The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 14, 1887, Image 1
|^| VOL. XLIV.' ' " WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1887 ^ ^ XO, 7.
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y THE RUSSIAN DOCTOH,
Entertaining and Romantic Storj
I " from Real Life.
??DAPTED FROM THE GERMAN OF MM", j
WT^ ELISE POEKE.]
BY 3IKS. FRANCES A. SHAW.
Translation Copyritfdedy 18$7, by A. _Y. Kellogg j
V Netcspaper Company.
' MS, CHAPTER IL
1 ggzjk.f OR long weelcs i
? Arnim could not j
r"%$ muster courage to
eg? go over to the vine- j
wreathed house. ;
One day his mother j
*W0/j0 ' said: "ThoseFrench j
people nave ieic. xne o:u sexton ua i
St. Mary's Church has engaged to keep
^ the garden in order until their return.
Believe me, my sou, this is best for
you."
He went forth into tbe quiet moonlight,
timidly, as if about to do some
wrong, and looked over the latticed
gate into the garden.
I The idyl was played out. Deathly
stillness lay over all. How cold seemed
the silvery moonlight upon the path!
Light waves of perfume from the j
rosebeds were wafted o^er to him;
^ mortally weary seemed, the plash of the
D^> fountain; cool breezes rustled, through
m v 'he tree-tops, and as in a dream he
83 rr^taiiui'cd the refrain of the little poem
i that hacl Se^^so-dear to the absent one.
" As if garden
Of roses, Trt^^tfnd red,
She still for rae-wefllC^aitiasr,
My darling, long \eJfcrs dead."
f "Adieu, dear little Hortd^i'- I shall
never see you again," he nmirmured,
I ; it was iudeed a final separation. |
L They never met again. No \tidings
passed from one to the other. V-rnim
had scarce entered the university when
his parents died, thus severing evenlink
with the old home. Serious student
years absorbed him. His powerful inclination
toward medicine had made
HS him a physician despite his father's
I had scarce graduated when he
|H re* - the acquaintance of a wealthy
an, ill with inflammation of the
Pi. This happened as he was about
s .-ttle down in his native town with j
view of building up a practice there, !
He had the good fortune to cure this
k foreigner who, grateful for his recov*
. cry, and touched by the decided fondness
of his half-grown son for the
young doctor, invited him to share
their southern travels as family phy- ;
sician and German tutor. In this way [
. Arrum saw a great cleat 01 tiie worm.
Finally, at the solicitation of his new
friends, he settled in Russia. Even*- }
where he had taken with him the lace
handkerchief of the charming Hortense.
After the lapse of thirty years
when, as a busy, -successful physician
he had lived a life far removed from
that youthful idyl, he still chcrished
I it as a precious memento.
His heart remained strangely untouched
by love. Xot that he had
striven against the charm of woman's
beauty or gone out of the
I. of that spell old as creation
itself. Still no woman had awakened
in him more than a passing interest.
When he pondered over this unusual
reality, "I have no time for love,"
, was the refrain of all his thoughts,
"and without love there is no happiness .
in marriage."
A woman had always presided over
iis bachelor household. Ivan clung to
him with canine fidelity, and years
passed, without his noting the swiftness
of their flight. Little bv little there
Iiad awakened in liis heart a longing
for Ms native land, for the quiet of that
quaint old town, for the rustle of German
forests. These longings deepened
until they made him ill. He learned
through correspondence that the vinewreathed
house stood vacant and was
||; for sale. He purchased it gladly, and
settled down within those four walls?
* to "-iiTri the most bea-utiful possession in
the whole world.
The little place was unchanged. He
found his cor.3in already there. With the
sums he ha<" sent her, she had arranged
0 every tiling to his liking.
"Mor-Iniinc. ??YTvrAsspr] srvniA snmrisfi at
I sight of the tall cousin she had not met
for twelve years, and whom she had
imagined younger. Ivan's aspect filled
her with horror. She wanted him submitted
at- once to the shears of the hairdresser,
but the shaggy Russian scouted
this idea, and his master only laughed
at it.
With strange sensibility the doctor
now wandered through his native town.
Whole streets had been laid out, modern
houses had risen, a railway station
stood just outside the gates. But for
.the vine-wreathed house, to which so
many memories clung, he would again
have wandered forth. Here a sweet
melancholv spell detained him.
The linden was yet standing?the
:tree beneath whose shadow he had read
r*F thrine von Heilbron" with his
T.-r.Roses and lilies, syringas and
ions, whose perfumes had j)ev.
the air of university lecture
:ii? and greeted him from tho
orange gardens of Lorrento?all were
L" here.
> Every tree and iwk on his own do
- main was known to him: but outside he
himself a stranger. Familiar faces
- had vanished. The elderly people of
ills boyhood were in their graves?the
young had usurped their places. A
"Casino" had taken the place of the
nine-pin alley at the Red Lion. The
.hills were dotted with the summer
villas of rich city people. Not far
^ _irom the vine-wreathed, house stood
-a charging Swiss villa, Inhabited bv
"the family" of a wealthy merchant ot
.the nearest sea-port town.
To the gre:it surprise of his housekeeper.
the Russian doctor showed no
^ immediate inclination to resume his
practice. He declared that he must
confine his social obligations to the
* receiving and returning of calls, leaving
dinner and evening parties and
nftornnnn r?r>flfpp5 to Marianne. The
writing of a long-contemplated medical
work would engross Mm for somo
. time to come. Until that was ended
L he must abjure general society.
< Marianne gave free vent to her disappointment.
She had hoped for a
triumphal social career by her cousin's ,
She had also, hoped that he
would many. In that event, why
! should she not be the chosen one? " A
! doctor is expected to many,'" she said
1 to him. "1 venture to predict that
: your hour will come; thut you will
some time fall head over ears in love "
The doctor laughed, but Marianne
said to herself that her excellent management
might hast en on that, fateful
hour. The mirror she that night coni
-r i I.,.
suueu in me privacy oi uer tnumutj
reflected a woman remarkably fresh
and youthful-looking for eight-andthirty.
Our Russian doctor had lived three
months in the vine-wreathed house.
He hau heard the nightingales sing
their old-time songs to the roses; he
bad seen these roses bloom and wither.
A.utumn invaded the land, lavishing its
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most gorgeous lines upon tree and
shrub, only to shake the leaves in reck- i
less sport from the branches, and send
them torn and shriveled through the
air, thus teaching that in nature, as in
human life, the fairest things are the
most evancsccnt.
