Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-03-04
From the Caledonian.
Personal Sketches.
ELIZABETH McCALLUM.

! now owned and occupied by John Gibson
Lzzy Gas she was called) was a kind
conGding and pleasant tempered child
possessing mild and winning DISPOSE
i. ton, and gaining the affection and es-
TEEN OF parents and companions. A
she grew in years she grew also in The
estimation of all who became acquainted
r with her. It is true that her playmate,
= were few and far between at that earl
!; day in the settlement of this country, bu
6 for that very reason, when they did NEE
they bad right merry time. Thus
years rolled on until Lzzy became IA
years old, she still retaining the affection
} of neighbors as well as parents. AT this
r time she was sent to Mr.. McNab's who
= occupied the farm now belonging to Capt
Warden, few miles distant. AS there
. was no way of travelling in those day:
omespt on foot or horseback, she got on
the horse and started for the neighbor's
in high anticipation of meeting children
of her own age. This hope and the
beautiful day had an exhilirating effect
as she rode along, her feelings in har-
mony with the lealhercd songsters about
her. She had got about half way to
Mr. McNab's when her attention was at.
tracted and fixed by the most delightful
music she had ever heard. That part of
the town she was in was pefect wilder
ness-just here and there small clear
ing. Who was singing, or where the
mysterious music came from was more
than she could comprehend. When she
looked in the direction she thought the
sound came from, they would appear to
come from another quarter. She listen.
ed for a time in calm delight, completely
charmed by the harnonies that surround
ed her. And while she still gazed in
establishment, the music gradually died
away. When she arrived at Mr.. Nc
Nab's she was in a state of happy amaze
ment. She related her experience on
the road, and as might be supposed, was
listened to with some surprise; but what
a mystery to her hearers, was
a reality to Lizzy. Both of these fam-
lies were occupied on this day in the
every day business of life, and
no particular h ugh was given the
young girl by either until night came and
she had not returned home. Search was
made and the horse was found quietly
feeding by the road side, and the lifeless
body Of Lizzy was soon discovered near
the place she had described as hearing
the music in the morning. No mark on
her body indicated how she came to her
death. The only thing noticeable Or re-
markab!e about the body was the extra
ordinary pleasant expression of counte-
nance. No person ever knew how she
lost her life, or where the music came
from. Were angels whispering, "Come,
come away?"
BETSEY MCINTOSH.
! Betsey Mcintosh was born in Boston
Mass l768. Her mother died in l77l.
Her father, Ebenezer Mcintosh, with
other men, went into the Crown office al
Boston in l772 and demanded of the Of
ficials the stamp act which had lately
come from England. This bold act OF
these patriots aroused the ire of the gov.
eminent party in Boston, and inspired
with new zeal they determined to crush
the rising spirit at Of independence al
once. Accordingly rigorous and wide,
: spread search was made for those mer
who had thus assailed the officers of the
British government and as McInosI
was leader especial effort was made tc
take him. He was appraised of these
: proceedings and advised TO leave the city
/ But what would become of his mother
less children !--Betsey and her brother
Paschal, two years her senior. AT frs
he was determined to leave them witt
e their uncle, Samuel Maverick, but tn,
e soldiers and constables, who had beer
\ searching in every nook and corner fo
- Mcintosh without success, had bccom,
enraged, and began to fire on the people
in the streets, and Maverick was sho
t dead near his own door. Mcintosh now
O made up his mind to take his children
with him. Accordingly, in the darknes.
of the night he left the city, the boy "A
. his side and Betsey on his back small
= lot of shoemaker's tools and few shill-
e ings in bis pocket, constituting the Who'll,
! family and effects Of the self-exied man
Much Of the journey was through al
unbroken wilderness, and having to trav
ell in the night and sleep and rest in tn,
" day, added to the fatigue and wearines,
3. Of the long journey. They found many
t friends, however, and B else y soon be
came favorite with all who CHANGED lo
see her. Mr.. Mcintosh continued hi,
l. flight till he reached Haverlill. N. H..
where he resided many years. The son
I went TO Ohio, and afterwards his father
spent several years with him there, bur
in 1907 he returned to Ryegate where
Betsey then lived, coming all that jour
ney on foot. Betsey had married Jabez
Biselow, who was born in Westminster
{ Mass, in l764. They were marraid in
Newbury, where they liv d several