, 1859-10-07
Nos1..


DON vinceute.
An extraordinary trial took place not long 40.
before the criminal court Of Grenada For some
years past; there has been residing IN the village
Of Ugijar charitable individlal named Don Vim
eente dc Bentaval-y Sazar; whose whole i5Ildh6
was devoted to improving the condition Of tho
villagers and relieving the poor. To such nh *.
tent did Don Yineente eatry his charity, that b
denied himself almost the necessaTies n lie, n
order TO suecor the necessiious, and be had been
known 10 take the cloak from his own back %
cover that Of poor female who was without one
Suddenly, the peaceful inhabitants Of this village
were alarmed at accounts Of murders committed
in their neighborhood and al attempts % discover
their origin were vain. u was merely known.
fron the circumstances attending them, that they
must have been committed BY the samc hand.
Suddenly however, the mystery was 70 Be ~
vealed. Two peasants, who had entered recess
to shelter themselves from the sun, and eat their
mid-day meal were startled BY the firing of gun.
and running out saw the body Of murdered man,
and the murderer standing over him, riling his
pockets. They threw themselves upon Tho a.
sassn, and having secured him, were N the great
est astonishment at seeing that II was The chara-
bic Don Vihcente. Asa denial OF the crime before
him was impossible, be admitted that he was Tie
author Of all the murders which had been commit
ted, and stated that his only wish was 70 obtain
uloilCy, us uWu TeAoufCto ueluI eLu1uELtU. IUF
the poor. In bis defence before the Judges. 10
declared that bis Grst murder, that q 4 wealthy
priest took place under the following circunll
stances: aFs ~ .'t .f .NteusFi3
In Don Yineeute's village, two young persons
were betrothed TO each other, but q sudden ca
lamity which occurred to the father Of the female
prevented his paying the promised portion Niih
his daughter, and the marriaeeWas on thepointof
being broken on Don yincente hearing Of the
circumstances, resolved to rase the lnoEcY, and
applied TO several Of his acquaintancos for Ioan
but received . refusal from all Shortly nilef-
wards be met the priest on his road, and asked
him TO lend him thirty ounces Of gold; the priest,
who knew him we'll replied that he had : hun
dred ounces in his portmaniean, On the back of
bis mule, and that he was welcome 10 Il an but
Don Vincenie having afterwards, n bis Joy, told
him for what purpose the money was Intended,
the priest laughed at him, and said he was mad,
and thot for such a purpose be sh6tld not have
q single ounce. Don: Vihcenle, Initiated 70 llit,
shot him dead and having taken bis gold. gave
the wedding doWry, and distributed the rest n
various acts Of charity. Having committed this
murder, be resolved 70 make the robbery ql lho
rich the means Of meeting tho continual demands
Of his poor pensioners, and na this was only 10
Be done by taking life, he committed murder
after murder until he was detected. On herr
ing the sentence Of death pronounced upon him
BY his judges, he exclaimed - Oh, ny Godl
who win now take care Of my poori" ~
One day sturdy peasant in the ensirons Of Ev-
reux was at work n the fields amidst storm and
rain. and went home N The evening. ihoronrhlF
tired and drenched to the skin. He was mot at
the door by his loving wife, who had been 4 home
all day :.
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nara mat could not isicn waiei, an4 g Mie
no. Deen aIls y I1As you rn{ sosp: 1at nov,es
xVn ale Wy slsu y opI.9n y yonr 20 ,
le.cn ta ne couple 81 Dqcks'a q NlAs'-}oq Wy
nO1 ~ my Me..er, a. !. a.. - !. u.
~, ns ~ ols. ~, w s,. s.ss So, = , 's es Z ,n ~.
.oSs .hs plekss s.a is.esS ~ Ns.. ,pl .,p
inc he house he found bis VIE Comfortably saili
by the FIRE; then lining one bucket aIIar lho o'ho.
he poured both over his kind and con.'delals
4 partner.
r. Nov Nov. wep sui5 IA. :. vOu A., asi,s = -, 4
4 l am, 50 You may fetch water or your11li--1ok
can't get any wetter,@ is
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n M accoon. q .ns svh manneIs sna e9+ens q tlp
~ -, ~nsn ~ os,le .ae y e.,.el'2onn .,
hss 49,, s.- -. !, sV V,-o !. .,s ~, !,
Obtains the Command AZ home 1be nan rsmes
4 times becomes the wife and The woman fnn hn,s
band. The straw Is made into 4 cushion. unon
which the young couple kusel a church.
| The same writer, ii speaking of the funeral
customs Of the Danes SayA sWhen anybody
dies they DO not weep and lament ou.laush. eet
1rInk, 1no eanee aoou. Us 4 .na w s..ea
bles and other things n tae grave IN proportion
" tnen 'AhA ano "tsunot
Aloaier, who had got his Christmas load on.
"fetched up against the side 0f Z house which
had been newly paintek Showing himsS4 clear