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BY JOHN G. GIVEN
EHENSBURG, THURSDAY, JULY II, 1850.
VOL. C- IV O. 40.
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ivr I S O E Xi X. A IT E O US.
Tte Coa!essioa of Professor Wets!!-, c! ths Mur
der of Dr. Parkmau.
Boston. July 2, 1830;
At the meeting of the Council.'this moij
ning, the case of Prof. Webster was re
ferred to a committee.
Before the committee, at 12 o'clock, ap
peared the Rev. Di. Putnam, the spiritual
adviser of the condemned, with a petition
for a commutation of punishment, togeth
er with a confession that he killed Dr.
Parkman.
The Reverend gentleman prefaced ' the
statement by a few remarks relative to the
manner in which the confession was made
to him. He stated that he had no previ
ous acquaintanceship with Prof. Webster,
before being called to act in the capacity
of his spiritual adviser. In the first few
weeks of his visits, he sought no acknowl
edgement of the prisoner. At length, on
the 23d of May, he visited him in his cell
and demanded of him, for his own well
being, that he should tell the truth in re
gard to the matter, and he acceded to thp
request, by making a statement, which was
cow submitted for the consideration oi the
Council.
THE CONFESSION.
On Tuesday, 20th of November, I sent
the note to Dr. Parkman, which, it appears
was carried by the boy. Maxwell. I han
ded it to Littlefield unsealed. It was to
nk Dr. Parkm mt) call at my rooms,
on Friday, the 23d, after my lecture. He
had become of late very inportunate for
his nav. He had threatened me with a
1 suit: to nut an officer in mv house, an J to
drive me from my professorship, if I did
not pay him. The purport of my note
was simply to ask the conference. I did
not tell him, in it, what I could do, or what
I had to say about th payment. I wish
ed gain, for those few days, a release from
his solicitations, to which I was liable ev
ery day, on occasions, and in a manner
very disagreeable and alarming, and also
to avert for so long a time, at least, the
fulfilment of recent threats of severe mea
sures. I did not expect to be able to pay
him when Friday should arrive. My pur
pose was, if he should accede to my pro
posed interview, to state to him my em
barrassments and utter inability to pay him
at present to apologise for those things
in my conduct which had offended him
to throw myself upon his mercy to beg
for further time and indulgence, for the
ake of my family, if not for myself, and
to make as good promises to him as I
could have any hope of keeping. I did
not hear from him on that- day, nor the
next, (Wednesday) but I found on Thurs
day ha had been abroad in pursuit of me
without finding me. I imagined he had
forgotten the appointment, or else did not
mean to wait for it. I feared he would
come in upon me at my lecture hour, or
while I whs preparing my experiments tor
it; therefore. I called at his house on that
doming, (Friday,) between eight and nine
o'clock, to rtfnind him ot my wish to see
hira at the College, at half-past one my
lecture closing at one. 1 did net stop to
talk with him, fr I expected the conversa
tion would be a long one, and I had my
lecture to prepare for, for it was necessary
. for me to have my time, and, also, to keep
By mind free from other exciting matters.
DK. Parkman agreed to call on me as 1
proposed., He came, accordingly, between
half-pasr one and two o'clock, entering at
Oy lecture room door. I was engaged in
removing some glasses from my lecture
Mom table, into the room in the rear,
oiled the upper laboratory, lie came
rapidly down the step, aad followed me
Into the laboratory. He immediately ad
dressed me with great energy-"Are you
ready for me, sir? Have you got the
money?" I replied, "No. Dr. Parkman;"
nd I was then beginning to state my con
dition, and my appeal to him, but he would
Hot listen to me, and interrupted me with
much vehemence. He called me a scoun
drel ffd a fiar, and went on heaping on
ttethe most bitter taunts and opprobrious
epithets. While he was speaking he drew
handful of papers from his pocket, and
took frgrb among them my two notes, and
Moan.o!d letter, from Dr. Hossack, writ
'tenmiary years ago, congratulating him
or his success in getting me appointed
Professor of Chemistry. "You sec," he
said, "I got you into your office, and now
1 wtt get you out of it,' He put back in
V) his pocket all the papers except the let
ter and the notes. 1 cannot tell how long
fr.fc torrent of threats and invectives con
ti cued and I can recall to memorv but a
3ndl portion of whaUthe said; at first, I
fcept imposing, ttlo pacify him, bo
bat I f&rght obtain me object for which 1
ought the interview, but I could not stop
Mm," and soon my own temper was up; 1
forgot everything, and felt nothing but the
tbg of his words. I was excited to the
k'ghesl degree of passion, and while he
Jt speaking and gesticulating in the most
violent and menacing manner, thrusting
the letter and his fist into my face, in my
fury, I seized whatever thing was handiest
(it was; a stick of wood,) and dealt him an
instantaneous blow with all the force that
passion could give it. I did not knBw, or
think, or care, where I should hit him, nor
how hard, nor what the effect would be.
