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VOL. 1.
BROOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, ' SEPTEMBER . 3,, 1858.
NO-20.
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BUSINESS CAUDS.
JOHN H. FARQUHAR.
'Attorney-'--at Lm
BRO0KYIIIE. IND.
0In aUprf.Unal torvleat U taa paVUe, eao
kafaa4ataUaUaeaXa.l ap lUlr ka Cmmr
Ul nildiaKt or tka aura roam af Maxr. Lloek
A Farwhar. '
W. MORROW,.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
First Door South of tho Fost-o3ce.
Will rn.icTicr. in tue common-pleas,
Cimit aa J t uprama Cnrt( af th SUtaa.
- falä i8-tf.
HJKil MÖLU. OHAS. C BISKUT
. v hollamd & vma:EYr
AUorneys at l.;v,
O-OScaU Ilaila'i Block, Wait of tba Cocrt
II,,,,. f.li-58-lf
JOS. COX & WM.H. KERR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE XO. S -IPO LLO BUILDING, .
Cor. Fifth and Walnut Sts
tJXMCXUiiÄTX, O.
POLLOCK &. JvVCALL, iU
Manafaelarrrt' Aatt aoi
Ijjolcsnlc .-Uiptr genlcrs,.
NO. WALNUT STRKKT,
: DR. JOHN W KEELY.
Surj'oon'Dontist,
LL WORK ix mn DUKTAL LtXF. WAR
iL rantrl. O tU and fetota vu do. üulh ol
Taar A KlmUa'a aiara.
J. H, & J. O. BIDDINGER,
moS tf L.UHEL. IND.
WaiTKJ AND HMT. ACKSOWI.EDOE
mmti of Dee l. MurlfitK aad Putn af At
Vmr, and dx all oÜr lnturi wbu-U t XoUrj
ai aathorliod l du.
DR. A. J. BIDDINGER.
PHYSICIAN AND SU KG EON
CKDAR GROVE INDIAN'.!.
Six Miles below lkookvillc.
nrrERSUIS mOFESSIQNAL SERVICES TO
U ihoeitUant of Fraaklla ountjr. Ula offlö. it
loaaUd oppoaiU J. T. Cooley'a ator, whara ka will
bo foand, aiopl tl fiaiafMooaii
ff.t,lS7-r
JTC. S H. L. XUMY,
AND
ihnli jook !ftnuf;itturtrs,
to r ' 04 lU... QA
i0. 4J .Mam bt., ÜC10W ÖCCOna,
Over tba Bookttoroof Apptegato A Co.
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UML'JU f. UAAWLLL, rttUniMUtt..
nOOIIVirlD lUUm
UnAVINdukaB thoaWa Ho., thoproprio.
ur win uota nn anjinaaa auenoa wiuii
t Tk.
aiubiubmaat la now andargoing thorough ra-
rtaiHes aad elaanaloCi for tba .ummer aaaaun
which bo lorltea bit friend ao4 tba pubUo gonar
ally.
X-9" Horaaa and buggies kept for tba aeeommo
aation or eutomri.
C1LIB IS
WATCHES & JEWELRY
(At U. Hanson otore.)
r.IC CA1U.XEL, IIJDa
liAUr.ll. IUO.
i GOOD AS30RTMEST of articles in tbo bore peene, umpiu h r-. i ticlnr? mv manuer tho patient ob
A ii. .t Mr prirM. may T-tf. except to signify, in A faint and gradu- ot.cinb m manucr, r
bAIVlUcU D. JtlNrvIlNö.
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SADDLE 1 HARNESS MAKER
LIT. CAKr.ICti, XNX3.
WOULD SAY TO IIIS oll friend aad eunto
waaaaval iKaai Haft lal tlAlsT tP ttBirsll fbft OiWimraarlala
ham with erary thing In bia Una of ba.inaaa, aad
faeU eonfident bo can f ult all who may gira bin. a
alt with aa rxxl work a eaa bo boairht In tic
couatry, at aatiifactory price. Call and aeenry
atyloofwork. ay 7-tr.
HENRY DAVID,
MABXrACTWIB. A!0 WBOLMllt PTiLIB Tt
FAÜCY SOAPS, PERFUMERY. C.
aft m - . - . . . . fc. ar a a www . .
it aaraaia iiraai. nai, faaia ana waiaai,
CINCINNATI. OHIO.
All ardera promptly attar dad to sod carefully
rei. ,rel)3 5S-U.
"DAY & MATLACK.
I'funiCOftl C ncAl enc m
llULt5ALt UtALERS IN
SisxrrfcV"? rrr -irv e-rx n
. v-w m. . m-m .
liUil'j.lpQWiy'iJiiJlSi
' iK) Pekrl Strepr.
Nö.5föPcdTl. Street,
Gcüotö of tDe Sentit (Cttl.
A SUter'i Thouglit at her Brother' Orar.
. Tby laid tiM her, tny brother, '
Wha Wiater, tUra and draar,
TorentlaPl'riBl vuyUldioj
Tbaaaw wU rnlnf yr.
r Viiik Uara la Ri'aUa tbowara,
L'poo tbj f rava to abed,
" ' And brorra ofiljr blowing, ' '
; Tkoir moaroful roqaluw mado.
