HE LIVES IN A THEE. An Election Bet and Its Remark able Results. Iluiltt Ilazcvroll I* Still Tuylng an Elec tion Bet Which lie Lost a Quarter of a Century Ago—l.ife In the Tree Tops. In 1808 Ilulitt Hazcwell and flippant Daniels, of "Windham county, Conn., had an argument. Ilazewell was a rabid democrat and Daniels, who was postmaster of the village, was a no less rabid republican. Ilazewell knew Iloratio Seymour was sure to be elected. Dauiels was just as sure that Gruzit was to be successful. Both men were angry, and finally Daniels said: 44 We11, Ilulitt, if Seymour's elected I'll be hanged if I'll stay in this country." Anxious to show as deep disgust at the prospect of republican victory, Haze- i well said: "I won't leave the country, Daniels; but if Grant's elected I'll cliinb a tree and stay there." And he did. He climbed a chestnut tree, and he has been there ever since, except when he has had to get down to till his farm or go to the store. By the time Grant was inaugurated he had built him a homo in the tree. It rests In the forkß of several large limbs about twenty feet above the ground. It was built of joists and boards, securely fastened to the limbs and trunk of the tree. The roof is shingled, the sides covered with clap boards, and it is altogether as well built in every part as it would have been If it had been intended to rest upon the ground. Of course it is small, but there is sufficient room for the accommodation of the occupant. There are three tiny apartments, all well furnished, well lighted and thor oughly ventilated. A ladder leads from the ground to a platform in front of the entrance of the house. The tree is an immense one for Con necticut. At the base the trunk meas ures nearly five feet through. The heart of the trunk is decaying and Uazewell has built a cellar under the roots, to which it is possible to de scend by a ladder inside the trunk. This cellar is never reached by frost, he says, even in the oddest weather. The owner does not lead a solitary life by ,any means. Like Robinson < HULITT HAZEWKLL. I Crusoe he has tamed the birds and ani mals that haunt the tree and made companions of them, and they receive favors at his hand, with the utmost confidence in his friendship. Among the branches he has built a small plat form that serves as a table for the birds and the squirrels, who are fed daily; and while they eat he sits near by and watches tjiem and occasionally picks up a bird or a squirrel to fon dle it. In the summer of 1888 an accident occurred that resulted in the death of several of Ilazewoll's pets and came near putting u period to his own life. He was working in a hay field when a storm arose. He hastened to the house and was half-way up the ladder when a bolt of lightning knocked him to the ground. * He lay unconscious for awhile, and when he regained his senses he was drenched to the skin. The ground about him was covered with smoldering embers, fragments of wood and the bodies of dead birds and squirrels. Lightning had struck the tree and shattered sev eral limbs. The bark was torn from the trunk and where his house had boon there was nothing but a few charred timbers nailed to the tree, nazewoll built himself a temporary shelter and then attended to the burial of his dead pets. He incased them in a handsome casket and Interred thera near the tree under a granite slab bearing this Inscription: f : TIIIS IS TUB RESTING PLACE j ] i ; —or— : HULITT HAZEWBLL'B FRIKND9. J j THKY TRUSTED HIM AND WERE WITH- | OUT DECEPTION. ! KILLED UT LIGHTNING, AUG. 8, 188& * The burned dwelling was soon re built, and since that time nothing has marred Hazewell's serenity. He is per fectly content; indeed, he contends that tree-dwellings are the only ones fit to be the habitations of men. lie says that in tho winter his home is free from dampness and above the snow. It is sheltered from cold winds by the branches of the tree and is sur rounded by a perfectly pure atmos phere. In the summer tho foliage wards off the burning rays of the sun. Hazewell owns and cultivates the farm on which tho tree stands and also plies the trade of a shoemaker. lie is believed to bo woU to do. He is a native of Windham county and has al ways been eccentric. His father lost his reason trying to find perpetual mo tlon- . Wonder If ThU Is True ¥ I A Texas man was sitting in a dark room recently when lie was attracted -by the buzzing of a gold-colored bug. Taking the appearance of the bug as a favorable omen, ho followed it. It stopped directly over an old well in a deserted field; then the man went to idigging and presently discovered u , number of gold dollars and some few Oliver coin* _ n . . - HANGED HIS FATHER. Peculiar aiul Touching Scene on a <Ja) low* in WHHliiiiglon. It was a strange meeting of father and son on the occasion of the hanging of old Bill Stcbbins for the murder of his second wife in Spokane. The mur der was atrocious, the people said, and there were few glances of sympathy ! for the doomed man among the mor bidly curious stares of the little crowd that filled the jail yard. The sheriff's deputies hod attended to the details. The trap was set, ready to be spuing and in an instant send a man into the great beyond. The noose had been