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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

made rs anything but brothers. hPlessed
me most 10 have them pledge my niue
riI. And the more they'd toast her D.
Jscper ia drink. Aud | was duakin
death &c her aud damnaiion 70 me
..IW cut il OF short. Didnt mean to
~ but a few words to you, but l got to
tbiukiu' so. Can't spin i cut much long
a.. or thsreT be no man leit OF me.
"Woll, orc day | started on my home
trip. full Of that gOOd-IellOEshiP you was
imbibiD' awhile ago. Made the engine
vbirz! w was aTfa. jolly, the fireman
ana me. Never was drunk when | got on
mv engine before, OF the Company would
have shipped me. Wasn't no such TIN
never made before uor since. / had just
sense enough to know what | was aoout'
ma, enough TO handle an emergency. We
fairly reared down on the trestle mar
stood at the entrlnse Of our town.
II had a tipsy eye out, and, George as
we was fyiu' through the suburbs l see
my little girl on the track ahead waVin
a red flag and stahdin' stock still -,
The air seemed full Of haties. l
could have stopped the engine, If I'd only
had Il enough to know what TO axe
bold of to reverse her! But ! was toe
drunk And that grand little angel stood
nm TO il trying to warn IS in time, n VIC
lust swept right ahead into a pile OF ties
some wretch had laid on tho track =
49,. 80 "
away, George. -,
"Therc. And do you want me TO tel
you how the sight Of that manglcd liitlC
mass killed her mother? And do you
want me to tell you | walk alive to-day
the murderer of my own. child, who stood
up to save me? And do you want nc tC
tell you the good fellowship you were
drinkin' awhile ago brorghtnll this On nc
you'll let this pass by, maxim up your
mind to be moderate. Hope you VIII.
was a moderate un.
70 God Oh my baby
81 can knock down any man twice m.
size for a good reason, George Burks' bu
my heart just mclts to water for that lit
tic girl,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
Execution Of Albert II. Smith.

Springfield. Mass, June 27.-Thc
ealmncss with which Albert Al. Smith
met his doom was forcshadowcd by his ac-
tons during the entire morning, as well
as by his previous bearing. At about
half-past nine he was escorted to the par
lor, where a private religious service was
held. Smith offered an earnest prayer
for himself, showing his full conviction OF
guilt and looking for heavenly pardon.
At ten o'clock he came from this room as
he had gone into it. He passed the night
quietly, sleeping we'll, and only getting
up once to have a talk with Jennie Bates
picture. To he last he expressed his
love for Miss Bates.
At 1880 o'clock he was ushe!cd into
the jail hall. The balconies we're lined
with spectators, numbering about one
wfere Sa1tth went IN an neur VeTere uis
death to bid them good bye. Smith look.
cd bright and hopeful, with his brown
hair brushed carefully and his mustache
newly trimmed. Without delay Smith
was escorted 10 the scaffold, which he
mounted with an attempt to smile as he
took the scat offered him but showing by
the unusual rcdnoss of his face that he
was more effected than he cared to show.
AT the close Of the warrant, Sheriff Brad
Icy asked Smith if he mad any thing to
sag, and in q loud and firm voice he spoke
as follows:
Gentlemen l suppose in your minds
there exists doubt, which | wish to clear.
The reports | have made of my criminal
connection with the girl and the abortion
are facts. Standing here on the drop,
what good would it DO me to tell a lie ? |
told this to Sacset, and he promised mo
TO have nothing more to do with her.
When l went to Wcstfeld that night |
heard that they had gone to the theatre.
L had feelings TO my brest which you can.
not imagine. What l have said about
Jennie | have not said to injurc her
but to explain about myself. l was en-
gagged 10 her at the time of the connect.
ton, and expected to marry her. l had
no intention of killing Sacket when |
started out that night. i'll Lad wanted
to kill him | could have done it easy
enough before. These words above my
head repeat as my last"
The prisoner pointed TO a large card
above the scaffold, inlay | meet you all
IN heaven. Farewell" Saying this Smith
took from the sheriff a picture Of Miss
Bates and pressed it tcnderly to his lips
a moment. The sheriff then placed the
rope about his neck, tho cap was drawn
down, and the prisoner stood as erect as
a statue.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

CHEAP DIsINFEcTANTs.-One pound of
green copperas, costing seven cents, dis
solved in one quart Of water, and poured
down a water-closet will effectually de-
stroy the foulest smells. On board ships
and steamboats,. about hotels and other
places, there is nothing SO nice to purify
the air. Simple green copperas dissolved
under a bed in anything that will hold
water will render a hospital, or other
place for the sick, free from unpleasant
smells. For butchers stalls, fish markets.
slaughter houses, sinks and wherever
there arc offensive, putrid gases. dissolve
copperas and sprikc it about, aud in a
few days the smell will pass away. If q
cat, rat or mous dies about the house
and sends forth an offensive gas, place
some dissolved coppcres in an open vessel
near the place where the nuisance is, ard
it will soon purify the atmosphere
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

