Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-07-29


mainiog digniiories ia q strange plight =
Some Que had stuck cigar in Gen. Wash
ipg,opss mouth, and ,bas, with bis chapeau
crushed dlwn over his eyesJ ard Inn reg 10.
| ing upon the ample lap Of Mol, Pitcher,
the Father Of This Country led the. Van Of
aFsoTy a band Of epatrio s as not ofdu
comes within ones experience to sece--
Gen. Marion &ss playing a dummy game
OF poker with Geo 4 Lafayette; Gov Morris
was having set.,o with Nithsn NE,
Eaad james Madison was executing Butch
polka with Madam Roland on,one arm and
Lucreiia BOrgia on the other. The next
moment the advancing flames compelled Us
fto'felife 2 0a"h' aa'in'o aa''i 7iad
3 we believe that all tbc living cutiosi les
were saved out the. .G
eoog sad iloH FArawoMAxa7bt
F's Mrs. AaDa Swan, was only rescued with
the Utmost difficulty. There was not a
tdopr thfdush which her bulky from could
obtain passage. IL was likewise feared
that the stars would break down, even if
she should reach them. Her best friend,
the living skeleton stood by her ns long as
he dared, but then deserted her, while, as
the heat grew 10 intensity, the preparation
folied from her faceeis little brooks aud
tIvulets, which paite,ef musicalIy upou the
floor. AT length, as a last resort, lhe EN-.
ployees oflhe place procured lofty derrick
which fortunately happened to be standing
near, and erected it alongside the Museum
A portion of the will was then broken of
on each side of the window, the strong
tackle was got in readiness the fat woman
was made fast to one eud and swung over
the heads of the people in the street, with
l8 men gr6sping the other extremity cf the
line, and lowered down from the third story
amid enthusiastic applause A carriage Of
extraordinary capacity was 10 readiness
and, entering this, the young lady was
driven away to a bolel. FRO
v'-- tsl5AosERrENT PANIC. 1.rv' la
4ai When the surviving serpents, that we're
released by the partial. burning of the box
in which they were cop6ned, crept along
on the floor to the balcony of the Museum,
and dropped on the sidewalk, the crowd,
seiz,d With Saint Patrick'S aversion to the
reptiles, fed in such precipitate haste that
they Knocked each other down and tram
pied On one another ia the most reckless
and damaging manner. r.t..--, - 81.
4. Has were lest, coats tom, boots burst
and paataloons ripped with magnificent
scellaueousness, and dozens of those who
rose from the miry streets, into which they
had been thrown, looked like the disem-
bodied spirits Of a mud bank.
The snakes crawled on the sidewalk and
into Broadway, where some Of them died
from injuries received, aud others were dis
patched by the excited populace, Several
Of the serpents Of the comprehend species
escaped tue fury of the tumultuous masses,
aud, true TO their instincts. sought shelter
in the World and ,Neaos Offices
H. hs.-aA GENUINE BEAR IN WALL ST. 5rs
A large black Bear escaped from he
burning Museum into Ann ST., and then
made his way into Nassau, aud down that
tbroughfsre into WALL where his ap
pearance caused q sensation. s t.--.
Some of the superstitious believed him the
spirit Of departed Ursa Major, aud others
OF his fraternity welcomed the animal as a
favorable omen. The Bear walked qnietlt
along to the Custom House, assembled The
steps of the building, and became bewildered
as many biped bear has done before him
lie Otemea 10 lose MS sense OF VISION, ana,
no doubt, endeavour.ug to operate for o
fall, walked over the side The steps, and
brekc his neck. He succeeded in his ob
/ ject, but i, cost him dearly. tI
The appearance of Bruin in the street
,ensloly affected the stock market, aid
shares fell rapidly; but when be lost bis
life, in the careless manner We have describ
ed, shares advanced again, aud the Bulls
triumphed once more. 7'J s