The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-07-17

wretchc'l mans throat. aud his shaking fin
gers vainlv Strove to lor-,'n his n-rk-iir. A.
the same moment heard Il noise. a. ui ,trug-
CHING in the bedroom. and the nursr,s roir,
IN ra"rr rrm"n>tranrc. instantly made
movement towards Mr. Rrn,hawe. with a,irm
TO loosen his cravat- his features being fright,
fully conruscd. and TO get him out of the way
As quickly as possible for guessed what Was
about 10 happen when he, mstakinr nv in
tcntiOn. started back, turned half around and
found himself confronted by Mrs Irwin, her
pale features and white right-iress drabt!r.i
with blood. in consequence of partial tlis,ur-
bance Of the handagcs in struggling with the
nur>r--a terrifying. ghastlv sight even TO me
TO him utterly overwhelming, and scarcely
needing her frenzied execrations ON the raur
derer of her child TO deprive him ut,rrh If
all remaining sense and strength. He sud
denly reeled, threw his arms wildly into the
AR, and before could stretch forth INV hand
TO save him, fell heavily backwards from tho
ing. 10 the bottom. Tpmlins and FASTENED
TO his assistance, lifted him up. and a, we did
so, jet Of blood gushed from his mouth: hs
had likewise received terrible wound near
the ight temple, from which the life stream
issued copiouslr
We got him to bed; DIR. Garland and A
nelghboring surgeon were s"on with us, and
prompt remcdie, were applicd- II WAS =
irnltle>> labor. Dav had scarcely dswned
before ne heard from the physicians lips that
life with him was swiftly ehbins to Its closr.
He was perfectly conscious and collected --
Happily there no stain of murder on his
soul; he had merely enticed the rhild swa,.
and placed him, under an ingenious ,,retencc.
with an acquaintance at Camden Town: and
bv this time 10th he and his mother were
standing awe->truck and we,,,ing. Iy Henry
Rcnshawc's drath-brd. He had thrown the
f chids ha, into the river. and his motive in
1 thus acting appeared To have been double
l one. In the first place he Thought the BOYS
likeness 10 his father was the chief obstacle TO
= Mrs. lrNin's liberation "t hi> addresses; and
neSt. 10 bribe her into compliance hy prom
ise 10 restore her SON But he could not he
: deemed accountable for hiS ac,ics,>
:" think" he murmurci brokrmlv. that
the drlu>ion was partly sct-cherished. or o;
the Evil One. observed the likeness lun.5
/ before, but it was not till the the husband
was diving. and the idea fastened itself upon
nv aching brain, and grew there. Bu, the
world is passing; forgive me Ellcm-l.au-
He was dead
The inquest on the case of death returned.
OF course, that il was accidental :" but /
long regretted that had not heen less pre-
ripitatc. though perhaps al. was ior the best
for the sufferer, as we'll As others. Mr.
0xley had died some five weeks previously.
Thi, found from Renslawe's will. where
1t was reclted as a reason that having no rel
ative alive for whom he cared, his property
was hequcathcd TO Guys Hospital, charged
with Gle" year to Ellen Irwin as long a.
She lived unmarried. The document Was
perfectly coherent: and although written dr.
ring the Loisht OF his monomana. contained
not a word respecting the identity of nc
Youthful widow AMI the Laura whose sad
fate had first unsettled the tes,ator's reason,
IL
introduced at Moscow hy Mr. Rowland. about
sixty wears ago. At first the people would
neither plant nor touch them. saving thc,
were the devils fruit, given 10 him on hi.
complaining to God that he had no fruit when
he was told TO dig in the earth for some.
which he did, and found potatoes. 4 curious
Berwickshire legend, which. however, IL pal
pablv anachronical attributes the introducrinn
u of potatoes into Scotland to that famous wiz
ard Of the North Sir Michael Scott. The
= wizard and the devil being in partnership.
took lease Ola farm Oh the Mertoun estate,
" called Whitehouse. The wizard was to man.
age the farm; the devil advanced the capital
he nrOluCc Wis 10 be
, The first year, Sir Michael was to have all
that grew above the ground, and his partner
all that grew below: the second wear their
shares were to b. Just the opposite w>y. His
satanic majesty, 4. IS usual in such cases, was
fairly ovsr-reachcd in his bargain; for :he
wizard cunninslv sowcd all the land IN the
= first wear with wheat, and planted it with
potatoes Tic second SO that the devil got
nothing for his share but wheat stubble and
potato tops; and thi. scourglng rotation Sir
u Michael continued, until he had no; only I.eg
Jared hi. partner, but exhausted the soii-
"' Ia spite of this legend, however, We muss
III continue To give credit to Sir Walter Raleigh
for having been the introduccr of potatoes
- i.lrn this r,,unlrr The FIRST thu, tired them
10 W. are told. fell into the very natural ms
. take Of eating the apples, and ''isrssarcinE
the roots-.i ms ,.hg.at .U..JnE.'s
lat "CATCTIIN,, A TAETAR."- The origin OF
er this expression as nearly VIC tan rcnem-
,ut Der. is somewhat a. follows,
al In the DAYS when tho soldiers Of thristen-
r. dom were doing battle against the Tartar
ad hor,les. who were enlisted on the side OF the
10 Turks, a Dutrhman fghting valiartl,S Gs. the