'KULTON, 'COUNTY' NEWS.
THi: CONFESSION
or
DAVID LEWIS
THE NOTEIl
HIGHWAYMAN AND COUNTERFEITER.
(Cootluued from lHt week.)
I immediately communicated
my determination to Malinda,
aud she received the intelligence
with evident marks of regret and
disappointment. She was pleas
ed with her situation in Pearl
street, and having formed an In
timacy with a few females in the
neighborhood whose society she
liked, she was unwilling to leave
New York, or at least wished to
remain there for some time for
private reasons. She was affect
ed on this occasion even to tears,
but her tears were like an April
shower, through which the cheer
ful sun soon broke and dissipated
every cloud of discontent that
hung upon her brow. Our house
hold affairs did not require much
time to prepare the necessary ar
rangements previous to a remov
al. In less than twelve hours our
little stock of furniture was ei
ther packed up ready for trans
portation or disposed of at pri
vate sales or given away as pres
ents or small keepsakes to our
kind neighbors. In the evening
we crossed the river and pro
ceeded for New Brunswick in the
state of New Jersey, which I had
selected as tho place of our tem
porary residence. I could not
help remarking the contrast be
tween tho feelings of Malinda on
this occasion aud my couduct
she was so seriously distressed
on leaving the place that contain
ed companions who wore equally
worthy of one anothri that she
v.as afraid to trust herself with
taking a formal leave, and came
off without exchanging the part
ing kiss or farewell salutation;
whilst I was all anxiety to remove
from the same town that contain
ed companions with whom I had
associated from selfish views of
interest and gain, but whose so
ciety I liatod and whose conduct
in many instances 1 secretly ab
horred and openly disapproved
of. The wholo number of bandit
ti to which I belonged consisted
of twenty-one including myself,
and, for tho designation of our
persons wheu we held our secret
meetings, it was agreed that each
should assume some fictitious
name or appellation. The name
appropriated to my accuser was
I!ob Brimstone, while that ap
plied to me was Harry Hurricane
aud every one of us had some
strange appellation affixed to him,
just as fancy, blasphemy or some
leading trait of character sug
gested. Bob was one of the most
bold, daring and bloodthirsty vil
lains I ever met with. Although
I cannot say 1 was one of those
who look upon human nature as
so very depraved as to admit at
all times and under all circum
stances every species of vice, cru
elty and crime in its most de
formed shape, and exclude from
the same bosom, or extinguish in
it, every spark of humanity or
generous feeling, yet truth oblig
ed me to declare that this unhap
py individual had less of the man
find more of the monster than
nny of the human family I ever
knew. Villainy had marked him
ns its own, ancTit Is to be feared
there is not a vice or a crime that
ho had not perpetrated at some
period of his life. I was particu
larly shocked at his brutal con
duct on an occasion which came
within my own knowledge, and
for which, on account of my agen
cy in preventing his horrible pur
pose, he swore one of the most
terrible oaths of revenge that ev
(!; fell from the impious lips of
blasphemy. It had been custom
ary with the band to give their
attendance at the theatre every
night of performance to embrace
every opportunity that afforded
for pluuder, robbery aud pocket
picking. v
Wo knew it was not usual for
tho merchants and other inhabit
ants of tho city to carry about
their persons any large sums of
money, especially to tho theatre
and other places of public amuse
ment. Our chief dependence was
on country niorchants and stran
gers who might happen to go
there the first uight of their arri
val in town, when, owing to tho
fatigues of travel and iTdesire to
indulge a gawkish curiosity, nat
Will to persons who had few or
uo opportunities at home to grat
ify Iho love of hoVoltyMrtf "pleas
ure, they were surprised into
sleep of Inst in amazement at lire
new wonders that presented
themselves to their astonished
senses, iu a fantastic variety Of
shapes so as to become easy ob
jects of prey and Innocent sub
jects of plunder.- It happened
during a night of performance on
which wo counted on great suc
cess, in consequence of a crowd
ed house, on the first appearance
of Cook, the celebrated English
actor, in some new and interest
ing character, the wholo band at
tended to a man. Our hopes
were not disappointed, aud Bob
Brimstone being more success
ful than the rest, maddened with
joy at his good luck, became in
toxicated with liquor towards the
close of the entertainment.
