THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME I.
•id 101 anttti .vol) 2. Lot;.
ntpi4*Mu>
I PBPPER&6ON*, v 1
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RATES OF S&SaORIPTTOW.
ot« i" «****, - BiU
**Qm£mtiorliXispit liMof »o r e spiice con'
bemkJela propeH&n to th« PoW ratrs
Tr*n*leat od%erti*we will* hi to
. f * ?M * f
"'Local »?««*•* be ehsrgrd to per aent.
hlkfe** thaa AM* ntm.
jßs*i*apfjO»wJ»will b* inserted « Ten DeI
"TIIC |i ■ ■■■■
SAV't #■**%*>» A. Jasso*,
mrilhtwMtmnut,
wholesale deelers ia
HATS 'CAPB, i CRS.BTRAW GOODS AND
■ * LADIfo' HATS.
No. 318 W. Battlmor* street, Baltlmor*, Id
ill k i— » .. ———
.. w. W. KLLINUTOH, or N. C.,
. „e
TiUIOV A Sir߻UB,
joiiim or
W'IUTE GOODS: FA* T GOODS; NO
TIONS; BTC. ETC.
V* tMi Oerernor or 13th sliwt) (B. B. Tay
" .mr lor's old stand)
- k RICtfiiUNO, VA. Cm
• *. P. BAYLBY * CO.,
Importer* of
CHINA, GLASS AND tjUEKNS
WARE, L VMl'B, AC.
27 Uuotir itrset, Baltimore, Md.
L. MffllW A Mm,
IMroqpMS AMD PKAUM* I*
WHITE GOODS; NOTIONS) HOSIERY;
GLUVtW; TRIMMINGS AND
SMALL WAHBS.
ICS W Balliiuor* itreet, B; llitnore, Md.
noTl-ty _ '
if B. WILSON, or N. C.,
WITH
I. w. pt»m* * e«.,
WHOLESALE I'ttU«GI«TS,
and dealer* in Paints, Oils, P>es, \ tiuUhes,
French Winnow Olui 4 . mc..
Ho. 1308 Mala St., Hicbin cd, Va.
Frtprirlori 4roma:ir Ptrunktn Btlifrt Com
pound Hymp Totu and Wtd CArrry.
WILSOJT, BttUifS 4 CO.,
WHOLESALE gkockrs AND
MuN MtHCHAXTS.
to S HBBild • tr?ft, corner of Lombard;
BALTIMORE
We keep eonst «ntly on hand • l*r)(e and
wet) assorted stuck or Oroeeries—suitable for
Sootheru and Western tr .de. W« i llicit con
vignnienU of Country I'roil uce —such as 'Jot
ton; Feathers; Ginseng; ii; Wool; Uriel
Fmlt: "urs; HVin», etc. Our fnctlitles lor do
injt »-u»ines»aie each at to warrant quicklaMw
ml prompt returns. Alt orders wiU uareoui
pioiujit intention. nuvl-ljr
J, H, K\\l»M.ra * E*«LH!I~~
BOOK3BLLKKS, hTATIONERS, AND
BLANK-Bt)Ok MANUFACTURERS.
1318 Main street. Richmond
A Lurgt Slock of LA W BVOKS a/«u#« on
uol-Sui hand.
A L U.IJIT, A JUIMKJN WATKINS.
CLAV UUF.U'RIf, ft K I'll EN & UL't.IlK-'
A. L, KF.LEII t 0„
importers and jobbers of
HRY GOODS AND NOTfOSS.
Sot. 10. 13 and 14 Twelfth Street (between
N»in and l'«rv)
■Mf Ml OB HO.\ It, VA.
WliTMUfl WUiTEMI L,
WHOMCBALK CLOTHIKRS, CLuTHS.CAS
BIMBRES BIC.
31 and 313 tklliiaora strews, Baltimore, Md.
noi Ijr _
J M NICHOLSON, OF N C-,
with
FKM, HOG BBS * CHAMBBRB,
impurtaii of
NOTIONS, HO.-I%RV, GLOVES, WHITt
Gi ODS, #e.
