The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-18
4Miser Dios Counting His Money.

w .oS0 PoPoiui VI tllC DlCmDCrS OF
the Board of Supervisors, the particu-
lars OF the death of rich bcggar in
tho village of Grconbush, named
Frederick w. Rowhl, which exceeds
i'll dramatic interest anything We have
read in II long time. Rowll came to
Greenbush few weeks ago clothed
IN rags, thin, emaciatcd, and appar.
emily half starved, looking tho worry
picture OF poverty and wretcliodnoss
Lis appearance was enough to excite
tho sympathy and charity of every be-.
holder. ile was an old man, bent
with ago; bis hair whitoned with the
froSts of many winters sorrow, nov
srty aud misery had evidently been
his companions through life. The
miserable wretch secured room in a
tenement house in. the village, and
was there attended for time 'By u
charitable lady, who brought lin
iood and otherwise administered to
to his wants. Almost every day the
ola man would beg in the streets, and
with such good fortune that as often
us he sought alMs Ac returned to lis
howell with wcll-liIl"I pockets. Moth.
ing was known by the villagers of the
history OF the old hcegar, Lut it was
supposed by all,that lie was what ho
seemed, and to relieve the distress of a
fellow creature was believed TO be
their highest duty But little moro
than week ago, the old man disan
pcarcd The door Of his room was
fastened, and ovcuthe kind lady who
had given him food know nothing of
his whereabouts Thus matters went
IN until Dcccmbor l6, when tho land
lord, who hoi allowed Rowll to occu4
pya room N his tenement, concluded
to burst open tire door, little suppos-
ing, however, that in SO doing lie
would como upon corpse of tho old
beggar. But such was the case.
Stretched at fnll length on little
pallcd of straw lay the dead body of
the old man. llo had been dead ap-
parcntly moro than week, and from
,iFc maMAer III which bank. notes,
bonds, deeds and bank books were w.
ing upon tho floor about him, it was
evident the bcggar and miscr had died
III a struggle counting his boarded
wealth. In his bcny fingers he held a
bank book showing II deposit of 500
N banks at North Adams and Pitts
field, while two $50 bills served as a
pillow for his head, and deeds of pro-
perty i'll Pittsburg, Government bonds
to considerable amount were living
upon the floor beside lin. The scene
could not have been moro dramatic if
presented upon tho stage. The ghast-
ly, rcpulsivo features, the tattorcd
habit Of tho misor, and the wealth for
Which he had bartorcd his soul lying
around, formed picture which MOI
even the mimic scenes of tho stage
could rival in intense" dramatic force.
1t exceeded anything the; imag
almost caN conceive.
[TEow1sasts:
A Giiosr MYSTERY ExrLArNEp.-
If startling phenomena woro prompt.
ly investigated by minds free
from superstition and fear, occurrcn.
ccs that appear to havo supcrnatu.
rA> origin would often find an oasy
solution. Judge Parsons used to tell
with great zcst of an ancodotc in his
travels which would have furnished
food for whole company Of village
gossips.
Ills wife, who seemed much agitat.
cd, walked him one night, at village
inn, and told lmm there was. a. woman
sitting at The foot Of tho bed knitting
The Judge saw the figure rs distinctl,
as his wife, bnt having 10 thought OF
y supernatural origin Of vision, boea,
to speculate on its real cause. Aftc,
looking sharply. for some minutes,
while the woman knitted on Will
unruillcd composuro, he was confdcn,
that he could SEQ the;wall' through
her, and she could not, otherefore,. be
substantial hesli' and Blood. This
discovery, which might have alright.
cd weaker men, only aroused his curl.
osity. He at once rose from tue bod
and walkcd to'the'' foot, saw: that nc
ono was thcro- the form had vanish.
cd.
Putting his head as nearly as posi-
blc'ih the position whore he had SC en-
the woman, the mystery was at once
explained lie saw circular holo il
the shutter behind the bed, through
which rays Of light were streaming
and going to this hole to look through
saw a woman ia tho room on tho othc,
side of tho street knitting. The nerves
of the wife wcro greatly soothcd |,
this discovery, and tho inquisitivc
spirit of the Judge was gratiliod by SC
simple an explanation of tho appari
tion. Many ghost stories could be
easily shorn Of their apparently super
natural character bya cool and care.
inl investigations Hutchman and Rc.
fec.0r, (M o.
PowER'oF a HoRsE's SCENT. .--Thcrc
10 ono perception that horse possesses
to which but little attention has been
paid, and that is the power Of scont..-
With somo horses 1T is acute, as with a
dog, and for tho benefit of those tha,
have. to drive at night--such' as pllysi-
clans and o:bcrs-this knowledge is in.