The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-08-27
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A New England paper tells lhi. story:
There is man 10 Vermont who can.
not speak 70 his father. Previous 20
his birth some difficulty arose between
bis mother aud father, aud Tor a consid
cradle time she refused to speak with
him. The difficulty was subsequently
healed, the child wss born, aud IN doe
time began 10 talk, but when sitting
with his father was invariably silent -
IL continued 40 until the child was Eve
years old, she's the father, having ca.
hausted bis powers u persuasion, threat
sssd Il with puuisheent for lie stab.
boranoss. Whea the punishment was
Inflicted il elected nothing bat signs
ADD groans which told bat too plaiaiy
that the little sufferer could not speak
though be ssinly cudeavored 10 do 80
All who were present united 10 the
opinion that ID wss impossible for the
child TO speak 10 lie father. Time
proved this opiuion TO be correct, Al
nature age bis efforts 10 converse
wiah his parent could only produce the
most bitter sighs and groans"
Ayoung lady IN Seyier county Penn.
sylvsuia, was in the garden picking
berries. A piercing scream from her
alarmed the Trat Of the family, who
were a. tho tea table. IIasteniug 20 tho
spot, they found her lying on The
ground ia.eusiblc She was car, led 10.
10 the house, aud, sad % relate. cxami.
nation proved that she was dead. Her
ifiends, on proceeding 10 prepare the
body for iaierment, were horror .striek
90 20 fud ~ immense black snake coil.
ed tightly sroaBd her person, under.
meath her clothing There being no
evidence Of the snake having bitten
her, the inference waa that the young
lady died from fright.
Cable sdyices report terrible rail.
way collision in North Wales on We'd
nesday afternoon on the road from Holy.
head TO Liverpool. A mail train came
in collision with tTEin laden with pc
trolcuw. owing 90 the negligence Of a
switch.tepdcr, aud both trains were 70.
duccd 60 a shspelcss mass, seven per.
sons killed aud many seriously injured
The petroleum exploding, wrapped the
trains 10 6smes, aud eighteen pcrsons
were literally burned 10 ashes before
the Ere could be sabdued
The drought in England l. blowing
some good 10 America. Within the
past week Eve steamers have gone on,
laden with hay, mn article aim ISL never
before sent abroad; aud iho steamers
for fortnight ahead are engaged for
all they can carry. Even France must
come after Us for her fodder. II is ex-
pccted, indeed, the demand for hay and
breadstufis will be so great as quite 10
change the balance Of trade aud bring
back to US plenty Of gold 10 tho natural
line Of exchange.
Mrs. Priscilla Brnshear died at her
residence 10 New Market, Frederick
county, Maryland, on tho ilth instant,
at the age Of eighiy-six years. Her
descendants were large in number, there
being niue children living, the eldest
of which Is aged 64 years. The grand
children number thifty.two, the eldest
being Al years Of agej great grand-chil
dren forty one, the Oldest living being
II years Of age.
Owing 10 the extraordinary heat du.
ring this summer in Paris all the tropi-
cal trees and plants have lowered aud
produced fruits and seeds, even the
manioca, Indigo, cinnamon, coffee, bana,
nd and also the cotton plant.
A man il Birmingham, Conn, recent
ly fell from a soaffolding distance Of
thirty feet aud struck upon his head,
which penetrated the ground as far as
his ears, but he was not much hurt BY
the accident
In portions ofSt, Mays county, Md,
says the BEACON, the tobacco crop has
been completely ruined and corn great.
y damaged by recent hail storm,
The cattle disease has broken out in
several towns Ia the interior Of New
York. Az one place two men who
skinned dead anipals were inoculated
with the virus.
Dexter is stated to have trosted o
mile 10 Ria Oh the Fashion Course,
New York, last week.