It was on the side of ihe head, and there
was nothing to break the force of the blow.
He fell instantly on the pavement. There
was no second blow; he did not move. I
stooped down over him, and he seemed to
be lifeless. Blood flowed from his mouth
and I got a sponge and wiped it away. I
got some ammonia and applied it to his
nose, but without effect. Perhaps I spent
ten minutes in attempts to resucitate him,
but I found he was absolutely dead. In
my horror and consternation, I ran instinc
tively to the doors of the lecture room and
of the laboratory below. xnd then, what
was I to do? It never occurred to me to
go out and declare what had been done,
and obtain assistance. I saw nothing but
the alternative of a successful movement
and concealment of the body on the one
hand, and of infamy and destruction on the
other. The fitat thing I did as soon as I
could do anything, was to draw the body
into the private room adjoining, where I
took off the clothes, .and began putting
them into the fire, which was burning in
the upper laboratory. They were all con
sumed there that afternoon, with papers,
pocket-book, and whatever they contained.
I did not examine the pockets, nor remove
anything, except the watch. I saw tint,
or the chain of it, hanging out. I took it,
ami threw it over the birdge as I went to
Cambridge. My next move was get the
bodv into the sink, which stands in the
small private room; by setting the body
partially erect against the corner; and by
getting up into the sink myself, I succeed
ed in drawing it up there. It was entirely
dismembered. It was quickly done, as a
work of terrible and desperate necessity.
The only instrument was the knile found
by the officers, in the tea-chest, which I
kept for cutting corks. I made no use of
the. Turkish knife, as it was called at the
trial. That had long been kept on my
parlor matlepieee, in Cambridge as a cu
rious ornament. My daughters frequently
cleansed it; hence the marks of oil and
whiting found on it. I had lately brought
it into Boston to get the silver sheath re
paired. While dismembering the bodv, a
stream of Cochituate water was running
through the sink, carrying off the blood in
a pipe that passed down through the low
er laboratory. There must have been a
leak in tie pipe for the ceiling below
was stained immediately around it. There
was a fire burning in the furnace of the
lower laboratory. Littlefield was mista
ken in thinking there had never been a
fire there. He had probably never kin
dled one, but I had done it myself several
times. I had done it that day for the pur
pose of making oxygen gas. The head
nd viscera were put into the furnace thai
day, and the fuel heaped on. 1 did not
examine, at night, to see to what degree
they were consumed. Some of the ex
tremities were put in there, I believe, on
that day; the pelvis, and some of the limbs
perhaps, were all put under the lid of the
lecture room table, in what is called the
well a deep sink, lined with lead; a
stream of ('ochiiuate was turned into it,
and kept running through it all Friday
night; throax was put into a similar well,
in the lower laboratory, which I filled with
water, and threw in a quantity of potash,
which 1 found there. This disposition of
the remains was not changed till after the
visit of the officers on Monday. When
the body had been thus all disposed of. I
cleared away all traces of what had been
done. I think the stick with which the
fatal blow had been struck, proved to be
the stump of a large grape vine S3y two
inches in diameter, and two feet long. It
was one of several pieces which I had
carried in from Cambridge long before,
for the purpose of showing the effect of
certain chemical fluids in coloring wood,
by being absorbed into the pores. The
grape vine, being a very porous wood, was
well adapted to this purpose. Another
longer stick had been used as intended,
and exhibited to the students. This one
had not been used. I put it into the fire.
1 took up the two notes either from the
table or the floor, I think the table close
by where Dr. P. had fallen. I seized an
old metalic pen lying on the table, dashed
it across the face and through the signa
tures, and put them in my pocket. "I do not
know why I did this rather than put them
in the fire, for 1 had not considered for a
moment what effect either mode of dispo
sing of them would have on the mortgage,
or my indebtedness to Dr. P. and the oth
er persons interested; and I had not yet
giv en a, single thought to the question as to
what account I should give of the object
or result of my interview with Dr. P. I
never saw the sledge hammer spoken of
by Littlefield; never knew of its existence
at least 1 have no recollection of it. I left
ihe College to go home, as late as six o'
clock. I collected myself as well as I
could, thai I might meet my family and
others with composure. On Saturday, I
v isited my rooms at the College, but made
no change in the disposition of the remains
and laid no plans for my future course.