No 411 Ma kot street, Philadelphia, Pa.
S. B. BEbT,
*mt
H«H«f * O,,
WHOLI-SALE OLOfll KRS.
29T A . Baltimore streti, corner or Liberty,
BALTIMOUti, MD
H riONNUOBN, ■ VLIMLINK
tiuai- . ;
■rrnuniK IUA
RBD SOLE LEATHER.
I. ÜBIAIEF. A SftMitf
Importers And Dewier* ia
SROK FINDINGS AND FRENCH CALF
SEINS.
Manutaeuireri of
OAK-TANNED HARNESS AND CPPBR
LBAIHKR.
No. 30 South Calrert street; Baltimore. Md.
Conslgcmwta of Ko«f h Lesther Ml Hied,
o I -4 m
O. F. DAT, ALBtEt JONKB
DAY A JONES,
Maaufarlurors of '
SADDLERT, BARN EM. COLLARS,
TRUNKS, «o.
No. 336 W. Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md.
■ 01-Iy
81.i1.18T, WITZ A.
mporters and WhoWfAle Dealer* la
NOTIONS, HOSIERV: GLUVBS; WHITE
* AND *ANCY GttODM
No. ft Uauorar street; Baltimore, M4.
■■ - T4l:
W. A. TtJCKrt, SMITH,
a f. nrRAOTM. '
tvcibb, «nrrß a co,,
Manufkcturernand Wholesale Dealers la
BOOt?! PUOtSj BATS A*D O*PS.
3.10 BaltTtem* itract, Baltimore, M.
eWy. i* & " " J
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DAN BURY. N. C-. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877.
nnxtt: hot.
• —*•" *•
' Iu
got 100 facujrj, in VhiUdt'phb,*
;rroup of girla ware standiug eogagod in
i an, animated ilisuoesion. were all
. young, some pretty,.all drcp*»d ne»%-
); maaj wore ilI-oh'»*«n and unbe
coming fioery. Oie ol ilie.-c, who had
a jpook g >IJ chain aud bruct l#y«, and a
i prqtiwino of jet triinwittg*, iy)vP a ohe«p
, »i|k drew, apuke vorjf emphatically
r i| tb.v (liogtetv t ever
; ol!"
"What are jou all *o e*oited about f"
•blod a pretty liule blonde, coming in
' from the looui-room.
•Elian CkardMH"'
' Dear mef W' at ha* sh* been do
ing now ? You are al*aj* diavuMing
' Mine dreadful deed of KlleuV I like
her, myaelf."
"Y«s, we all know that," said the first
speaker; "you will defend anything
Ellen does."
' But what ha* she done T'
"Rol'iiaed to aign the aubbc.iption list
. for tbe taukard to bo presented to Mr.
Rodman."
"Aud Mr. Rodman baa been inch a
good friend to her!" aaid a third roioe.
The little blonde, Suay Wbiting by
aame, to 'led rather at tbe
aew acc*' Jtiou against her triaud. Mr.
Hodman, manager for Meredith A Sob
for neai ly fifty year*, was about to retire
on account of tbe infiruitiea of age, and
the persona engaged iu tb* great factory
•ere collecting money to buy a ailrer
tankard to present to him. He waa a
kindly old n.au, and always ready to lend
4 helping huud to the small army of
work-people under bis control; so that
• ho presentation waa really a gill of love-
Eik'U (Jbutvhill had oome to the great
factory two years previous to the date of
ihe indiguation meeting in th* ante
room, and bad riaeu to tbe position ol
i mwoman in ooe of the loom-roou)v.—
She *as a handsome girl of tboui twenty
*b«u biie applied lor work, aud *>y everf*
action and word betrayed the laot that
ah« had stepped from a life ol refi ie
lueut to the di udgery of a factory baud.
