Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-11-10


0 fly gathered slearnesss.
4 "a reprievel .reprievel re
prieveP' shouted the populace ''qu
! MIN down; fut.him down; why do h'
! you cut him down. :
J The sheriff was about to use hi;
knife on the rope.
"My dear bro other" said |, "t,I Ike
care what you do. This is a CO m-
mon trick on such occasions, and dne
which nj ay cause you the loss ol
your liberty if you are duped by lit.
You cannot hang a man twice, a hd
if any of Str eet's aceomplices, by
this cry, induce you to cut him dow Tn,
he vii! escape for certain, but t he
law &C dndemns the. sheriff to take bis
place.
"Aly brother paused.
Cut him down. shouted the rash
mob beneath us.
/ IN eanwhile the messenger gain ned
the prison gate 5 and was admit o.
He had, indeed, a reprieye, regular
lly signed 'Georg rgius Rex his hBrse
had lost a shoe on the fart sidd of
Leighton Hill, and had stun 4ltd
head foremost coming down IT, lhe
rider, therefore, lost time in Try ing
to revive him, and then bad to run
the4remainder Of the distance al bot,
which, as he was an elderly man,
bad caused a delay very danger Pus,
at least to Thomas Street healt
"HoWeyer, we had the repri Eve,
and Therefore, Street having | een
suspended about five minutes, was
cnt down"
The doctor paused and took a
pinch of snuff lyery slowly.
"Well, doctor, did lie recover, we
inquired
ITO tell you the truth, sir, | did
not feel we'll ut that momentE !
was so i'll in fltt, that | could not
personally attend TO His restoration.
/ just, ordered Some Of the lEost
common remedies, which, not bling
1.-The prison laboratory had t., be
sent lor across NE town. This de-
lay Was bad The result WAS l.
Dr. Homer spoke very slowly in +
deed.
We'll, what was the result Do
tell US.
why, my de-; Young fiiend, Idd- 7
ed the doctor so nteniipuslA how im-
pa:i, int ou are -Thomas Street Fcvi
we'd a littlc,a very little, just cno hgh
to In eathc ouce8f tsicf--hnt Tic Ugh
| on rdered cold applications to bis
head aud stomach lie never reco Efr-
ed
Gold applications, DOCTOR WI hld
not bot brandy, hot blanlSeis bot
air i nd walm estorp;i, IS have 4it
cd is condition bcsi?'
no, sir, said the doctor, emIIhat
cally, neither his own condition. nor
my pe;ice! ! alp aware that i is the
hlannef in whidh such cases are bsu-
lilly treated, AM 4 indeed | was Il lnch
blamed ~ my professional bret ren
fpr the failure Of the experimelI t.
Sonle there wefe WHO went SO fak as
TO petition the county magistrate to
disrn Mss M froh the post Of ptison
attendant Nevertheless had nsed
|hy judgment, and the course pnr-
sued was the hest possible one 4 Inder
the circumstances. for Street
/ Say rather, doctor, tie best Cd }urse
TO be pursued, under the circumE tam 4
tes, for DIR. llomer'
The doctorlried to frown, but 4
smile ovcrsprtFld his harsh feat lures,
and gradually lilhtdd to gria.
'Atall eyehts,' said the Id ]ctor, +
poor Thomas Stu Get SPOKE TOO ooy.
Erfraordiq4y Ffdeliiy of q Dog.
There isat Saratoga Springs fine
Newfoundland dog that for a yea I and
"a half has waIchf ed the approach and
departure Of Ith9 railway cars from
that place. The animal was aeci
dentally left ut Saratoga about Is
months ago, and since that time no
train has Departed nor one arrived
but what this devoted dog is in the
depot, anxiouAly aud faithfully watch
ing for his master. For eighteen
long months he has ne yer failed to
be ON the ground. He examines
every strangdr minntelyk but makes
acquaintance with no ole Nobody
knows where he eats, slEeps or any
thing further about hin than that