One evening in late autumn a messenger
came from the Swiss villa summoning
the Russian doctor in all pos
sible haste. In the absence of the family
and their physician, the youngest
child, the only one left at home, had
fallen violently ill of croup. Our doctor
hurried away, and a few momenta
after entered an elegantly-furnished
house. A servant in gorgeous livery
ushered him up the winding stairs to a
luxurious apartment leading into the
chamber of the little sufferer. The
<rW.r snftlv mifnod. and Arnim Elbthal
stood in sudden terror upon the
threshold.
" fforiense!" he whispered, with
white lips. In the reflection of a rosy
lamp the living image of that long-lost
one stood before him. It was the same
slender, graceful, while-robed figure,
only taller and more developed than
the blooming child of those olden days.
Here was the same head enframed in
wavy brown hair which seemed strewn
with gold-dust. The channingly-cut
profile, the piquant nose, the warm
complexion?all seemed the very same.
Was he dreaming? "Was he under some
enchanter's spell? He drew nearer.
"The Russian doctor," the servant
viuiivuinjcu, auu v aiiioi-ivjv*.
An upturned face showed the eyes ol
Hortense gazing into those of the doctor?not
sunny, clear and confident as
in that early day, but sad and entreating.
On the lap of the young girl lay
the child, moaning and clasping her
hand.
"Hortense St. Hilaire!" murmured
the doctor, as in a dream,
"That was my mother's name,"
came the answer, in a foreign accent
"My name is Desiree Duvois, and I am
French governess in this.house. You
are Dr. Elbthal, and you knew my
mother as a child. How delighted I
am to see you! I have so longed to
vuur iicijucuuuinuc. jl dcaj.1/ xv/x
you because sure of your skill."
Her eyes now fell upon the child who
breathed heavily. In a moment Arnim
was near her, all other thoughts
and remembrances lost, in the physician
who examined the patient and
gave directions in that clear, decided
way which impressed all he met.
"I shall remain until the crisis i3
over," he said.
Desiree's eyes spoke her gratitude.
She nodded, but asked no question.
The child's nurse, who slent in the
next room, entered noiselessly. The
little form was laid in bed, the doctor
and the governess sitting on either
side.
The doctor ventured only one question:
"Where does your mother live?"
The girl's eyes filled with tears aa
she answered: "Mamma died six years
ago?papa long before. I scarce remember
him. I am an orphan. Distant
relatives in Paris brought me here
a year ago that I might earn my own
living."
Her voice choked, she bowed her
head and hot tears fell upon the tiny
hands of the sick child which clutched
at the lace trimmings of the satin quiltPoor
young creature. How hard to
see her days pass thus, loveless and
homeless! Poor Hortense ? to b6
forced to die leaving a daughter alone
and unprotected in a cruel world!
Now began the laggard course of
those leaden hours all know who have
watched by a sick-bed, noting every
pulse-beat of the sufferer who is
struggling witn me ana aeazn. .at
the foot of the bed cowered the old
nurse, panic-stricken and helpless.
The otlu-r servants, anxious and exceed,
gathered in the kitchen and
gave vent to their fears in sepulchral
whispers. At last the violent
paroxysms subsided, the child's
breathing grew more calm, and. as the
first sun-beam stole through the heavy
curtains, the doctor's deep voicc murmured:
' Saved!"'
I\>r answer, Dcsiree bent over his
b:'. :d. aud kissed it.
Nov. have the family physician
summoned."' lie said. *' I was only
his substitute. I think, Mile. Duvois,
that, as soon as the child's parents return,
you mar feel free to visit the
house where your mother lived as a
child. My cousin Marianne will be
delighted to know you."
With a beaming glance Dt.siree
reached him her hand.
"I shall certainly come to thank you
and to talk with you of my mother. I
bless little Fanny's illness which has
brought to me the friend of her youth."
I iiey partea eacn wiui a ncurty auj j
Wiedertchen!
~
' The master and mistress returned at
evening, the former very grateful to
the doctor, the latter, a parvenu who
stood much upon ceremony and had
"great ideas of her personal consejjuenee,
enraged that Desiree had taken
upon herself the responsibility of summoning
a physician who had not even
! ?>tn iii Vile r?>r?L Thft old nurse, ieal
! ous of the child's affection for the <rovo
j on less, added fuel to Madame's wrath
by representing that little Fanny had
not been alarmingly ill and it would
have been safe to await the family physician.
In snite of her husband's protests
the imperious woman gave her
. _ _ l i. V
governess nouee 10 iea.ve ;iuu-w a
i Desiree begged permission to leave
at once, and dispatched a note to tlia
Russian doctor asking the hospitality
of liis house fur the few days prior to
iier return to Paris.
f With this letter in his hand, the doctor
sought Marianne, requesting her to
;? > orwl in-t-ifrt "A.TT1 r? T^nx-nic
"I knew* this young girl's mother as a
child." he added. "She loses her
place on my account, and I feel that
she has claims upon mc."
"I have nothing against her coming
if she does not stay too long," answered
Marianne. "In any event you
are master of your own house. I hope
I shall like the girl."
"I am sure of that. She resembles
her sunny-tempered mother, and will
be a genial element in our house during
the long, dreary winter, if we can
only manage to keep her with us until
spring. My medical work will occupy
most of my time, and you will need
some companion."
"Nut one of this sort," replied
Marianne, "French women are frivol.
ous and coquettish, and few of them
can endure a well-ordered household.
If this vounir ffirl wants to help me, I
Avill give her a trial, though I know
she will only hinder. I will go and invite
her, I want to see the muchpraised
furniture of those airy city
people. I would like to show the mistiness
of that house that other folks
have-just as good a right as she to look
down upon their neighbors. The idea
of her imagining she can snub you.'"
f Marianne gave her head a toss and
flounced out of the room to make a
careful toilet for the proposed visit.
But she did not create the desired impression.
The mistress of the villa did
lint innoir SliA <1f>io-nr>il nr* ptcikp
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save that she was not at home to visitors.
Marianne tried to vent her spite
against the mistress by showing great
sympathy for the governess, and inviting
her in the most urgent manner to
;the doctor's house. She went that
very evening, and was installed in the
"garden chamber," once occupied by
her mother.
