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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-01-26
ADREADFUL FATE.

A terrible tale of the fate of Ger
man doctor, named Gunkell, prae-
tising physician in Lansing, Ia, comes
to US in the papers of that State
Finding he was sick, probably from
smallpox, and away from home and
friends, he engaged man to drive
him from McGregor to Elkader, where
he formerly lived. They had not pro-
ceeded far before the doctor seemed
to think he was being pursued. Seiz
ing the loose halters lying In the bug
gy box, he lashed the dash board,
urging the driver to ''let the horses
go for Gods sake; they are after
me-" Opening a large pocket knife,
he coolly informed the driver that his
life depended ON fast driving and
silence The poor driver was forced
to the terrible conviction that he was
alone with a maniac at dead of night.
Obedience to the desperate mans
commands was the only alternative,
and with eyes straight ahead, he
drove for dear life to Harding's hotel
at Bulls Head, six miles from Nc
Gregor. The driver here jumped
out. and asked the doctor to come in
and have something to drink. En-
ragged at the delay, the madman
threw out the robe, cushions, etc,
and then got ort himself and tried to
awaken the landlord. The driver,
intent on saving his life, hastily se-
cured his robe and cushions, and put
ting whip to his horses, returned to
McGregor. The doctor failed to
arouse the landlord, and starting out
alone, evidently tried to foot it to
Elkader. He was next seen at Ma
tional, ten miles from Elkader, crazy
and wild, but there were none hu-
maue enough to relieve or have him
cared for. Alone by the side of the
road he was seen the next day, some
nine miles from Elkader, by some of
its citizens, nearly all acquainted with
him. No one spoke to him or offered
to help him, but all agree that he was
crazy, and that his face was very red.
His friends were notified of his condi-
ton, but no effort was made to relieve
him. He was reported near Windsor
on Wednesday, farther west on Thurs
day, and Friday was found in sink
hole, nearly naked, badly frozen, and
the snow red from the blood from his
face that he had scratched and torn
in his delirium. He was conveyed to
stable in Wagner township, Friday
evening. Saturday a physician from
Elkader was procured, who found
him dying from his exposure and
smallpox. During the night he ex
pired, with none near him, alone in
the stable, away from mother, broth
ers. sisters and friends.
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WHOLE NUMBER 965
BEATING BRAINS INTO HIS HEAD.

The Hon. Thurlow Weed tells the
following incident which occurred
while he was serving his "devilship -
Our education up to the time We en-
tered printing Office, had been a good
deal neglected. Five months drill
ing in "Webster's Spelling Book" the
ssEnglish Reader" and the well re-
membered book of books. whose pre-
clous teachings were not wholly lost,
the Beauties of the Bible,'' with
what could be picked up during inter.
walls from labor in the sloop's forecas-
tie, In a "sugar bush,' and in
''Mlekle's furnace made up the sum
of knowledge tnat, at the age of toar
teen, We took into the Lyac cffice.
When, therefore, few months after
oIr apprenticeship commenced, we
were entrusted with manuscript copy,
We fsl. sense of intellectual educa-
tion. One asy, lust as the LyRr was
going to press, a bFist obituary was
handed in. Time passed. We took
it in hand. 1t read thus:
Died-In this village to-day, Catha-
rine, eonsort of Rev. Derrick Q. Land
ing, and daughter of the Rev. DR..
Alexander, aged so years.
"The word "consort' was poser
We had not before encountered it,
nor did it convey to our type-setting
intellect any sensible idea. And In
the hurry, venturing upon a correc
ton, for the word consort we substi-
tuted comfort, word which, to our
mind. had sense ard meaning. The
four lines were emptied from the stick
into the form, which was locked up
and placed upon the press. Mr.. Fay
rolled up his sleeves to "pull,' and
Durs were rolled up to "beat" The
first impression was seized by neigh
boring shoemaker, who, taking 1t to
his bench, turned his eye first to the
obituary column, and then rushed
back, paper in hand, pointing omin-
ously to the obituary. Mr.. Fay took
,ne look, and Iseizlng the ''sheepfoot,'
ne threw it our head, exclaiming with
! fierce expletive, shat he would beat
,ome brains into our head" We
lave never seen the word "consort'
ince, without remembering, With
how nearly thassasepsleos
;sme to spelling any hope we - SnI
ave entertained of improving o1S,
grammar. -
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Miss Lydia S. Hsll, who is now
acting United States Treasurer, in
the absence of the male chief, was
once Lowell factory girl, and was
a contributor TO the Lowell Offering
over the nom de plume of Adelaide
The Lowell Courier says Miss Hall
has been a missionary to the Choc-
taws, and in border ruffian days lived
in Kansas where she was an owner ol
considerable resl estate. Meeting
with some misfortune in regard to
titles of property, she went to Wash
ington, and has filled clerksbip II
tie Treasury Department since, being
also engaged in studying law, in order
to enable her to secure her rights &c
her property in Kansas, which she
will no doubt dc, and return to thai
State, unless she gets INTO the Cabi
net.
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THE OLDEST AMERICAN SOLDIER
"a. . LIVING. c