' I rouM aot a tbea, brathor, '
ForilowltdaybytUy, ,
DImnuo aad paia War waiting
i ' s Thy aitar form away. ,
And bow bail Ja thin um , '
Wh two Una; yoara bao ooo,
Z itand bar flrat, my brolher,
Aad baro I wep aloao.
'
I ttttlo tbouglt, my brotbar,
Tbal yoa o voaug and fair,
So toon would rara ma lonaly,
My Iota no mora to iharaj
, AodMnutorayboioQi, . . ,
Your tely for I jif.vA,
1 1- "Tjtr ho', tiwlth tuurrow ' t
MiÄlit lay you bora to rtat.
Tonr lifo waa abort, my brotbor, s .
But beautiful aa brief,
No raro your brow bad eloudod,
Xobaarteorrodtng griafj
JJ wilh.rad hopea baKinaing
To waato yoa day by day,
Till lot a, oo downy pinionl,
JIa born yoa far away.
Wo mli yoa hero, my brother,
For yoa our tear aro nhaJj
Wa miaa yoa fron oar elrelo,
, Aad grlaro tbat yoa ar dead;
Afl'i yot wo would not catl yoa
From that brljjht world of bllil,
. Whara your apirit bow repoava,
To ft droary ono liko till. '
Wo mourn for yoa, niy brother,
Not aa tbo hoptleaa mourn;
Wo kaow that wa ihall moat yoa,
Tboairh yoa will not return.
A wartd of light and glory
Awa.it at evjrmyro;
" Wo think of you, tLcr, brother,
Mot loet, bmt goaa bfwr."
Stltct IHtoccUaiilJ.
STARTLINO NARRATIVE.
Wo find tho following etrange story
In tbo Urbaua (111.) Union, credited to
the Crown Point Register, Lake county
Ind. The latter paper avs:
a
"We have received tho following letter
from Dr. John Morton, a gentleman of
reracity und uiph profcsinnal stand
inif. formerly from Cleveland, Ohio, and
an old Kchoolmato of onrs. Wo think
it priiril will convineo our renders of
the ontiro truln or all that la said about
modern Sjiritnitliüm :
üa.isr Tbaverst. JIicii., ?
May, 21, 1S3S.
EniTonM RtotaTr.R: I end von the
following account of a moat extraordi
nary event or transaction or what yoir
will becauHO, in tnv o5nioti, it ought
net to Jr5 sapprt.i
trury, thoroughly investigated. In the
midst of the excitement' here, such a
thing as a calm and unbiased - examina
tion is altogether out of tho question;
nor would it be sab to atttcmpt it, inas
much as the det?rtmination of the peo
ple is strongly to "hush up." As I mj
self am one of the chief characters con
cerned in tho affair I dare not attempt,
if I posc;5iod tho ability, to determine
the character of what I am about to re
late: I left Cleveland to estah!i.h myself
here, as you will remember, sometime
laatJuly a young and Inexperienced
physician. Almost the first patint 1
was called to ee was a Mrs. llayden
a woman thirty-flvo years ot ago. a
etrong constitution, ami a well balan-
. -
. . I a . . .
eed hi ml fannarent vl.and fannaront.
lt-1 Willi lilllo r.P tin iniir nut nn S in
. v . . Ii
was, howevor, n "Spiritualist," with the
r n.. .. .. ... . I
reputation cf being a superior medium,
Her usual phywciii-'. Dr. J. r. William-
was ohscnt-henco her applicalion to
me. Ifoundhcr laboring under a sc-
rtro attack of tvphun lVvor. which
lie W ti..lr 1A iviti.tut ir mi Inutile
and I did not sco her ttirain until Friday
-r..n n.-of i m nmiiii week. I then
.
found her dvlnir. and remained with
her until her decease, which took placo
nrccinor at midni.diL She was. or an-
poared to bo, rational during tho whole
if mv.vi Jt th0Uirh l w:. Informed
ar - , i a
. . V a . . ' I
that sho had beeu delirious tho crcater
Part of the week. There was nolhingro-
1,1 1
narkablo about her svmntons: 1 should
av lb9 dUeaso bad taken its i,a
iir tba lU..!ino hud tiliMi itit nuturul
Lourso.
tho "ajm 0f her doceaso there
threatened to prove fatal. Ilavingpro- cnior mai nou-v. u what I have recalled bit by bit, uoovo.
scribed for her, I left', promising to a nd thcro well, I would find out when 1 i rt.nicn,bcr only looking for tho final
Dr. W. as soon us ho returned. This i?ot there " catastrophe, which crow rapidly nearer
was on Saturday mornlnir. At nicht 1 waa . considerably amused by the wiljk ul.unstant cndiavur to concontrato
were n ma ruuni oeniuea uiyhc i. nerivin- w " r----.--t i
, . .
husband. M rs. Green . (her sister) and
quick
cover He uoro
tho character of a
iclcar-mtndcd
cd, very firm, illiterato, but
courteous man, and a most strenuous
uubelievor in Spiritualism.
