The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, June 16, 1893, Image 3
CDBIOSITY.
HOW 01'R KFW NEIGHBOR
CAME A HEROINE.
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A Pretty Little Story of Woman’s
Treatment of Woman—The De
notement.
When Mrs. Croswuld inovnd into
the “big bouse” on Pervost street op
posite my own humble dwelling I
was extremely noxious to know nil
about her' affairs.' 'My sister Cora,
who was visiting me, sat in the
window half the forenoon watching
the drayman unload. It wus she who
discovered the name “Croswuld” on
the piano box. Piece after piece of
brand-new furniture disappeared
throngh the wide hall door, eliciting
little envious comments from Com,
who had begun housekeeping on the
Second-hand scale a few weeks lefore
PerTost stmet was so quiet that if a
‘^family moved in or out it was an
event. .There was nothing—abso
lutely nothing—in which we Could
interest ourj^lves that would afford
so much variaty and pleasure as did
the altars of onr vieigbbors. The
folly developed in my sister and my-
self^ thongh I hated to have anybody
know the latter fact. It was noon
before wegoteur morning work done.
So far we had seen no tenants—only
the drayman and furniture.
About four-o’clock Cora culled me
from the kitchen. 1 learned over her
shoulder and saw a lady alight from
a oatrisge; two boys and a little girl
bad preceded her to the house. We
(tfetobedour neoks this way and that
to oatch a glimpse of a man, but no
Mr. Ctoewald did we see. We looked
jost'as long as there was any light;
we swept off our clean porch a dozen
times; we became deeply concerned
abont the gate, that had been the
plaything of the winter wind for
many months. Cora took a hammer
and gave the broken hinge a couple
of infantile taps, then thought
*4W could fix it better than she.
Daylight didn't lost any longer than
Hie time prescribed in the almanac,
Midi after one long, lingering look at
thffhpnaefcoreu Une street, we drew
drew our oa'rtaina and set down to
AAlk abont Mre. Oroawald's nice
furniture. We wondered where she
MHUe from; if ehe was a widow or
grass widow. We imagined as much
Mil as one woman conld imagine
About another.
The next morning we had callers
it ho cattle td ascertain what we had
ftinnd out Mrs. O’Searly rolled her
i Mid shrogged her shoulders as
came up the walk. I knew the
t
■“"SiU meant) “Open your eers,
ought
the door. /'Them’s nice
ehe laid, os the three
children scampered abont the lawn
in the opposite yard. “I've found
Out their namea, Mrs. Mitchell. Hev
Jott bio Over yit?” Without waiting
thy reply she went on: “I hain't
' ' of him, yit, hev yew!
r thing! she’s got I
tod my side winder an’
law every bit of the fnrnitur’ that
Was took m! They hain’t no man
About the house ez I kin sec, so she
tlltUt be' a Wilder,” an 1 Mrs. O’Searly
ed to Wipe her heated face with
t for the world
now that I had
lame trying to see
by curtains across
was beginning to
and mentally
tafever I should find
should keep to my-
Stopped to Wipe Her hei
made mrneok lame
it I
a*
the end of the first Fenwick, the
elder boy, was a telegraph operator
and was well liked by the young
people, lie was a handsome youth
of twenty-one. Ada and Archer
were still at school. We never heard
the children speak of their father,
though we asked them several times
when he was coming home or how
long he’d been dead. Our curiosity
began to die out at the end of the
fifth year but still we surmised a
great deal.
We invited Mrs. Croswuld to teas
and beei and circles, but she kept tie
mantle of dignity wrapped so tightly
around her that 1 look very little real
pleasure from her company, the few
times she accepted. One day my
husband brought home a paper, and
during the evening started me by
reading the notice of a new inven
tion. “The patentee, Mrs. Emily
Croswuld, has concluded not to sell
the right, as was at first reported.
Mr. Croswuld will conduct the sales.
We join their friends in wishing
them success.”
“Mr. Croswuld! Mr. Croswuld!
Why-e-e—, Tom, where he lias been
all these years?” I exclaimed, taking
the pajw to read the notice for my
self. “Fifty thousand dollars! Why,
Tom! How I wish l could patent
something!”'Then I went to the
window and saw the quiet woman
contentedly swaying to and fro in a
rocker on the opposite porch.
I fell to wondering what Mrs.
O’Searly would say when she found
out there was a man in the case.
