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BILL ARP.
Thk Georgia" Humorist
His Natjv Heath.
on
A Davidson County Man's Ob
servations at Cartersville. .
CorroponilenM of lit Dutatch. .
On the 3rd day of June, I bid good
Ibye to Pattsey, ths children and oth-
T . .. .... it . i .
era, SBtt r&tner unezpeneaiy wupiwu
niyselffrom ThomasvIIIe N. C, to
Drtersviile, Bartow C3ounty, G-
for a short tiiuo, tin! home of Bam
Jones and Bill Arp. atid one of the
towns that Khernian literally burnt
up on his famous march from Chlca-
mauga to Atlanta. It now has about
4.000 population . with fourteen pas
senger trains daily ; It is 48 miles
north of Atlanta and 92 miles from
Chattanooga, and In a great undevel
oped mineral district that wilt some
day make Cartersvlllo a nice rich
little City of the South.
My business here is to look aftt r
manganese and iron ores. I have
had the pleasure of forming the ao
qualutance of Bill Arp. . J well re
member the first time I ever heard
of him It was In 18C5, soon after I
returned home from Gen. Lee's army
of Northern Virginia, when I read
one of his famous letters to Artemus
Ward. After reading from his witty
pen for 28 years, I And Win to be a
whole soulod,.happy make, up of a
southern gentleman. IHs father
came from - Massachusetts when a
youth, to Savanah, Ga., taught school ;
and fell in love wiutone oi nis souin
ern school girls, and married her.
Bill was born In 1826, which makes
him about 62. No one would' judge
him to be over 52; When a boy he
fought on the street like othor boys,
worked some, merchandised some,
went to college at Athens, Oft.,
studied law, got married -and com
menced to raise a family of young
Arps. How many he has .raised J
have failed to find out . At the txv
glnnipgof the war ho was a lawyer
at line, On.
He wrote laughable or ludicrous
criUdn n on Lincoln's first call for
volunteers. Ho read It on the streets.
After all had touched over it, he
said "I don't know what name to
pat to U." In the crowd was
country wag by the name of William
Arp, who said "Stick my name to
it." From that day1 to this, Maj.
Charles H. Smith has been known
all over the American continent as
BUI Arp, and will, and should be re
membered by all true southern men,
women and their children forages to
come, '
, I hope in the near future to be able
to give you a little sketch of Bam
Jones, his unfinished female college
buildimr. his tabernaloe, and the
great work he is doing, as viewed
from his home stand point, and by
his neighbors. I will also tell what
I have scon and heard of the great
mineral ' resources of this- county,
which I hope will be of some interest
to the mining men of our county,
especially Cant F. C. Bobbins and
Ex-SlierifTLoWn, as they once fona
ed a joint stock mining company
with capital not to exceed two hundred
dollar.
I see that thieves did not quite
steal Trinity last week, that the post-
masjorship of Lexington and the col
lcctorship for the Cfth district have
1 c'M l.-l. find that Oliver II
I rrovi 'Oil 1 r,
WOi.iJ
Nc. "i
who .
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, . . to the bithmce oS our
C. " a Iicbubilcan f.-ienth
,iu'..i i.i Wu-Jilngton, uilli.a
to slkk tls'To, for they can
live on C--)'. '.i w..'. 'inelons.
: w :il t o r .' !.it'3 to tliem and
it' "ik f (.1 1 time cam-
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If they
until
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THE WATER tTI"r:'
rma' trktd wUt carlrr. PhraJo water rr,
rAih a fmea at whit mtmm, hara armaw,
. trtramd w- brmm
But I nr u t Tpnmkn of a patartnd fitnr
frvr. kxu out low ua ruttjrlugoa
Sati ttmutta a (laaa,
WhaaKhapTMina Ilia tb earaaai of aa Inrast
alUuurpUra ttw mtaehM Kair rnaia
la Ha atturta to mm thrmuth.
1 rooord tba trmn(r (xurrenoe go toy bwar bound
hxUcator, by tM nanauM aaoiuaa ar
kuDdrad footortwo.