On Saturday evening, I read the notice in
th "Transcript ," respecting his disappear
ance. I was then deeply impressed with
the necessity of immediately taking some
ground as to the character of my interview
with Dr. Parkman, for I saw that it must
become known that 1 had such an inter
view, as 1 had appointed it first by an un
sealed note on Tuesday, and on Friday
had mysilf called at his house in open
day. and ratified the arrangement, and had
there been seen, and had been probably
overheard by the man servant, and 1 knew
not by hov many persons. Dr P. might
have been seenentering-my rooms, or how
many peasons might he have told by the
way where he was going the interview
would in all probability be known, and I
must be ready to explain it.
The question exercised me much, but
on Sunday my course was taken. 1 wo'd
go into Boston and be the first to declare
myself the person, as yet unknown, with
whom Dr. Parkman had made ihe ap
pointment. I would take the ground that
I had invited him to the College U pay
him money, and that I had paid it. Ac
cordingly, I fixed upon the sum by taking
the small note and adding interest, which
it appears I cast erroneously. If I had
thought of ibis course earlier, I should not
O
have deposited Peitee's check for 90 in
the Charles River Bank on Saturday, but
should have suppressed it, as going so far
to make up the sum which I was to have
professed to have paid the day before,
and which Pettee knew 1 had by me at
the hour of interview; it had not occurred
to me that 1 should ever show the notes
cancelled in proof of it, or I should have
destroyed the large note, and let it be in
ferred that it was gone with the missing
man. and I should only have kept the
small one, which was all that I could pre
tend to have paid. My single thought
was concealment and safety; everything
else was incidental to that. I was in no
state to consider my ulterior pecuniary
interest. Money, though 1 needed it so
much, was of no account with me in that
coudiiion of mind. If I had designed and
premeditated the homicide of Dr. Park
man, in order to get the possession of the
notes and cancel my debt, I not only
should not have deposited Pettee's check
the next day, but should have made some
show of getting and having the money the
morning before. I should have drawn my
money from the bank and taken occasion
to mention to the cashier that I had a sum
to make up on that day for Dr. Parkman,
and the same to Henchman, when I bor
rowed the S10. 1 should have remarked
that I was so much short cf a sum that I
was to pay Parkman. I borrowed the
money of Henchman as mere pocket
money for the day. If I had intended the
homicide of Dr. P., I should not have
made the appointment with him twice,
and on each time in so open a manner
that other persons would almost certainly
know of it; and I should not have invited
him to my rooms at an hour when I was
mcs: likely to receive calls from others;
for that was the l our, just after the lec
ture, at which time persons having busi
ness with me, or in my room, were al
ways directed to call. I looked into my
rooms on Sunday afternoon, but did noth
ing. After the first visit of the officers, I
took the pelvis and some of the limbs
from the lower well, and threw them into
vault under the privy. I took the thorax
from the well below, and packed it in the
tea chest, as found. My own impression
has been, that this was not done till after
the second visit of the officers, which was
on Tuesday; but Kingsley's testimony
shows that it must have been done sooner.
The perforation of the thorax had been
made by the knife. At the time of remo
ving the viscera, on Wednesday, I put on
kindlings, and made a fire in the furnace
below, having first poked down the ashes.