While I stood at the window Fenwick
came from school and handed his
mother a letter.
Now- comes the story part of this
story. Mr. Croswuld had been un
justly accused of forgery, but had no
visiblo
I’ve heard something yon
\
like A martyr, though,
When I made the resolve, but knew it,
Was better late than never to begin ti
Blind one’s own' business. Mrs.
O’Searly took her leave, and a few
minntes later Mrs. Bromfield called
to-borrow a basque pattern. She
lived four or fire blocks up the street
and was qnite out otbreath with her
long walk. Her next-door neighbor
Was a dressmaker. I told her my
pattern was loaned and watched in
vain for the look of disappointment
to clothe her features. Well, Mrs.
Bromfield took her .departure after
repeated, injuntloqi to me about:
becoming too intimate with- strange
mole. “Onr suspicious may be
II wr^&Aatilo be careful; now do,
.‘"An&foj*fitted jrbo made me
, t wet averybody for ten, blocks
,100111111 left' tte In no pleasant frame
of mind, • .
• tkanted te tell Oofa what Mrs.
Bromfield had. told me, hut. after,
eedotid thought, concluded to waif
developments In the case, Presently
-Mr gate clicked and Mrs. Croswald’s
VoAOger son came to the door.
“Mamma would like to borrow a saw,
if yott please,” be said, doifiug his
bap. Got*, got the article and Archer
Oror. * back to his mother.
He toia a. ! name was “Archie.”
“She knc. j how. to bring up her
bhildref>j H jeid TCetw, $ving me a
knowipylofik, My ‘four boys were
the plague of theirauntie’s life, with
their aqechlevous pranks and un-
boath manners.
Ttae Milled on, and Mrs. Croswalil
opposite us ten years. Yes,
•piteof the sidewise glances
.. Bromfield and the open
of Mrs. O'Bearly. She was the
lever had, thongh the
iromfleld couldn’t see
liked about her. and-Mrs.
knew there was some
jery” going on that folks
nothing about There was a
reserve About Mrs. Croswald that
jmasled tu not a little.
She seldom visited .bar neighbors
OU tldtrt blamtf her, fid you) duff at
pd of the ten years we knew no
tb*Q w».did At
COUNTERFEITING. .
AN INTERESTING BISTORT
EARLY DAYS IN OHIO.
OF
Story of a Wayside Cabin, a Love
Affair, a Raid and the Escape of
Three Persons.
A plate used many years ago by a
gang of counterfeiters in printing 50
cent counterfeit bills has been found
near Stonelick tu the state of Ohio.
The “find,” which caused no Tittle
excitement among the citizens m that
vicinity, led to an investigatiou.
Away back iu 1812, there stood a
s nail cabin ou the banks of Stone-
lick creek, not many miles from theL
now thriving city of Batavia. The
cabin was inhabited by a young niaii
about 30 years of ago named James
Wallingford, his young and pretty
wife, her younger sister and a man-
of-all-work, whose duty it was to
milk the cows, attend the horses and
do such other light chores as pertain
ed to the household, the parties mak
ing no pretense At funning, the cabin
..
for Infants and Children.
“ Cutovi* is so well adapted to children tliat I
f recommend it a» superior to any prescription
imown to me/’ H. A. Archer, M. D.,
4 U So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Castor la cures Colic, Constipation.
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and proihote* di
gestion,
With!
tout injurious medication.
Tfl* Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, IS Y.
Base Ball Goods,
Croquet Sets, Hammocks,
DUMB BELLS, INDIAN CLUBS,
i\cw Supply Just Received This Week
feiter’s wife, some two years after her
husband’s death married a New York
missionary,'who had been sent to In- 'oflic
diana on ibaf service.
The plate, which is quite a curi
osity,’ was found 0:1 the site of the
old cabin a few days ago, and by iu-
" ‘ , the foregoing'
e plate is about
vesifgating its history,
1’he
. - . .... ,-r. .. . facts were dieted. . ^
be,ng n 'r^ one-fourth Of an inch in thickness,
m;ulo of solid copper and is probably
the only relic in existence of early
day counterfeiters in Ohio,
knew;
way to prove his innocence.
The offense had occurred in Penn
sylvania and he hud passed ten years
of his life iu the state prison there.
