Daily American organ., 1856-05-02
From the Doncsster England Gazette.
Effects Of UnrcquIred Love.

On Friday week were consigned t their final
resting-place, in the churchyard Of Keighley, tho
| mortal remains of one Of the most eccentric per-
sons that ever lived, man who voluntarily went
to bed in good health, and remained there for a
period of forty-nine years He went by the cog
nonen Of" Old Thrceclapsn In tho neiRhborhood
but his real name was William Shasp, and he lived
at place called Worlds not very Grtltom Braith
waite, in the parish Of Keighley. Hc was the con
Of a small farmer, and from early age never
showed much inclination to steady work When
thirty years Of age, he took TO his bed and the
room, which he never left till carried thence on
the day of bis funeral. The cause Of this extra
ordinary conduct it is difficult to ascertain with any
degree Of certainty, but the principal reason seems
to have been matrimonial Disappointment The
wedding day was fixed. This singular character,
then young and doubtless ardent lover, accom-
panied by friend, wended his way down to the
parish church, and there patiently awaited the ar
rival of the bride elect. But the bride never came
The father of the damsel stefnly and steadily re-
fused his consent
This, combined it may have been with other
grievances imaginary or real, preyed heavily upon
mind certainly not endowed with more than av-
erage intellect, and bealing unmstakable traces
of hereditary singuarity; and the result WAS that
the young man consigned himself to small room,
measuring about nine feet in every direction, with
the determination Of spending the remainder of bis
existence between the blankets, which resolution
he kept most unfnchingy. At the time of bis
death, his window had never been opened for SO
years. During the whole period of this selfim-
posed coinement he never had any serious illuess,
the only case of indispostion those connectediwi
him can remember, being slight loss Of appetite,
caused apparently by indigestion, for two three
days. He certainly, physically at least did credit
to his food for though arrived at the long age of
10, his flesh was firm, fair, and unwrinked save
with fat, and the estimate of his weight was 240
lbs, or thereabouts. As matter of course, the
curious came far and wide to see this eccentric
being, and whenever stranger was dshered into
his den he Immediately buried bis head in the bed
clothes About week before his death his appe-
tite began to fail, his limbs became partially be-
numbed so that he could not take his food In his
accustomed manner From this attack he seem,
to rally and not until the evening before his deaih
we're any apprehensons entertained that the at
tack would prove ultimately fatal
BoRRoYED DREssss The New York Tribune
has atelycome into the possession of fact, sn
ndispnta, ,act that win solve mystery that hi
long puz,..ed some of the observers and writers
upon female dresses. The puzzle is that women
of sane mind should trail expensive silk, or other
costly stuff dresses through the dirty streets OF
New York; or that they should even have such
garment made three or four inches too long for
the stature of the wearer. The fact that we have
learned explains all this seeming wonder away.
These dresses are not so made for the wearers;
they were originally made for taller women, but
are borrowed person well skilled in such mat
tiers has ascertained beyond the possibility Of dis
pute that most OF the women seen in Broadway,
with costly dresses sweeping the pavement at the
heels, have either borrowed or bought the articl
secondhand at an old clothes shop, where they let
out such things by the month, week, day, or for a
single promenade. Assuming as fact that no
woman who trails costly dress through the streets
Is the owrer of the garment il tvould be worth the
while Of some lover Of statistics 10 count the long
and short skirts to ascertain what proportion OF
the Broadway promenaders Of pleasant spring
day are out in borrowed clothes.