The next morning her silvery laugh
penetrated to the study, and Arnim involuntarily
laid aside his pen. The
,
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What a novel, precious, refreshing
sound in that silent house! Arnim listened
and felt that he should work all
the better for this laugh. Bird-songs
and flower-perfumes were pleasant
things. It was delightful to hear some
music other than the jingling of Marianne's
keys, some tones different
from those severe ones in which she
lectured the servants, or her plaintive
waitings over the high price of provisions
and the inefficiency fit Kathe and
Ivan.
Desiree gave the conversation another
turn. For the first time in Arnim's
bachelor life a young girl formed
part of h;s domestic establishment
"She will uother you to death," Marianne
had prophesied. "She will turn
t.Vio limist; mvsicle down. These voun2
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girls are always leaving their things
about. They never put any thing back
in the right place. I only hope you
may not repent your kindness.1'
Could a fresh rosebud disarrange
these rooms? Desiree seemed to fill
the old house with that sweetest oi
aromas?the rosy perfume of youth.
While Arnim showed her very place
over which the feet of Hortense had
tripped in those dear old days, while
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den the familiar trees whose boughs
had rustled over that sunny head, a
tide of youth seemed to course through
his own veins. With deep emotion he
received from Decree's hands her
mother's German exercise book and
his own copy of the Eichendorf poem.
At last, as in a dream, he held in his
hands the ball "which in so untoward a
m!\nnpp le-d t/i their acauailltaiice*
ship. This poor object existed still;
but where was she, the bright, joyous
creature, his first and only love?
Desiree told him how her father,
through ill-luck and the treachery of
others, had lost his own fortune and
that of her grandfather. Some inadvertent
hints satisfied the doctor that
Jtiortense nact anarnea a gamDier wjuose
career had ended in suicide.
With tearful eyes the young girl
dwelt upon her mother, and the life,
happy in spite of all its trials, they had
passed together. With bated breath
she described the slow dying-out of
that always fragile existence?of the
great transfigured eyes, of the final
falling asleep, which had been painless
Jf j Ifjfofl l>
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THE SELF-SAME BALL.
as that of a tired child in its mother's
arms. Her mother had cherished one
dream to the last?that of return to
Germany and to the forest house. She
had told her child much of Arnim
fV*/\cri "how-Tver florc "PrViPT1
JLjIUIIIUJL ifcUVl CUV/OV " "^v?
she had been his pupil. Then came
for Desiree that loveless, joyless sojourn
among strangers?first under the roof
of a distant relative of her father, a
stem man who considered the hojneless
: ' "^1isBHHSfliiiii
orphan a Duraen, and ere long sent her
to the cloister of the Sacred Heart,
where she might lit herself for her
future vocation of governess.
This one year had been to her as an
oasis in the desert?a brief rest in a
flowery' garden, an asylum of peace
and love. The bitterest tears she had
shed since her mother's death had fallen
at parting with the pious sisters.
vv nen piaceu oy uer relative as governess
in the hor.se of the -wealthy merchant
she was ill from homesickness
for the silent cloister. Ere long the
exacting duties of her position had left
no time for unavailing regrets and
tears.
" I was not fitted for the place,"
she said. 4iI soon found that I had
much, very much, to learn. Doctor
WhfJinl if tvv.i wnnlrl m:ilrp> me hnrmv.
? j ~ " JTXV '
give me some instruction during these
days I remain with you. You will not
have to complain of any lack of industry
in your pupil."
More than delighted to become the
young gili's tutor, Arnim drew op a
programme of study which was strictly
adhered to on both sides. Marianne
was in raptures at an arrangement
which would keep the young thing
busy and relieve her of the hapless
task of .initiating a French girl into the
mysteries of an art in which only German
women were fitted to excel.
Desiree grew happier day by day,
and ere long reveled in the natural
joyousness of youth. She blossomed ^
out like a liower that has found its
native soil. A sunbeam had entered
the doctors house. It must be coaxed
to remain and brighten the coming
winter. Brief as had been its stay under
his roof, Arnim felt that without its
presence, life would be desolate. He .
grew restless if for a little time he j
missed the young girl's light step flit- ;
ting past his door?if the soft, rythmed J
melody of her voice ceased for the moment
to penetrate his study. 1
[to be continued.] j
THE CKOl'S IX THE STATE.
| Reports Made ? o the Department of Agri- '
culture?A Slight Falling OH". (
The State Department of Agriculture '
has received 262 reports from its special (
I correspondents regarding the condition i
of the crops on September 1. These re- <
poits cover every county in the St^te. J
weather. j
Sixty-four correspondents repoit that t
the weather has been favorable, and one j
hundred and sixty that it has been un- z
favorable. 1
cotton. 1
The heaw rains that set in towards 1
the end of July have caused some loss c
by rust and shedding. The caterpillar ^
made its appearance in several counties *
but has done very little damage to the [
crop, and that confined to a few locali- e
ties; while the damage from all these i
causes has been considerable, the out- \
look is better than for several years. t
Some apprehension exists ox loss by rot,
which may fuithsr decrease the jield. j
The condition is repoxted in upper l
Carolina at S7 per cent, in middle Caro- i
lina at 90 per cent., and in lower Caroli- f
na at 92 per cent. An average for the 1
>4"^. /\^ QO nflvtf Q^Awir?#r o follmnr i ?
VJUict; MX KJO XJiiun Ml AMuug
off of 10 points for the Stats since onr j1
last report. 1
CORN. 1
I
The com crop is generally reported as j
the best ever produced in the State. The ?
injury to the crop by the floods has been t
serious in some localities, but it has been c
much less than was anticipated. f
The condition of the crop is reported t
in upper Carolina at 88 per cent., in
aidctle Carolina at 97 per cent., and
lower Carolina at 98 per cent. An aver- j ^
age for the State of 9i per cent. A fall-1 c
ing off from last repoit of 5 points. ?
RICE. g
The prospect for a fair crop of rice s
continues favorable. The loes to the a
crop fior~ Hoods was confined to the a
San tee ai.d Savannah River sections of 1
the State. e
The condition for the crop is reported
for upper Carolina at 96 per cent., mid- r
die Carolina at 96 per cent., and in lower Y
Carolina at 95 per cent.?a falling off of v
2 points since the last report.
OTHER CEOPS. V
ir, >1 r^QrAK
OUi^i-L UJ-Ll J.O *V/X K*/iM?\sj>Kna
at 99 per cent, middle Carolina at 99 v
per cent., and lower Carolina at 98 per l'
cent. An average for tlie State of 98 F
per cent. ]
Sugar cane lor upper Carolina at 91 j:
per cent., middle Carolina at 97 per _
cent., and lower Carolina at 98 per cent. ?
