The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-02-17
Taken ia nnd Done r0r.

Kingston, ~ Y, has a sensation.
William Travis. IN elegant young man
sweet rs a peach, na,,y, nobby, high
toned, attrac,ive--iu fact most "dc,u d
fone' generally, has taken in the peo.
pie Of that place to the tune OF fifty
thousand dollars, and gone hence wit h
the same.
William is nice young man, about
twenty-five years orasa He appeared
on the Kingston checker board some
time since, represent NJ himself to be
nice, moral, Christian young gentle.
man, aud good boy generally lie
told n very pretty story.
Once he was poor boy working in
Ncw York, aud carried an ugly bundle
for q COOL woman whose name. lac
said, was Mrs. De Wal. lIc carried
the bundle 50 nicely that Mrs. De
Wall rather liked him, and often in.
vitcd him. when u lad. TO her house.
In time William became man. Mrs.
De Wall kinlly died, and left to viii.
iam her large estates in New York md
Phila lclphla william showed the
will, attcstcd by Governor Hoffman
and other parties; also certificate
from the Su roIate Judge that the
will was correct, and that he, William,
was IN, identical Will mentioned in
the will of Mrs. De Wall.
With those forged documents vii
liam did play upon the crcjuIi,y oi
the church members OF kingsto on.
lie said unto them that be was to
come into possession of all this vast
estate in short time, and on the
strength Of thi, dtcum sut he borIowei
money twenty thousand dollars from
one gentleman NJ different time.
William attended SUNDAY -Schoo, aud
told such charming stores 10 the chill.
dren. lie wore the StunninscSt neck
ties; the sweetest lcmln colured kids
the daintiest jewclry the incest. tight
est, slimcst, slIcke't patent leather
boots; cat-away-cSt velvet crats, parted
hls hair in the middle, poured balm
uf uilcad, jockey club, cinnamon c.
,cncr and all those articles thereon
that might be attractive IN the eyes OF
the daughters of religious shOddydom.
lie made long prdycrs--and such
eloquent prayers no one ever heard be-
fore in thi, section. lie drove fast
horses And his driving was ike unto
that Of Jehu, for he would cause them
10 skim over the surface OF mother
earth with much velocity And the
/ pious old danes Of the church said he
was NICE young man, and they had
many quarrcls among themselves rs t.
whose daughter he should marry -
Some of them however. shook their
heads aud said good Christians did not
act in that manner; while others gave
it Us their opinion that modern Chris
tlaus went by steam, made music with
. haud-orGan, and dill good 10y brevct
For time sweet W iililm hai il all
his own way. At last came the hour
Of his departure, AMI lac ht out there
I like Thomas cat in ii sht. lie owed
livery men, barkceperS, booksellers
and board bill OF eleven hundred
dollars, Tor William lived sumptuuu,l,
AMI Jared high. lie wore purple aud
fine linen
William has gone.
Police officers ave been looking 70!
him, but they fad him not. .c quit
the game about fifty thousand dollar,
ahead, besides very pleasant eXpe
rience oi few months with the maids
and matrOns of Kingston. Those vii,
dwell III that region have discovered
that William was an imposter; that
he was lot the Pious young man they
thought he was, and they were as,cl
ished to think that he had dared iorg,
the signature Ola Governor in a great
State like this, and play upon thcil
credullty as he did.
MordIIpoIIar jcwelry is not SO gooC
aS tha host kind