Some of the limbs, I cannot remember
which, or how many were consumed in
that time. This was the last I had to do
with the remains. The tin box was de
signed to receive the thorax, though I had
not concluded where 1 should finally put
the box The fish hooks, tied up as grap
pels, were to be used for drawing up the
parts in the vault, whenever I should de
teimine how to dispose of them, and. get
strains enough. I had a confused double
object in ordering the box, and making
the grapples. I had, hefore, intended to
get such things to send to Fayal; the box
to hold the plants, and other articles,
which I wished to protect from the salt
water and the sea air, and the hooks to
be used there in obtaining coral-line plant3 ;
from the sea. It was this previously in
tended use of them, that suggested and
mixed itself up with the idea of the other i
application. I doubt, even now, to which
use they would have been applied; I had
not used the hooks at the lime of the dis
covery. The tan put into the tea chest
was taken from a barrel of it that had
been in Cte laboratory for some time. The
bag of tan brought in on Monday was not
used, nor intended to be used; it belonged
toa quantity obtained by me a long time
ago, for experiments in tanning, and was
sent in by the family to get it out of the
way. Its being sent at the time was ac
cidental. I was not aware that I had put
the knife iu the chest. The stick found
in the saucer of ink, was for making coarse
diagrams on cloth. The bunch of filed
keys had teen used long ago by me in
Fruit street, and thrown carelessly by into
a drawer., I never examined them, and
do not kinw whether they would fit any
of the locks of the College or not. If
there we other keys fitting doors with
which I hid nothing to do, I suppose they
must have been all duplicates, or keys of
former locfcs left there by the mechanics
or janitor. I know nothing about them,
and should aever be likely to notice them
amongst the multitude of articles, large
and small. f all kinds, collected in my
rooms. Tie janitor had furnished ma
with a key t the dissecting room, for the
admission oi medical friends visiting the
College, l.ik I had never used it. The
nitric acid cn the stairs was not used to
remove spots of blood, but was dropped
by accident When the officers called for j
me on Fridiy, the 30th, i was in doubt,
whether I vas under arrest, or whether a !
more stricl'search of my rooms was to be
had; the latter hypothesis being hardly
less appalJiig than the former When I
found that we wnt over Cragies' Bridge,
I thought tie arrest most probable. When
1 found tlut the carriage was stopping at
the j:iil I vas sure of my fate. Before
leaving tip carriage, I took a dose of
strychnine from my pocket and swallowed
it. I hadj prepared it in the shape of a
pill before I left my laboratory on the
23d. I thought i could not bear to sur.
vive detection I thought it was a large
dose, "he state of my nervous system,
probably, defeated its action partially. The
effects of the poison were terrible neyond
description. It was in operation at the
Collegf, and before I went there, hut most
severely aftei wards. I wrote but one of
anonymous letters produced at the trial
the one miiled at East Cambridge. The
little bundle referred to in the letter de
tained by the jailor, contained only a bot
tle of citric acid, for domestic use. I had
seen it stated in a newspaper, that I had
purchased a quantity of oxalic acid,
which,. was presumed, was to be used
in removing blood stains. I wished the
parcel to be kept untouched, that it might j
be shown, if there should be occasion,
what i; really was that I had purchased.
I have drawn up, in separate papers," an
explanation of theie I intended To make
of the blood sent for on Thursday, the
22d, a'jd of the conversation with Little
field a'liout the dissecting vault. I think
that Pettee, in his testimony at the trial,
put too strongly my words about having
settled with Mr. P. Whatever I did say
of the kind, was in ihe hope 1 entertained
that I should be able to pacify Dr. P.,
and make some arrangement wit!: him;
and was said in order to quiet Pettee,
who was becoming restive under the suli
citations of Dr. Parkman-
After Dr. Webster had stated most cf
the facts recorded above on the 23d Mav,
mis question, wiui an ttie earnestness, so
lemnity, and authority of lone that Dr.
r.. . "e i i .
i uui:uji was masier oi, was auuresseu to
him :
"Dr. Webster, in all probability your
days are numbered; you cannot, you dare
not speak falsely to me now; you must
not die with a lie in your mouth; so, prove
to yourself that your repentance for the j
sins of your life is sincere tell me the I
truth, then a confidence to be kept sa
cred during your life time, and as much
longer as my regard for the happiness of
your family shall seem to me to require,
and the interest of truth and justice to per
mit. Search to the bottom of your heart
for the history of your motives, and tell
me, before God, did it ever occur to you,
before the decease of Dr. Parkman, that
his death, if you could bring it to pass,
would be of great advantage to you, or at j
least that personal injury to him might'
possibly be the result of your expected
conference with him? As a dying man, I
charge you to answer me truly, and ex
actly, or else be silent had you not such
a thought?"
"No, never, said he, with energy and
feeling, "as I live, and as God is my wit
ness, never! I was no more capable of
such a thought than one of my innocent
children. I never had the remotest idea
of injuring Dr. P. until the moment the
blow was struck. Dr. P. was extremely
severe and sharp the most provoking of
men and I am irituble and passionate.
A quick handed and brief vielenue of tem
per has been a besetting sin of my life. I
was an only child much indulged and
I have never acquired the control over my
passions that I ought to have acquired early,
and ihe consequence is all this.'