There had been somo subdued con-
version, such as is natural in such
"t,v,.V "? :t" .-v":.-:'.:. :
I .1 .. !. ... 1 1 . ....til
lauy aiminisning voieo, oer wain,
Vnt nn hour bforo her death, when
Mvwuv .. ..w . .
a snbducd and indescribable change
which her husband noticed by saying,
;,k .TihnmrhL whollv unwarrant-
...v..,-. o--, rf
I ca bitterness,
m. .
"Thero goes
those cursed spirits
trv r
... . , ,1
The patient thereupon unciosea ncr
-. Llfirin- ft look of unutterable
emotion on her husband-a loot so ai
J ' . . . . .
. ..kmrfim unwavcr ncr that I
.'üuUrUcd .by M,
layden mci 11 wuu
unhlDDV ueuituiP, -
nfi tinnllü nalrOO
his wife what she wanted. &ne mm a
i- t.t ..nUni in 14 VOIOO OI OeriUCbl
health, "xou xnow.
Vhtt
lawaaa . . . ...
w mv'n ... .....v- --
trtrfld. I havooflcn read and hoard of
I . 1 . !
,.p inma nowr of voice
rartrreccdiogyiaüon; bat tba voice
lJÄc ii; fint had nono of tho natural
t fM MSI... f. nai1.rl.1ir.r Him- biiHhnnd Will O I Wfl 111 100 nouo iiwwk r-. . ,,.,,.- ...
' whom I particularly noticed, was very many tnanlfoHtation ot the presence ol u ncV(?r w
- thin and week, then suffering from n tnai power i-auou oi". i........... . twelve I I dr
a . ii i ...i vi.iHiiiiit lam i n i t- 1 . . .
I mii iklf AAnunmriMAn ! V lrnMil n. I 1111(1 lUllK'H MUIU MIWIU 41' iv-mw.vm, - f li,r
i iuiva vutiPUiuvivM)
of the patient had nono of tho
intonation of nuch it was, as I have
ald, perfectly healthy. In a fow mo-
menisnhu continued in the aumo voice,
and with hor.nycs btill flcd upou her
husband: , .
"William, to your secret soul you do
believe 7 ' '
'Wife, was'-the Irnpiorlng reply,
'that is tho devil which has stood bo-
twecn us and leaven for. ao many
inonthai. Wo uro both ut tho very verge
of the grave, und. In God's came, lot
him be buried first."
ApDarcntlv without hcaririr or heed-
ing him, sho repeated her words :
"Von Uaro not disbolieve."
"I do." ho renliod. excited bv her
manner; "whllwyou aro dying nay, u
you were dead and should speak: to mo
I dare nut believe." .
Then," she replied, 4,I will peak t,o
rot; Wuiiu i uia dtua 1 i win como w
vou at vour latest liour. and with a
wnco from tho crravo I will warn you of
your time to follow mo
"Dut I thall not belivo a spirit.
"I will como In tho body, and speak
to vou: remember 1"
Öho then closed hcrvcs. and straight-
way sank Into her former Lato.
In a few moments, as socn as we had
somewhat recovered from tho shock of I
this most extraordinary sceno.hcr two
children wero brought into tho room to tloof tinware, thcro wero frequent and
rcccivo her dying blowing. Sho parti- startling eoundn.'as of whispcrod con
ally roused keraclf. and placing a hand vernation, singing and sabdued laaghter
OH lllO neiia Ol cacil. Sue pui tip a pray-1
er to the throne ot a race faint in voice
indeed, but a prayer In which all tho
strength of her great unpolished soul,
. " ... . i
heart and mind, wero cxertod to ta ut-
inost dvlnir limit such a uravur as a
craph might attempt, but nono hut a
dying wife and mother could accomplish,
r rom that moment her breathing grew
rapidly weaker und moro difficult; ami
at twelve o'clock she expired apparent
Iv without a ßtruircl.
T ftrttri1 bfr f'oa mlraii'htenod and
comnosed her limbs, and wan about to
AvewJ".- - s, j ' -
leave tho house, when Mrs. Green re-
quested me to send over two young la-
dies from mv boarding Louso. to wntch
with the dead. AH this occupied some
ten ininuton.
K.i.l.b.nlv-Mm Milijs screamed, and
Mr. Ilnvilcn htartm! un from tho bed-
side where ho had bocu sitting.
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Tho supposed corpse was sitting erect
in this bed. and fcti iiL-'din'' to reak !
Her eyes wero tili closed; and save her when I again stood beside my patient,
open mouth and quivering tongue, there Tho moment 1 looked at him I percciv
wero all tho looks of death in her fce. ed unmistalfcablo indication of the
With a great heave of the chet, at last
the Hiiurlu word ciimu forth
Kemcmber 1
T 1
Her jaw fell back to its place, and
sho again lay down m . before, I now
Af.-imiried hui niir.uirlv. 'rimt hliiiwns!
dead there could be no further possible
Kh&Jow fif a don bt nnrl k., I Mi the
. . . . J . . ... I
house.
On the following dav Dr. Williams
made n careful und minuto uoat-mor-
tern examination of the body. I was
nrftventud livbtiAinn4 lY.nn I tfruli ni
but I was inlormed hv tin Hoc tor that
he found the brain but rdi"ht v a roctod
. . . . . . . .I..
ah usual fact in person dvin2 of ty-
I bus fever but thut her lungs wrc
torn and rent extensively, an if by a
sudJen, single and powerful effort, and
..j. i .!n . i i . tt i i
suffused partially with cnnulated blood.
