, 1860-02-24
YOUNG HERO.

In the Madison (wisconsin) Daily Argus we
end the following account Of the martyrdOm Oi
an American bOy-a youth Of whom our nation
may be prOud-whO died because be would not
tell lie.
A case Of moral heroism exceeding that i'm
puted TO knud IveTSon, occurred IN Marquetl
County little over . year ago, the iacts ol
which were established BY judicial investigation
and were related to US by Judge Larrabee, who
presided al the trial.
A beautiful, iair.haired, blue-eyed boy, about
nine years Of age, was taken from the Orphan
ASYLUM in Milwaukie, and adopted by res
peciable farmer Of MarQuett, professor Of rell'
eion. A girl, q little older than the boy, was
also adopted into the same family. Soon after
these children were installed in their new home,
the boy discovered criminal conduct on part Of
his new mother, which he mentioned to the little
girl. and Il thereby came 10 the ears Of the wo-
man: she indignantly denied the story to the
satislaction Of her husband, and insisted that
the boy should be whipped until he confessed
the lalschOod. The man-poor, weak bigot--
impelled by q sense Of religious duty, proceeded
to the task assigned him, by procuring bundle
Of rods, stripping the child naked, and suspend.
him by q cord " the rafters Of the house, and
whipping him at intervals for over two hours, till
the blood nan through the floor below; stopping
only 10 rest and interrogate the boy, and getting
cannot tell 4 lie /" the woman all the time urg-
ing him to do his duty" The poor little hero,
u length released from his torture, threw his
arms around the neck Of his tormentor, kissed
him, and said, Pa, am so cold, and died. II
appeared In evidence, upon the trial OF this man
and woman for murder, that the child did tell
the truth, and suffered death by slow torture
nther than tell lie The age Of heroism and
Of mArtyrdom will not have passed till mothers
cease 10 instil holy precepts into the minds Of
their iaianl offspring. The man and woman who
murdered this angel child are now in the peni'
tsntiAFy at Waupun, to which they were sem
fenced for ten years
LsAp YEAh-The year 1850 is @teap Year,
And consists Of 800 days, one day bling added to
the shortest month, February, which will there
fore have twenty;nne days this year and on
its last or additional day. is claimed by tic ladies
q privilege which belongs at all other times to
the gentIemen-the Irvilege Of "popping the
question" Leap year occurs every fourth year.
and Is 80 called because II leaps over day more
than an ordinary year. For instance, in othef
years, if Christmas day or New Years day Gall on
Sunday, L will fan on Monday the following year
but in Leap Year Il will fall on Tuesday, being
thus two days later in the week, insteld Of one.
The necessity in Leap Year arises from the fact
that the solar year docs not correspond exactly
with the civil year, in consequence Of its not
ending exactly with given day, but with frac.
ton OF q day. II Il were not for this ara 1ge.
msnt Christmas, in course Of timc, would be in
midsummer, and the Fourth Of July in the depth
Of winter. The true year consists Of the time il
takes for the earth to make one revolution around
the sun, which Is determined by It's coming back
10 the same point In the zodiac from which Il
started and this accomplished In 3e0 days and
nearly six hours and as the calendar must col
sist Of complete days, these hours are omitted,
and In four years they make up whole day,
when one Is added to the year, making what Is
called Leap Year. This1 however, Is not strictly
correct Ior Il Is ascertained by accurate calcua'
tons that solar year exactly 366 days hOurs,
- minutes and ST. seconds consequently, u
putting on the Six hours, We add II minutes
i24 seconds In four years. This In the eoun
Of 1884 years, would amount TO "a hours,
or . complete day. Every year that the mum
Der b diVisible BY Gour without = remainder is
Lap Year, except the last year of the century
which & Leap Year only when diVisible By 40'
without remainder. Thus the year 1900 vii
not Be Leap Year.
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