The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-05

happened to be familiar. Then be re-
peated sentence in Greek. / discoy-
cred that he was evidently trying to ex.
hibit his best phases intellectually, and
remarked to him that i: was something
unusual TO find visitor so we'll &C.
quainted with the sciences and langua.
ges. lie then took from his pocket a
certificate from the late Rev Dr. Bar
ker, President Of Allegheny College,
The certificate stated that he had ex-
amined Mr.. James Nelson in Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, French and German,
and that he took pleasure 10 stating
that he found him one of the best
lioguists it was ever his pleasure to
meet" We then passed into the labo.
ratory, where | found him perfectly ia.
miiar with all the tests for detecting
poisous, and apparently as much so with
nay galvanic, electrical, magnetic and
chemical apparatus az | was myself, or
even more so.
completed the arrangement with
HIM for the sale oi the patent, and told
hun that "a townsman Of mine, oCa
George Stewart, had also invented q ma
chine, and that | did not d 'ubt but he
could get the agency of that machine
also lie effected an arrangement with
Stewart, aud on the next dav went 10
work to construct model OF my ma
chine That evening when | left my
office, l left bin at work in the labora.
tory, aud in the morning when looking
out, | saw light still there, and when
! went in | found him still at work.
tie gave as his reason for working all
night, that his eyes were weak, and he
was better able to WORK at night than ia
the daylight He had partially con-
structed beautiful model, which was
in the end exquisitely carved and orua-
mented lie worked at that model for
several weeks, working always at night.
In going into the laboratory one day, he
asked me if | had ony emery wheel for
polishing. | showed him one, which he
said was not rightly constructed, and
described to me method of construct
Ing one which | bad heard was used in
the Auburn Penitentiary, IN the State
of New York | remarked to him, 10.
cularIy, Mr., Nielsen, that is the way
they polish cutlery in the peuitentiary.
Were you ever ia there ?" He turned
suddenly upon me, and his eyes fairly
bIazed with fire, with look like tiger
ready to spring upon its victim, as he
said, What do you mean ~ and ulore
fiendish expression on human oounte.
nance | think | never saw. But he
perceived from my look that it was only
in joke. He said that be had seen that
one 10 use for polishing cutlery when
there on visit. A few days after this,
he informed me that it would be difficult
for him to get money, and wished to
know if | would take four or five gold
watches as payment 10 the place Of
money stating that he could get them
easily. BY that time | had become So
much attached to the man that would
have let him have the invention upon
my terms-I said | would He stated
hat he would 60 and see his brother ia
| few days, but before doing so he
Wished to attend our Court of Oyeraud
rerminer, which was to sit the next
week, knowing that | was to defend a
nan for murder during that term of
court He attended the court, and
manifested an intense degree of interest
n that trial for murder lie asked ne,
hen, if man could be convic' "a of
murder without positive proof Of what
awyers term the corpus deficit, or that
he murder bad been actually commit.
ed, by the actual finding of the body
This was question 10 which be seemed
,ery much interested.
A few days after, be went away, as he
aid, to see his brother, taking with him
ONE haudbills which he had got print
d, advertising my invention and that of
Ir. Stewart He borrowed FIVE dollars
rom his landlord, and, on the night he
eft, boot and shoe store was broken
pen, and some boots and leather taken
hereirom. In day or two his land.
ord received five dollars from him by
nail from a little town in the country
few miles distant and where we ascer-
aimed that man answering to his des-
ription had sold some boots and leather.
\ few days after, our Postmaster re-
eived letter from Warren county,
'eun., stating that jewelry store had
cen broken open, and some watches
AIKEN, which were afterward found con-
called in a pile of lumber, with one of
hose handbils wrapped around them.
his led to an inquiry of our Postmaster
3 to whether two men resided in Mead
lille, named, respectively, A. B. Rich
lond ADD George Stewart, and inquir-
10 as to their character, etc. Mr..
tewart, when informed by the Post
laster of the circumstances, was very
luch annoyed, as he was most ezem-
larry member OF one of our most pron-
nent churches, aud | annoyed hin s'ili
lore by informing him that there was
retty strong evidence against us that