents, whom in many
cases, they never met again. As these
wretched people sailed away from the
land where they had lived so happily
and innocently, the sight of their burn
ing homes was the last that met their
eyes. Altogether, seven thousand of
these poor exiles were thus dragged
from their homes and scattered along
the Atlantic coast, from Maine to •
Georgia. Five hundred landed in .
Philadelphia, one-half of whom died in
a short time, owing to the hardships
they had endured. Seven hundred
reached Maryland so destitute that
they must have died from starvation,
had not some humane persons provided
for their immediate necessities. The
largest portion of the exiles were taken
to Massachusetts, where, claiming to
be prisoners of war, they refused to
work, aud were distributed as paupers
among the cities and towns of th®
colony.
A pathetic appeal was made to
George 11. in l>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.
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