An average for the State of 96 per cent. s
Pease for upper Carolina at 100 per jj
cent., middle Carolina at 101 per cent., D
and lower Carolina at 91 per cent. An l:
average for the State of 98 per cent. o
Divorces in Indiana. C
Indians, is nnttmc on airs over its im- r\
proved morality in divorce matters. Al- y
though about ],500 divorces are granted d
yearly in the State, or an average of n
about sixteen to each of its ninety-two
counties, the Indianapolis Journal de- I
clares that the divorce laws of the State h
are not so las as those of other States *
and Territories, and in proof of this as- P
sertion recites the causes of divorce and "
the time required to gain a residence in F
soms of the States. Indiana has seven c
statutory causes for divorce, and requires I
two years' residence. Ohio has nine ^
statutory causes and requires but one r
year's residence. Illinois has eight
causes and one year's residence; Michigan
eight causes and one year; Iowa six
causes and one year; Wisconsin ten *
causes and one year; Kansas nine causes s
and one year; Nebraska ana JNevaaa c
eacli seven causes and six months; Min- T
nesota sis causes and one year; and
Colorado eight causes and one year. Of *
the eleven States included in this sum- 1
mary, Indiana is the only one requiring r
from an ajjplicant for divorce a two v
years' residence, but as the law enlarg- c
ing the time from one year to two has t
nut been in existence very long, it seems
hardly worth while to brag about it. A
State of the size of Indiana, that fur- e
rushes legal separation to 1,500 couples *
annually, must have rather easy divorce I
i laws or be populated by an exceedingly s
unhappy lot of married couples. t
j ?to?i?C3JI
Throw Physic to tlsr*
When it is the old-fashioned blue mass,
blue pill sort, and insist on using Dr.
Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets," a r
modern medical luxury, being small, sugar
coated granules, containing me acuve prm
ciples of certain roots and lierbs, and which }
will be found to contain as much cathartic *
power as any of the old-fashioned, larger 1
pills, without the latter's violent, drastic ef- 8
fects. The pellets operate thoroughly but
harmlessly, establishing a permanently
healthy action of the stomach and bowels,
and as anti-bilious remedy are unequalled,
Labouchre, Dillon and other members of! 1
Parliament have gone to 3Iitchelstown. j i
I
TEACHING THE TEACHERS.
The Wiatbrop Training fcehooi aod Ilobcrt
WlathrJ-p.
Tlis following article on this interesting
subject was prepared bj request by Miss
M. Maggie Selby, of Columbia, a graduate
UL LUVJ 1U?UIULC. aLtXUVIuL 11<-1.I <.uCU
county, selected by the County Board of
Examiners, is received free of a!i tui'inn
charges. The school reopens 011 Monday,
September 26, 18S7:
'Hie need of a school to prepare teachers
for the work of training little ones entrust
ed to their charge was felt for suine yeurs
in South Carolina. All agreed that such :i
school ought to e.\i*t, but nothing detinue
was determined upon. True, a 2\j:n.ti
School was held in some 'part of tlr. State
for a few weeks every summer, but the time
was too limited to accomplish the necessary
work. This question was still disturbing
the minus of the great educators in this
State when the graded schools in Columbia
wefe organized and begun four years ago.
but seemed no nearer real:/, .tion. The
RncrH A-f TnKtwc hoTPver unreel bv the
energetic educator, Prof. D. b. Johnson,
Sup&r'Btenderit; of -the Graded Schools, begun,
to take actiys measures to establish
suc^ a school.
luXhe summer of 1SSG it was decided
by the Board to apply to Jhe Trustees of
theJPeabody fund for aid in this enterprise
and Prof. Johnson was elioseu to undertake
obtaining the necessary funds. He accordingly,
went, to Boston, and not only placed
the matter before the Chairman, but per
sonallv interviewed every member of the
Boaid, and by gaining their sympathy and j
interest obtained the needed jsuni. Tne j
money having been raised, the next difiiculty
in the way was the necessity of a j
school room. As at first, Prol". Johnson
came to the front. He suggested the idea
of getting the use of the chapel of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary. As the
Seminary was temporarily closed the Trustees
consented, and the Training School of
Columbia for teachers in South Carolina
was organized and carricd on in the Semi-"
aary chapel. Prof. Johnson, while at the
North, secured the services of Miss 31. H.
Leonard, of Biidgewater, Mass., for assistant?
principal. He then wrote to all parts
jf the State, and by interesting the public
in the school sccurcd a number of pupils.
On November 15 the school was organized
under the name of the Winthrop Training
School, with the foilowiog corps of teachers:
Prof. D. B. Johnson, principal; Miss
M. H. Leonaid, assistant principal; MLs
? I,? onAlifj. r>n/l cn'riif
IX, JJUJLLLiaUJ, J/i viavivi
Mrs. T. C. Robert son, drawing teacher.
Frequently the questions have been asked:
'Why is the school calied the Winthrop
rraining School?" "What is the work
loue by this school?" Let us consider the
irst of these questions: "Why is the school
jailed WinthropV" To ansv. er this, let us
see who 3Ir, Wmthrop is.
Robert C. Winthrop, fur whom the school
s named, is a descendant of Governor Winhrcp,
of Massachusetts, and w?s born in
- ? 1 fOAA TT 4...si
x>STon, axe* x>iay j~, .LOW. XIC jjisuuiiicu
it Harvard in 1828: then studied law with
Daniel Webster, and was admitted to the
)ar ia 1831. He worked his way steadily
id, and having made himself a name as an
>mtor an'' statesman was, in 18&>, elected
nember of the House of Representatives,
u his political principles he was a Whig,
md a strong leader of that parly. In lb47,
he Whigs having the ascendancy, he wa?.
sleeted Speaker of the House, and when
klr. Webster retired from the pesiiiou of
Jnited States Senator, Mr. Winthrop was
ilocted to fill out his term.
In 1S67 his friend, Mr. George Peabodv,
:ji iato his Laud? the sura. <>f $'2.000,COO,
o be held in trust for educational purposes I
n the South. For twenty years he has
aithfully fulfilled that trust, using the
uoney wherever it was needed. Last sumner,
when the desire for a training school
.nd the lack of money was laid before him,
te took an active interest in the matter, and
ipon the Board discussing the subject he
irged the cause, and it was decided to appropriate
the desired amount. The school
ras named for him, not only on account of
he interest which he expressed in its foun'
- ? * < i i? 1 ^
lation, but also oecause 01 uis lanaiui use
or so many years of the money put in his
lands for aiding education in the South.
