Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-07-12

Benjamin 7. Church has drug store in Bos-
ton. Saturday evening rogue saw him put
large roll Of bills in his pocket, preparatory to
closing up. Mr.. Church went home and re-
tired, his room being in the second story
Soon after he had gone to sleep his wife no
ticed that the window blinds had been opened
and looking sharply. she discerned the form of
man at the foot of lounge. We quote now
from the Boston Herald
Mrs. Church at once cried out in a loud tone
of voice, ben, Ben, there's man on the
lounge; take the pistol and shoot him where
he lies. . Her scream awakened her husband
who at first tried to pacify her, he thinking
she had been dreaming and was badly frighten-
ed at what she had seen in her dream. In a
Joking way he continued to talk to her, while
the burglar, hoping he would do so. crouched
him self down into the small space between the
foot of the lounge and the bureau. In the
mean time the brave little wife was getting her
dander up to fighting pitch, and was just
about to go for Mr.. Burglar herself, when her
husband being now fully awake, also noticed
that the blinds were open. and remembering
that the last thing he did before retiring was
to close and fasten them, he began to think
that his courageous wife was more than half
right; so springiug from his bed he at once
discovered the burglar in his crouching posi-
ton, and made for him. He took him by the
shut off his wind, and then called upon his
wife, who was up and waiting for instructions,
| to light the gas. This she promptly did, when
tableau was presented in that bedroom as is
seldom seen In frst-class lodging houses
There in the background was the heroic little
woman with her long black hair streaming over
her shoulders, her white and jeweed hands
clinched and ready for assault, while her keen
black eyes were shooting daggers into the pale
face of the PROSTATE burglar, as he lay gasp
ing beneath the tightening grasp Of the efurla
ted husband and begging for his life, for he
had been told by Mr.. Church that if he made
any resistance that he would kill him on the
spot Finding however that he had the bur-
| glar fully in his power, and satisfying himself
that he had no deadly weapons, Mr.. Church
then dragged him across the room, and throw
ing him down in a corner by the hall door,
placed his foot upon his breast, while his wife
| handed him his clothes, and stood guard over
the bewildered burglar while he dressed
| himself When fully dressed, Mr.. Church dis
covered for the first time that his roll of bills,
| between $4OO and $500, had been taken from
| his pocket, and on looking about, the wife
| found the money on the floor by the lounge,
which, at her husbands request, she deliberate
| IL counted and found all right. Mr.. Church
| then took his prisoner. and single handed and
| alone marched him off to the station house on
Joy street, where he gave the name of James
| Green but afterwardsrthat OF Martin Blake
more He dressed in a suit Of clothes that
were so made as to be converted into light
| or black suit, and had no weapons about him
save small spring dirk knife with a broken
! point Yesterday morning he was removed to
| the Tombs to await an examination in the mu-
nicipal court to day. He halls from Canada,
| is nineteen years of age, sandy complexion,
| freckled face and red-headed, and. it is said is
we'll known to the officers as an expert thief.
| THE NEWSPAPER The following tribute to
| the local paper, from the Chicago Republican,
contains so much truth that we transfer it to
these columns and commend it to the careful
consideration of all s.a
.What tells us so readily the standard of a
city or town as the appearance OF Its paper =
/ The enterprise its citizens is depicted by its
advertisements, their liberaity by the looks OF
| the paper Some papers show a good, solid,
healthy foundation, plethoric purses, and a we'll
TODD appearance generally; others show the
efforts they are making to wrench out an exls-
tcnce from the community around them. An
occasional metoric display In Its columns OF tel
egraph or local or of editorials, shows what il
can do if it had the means, but it cannot coatin-
ue In the expensive work until support comes,
(which ought to be readily granted A news
paper is like church it wants fostering. =
Take your home paper; it gives you more news
Of immediate interest than New York or Other
papers Your interests are kindred and equal
and you must rise or fall together. Therefore
it's to your interest to support your home paper
not grudgingly, but in liberal spirit; as 8
pleasure, not disagreeable duty as an invest
ment that will amply pay the expenditure"
| A New Yorker says that COWS should be saltec
every morning, and if in the stable, before fod
dering, but never after taking water This il
zerland, and he thinks much preferable to salt
ing them once or twice week, Or to keeping
it constantly within their reach. zsl