The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-20
A Chicago Romance.

There have been written, perhaps,
thousand romanceS relative to the find
ing of children by their tender parents.
Chicago contains man who has been
made happy in double sef1se-he has
discovered father mourned as of the
dead through seventeen long years, and
the father aforesaid has discovered in
Capt. ]. ]. Harrington, late of the
Nineteenth Illinois volunteers, and now
of the Custom House, a six feet three
inches and two hundred and twenty
pounds avoirdupois inheritor of his
name and fortune.
Nearly twenty years gone by. Har-
rington, pere, left the shores of the
Green Island, to seek fame and fortune
In the broad territories of the New
World. OF the foggy coast of New
Foundland, the vessel in which he
sailed encountered storm, and was
wrecked, nearly all on board perishing
Harrington was among the survivors,
and settled down in the country on the
shores of which he was cast away. The
emigrant had left in his own land a
Young wife and several small children.
They left Ireland for America a few
months later than the husband and
father. They expected to find their nat
ural protector in New York, but were bit
terly doomed to disappointment. After
wasting some weeks in unavailing wait
ing and hoping, Mrs. Harrington and
her family sensibly followed the "star
of empire"-settling down in this
State and eventually in this city. The
children grew up to maturity, the
mother was laid to rest, and the exis
tence of the father was almost forgot
ten. Capt. Jack was always a stirring
boy, and when the war broke out, he
shouldered a musket with the brave
Nineteenth, and won his Captains
"bars" on many field of fame. When
peace was proclaimed, he returned to
civil life and was patronized by Uncle
Sam. Three days ago he received
letter He opened, read, and stood
transfxedl 1t was from his father.
The old man had heard of his family
through some Chicagoan who had Wis
tied the land of Goldfish, and he lost no
time In renewing his acquaintance with
those so dear to him by nature. He
had written to Ireland, had heard the
family had left there for America
traced them to New York, and lost
sight of them for many weary years.
He concluded they were dead, and en-
deavored in peaceful toll to drown his
grief. In those years of industry he
had managed to accumulate quite a
competence, and remained true to his
/ love. He invites the presence of his
son, and in few weeks Cap. Jack viii
shape his course to that island
far abroad,
Where sailors gang to fsh for cod"
Amid the dense fogs of that latitude
those so strangely sundered shall be
united, and the curtain of peace shall
envelope them.
A LADY, at Hartford, of infirm health,
has been in the habit of getting her
coachman to attend to her business af-
fairs. Some time ago he was given
some 500, 900 to invest in United States
bonds, bat instead of purchasing them
he kept the money himself, paying the
interest as fast as the time came
around. Last fall the lady wished to
purchase an estate in Florida where
she might spend the winter, and ac-
cordingly the coachman was furnished
with funds to the amount of S., 900, and
he started southwark. In few weeks
he returned and announced that he had
purchased suitable residence for her,
showing what purported to be the ne
cessary papers. He assisted in boxing
the furniture, but before this was COM
pleted he disappeared. This led to an
investigation, which revealed his ex-
-, 1rlaro4fnro or,A ofa
were taken which at last led to his ap-
prehension.
SENsELEss SUPERsTITIoN.-In Eng.
land recently, the corpse of drowned
man having been brought to land, q
woman brought TO the spot her son,
afflicted with wens upon the neck. she
obtained of the Coroner permission
that the boy should draw his hand
seven times across the neck of the de
ceased. This, if foolish, was at least
harmless. Another recent instance o.
} folly with disastrous results is record
ed. A man having died of typhoid
fever, boy afflicted with wens was
} brought to the side of tine body, anC
the dead hand was placed upon hi
neck. He took the disease il
consequence, and the malady wa
: communicated to the family and spread
through the whole neighborhood. Th'
disease was of violent type, and man,
deaths followed. Such things, in tn,
nineteenth century, seem Incredible
but this occurrence is vouched for ant
, no doubt took place. Perhaps, afte
3 all, it is not much more senseless thai
e many customs which still obtain, evel
in our own midst. Not being ATTENDED
with disastrous consequences, we d.
I not hear of, or note them. But tn
folly is no less absurd. The supersti
ton which perpetuates the idolatry o
: the pagan ages defies education ant
Christianity