Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-02-16
A Romance of Real Life.

- ~sSNA"ASS va AsC1A 4AlO.
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati CONNER.
cal writes from Newcastle, Kentucky
~ write this letter In the house Of an old
lady who is a niece of that Rchpcca BRYAN,
VINO oec'une the wife Of Daniel Boone. aud con
corning whose ewes 1.-The Young hunter IA snid
10 have mistaken them for decr) the pretty
baekwoods romance is .old. The lady is her
sell, also, the widow ofone OF Daniel Boone's
own ncphcws, her second husband, who assis.
ted IN bringing the great hunter back TO Ken
lucky. She was born in one Of the chief old
pioneer stations, cher grandnlhers) near Lex
'hgton, and although SHE is in her eighty-tirst
year she Is active in holy, busying herself
with her iiowers and garden, clear.sighted and
aer, IN spirit, Recently she heard that one of
her mlddle-agcd sons, absent over twenty
years IN California, and presumed dead for
more han half Of that Time, was yet alive and
her Joy wns great. lie, too, had supposed hin
mother 10 he long since dead
Inc old lady has romance CONNECTED with
her second marriage. 1t is as follows When
| nef mother was young Indy, Col William
boone, The nephew OF Daniel mentioned above.
was very much in love with her, and asked
hef on one occasion to marry him She told
! MN sue WINS engaged TO Morgan BRYAN. and
! NAV lley were to he married in few DAYS
! Col Boone went away and married another
young woman. Afterwards he with his wife,
visited me young married couple when their
nfst c.'lu now IN her nth score Of ycars) was
but a Few days old, and seeing the baby he
laughed and said to her mother; "Now. Millv
us yon wouldn't have me Yourself YOU n give
| me your girl for my second wife, won't you?''
| whether any jesting promise was made. | am
moi Informed hut the baby grew mn md M
lwehty-seven she was married. had seven chill
dren' became widow after nii.e years, md
remained one for long time, when Colonel
Boone's first wife having died some ycnrs pre
vionsy she really became, in her own middle
life, the wife of her mothers early lover, who
| hid claimed her in her cradle The good old
| lady is accustomed, in relating this TO her SONG
ana neices to speak OF il ns zone Of the most
remarkable things that ever happened |
think SO, too and it's true story"
SNAKE SroRy.-rhr Richmond cores
pondent of the Petersburg haacr tells tho fol.
lowing:
gentleman, physician, resident near
inc w arm Springs, but now on visit 10 this
city, tells Il remarkable snake story. TIN.
| doctor was recently sent for 10 see n lady of
| hts neighborhood who had been bitten on III,
ankle by II ratlcsnakc. When he reached the
| patient he found thai her friend adjoining nm
old indian remedy which had come down To
this generation with the legendary lore of tb,
neighborhood had bound the wound, already
much swollen and inilhmed with several folda
OF the inner (hbre) uf the bark Of tho sycn-
more tree. Willing TO await the result of This
experiment. and seeing really no chance for
the application OF II better aud more orthodox
remedy, our doctors allowed the lady to keep
the bandage on, and in II few hours she WINS
relieved from the pnin aud the effects of tho
poison ms she declared Then it wns removed
The wound presented II more favorable an
ptarance, aud the cure was soon pronounced
complete. Now the most ns tonis.iipe Dnrt re-
innDs to be told. On unfolding the inndape
| have referred 10, the exnct outlines the very
photograph, yes the perfect picture of the
snake, coiled ready for the spring. was found
impressed upon it, SO perfect was the likeness
that it one had seen the bark bandaec lying
open on the rondsidc, he would have thought
mat 'rhltlcr' had coilrd upon il for one of
his deadly springs. The doctor saw this
Thing with his own eyes. And the remedy
has been applied 10 similar cases in that Sec
ton OF country with ms happy effects"
WONDERFUL PREsENGn OF MIsD IN A Woy.v
"A correspondent writing from Pitsburp.
IA, gives the following account of "A singular
accident which occurred in that city on Tues
day, the 9Th inst "a freight train ran off
the track near the corner OF Grant street and
fth avenue, and demolished dwelling In
""l'n ar he"ghh ahd her three children
were sleeping. Mrs Reagan heard the crash
ing Of the ear and the shouts of the men and
realized that the house was in danger
amp was burning on the other side Of the
room, and the first thought Mrs. Reagan had
was OF lhc lamp and the danger Of explosion
tndhre il the house should fall. With re-
narkhblc p:esence OF mind she seized her babe
n her arms, spranP ont OF bed, ran TO the
amp and eXtiugushed il then che ran down
ltuIrg and had iugf stt.d a.
'thifs when the car struck the house and com
,letely shattered :he end and side, throwing
he whole building into mnss of ruins Mrs
Reagan mud her babe were buried in the deb
'is, the entire secOnd floor, exccpt n nortion
Upheld by the back wall Of the house, falling
'ver them They were protected by the floor
Hllihg upon portions OF the wreck wbicl,
iept it from falling directly upon them. The
MIA was not hurl, The moiEtr sustained mn
y bruises but not serions injury. The TWO
timer children were sleeping on the second
loor, one side OF which fell 10 the ground. -
hey rolled npninst the wheels Of the ear that
ad caused all the ruin, and were unniured
BACHELORS vs. WIDowgas. Rather n noveI
method u celebrating the advent Of leap year
ms been adopted ut Soulhyillr, Kentucky, and
me quite unpleasant for the victims. This il
othIug more nor less than II public sale of the
hehclors and widOwers Of that enierprisiDe
own by the Young ladies Of that vicinity-
hey brought the following prices LAWYERS
an Inferior gn,del. s. head farmers. from
4 % 10 $3.50; doctors common Stock and
videttly drugs in the markeri) So: Wild
wers. 81 900, bidding spirited bachelors
'ltbont any distinctive professions or trades
) cents to 81 %, and ihe bidding slow. This
Ugh price paid for wdowers seems nnaccoun-
,ble 10 The bachelors. II is pits 10 hold nm
, strong an Indictment for men TO wish 10