Her low, even >ooe betrayed the lady in
as well-chosen woid*; and htr slim,
white bauds bore no trace of toil upon
i their smooth skin. She waa aourteoua
to all wb " came into intercom ho with
her, but iutimate with none. Shs had
nursed Susy Whiting through a long
period of mi fever, winning the
devotion of that little maiden, and the
tuanag r soon put bt-i luio p isitiou* of
(rust nil wlie becaioe lore woman. Hero
!ier education enabled her to keep the
nooks required in th* roo>n, thus douo
ling her salary.
And here was the gt oat ground of
complaint by her companions. It was
well known that tbe salary of Ellen
Churchill was sufficient to warrant a
30,k1 style of living and ln
the great boarding-house, wheto seventy
of th* girls bad rooms, she could well
afford to pay for the best, to contribute
Ito the amasemeot of the house, and
; J res* well lustead of all this, she
1 lived in the attic, poorly furnished, with
* tiny *tovs, where she cooked th* sbeap
**t of food. Her dr*a* was of tha
coaiseat description, made by her own
hands, and no ornament broke its aevera
simplicity. She never spent money in
•uy pleasure-seeking, aor join*d in any
of the quiet merriment in tb* houae |
Hut the crowning enormity was th* re-'
lusal to contribute to tbe silver taoksrd.
Th* aseittMi group in the aate-rvom
dispersed for tbe day, walking horns io
the twilight of September *v«uiag, an 1
still tliey talked of the young for* wo man.
"Th* is,' siid Mary Leigh,
who had been loiemobt 10 the ante-room
discussion, "what does sue do with bar
money ' She never puts aoy in tbe fac
tory aaviag" baak; ab* certainly sp*od*
uotbing oo her dr**e. Where is it all
then 1"
"Perti ape ehe support* h*r pareataf'
"Both dead ! I have heard her say
•0!"
"Wall, I dare say Mr. Rodmau won't
think har such a [ aragoa a* he has done,
wbea he miaaes her name from the sub
scription list." , 1
"Aad Walter Rodman w.U probably
recent the ioeah to bis father.* 1
There was an exultation in tbe
of thelaat Tooiirk, hat ill coneealcd.—
Walter Rodman, the only oblld of the
old was ia tha houae
oi the f*rtw/ f with tury pvoepect of
fe t • 1
MM b*ooaMg« partoar A man past
thirty, be had riaea in the employ of
Maradkb & Hon, from a lad of fourteen,
ud bad Hf«'! money froai a hsodaome
- salary, with iha avowed intention of
pardhasiog a plaoe ia the firm, upon the j
uiitiMfuned retirement o£ old Mr. Mara
dith, «ti« #M known to favor the intco
tioD.. Among all the olcrka and work. I
mea ia the gMat factory, thtrd wan DO
J nai an handsome ua Walter Rodman,
>. jne ao quietly rafiaed in manner, none
in great a favorite with all. Bat he had
gone through thirty yeari of life, fancy :
Irea. until Hen Churehill catus to the
factory.
There wa» a metbing in the noble, j
(VfflKd faM f the young girl- that at
-1 treated Walter Rodman irotu the fir»t.
That tbcre waa some haary trouble
broodiog in tho sadnee* of her great
dark eyee he sever doubted ; bat if ever
parity and gooducu were pictured ia
human eountenanoe. they were in El
len'a. From hia father he Inarneil much
1 of the new-comer, of the quick adapta
bility she ehowed for work evidently aaw
to bar, of the almost manculine brain
tbat fitted her M ton to take control
of the loom-roon jihere over a haadrod
girls were at work.
Of her antecedenta, be know only that
aba brought a latter Irom the olergymaa
of bar pariah, ia a : mall town of New
York State. That aha waa a woman of
culture and refinement they oould Me
for theauelvM.
But Walter Rodman, by nature frank
tad true, M hia bcart more and am
acknowledged Elian tor ita queen, griev
ed over the evident myatery ia bar lift
While ia her convenatioa aha advanced
n -bla aad generwus viewa, her whole
atjla of iiviag waa paatarioaa to aa at
teot rarely aaaa ia waaiM ci her age,
when living apoaa maoh imaller (alary
thaa aha Mtumaaded. It «TM not (im
ply eeoaomy, but having pushed to M
tremitj.
