Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-29
An Heiress in Disguise,

The st. Joseph (NIo) Gazette of recent
date, relates the following somewhat romantic
story
Some time last fall young lady came to
St. Jossph from the East to spend the winter
with relative. Unassuming, handsome,
graceful and intelligent, she created a most
favorable impression with those who enjoyed
the pleasure of her acquaintance, and formed
an agreeable addition to the social circle in
which She moved. She was remarkably re-
tired and quiet in her manners, and studious-
ly sought to avoid all ostentatious display in
her apparel, but at the same time exhibited
in her dress the most exquisite taste and in
her manners the most elegant retinement-
Shortly after the ludy's arrival she was called
upon by young gentleman Ga resident of
this couaty) who had formed her acquaintance
in the East, and soon thereafter his visits be-
came frequent and his attentions marked and
devoted. 1t twas noticed, as the friendship of
the two ripened into intimacy, that the lady
began to institute, in a very cautious manner,
inquiries for the purpose Of sscertaining
whether the gentleman had the least idea of
her History and condition, and particularly of
her financial affairs. These inquiries were
prosecuted for some time, and seem to have
ship of some months, she committed her hap
piness and fortunes to the care of the gentle
man alluded to, and the celebration of the
nuptials were duly recorded in the early part
of the present spring. The happy couple i'm
mediately started for the East, and are now
residing at the former home of the BRIDE
And now comes the sequel. The quiet and
unassuming young lady was in reality the
possessor of immense wealth and the undonbt-
ed heiress of an estate worth over S4,000,00O
"a fact wholly unknown at the time even to
the gentleman who had sought her hand and
heart She bad taken this method to test
the sincerity Of her admirer, and finding his
heart the true gold, had committed uuhesi-
tatingly golden treasure and pure, warm
heart to his keeping, without even permitting
the many gallant youths of St. Joseph to
catch the faintest idea Of the gittering prize
apparently within their reach.
PoTATo> >BuGs.-Potato-bugs are so troub-
ling Wisconsin farmers that sermon on their
vicousness and worthlessness is inserted in
one Of the papers of that State. The writer
censures Noah for having preserved pair of
potato>bugs aad pair of fsas in the ark, and
thinks it was "a mighty small piece of busi-
ness" 1t thus relates the result of an effort
to utilize these insects:
"a year or two since an elterprising man
pfacturer of liquor tried crushed potato-bugs
to color wine. He gave them fair trial,
but at the eod of si< months found that they
didn't color the wine a particle better than
the juice of bed>bugs does, and that the da-
vor given the wine was not as good as that
given by the bed-bug juice. There was one
more OBJECTION. He could catch bed bugs all
seasons of the year, but could find potato-bugs
only about six or eight months in the year.
He has pronounced curses upon potato bugs,
and declared them good for nothing"
BILL ARP OF "REL1EF." What Arp
thinks on "relief' may be judged from the
following letter, which we find in the atlanta
Constitution
Dear SRI send you your note for forty
dollars, due eight years ago. I charge you
for years interest, which amounts in the ag>
gregate to fifty-niue dollars. Please send me
the money, or be kind enough to carry this
note awhile. Sc"
Very truly, yours, BILL ARP.
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