The press seems to be agitsted
lately about the Oldest living Amer
lean soldier. The claims of James
Wilkner, of the first Pennsylvania Vol
unteers; Hiram Hold ay, of the Six
ty, first Illinois Volunteers (now dead)
and Jesse Whitaker, of the Seventy
ninth Illinois Volu1teers, IS set forth
in the Tribune OF the 2Sth OF Deem
Der, 1871, are all placed before the
people as the oldest soldier. The lat
ter was born in Shelby county, Ky,
June 30, 1898, and entered the serv-
ice in 1914. This does very well, but
the man who is entitled to the praise
of beirg the oldest soldier is unques-
tionably Brevet BRIG. Gen. Sylvanus
Thayer, retired officer Of the United
States army, now living in or near
Boston, Mass. He was born in Balm
tree, Mass in 1885, graduated at
Dartmouth College, N. H., and after
ward at the West Point Military
Acadamy in 1908 He was assigned
to the Engineer Corps 1908; served
in the War of 1872, on the Canadian
and afterward at Norfolk,
Va, where he won the brevet of Major
He was appointed Superintendent of
the West Point Academy in 1872,
and was the master spirit of that in
stltution until 1888 Its high char
scter was due to him as much IS to
any man, living or dead. He was
made Brevet Lieutenant Colonel On
the 3rd of March, 1923; a Breyet
Colonel on the 3rd of March, 1888 !;
and Brevet Brigadier General on the
31st of May, 1858; and was retired
on the following day with the rank
Of Colonel.
He will have been in the army six
ty-four years, on the 23d day of Feb
uary next, should he live until thss
day. A more honorable gentleman !
cannot be found in this country, and
he is now emphatlcally, the Father of
the American army.
He has a mind eafiched By the
brightest culture in this country and
ia Europe, and, in his day, has been
one ofthe most scientific of soldiers.
1t is pleasing to know that, In his
old age, he has q sufficient competen-
cy, and is surrounded by hosts of
who both love and respect
him.
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Ben anlI

The Woma1s's Journal gives this as
a sketch from real life 1t certainly
illustrates wrong that should be
righted :--"When Ben and / were
children / was the taller. When we
went to school / studied more than
he did; / read more books than he
did; if we got into an argument l
was pretty sure to get the better of
him-in short, / was ahead OF Ben
and / patronized him. But Ben got
ahead at last. He studied proies-
sion; i crimped, and frizzed, and fuss
ed. He went INTO business (; l busted,
and arranged, and beautiied- He is
growing rich; 1 am growing poor.
He can travel If he chooses he ear
invite me to go with him if he chooses
| can sig at nome till / am invited.
He is independent, / dependent t.
Ben is q successful. bachelor, with
the world before him; / an unsue-
cessful maiden, with Io definite pros
poets. Ah, Ben, Ben, this will never
do-just W ait, sir, till Itake stSrt,"
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THE Life of DR.. Raffles, of Liver,
pool, has the following: "a young
lady, the daughter OF the owner Of
the house, was addressed by man
who, though agreeable to her, was
disliked by her father. OF course. he.
would not consent to their union, and
she determined TO elope. The night
was fixed, the hour cIme, he placed
the ladder to the window, and in
few minutes she was in his arms.
They mounted a double horse, and
were soon at some distance from the
house. After while the lady troke
silence by saying, We'll, you see
what proof l have given you OF my
affection 1 hope you will make me
good husband He was a surly fel-
low, and gruffly answered. Perhaps /
may, and perhaps not.' She made no
reply, but after a silence of some
she suddenly exclaimed, 'Oh,
what shall we do? l have left
my money behind me in my room.
Them said he, I'VE must go back
and fetch it, They were soon again
at the house, the ladder was again
placed, the lady remounted, while the
lover waited below. But
she delayed to come, and so he gent
ly called, Are you coming?' When
she looked cut OF the window and
said, perhaps / may, and perhaps
not; and then shut down the WIN
dow, and left him to return upon the
double horse aloLe.''
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-01-26

DouBTFUL-The WarDepartment,
IN addition to its weather-signal sys
TEN, is about to establish an electric
social system of storm-signals in all
the larger cities of the country, by
which every married man who is on
the magnetic belt can, by watching
the signals on the chimney top or
ridge board, tell Just the moment
when it will be safe for him to leave
port Tor champsign) for home. A
black flag flying will signify ''cross as
bear-typhoon approaching" A
white fag-"everything is lovely /;
she is asleep" A red flag, with
white centre-"look out for squalls !;
baby just spanked :" while a white flag
with red centre, indicates simply
"cautionary measures on the part of
the sold man." who can go home un-
der full sail, but should reef his boots
and douse his binnacle-lamp before
going up stairs.-1ftHsville Herald.
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AN OLD STORY REVIVED AGAIN.