In the Woodruff trial on a charce Of
circulating obscene publications, after days
had been spent in drawing o jury, panel
after panel being exhausted before one
was secured, Judge Blatchford informed
the jury that the district attorney had
drawn the indictment under the wrong
statute, and of course the prosecution fell
through. Under the direction of the
court, the jury, IN Friday, returned a
verdict of not guilty. The Performers"
who have compl aimed SO stoutly because
} udge Hunt directed a verdict in Miss
ADthony's case, of course, have no fault
to find with q similar proceeding in the
case Of Woodruff.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
VERMONT CENTRAL r. r. LINE.
SUMMER Ar R%AYGEMENr.
Commencing June Q. 1877

Trains Going South and East-Leave watcrbur,
3 nam, 2lf o. m, and o 40 p m.
AM. ma,i TRAN I an leaves q ogdenshnrE At 90 p m st Al
and at White River Junction and Bellows Fall,
with trains for Boston, Worcester, Springfield AMI
MY, a. New London with steamer for Now York,
johns AZ 10 10, Ogdonsburs at 6 90 n, m. Ct Al.
p ons at u 90 m, arriving in Boston via Lowoii nj
Night Express leaves ogdepshurr 4, . ~ : -
montreal 40 p. m, st. Johns 8 O5 ,, IN, st. Allan,
~ p; m, connecting at w. r. Junction and Rel.
low ralisior Boston Worcester 40, arriving in
snJ Q 90 q, m. at SO. Vernon for Springfield
Ina mif;, arrivingin N. Y. ut 1880 p. M, New
Trains going North and w~est-Leave Waterbury
Day RH M, : ~ 2 m, : : 1op m, and 9 30 pm.
TOT burlington, Montreal, st AlbaRs, &c. arrly,n1
II Montreal Mt 45 pun, and Ogdensburrb at ID ~
: ~; making ciese connection with trains for tbs
Mail train for Burlington and st. Alban, ,sov.,
Dos,on via Lowell at 7 n M, via. I.awrcncs AMI
f.oI"Sa1g Ia. 90 Z % o. a ~ p, vspringaela 90 am, New
a arrIy Il, q; ~, White River Junction a IL I p. m.s
M, and s lsaiv,aE so 81 via; Fitchburg at z.so a.
n'vcr junction with Day Express Train ""''
Accommodation Train leaves Nor,hae,d a. ? AZ.
iIn,yi nu. ~ q Ia az $40 q: M, and arriving in Bur.
Night Express leaves New Iondon n, o Az
from c su'nos ~ eSs P. m. receiving passengers
Fork Az !. m. Springfield s.io D. M Rseli oow
rhash, III, P. M, connecting with trains over
o o"vseatG Sa ~ wd ioaying Boston al $50 ,. M,
leaving Boston at 6 D. M. for Rn y wath trains
= nus mun.reai, &c arriving in Montreal Al ais
: y connecting With Grand Trunk RsiIvar ssaaSS
Sleeping Cars are attached to tho N;cb,rxn~.-
n s,a,hr running between Montreal and f3nston ps IN
"pnsrehi and Springfield, and 81 Adams and Tr nra
tween MoSItrsoom Cars on day Express Trains s..
ti haoagn tickets for Chicago and The West far sa,o
superintendent. st. Allans, June. ; isas
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

Disgust and Indignation prevailed at
Baskerville, Friday, over the arrest of
Rev, George Woods for sOdomy. Woods
has been pastor of the Methodist church
there for the last eight months, and the
victims of his unnatural crime are said to
be several roung converts of his. On
tue state tnan give more puurrcr'y . tine
affair by his prosecution, he was set free,
when he Immediately left the town amidst
the excavations of the people.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

Henry Chaplin, n nephew of George
W. Chaplin. Esq. Of Rutland, Yves a ma.
tive and formerly a resident of Clarendon,
was brntal'y murdered, at his residence
on Prairie Deg creek, four miles below
Nortonvillc, Kansas, on the night of Fri
dap, May I'd. His body was found by
his ncighbors on the day following, pierre
cd with bullets, stabbed with q knife, and
the head pounded with rocks.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
State News.