Let us now pass to the nest question:
'What is the work of the Training School?''
iiie work of the Training School is to teach
oming'teachers the best methods and plan3
'f imparting knowledge. The Training
School is to the teacher what the hospital
nd dissecting rooms are to the medical
4. rpU^ 1rnrtw:^,Tn
lUUCilL. JL lie dlUUUUt UUO auumvugV,
nd theories, but lie needs to experiment
nd put Ills knowledge into practice, with
lis professors near to criticise and correct
rrors, before practicing on the public at
arge. So with those who are to enter the
anks of teachers. The pupil-teachers begin
rith the first day's work for the little ones
irho arc beginning school life, and step by
tep study and practice the advancement of
ittie children through the successive year*
fork.
The Columbia Graded School, under the
rise, careful management of its Supcrin
L-adent, is ever on the alert for all the best
nethods of the day, and thc-ugh so young
a vears is one of the best schools we have
i the South. These schools are taken for
he models of the Training School. The
upils of the Training School frcqucntly
isit the Graded Schools and see for theraelves
the "workings of these methods which
hey are studying, and also see the manageaent
and discipline of the rooms. In adriiion
to this inspection of the work done by
f)if>ra mpmlier nf the class has a week
f practice work in Ane of the school room$,
ontrolling and teaching the children uader
be eye of the competent practice teacher.
?here are also special lessons given by the
oung ladies on particular subjects in the
ifferent grades, in the presence of the re
aainder of the class, who act as critics.
The studies pursued by the class include
English language, arithmetic, geography,
istory, penmanship, methods of teaching
eading, psychology, physiology, drawing,
nusic, calisthenics and form. Botany also
> studied, but with respect to its use in
nimary grades. The work last winter was
* "?
arriea on very successiuiiy, ciuu wui?u
oung ladies, having pursued t'ue course of
tudy under ilieir competent instructors and
aviug passed the necessary examinations,
cccived diplomas from the institute.
Thost; who failed to get rid of their
rade dollars at par, if there are any perons
who did so fail, have only titemelves
to blame. The period during
rliich they could be redeemed vras quite
ong enough and the manner of redempion
received wide publicity. The fact
hat only ?8,000,000 were presented for
edemption, however, leads to the not
treasonable conclusion that a lot more
if these coins will yet be unearthed from
he old stocking's and other receptacles
n which they Lave been hidden, and
heir owners will be denouncing the government
for not taking them at their
ace value. People who don't read the
>apers, however, do not deserve any
ympathy if they lose bv their negli
,....1 4#
JCiilHSj 11UU ilie U'J L UD.ZH1 iu gv.u <*uj Xi j
hey present their trade dollars now.
Pianos and Organs.
ill of the best makes. $25 cash and
jalance November 1, at spot cash prices
in a Piano. ?10 cash and balance November
1, at spot cash prices on an
\ T-v.i- ,1 t?
jigaiu -L/euvercu, Aj.cj.gu.t uc^, t?v jvlu
rearest depot. Fifteen days test trial
nd freight both ways if not satisfactory.
Write for circulars.
N. W. TRUMP,
* Columbia, S. C.
A roasted or boiled lemon, filled while
iot with sugar, and eaten still hot, just be
'ore retiring, will often break up a cold.
/
/ ''
j ALKiAti NAVIGATION.
; Experimentsaa?l Experiences in A tiainlng
Very Great llcijrlxts.
The Charlotte Chronicle Las just been
reading of the recent attempt by some,
i French aeronauts to reach great heights
\ ill their balloons. The attempt did not
I realize any particular scientic result,
i The balloon in which the ascent was
? ,->. ?a/\ /ivtii* on nnn
itovMCU ?.:-i tii \j~ \J ? *.v,uvu
feet without producing any bad effects
upon the oceapauts, except a passing
faintnees felt by one of them, who, howi
ever, very quickly recovered. This ex!
pericient wi?s the raeacs of bringing to
! light the almost forgotten fact that when
a similar attempt was made twelve years
ago, requiting iu the atuiining of an altitude
of 25,000 feet, three oat of the four j
| aeronauts succumbed to the strange atj
roospherie conditions and died before
j they couid descend. Perhaps many
j other buid voyagers have gone to a simi
iar height and retained safely. One Mr.
GLtisher, according to Ms own statement,
reached au altitude of 34,000 feet
(the Ugliest ever attained by any one),
but, becoming partly unconscious when
at a height of about 27,000 feet, and
j losing the power to move hia limbs, sank
down iu the bottom of his car. His
companion was similarly affected, though
to a less extent?being able*to pull the
cowl that opened the escape-valve.
T'neir ascent was considered a great
acliievement in aerial navigation.
i'rora the meagre reports made upon j
this subject, it would appear that but
few are dangerously affected before pass
jug tne nno indicating an aiuraae 01
20,000 feet. Something sesms to depend
on the season in which the ascension is
made and npon the atmc spheric conditions
at the start. Above the Himalayas
and the Andes, heights of about 20,000
feet have several times been attained
without any incovenience. In these instances,
however, the ascent has a1 ways
been very gradual. Could a slower rate
of ascent be made practical, it might be
that the great height of nine or ten miles
would be attained in isi'ety?at least
without danger to Hie.
? ??
The Cotton I>Iov?mcut.
The New York Financial Chronicle, in
its review of the movement of the cotton
crop for the week ending September 2,
says that the total receipts reached 39,309
bales, against 19.270 bales la.st week,
9,8-19 bales the previous week, and 7,270
1.499 bales three weeks since; making
the total receipts since September 1,
1887, 1.5,519 bales, against 11,763 bales
for the same period o 1 1888, shoeing an j
increase since September 1. 1887, of
3,75G bales.
The experts for the week reach a total j
nt *20 -)0\ ?.r> .170 v-r.va
Great L-riuiir-, to France, and 1.765
to the rest, of f.kt continent.
The total visible supply of sctiorj, as
made up by cable and telegraph, for the
week is as follow?:
Total of Great Britain ttock 573,000
bales, total of Continental stocks 331,200
bales?making r. total of European stocks
of 921,200 bales. The total visible supply
for the world h 1,213,667 bales; of
this number i'?15,lG7 are American and
603,200 Indian, ice.