made carefully of the best hemp rope greased with tallow for that occasion. The procession had moved up the steps to the platform. With business-like (Ugnity the sheriff, who had been notified, stepped from j I "WON'T YOU 81IAKE HANDS, MY BOY?" his office, crossed the courtyard and mounted the scaffold with the death warrant in his hand, lie read the doc- i ument in a calm voice, as one would a notice of a sheriff's sale. 44 And now, sir," he said, turning to the condemned man, "you are at lib erty to speak if there is anything on your mind." Throughout the trial, in the dark hours after his sentence, through the last night of life, and while viewing curiously from his cell the rays of the lost sunrise he would ever see on earth, the victim of the law had been stoically sullen. Emotion had never shown itself in his face. He had taken his fate philosophically from the first, making no defense, saying nothing when the stern judge had given him an opportunity to before passing sen tence. Few noticed it, but it seemed as if a tear glistened in his eye then. Addressing himself to the sheriff, ho said, in a suppressed tone: "Won't you shake hands, my boy, before I go?" The sheriff did not "hear him, or, if he did, no one could have told It. He was still the businesslike executive officer of the county in which he lived; nothing moro. "I know I didn't treat you right," the condemned man continued, show ing a trace of exoitement, "nor your mother, either, but a word of comfort to a man that's going to die isn't much. Won't you say something?" Twenty years of battling with the world on his own hook had hardened the sheriff's heart. Silently he mo tioned the assistants to buckle the straps, adjust the cap and fix v the noose. Then, with steady hand and unwav ering countenance, ho pressed the but ton and sent his father into eternity. STOPPED THE RUN. now n New York Drummer Saved a Dank from liuln. That is a good story how n smart New York drummer stopped a run on a little western bank. The commercial traveler arrived in the town just when the excitement over the bank was at Its height. There was really no cause for the run; the bank was perfectly solvent, but the president—a good friend of tho New Yorker—realized that, if the senseless withdrawal of the funds was not straightway stopped, It would be but a question of n few hours before the be iorce& to THE ASSESSOR AT WORK. suspend payment. Immediate action was necessary, and the drummer proved to be the man of the hour. IHs offer of assistance -was eagerly accepted by the president and he was given all due liberty. (>ff went the drummer and in a few minutes he returned with the town assessor, who immediately fell in with his plan. r l"he assessor was sta tioned with paper and pencil at the paying teller's window. The next de positor in the long, anxious line no ticed that opposite his name the amount of his withdrawal was put. "What are you doing?" inquired the surprised depositor. "Oh, nothing," replied the assessor; "I ain only cor recting some mistakes in my personal tax list. I see you were only assessed at having SI,OOO cash, while j'ou have just withdrawn over $4,000." Of course the whole lino of depositors heard the col loquy at tho teller's window. In a minute a man dropped out of his place and left the bank. Then another went out. Then they began to slip out by twos and threes and in a few minutes there was no line left. The bank was aaved. SHE DOES MAN'S WORK. How Desire Wiloox Conducts Big Farm Alone. She Yokes and Drive* Cattle and Washes and Shears Sheep—An Inveterate Consumer of Tobacco—The Ro ninnce of Her Life. One of the odd characters with which the people of North Lynn., Conn., have been familiar for years is Desire Wil e-ox, a woman who wears the dress of her sex but performs the labor of a man. Miss Wilcox is about fifty, as nearly as the old settlers can reckon, and ever since she was a child has been used to hard work on the farm. When she was ten or twelve years old she fol lowed the hay wagon around the field raking up the leavings. At fifteen she 4 'stowed away" hay in the stuffy peak of the barn, and three years later she could pitch and load hay with any man on the place. Desire has never taken very kindly to book learning, yet in the district school she picked up a smattering of writing, reading and arithmetic, but her knowledge of geography doesn't extend beyond the limits of the county in which she lives. The Wilcox homestead is an old fashioned farmhouse of the everlast ing style of architecture in vogue in ; New England one hundred and fifty 1 years ago. There are stones enough in the chimney to build a schoolhouse und room enough in the establishment for a small hotel. It is located in a re mote corner of New London county, in the midst of a chestnut forest. It is sur rounded by rickety stone walls, stag gering fences and gnarled shade trees, and on the hill back of the house a ; cluster of white marble slabs stands 1 over the graves of Miss Wilcox's anc- I cstors. i Her father died ten years ago and I three years ago her mother followed him. This left Desire alone in the ; house, and without aid she had carried on the farm ever since. She is a wom an of great muscular powor, and j