Tl0i,o Wuro all tho noticeable features
of tl0 caso Sho was buried on the
uflerI()OU oi- th0 sam0 day. -
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It I t Ii Ilm lim. Mi nil
jh m ar 1 1
wt,u "wwa .n,V V'":1" v"
I 1 WIIC, l viiiii'u in iniv..i.i. uui-
...IP. T l. Ma llni. l
t it r.. . . . I ... ... II. W til,., tn al..
"- v" '.'V nn Vk V
and told nun my euano, cxpiei .g
omo urpnsa n mo i.... ...! ... v
family for myself, as I knew him to bo
safe and experienced practitioner, lie
replied th:t nothing could luro him to
TWtnr'A manner ami warintn, nnu uu-i
. . I,
euilod mv way by fancying what l';1'1
a a a a w m ix i l
a .armcu nun. n P"3 iciun, uum
ty. .
aw a a . . .
On my arrival i iounu o rn
present with tho pntiont except -lrs.
. . -a . a . ii
Green.. who Informed inn tnai mo spir-
its had been playing such pranks that
. 1 l- ll' ifc.l.id.ul IM lift tn. I
not a soui, nr. . 'v r'.v.1. .
dtuel to
birn I'fin
remain, ino tiumieu .
been
ifrtnn
somo timo. They wero at
her hottSO. .
I found tho patient very low, and
with no prospect of surviving nl'
.i. 1T .vu h.iwever. ouito lreO Iiom
pain, though ei j t.u. .
billets Of wood thrown upon the fire,
and doors opened and shut without nn)
app.ir..w , - - 77 ...
und unnit mnwu c 7. (
an unusual ensat.on, . ., -
by the mysteries which surrounded
nU mocked man.
1 arf vp(l :
"It a nothing, xou must gc uv to
1 t . 1':,
.. , . 1 1 .
i.. t.
u, ci'n.
i noniu ' .uu . v" " ' t
could explain ..ein,,.
j!ff....,MAihffin " Irinnen.
I lnuineivu v , .
This opened the wm 10 a 10. g co...
VAM-itImi during which I probed my pa-
.:.... ,?,wl t.i lb bottom, out wiuiouu
"- r , ., ",.'(. Jn.nin.f
detecting a shadow of belief. 15
ticnt s mind to the nottom, um imouv
, v. ------ r, ... 1 . ...,i .,
f I. . tn u Hi I' (1
. u ... - . - - 'm.Ä tCl warn
"itmuwa.u -..v..
moof my . mä to di.r
. ,:r 1r it . '.xaa .ka Sil k
Oll .. 4
, . .t- ir.rtn. M- II 1
-- - " ghe- Dr0mi.
JJ I J t'-' . .
in tho body and speak to
accept no '"Qing
to
como
al a I
hMTios & ttuSr stsa
I
shall
.cftrd. .
her words. ;
I A nn W 1.11 LIlCllI -
"Ana wuat mibui
How much of her body is thero left,
even now, Doctor? and Bbe has not'
corooyot She broralsod to come from
tho grave. Cart shy do H ? No, no; it
la all humpag a didusion. PoorLlIon!
Thank God, Dottor, the devil which so
haunted her life, and stood between her
soul and mine, c.iauot reach it now
"liut II sno snouid, como 7 xou may
boueotMvod.
"I can not. Others must see her too,
and hear her. I ehall boliovo no ipec
tor, 11 there are nach thin-ra. Her body
as it in, or will be, let thai speak if it
can 1'
From that da' to tho hour of his
death I was with bim almost constantly
anu was uauy nur
"1 to soroo new
MI ft
and startling rv
jn. 'lnoneigu
.dun tho house,
,'u they would
j atorios travel
... ji, tjwiri nor
..t ytry rcpctUlon.
oors naa
ami even i. i
tho plague; i
cd fromge-
n vo v
Nevertholcri ii
practice increased.
On the morning of March 20, 1 callod
earlier than usctal. During this visit
mo mannesiaiions-oi a supernatural
proenco werjj moro frequent, wild and
violent than ever tjloro. 1 was Inlorru-
od that they had been exceedingly vio
lent during the preceding night. Their
character, too, had greatly changed.
isestdo tho movmror all movable am
cloa, tho tinkling of glared and tho rat
n j'wriect imivauuu ui mo uuman
voice, uuiioo tow 10 cuaoio mo 10 ae-
tcct tho words ucd, If words there
n.ni a o.i
were, ami, nowercr, Bono oi meo un
ounas enicraatuu sick room.-
They followed tho footsteps of 3lrn.
Green liko a demon echo, but paused on
that room, as debarred by a aupcrior
power irom entering more,
I found Mr. llnydcn was worso, and
sinking very fast, He had passod n
bad night. Doubtful whether he would
Uurvivo to neo another morning, I lea
w-
him, promising to call at evening and
spend tho night with him, resolved, In
my secret thought, to "bo in at the
uoath. Jl tliero wa- to ko n gnosiiy
warning, l meant to h ar it, ami, n pos
bioio, u KOIVO mo siraiigo enigma.
