New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-21
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Wiz Jun4l9ns coat 0f Varnish bringing its hitb-
efgg concealed beauties into notice aud admiration
Henry Cecil, tenth earl 81 Exeter With landed y.
tae5 70 tne yearly value Of 100000 aud the palatal
residence of BaTgey With its statnes, paintings
and articles Of value said to be worth s5dg 61a raar
RED Miss Vernon from whom owing to her vioIatiau
OF the marriage vows, he was divorced in l7g1 Al
moSs heaF5 broken py this disgrace and misfortune
be resolved to retire from high life and irnleiafef
after the divorce betook himself 10 retired yilis
in Shropshire, named B0las about one bardra5 y5
twenty miles from his own beautiful Burglsy Of
that place. however, he was Bot lord then uds ps;t
the death OF his uncle, the ninth earl In 1893 Pgf
he gas heir presumptve to the title and estates an6
| his pecuuiary allowance was On very ample scale
suited to his future position. at this time too he
was only plain Mr. Henry Cecil.
At Bo!as he actually became farm servant 10
rather rough diamond, one Thomas Hoggins who,
besides his farm, had mill in pretty ian employ
Ceclls chief work was in this mill, and he abcred
like any other servant fairly to his wages Pars
Of his business was to leave fall bags Of -four at
rious farm houses in the parish and to take back the
empty ones He had frequently to call at the house
OF the Rev. DR.. Dickenson, the clergyman Of Bolas
where, according to the time and place, he was aI- T
ways invited to rest in the kitchen and take a mug
Of ale. He seldom was tempted TO enter into c0nver
sation, but spoke well, when he did converse that
Mr.. Dickenson's household gave him the HaTne Of {
"Genteman Harry. 1t was not long before this E
sobFiquet and its cause became known to MI. Dick.
enson, who put himself in the way Of meeting this
strange millers man. and became so interested in him
that instead Of being asked 10 rest and refresh IN the
kitchen, "Gentleman Harry" was regularly invited
into the study, where the good pastor used to Join
him in draught Of home brew, and pipe Of the
Nicotan weed.
Ere Long, Mr. Dickenson, who had freely lent him
various books, limited bis suspicion that GentlenaH
Harry" belonged to a higher position than be then
occupied. This was confessed with an assurance thai
there was no disgrace connected with his HcogHitJl
and promise to reveal the particulars OF the secrek
at no distant day.
Thomas Hoggns the miller, had one daughter,
naraed Sarah, known far and wide the Beauty Of
Bolas.' About this time she was scarcely twenty,
and through the intervention Of a moned aunt, had
received what we have heard described In her native
Shropshire, as " betteEmost educationn That ii,
she read and wrote correctly, had some slight at-
quaintance with French and played tolerably we'll
upon the harpschord 1t came to pass that Miss H.
" Gentleman Harry Alas, for the romance of THE
story, his premier jeuneSSe gone-f0r he was Ia
his thirtyeighth year. It happened, also, that lie
became interested in her; much so, that he ealgd
at the parsonage one evening to consult with BIZ.
DCkensOn-ln word, to entreat him to marry theIh,
privately; and then, making clean breast OF 10
" Gentleman Harry z confessed that he was Mr.. Hen
~ Cecil, next heir to the eard0m and estates OF Ee-
ter. He bound over the clergyman to secrecy n|og
allowing him to disclose his personal secret TO 1lr-
Hoggins, nor even to the fair Sarah. 1t was dill
cult matter for the clergyman to obtain the mlleFs
consent to the marriage, which was celebrated the
Both October, 1871. The happy couple lived upon
small farm during the following two years-unt 1Lr.
Cecil casually learned from a Shrewsbury paper that
the death Of his uncle had placed coronet upon his
brow and immense wealth at his disposal.
Still concealing the secret of his rank from bis
change Of residence She prepared to accompany
him, leaving her native Bolas with regret for she lad
been happy there as maiden, wife and mother. She
accompanied her husband, and they came at las1 to
Burgey, the beauty Of which greatly struck her as
they rode by it in their humble conveyance. Her
husband told her that it was show place, and she
gladly assented to his invitation to alight and see II.