swings a scythe through a hot day with an ease that puts to shame the average farm laborer. She pitches hay and loads hay; she chops trees in the woods and cuts them Into firewood and railroad ties. She plows, harrows and DESIRE WILCOX. plants her fields, cultivates s.nd harvests the crops, negotiates their sale and delivers their produce like a man. She raises a good deal of stock. She yokes and drives cattle and washes and shears sheep; in fact, she performs all the work necessary in the carrying on of a large farm. During the teaming season, when the farmers haul wood and ties to the local market, Desire is daily on the road driving a string of from three to five yokes of oxen as deftly as an ex- , pericnced teamster of the opposite sex would. She will pick up a first-class tie and toss it on to the ox wagon with an ease that would make Sandow open his eyes, and, although a stocky per son, she clambers through the rocky places in the woods with the agility of ! a mountain goat. When it comes to horsos she knows all their points, and in a trade she is sure to come away with the long end of a bargain. She is a constant smoker. With this exception her habits are as exemplary as those of the high-toned woman. The common clay pipe sold at the country store for one penny is her favorite, and she carries it until it breaks or Is lost, no matter how strong it becomes. She ' smokes the strongest kind of plug to- ! bacco, whittling it off and rolling it in j the palm of her hand as cleverly as an old sailor. Desire was married when she was nineteen. It is the only romance that has ever come into her life. Forty-Five Cent* for a Wife. Ed H. Thompson, who lives in Ulster county, not far from Hurley, N. Y., married a wife a few months ago, but they did not agree together very well, and a short time since, as he was in Hurley, drinking and chatting with some companions, he bewailed his martial woes, and said he wished he could got rid of his wife. "I'll give you half a dollar for her," said Charles Lewis. "It's u bargain 1" replied Thompson. Lewis was a little taken aback, but he pulled the money out of his pocket and counting It over re marked that he had only forty-five cents. "Give me the forty-five cents and she is yours." The money was paid, and in a few days the wife, who was not at all displeased at the ex change, was delivered. That was sev eral weeks ago and Lewis has lived contentedly with his cheaply-acquired wife since, till Thompson, who has re pented of the trade, appeared the oth .er day and wanted his wife back. Lewis refused to surrender her, and she refused to go, reproaching Thomp son for trying to back out of a fair bar gain; and now he is consulting the law "to find out what his rights in the mat ter are. All this in the civilized state of New York, and not a hundred miles from the great metropolis. A Snake with Two Heads. Louisiana rejoices in the possession of a species of snake known as a "double-ender." It has a head at each Extremity and can go cither way in great shape. FREELAND OPERA HOUSE. JOHN J. WKI.SII, Manager. THUI^^ John R. Franz Cumpson, The German Dialect Comedian, IN— J. A. Eraser's Musical Comedy, The Merry Cobbler. Singing His Own Special Songs. A Splendid Company of Singing and Dancing Comedians. SURPRISING NOVELTIES. BBICZES : 25, 35 and 50 Cents. Reserved seats at Christy's book store. HAZLE'S INDEBTEDNESS. Objection Raised to the Application for a Special Levy Order. From the Plain Speaker. In the application made for an order on the supervisors of Hazle township to levy an additional five mill tax to pay the balance of tbo claims agaiust the township as marshalled in Commissioner Ifalsey's report, Messrs. Fuller and Mc- Clintock, appeared on Monday morning in court to oppose the granting of the application. The grounds upon which they base their action are embodied in the affidavit of E. A. Oberrender, who sets out that being a taxpayer of Hazle township, he makes answer to the appli cation as follows: 1. The court has no authority to make the order prayed for. 2. The special levy of 15 mills here tofore made is sufficient to pay the in debtedness. 3. The township owns two judgments, one for $3,459.33, against John Strack, the other for $3,802.85, against William Carter, which are collectable, and if col lected, sufficient to obviate any addition al levy. 4. The additional levy of 5 mills would make the burdensome and illegal total of 73 mills for the year 1893. 