The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-08-04
'1'he New Press style,

Some Of the newspapers have adopt
cd new way OF relating horrible
accidents and pathetic events, which
is quite affective as we'll as concise.
Here are somo examples
That was bitter joke Of the man
in New Jersey who put quantity OF
ialap in some beer his friend was about
TO drink. The funeral was very gen.
orally attended.
A man in New Hampshire, the 9th.
er day, ate fifteen dozen raw oysters
on o wager. The silver trimmings oi
his coffin cost twenty dollars aud thir-
ty-fve cents.
A young man in Louisville exam.
incd keg Of damaged gun powder
with red hot poker, to see il it was
god. 1t is believed by his friends
that he has gono to Europe, although
a man has found some hum,n bones
and u piece Of shirt.tail, aboat twenty
miles from Louisville.
John Smith, in Nebraska, said he
could handle rattlcsuake the same as
q snake charmcr. The churlishncs|
of the undertaken in demanding pay
10 advance delayed the funeral four
days.
A circus-ridcr, in Texas, tried to
turn three somcrsaults on horieback,
the other day. The manager sent
back to New Orleans for another som
ctsault man.
A man In New Jersey couldu :,
wait for the cars to get to tho depot
and jumped of. His widow sued bis
insurance company.
Few men would attempt TO dry
dampencd gunpowdcr in a kitchen
stove. \ man in Canada did. Iii.
afflicted family would bo glad of any
inform ,tion as II his whereabouts.
In Massachusetts the other day. q
man ih1ughi he could cross the track
10 advance of n locomotive. The ser
vices at the grave were very impres-
>ivc.
\ man warned his wife in New Or.
leans not to light the fire with kero
sene. She didn't head the warning
Her clothes fitted his second wife re.
mrkabIy well.
ANOTHER ENGLrsn IToRaoH Tho
Ux5ridge massacre is succeeded by the
revelation OF n series of murders which
throw that atrocitv far into the shade.
The London correspondent OF the
World gives an account of "baby
farmer who had succeeded in muir
dering forty infants wbom confdine
mothers had entrusted to her charge
This fend is woman named Waters
with many aliases living in the sub
erbs OF London. Her numerous
pscudonyms were necessary to her bu
sincss Her plan Of operations was
to advertise, under one name or anoth
cr, her readiness to adopt an infant on
payment of a premium of five pounds
Her style Of advertising was very af.
fcctionatc. She was very fond Of
children" and promised to do all in
her power ito secure the happiness Of
the little one.'
She wanted n child "as young as
possible so that it would know none
but hcrsclfand husbond "as parents"
She had home in every way calcula-
ted to make a child happy # may
readily be imagined that there were
many mothers in London willing
enough 10 dispose of their children on
such pleasing terms. 10 this way
Mrs. Waters got possession Of no less
than forty SDildren, all of whom she
cruelty murdered. Che did not long
keep the babes under her loving care
but os fast as one was disposed of,
advertised under a new name for an
other. In this way she carried on
the trade of infant murder for con-
siderable time. All Christian Eng
land Is shocked at these horrible reve-
liiioDs. But for the one Waters who
is detected in her crime and brought
10 punishment, how many escapey 7