The day had been exceeding old
. . . .
and stormy, and the night had already
net in dark and dismal, and a tiercogulo
and a driving storm ol rain ;uui Dan,
ar approach ol death upon Ins lea-
lures. Ho was free from puin, lu.-J minu
.a a . LI?
perlectiy clear; lot lü nie was ouing
away with every leeblo breath, lite the
low burning out of fc'i exhaubteU jump.
Juuuiiwntio tho' tiJrSi Tvno id :i lern-
..i.i i . i i.. . i. ...,.. i.
ana ino gmom gie uia iwcii
in the wild night wiJout. Tbo wind
swept in tremendous gusts through the
adjoining forests, rattling tho icy -branch.
cs of tho trees, and tamo waning aim
shrieking through every
Cl'anilV of tllO huildlhg.
Within, there was a wilder commo
lion, aii inai nan uevn h:iiu w "8
, ii .t . .. ,t t ...... -
written or dreamed of ghostly vwita
tlons, was then and thore enacted.
Thero was tho ringiug of belN.the mo-
ving of furniture, crnah of diahei, whis-
nni-ii Imu'ld o,-!nie l.itrblor wblrttllllif.
pe'" howls, crying, laughter, whittling,
groaning, heavy and light-footed RtcpK,
and wild mut-ic, as if m very mockery
1,10 fcrnal rogioni . All these
souuds grew wilder with the rising gale,
.... . a
and toward midnight they wero almost
. .
nsutferub o.
. . .. ., . .
A . r,,- l.f. Mm IVItuMJI. ill'S.
Green and myself wo wero as siienias
. - ...
jcut, jj ot u V(rd pacd our
m hflep n;n0 0-tock. As for tho state
ft ouf mul Ood'only knows. Mino,
jn tb0. wide whirl of. thought and event
w,itj, fnoWc,i forgot all tho past save
.,. r.,
ii 1 1 Sou i mini 1 Ami Hcnso un-
on the uhenomenoiT hich I, at least,
a ... . .
i. ..! to bo v- wou d herald tho
ohs ol mv taticnl
a .
Ah it grow cbwe upon twelvo o'clock,
ff tho fltrikiuir of that hour had
ivw I tw
toughta fixed themselves for tho
J lotl jemon(,tration,) my agitation
. ... . . .. M ...
becamoso crcuiliintll waawun cxircmo
ijjricull yl could control myself.
vc:ir,.r unj nearer trrew tho fatal mo
inr.nt.-for fatal I'oXDCCtcd it WOUld bo
. IllV lm.:ent. ttt least and at last the
0onclii trembled on tbo brink of mid
i i r ii- iiio i-in;iLii-u w ivniv vmv
...... .i . i . i. i.V.. .il.-..
two three I I conted the strokes ol
Inch' seemed as though
ouid havo dono ten, eleven
ow my breath again.
a m - I I
I u.oka i,;ul dl0d away, and ss yet there
was no token of any pro9cnco save our
own.
All was silent. Tho wind had lulled
for a moment, and not a sound stirred
tho air wiihin tho houso. Tho ghost
had tied.
1 arose and approached the bodside.
alive drawmir his
I 4 M V I'tlklVM V w - - - ' CT
. . alowlv dving. Tbo lutcr
i .. f . " -. ..
vai between bis gaps grew longer men
ho cea-cd to breath altogether-he was
dcR(l
i . i i
I airs, ureen was swnx in ner ijuh-v,
hor dbowg rcBtij on UCr kneea, her
. .P.a.,i.
intu uuricu iu iicir i.v.'uo.
, , , u .1
x ciosea 1110 open inoum no piea.
down tIl6 cveiidi of tho dead. Then I
I ... , II .
touched her on the shoulder.
'It is over." I whisporod.
"Thank God !" was hor fervent roply
. .
- Aneo wo DOin starveu. iiiore wm
I mi v ... rri i .
rustling ol the bed clothes 1 Mr. Hay
j. .. . U!
den WttS Bitting erect, his eyes wide
open, his chost heaving in a mighty ef-
11 ... . iu tf.th.
oicssea air. ioiore x couia reaca toe
bed ho .noka .
I -4 '
"My God I she is coming 1"
At the same instant the wind earao
,
and a wild shriek as it swopt tluoogh
the crevicca of Iho building. Thvro
was a crash of tho outer door then a
staggering and. uncortaln step. Jn tho
outer door then a staggering and un
certain step In the outer, room. It an.
proachod tho sick-room tho' latch. Ii ft.
cd tho door swung open and then
my God I what a spectacle I . r - -
I wonder even now that I dare de
scribe it think of it remember it, I
wonder I believed it then, or do now
that I did not go mad or drop da:Ly;
Through the open door theroVp
ped a figure not of Mrs. Haydon. not
of her corpse, not of death but a thou
sand times moro horrible a thing of
corruption, decay, worms, and rotten
ness. f h Arntirai ' were?; rnnrly nil g'm,
and the skull in Places gleamod through
whito and terrible, v Her breast, abdo.
men and nock were eaten away, her
limba wero putrid, grocn and Inexpres
sibly loathsome.