There wu a straggle oonatantly ia the
mHtd of the youag clerk—a struggle be
b» lore hia fearjoi' iepent-«)
aace, if be urged hi( aait It waa re
volting to think of hia wife conducting
hi( household apon parsimonious princi
ple*. refusing to bectow of hia abundance
in charity, dressing meanly, and perhaps i
influencing him to the noa miaarly
habit*. And yet, one hour with Ellen
drove away all such thought*. I
The low, soil voice, alwaya tinged by
ber habitual sadness, conveyed such a i
mi.ror of a pare, tcaier* heart, a ealti-
rated mind, a noble *oal, that Walter
forgot the coarse, mean drees, the many 1
storiea rife iu the factory of Klleu's
stiuginess, and knew he loved her Mhe '
bud uevor before hived any woman.
Hut when the silver taukard waa pre- (
aetiied to Mr. Rodmaa, and Ellen's 1
name was not upon the list of oontrib '
ators to the gift, Walter ciperieneau a 1
sharp pang ot disappointment. He 1
knew that his father's recommendation 1
had gained Ellen her Erst place in the 1
factory, that she had found a firm friend 1
ia him, and owed ber ndvanoement to
hia interest and influence. And yet (he
had refuwd bur mite to the gift that 1
testified the good Ateling of her fellow
worker* in the factory 1 1
Father and son had loag been eonfi- 1
dential friends; and on the evening 1
following the presentation tho latter '
opened hia heart and told all his doubta
I and fears. Mr. Rodman listened quietly. '
"Yet you love Ellen," he said. 1
"I love her," replied Walter, 'but I
Maid Dover bo hspjy with a miserly '
wifa."
"Poor Ellen, how little aba deserves i
that reproach 1" Mid Mr. Kodmaa. "I ,
shall violate a confidence repoeed ia me, |
Walter, wb«o 1 toil yoa how yoa mis- i
judge bar, bat I think I can truat yoa." j
"HM abe told yoa bar aaoret F I
"No; I hMrd the story froaa the cler
gyman of Leowood, her oativa village, ,
who wrote to me befora aba aa me hare, i .
Ha ia aa old Mead of mine, and knew
ha could oeofife ia me. I will tall yaa ,
what ha wrote ta ma. Six year* ago
ElWa'a mother died, Uaviag ia her aire
a *iakly Map-brother, thea eleven yaara
! old- Her owa father had left Ktlea a
) pretty cottage, ant tad a entail income
1 froai the trait a*4 poultry oa the place, 1
| while aba a*ade •% sufieirnt living by '
' tMahiaf araaia and plying tha orgaa i
ia the abtrub. Wbea her another died,
Icavtog -Stephen Grady, bar step-broth
•r, aa orphan and penailetw (for ber j
(tef-fbthcr tafare hi* 3oath tqwtndrtti '
.I M I« I*F «... FC «M
\ all her mother's little fortune), Ellen
promised to care for the boy. Rumen.-
1 ber. the Was but sixteen herself, though
' early care had manured ber far beyond
; her actual years
1 "The boy grew up like his father,
1 rookies* of expenditure, loose in priuci- '
pie, yet tender to bis sister-motber, aud
i oaa of tbo*e loving scapegraces who
always win some good woman's devotion.
He won Ellen'*. Stie thought heiself
bouud by her promise to her mother to
ntak* every caorifieu for Stephen, and
she faithfully tried to lead him away
fe >m th* compauioas aad evil influence*
tiSat were ruining bi* life. Three years
> *> a friend of Mrs. Grady'* look St*-
jXlen iate bis eo«uting-house. Her* b*
was to Icara the book-keeping, and for
a time he worked steadily. Then the
bad oompaay that bad rusued hi* boy- |
hood again exerted an evil influence, ■
aud he learued to gambl*. Remember, I
Walter, h* waa bat fourteen, aad Elleu
but five years older.