O, ttaamiaamaMa matter and tha polarm whkft I
aoauar, wiut um annnia aaaa oc nHr,u
ariiilU'rutd. mml v 1
WhSa my frlrnd tha swlcrtaker waxaa Hcbtr,
dicker, fatter, and Ui animrwi ru aaa
, dauirbtartakaaBuropautourl
O.IirtmiMaBdwoadera f radar o'er my
pluuuer, paoao and wonder why ta tauxdtr
hoDaatpeopiolMnMSa,
Why they do not rtae ta angwr, tear ma rtob from
, Hmb aiauder.aad adopt a water meter mora
mgeououa toao 11 -inowaap.
I..BABIBALL0OX.
"How did she come by such a queer
namer said Col Jack Weisted, re
peating the question that had been put
to him by one of our party. "Well,
you may be sure that she wasn't
christened so. During the first three
years of her career I wasnt Very -well
lacquainted with her in fact, never
laid eyes on her. ' But until the end
of that period she was known as Bir
die; so I'm informed. Birdie Tredloe
was her real name. Fll toll you how
she came to be called 'Baby Bal
loon.'" Tho young person to whom he re
ferred was a lovely girl of IB, with
dark hair, serious eyes, fresh healthy
color in her cheeks, and a lithe figure.
an g-receful and bouront that yon
might easily have expected her to
tioat away 11 a paruouiany strong
breeao should happen to blow across
the seaward looking veranda of .the
hotel at Reefer's Point, where we sat
talking. Tho idea that she might bo
wafted off by a breeie would be es-,
pecially apt to occur to you when you
saw her dancing in the great parlor.
as sue frequently ma 01 evenings.
And I rather thought that handsome
Joe TerriU (one of our younger
friends), who danced with her a great
deal, would not have objected to her
floating away if he could have been
allowed to float with her. ! To be
plain, Joe was in lore with Miss Tred
loo, or, as the colonel colled her.
"jiaDy jxuioon." . joe jierruu naa
plenty of money, but he was not, satis
fied With that: he wanted MisaTred
loe as wolL When he did me the
honor to conflrte this tome one day, I
snld to him, 'fmy in the' world, then,
dont you ask her to marry youn '
"Weil," he repUed, "I aont reel at
all sure Utat she eases ejwuth for mo
to take me just for myself. Idont im
agine eoe wouia want me jubx tor my
money either." ' The long arid the short'
of it is, I dont amount to enough.
My money came to me by inheritance,
to that's nothing to my credit. Ana
I bavent done anything of importonce
to the world except jiiat to be born and
vOiir'Wtttis'wesiiwB.'.iNow uiaaa
only t.vio some great action or made
a nama for mvseli. I miarht Tjossibly
expect to winlier. . My notion is she
wants a bera Oh, by Jove h-thafs a
oood Idea. If I could rescue uer from
i mad dog or an angry bull, or save
ber from drowning, then she'd be
sure to have me." '
. Infuriated. bulls and mad dogs do
turn up every day; and when tiiy do
make their appearance it is Lkoly
enough to bo just at a moment when.
we are not prepawaio cops wiu mem.
to. not being able to impress these
animals into Tils service, Terrill per
Suitnntly took MlssTredloe out sailing,
as if with a -view to some opportune
marine disaster. ; It was ' positively
amusing to notice how he dogged her
tooOrtous with a desirm on her life
not the design of destroying it, but of
prewrviiig n, so that sue might share
It with liiia.
C ut to return to Col. Welsted. His
declaration that he had not known the
young lady for the first three years of
her existence seemea rattier strange,
considermnr that she looked upon him
as a fiidier, and that we all considered
him in that light, notwithstanding the
difference in their names. ' i He ex
plained this, however, in the course
of tho story which he Proceeded to
narrato. That story is the one I am
going to tell nere. : . . :
Cot Jack Welsted was a talL sinewy
man with gaunt cheeks, and had a
long red mustache that drooped and
sloutod over tho comers of 1 wnuth
lllio a pe1 t J!in";'.
idly a the
was ecle-
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.uinf i the
irtsoi i,- . s,
Tfcunfyof aim
m to help him
mutters. He
near touching
mm he lovou.