And yet to those putrescent jaws
there was born a voices smothered, in
deed, and strungo, but distinct : ,
Come William, they trait for you ! 1
wait.
1 dared not turn tny" eyes from tho
Intruder; I could not if I dared, though
I heard a groan behind me and a fall.
Then it tho thing before me sank
down upon tho floor, in a heap, dark
and loathsome a heap of putrescent
and dismembered fragments.
I remembered that I did not faint,
that I did not cry out. How long I
stood transfixed, fascinatod, I knew not,
but at last, with an effort and prayer,
1 turned to tho bed. Mr. II ay den had
fallen upon tho floor, face downward,
stone dead.
I raised and rcplaicod him;. I compo
sed his limbs; I closed his eyes and tied
up his chin; crossod his hands upon his
brear.t and tied them there. Then I
boro out tho body of his sister, insensi
ble, but not doad, into tho pure air out
of tho horror und stench into tho storm
and' darkness out of death into lifo
again.
For Young Ladies.
Our Ohio School Commissioner -Itev.
Mr. Smith--rccently mado an address
before u Yonng Ladies' Seminary, at
Cleveland, which has been quito geno
rally noticed io our State journals. He
condemns, in the severest terms, tho
present cxtravaganco in dress among
tho young ladies of tho land. Mark
his words:
Tho costly and gorgeous ptomage
whi.;ii ouh MoifeYii bird of paniuiso
havo assumed for tho very purposo of
attracting admirrtion, frighten nil wiso
and prudent men from the idea of
attempting to ca?c them. Tbc' justly
jndgo that tho almost daily molting of
birds of this leather, and us lrequent ro
pluming, together with the suspicion
that for all good purposes they would
proto of less value than cither of the
tvu sparrows which aie sold for a fur
thing, aro facts which do notharmon
izo with tho weight of their purposes.
How many of tho lailures of young
business men. and the frauds and for
geries of clerks, tellers and cashiers,
within tho last ten years havo had
their origin iu tho spirit of fashionable
oxtravaganco in tho family. How
many of the legions of divorces, which
aro becoming tho ahamo of our land,
cumo up from tho fame pestilential
ool fashion.' Tho gsy amr nosh tug i
. . " . . m . v ft ft a
young wife, while her husband is toiling
. i . . j?.. i- i . . .. ? ... 1
ai lus uumnrss, nniis uonie wo quiet
or ono who dtneards home duties and
who has not mind and culture sufiUiunl
to approclato books, naintirigi and mu
sic. Sho muH array herself in daz.ling
attire, und rido and romp, visiting the
opera with the first dandy or roguo who
may kindly oiler his attendance Ana
how eoon is all domefitic happiness unv-
ei; from tho homo, and a wretched hui-
band sues for divorce.
Old &ntuck. .
A Kentuckian at tho battlo of Now
Orleans, who disdained tho restraints of
Holdicr' hie, with his name on the
muster roll, preferred "going it alono,"
fighting upon his own boolc. While
tho battlo was raging fiercest,' and the
shot flying thick us hail, carrying death
wherever they ten, Acniucn migni
have been seen tationed under a tall
maple, loading and firing hi riflo, as
perfectly unconeerrrfd as though he
was "lucking deer." Every timo. he
brought his riflo up to his shoulder a
red coat bit the dust. "Old' Hickory,"
a B ft ft I -.-..
supposing no naa uccomo separated
.. 4 I . ! .
irom JUS cum puny, iuuu up iiiiw
bring him behind tho redoubts, as ho
was in a position which exposed his
pet son to tho flro of tho enemy.
"liailOW I my man, n. reguueni mo
you bolong to ? said tho General.
. r ... ... 11 .. ... ....... 'I 1 . n 4 .. rr
"hold on, yonder is another of "cm, '
and bringing his shooting iron to his
honlflor. ho ran his oyo ulong tho bar-
rel nflafeh followed ana anoiucr eng
lishman camo tumbling to tho ground.
. 1 . ... i i .1 i.i
"Whoso company do you belong to:
n rain mouired tho General.
v'Comnanv the d 1," was tho reply
of Kenluck. ns he busied himself re
loading; "see that ar feller with the
rrold tixins on his coat and hoss. Jest
watca mo jeriurio unit.
Tho General gazed in the directioi
indicated by tho rifle and observed a
Rritibh Colonel ridiDgup and down the
deaneini? columns of the foo. Kentuck
Dulled tbo trigger, ana tno gaiianitoio-
DCl lOllOWeU nia tuiuuiuuo tuaii ixcu
tuck had laid down in death that day
"Hurrah for Kentuckyl" shouted the
frao titrbtcr. as his victim camo toppling
from his horso. theu turning to the
Gcilcral he continued, "I'm fitin on my
own hooic, atrauger, ami icisurci
procccdol to reload.
back with a sudden and appalling gust
' Was Gen. Lee a Traitor. '
" -Wcave an item from' our exchangjs
lomo httlo time shicorln effect that ro
cent discoveries had boon made, clearly
proving the perfidy ot Gen. Lee, tho ac
complished id-do-cainp of Gen. Wash
ington. Tho siatoment was published
by uswith somo hesitation, for we hoped
it would prove to bo au r-rmr. Itccent
ly, however, from an intervlow with a
gentleman employed by J'etor "oot)cr
-. 1 ! . I t . . . . . I ' 1 . . . I " '
w cuneci uocuinonis anu revolutionary
, ..... . . .
iviica tor nis insuiuie, we icamou inT.OUP fo0
the report of LoeV treachery was er
only true, but that documents hoiUbe
found wero now in Mr. Coopci's posses
sion which provod beyond a doubt that
he had the price fixed and agreed upon
for betraying Wonhington audio army,
and selling his conntry, to tho nfitinn.
