The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-07-19
Love, Carriers and SauSages.

ABOUT an hundred years ago a young
lady Of Amsterdam named Wilhelmina
Terscheling was riding on horseback
through the village Of Boxmeer, when
her horse became frightened and ran
away with her. The young man who
accompanied her, and to whom she was
betrothed, cried out that he would give
an hundred ducats to any one that would
stop the horse.
The young villagers who were play
ing ball upon the green near by, seeing
woman in danger, threw themselves
before the furious animal. One Of them
was thrown down and wounded ; two 9th,
ers received contusions; the horse fell.
and the beautiful WiIhelmina rolled in
the dust. A young man who was pas
ing threw Immediately his cloak over the
lady before any one else had time to per
celve a fnely'turned leg and pretty gar
ter
Mademoiselle Terscheling, on being
carried home, had time to reflect; and the
result of her reflections was that there
must never be two men in the world who
had seen her garter. She sent for her
betrothed and said.
"Will you kill the man who threw his
cloak over me?'
"Who, /! What enormity !"
{" thought you would refuse. Then
| shall marry him. When my life was
in danger you offered one hundred du.
cats to save me. This is the price you
set upon my hand. Here are twenty
FIVE hundred. You have made good
bargain"
She then sent for the stranger.
Monsieur" said she, 81 am rich
and young, and (she bluShed prodig-
iously while adding one of those hypoc-
riLical periphrases by which woman speak
of their beauty am not considered re-
pulsive. l wish to marry Immediately.
see that you are surprised. will be
frank with you. have sent for you be-
cause you have seen my garter. You
have rendered me great service, Mon.
sieur. Without you all the young men
of Boxmser would have seen it, and as
could not have married them all l
should have killed myself. But if you
are not free, or l am not so happy as to
please you, l shall give my hand and
my fortune to man who will kill you.
Do you accept? yes or no :"
Yes; a thousand times yes hun
dred thousand times yes !"
The marriage took place. and was like
all other marriages probably we have
no particulars on the subject. All the
young men of Boxmeer were invited to
the nuptials and sumptuously feasted.
At her death, which took place in the
course oftime. the following codicil was
found to her will:
my farm, situated on the borders Of
the Meuse, will remain forever, whoever
may be the proprietor Of it subject to
the following conditions Every year,
under penalty of forfeiture, on the thir-
teenlh of May, tables shall be prepared,
and tun of strong beer, and twenty ellis
of the best sausage in Rotterdam. shall
be served to the young men of Boxmeer,
as token of gratitude that they saved
my life, and of rejoicing that they did not
see my garter the 18th day of May, II.
S."
Until the present time, that is, during
an hundred years, the wishes Of the test
atrix have been punctiliousIy executed
But the present heir, on the 18th of last
May, attempted to elude them. Under
rretext of conforming to the decimal Sys'
tenn, he gave twenty meters of sausages
instead Of twenty ellis, which made a diff,
ference Of four meters to the detriment
CT the youth Of Boxmeer.
Not TO lose their fete, they devoured
the twenty meters "under pretext;' bu
this year they have brought suit agains
the heir, and demand that the case shal
be decided before the 18th of May.
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