and r-'-
v s o - tut
i Colunel, but,
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. c .' on h!s
i p-. si vith
1 of
1 ' '0,
v it 01
.e did not f
i a ciime to lo-.o
I ire- ..nanywln'
i f tlie Wy v '
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. . . rtl.i'ii t
v t ', pot II
to sea. Tto-'i I bed at him a little,
good natal.. i t forcing the gun
with him on a.l occaaiona. But be
was greatly atu -ed to it He was a
lonely man, and t rifle was his prin
cipal companion. When he was in a
romantic mood ti vmna pat toe atoca
or the fine "t i; t" lirel of the gun
affection a tel" J his hand, romark
ing, "This r. ir, is my bnda, and
she never tal excpt wheal want
her to." Attiiat remark his friends
would privately 1 mi gh more than ever.
But they soon d .scovered, aa I shall
Tiecdily demon mte, that his roman-
-nrmt to tne gun was a very
a rendered him and
c a unexpected
a.. , -. auiT&e.'V-f-'. ; . i
little Birdie Tredloa, then a bright,
brown haired child of 8, wtat a great
favorite among the visitors at the
Reefer's Point hotel, whither she bad
been brought by her widowed mother
to recover irom tne etrocu of a severe
illness that had lasted several weeks.
All the old ladies and eld trcntlemon
about the place, and even some of the
young ones, were fond of talking with
her and oettinar her. But Cot. Jack
Welsted, if he bad seen her at all, did
not appear to have noticed her. He
was much given to solitude, and did
not snend much of his time on the
hotel plana. Moreover, although fond,
of children, he could not help remem
bering his disappointment In not be
ing able to marry Evelyn Carter, and
the sicht of a Drettv child freducntlv
mode him melancholy by reminding
him mat ne naa none or nu own.
Besides, he had been at the hotel only
two or three days when the important
event' connected with Birdie took
place. . It is certain that he had not
once seen her with her mother, and
did not even know her name. ' . .
t One afternoon when, a brisk wind
was blowing off shore, the colonel
had gone out la his boat with Ben
fiver, tamng ma gun aa usutu, rum
iromisinir hSnsolf a shot at some stray
sea gull if he: could find no better
game. Borne of the visitors were bath
ing on the beach, others were sitting
on the steamboat wharf, and some
were promenading in ; front of the
hotel while a group oi enuoren at tne
Indian tent, not far away, were buy
ing bead moccasins and birch bark
baskets. The veranda was crowded,
and Mrs. Tredloc was sitting there
with little Birdie, when benevolent
old Dr. Haygood happened along, and
asked the widow If ho might take the
child down to the tent to buy some-
thing for her. Mrs. Trodioe consentea,
and the old gentleman and his little
companion ' cteacended the- steps to
gether. Before they bad reached the
tent, and as they were walking along
me uiirn ground - ckwi aoove we
water. v they met Italian, peddler
who had a couple otdoaon toy bal
loons for Sale, ail fastened by long
strings to a stick, and bobbing merrily
in tho air above bis head. -
"Oh. beautiful biir applesr es-
aclalmed ' Birdie, rapturously, ber
sparkling eyes uxou on tne large ews-
tto crimson giooea, wnica sue seemea
to pustake, lor f ruU. ( '"Give Birdie
onep . 1-4: l'-f'.
Dr. Haygood began to bargain with
tho Italian, and took the stick from
him to select a balloon from the bunch.
His small friend was delighted, imag
ining she was to . haw the entire
bunoh. . - ' - . '.;.-','
1 "All-all tor mep ah erfed, and
clapping her l nda, she stretched
them out toward L.e covetsd treasure
of the dancing air r' bea - - ,
This SO amused t. a kind hearted
doctor that he resol ved to humor her,
for a moment at any rate. So gather
ing the long strtrr together. Be tied
them around Li ...o's waist, then let
go, and the balloons all floated up
around and above her head and shoul
ders, making a py spectacle of "her.
The, doctor and t..e Iudion both stood
by; smiling at her coiiafaction, when
suddenly to their i !rement, a strong
gust of wind caused ail the balloons to
sway to one side, sweeping Birdie off
her feet and gracefully up into the
air.
