New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-07

t residence of Norma of the Fitful Hea,
: came upon hearthstone, under which the
1 found horn filed with coins of IL
t Heptarchy. Another literary coincident
5 was pointed out by writer in the Time
! The last paragraph of 1.-THE Mutui
Friend" the last completed work of Charlie
Dickens, recounts how, upon the ninth {
7 June, 1865, the great novelist narrowly Ell
capped being killed in terrible railway a,
: cident, and concludes with these words: g
J remember with devout thankfulness, that
can never be much nearer parting compan
with my readers forever than was theI
until there shall be written against my lif
the two words with which have this da
closed this book-THB END" just fv
) years afterward, on the very same day O
the very same month, The End came.
One September day, in 1852, the Queen
passing through the woods on her way t
Alt-na-Giuthasack missed her watch,
present from the Duke of yelling ton, anC
dispatched messenger to Balmoral to in
quire if it had been left behind He re
turned to say the precious me-keeper was
safe, and brought with him letter from
Lord Derby, announcing that Britain hat
lost "her pride, her glory her hero" and
the queen her most devoted, loyal and
faithful subject. Condolences connected
with deaths are, perhaps, the commonest of
condolences, but the following are worth
| "A
| Strlngtellow, of Sutton on Ashfield disap-
peared rather mysteriously, and was sought
for unsuccessfully, until q blacksmith
| dreamed the missing man had drowned
himself in the Cauldwell water, some two
miles distant, and that he had dragged him
out by the back part of his boot. The
water was dragged and at second attempt
the body of Stringfellow was brought to
| the surface, the drags having caughI in the
| Tn
| man named Bird was tried for the murder
of woman who had died of suffocation,
| through Bird, who was keeper of st. Mar
inns watchhouse, having one night forced
| great number of women into the confined
| space of his lookup" He was sentenced
to death, but the sentence was afterward
changed to transportation. "The vengeance
man, in a manner 30 singular thu that the the
neglect and punishment he had inflicted
upon others seemed to be the only means
chosen as retribution upon himself, as too
many of the conYicts being put into the
hold of the ship that was CARRYING them to
America, he was the only person among
them all that was suffocated" Mr.. Stephen
Britt, many years harbormaster of the port
of Rye, was one of family of six sons;
three of his brothers were drowned at sea-
one in Rotterdam harbOr, the fifth, a boy
OF eight, fell into well and met his death
therein. The survivor of this fated
family, who, like old Gonzalo, preferred a
dry death, relinquished his sea faring life
and even gave up the command of the har-
Dor tug. lie was not to escape, however
Returning one afternoon with another old
salt from the mouth of the harbor, the boat
capslzed, and while his companion managed
to reach the soft mud and stick in it until
aid came, poor Britt was carried away bv a
strong ebbing tide, and his body cast on
shore an hour afterward. William and
Mary Douglas, Lancashire pair, were
born IN the same house, brought into the
world by the same midwife, baptized to-
gether, married, lived to the age of one hun
bred without experiencing days illness,
died as they were repoSing side bv side in
bed, and were buried together under the
font at which they were baptized. A cor
respondent of Notes and Queries quotes a
remarkable epitaph that was to be seen in
Winchester church in 1886, from which it
that clerk of the privy seal |
named Clarke had two sons, both named |
Thomas; these two Thomases married two |
Amys, the heirs of both were Henries, and |
the heirs of those Henries both Thomases. |
Both Amys were heiresses, and both of them |
bore their husbands two sons and daugh-
ter, and both the daughters were issueless. |
Hutton, the historian of Derby, tells a |
pleasant story of his own grandfather. who |
Moor and Worcester. In 1917, the regiment
to which he belonged was passing over st. |
Mary S Bridge, Derby; their attention was
attracted by girl of fifteen standing upon
dyer's beating log while lading water into herr
pail. Hutton, for the fun of the thing" dis
mounted and threw q large stone to
brighten the girl with the sudden splash,
but, aiming badly he managed to break her
head. and, for fear of the consequences.
FASTENED to the front. On obtaining his
discharge, he settled in Derby, and after
lme got married. Conversing one day with
us wife about old times, he mentioned the
lTtalr OF the stone, and was astonished to
earn that she was the identical damsel for
whose death he had often reproached him
elf. In the Annual Register for 1913. we
ind the following: Some time ago. a sea-
nan belonging to the Arrogant, died, and
he wages due to him were claimed bv his
'rother John Carr, of No Spicer street
'hadwell. On inquiry, however, it was
ound that Mary Carr his sister, residing in
1outh, Ireland, had been appointed ex-
cutrix. Orders were given to send her the
ecessary papers, but, by some mistake. |
hese were forwarded to the address of the |
rst claimant at No. Spicer street. In
his street were two number tours, and the |
apers were delivered at one wherein
welled woman named Mary Carr, who .
pplied for and received the money, although
ne was not IN any way related to the dead
iilor.
DR.. DOran tells of comical coincidence {
I which the rector, curate and congrega- {
on of a western village were the victims. |
he rector ana his curate both returned to
leir duty, after long absence. upon the l
tme day. The curate took the morning t
,rvice, and preached so well as to aston,
h his hearers In the evening, the rector, {
no had offcated in a neighboring parish i
| the morning, assembled the pulpit, and 1
lther surprised his flock by giving out the s
lme text as the curate had chosen in the /
'renoon. Their surprise became puzzled +
Underwent when they found it was not r
nd one can imagine the horror of the Q
stenlng curate The fact was, rector and S
lrate had each purchased some litho- /
'aphed sermons, and were so unlucky as C
lnaugurate their return home with the | v
me one Good as this story is it is capped C
7 the misadventure attending three Young V
'ndIdates for Scotch ministry. The first s
lie put upon his trial, while putting on his s
hes, happened to descry an ancient.leok il
g well-worn roll of paper, which proved C
be sermon upon the text, Jacob was a
ain man, dwelling in tents" Seeing that
e old sermon was much better than his q
w one, the aspirant to pulpit honors took :,
ssession of it, delivered it as his own. II
Id then returned it to its old resting N
ace. The sermon was q good one. and
eased the hearers, although thew wonId =
we preferred one delivered without book. 4
eat was their astonishment the following
nday when preacher number two treated | !,
EN- with the same sermon from the
me text; but it was too much for Scottish | a
thence when q third minister falling ~