Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-12
Misfdlaneons.


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From Chamber Eaiaburgh Journal.
A DEAD MANS REVENGE.
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Cone here nsnnan-eome here on-
cae zsoedses dead dr Inc man spoke IN q
ioN tone. then sufneo ana looked at hls
wife. Sne was 2 neat ano gentle looking
woman; ne, nne' broad snouidered man.
oh, h'chardF ine Somans face and
voice. expressed her nofrof al the sight be-
fore her. 1t vas death IN Its most repul.
sive form. An Old man, with Pinehed and
Vithered features, with beard unshayen,
and eyes unciosed, lay on that wretched
oeds staring upwards, as though hoyering
over h's couch, ne still beheld the awful
presence That had announced his doom.
IL was Iebedee Peck, the miser, who lay
snefe' stark snc dead, and the man IN
stone-masons dress, standing by the bed
SIDE, was Richard Maliet, his nephew,
working mason.
fod ha' mercy on him. said the man,
after q silence, during which he and
ms wie STOOD gazing m awe on the
race OF the dead. "Hell need it, poor
so1n. NJ ne nadn mnen mercy for others"
Ahfoagn 'ne open WINDOW came a muir
mnf Oh voices nom tae court oeioW3 then
there was noise OF footsteps on The stars.
.Here are The neignoors. Hannah. Come
iooE up, lass: there's lots to be done.
Richard Maiiet threw the sneet over the
fsce OF the dead, ana went to the door to
meee the nsT comers. Ihere was good
y troupe mostly women. curiosity was
w7ssen on every race. fecks Court had
oeen In . STATE OF excitement for some
hours.
For Two days past the old mlsers house
had been shut up. and nobody had seen
anything OF Its owner. AT hrst 1t was
supposed 70 oe only one Oh Daady Pecks
whims, and ms eccentricitles beng well
knoWn, no one troubled themselves about
the matter. The next day, It was reported
early m the morning, that the old miser
had had 1T; by noon, IL was said that be
had hung himself BY his garters from a
beam IN The garret; and lastly, toward
evening, 1t was asserted that he had been |
murdered by thieves, who had plundered
the house, and escaped over the back wall. |
Whereupon, consultation was convened |
at the pump, by the matrons of the court,
as to what ought to be done under the cir
cumstances, and various resolutions were
proposed. One lady advised trying the eff |
feet of q watchman's rattle, and q cry of
'ire" under the window; another advoca-
ted a long ladder, and descent through
the gsrret; third was for having q police.
man sent for, and breaking open the front
door with the strong arm Of the law; while
a fourth, an enlightened washerwoman,
sending at once for Richard NAL
LET, Peekis nephew and nearest relative
This bright idea carried the day, and
feet messenger was at once dispatched
for Che stoue-mason and his wife-ain n
ease Of life and DEATH" as the messenger
was strictly enjoined to say.
When, therefore, Richard MalIet pro-
oeeded to inform the neighbors that bis
'ncle had been found dead in his bed, and
1othing more, there was something like
written on their anxious
aces. The court had made up its mind to
terrible catastrophe-a suicide at the
very least; and now there would be moth
ing out coroners inquest after all. How
ever WIN that 10 iook forward To- and the
quest,on OF .ne misers wealth TO discuss,
lt had gained something, and SO the court
Fecosefeo i's equaniHnty. M
aHe's gone, then, at last" swell,
we're all mortal, you seeP His moneys
D no use to him now r. were some of the
pious remarks uttered by the by-standers,
% they crowded round the bed.
@Let's hope his money will go into bet
ter.hands, marm," said the intelligent wash
,rwoman, addressing herself to Mrs. NAL
let. "You mustn't fret, my dear; its the
ways o Providence, and ali for the best, you
know.n
Seeing that Mrs. Mallet had never spo-
zen To the deceased a dozen times all the