The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-12-22

able TO speak u word. She was able.
thereafter, to speak very intelligibly.
a widow named Polly Osborne is
in Jail at Bonneville. on charge of i'll
fanticide. She gave birth TO child
in an open field, murdered it by cut
ting its throat with casc-knile. and
buried it under log. She than
walked il distance of five miles, to the
house of an acquaintance. Suspicion
being aroused. she was charged with
tie crime. and finally led the way to
the place where the murdered child
was buried. II is stated that suspicion
has attached 10 her of having commit
ted similar crimes on three different
occasions. She now pleads insanity.
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The Philadelphia iJe saws Chat in
one quarters g,lllr4es re nude ag.unst
the administration OF Grant. that for
two years it has been actively NJ ged
il dispn>iug %. TIE vast stores 81 war
na crial. and conis'atcd property OF
Il. sorts. left IN iIand 1T the close OF
the war. fAc funds thus realized are
stid to inv been ccreJly applied 10
corrupt and plrlism purposes with
out any mention Of them being made
in the regular reports. Thi. is an al
iegliion of serious import and i
Should he made The subject at :, thor
ougi investigation ana ventilation BY
congress.
Senator Cameron is asserting as a
new and fundamental political doc
trine OF the radical party. that no state
which, has gone Democratic shall here
after be recognized by tic president in
his outside official patronage, and
hence all the Offices should he given
exclusively To Republican states. This
view of Tie situation creates con,idcr-
able uneasiness and comment, particu
iarly among the aspirants for the COM
missionership Of Internal revenue and
other vacancies in prospective. All
the de ieatcl congressional candidates
are endeavoiing TO explain Tie causes
OF their discontinue, and many of
them solace themselves with promises
which they assert have been made by
ihc president TO take care OF them"
If Tie president has made these prom
Uses. he will be obli"ci TO tHrn oat II
great many imcumbonts 10 find place
for this army OF unfOrt;HatcS. whose
right to be permanently fell al tie pub
lie crib is loudly asserted.
The ianccs of a starving man, MI
Eyarts. who got lost amid tAc lnoun-
rains OF California, wandered about
for many days, and WAS finally discov
cred wien nc had almost persisted
for want Of food. are thus described {:
He docs not admit the idea that he
was deprived of sound mind, but at
the same time fancicl that lie hId
plenty OF company; thought his right
ieg was one man, and his left leg Was
another, his arms two others. and hi.
stomach was fifth person: thought
they were good fellows, and lie MS
sorry he could not give them ali they
wanted to eat; he was surprised that
when thistlcs were to be dug. fires
made, wood brought and meals cooked
they would not help him. Everything
he ate tasted good except grasshoD-
pers. IL, stomach hii not been edu-
cAied up to that point. lie frequently
ate raw Ssh, and es cemcd them excel
lent: caagAi one snpWbirl anl hal a
rar m al: chased II tod for two DAYS
thoul capturing it. In his dreams
C 'ooNcd some u The mosl delicious
meals lie ever atr in hi life.
The nnpro'ilable biiaess Of that
me ncho'y insiirntini q lral lr.t.r
hice, - is 1cclnng rry ~.
ohe nooth. 40 ie>~ a., 32}.>ii n
= e"''' ett"rS w"rr sent t.t.rr IN ~
d'sl o. ! Of NAM Of thcm ne wit
o''' Signatures or r">lmara al such
are burned an tie conlenIs c,pGsca-
ted.
Town Talk. in tie Indmape'is u :.
70. talks "randiloqucntlv to young
ladies who are personally and expert
mentally acquainlrd with tn vine
gar habit. lie says Young ladies
are too often inclined to pickles and
other vinegary productions, their ami
able but slightly reprehensibe pur-
pose being to reduce the adipose It's
sue, and convert themselves mo cthe-
rial angelic divinitics. Sometimes
they succeed beyond their widest an
ticipaioIs Miss Emma TayloE one of
Stringtown's fairest aud fattcstdaueh-
tiers. went to be an angel, If sh. could
get Il situation, recently from drinking
too much vinegar in her water The !
effect Of these vinegary potatiois is to
reduce tho whole system by ,bsorp- |
lion of blood, and bv retaroino IFS