Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-02-28
TRrrn Is sTKANGER TIIAN FIcrloN

TRUTH X STRANGER THAN FICTION.
uoi~t ,h,- ominous head the Hamilton Gazette
lpubhshrd At S,evensburgh, lndl Caves the follow
":g rnrtsuve
In Junc 1883. there arrived Al Sievcnsburrh
lnboring mnn about thirty G,o vcats 81 age who
soon AFTER engaged n,sef To lake chp'gc Of the
farm 81 Samuel James 20. e this village lie
represented himself 10 U- frnm Orange c.. \. Y.
by name, Alexander Jackson. AncI living with
James until January 1884. be purchascd farm
about n'nc miles distant from the 1lAcc and shout.
ly Afterwards offered hue hand ~ nattisrt 10 a
Young woman who resided ia Mr james, tamily-
uu adopted daughter 81 Nc i'm fact fLc urnt
by The name If Sarah Janice, md nn person IN this
vicinity knew until recently. bnt HAT she va.
natural daughter Of that genllcmsu. Mr. James
objected 1" tha match bot Jarlaon te,e essential
himself as relation of the President of the g. s.
and being good looking. aud wihAl m intel.
Eeui person, Miss J. was pleased with Inn, aud ur-
ged her in'her 10 consent % their marriage H.
the May following they were married aud Mr. !!
gave jackson handsome firm adj lining his own
"a Sarahs portiun-on whi-h Jackson built him
house, and they lived very happily together. Since
their marriage Mrs j. has borne her husband two
fine boys, the younges, being at presen bit two
months old. But let us give the n'srory or Jack.
by the appearance Of person IN THE community.
who h's turn, Il all his domestic lows into n Gun az
bitterness. and rendered his poor ifc hear: broken
In the first place then, his name is not Alexander
Jackson. and for The present we shall suppress his
real name. Daring his boyhood he became The
father of female chlld-the mother being of re-.
specialize pareRtagc, aud Bs 1t now appears tela-
alive of our respected townman, whom Jackson Inns
hitherto called frther-in-low. lie soon lcn The
scene Of bls disgrace, which is in Orange count,
N. York, and afterwards for many years lived a. the
vicinity Of Albany where the individual who now
exposed him knew him by his real name H.,
name was also well known TO Mr. James as tho faith
er Of his adopted daughter.-Judge then If the az
ony OF all parties, when II became known that the
beautiful Sarah James, was not a natural daughter
Of Mr. James aud that she had discovered IN her
husband her own father! Truth Is indeed siran
ger than fction-for tins is but Il simple natativ.
of facts. SO attached WIS tho daughter to her own
father, ,bs, 1t was with much difficulty she was
persuaded to return to the house of Mr. Jamel-
Jackson has sold his own farm and does not show
himself in the village, though it is believed that e
still visits Mr. James's famly.--t is said thar NIL
the parties will leave This part "r,.o o.un,.y
so deep Is their grief and disgrace. Mr. James is n
justice Of the peacc,sn lawyer of some emiuence
though he ia not OF presen, in full practice
We are induced TO give these sorrowful facis
publicity, in consequence Of divers unfavornhc re-.
ports IN circulation both against orr esteemed Eel.
low citizen Mr. James, as well as Jackson. These
reports We Will nnt repeat-ttc narrative shove II
given TO contradict them.