The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-07

quite shamed 1t out of his enemies.
How EDGAR A. PoE DIED.-The true
story of Poes death has never been cor
recty told. 1t is this In the summer
of 1910 he left New York for Virginia.
In Richmond he met Miss Elmira Shell
ton, whom he had known 10 his youth,
renewed his acquaintance, and in few
weeks they were engaged to be married.
He wrote to his friends in the north that
he should spend the remainder of his life
in Virginia, where the happiest days of
his life we're spent. Early 10 October he
set out from Richmond to fulfill literary
engagement in New York, and to prepare
for his marriage, which was TO take place
the 18th of the month. Arriving at
Baltimore he found that he had missed the
Phlladel phia train which he intended TO
take, and he would have to wait two or
three hours for the next train. He went
to a restaurant near to get some refresh
ments. There he met some of his old
West Point friends, who invited him to a
champaign supper that evening. He ac-
cepted the invitation and went. At first
he refused to drink, but at last was per.
suaded to drink a glass of champaign.
That set him off and in a few hours he
was madly drunk. In this state he
wandered off from his friends, was robbed
and beaten by rufians, and left insensible
in the street over night. The next morn
ing he was picked up and taken to Mary
land hospital. He was delerious with
brain fever. He was well cared for in
the hospital, but he was beyond the skill
of the doctors. He fingered two or three
days, and died on Sunday, October 7th,
in the thirty-eighth year Of his age. His
funeral was attended by Hon. u. Collins
Lee, DR.. Snodgrass, Nelson Poe, (his
cousin) and Henry Herring (his uncle
App(et0n'S Journal.
a DEAD CALIFORNIA C1rY.-The min
ming excitement in California gave birth
to many cities, which, growing into con-
siderable wealth and population almost in
a day, lost both as speedily so soon as the
excitement ceased and the mines failed to
yield. In 1862 Summit City was born.
Gold-bearing quartz had been discovered
there and assays indicated its richness.
That was sufficient. The place grew till
it had stores, hotels, theatres, saloons in-
Vulnerable, brokers' exchange, and a
population of 5000 or 1000 souls. The
lodges, however, failed to yield their
treasures. The mill process aud chemis-
try were alike unsuccessful in bringing
goll MI processes failed, and SO the
city went down. A man visited it lately.
going to it on snow shoes. The one story
hoG-es were covered to the rocf with
snow; aud the two story houses to the
height OF the second story. No living
being was visible. Signs swung in the
wind among them one OF brokers' Of
fee, opposite the old hall Of the board of
brokers. The large hotel stood still fur
nished, the beds and bedding remaining.
Standing on the level OF the second story
the observer looked in and saw the clean
linen on the deserted beds. Some of the
houses have been broken by the weight
of snow upon them, but for the most part
they stand just as their owners left them
Summit City is kind OF Pompeii Of our
modern civilization, aud lacks only the
human remains to make the similitude
yet stronger.