"One of his accomplishments waa tbe
power of imitating bsndwriting, and by !
th* parauasioa of some older heads he
forged a check of two thousand dollars
on tha firm he was with. The check
passed U*o baak andeteoted, for tbe
cashier was in the habit of paying over I
Urge sums to Grady. Hut a hen it v>a*
returned to the firm, the forgery was
discovered and traced to Stephen Then
the truth oame out that he bad gambled i
awty th* entire amount, and th* two
men who had urged tha crime and pock
eted the money bad fled, leaving the lad
!u bear tbe consequences, lie was ar
rested, and repentance came when be
saw tb* fall consequence of his acts. I
"It waa then that Ellen proved hor- !
self tbe noble woman I believe ber to |
be. She was suffering already for her '
brother's crime, having lost her place |
a* organist, and most of her moeie pa- 1
pi Is having l*ft her Despite all this, I
•be went to the Irm and plead for tbe
lad. Har elcqueace gained him eonte- '
thing. Tbey agreed not to proeeeute. |
, "jik to allow tbe boy ui I*er«« tbe town,
and go to aa ancle wbu was willing to
give him another trial in a weetern eity,
if—mark that if, Walter—if Ellen
would pay the two thousaad dollars and
interest within two years.
"She undertook the task Stephen
waa released and sent to bis father's
brother, where he is doing wall, aid
Ellen left her home snd oame here, hop
ing for higher wagee than ahe eould
earn in her own town. I, knowing all,
advanced ber interact ia every wsy.—
Month after mouth, denying herself
everything t&t the barest necessaries of
life, shs ha* Mat her earnings to wipe
off her brother's debt. With the rcot
of the house and what shs savee her*
she has paid it all, the last installmeat
bring ackaowledged in a lotter 1 handed
to her yesterday. You oau understand
why sheeowld not take even a few dollar*
to tubicrib* for a present to use when I
tell you tbe two years expired on tbe
very day when the la*t hundred dollar*
was received. Now, Walter, you know
Ellen'* secret. Jadga for yourseil if
she is a miser."
"She is a* aoble snd aelf-saorifloiag as
m£ heart alwaya told m* aba was, iu
spite of appearances 1" aaid Walter,
warmly. "To-morrow I will see if she >
can ever return my love "
"Not to morrow," said Mr. Rodman,
smiling! "Ellen went home thie after- 1
no in' her task finiabed. Out of tbe sum
I paid her for the last week of her toil
here, she begged my acceptance of Ihe
copy of Longfellow apon the table be
side you, atkiag me to believe she was
grateful for all my kiadneea to her Let
her rest a little from har loag atrain of
self-isorilce and toil, Walter; aad then, 1
if you can win har lowa, I will gladly
give her a daughter's plsoe io my heart."
Winter had come and gone, aad
spring sunshine was making all nature
glad, when oaa cheery moraieg the train
throagh Leuweod left a siagte passenger
at tha village station. He waa a tall,
handsome us*a, drested well without f
foppishneas, and be inquired of a man 1
at the station for the rcaidenca of Miss
Churchill.
"Tbe first white eettaga aa foo tura
tba secoad street from here," waa the
reply.
It wss soon found, and at the gate the
traveler haired. The window*, shaded
by a wide veranda, were open, and be
could tee tha tasteful parlor. Near the ;
wfeda* rtool a ksadaem* won>an, trsil
M #• *•
j ing * vine over a network of string.—
i ller face was partly averted, but the
stranger oould sjb that all the pallor and
! sadnetis of the past was gone.
Upon the graceful figuro was a dresH
of fleecy maslin, tastefully made and
ttimmed with soft lace rufflos at tbioat
and wriat, aad a few well chnstiu orna
menta. Suddenly some inner sense
| seemed to tell Ellen she was watched.—
She turned, and saw Walter Rodman,
1 looking earnestly at her. A quiok flush
; swept n cross hor checks, arid hor ey s
sparkled gladly as she came forward to
meet him.
"May I come iu he aaked opening
the little gate.
