The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-08-04
A Wolf iu Sleeps Clothing.

/ Some four weeks ago there arrived in thi
/ city, and engaged apartments at Barnum's Ho
lei, young and unprotected female, who call
ed herself Elizabeth Bushnell, arrayed in thu
/ peculiar costume Of the Shaker community o
| New Lebanon, n. Y. Whatever her persona
| attractions may have been, we must leave ic
conjecture; if she was not s'passng fair,' she
/ was believed to be so, though OF course, tht
most exquisite personal charms are somewhat
marred by the eccentricities OF Shaker ..habit:
of whatever sort. 1t was enough, however, 10
engage the sympathrs of the excellent host
| Mr. McLonghlin, that an unprotected female
was IN his house, and appealing TO him for d.
rectlon in trying emergency. She had recent
/ ~ escaped from the community above named
had evaded designs upon large property e
t which, IN short time, at her majority, she was
to come in possession.
She bad an uncle in the community who
would spare no efforts 10 discover her wherea-
| bouts, but she had also a lover in ShakeTdom,
who would HIMSELF in a short time elude the
vigIence Of his brother celbates, escape the
bondage Of his tribe, and fly upon the wings OF
love TO her and matrimonial delights. Til
then the hopeful maiden resolved to wear her
Shaker dress, and it is quite probable our citi-
zens may have seen the quickfootrd Elizahe;h b
upon our streets, or in one of McClintock s. Ea-
toms very best coaches, paying her visits upon
the little preliminary business anIcipatiye OF
the Duptia! hour. Upon her arrival, she corr
fided to the host a package Of money, which
she desired to be safely kept until her dppar-
ture.
In the meantime, she had provided herself
with a number of dresses of the choicest materi-
al and style; she has been quite iavoritr with
the ladies OF the house, and, in the enjoyment Of
their confidence, freely given TO one So peculi-
arly situated, she had familiar access to their
apartments. In the name Of one lady she pur-
chased gold chain, and presented it 10 the
housekeeper as an aPptndage 10 gold watch
which The housekeeper already possessed. As
an aid to the management of her affairs, legal
advice was called in and Mr.. S. Taggprt had
the honor Of waiting on the lady as her solici-
tor, her choice. no doubt, being partially infu-
enced in this case by her good taste.
Suffice it, that for four weeks the Shaker ladv
has been feature at Barnum's: has distributed
her iayors quite freely in the community; has
patronzed the best establishments. and of course
viadicated her gentility by invariably taking
the air in McClntock's and Eaton's handsomest
coaches. The most interesting feature # the
whole affair however. as reserved for last Sat-
urday, on which day the fugitive swain from
New Lebanon was to arrive, the queer foggpry
OF Shakerdom was to be put off forever, the
hridaI robes were 10 be put on, and the happy
pair, the nuptlal bpnediction said We're to be- iu-
auEuralrd into the fulness Of those ioyssl cruel
" lnterdlcted by the anchoreiicais coyn1snity
from which they had escaped The@eve II the
important day had come, 1.-THE weather was in-+
tensely bot, and the lady quietly left the house
1pr stroll. She never came back. The de-
p0pemrnt is with the reader. Perhaps it NAV
ahl con ircturr TO say, that the Shaker swain had
not arrived that the ,hsidal feast to which all
the guests of the houfse were invited has proved
the vanity of all subanary hopes The packa-
gFs OF money securely deposited in the private
Sar, has been opened, and that also has serious
ly impaired the faith of the excellent host in
external evidences of things not seen. Sundrv
garments, after the fashion Of this world, have
come to the house since the departure of Eliza
beth, but they have returned to the hands of
those whose dtXtrriiy shaped them EstO order"
One Of the unkIndest cuts consists in The fact !
that before she left she borrowed the housekepp-
ers watch, and that gold chain she had prespn-
led to her, IN the name and at the expense of I
lady IN the house, and forgot TO return either |
the watch or the chain in the precipi,aDcy OF
her retreat. is hardly necessary to say that
The police in varions quarters are put upon the
qui rice respecting the adyS whereabouts: and |
II is to be hoped, for the relief of that general
sympathy with so adroit an adveniurpr, that
success may attend their eilorts,-BM. San.
DISTRESSING AFFAIG.-On last Monday after
ternoon, young lady, aged about Is, daughter
Of Mr.. John NJ. Webb, Of Norfolk, was killed
BY ball from pistol fred by Mr.. Howe, |
relation ofthe young lady. The .Nortolk .7ygus
gives the following particulars of the mpancho-
" occurrence Miss w. was on visit to the
family of Mr.. Brown, on Washington Poin. !
and at the time mentioned a Mr.. Howe Bed
p, pistol 5'l,'.y,o, with two barrels, onlA lAJfoRY.