The imports into Continental ports j
for the week have been 30,000 bales, j
mere is an increase in uiz corzon %n:
sight of 121,370 biles as compared -with
the same date of li>SG, and an increase
of 80,425 bales as compared with the
corresponding date of 1SS3.
The receipts at interior towns for the
we eh have been 25,037 bales. The old
interior stocks have decreased during the
week 000 bales, and were, Friday night,
19,142 bales less t!ian at the same period
last j ear.
The receipts from the plantations,
being the actual movement not including
tho overland receipts nor Southern
consumption, of cotton that rc ached tbe
market through the outports for the
past week were 39,840 bales.
Of future speculation, the Financial
Chronicle says: Except for an irregular
episode on Tuesday, connccted with the
closing up of August contracts, the tendency
of prices of cotton f )r future delivery
at this market has been upward
for the week under review. Unfav. rable
crop accounts have been asserted and
reiterated with much pertinacity, and the
very small stocks in American markets,
together with the full figures at which
prices and transactions in cotton on the
spot have been mi interned, gave credence
to a report that an effort was being made
to "corner" September contracts. Today
an irregular opening was followed
by an advance on the repetition of xmfa
vorame crop accounts, out a ueciuue was
caused by the free crop movement. Cotton
on the spot has been quiet. Offerings
were on a very limited scale, except
of low grades, and odds and ends, for
which there was very little demand.
Quotations were advanced 1-1 Oc. on
Monday and -ic. Thursday, vrirh more
doing for home consumption. The market
Friday closcd quiet, at 10c. for mid
cuing uplands.
A iV-sfor Charged with Voodooiyn).
The mcniiters of the Mount Zion Baptist
church of Washington have brought unique
charges against their pastor, arraigning bun
for d?iiiii:ng superstition ?nd believing io
voo'looisn De;iC<'U Preston was passing
by the church the other night when he saw
Pastor Dillnrd enter the building. Wondering
what mixtion brought the pastor to
the < hurch at such an unseemly h:>u--, the
deacon slipped into the church. :ind hiding
behind the organ began a watch. Pastor
Diilar.l lighted a caudle and walked slowly
down theafsleand around the altar. Evenfew
steps Pastor DiUard was seen to scatter
something fiue and white in front and
around him. De#-on Preston left his perch
and crept softly up the aisie until he came
to some of the stutf Di'.Iard had sprinkled
around. Ke found out that it was salt,
and slid under a pew. When he peeped
fr.-.m his hiding place the pastor had stuck
the candle on the altar and was devoutly
rw.rim-r /,ver iVt> of ihn rrnnrl hnrtk
Preston arose, and proceeding to the altar,
asked Parson Dillard why be bad sprinkled
sait about the church, lie raised both his
bunds and said, "Hush, Brother Preston,
don't disturb the solemnity of this occasion.
I have sprmkled salt around the church to
keep out ihe devil. You just go away and
li t me alone to fight Satan." Deacon
Preston rushed around and told the members
of the congregation how he had caught
Dillard scattering salt along the aisles and
sv'juau iii? <;iuir. i:it* i ai.>uu vv iuj sumr.ioneel
In answer the charge preferred by
Deacon, but refused to do so. Pastor
Dillard says he v.-i; 1 Cght the congregation.
!lc has must mding notes of 'he church to?
s- 000, and vows lie will sell the building
if be is ';> ;i:nccd. The members are trying
to raise the m <ney to take up the notes.
? ?- <2?- ?
Ayoub Khan has fled toward Khaf. Persia,
fifty miles to westward of the Afghan |
istan frontier.
a Baltimou and Ohio shares sold vester
day at 125, an advance of 2| points ever
the previous day's quotations.
Zubia, the Mexican Judge who assaulted
Consul Brigham, has been turned out of
office.
Timothy Brothers' dry goods store ia
Xashviile, Tenn., was destroyed by fire
yesterday. Loss $20,000: covered by insurance.
j WHO DESTROYED COLUMBIA?
i
! SOME NEW FACTS UPON" A MUCH
DISCUSSED QUESTION*.
A Statement from a Citizen "Who Wa*
Present TFhen the City was SnrrcnderedMore
Evidence Against tien. Sherman.
(From the Columbia Becord.)
The following article was written by
^api. jonn J>icis.enzie 10 correci a statement
published in The Record a few months
ago, tliat- Mayor Goodwyn did not surrender
the city of Columbia to the Federals, and
he added some additional facts, but it was
not iinished. After his death it was found
among his papers. As the "sack and destruction
of Columbia" has been brought
vividly to the recollectfon of the citizens
by the burning, at an early hour yesterday
morninjr, of the only building on Main
iiuim ui tiic ouitc u)
Sherman's incendiaries, the publication is
deemed opportune. He gave the correction
and the names of the committee (Orlando
Z. Bates, Esq., is the only survivor) and
then went on with his experience:
The following are some facts regarding
!he surrender and subsequent pillage and
' urning of Columbia by the troops under
Gen. Sherman by "one who saw and suffered
thereby: About 11 o'clock on the night of
rile IGth of February, I learned of the anticipated
surrender of the city from Gen.
Lt-w. Proyost Marshal. The General hat!
called to his assistance Capt. W. B. Stanley
raid Mayor Goodwyn, and tnese gentlemen
had cLarge of the peace and good order of
the city." The home guard cosseted of the
members of the fire department over forty
years of age, who were exempt from military
duty; these men were enrolled, served
under officers and were under the orders of
the Provost Marshal. Being on duty in
this department, I strolled iato the Guard
House and met there Chief of Police John
Burdell, ivho was packing up his effects
preparatory to leaviDg. We talked about
th i surrender, and he said it was necessary
i\;r him to depart. I learned also that Gen.
iicaaregara nau turned over me communu
c.f the city to Gen. Wade llamptoa. This
was about 12 o'clock on the night of the
10th. The Mayor appointed a committee
io act "with him in the melancholy duty of
- racially surrendering the city, and the
following Aldermen were designated to act:
John Stork, Orlando Z. Bates, Jacob H.