The real culprit, dying, had con
fessed his sin, and the letter which I
saw Fenwick hand his mother con
tained the tidings of Mr. Croswald’s
release. A week later he appeared,
and as the tall, fine looking man
entered the gate I saw his form
tremble with emotion. The children
ran to meet him, but his eyes looked
beyond them to the figure in the
doorway.. “God bless her! God bless
her!” he cried, taking a child by
cither band and leaping up the steps.
Mrs. Croswald told me all about the
trouble, and my tears mingled with
hers as 1 listened. . Gradually the
reserve left her and she became
blithe as a bird. I have learned a
good lesson from knowing her that I
never learned from the good book—
“Love tby neighbor as thyself.”—
Lephia M. Bryant, in Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Jl'DtiE ERNEST GARY
Fornaliy Dons the Ermine Relin
quished by Judge Kershaw.
At the appointed hour for the
ipening of court last Thursday morn
ing at Camden, Judges Kershaw and
Gary being on the bench, Judge Ker
shaw spoke as follows:
“Gentltraen of the Ban 1 beg'to
introduce to your acquaintance, offi
cially, ray friend, Judge Gary, late of
Edgefield. I am sure that he will
prove worthy of your confideuce in all
respects, and I bespeak for him the
best thing I could ask of you, and
that is that you show him the same
courtesy and kindness that you have
always shown me.”
In reply Judge Gary said:
“Geutlcmeu of the Bar of the Fifth
Circuit: I assure youdlmt it is with
no little hesitation that I assume the
duties which have been performed so
well by His Honor Judge Kershaw.
I realize fully that he has contributed
more than his proportional share to
make South Carolina the .State which
we arc proud to be citizens of; be has
contributed more than his share to
the Bench which has stood so high
in the estimation, not only of the Bar
of the State, but abroad. Expecting,
then, to follow in the wake of him
who has discharged these duties with
so much satisfaction to the profession,
I say it is natural that I should enter
upon thedischargeof them with some
hesitation; but, gentlemen, with youi
assistance and.the assiatance-of the
officers of the court, I trust that I
may be
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In the Satisfactory manner that my
distinguished predecessor, Judge
Kershaw, has done. Hoping ho may
yet lie spared a long life of useful aen
to onr State, that he has serred so
well and faithfully, I now bid him an.
affectionate adieu.”
The two judges then cqrdia’J
shook hands, and J udge Kershaw left
the Bench of South Carolina amid
the regrets of all, Judge Gaiy going
ou with the duties of the couit.
However, before the duties of the
court were entered into, Solicitor
Nelson expressed to the new Judge
the.salisfuctiou of the Bar that be
was the successor to Judge Kershaw,
and assured him that lie, the members
of the Camden bar and the officers of
the court would uphold him to the
best .of their ability iu the discharge
of his duties.
Judge Gary then ordered that the
resolutions of the Bars of Camden and
Lexington, the latter being read in
open court, aud a letter from ex.
Governor Sheppard, should be spread
upon the minutes of the court.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor is a universal
beautifier. Harmless, effective, mid
agreeable, it has taken high rauk
among toilet articles. This prepara
tion causes thin and weak Itair to
become abu'i(lhDt,sfmng;and healthy,
ami rettorrs to gru* hm ill oijgiuAl
color,
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apparently iu u position to live ele
gantly at their leisure. The cabin
Was approached by a neat gravel walk
leading up to tbe door, and a paling
gate opened into the doorway. Tbe
country at that time was very spare
ly settled. Cincinnati was only a
town struggling hard to be classed a
city. Milford had little else to boast
of in the character of a village than
a blacksmith shop and a grist mill
and no sound of railroad whistle dis
turbed the sileuce of the almost vir
gin forest.
MUCH MIDNIGHT REVELRY.
Batavia, too, had scarcely been
heard of. A log cabin or two stood
out among the trees andcommuuica-
tion was held between these only by
paths deviating from a true course
by the obstructions of gigantic for
est trees. ’ There existed a road run
ning in front of the cabin iu ques
tion, and runningerraticallv through
the thick forest to Milford, and
thence on to the city; but it was
lightly traveled, and a farmer’s tei m
passing to or from the city was an
episode to most of those living on the
line of the road. With the inhabi
tants of the cabin, though, matters
were different. Here lights could be
seen at almost all hours of tbe uight,
and thsu'e were mysterious goings and
comihg in the darkness. Neighbors
were not near, and belated travelers
told of midnight carousals in which
wide flowed like water, of the songs
and shouts of men and laughter of
women. In the morning, however,
all would be as quiet as the little
wooden church, some two miles dis
tant, at which the peopL of the
country side worshiped. While the
Wallingfords did not invite intimacy,
they did not discourage it, and thus
the neighbors dropped iu on them
- V
latest news from th<
ford himself was a quiet man, rare!
seen about tbe cabin by day, though
sometimes toward sundown he would
oome out iu bis frout yard, and, lean
ing over tbe gate, would look auxious-
ly up and down the road, bending
his ear to listen as if expecting to hear
the beating of a horse’s hoofs.