Xhcs'U doctinenU ho .', afe tuft aJil
explicit, and leave rto'room to doubt
the extent or detestable character of his
treasonable purpooe. -
History has been cl arUable to Gen.
Lee. It has generally repudiated the
suspicions of his perfidy, and brushed
aside the evidence hitherto adduced aa
of little wolght or concern.
If, therefore, such papeis In evidence
of his treason, as are represented, real
ly have been found, with their authen
ticity and genuineness substantiated, a
new chapter forccn itself iato the .histo
ry oi our country a chapter or iiacw
and disgrace-a companion to the
record of Arnold's treason. It is duo
to tho counlrv that a fact so important
bo known, tt is duo tho memory of
Lee, that this reproach bo removed if it
is not just, and equally due to his mem
ory tlut the damned spot bo fixed eter
nally opoti him, if tho contents of thoso
recently discovered documents have
been fairly set forth. Utica Herald.
A Kiss that Did'tt Pay.
The Toledo Record gota off a good
one iu regard to a citizen of Iowa,
whoso wile, in his absence, had been
kiased by n drover, while giving a glass
of water. , When ho heard of tho out
rago ho startod Ht once iu pursuit, found
tho drover after a hard day's rido, and
accusod him of tbo theft.
The drover ndmitt-jd tho truth of tho
soft impeachment--said ho had been a
long time from homo, was sorely tempt
ed, and in an ttngarded moment of fren
zy purloined the kins, but that he had
not damaged tho woman in tho small
est particular was very sorry thought
it was no matter to roako a great ado
about, and therefore begged to bo ex
cused. The husband finally concluded that
this was the riebt view of. the matter.
I and.uiv'jl to. fu'U it upv t! re.?lpt
ol id lor his dal a ride. Uns being
satisfactory tho druver ImnJed over a
310 bill and received S3 in change. But
when tho aggrieved benedict returned
home and consulted his detector, he
found the bill a counterfeit. Ho found
that he had suffered tho indignity of
having his wife kifed by a "nafty
drover," passod ono day in tho saddle,
and lost bvo dollars, und concluded it
did'nt pn
The Telegraph and the Bible.
Canst thou send lightnings that they
may go, and say unto thee, Here y'
ar?"
'Who hath divided tho water course
for away for tho lightning?'
'Tho Lord on high is mightier than
tho noiso of many waters, yea, than tho
mighty water of tho Hea."
"He made a decree for the ram, and
a way for tho lightning."
"lie dlrccteth his lightnings unto the
ends of tho earth." .
"The lightnings. Cometh otit of the
Sat, and shincth even unto the west."
"Iiis lightnings enlighten tho world."
Ictf As a canal boat was iashiiirr un
der n bridge, tho captain gave tlo usual
warning, by culling aloud: Look out
when a uttlo I' rer.chmun, who was sit
tiug by a window In the cabin, obeyed
tho order bo poppin wut his head which
received a severe thump from u pillar.
Ho drow It back in a great pet, and ex
claimed, "Kese A merikus cry look out!
when dey mean lcxk In I
w?u Never abuse one who was .your
bosom friend, however bitter now.
Never hiro servants who go in pairs
as sisters, cousins, or anything else.
Never insult poverty. ' 1
Never btand at the corner ot a, street.
Never speak contemptuously f wo
man kind. , ',
Never speak of your father as the 'old
man.
Never blow j-our noso bctwoen your
thumb and fingers.
Never eat a hearty supper.
Never stop to talk In a church-asilo,
aftor service is over.
Nover smilo at the expenso of your
religeon or your liiblo.
WST "Ma " said littlo Willemina. "I
don't think Solomon was so rich as they
say ho was." "Why, my dear?" said
her astonished ma. . "Uccause he aieept
with his fathers; and I think if he bad
been so very rich, ho would havo had A
bed of his own!"
ävay A gentleman-scoundrel is thus
dofincd, "Ono who worships God In a
fashionsblo church of a Sunday docs a
swindling business to tho extent of $50
OuO of a Monday', and bolts for Canada
on Tuesday!" We are a fast people.
All owing to ßtoam. Wonder if wo can
get to heaven by ptoani. The road not
yet discovered. -
tgfi. Quills aro things that are some
times taken frota the pinions of one
gooso to spread the opinious of another.
Xfc. A wag, observing on the door of
a house the names of two pnTsicians,
remarked that it tut biro in ralnd of a
double-baraeled eun: for, if ono missed
the the other was sura xo am.
bUü.