" It happened so unexpectedly that,
before they could o anything to pre
vent, the light 1 lo creature was
borne away by the cluster of fantastic
lookintr crimson baDs. up and off over
the water. ,; And as tlie wind was off
shore. H seemed iitovituble that she
would bo carried by it across' the
mouth of the inlet straight out to sea.
"Great heavens i" shouted the doc
tor in helpless horror. " v -
The Italian, smitten with despair at
the loss oi bis balloons, began a ireu
tied dance, at the sumo time exclaim
ir to the unhappy old trentloman.
"You pnyee mo-a for all-atuoeo-al you
the bathers in the 'water observed
Co extraordinary siirht of a littlo girl
cheerfully sailing through the air
Willi l.cr improvised flying mncliiuo,
and stood eapinir upwai-u in amaio
mont. Kverybody on slioie became
aware of tUo catastrophe in an inktuuL
and 1 - in running to and fro in a
lubbuu. lira, Tred loo, on the ve
r..n.I.v, f.iutcd, and Dr. Kayood
wiui i" i-i j tip to restore In r, while
V n 1 ! vniuly tried to lu'cn one
c ? i i n l.ir security oi y
t--lt t ow with his os
t l t ti.o balloons In ti
It.- :L
i! ii i' ."ii hurried to t"
r" . ; :dt row b
cvo the
c '(,.to
f I !
h lliey t
'.'o ansl
1 tl nt (
t .i'Ii
i a ll":
If trot shoes and a skirt and about
twenty-five heads, I should judge, but
flfaVt tnnnt - i
SSV TrMj.aa , ,
The colonel was on the alert, but
the strange object in the air was some
distance away, and so unlike any fly
ing tiling tuey naa ever seen Dei are
that it took both men two or three
minutes to comprehend what it was.
bven then they couid not account tor
it. They did not fully understand
what had happened. But CoL Jack
made up bis mind that, whoever the
girl waa or however she had got Into
that situation, she was not in the right
place for a child of her age. And there
was only one way to get her out of it
He raised his riJe and let fly. But
the motion of his catboafc- and the
progress of the balloons through the
air made it very difficult for him to
take a sure aim. The first shot had
no effect Bon Piver gave a short dis
gusted laugh. Then the colonel grew
"mad." He perceived now that the
harbor was full of boats cominsr out
toward him, and that there was a big
crowd on the shore watching the pro-
ceedinca.-- ..f";'':.i
"If f don't hit this tune." said; ho to
Ben, as he put a fresh cartridge into
the breech, "my. reputations gone,
and I leave Beefor's Point to-nitrht"
Crack I Went the second shot The
crowd and Ben heard its mournful
"wboo" as it sped through the bright
air; and almost instantly one of the
balloons collapsed and shriveled up.
An audible cheer came blowing out
from, the people on shore and in the
boats, and Cob Jack loaded again. ' ,
But just imagine how Mrs. Tredloe
felt when she saw that puff of gun
smoke from the catboat and realized
that some one was firing at Birdie I She
had barely recovered from her fainting
A4 .rV a.. IkonnAYiAil ' 4.Pa4Ia. 4a
let her drown or olow away beyond
recovery than do that," she gasped in
anguish. -"Why, it is murder 1 Can't
any one stop that man from shoot
ing!" "
Dr. Haygood and her friends tried
to explain the matter to her, but she
fainted again before they could do so,
and it was lucky for her that she be
came unconscious, because the gal
lant colonel was blazing' away again
with his rifle at closer range. An
other of the balloons was punctured.
and seemed to vanish.. Col. Jacl
' toirI
catboat all tho time drew nearer to a I
spot on tile water just below tho hov
ering baby, who now hung suspended,
fortunately very close to a lonor aand
spit that jutted out into the inlet just
beyond the harbor's mouth.
One .more shot finished off a third
balloon, an there were not .enough loft
hi the bunch now to hold Birdie up.