"But you notified Dr. Parkman to meet
you at a certain hour, and told hira you
would pay him, when you knew you had
not the money."
"No.'' he replied. "I did not tell him
I would pay him, and there is no evidence
that I told hira so. Except my own
words spoken alter his disappearance, and
after I had determined to take the ground
that I had paid him, those words were of
the miserable tissue of falsehoods to which
I was committed from the moment I had
begun to conceal the homicide. 1 never
had a thought of injuring Parkman."
This was accompanied by the state
ment in which Professor Webster attempts
to explain as to his seeing Littlefield,
sending for blood, and of enquiring about
gases from the -au!t. After' reading the
statement. Dr. Putnam proceeded to argue
as to its truthfulness, saying that it was
made when the writ of error was still
pending. Also, that Professor Webster's
estate was worth several thousand dollars,
and that he was not in stich a strait as to
commit such a crime deliberately. The
previous petition from Professor Webster,
protesting his innocence and praying for
absolute pardon, he " said, was got'up by
his family, who were unwavering ir. iheir
belief in his innocence, until his confes
sion was communicated to them about a
week since. He concluded in asserting
his belief that the confession was true.
Members of the council have retained a
copy of the petition prev iously presented,
and withdrawn by the advice of Dr. Put
nam, which will probably be published.
It asserts his innocence, and it also asserts
that Littlefield, or some other person,
placed the remains in hi3 room, to com
pass his ruin.
Stale Loan.
The Secetary of ihe Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania advertises for prtpJsaIs for
a l.an in bha!f of the State, of 83,300,
000, redeemable in thirty years at a rate
of interest not exceeding four per cent.,
interest payable in gold and silver semi
annually, on the first days of February
and August, arid to be exempt from every
species of taxation. Proposals will be
received for the loan at the office of the
Secretary, Harrishurg, until Tuesday, the
1st of October nxt. The proposals are !
to be opened cn that day, in the presence
of the Governor, Sccretar, &c, when
the loan will Le awarded to the highest
bidder or bidders. Should he amount of
bids exceed the sun of said loan, a pro
rata distribution will be male among the
highest biJdets. In no case will propo
sals for less than SI, 000 be received. The j
State reserves the right to accept the;
w hole or any part of the sum offered, un
less the proposals stipulate to the contrary.
Coupons will be attached lo the certifi
cates. The object of ihe loan is to meet
the payment of the funded debt of th Com
monwealth now due or becoming due, and
for the payment of domest c creditors to
the amount of SS5.000.
The TLr?s Whig Candidates.
The recent Federal State Convention,
notwithstanding its care in exclueing cer
tain aspirants from Strohm to Cressweil,
has not been very successful after all.
The Washington Examiner, the able
Democratic organ of the Democratic party
in Washington county, announces that Jo
seph Henderson the Whig candidate for
Surv eyor General, now a resident of that
county, was a member of the administra
tion of Iliiner at the time the infamous
Buckshot War was projected, by which
it was proposed "to treat the election as if
it had never been held;" and so to deprive
the Democratic majority of their rights.
.Mr. Henderson may felicitate himself that
this fact was not known by- the Conven
tion, or else he too, would have been re
pudited as unworthy and unsound. We
say felicitate, for v presume he is anx
ious for the honors of the October martyr
dom. A precious trio are these Wrhig candi
dates truly, and preciously are they com
mended to favor. Dnngan, as the bitter
enemy of the war Snyder, because he is
the son of a man that the Whigs have al
ways opposed, and Henderson, as a
member of the Buckshot and Ball Regen
cy in 1833, '33 Penn.
E-'Poppy, have guns got legs?" No,
James' "How do they kick, then?,' Exit
Mary, with Jimmy in her arms, while
Poppy falls fainting upon a sofa.
Talkrng of "enlarging' newspapers
the editor of the Chicgo Journal sugusts
that &' not ihe largest cc!f that makes
the test veal.
A Dewier in Bo&tcn.