An entertaining article entitled
|. "Tomy WelIer's Widows,' appear:
in the Chester (Pa) Repr5liean
from which the following is an ex
. tract:
Another very courtable widow was
young lady OF Washington, Pa
She became engaged to q young man
named Robert -. in 1916. Her
father, however, objected to, this
match with one OF his clerks, and
when the young lady received a
tempting proposal from wealthy
suitOr, the psternal influence soon
effected marriage. despite the for
mer engagement. In less than three
months her husband was killed by q
kick from horse. Robert was 8
second time then q suitor, but de-
layed the important question until
fifteen months had elapsed, when, to
his horror, she informed him that she
was engaged. In three months
thereafter she was married. Two
years elapsed, when tho married
couple removed to Syracuse, N. Y,
where among the victims of the chol-
era, when the pestilence swept that
city, the second died. Robert agsin
sought her hand, and when a year
had elapsed, was on the eve of dec,
laration, when 10 he received an in
vitation to her wedding. Her late
husbands business was found in such
stale that, TO avoid immense losses,
she married the surviving partner.
Shortly after, she removed with her
third husband to Detroit, Michigan
y few years elapsed, when herself snd
husband were on a steamer that was
wrecked near Buffalo. The husband
persisted, and the wife escaped solely
through the exertions of q friend
who was on board. His gallantry
inspired such sentiments in her
breast that she married her brave
preserver a few months after her
md widowhood. The happy pair
removed u Ii.tsburg where her hus-
band was engaged N sssFSSIS:.ile hn-
siness. .. .-l a E
Thither Robert, still cherishing his
first love, followed them. One day
as he was passing the husbands store
he saw terrible commotion. Rush
ing in, he beheld the mangled corpse
of that gentleman on the floor. Al
tierce of rice, in being hoisted to an
upper story, had fallen through the
traps, killing him instantly. Anx-
iously Robert inquired if any one had
been sent to inform his wife, and was
told that the book-keeper had gone.
Robert started. for Allegheny City,
where the deceased resided, at the top
Of his speed. The book-keeper was
ust ahead Of him, and, from past ex-
Derience, knowing the virtue OF
prompt action, and apprehending
hat the clerk had designs on the
widow, he run for dear life side by
'ide. The race continued until they
cached Hand street bridge, when the
clerk was obliged to stop and pay
oils, while a commuter, passed over
without stopping. Reaching the ;
rouse of the widow first, Robert told
he heart-rending news, and in the
anne breath made proposal OF mar
'iage. He was accepted. True to
Ter promise, after yesr Of mourning,
,he became his wife. As all husbands
had died wealthy, Robert was COM
ortably fixed. after oil. This case is
remarkable example of what pluck ,
nd perseverance will do for man,
While at the same time it teaches a .
esIon on the danger of delay. /;
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8euersIfnt.

INDLAY COUNCIL, NO. SO r. d g. N
Regular Convocation second Monday In each
month. JAMES WILSON, Z. 1. Il. n, b. u
BEARDsLEY, Recorder. cE
.INDLAY CHAPTER, NO IS, r. n. NJ
Regular Convocation, First Monday in each
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MoRGAN D.sHAFKR. AAkoN b
sHAFER Bros,

Ill practice Of Law, viii practice in State
and United States Courts, and will give
prompt attention to all business placed In
their hands. Odioe in Wheeler's Block, Find
lay, Ohio. tmsyH
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A FeREIGN journal says that
French mason, in repairing the stone
steps leading into garden, used
Portland cement mixed with finely
divided filings and borIngs of cast and
wrought iron, instead of sand and
that the mass has become SO hard that
it cannot be broken either with ham
mer or pickaxe.
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2petital.
THE EARLY MORNING CALL.

Two little feet hear.
Pattering on the floor
Softly;
Two little eyes there are
Peeping through the oor
Slyly;
Birds are piping morning song
Cautiously lie moves along,
Lest He wakes me.
Two little hands / feel,
Resting ON the spread
Slightly;
Two little steps he takes
Ger NEON the bed
Lightly;
In his snow-white night gown
Carefully lie lays him down,
Lest he wake me.
Two little lips are soon
Pressing my lips down,
Sweetly;
Two little arms are there.
Iwining my neck round
Gently;
ROguiShly his eyes meet mine
Languishing he says lis time
He should wake me.
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Special Notices.
Manhood: How Lost, How Restored,

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B8This Lecture should be In the hands OF
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Also, Dr. Culverwell's Marriage Guide VI
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IT is not generally known that the
leaves of geranium are an excellent
application for cuts, where the skin Is
rubbed of, and other wounds of that
kind. One or two leaves must be
bruised and applied to the part, and
the wound will be cicatrized in a short
time.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-01-26

In the Elgin watch factories. three
hundred of five hundred employees
are girls. These girls earn from ten
to twenty dollars a week, and per-
form some of the delicate operations
incident to the business as skillfully
as men.
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