Browly-steadily. softly, she began to
aescena, precisely aa u s no. were using
let downward by a pair of arms mov-
l 1 ..4 1. . I niunk, rv.i
Aug gvuuj. awM . vw a.i.MMM-w
Jack had the satisfaction of - seeing hor
sink quietly and comfortably down,
on tlie sand heap, with tho remaining
balloons r still fluttering around ber
like so matiy huge bubbles of gor
geous color. - ft
tt;. I . n ii.tu.A il.
i am dim in hn lira vj ruM.-u m
point of saod. Ben Fiver kaped out
ran to the child, and turning, waved
his hat as lie shouted to the assembled
fleet, "Gentlenien, she's alive and kick'
ing f whereat : another cheer , arose,
song ana loua.. :i.m 'v ---s r -?
. GaL Jack' all but went over the
child as he caught her up and kissed
her. But Birdie, on landing amid lbs
sand, had calmly and unconoerbedly
t ' , i i.t , . r
oegun piaying witn n. tvsr nanus
were full of little sheila' "Bess for
momma," she remarked, cheerfully.
He hurried her into his boat, and
sailed back to the wharf, accompanied
by the rest of the fleet ; There was
tremendous press of men and women
oh the wharf Mr. Middleby, who re
ceived Birdie as she was handed up,
started to rush with hor to her mother.
But, tstrangcly enough, in tlie crush
and confusion' Of the crowd, be missed
his way, and stepping accidentally over
the side, fell with a plunge into the
water, carrying Birdie along with him.
The colonel and Ben Piver were over
board in a moment and soon had
her safe ashore t so that before thoy
brought her to Mrs.' Tredloe she
had ; been rescued ' twice. - Borne
one . bad run : ,- ahead to- toll
the noor mother that Birdie was
all right With Dr. Haygood's help
sue rose up on her couch to welcome
tho little maiden backt and as the col
onel entered with Birdio in his arms
there was a cry of recognition on both
sides.
"Jock Welsted I" exclaimed (he
widow, in astonishment
As for CoL Jock, ho stood gazing
from Birdie to her mother, in whom
he behoid his lost love, formerly Eve
lyn Carter. Her husband, Mr. Tred
loe,' had died not long after Birdie was
Vrnxn Vita sfVti To-lr Tin' Irnnwn u"trW
MVfllAa. s V4 XSS V avwaai mavn atuunu uuiu
ing about this, having beard no news
oi taom lor three years or more.
The end of it was that CoL Jack
Welsted and Mrs Tredloe were married
before the season at Beefor's Point
was over, and Hint was how he came
to bo the stepfather of "Baby Bal
loon."
All this happened some fifteen years
before our conversation with the col
onel that evenintr on the piaua. The
dy alter ho L"nl recited the cironm-
sUtnccs to i Joe Temil came to him
andsaids "Colonel, 1 was very much
intrroNted in ti.o n'nry you told us Uht
u- '.t, l '-t it r;-o..i J a little plan of
r o. 11 - ve lv ui:' mliiig to savo
1 'I li-a.usLrt) ii ' i aa boon as I
( IfMogoot t k-o todo pre
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rw Sew fmaaai ar 4iwVla Coll a.
Columbia CoUoire. New York, has
decided to have a special eoune in
electrical science, and not a moment
too soon, for this has long been seen
to be a department by Itself, and.
while allied to other branches of nat
ural philosophy, requiring, at least
from those who would adopt, it as . a
profession, an undivided attention.
Because of this it is to be made a
post-graduate course of one. two or
three years, thus allowing those who
have completed the rudimentary stud
ies In electricity and magntixm in the
school of mines and outsiders with
elemental experience to otmtinue their
studies. The proposed course will con
sist in practiul work, construction of
lamps, dynamos, primary and seeonaV
ary batteries, insulation and installa
tion of the "plant and, of course, in
vestigation of the phenomena of cleo
trioity. .; . ,e-v'"l'':. :
There la that Called "theory and
that called "practice," and while one
may be had without tne other, no man
may justly consider himself an elec
trician who is not familiar with both.