5. The additional levy would bring in about $5,4G5.58, while the unpaid indebt edness does not exceed $3,229,75, and there remains on the duplicate, unexon crated, $3,272.59. Judge Rice, before the matter came up to bo heard, directed that testimony be taken before G. L. Ilalsey, as com missioner, on Saturday at 10 a. m. This move is another of the delaying tactics indulged in by Messrs. Oberrender and D. J. McCarthy to prevent the collection of the claims which have been passed on by two, and in some instances three branches of the court, and always ad judged due. This far their opposition has resulted in delay and a very mater ial increase in the shape of costs and interest of the amount which the town ship has had and will have to pay. Kidnapped lioy Return**. Joseph Hover, who was kidnapped from his widowed mother's home in Andover, 0., on July 16, 1884, at the age of 6 years, and who has since been kept in Nebraska and other western states by his abductors, arrived at Sliamokin on Friday. The recognition between the long separated mother and son was mutual and an affecting scene took place as the young man entered his mother's home. He bore the family resemblance so strongly that it was not necessary to search for the mother's marks in order to establish his identity. The kidnapped child started from Ansley, Neb., on Monday and traveled both day and night. The young man claims that he was forcibly carried away by Edward and Frame Hover, both of whom then resided in Jamestown, Pa. The former now lives in South Omaha, Neb., and the latter in Canard, this state. The story of his life was revealed to him very recently by hiß aged grandmother, who feared to die without revealing the terrible secret which she held for nine long years rather than expose her sons. The boy asserts that he was treated cruelly by his uncle in the west and has worked on a farm during the last year, as he ran away from his uncle's home. His abductors know nothing of his in tention to return to his mother. PLEASURE CALENDAR. September 30—Picnic of St. Patrick's cornet band at Freeland Public park. October 10.—Annual ball of the Young Men's T. A. B. Society, at Freeland opera house. Admission, 50 cents. October 23.—Second annual ball of Divi sion 19, A. O. H., at Freeland opera house. Admission, 50 cents. COOOHINU LEADS TO CONSCMPTION. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once. READ THE TESTIMONY Of One Who Suffered Years and Tried Many Physicians Both of Philadelphia and New York WITHOUT UETTIMG RELIEF. AND IS NOW CURED BY DR. RIEGEL. I have been a sufferer for a number of years with catarrh in its worst forms. Had constant headaches, matter drop ping in the throat, dizziness, nose stop ped up, difficulty in breathing and no doubt would soon have been a consump tive, had I not met Dr. Riegel. Before that time I had tried eyery well-known remedy and doctored with many physicians, not only of Hazleton but of New York and Philadelphia, but could get no relief anywhere. As soon as Dr. Riegel began treating me I felt relieved and continued to improve until now I feel like a new man, and knowing that there are many others suffering as much as I did I write this for publica tion, so that others inay avail them selves of Dr. Rirgel's treatment before it is too late. He can cure you if you take it in time. I am willing to answer any letters of inquiry from persons wishing to consult him. James McCool, 189 North Wyoming Street, Hazleton, Pa. Hereafter Dr. Diegel, " 1<! leading specialist in catarrh and all chronic dis eases, will be at the Central Hotel, Free hind, THREE DAYS A WEEK ONLY. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, FROM 10 A. M. TO 2 P. M., and from 8130 TO 30 P. M. Ojjke hourß at Hazleton, same days, from 3 to 8 j>. in. REMEMBER, examination, consultation and first treat ment FKEE. CITIZENS' BANK OF FREELAND. CAPITAL, - $50,000. OFFICERS. Joseph Birkbeek, President. 11. C. Koons, Vice President. B. H. Duvis, Cashier. John Smith, Secretary. DIRECTORS.—Jose nil Rirkbeck, Thos. Birk beek, John Warner, A. Hndewick, H.C. Koons, Chaa. Dusheek, John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d, John Burton. Three per cent, interest paid on saving deposits. Open daily from 9a.m.t04 p. m. Weduesday evenings l'rom 0 to 8. - - - $1.50 - - - Bring- "SToin. tlxe Tri"b"u.n.e For - - a. - - "STear. 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Our line of shoes and clothing contains so many bargains and up to date styles that_ our small space here restrains us from describing them, and in conclusion will say that when in want of any foot wear, clothing or wearing apparel of any description, by giving our immense stock an inspection, you will find it will prove both profitable and satisfactory to you to do your trading at JOS. UEUBIIEGEE'S Bstrg-ain. Emporium, In the P. O. S. of A. Building, - Freeland, Pa. KELLMER PKEOVOORAFZKBB The Finest Specialties in the Photographic Art, For Finish We Can't Be Beat. WITT R<TTAL> AISJTT?!? ,I ® TTKR WORK THAN CAN ME IIAD > XIJ-LJ V* U X JjjJli ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE. HEGION. 13 West Broad Street, Hazleton. ORANGE BLOSSOM IS AS BAFE AND HARMLESS AS A Flax Seed Poultice. It Is applied right to the parts. It cures all diseases of women. Any lady can use it herself. Sold by ADD DRUGGISTS, Mailed to any address on receipt of SI. Dr. J. A. McGill & Co., 3 and 4 Panorama Place, Chicago, 111. Sola "toy Amandus Oswald, Freeland. CLOTHING FOE ZMZIEJIISr, BOYS CHILDEEIT. Now is the time to purchase a new suit for yourself cfr your boy. Clothing is cheap in our store at pres ent and we guarantee everything to be of the best quality. We will show you the largest variety in town and assure you the privilege to make your se lections without dictation. We have a nice lot of Collars,-Cuffs, Shirts, Neckwear, Hosiery, Underwear, Boots and Shoes. CALL AND INSPECT TIIIS STOCK. JOHN SMITH, - BIRKBECK BRICK.
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