The editor of the Cincinnati Inqzrirer,
writing from Boston, tells the following
story: Western folks feel in this city us
though in a straight waistcoat, f r their
personal liberty is so hedged in that free,
dom of action is pone. Those addicted ta
smoking especially, fet l loth to prome
nade the streets, cigar in rauth fro:niha
bare fact tfiat ths rnemies of the fragrant
weed have forb;d its use in the streets cf
Boston. I heard an excellent uneedctft
of the ndrentures of a live Ilosierin this
city, which illustrates ihe municipal .ifg.
ulations of this mummy dissi cting' city
better than a book. Aftnr a coed d nncr"
at his hotel, he ignited a cigar, and Mar-
ted lor a stroil. After a few tns a r3
iceman tapped him cn the shtufdt-r, rod
informed him that-the penahv was two
dollars for the offence cf smoking. Ho
promtly pulled out a five dollar bill nnd
rccivel a three in change. Prcc-eJinir
on his walk, in a f-nv minutes next met a
beggar pirl who ksked for somtl.ing to
eat. Recollecting that he bad ihe rennins
of a hunk of gingf rbrecd, the pi-cul.ax
diVt tf Ilf sifilaod, in his pocket l.e crn-
r. Uily prcfTcM d it to the u er.dicart.
Austin whs he la; ped on t!:e shoulder by
the pol.'iceman. and t li it was a?aint
the laws of Hoston to give sway o2Y!. 3
it all bt-longed to the ci'y. cud req?s'sj
two more ch-llars f r Lis grave offence.
The thrre dollar b'll was drwn out. and
when the policeman tendered cne in
change it was refused by the JIooier.
with the cool remark. 'No. keep it,
shall tcant to tqhistle in a feu? ix.ir.vie:.
Uisn's UcaiiEg Eiccrslca.
"Did you ever hear of the scrape that
I and uncle Zekie! had duckin'on't on th
Connecticut?'' asked Jonathan Tin ber
toes, while amusing bis eld Dutch hostess,
who had agreed la entertain him under
ihe roof of her log "cottage, for, and in
consideration of, a Iran new tin milk
pan.
No; I never did do tell it," was the
rep!-.
Well yen must know that I and un
cle Zeke took it into our heads one Satur
day afternoon to go a gunning aiter
ducks, in father's skiff; so in w ot and
skulked down the river. A proper sight
of ducks flew backwards and forwards, I
tell ye and bimebya fevvon'emlit down
by the marsh, and went to feeding on
muscles I catched up my peauder horn
to prime, and it slipped right cut of -my
hand and sunk to the bottom of the river.
The water was amazingly clear, cn i I
could see it on the bottom. Now I could'nt
swim a jot, so I sez to uncle Zeke, "ycu're
a prettv clever fellow jest let me take
your peauder horn to prime, and dont
you think the stingy criiter wcu'dit.-
Well," says I, "you're a pretty gccJ
diver, an'if you'il dive and git it I'll give
you a primiu." I thought he'd leave
hispeauder horn, but he did'nt; but stuck
it into his pocket and down he went -and
there lie staid-"
Hr-re the old lady opend her eyes with
wonder and surprise, and a puse cf some
minutes ensued, when Johnathan adJ.-d;
"I locked down, nod what do you thiuk
the criter was a doin"?"
"Lord!" exclaimed the old Isdy, "I'm,
sure 1 dont kltow."
"There he was." said cur heTO, set
tin'righv on the bottom of the river, pour
in' the ptauder out cf my hern into
hizen." - '
Matrimonial Breezes. Arrah, Pat,
and v.'hy did I marry ye, j:st tell me that
for it's myself ihat's hud to maintain ye
ever since the blest day that Father O'
Flanagan sent me home lo your houaej"
Swate jewel," replied Pat not relish
ing the charge, "and it's myself that
hopt'S I may Jive to see the day -when
ye're a widow wiping over the co!d sad
that covers me; then by St. Patrick I'll
see how ye get along without ms
honey." ,
Cool. In a large city like New York,
people very peuerally mind their own
business, and do net peep into their
neighbor's key hole. One cf these hous
es which contains many 'families was dis
covered to be on fire in the lower story
some lime ago- The -Watchman rappei
at the d or. tenant cf the. upper soiy
looked out of the window and tskedwhat
was wanted.
"Your house is on fire. The first story
is all iu a L!aze," cric-d the watchman.
"Very well," said tho tenant, drawing
in his l ead, "ti ll the people that live t'lero
it is ncr.t' of my business, as I occupy
the fourth s.tory. - ' -
Pjiongapiiy. A lazy boy ctrv in In
diana spells Andrew Jackswa i.-,?-:.- -tu
Jaxu. -
3?A mil ia C;l or -u
hvl a eg nt wi:i
a be-r , and i:capciby f
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