Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-05-05

who became so infatuated with her that
he took her to his home, and to conceal
his purposes from his wife, got her con-
sent to pass as his servant-her appear
ance enabling her to assume the charac-
ter of bright mulatto. Lizzie was the
offspring of this illicit strategy, and the
planter, dying suddenly, and without dis
closing the true character of his mistress
(who herself died soon after.) Lizzie,
while quite child, descended to the
heirs with the other slaves of the estate;
and the estate becoming involved, she
was sold to stranger-the same who at
terwards visited Louisville in search of
his property. She further stated that
the gentleman who brought her here was
her half-brother, the son of her mothers
seducer, that she had fled to escape the
persecution of her purchaser, who per
sisted in soliciting favors which her wo-
manly virtues could not tolerate.
A few pitied and more blamed the un-
fortunate woman for imposing herself, as
they called it, upon this community
But time has mellowed the harshness of
the sentiment which was then prevalent
and made unanimous the opinion that
her story was true in all respects. The
oldest inhabitants of Louisville now de-
clare their belief that she was indeed the
daughter of the Portuguese woman; that
she was altogether gifted with splendid
virtues, and was the innocent victim OF
the strategy of her parents, and was, OF
course, as much entitled to the rights of
free woman as any one who walks
Fourth street to-day. Her fathers and
mothers sudden death was the cause OF
all her troubles even her ostensible
owner was ignorant of her true history.
How terribly, in this instance, we're the
sins of the parents visited upon the child.
Poor, heart-broken womanl A little
grave in the Western Cemetery of this
city has set upon her lips the seal of ev-
erlasting silence, and it is meet, now that
time, which sooner or later works its re-
venges, and grants that jnstice which
was withheld, that the true story of her
life should be written-that the cloud
which ensbrouded her fair name should
be swept aside-and that her son, if he
; is living to-day, may rest no longer un-
der the false reputation of having been
born slave.
| Soon after the death of Phillip Slaught-
> er his relatives sent the boy referred to
+ above to Hawesville, in this State, to be
raised by man named Lueket, or Lucky
under an assumed name, and since
that time nothing has been known of his
: fate. unless to the relatives of Mr..
q Slaughter, several of whom are still liv-
ing.
!, . A SINGULAR OcCURRENCE.-Mary
= Fulmer, aged At gears, sorrowing wife
residing at No. 104 Pitt street, New York
: has been SO deeply affected by the recent
demise of her husband, that to assuage
her grief she was compelled to have re-
: course to a mild alcoholic stimulant
= By the advice of female friends, she was
induced to repeat the remedy, on the prin
, ciple, perhaps, that if little is good, 6
: larger quantity will be followed by {
u proportionate benefit. Mary, from thu
novelty of the indulgence, exceeded thu
Il bounds of prudence, and, as a conse
y quence, felt very sick indeed. On Thurs
. day evening, after long and not yer.
= refreshing sleep, she sat about making
- tea, but by some strange hallucination
F." deposited the kerosene lamp upon tn
stove in lieu Of the teapot. An interva
!. elapsed before the liquid became 'suffi
:, :, GENTLY heated, during which the thrift.
u housewife busted herself at other matron
a ly duties, and at length returning +
mark its progress just as the infamabl
fluid burst into an explosion. The burn
:" ing oil was scattered over her clothe;
C causing them to ignite, and only by ei
" forts of the other inmates of the hous
they were extinguished. The VIC
. man, however, whose nervous system ha
m received severe shock, died the sam
~ night at Bellevue Hospital.
e. TRUE CoURAGE.-A learned man ha
said that the hardest words to pronounc
o. in the English language are, ] made