"I tm vrj glad to weleomo you,"she
answered, snd then extended her hand ;
as he sprang lightly up tho steps.
It is uot fair to repeat lovers' talk. —
Suffice it that before Walter loft the lit- !
' tie oottage to take the return train, he ,
I had woo the dearest wish of his hesrf; :
and when summer roses bloomed Eilen
j became the bride of the junior partner
! of Meredith H (loathe new firm name
of the factory where she had worked .-0
faithfully. '
Busiuesa ia Buainesa.
Probably you have not herrd cf the
new firm of Hull & John. It is a very
j young firm, and has not, as yet, uinde
j any grant etir even in Boston,
j The senior partner is Mary Florence
Hull, a daughter of the very advanced ;
Itadical who edit* the Boston (.\uribte
Mr. Hull's hobby is the abolition of all j
marriage and divorce law*, leaving the |
eitizcu free to make bis or her domestic
I I
I uirangements under a general law ol :
| contract*; and hi* pressing of litis
I new social gossip has borne fruit in his
own household, if nowhere else. Tho |
J junior partner i.t Horace Alviu Johuson. j
Thursday evening, while the Crucible
I editor was entertaining some liadioal
! friendiat his house. 4 Bate* place, Mary
| and Horace came into the room and ,
■ bauded him a paper, wliioh Mary asked
him to read aloud. It provod to be a 1
'•business and eonjugal contract," and
ran as follows :
"We, whose names are hereunto j
affixed, do, en this twenty-sixth diy of >
Doaambar, ia the year one thousand j
eight hundred and seventy six of tbe
Chrittiau Era, enter into a business and
conjugal contract; the firm to bo known
as Hull & Johnson.
We regard ennelves as, in tvery
sense of the word, equal partners, prwn- j
ising to strire to treat each other, under
all oi: cumstanoes, as becomes such. We
promise that we will not try in any ,
other way than by advice or perfusion
to control the actions of each other.
Believing that neither Church nor j
State has any businers with our affairs, \
we propose to lives our own lived without
reference to either further than, if neo
essary, to give eecurity lo the Common- j
wealth of Mas«arhusctts that om
children, should we be blessed with J
offspring, shall be, at least, a* well eared
for a* a are majority of those born in
legal wedloek.
We further contract that when mutual
love ahull no longer justify our conjugal j
union, we sball part, giving tbe State as
liule trouble in our parting as we have
in ooniing together. . j
The reading finished, Mary aad
Horace a»ked any one in the company
who kaew any just cause or impediment j
1 —or words to that effent—to speak out |
then and there, or forever tberoaf'ter ,
hold his peace. If tbe paper wasn't
right, or tbey were nnt right, tbey ,
wanted to know it. No one offering >
auy objection, they stepped to the lable ■
aud signed the contract.
Mary and Horace are now keeping
house at 30 Hudson street, and Mr. '
j Hull says they are "to all appearances
eejoying as mueh happiness a* tall* to ;
people in this life."
"General Grant ia uominated by the
Chieago Post for United States Senator
from Illinois." General Grant would |
certainly make a magnificent Senator, '
but if you want to see hiir grid like
geniu* break forth in ill its gorgeous
. splendor, you to make him the
'mod clerk of a stern-wheel tan-yard I
' Courier-Journal.
Morton *ayl that he has reliable in
formation that at least one hundred
thoesand armed men will be in Wash
iagtoa whan the electoral vote is
coaaied ; and he anifl* rebellion in the
air. It ia hia guilty conscience that
segpwita these fears There may be
two hundred thaa anH men in Washing- i
; toe when tbe vote hi conn ted. but thny 1
| will ha prsaeat ylely ia the interests of j
ye*ee, l»W *nd order,
4 «*
NUMBER 3d.
To tho Girls.
Here i* a paragrnph of plain talk to
I the girls, by sui anonymous author,
nhich is worth a library of Young La
dies' Books or Young Ladies' Friends,,
or whatever mtiy bn the title of tho
wishy-washy oompounds that ate told
fir the baaethof ibat interlining portion
i of the community.