On leaving the theatre he ob
served a young lady walking alone
to and fro, in search of her little
brother, who had accompanied
her, and whom she had missed in
the crowd, as they descended tho
steps of the vestibule. Having of
fered his assistance to find the
lost boy he succeeded in enticing
her into an unfrequented dark al
ley until he came to a place where
an opening was formed by two
large warehouses, which had been
erected within three feet of each
other, seized her person with ruf
fian violence and dragged her al
most halfway through this gloomy
tif ter-thrr expiration- rrt tturtroli'
days. I sought every opportuni
ty" lb' "court tho society find gain
tho good opinion of, tho young
men with whom I had contracted
mi ucquaiutanoe-'-piissiug for a
uiuu of fortune, singing a good
song, and being able to crack n
bottle with the best of them, I
was invited to most of their eon
vival parties, at which cards being
introduced, I was a voluntary
loser at first, and apparently
played with so much carelessness
aud ignorance that those poor
youths began to boast of their
plucking the Georgia pigeon, but,
alas, in less then three nights,
during which our sittings were
from live o'clock in tho afternoon,
uutil five o'clock in the morning,
I not only recovered all that I had
lost, but won at least three hun
dred dollars of the money w hich
their foolish parents had remitted
them. Our place of rendezvous
was a back chamber in tho most
retired part of the tavern, and the
obliging landlord usually watched
the door like a faithful Cerberus
to prevent intrusion, and hinder
us from the observation of the
citizens of the village, and the de
tection of the master of the col
lege. In the forepart of the night
I always managed to lose more
than any other, but after supper
wheu the heads of those silly
youths were heated with the
fumes of liquor, which they gen
THE RiCKET STORE!
passage, when he proceeded to crally drank to great profusion,
stop her mouth by thrusting a j and in which I encouraged them
handkerchiof down her throat. as much as possibly, they became
The poor affrightened female ut-j elevated by their former success
tered the most piercing shrieks ( and good luck, played unguarded
that ever proceeded from tho j ly aud bet high, of which I did not
voice of despair, but all her cries i neglect to take advantage, and
would have been in vain, had not frequently left tho table with my
chance or rather an ever watchful j pockets well stored withthefruits
Providence interposed by direct- j of my victory. I cauuot reflect
iug my steps and those of another on my Princeton adventures with-
of the gang to return home ! out remarking the very improper
through this darksome passage, j couduct of parents and guardians
Hearing the cry of distress, wo i if furnishing youths at college
immediately ran to the spot from j such liberal supplies of money, as
whence it came, and just arrived is generally done.
in time to rescue the young lady. I to be continued)
TTo t'lnrK ft vf Q"f 4li nnfoi'ln. ' 1 '
nate female from the monster, wo i Administratrix's Notice.
immediately took her Under OUr ' Notice Is hnreliy Kiven. thnt letlors of ad
. . miuiNirimon on inn esmie 01 Mtirvev i;uei:orv
protection, ana prepared to ac-, imc or i,niniiu iim-mitrii. wextimireiunti t oun-
comr)any her to Ltreenwick street fdersiKned. iv the ueuistur ot w eiuri.md
. i.ii j. i i ' uouniv. Notliie Is hereby iflveu to al) persons
111 WlllCh her parents resided. : indebted to sitiilestute to multe Immediate puv-
i - e a. i mentM. ana inose nitviut; cmimuituus tne Niimo
OUO (JUailllUtU lUtl SLclLtS Ul lit'l IUI
and distrust until we delivered
her into the hands of her father,
who invited us into the house, and
overwhelming us with the strong
est expressions of gratitude, in
sisted on our partaking of some
refreshments before we parted.
to present them to Hie undersigned, duly uu-
inentieuteu lor settlement,
Etta H, Ouaioitv, Artrnx.
I.ulrobe, 1
Or to 0. J, llAitTON, Auent.
llustoutown, Pu,
Administrator's Notice.
Kstute of N. H. Jackson, deceased
Letters of udinlnistratlon, on the estate
of N. H. Jaeksou, late of Urush Creek township,
riin..!u..l )i.vliiiS lii.i.n tri-urbtoil 1... rln. IJ....i ....
instantly took niV departure ' o' Wills for Fulton county to the subscriber.
county, l3a., all persons who are indebted to
the said estate will please make payment and
those having oluims will presuut them to
J. L. JACKSON',
Sept. 30, 1002. Administrator.
home, and full of the most pleas
ing rellectious at being the in
strument of saving tho young la
dy. I eujoyed a more sound and
composed sloep that night, than I
had done for many months be
fore.
We did not reach Now Bruns
wick until the third day.
We continued to lodge at the
stage house for about a week,
wrhen I rented a small tenement
in the outskirts of the town, and
having procured a few articles
necessary for housekeeping, we
moved in.
