Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-29

I'M y Mn : tLpIHEs-A FKnALE oS THE
Ny 10 PIkE's PsaG.-A young gentleman mr.
rived in town on Saturday and put up ut the
Farmers Home. whe represented himself AS on
his way TO Pixies Peak. lie was we'll dressed
and good looking, and appeared TO have money TO
pay for ali he got, although quite prudent in all
his expenditures, as was denoted by the style of
public houses which he resorted to. Ills entire
ignorance. of the route or Of the necessary equip
ment attracted some attention, but people set him
down as verdant young gentleman. and kindly
gave him all the information in their mower.
There was nothing about him that excited sus-
picion, although the landlord thought him some
what fastidious in refusing to sleep with another
man, and he s.nid overnight This operation was
fatal to him, however for the women ks disco,-
cred that the supposed young gent was n girl Of
eighteen or nineteen years Of age. They were
highly scandlized Mt this insisted upon having an
oifcer sent for. Deputy Sheriff Champ s',on arriv-
c and too charge of the now disconsolste young
woman. who WIS completely overwhelmed at her
discovery. and deprived Of all the self possession
which had characterized her disguise.
She went with him willingly, being assured
that no harm would be done her, and above ull
that she would not be put in Jail, and told her
story unreseryedly. She did not leave her quar-
tiers, however. without giving the females who
hal discovered her disguise q pretty smart piece
If her mind. On arriving at officer Champs of
flee, she confessed her desi gn, and acknowledged
that she had run away from home in Canada. with
the intention Of making her way to Pixies Peak.
which locality hnwevcr.s she had very little know
| ledge of. She had taken money from her fathers
desk for this purpose, had appropriated her
brothers. best suit in which to travel. She said
She thought Pixies Peak little way from
Chicago and she thought Chicago was about
fifty miles from Detroit Her idea of the ex-
rense had been obtained from the newspapers,
and she had provided money enough to take her
all the way there. She was good looking, and
nd ahtIntI tly fin tit,,ts
was quite sure that she was competent for the
task.
Being informed that she must 60 home. she
begged bard to be released, which was percmpto
riIy denied. She then implored ierventy that
hor name or that Of her father might not he made
public, promising, under condition that her re-
quest complied with, to 60 home and stay
there, and be good girl A recital Of the dan
grrs she must encounter on her journey, and the
life She must lenl when she got to herdc>tination.
rreonciei her to this arrangement, ard she went
home checrfully in charge Of u Canadian officer
who summQnef for the purpose. In view ct
the promises made to Der it would Of course l'c IN
cxpeLicnl tn publish names or to give the place
81 her residence. She said her father farm
en- and in comfortable circumstances. 1t Is not tho
first Of such hayward lnncies on the part Of young
Girls that we have had to record, and singula'ly
enough most If them came from Canada. " have
never withheld names before, but the cIrcumstan-
of this ease Justify in doing So. the sirl
more imprudeut and thoughlless than sinful
n roH Free Press, aprH 10,
kEEr OFT OF DEnr,-Keep out Of debt Avoid
it as You would war, pestilcnce, and famine
Hate 1t with perfect hatred. ALhor it with an
entire abhorrenc,. Dig p tat res. bread stons
81 l!lc tnware--do anything thati honest and
u>einl, rather than run into debt. As you value
good digestion, healthy, appetite. placid tenn
per. II smooth pillow, pleasant dreams. and happy
waneninss, keep out of debt it is the harde t OF
, all a>kmaStcrs the most cruel Of all Cypress r.
II i. milestone about the neck: it is an incubus
on the heart 1t spreads cloud over the irma
meat Of mans being; it fur,ows the forehead
with premature wrinkles it plncks from the eye
its HIGHT 1t lrags all the nobenc,s and Kindness
out of the port and hearing of man; 1t takes all
tac soul out Of his laugh, and all statc'iuc,1 nnl
trtclom from his walk. Come not under its ac-
cursed dominion, nor ever be its slave. Owe no
man anything