' Veils and John McKenzie. Early in the
morning of the 17th was the time designated
for the ceremony: It was a busy morning;
;!;e commissary stores were thrown open to
;e citizens, and such carrying out of goods
I hope never to see again?it was who could
c-.rry off the most and the best. It was a
beautiful, clear mcrucg, and the sun just
above the horizon, when a loud report was
heard, caused by the explosion of a quae
::'v of powder stored in the freight depot
: the South Carolina. Railroad, on Gervais
i*reet. The depot was being raided by a
mob intent on taking all they could. Some
of these parties had candles and torches,
.-in." nf w]>ir>h it is sunnosprl. was ;irr:f:irlr-n;
ally dropped in the powder and a terrible
explosion was the consequence. Tiie number
killed and woundea was never known,
i 1,5 thrilling circumstances fallowing so
rapidly alter, put a stop to all conjectures
on that matter. It was decided that the
earlier we got over the duty of giving up
* he ei*,y in i^ood faith to the conquerers the
hatter it would be for the lives and property
.-f the citizens?believing, as we did then,
ihit a Peaceful surrenderiircr of the ciir
would insure th:it immunity; but we were
certainly awfully mistaken?we were the
worst "sold me" who ever undertook
such a job; we could not possibly have bien
worsted it" forcible possession had been
taken. Early on that eventful morning 1
went down to wake 3Iayor Goodwyn, and
returned with him to the City Hali. In
tiie Cierk's office he read a short note he
had prepared, in the wording of which
iherc was some repetition, which some of
us thought was unnecessary, when Alderman
Wells, by advice of the Mayor, wrote
another (but very little altered), which the
Mayor signed; the original I have in my
possession. It was then about 7 o'clock,
and the programme at that time was, to go
to the river, take a boat and, under a
of truce, reach Gen. Sherman's headquarters.
Previous to starting, it was thought
ridvisableto place a white flag on the steeple
of tbe City Hall. While preparing to do
so, wen. nampion seat- oruers uy a courier
(young Manning, I think,) no; to put up :i
white flag as a token of surrender, as the
city -was not yet surrendered, and that he
did not know that it would be. So we
waited further orders anxiously. Another
courier came about an hour after the first,
with orders to wait until the General was
heard from. About 9 o'clock, Gen. Wade
Hampton came down to where the Mayor
and Aldermen were standing, in front" or
the City Hall, and spoke to the Mayor,
telling him that a part of the Federal arm\
* ?/! />rrtocnA tlir* rivnr n^nf.'^rc in tV.?.
vicinity of the upper bridge, and for tin
surrendering party to go in thai direction.
He shook hands with the flavor, and srld,
Good-bye and God bless you." The committee
had a carriage in waiting and'drovt
up Main street towards the forks of the
roods, (Upper Bridge and Winnsbero,) a
small white Hag being carried by a person
not on the committee. On arriving at thi>
p >int wc discovered that Gea. Wheeler and
>taif, with some of his men, occupied the
farm at the junction of the roacs. The
skirmishers on both sides were still firing al
each other, and the bails came rather too
thick for comfort; wc were directed to put
our carriage in rear of Mrs. Zunoni's hou^e
In a short time, however, Gen. Whacks
;irected the ile^'or -to procecd down the
River road. As that ro?d had been barricaded
with rails and trees, we had to go ?
I-ttle to the right, until we passed the'ob
structions. Having brought with us from
tiie city only a small sized"flag of truce. 1;
was suggested that we ought to procure a
krger one, when Mrs. Zanoni took a shee'
from a bed and, rigging it on a pole, Alder nan
Bates held it aloft and marched ahead
f the line of skirmishers stretched over the
v hole facc of the country. It was not long
b fore we were halted, and Gapt. Praf, thT
(. rlimrin command, came unto thp.r:irrifl"r>
> . hen Mayor Goodwyn told him that our
purpose was to surrender the city to Cen.
Sherman. Capl. Pratt said lhat we would
:-.;ive to see Coi. Stone, who was further
d:>wn the road: he said he wouid go wi?,b
us, and got into the carriage, which was
then driven to where the regiment was
drawn up in lice, with colors living and
(i rums beating?a grand array. We ail goi
;>:it, and .Mayor Goodwyn had a talk with
lie Colonel, who told him lhat Gen Sher
man would not be over until 2 or '& o'clock,
but he would forward the message to hhn.
a:;d that while tiie city was in his charge,
i t rfect order would be maintained and thap
ivate persons and their property shou'it.
held sacred, and any person wishing :
1 r . v 4.. 1 ? .3 1*1
C.i-mi lor meir pnnecuou couiu auu wouic
b : furni.-hed with one. We then returned
towards the city, the committee in the carriage,
with the addition of Co'. Stone on
tT:e box with the driver, C?.pt. Pratt inside,
t-vo soldiers standing in the re.;r covering
us with the United Slates tiag, :i line oi
skirmishers in frout and on either side, the
balance of the regiment in the rear. We
certainly were well taken care of, but had
not proceeded very far on our journey bef.->7Y>
trip r-nmmflTifl "Half" <rive>n f>ml
one of the men in the line ahead reported
to Cel. Stone that, from what he saw, a
troop of cavalry was advancing, evidently,
trying to outflank us, and that several shots
had been fired ahead of the column. Col.
Stone opened the carriage door and, addressing
the Mayor, said: "Mr. Mayor and
gentlemen, I expect what has taken place
was in*good faith; if not, and anything
happens wrongfully, I shall hold you personally
responsible." The Mayor replied,
~ ' - ' A:
I
I that everything was done honorably and in
i good faith; that if there still were a few
| loiterers, it must be some of Wheeler's cav:
airy, who had given the citizens a great deal
'! of- trouble. The Colonel resumed his place
j and the ccrtegc was directed to move forj
ward. 1 was beginning to feel slightly r
t I tirklifill ft T mil 1: tTio rf>n-inr> t\f tlio tlirnot
. After going some little distance further
there was another halt, and the Colonel ordered
us to get out of the carriage, saying
he had been informed that a large force of
. cavalry was evidently trying to surround
his command. "We at once saw how his
scouts had been deceived. The River road
: (leading to the upper bridge) and the Winns
xuuu u.i mis puiiiL jtuu iixiaiie;; aau me
last of the retreating army (some cavalry)
aid appear to be moving ahead. This explanation
was made, and the Colonel seemed
to be satisfied; he again gave the command
"Forward!" which we did at once. On
reaching llain street, Capt. Pratt (who was
seated ne^t to me) remarked, on seeing the
warehouses piled full of cotton, why we
did not destroy it, "For we will have to do
it," he said; "our orders are to destroy all
the cotton, if tve cannot ship it out of the
country." The negroes were in full force
in the" streets, praying, gesticulating and
shouting that their savior? had come. We
proceeded down Main street to Hie City
Hall, where tlie command was halted and
stacked arm?. The Sheriff (Mr. Jesse E.