They entered the demesne, walked mp the broad
avenue with its double fringe Of stately oaks, went
through the garden and conserVatories, and finally
made tour Of the mansion. At last, returning down
the grand Staircase into the stately hall arohRd
. which was ranged figures in antique armory, and
e family portraits, from the days Of Holbein and Van
!, dyke down to Reynolds her husband asked her how
" she liked the place. Z" Beautiful! she exclaimed.
y y Oh, Henry, what paradise to live and die in -
By this time small crowd of relatives and attend
! ants had made a circle around them. Sarah, said
a he's he kissed her white brow, this place is ybuTs.
i | am Lord of Exeter Then turning to the com
y pany, he said " This is the Countess Of Exeter
Il Hazlett, himself a Shropshire man, CWemr his
~ birthplace being near Boas) has told this story
- and adds that the surprise too much foE the
~ peasant Countess She tainted at the DISCLOSURE and
II he says her MIND never wholly recovered its balance
~ Her children were daughter, born at Bolas, in
~ 1872, (whOse daughter welded to Lord Charles
" Wellesley, will probably be Duchess of wellington
Il she die) and her two sons, the eldest Of whom.
a. born in lT95 il the present Marquis The PLEASANT
Countess died in 1897, aud her dscOnsolate husband
n married third wife in 1900. He was elevated TO q
q Marquisate in 1901, and died in 1904.
This il the real story Of the " Lord Of BurlRigh,n
narrated by Mr.. Dickenson Of BOlas, as lately as
1851, when be died philadelphia Press.
= HYDRoPHoBfA.--James Williams, NJ. D., writes to
the Philadelphia Inquirer interesting letter on the
- treatment Of persons bitten by mad dogs He him
p SELF was bitten and cured by the mode preacrhed
- in the following extract from his letter:
u =, When any person is bitten, with a sharp knife
e cut away small portion of the flesh surrounding the
~ wound, and cauterze the part freely with lunar
f. tic and repeat the application two or three days
II dress the wound each time with little ceate or
~ fresh lard.
y Take Of the root of elecampane (cenula canpana1
one ounce and half cut it fine or bruse it, then
II boil it in pint of new milk down to half pint
~ give this quantity three mornings fasting do not let
- the patient eat anything until about o'clock in the
j afternoon let him be kept quiet, and, if possible,
"a confident and cheerful 1t is confidently asserted by
"a those who have used the elecampane and milk alone,
~ that it will have the desired effect if taken within q
II hours after the accident
- would suggest, sir that suitable person IN
,t every rural district be provided with tha proper
m for relief to be ready for use at any time when
m,n M applied for, Such is my confidence in tile above
mode Of treatment that would unhesitatngfy pur-
u it to the exclusion Of every other known sup
"a "a posed remedy whatever"
a. 10 show tie effects Of early local application Dr.
~ Williams mentions that English groom and boy
were bitten at the time, and by the same dog
h Everything done for the boy that love or money
N could suggest but he died in the most horrible CON
vulsiOnS. The groom was overlooked in the confu
- sion, aud he thinking lightly of the matter, merely
washed his wound with water and strong cbuntry or
nd homemade soap, and entirely recovered nerer eXpe
in riencing any i'll effects from the bite,
ny FAITH n A BABE-AIrs L. had Lost her lit.
he tie pet nmb-her only oneo only six summers, by
scarletna. Her neighbor's child not quite so old
hid went over spend Saturday afternoon hoEr or two
=" and as She was the dead Lzzes playmate, LiZ2ies
ie paythngs were brought cut by the bereft mother
ler for her young visitors amusement Mrs, L.
ov dropping frequent tears at the sight OF the old aml
no lar sport When at night and at home thu little Cir
going to bed she asked her mother to let her o
S. once say her prayers alone in her bedroom, instead
rn OF at the maternal knee and she did SO. Coming
back from her brief deyotons, her mother said sht
should like to know the reason of her darlings unu
,as snu wish Artessly though violet could speak
m the amost-baby said: " asked the Lord tb give Mrs
Hu L. little baby like yours, mamma, instead q
cry Lizzie she wOntcry any y But the pretties
lay part Of it is that the first thing Monday morning
our sweet little petitioner wanted to run right owe
ltr to Mrs. LIS, to see if The baby II come q
aIu | prayed for! How would this do as an Illustration
si in faith?
nat ONE OF jim BEcKwoRTHs LIEs.a-A Caiforni
,ao paper tells the following story
al A company of miners on Jams0n Creek reqaestet
a comrade, who was going to a neighboling camp L
borrow The Life of Jim BeekWorth; :; fim having
,st in his day, been famous criminal. He made III
IA desire known, and was handed by accident, cop
hAAu Of the mlHtake. Las