Iu two weeks a daughter was
added to our family, whom to
please her, I agreed should be
called Jemima. This place being
limited in population, and not af
fording many fruitful sources
either of speculation or depreda
tion. I was obliged to make var
ious predatory excursions into
the surrounding country for plun
dor and opportunities to pass
away my counterfeit money. Ex
perience had taught me tho ne
cessity of prudence aud caution,
and I was proceeding with the ut
most vigilauce. Having learnt
that there was a college at Prince
ton, and that most of the students
were from the southward, 1 con
eluded that in a seminary so ex
tensive and conspicuous there
must be many empty heads and
full purses, especially during the
approaching Christmas holidays,
when most of the students were
in tho habit of receiving largo
supplies of cash to enable thorn
to indulge in the various festivi
ties of tho season. As soou as
Melinda was able to leave her
room and attend to her domestic
concerns, I set out in the first
6tage that offered for Priuceton;
and having assumed the charac
ter and airs and consequence of a
Georgia planter, I soon succeed
ed in introducing myself to the
professors.aud iu order tofurther
my scheme, I gave out that my
object was to procure & berth in
the college for my brother, whoso
arrival I expected immediately
EXKCtlTOB'S NOTICE. Kstale of William
11. Uess, late of Thompson township, Ful
ton county, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the above estate
havlutf been granted to the undersigned, all
persons iudebted to the said estate are re.
quested to make payment, and those huviug
claims to present the same without delay to
R W. I'KCK.
Nov. 3. IU0S M'ConnellsbutK. Va.
A RIVER OF INK.
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If the ink used in the Execu
tive Department were poured
down Pennsylvania avenue atone
time, the people would take to
small boats, while the mucilage
used would make a good-sized
pond, for, in addition to that used
in the departments in the usual
course of business, all of the hun
dreds of millions of postage
stamps annually turned out are
gummed at the Buieau of En
graving and Printing.
Millions of pins are used an
nually. If all of tho pencils and
penholders were piled into a heap
in tho White House lot they would
make a big bonfire on a cold
iiigiit. I no average persou ur.es
not see a thumb tack in a year,
yet tho Iutorior Department or
ders these flat headed little brass
tacks, used by druftsmen and to
taclrdown blotters, in lots of 3000
dozen at a time. The Interior
Department is one of the largest
in the city, and it uses annually
1-40,000 lead pencils, 0925 gross
of steel pens, 5000 quarts-of black
ink and 2500 quarts of mucilage.
Brooklyn Citizen.
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try HEW DISCOVERY
FOR THAT COLD.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
Cures Consumi)tion,Cougli8,
Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma,
LaG rippe, Hoarseness,
ore Throat, . Croup and
Whooping Cough.
NO CURE. NO HAY.
Mm 60c. and $1. TRIAL BOTTLES FREE
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Guns and Ammunition
Wo were never in better shape to savo our customers money on these goods
than now. we liavo bought the greatest lot of Single and Double barrel Guns
ever brought to the town. Look up your t'hicugo catalogue and compute
pi-Ices. We have always claiintd thai we could sell cheaper than they do.
NOTE A FEW PRICES
A 7-lb.30 or JV2 in. barrel.12 gaue, breaks on iron.single
barrel Guns. $3.80; and a n:uch better one at S4.25. A
ijood double barrel at $7.50 and $9.0.5. Hicks' Centie
lire, water-proof Gun-caps. 5c. box. Lallin and Ran Gun
powder F. F. F. &G., 20c. lb.; shot 8c; Loaded Shells, 40c.
box. We sold 4000 shells and 16 guns last season, and have
made a good start this season. If you want a gun don't wait.
They are going.
TIN FRUIT CAINS.
Why pay SOc. ilo.en for tin fruit cans when you can buy the heaviest i :
made from usi at 40c. dozen V Wax String .'to. do.ou. Scaling Wax in stii-c,
4c. lb.
Clothing one! Shoes
Don't fail to see our Clothing and Shoes. We can save you more money
than ever.
HULL & BENDER
Proprietors.
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Our fall and winter suitings are about all in
Styles are mostly dark, and very handsome.
We are now taking a great many orders. Come
soon and give us all the time you can.
60 PAIR NEW TROUSERS
We have never had such a nice, cheap line of Dress
mJ Pantaloons.
HATS AND CAPS
We have them in all styles and shapes.
SCHOOL CLOTHES
vj for boys a lot of small sizes to close out at cost.
YOUNG MEN S SUITS
Of these we can show you the largest line in town.
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Tho proprietor has had over 50 years experience, and is
confident that ho cau please nil who may entrust him with t-!
thoir work. ' c2
Manufacture of Carpet and Wool Carding a speciality. i
Wool Batting for Haps none better.
Carpet Chain always in stock. ' 3
I will take iu wool and work at tho following places : K.
E2 liootli brothers, Dublin Mills; A. IM. Witter's, Waterfall; W. f't
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P Clear Kidgo.
t-i' I will make monthly visits to these places during tho
$2 season, and will receive work and return it.
' Thankful for past favors, and soliciting a continuance Hj
er$ of the same, I am, respectfully, ft
H. H. I1ERTZLER, $Ta
Burnt Gabius, Pa. ;S
$ Booth Brothers, Dublin Mills; A. N. Witter's, Waterfall; W. H
1 L. Berkstresser, Orchard CSrovo; V. K. Sjoor, Saluvia; t'ij
Lynch's store at Crystal Springs; Jackson's store at Akers- W
villo, P. J. Barton's, Huston town, and H uston's store at A.
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