Dect) handed the keys of the jail to CoL
Stone. This was about 11 o'clock. Col.
S. wished to place a flag on the State House
and went down there for that purpose; but
an. officer -who crossed the river further
down had already placed one on that building.
It was said that, while coming up
T - .1 ? j. 1 _ ^ 1 ^t. - TT t
bLireci, m ;i uuggy, me iauK.ee orncei: . ,
holding up a United States flag, lie was fired * ?
upon by one of Wheeler's men. The truth
of this occurrence I was never able to ascertain
with certainty. The places of business
on .Jain, street were closed and all was quiet, $
the streets looking as they generally do on .A
the Sabbath. My family was out of town, ^
and I thought, after the assurances given
by the officers that all would be right, as
far as private property and the lives of citizens
was concerned, I opened my store (a
confectionery). The soldiers began straggling
in, and all who called were furnished . .
with cakes and candies, when they walked
out, perfectly satisfied apparently with what
iney goi. at uus time ^aoout iz ociock
II.) tlie alarm of fire was given. Being then
President of tlie Independent Fire Engine
Company, I put on my fire hat and coat,
shut up the store and proceeded to the fire.
On my way, passing Capt. John H. Heise's
store, I saw a soldier with a hatchet breaking
open the door, and a crowd of negroes
behind him, but I did not stop. The cause
of the fire was a lot of cotton piled on Main
street, in the middle of the square between
Washington and Lady staeets, taking up
aboL. two-thirds of the space. Both engines
(the Palmetto aua the Independent)
u-crp thrnwinir wstpr rind t.hft firp was ?Aon
put out. About tliis time another alarm of
fire was raised; the Jail was on fire?flames
having broken cut in one of the cells or
rooms (they were properly rooms.) I told
Capt. Stanley to stand by the cotton and I
would work the fire in the Jail; smoke and
flames wer.e coming out of the east window.
It was said that the fire was set by a man.. 5i
well known iu Columbia, under arrest for
a murder committed by him. A stream of
water soon put a stop to that fire also. At
that time I was informed that the soldiers
had broken into my store. Hastening there,
what a sight I beheld! Glass cases broken
and pillaged of their contents?literally
w.mton stealing and destruction. I drove
several negroes cut, telling them I wouldn't
be robbed bv them. Bv this time Csav 1
o'clock) ilair. street was packed with soldiers
and repress: stores were being broken
open and general stealing was the order of
the day. The army was then marching
down Slain street, on the way to their several
stations During the afternoon there
was comparative quiet, but about dusk the
terrible work of robbery and incendiarism
began to be thoroughly carried out. At
6 o'clock in the evening, several houses of
ill fame on Gervais street were fired and
destroyed by the soldiers, many of whom
were drunk and acting more like demons
than men. Then the Charlotte and South
Carolina Railroad depot, tilled and surrounded
-with goods and valuable articles,.
was given to the dames by another crowd
of soldiers. The buildings on the West
side of Main street, between Washington "
and Lady, opposite the site of the morning's ?
cotton lire, next were burned; and then the
general destruction and pillage went on
without material interruption tor eight or
nine hours?lire-balls and inflammable mai
1 ~ j ? -U r 7? js
uriiui ui vuiiuas KIUUS ucuiij lreeiy ui>eu.
And this in the face of a voluntary pledge
given by Gen. Wm. T. Sherman to Mayor
f. J. Goodwyn, that the city would be as
faithfully guarded and protected as if he
(the 3Iayor) were in charge. The General . v
remarked that the public property would
have to be destroyed, but that would be
done at a later day.
Cleveland on Mixed. Schools.
The editor of the Montgomery, Va.,
Democrat recently wrote to the President
inquiring as to the truth of a report that
Mr. Cleveland, while Governor of New
York, approved a bill authorizing mixed
schools in that State. Replying to this
I inquiry, i-resident. Cleveland "wrote:
"The only bill that I know of being
| passed and approved on that subject,
j while I was Governor, was one affecting
il Ij. ? XT -_J T--J
tilt: ujllv ul jew xurii., .iiiu. iutu precisely
the contrary effect?that is," the purpose
and object was to retain the colored ?'"S
schools separate and distinct from those
for the whites. 3Ir. Nelson J. "Waterbury,
of New York city, I thinly drew
the bill, and Prof. Kasin, superintendent
of colored schools, and Rev. Dr. Derrick,
both of New York city, advocated
it strongly. The school board of New
York city had determined to consolidate
their schools with the white schools, and
the bill took it out of the control of the
board, so that it should not be done. It
was strongly urged before me that sepa- *3
rate schools were of much more benefit
to the colored people than mixed schools.
i approved tne Dili, ana i suppose m tne _ ,
city oi New York colored schoolsare
separately maintained to-day by virtue
of its provisions. I have thus given you
all I remember on the subject of your >~
inquiry. I have been much surprised at
hearing, before the receipt of your letfi-y
that this matter has Hapti so .cross!v
| misrepresented."
Died in C~r Collin.
Another case of premature burial worthy
of being analyzed iu the realistic manner
of Zola lias occurred in France. An elderj1}'
v. oman who lived in St. Oue i, in Rourie,
recently fell ill, and, as her friends
; thought, died. The funeral took place,
and as the grave-digger was preparing to . J
lower the coliin into the earth he heard
moans issuing from inside the lugubrious
four boards inclosing the presumed corpse.
The grave-digger, half frightened at the
probable ghost which his imagination co_jured
up, and partiy awed by the requirements
enacted by the law in circumstances
such as those in which he found himself
placed, left the coffin in care of the mourn
ers ar:d went oil with his sombre story to
31. le Maire. That rural dignitary, having
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'the village doctor, proceeded to the local
"God!s acre." The coh'n was then opened,
and it was discovered fliut the woman had
just died from fright, having awakened
from a trance to find herself hemned in between
the terrible deal planks.
j Elijah Hayes and wife, Warsaw, Ind.,
iio.\u uiviii t-amc possessions, valued
! at ?130,000, to the Board of Missions of
| tlie M. E. Church. Au annuity of $1,000
j has been settled on the couple, who are .
aj^ed and have no heus. "
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