In all the large electrical shops, as in
the engineering ones, experience has
been had with men schooled only in
the theory of their work, and though
it is an in valuable capital to commonce
practical work with, it has not been
found infallible In the making of a
first rale workman, while , in some
short thev prefer a slirrht acquaint
ance with practical work, If the man
is intelligent and industrious, to a deal
of theory where the bitter is allied
with, over commence, vn wie ouier
hand, it is hard to find a shop bred
man, let him be ever so skillful, who
does not sorely regret his lacs of theo
retical l&owledire. ' Few ; such men
can draught their own designs or make
their own calculations; often witness
ing phenomena while experimenting,
or during the sourse of their labors,
which, were thev read in the natural
laws, those that have been formulated,
they could perhaps appreciate and re
nroduoe. . . , -r
A workshop, laboratory and lecture
room, such as it is designed to place
at the disDosal of tha electrical deoart-
I mentof Columbia oolUxro. ouarht to be
sunicient to turn out men capable oi
original Investigation; men at least
capaoiooi uuung a reajjuntuuio pota
tion in the practical Work id the mer
cantile field: who can desirm and
work or superintend work from their
own drawings. In a practical ago like
tliis, that would seem to be the. most
valuable ' colleiro Instruction which
most nearly resembles what its recip
icnta are looked to to -accomplish ouV
sklo Of it-Udentino American. .
Did vou ever run across a man who
did not liave his own remedy Kir every
111 to which poor Uosh is heir! And,
if suffering Irotrt ooe of these myriad
ilia, dkl rou- eyer try to arrnlr all of
tbese rcmediesl A young man in Chi
cago, wno has a. largo circle or ac
quaintances, appeared in puWlc the
osher day with A face In
swollen from an ulcerated, tooth
bohind It, He met his friends one
one in bis walks about town. His un
shapely face at once attracted their
attention. "What's tho matter bad
tooth r woa the first query, Ite would
renlv. with several oualifvinir adieo-
Hvea. that H was a bad tooth. "Pot
oil of cloves on the gum best thing
in (he world for it cured me always
oonttdeDooin his fdend and bought a
small vial of oil of cloves.
After bo mid anointed the swollen
jaw with tho powerful oil for an hour
or so ho tlKruirht ho was corrvimr a
red not base burner round uusuo of
.... .w
his mouth and he throw away the
bottle in greet disgust "Saltpeter
will knock that in a minute, said an
other friend. The druirtrist was again
enriched, but the raw saltpeter made
the inflamed flesh bowl, and it was
also thrown : away. "Poultice your
face with hot ginger to-night," said
auciher friend. "That's the stuff.1 If
anyone docs not believe that this ad
vice was followed tlie young sufferer
. 1 l . I . i;. . 1 ,
cnu hw mm ure wuiuura uio iuui
tice on his cheek. In turn ho tried
thirteen "sure cures" recommended by
well meaning friends, end one side of
bis face is a sight He has agreed
with himself to try no more experi
ments, and will suffer in silence until
the tooth gets tired. Then he will
havo it out. --Chicago Herald,
... ' . "rhrtaa."'
Certainly, tf any man is entitled to
coin a word under the circumstances
narrated below, it is the happy father.
Ho was a Connecticut man, and was
already the father of w children, all
dan frhters. ,';.. ,;:;.':
Then three little boys were born to
him at tlie same time. ' . ; . , :
Radiant with happiness the proud
rattier set out to spread the news
abroad. He stopped Ili-st ct tho house
of his nearest neighbor w L orn he hailed
with:
"8a-a-y, Zed Ennpp, yo dont know
wbnt I got over tew my bouse I"
"No, I cant say that I do," replied
Zed.
"Well, yhnt'd ye wit 1 told yo
l prm a ice1 jo uoy over t, er
"I should spy I was t -1 over It,
Suiil !, heat y.
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Or daw In tha rorinxr of 1SC1 I 4ot
with a lady friend eoorerainfir t
antly, when I saw on. my left ku a
pile of bans notes; the top one waa a
bilt . 1 . saw a fCisUnewy, an
told my friend: she eou.j t4
see it It quickly disappear !. J we
speculated over the matter a i.iue ana
soon forgot it Thisbrpned in tlie
forenoon. In the siiernoon of V e
same day a man came in unexpecteti,?
and paid me rent money, tie was noC
in the habit of paying at stated time.