"Men who are worth having, want
women for wives. A bundle of gewgaftrf
hound with a suing of flaps :u»d qtfavers,
spriukled with cologne, and «ut in a oar-
I nunc saucer— thw is no help tor a man '
who expects to rai«e a family on Tcrill
i Lie bread and meat. Tbe piano and
. g'lfltt ,ut» liwit %Ue«, a»»i~
i so are ribbons, frills and tinsels, but you
J cannot make a dinner of tho former, nor
a bed blanket of tho latter. Aud awful
as tho idea may teem to you, both din
ner and bed blankets arc necessary to
domestic happiness. Life has its reali
' lies as well as f'anoies, but you may uiakq
it all a matter of decoration, remember
ing the tasaels and curtain*, I. at forget
ting the bedstead. Suppose a man of
i good seuse, and of course goo'l prospects,
i to be looking for a wife—what chanee
! have you to be chosen ? You may cap
him, or you may trap him or oatch him,
I but how much better to make it an ob
ject for him to catch you I Itonii r
; yourself worth catching, and you will
need no shrewd toother or brother to
help you find a market."
Ex Convicts in the Pulpit.
About six years ago two robbers lying
in wait j| the ravin# a short distancn
i beyond the Trabue resideuce, on the
i Murfrecsboro pike, accosted Mr. I>etnp«
sey Weaver, of the Third National Bank,
j took him from his buggy, g;iggH ahd
1 tired him, carried hitn into u d nee
thicket, robbed liim of 815. and left
him to free himself as best he could,
desperate exertion he released himself,
j One of the robber* was arrested and
] identified, and subsequently the other
{ was Captured. While uud«r uirem nod
'before investigation, one of them sent
' Mr. Weaver word through an Attorney
! that he had srived his life, as the othor
, robber wanted to kill Mr. Weaver, that
j he might oot live to confront them as au
' accuser. Both men were, however,
' convicted and sentenced to ton or fifteen
' years imprisonment.
Some time after lie was sent to the
, penitentiary tbe one who claimed to
I have saved Mr. Weaver's lifo became a
1 class lender in the convict Sunday school
and seemed determined to lead a better
I life. Seveial influential members of tha
! Methodist Church, who hud kept an
\ eye upon him. became at length con
vinced that he was reformed, and in
1 1874 applied for bis pardon. Governor
! Porter, however, refused to pardon Him
i that Christmas, because the ri-commen
; datiou of Mr. Weaver had not beeu
obtained. Just before Christmas, 1875,
I friends of the reformed oonviet applied
to Mr. Weaver fqr his acquiescence in
; ihe pardon of the man that Christmas.
: Mr. Weaver consented, and the convict,
! early that Christmas morning walked
: out of tbe prison doors a free man.—
j loing to Justice Baskctte's office he
j told that gentleman be desired to seo
Mr. Weaver for the purpose of asking
his forgiveness for the rough manner iu
; which he hsd trested him and to return
j the money of which they had rot bed
him, with interest. Mr. Weaver being
sick at the time, his son, Thomas S.
I Weaver, went to see the sick convict,
1 who made the same proposition he bad
j made to Justice Baskette. But tho
money was refused, and nothing more
was heard of tbe man until u short time
ago when it was ascertained that he had
become a pastor of a church and was
I leadiog a pious, useful life. It is said
j that this reformed convict received his
education at Bethany College, and was
real); a man of much mental capacity.
Another convict, who had jiartici-
the penitentiary Sundny s- hool
; work, upon leaving the penitentiary was
ordained a minister at Lebanon and is
i now in ebargs of a congregation out
| West.— \a*koiU« American.
Some persons sceui utterly incapable
of appreciating a generous act. Merely
because a young man calls on a youog
lad) half a doten evenings during th«
1 week, and occasionally drops iu between
. meals, there arc people mean enough to
1 insinuate ikat it meaos someihiug be
dsides anxiety about the health of bor
»irl wether.