The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-02-28
A SINGULAR INCIDENT.

The Lynchburg Republican publishes the fol-
lowing incident, remarkable alike for its mel
ancholy fulflmcnt to fhe brother of one of the
parties concerned:
Just before the war broke out, and before
Lincoln's proclamation was issued, q young Vir-
ginian named Summerfield was visiting the city
of New York, where he made the acquaintance
of two Misses Holmes, of Waterbury, Vermont.
He became somewhat intimate with the young
ladies, and tho intercourse seemed to be mutu-
ally agreeable. g Sic
The proclamation was issued, and the whole
North thrown into blaze of excitement On
YstAg tbs aaassa aRsa ssRS at sAf hour Of
present meeting would probably be their hist,
they must hurry home to aid in making up O.
vercoats and clothing for the volunteers from
their town. Suummerfed expressed his regret
that they must leave, but at the same time es-
pecallY requested them to see that the overcoats
were well made, as it was his intention il he ev-
er met the Vermont regiment in BATTLE to kill
one of them and take his coat. =
Now for the sequel. Virginia seceded.-The'
second Vermont regiment, q portion of which
was from the town of Waterbury, was sent to
Virginia. The battle of Manassas was fought,
in which they were engaged, and so was Sum-
merfield
During the battle, Summerfeld marked his
man, not knowing to what State he belonged;
the fatal ball was sped on its errand of death
the victim fell at the flash of the gun, and upon
rushing to secure the dead mans arms Summer
field observed that he had fine new ovcrcoat
strapped to his back, which he determined to
appropriate to his own use. The fight was o.
yer, and Summerfield had time to examine his
prize, when, remarkable as it may appear, the
coat was marked with the name of Thomas
Holmes, and in the pocket were found letters
signed with the names of the sisters whom Sum-
merfield had known in New York, and to whom
he had made the remark we have quoted, in
which the dead man was addressed as the BROTH
CT. The evidence was conclusive-he had kill
ed the brother Of his friends, and the remark
which he had made in jest had melancholy
fuflment. We are assured this narrative is
literally true. Summeriield now wears the coat,
and, our informant states, is not little Impress
ed with the singularity of the coincidence.
e9- A young medical student who had been
screwed very hard at his examination for adj
mission to the faculty, on very warm day was
nearly overcome by the numerous questions put
to him, when the following query was added;
'Nyhat course would you adopt to produce q
copiors perspiration ?" After a long breath, he
observed, wiping his forehead: 81 would have
the patient examined before tho Medical So
cety!"
nS- One of Dean Trench's Sermons upon tho
subject, ssWhat we can and cannot carry away
when we die," commences thus appositely =
Alexander the Great, being on his death-bed,
commanded that, when he was carried forth to
the grave, his hands should not be wrapped, as
was usual, in the cerecothes but should be left
outside the bier, SO that all men might see they
were empty.
fzy-P,mishment of q Murderer IN Michiyan.--
VIM ID. Kingin was convicted in Michigan, last
week, of murder marked by very atrocious
circumstances. In accordance with the law of
the State, he has been taken to the State prison,
there to endure solitary confinement for life.--'
From the time he enters his cell, he will never
see face again. His meals are conveyed to him
through an opening in his cell, and when it be-
comes necessary for human beings to- approach
him, they are hooded so as to conceal their fea-
lures.
esr No doubt honesty is the best policy, but
those who do honest things merely because they
think it good policy, are not honest.
eS Spare that you may speed; fast that you
may feast; labor that you may live; and run
that you may rest. s,.4. "a
ez- Difficulties and strong men, like strop ana
razor, are made for each other