After he naa gone 1 too- a
noted"" - o examine t!-e r
ae jf t all ".. .1 '
in a pue on t.. ..t oi t
with the detect. in the r
proceeded. A A3 bill lay ou t
ana l instanuy recanea iuo v
the forenoon, and drew my
ti itM'lu S
attention to the situation.
At another tune I saw two f '3 1,, s
in the air. I was sure Some one would
pay me money. 1 could thins of no
one unless it was my mother, who
owed me that much or more, and was
to pay it when she pleased. 1 thought
she would send it in a letter, but aays
passed and no letter or money came.
I felt purxled, for I could not remem
ber any mistakes in these experience!
It might have been a week after the
vision when my two children came in
oa the stage, i They had been stayinT
at my mother's and I bad not expecU'j
(hem home. The girl was 11 years
old and somewhat careless, the had
been home three, days, and we had
seemingly talked over everything
about grandmas acairs, wnen sie
spoke up loudly and quickly, say ing-1
"Oh I ma, I forgot to tell yout
grandma sent you some money, and
it is sewed up in the bosom of my
dress." We got ber traveling ore; a
and found the money, just two notes
of the amount X bad seen. Eeligio-
PliUcsophicai Journal.
' Forty-otao Tears ta 1
The Franklin County almshouse' at
present affords shelter to a man who
has a remarkable record in the crim
inal annals of this part of the sttn.
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tus name is wuuam nerco, unu ua
was released from Auburn" prison a
few days ago. after serving a term of
imprisonment amounting to forty-,
bine years, four months and six ' ys.
The crime for which Pierce sured
this terrible punishment, was for V )
murder of his own father on Jan. 1(1,
1839. Pierce, who was then about 1 i
years old, was working in the woot'.j
with his parent when a dispute t -- s
over (he use of t borso which let-'
sired to drive in the evening to a. j
a peaty or spelling school in the ru
borhood. ' . . - -
llie lather. maT4e to tK..- i . , -
aivelriniruagecs lusson, U - )
oobbuso iota. ta imuni, j
seised his aa and with to ' -
blows killed blm. The rvn i t
rested and tried tn.&Ls v. .
Jury, and sentenced to be I 1
oa Sept of the same yeas.
ooount of bis youth Gcverxcr I .
ard commuted the arjofcoee to ia
4nmerit for life, i ',..,.. 1 r " v f
Pierce became rreltw v I "
tev years ago, and a seeot 1 t -tatipfa
wee granted, wti. h a '
release. Every one f his r
this qounty Eos been - '
years, and the story tf 1 i
SmM completely for-"- . .j
f. T.) Special tolTew Toti L.a.,
' Wbiieenfragedlnahunt I f '
learn fxjnrething from (he )-..'!
about these strep o-e ani.ni,. i
though be bad ki..ud aeons ti
no was so unocsnmunioa . .ta
wos given precious little irt
However, I learned enow" 'i t .
that the race is nearly eju,.H't I
been hunted with greet vi "
ooupt of the bides by tiiose v, . t ,
care for the sport and slao 1
been pursued so hard by r
sportsmen, woo were en.,
with the delights of the chs-
formerly thousrht that they 1
1
bjg tmrving horns von Live t .
pictures, ou which they m'. V i
harmed after springing I . s t
lofty height; but that's ell i
for their horns are small ani i
pointed.
They are fearless, however, J t r
ing over the mountains, i; i i
some astonishing lecps e"l
to seemingly inacc-H. ie t
taking a sure foothold r. ! e.-e
seem almost an impot "I . t i, r .
to stick. Altogether. I k .i t "
that there is so mucliof si i
capture them.
By Uie way, I learned t" t !
Bawtooth Baiifre ano' itt
be found which is uuk- - '
Europe tho ilcx. P 1 1 1
tradition to that cu t, i i
none, and couldn't 6,"'
had been killed j t r- r i . .
a fublo. Chief!';:) X. .ut-n.
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dcus Mozart, one ( f
mu'.ieal cori ; i,
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