THE GREAT SECRET OCT.
Miss Mattie Montgomery, sister of
$ Wallingford, was the pet of the
,.antUhe especial favorite of a
farmer of the neighborhood,
name wee Milton, and who
the gooete fortune to save the
‘ ^ —'i, who in attempt-
in N<
Advice to Women
If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Profuse,'Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Men
struation you must use
occasionally, always sure to hear the
e city. Walling-
icree* one day i
vernier, 1813, lost her seat in the sad
die, and would have drownded, but
fo» his timely aid. From this time
onjthey were lovers, though Walling-
fowl, for some reasons of bis own,
did not make the young man’s visits
t > the house pleasant. He was secret
ly encouraged by the girl, however,
who finally told him the mysteries of
the house. Wallingford her sister’s
husband, she discovered, was aconn-
terfeiter who labored all day over his
plates and presses iu making money,
which was taken to Cincinnati and
pa'ssed by agents, who brought print
ing ink, paper, etc., when returning
for fresh supplies. Young Milton,
while astonished and perhaps shocked
did not hold bis lady love os one lost
to honor or society, especial lv as she
declared her innocence of afl wrong
doing save her guilty knowledge.
But things could not go on iu this
way forever. One night the last of
December, 1817, Wallingford being
uwaf end no one in the-housebut his
wife and her sister and young Milton,
a number of- horsemen approached
the door, apd demanded admission,
'•'ih was readily accorded, Mrs.
Wallingford supposing that the visi
tors were some of her husbands
friends.
A RAID AXD AN ESCAPE.
Tbe nien proved to be officers of
the law, and immediately began a
search' of the premise* to the conster
nation of the two women and young
Milton, who, with the women, were
left in charge of a guard—a neigh
bor who had been pressed into service
as a guide and who was now left at
the door to prevent the escape of the
inmates. While the officers were in
the large cellar turning up the spu
rious coin and counterfeit bills a con
ference was held between Milton and
the friendly gnard, which resulted in
the women and Milton bundling a
few effects together and the three
passing out together in the darkness
of the forest Th>y were never ap-
prehende l, making their way to Indi
ana, where Milton and the young
girl were married. Mrs. Walling-
ford making her home with them.
Wallingford was afterward captured
with Ur: tell of the gauound sent to
j pm.) whtre 1m tot Xlie (muter*
Springfield, Mo., May 24, ’92.
Messrs. Lippman Bros., Proprietor
P. P. P., Savannah, Go.
Gentlemen: I was a little re
luctant about taking hold of P. P. P.,
when your Mr. Parsons was here
about a year ago, from the fact that
it was the leader in Blood Remedies,
but your judicious method of adver
tising has reversed the situation, and
I now sell five bottles of P. P. P., to
one of . I have just given
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attention. Boll, The Druggist
An Electric Gun,
A St KiOuis paper published a
story, which if not a mere newspaper
yarn, us seems likely, is of lirst-oluss
importance. It is that a young man
in Indian* has invented an “electric
jnn,” which is able to throw a pro
jectile to au enormous distance with
out the help of gunpowder, or any
other explosive compound. The in
strument exhibited is said to have
resembled a piece of gas pipe with a
wire coil around it When it was
oonnected With an ordinary telegxaph
current, and the connection made, it
threw ; a piece of iron weighing a
pound considerable distance. The
inventor is said to have exhibited
drawings of a gun, to bo made on the
same principle as the gas pipe con
cern,.and operated with an electric
current of a high tension, which, he
claimed, would be able to throw a
shell, or other projectile, from one to
eleven miles by simply touching a
button. The electric plant may be
located at any distance from thegnn.
The discharge would make no noise
and the thing could be discharged
with wonderful rapidity. It is said
that the drawings ere in the bauds
of tbe government, and that the war
office is preparing to make experi
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