The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-10-15
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Ma EDIToR.-I observed a few days since in
several newspapers Il notice OF tho death ct IAN
infant son ot DR.. Z. D. ABELL' Sc, which WIS
"a scandaiQus iaisehoud aud orig ma ed irotn the
H.aU6Us wretch who few months since per
ured herself by swearing IN liegilIrucy on the
young man above named, without his ever EG7-
.ng ANY intercourse wish her, and ut the same
time sued hin Tor Il breach OF pro mise which ne
never made. Accordingly he was taken into
custody ON the 6th OF April last, anG us Some.
thing must be done. he took the advice Of his
friends, and the case of iil"gjIimacy was LETT as
he supposed 10 the decision oidisntercsted men,
hut by lnstjg"tlun and false statements Of the
gr', mother, notes to the amount OF TWO hum
dred dollars were secured to Il MIR Lung, The
girls uncle, in case The chilli was born by the
first OF Sept. In lhe mean time the girl t0getl-
with her mother, took every method III their
power to inIure the character Ofthe young man,
by false reports, and by letters to men OF re-
spec,abity representing the ruined situation OF
The girl, aud To have them use their influence, rs
it appeared. 10 persuade Abel 10 marry her
The girls magnitude gra,,Iay increased during
The sumner, and rs the time drew near for her
TO prove the validity OF her oath or lose her two
hundred dollars, she C0ntrivetl "A str;iagem IN or
der to carry ont the deception, the sequel OF
which may be seen in the following extract OF Il
letter from Doctor f. d. Abel 10 his iiiher dat
eel Grafton, Aug. 90, 1899.
DEAR FATHER,-The time has 1T length ar
rived when the fruit Of my late affair has made
IFS appearance. Lust Wednesday night, Mss
Caroline Aan Ray produced 5tSlts nature
which must as'onish the entire world But not
10 waste room with preamble, 20 at the sub
IecE. Last W e'inesday evening, old Mrs Kay
went up 10 VI. Longs and stayed about twenty
minutes. She then returned home. and on en-
terng there presented scene rs II something
uncommon had occurred. Dirty rags. 60. &c
Nc were scattered about. Mrs Ray asked Car
oIine what the fuss was. She replied, La !!
mother, I've got a baby. Mrs r. then sent a
boy u1medlaey after aunt Long she was
milking amt said she would not leave then let
The case he what It would. When she went
down she asked Mr. Long to accompany her
lie replied she wouIi be gone three weeks II be
did. She said -Ee should stay only a fe" MN
utes- He accordingly went with her ana wait
ed at the saw mill In a short time Mrs Long
appeared and Mrs Ray followed after her "shy
nothing about this scrape ill see you tomorrow
morning.. Mrs Long then returned home WIN
her h'isbnnd and went to bed, after when HTS
L. told him that Caroline hal got a dead baby.
Mr Long dec!ared he would see il. and Inne-
dIately got up : his wife did likewise, and ihey
went together 10 Rays and Mr. Long demand-
ed entrance to Caroliue's apartment andto have
the infant produced.
Mrs. Ray then brought il forward nld ont in
shirt and robe ready for the grave. On placing
It where Mr.. L. could see it, he said, "the -.