. rirCrcatri way bo frozen ty kimply
puttiog it'in a gla-i vcmcI, and then
placing it Irian old bachelor's bosvm.
iGuTho young gentleman who f!er
into- a passion, has bad' his wlng
tipped. ' ' - ' '
iVQrf'omo person ssys' there are two
kindi of family jara in' one you put
sweetmeats, and in tue other yoa pui
Ufr, liftw'In'-ri'riljlish.'
- . -y j 11 um 11 vuii , r-"-v
. . . ..rr . . "l. I . 1 X
cd along leaacror "nogi, rTi p'v
per in tho same village upbraias mm ior -y.
obtruding his family mutters upon th V.
public. '
thinks that w cat bad torii. Froba-
bly ho lives, upon mean wheaW ror h
is bearded; and chaff and' smutty.
rrcntice.
iJAi'Ibdiah! scoing'a hello dressed
out iHTu'll crlnolino breadth of fashion.
pas's him' in tho street, waa beard tc
exMro::' "Much heap of wigwam,'
ug
hi" :
i2r-Th Illinois Journal asks if w
can "throw ariy light on kissing." Wej
. . rpi. ,t.l, . aVMl
in tho dark. rrcntlce.
. a
ttar,4I)Id yousay jny brother' Jim did.'
. . rf "t o:.i.' ...lt..
oi know as mucn aa oiuiui a j n
.i : ... . .': .: .
No: ! a.a Smith's yaller dog" KDO
moro thhti your brother Jim.
- 1ST A paragraph has becti' going thai"
rounds about a lady who" has a mus
tache ou htrlip: Jt.Is not uncora-mo'n
fbr youhg-ladies'tb' have' mustachoa on
their lips, but rare they grow thero.
r5TAt a late trial, the defendant, af;
ter hearing a witness,' jumped tip" and'
6aid: ' '
Them allegations' is false, arid thaV
allcgator knows it."
tSrA St. Loos paper says' that the
grasshoppers häVe eaten up tho eritiro
crop of tobacco in' Franklin' county,;
aud tho last that wus' heard from .
them they were seated on the corners of
tho fence, begging every man that patt
ed for a chew. ; ,
xarA young Tennessee clergyman,
seems to have compreesed the whole,
body of his sermon, oi) "decent," in lh
following: "Oh; iiiy brethren; the snow,
iesl shiit-tront may . conceal ah' aching
bosom' and the stiffest of alUroundera'
encircle a throat that has many a bitter
pill to swallow." ,
i-A youn; lad recently tan awe
from homo aud veut to a tavcru, wher.
ho waa found by a friend, with a cigar,
in ho mouth. "What made,, you! leave
home?" said his friend. ."Oh, confound
it," saidjib, "father and mother was ao'
saacy I 'couldn't stand it any longer,
and I quit 'cm."
ttdrAh anxious mother in Maine thus,
writes to her son in California:'
"My dear son com' home. A roll
ing stone gathers' lib mod. Your affec
tion ato mother." t ' .
To which Young' America, with equal
laconism, replies: ; . , .
"My dear moiher-corae here. A
setting hen never gets fat. Your affec
tionate eon."
j-rA California paper has an article)
on tho old maids of the Eastern
States, commencing with the startling
caption ' , .
"Why do old maids multiply?'
We should be sorry to think them guil
ty of any such immorality..
torX littlo boy, whose fathor waa
miserlv in his habits, took It upon
himself to say "grace," as follows:
-Four slices of bead for four of us;
we blcK the Lord tho ain't any no moro
of us."
KiT "Why dear, me, Mr. Tongsh al
low," ald a good lady, "how can you
drink a quart of that hard cider, at
single draught?"
At soon as tho man could breatb
again, ho replied: 1 beg pardon, mad
am, but npon vny oul, it was so hard
couldn't bite Uoff."
jii-A Western poet, says the Knick
erbocker, composed tho following in
just one hour by a Conr.ceticut clock.
Thero can be no danger whilo there it -much
"spirit" in tho country;
: 'hat! burnt tbifglurious Union of,
. At gen Ira.wia'.uifg', .
'Ju.t for a thunderia' parcelof
" ' Kaiancipaledaipera? 4
Tlf F.gle of America,
TlBt ttu ftcroKB the ca,
Au throwed the lhd j Uritiah lion,
Kr lilumu nnon bii kneee:
SttT, hhall wo read Uta liio' from lim,
Yuo ui ouft way an' on t'other,
a' every if ppcritt pin femler
Atlvin'at each ctLer?
ItJiWt be dM
jfrThe Washington Union says thai
10 err is human. No doubt that U
true, but it sooms a pity lor the editoi
of the Union that his errors seem to bt
. . a a W
the only thing human about aim. x-
Jcwr. 1
tan We hear apprehensions expressed
Inst, news cominir alonrr the Xtlantio
Telegraph wires, will not borA when
ttreu here, aller tcminj iwo mousaau
miles through salt water.
Kj-The man in jail, who looked out
of bis cell and cxclaimod: This is a
!. now I'fmr illv admit
ted to have spoken within hounds.
t3Tho eubject of the propricty of
addmitting females into the University
of Michigan is now before tho regent.
Just put it before the students for deci
sion, and it will soon disposed of.
iCrOn the marriage of Miss Wheat,
it was hoped that her paft would ba
flowory, and that she might never, be..
thrasheJ.
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