Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-13
CRAZY CELIA-A LOCAL ROMANCE.
wild Woman of the Woods-She
carries the Skeleton of Her Babe
,Romzpce In Huron County,

ron, the Huron County y, " News. Sept. q.
Many years ago, in the Dominion OF
canada. lived family of well-to.do French
oeople who immigrated hither in the year
IS5S A fair young flower was the dark.
we'd Celia, and her three sturdy brothers
rare Jealous OF the man who might in fu-
,rre Years secure the budding rose full
hIown, and break the chain of happy
basrts around the social hearth. Time
rossed. The war and its rewards had
LIED the brothers from their home,
NE father, allured by the rewards
Uhlch smuggling presented at the time,
and which was engaged in to such an px-
,ent on the lake shore IN the years 1861
r2 had turned his honest FISH boat into a
5ark.sailed smuggling craft. Celia, flat
tered by the commoners and recognized by
tba .seleCt' on account of her grace and
rsauty. all unconscious OF the lawless
.atber and the fate of the three warrior
BROTHERS, laughed on, all needless of what
Was in store Tor her becoming vain, care
less and fond of dress. Vanity is always
the thin ice of destruction, and in Celia's
case it was no exception. The spoiler was
an the watch. He recited to the daughter
the story of her fathers crimes, her broth.
ars' death in southern prisons, and ended
with the tairest proposals. OF marriage. In
her dependency, caused by these horrid
rayelations, the girl Celia accepted the
PROPOSALS of her destroyer in the reckless
ness of her despair Shortly after one OF
her brothers returned from the war alive
and well as ever and through his instru-
mentality the real character of the villain
was discovered and made known to his SIS
ter Knowing the disgrace and degrade
Fon into which she had fallen her reason
pegqp gradually to fail her, and in short
time she disappeared from the neighbor-
hood going nc one knew whittier Dar-
inc the fall of 1865, some two years after
HE disappearance of the Frenchman' s
daughter two hunters from the township
If White Rock discovered in wild and un-
,enanted forest the footprints of human
icing barefooted and alone
Their curiosity was at once aroused, and
hv the aid of dogs, after q chase Of eigh-
teen hours they succeeded in obtaining a
view of the object Of their pursuit. Near.
fr.hey approached, the form becoming
more uafpable at every step, when the OBJ
i.et hearing the approach turned full upon
them in al its horrid semblan2es Of the
humanity ii was not. Revolving and hid
aous as was its appearance, the hunters
racocrized through all the ghoul-like as
poets the person of fearful lHr ltic The
dark wild insane eyes; the matted and
tangled hair Sthe shreds Of filthy covering;
.Le Scared and fostering skeleton FORM
All told of reason lost, OF a life wrecked
OF soul which had persisted. With
a scream wild and unealthly she gathered
bundle from the ground and dis
appeared with the swittness Of the wind,
The people of the neighborhood We're
aroused; the excitement ran high, and
long into the early part of winter hunting
parties were securing the woods in search
Of the lGnatic woman. At last she was
captured, inst over the line, in Sanilac
county, and taken to the common jail.
People gathered in crowds to see this
strange phenomenon. The bundle which
She was always seen to be carrying while
on her fights in the forest was opened to
the public gaze, and there, oh horror OF
horrors lay the skull and skeleton of an
iuMnt-her babe, which she carried
through all her tedious marches by night
and by day for two long years OF more,
She was an inmate Of the jail during the
whole of the winter and the following
sumner.
The only service which SD rendered at
tue time was knitting at which she was an
expert There are many yet who recollect
the "old crazy woman, and but few who
saw her will believe us when We state that
her age, instead of being from fifty to
sixty, as it really seemed, was less than
thirty wears. At times she would humble
over list Of names, which the jailer would
burriedly take down as nearly as possible
Ia their jumbled state, and then inquiry
would be instituted and letters written to
ali parts, but to no purpose, Her name
and history remained sealed volume
Tie following autumn, however she
took advantage OF the liberty al
lowed her - wandering away and
was never heard of more. Following some
mis- fqhWS Of her unsettled brain, she
died, perhaps, alone unknown, with only
,ao wild beasts to listen to her expiring
cries. And this Was Celia. The lost link
TT ills CIhlu Oh ClICuLlhNulLSco wac HAtIl Ht7
covered q short time since, and The writer
Of this article is one Of the three only who
knew the real facts There may be some
glt errors in the dates above given; but 8
.a,ename has given the subject, and the
picture may be slightly colored. but in the
main the details are correct, and the state
meuty facts. The brother above alluded to
yet.aIivc an orphan, suilen In his des-
g.T. purpose OF wreaking his vengeance
la he tragedy may be but half told.
Louis NApoLEoNs MEMORY. -Nopoleon
l.D. has an extraordinary memory for
u.aes, figures, faces aud miscellaneous
..rs. a German professor, who was
called 10 Paris ia connection with thepub-
..a,iou Of tho "Yie de Caesar, relates that
IL was NapoleCls inyariable habit or hay.
lug communicated to him a name ora num-
.or n any briet fact which he wished 10
ruemUer, to write il dowG in q note book
kept exclusively Tor that purpose, end
which always lay upon his desk. After
writing down tho memorandum, hq would
ta.r the leaf ont of the book, read it over
once atteutyely, aud then tear the leatup,
And he told the professor that after I'M
T-Hg.fpo "a l.gt y,, l. 10 mind Law this DTDppSE.