Tho skeleton found at Woodford a
few days ago is believed to be that Of
John G. Rice, a young man of i%ntcmper-
ate habits, who disappeared from Sears
burg two years since.
One of the leading physicians OF
Burlington, say, the Democrat, always
keeps pic plant growing in a conspicuous
place in lis garden, not for domestic pur-
poses, but his neighbors seeing that the
doctor takes great care in ~cultivating the
frequent CATS upon the Dostot, undr nd
claims a handsome practice from this
source of ills alone.
[. o. OF G. THE Grand Ledge Of
Vermont, l. o. of G. T.. will he repre-
sentcd at the session of the Right Worthy
Grand Lodge in London by G. II. Baker,
of st. Adams. and r. o. Sturtevant, Of
Swanton, earnest advocates of the cause.
MIR. Baker intends TO make his stay last
two or three months, and will extend his
tour to Paris and several other cities Of
interest. The Good Templars of the
British Isles have made all the necessary
preparations to entertain, in q bcftting
manner, the delegates from the United
States, numbering above one hundred.
"A report having got in circulation
that the Central VT. r. r. Co. had en-
tered into a combination with the Erie.
(N' w. r. r., and passed into its con-
troll, causing some concern among tho
Vermonters. Gov. Smith publishes the
following denial /:
take the earliest opportunity to say
that such q report is entirely without
foundation. No communication has ever
passed between this company and the Erie
Railroad Company on the subject, nor has
it ever been entertained or mentioned in
the board Of directors Of this company.
VI. HoMGopATnIc SOCIETY AT the
last annual meeting Of this Society, held
in Montpelier the following officers wero
chosen for the ensuing year: President,
G. N. Brigham, M. D., Montpelier; Vice.
President, G. fl. Chamberlain, NJ. g.,
Barre Treasurer and Recording Secro-
tary,G. e. E. Sparhawk, M. D., Gaysville ;
Corresponding Secretary, H. 9. Brigham.
M. d., Mortified ; Censors. Drs. M. q.
Hcughton, M. W. Hill. j. H. Jones F; Au.
ditor, Samuel Worcester, M. D., Burling-
ton. The Society then adjourned to meet
at st. Johnsbury on the second Wednes.
day Of January, 1874.
Last week Monday Horniug, Mr.. Benz.
Rogers, merchant at Noyesville, WAL
den)discovered that his store had been bur.
g%lariously entered and robbed, one or two
full suits of gentlemen's clothing, what
loose money there was in tho drawer, and
some other articles being stolen. The
thief made an entrance by first trying to
bore holes in the pane! Of the door, with
a''bit' or auger. SO that he could reach
in his hand and turn the buttons of the
door inside. But this practice was prob
ably too laborious, and proved Intellectual.
He then used q bar, or something of tho
kind, and pried the door open, effect
ing a full entrance.
Suspicion for this act rests upon a
young man by the name of Charles Wig
gins, of Walden.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

We were much panied to read in the
Boston Journal of a recent date. that
Prof. s. Il. Pearl, formerly Of the Normal
School at johnson, now Of the State Nor.
NAL School at Plymouth, N. H., was very
low in consumption at the latter place.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

TuE LAST CABLE.-lt will be seen that
another Atlantic cable has been success
fully laid. This is the fourth working
cable, not reckoning the "All right DE
Sauty" wire of 1858, which operated in
a ftful, feeble way for a few weaks, and
then went into a slumber on the bed Of
tic ocean which has never been disturbed
since. The cable just laid is constructed
on substantially the same rinciples as Its
predecessors and is deposited north Of
the 1865 cable, not coming nearer to II
than thirty miles, except at the shore ends,
II the rercrt is correct that seventeen
hundred and one nautical miles have beer
paid out, the last cable is the shortest Of
the group, that of 1866 being lS9ot
miles while the French cable is 255I
miles. A supplementary part ofthe pres
ent expedition will consist of graphing
for and repairing, if fOund-the cable OF
1865, which broke a few months since
How quietly the world o takes wha'
but a short time ago was regarded as the
marvel of marvels!
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

LIST OF PArESTs.-The following patents were
issued from the u. s. Patent Office to citizens
Of Vermont for the week ending June 10,
1873 Reported for the Ncwsdealer, by AL
EXANDER & MASON Solicitors Of Patents.
600 Seventh ST., Washington, d. C.
Washing Machine IN. +. Reed North
Wolcott.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
c.ner,l sherman emphaiically rePu'

-Geueral Sherman emPhaiicaliy rePu'
di.,es the peace policy urged BY the In
terror Department and its allies in the
country. lie has no more faith in the
nr0mi.es Of tho Indians, especially the
Cheyennes and KiOwas than 10 the PraII,e
wolves. lie hopes the Indian Bureau
NAV have the opportunity Of testing lhelr
humanitarian ideas without. in any way,
compromising the army. The fact IS the
lila, problem is not to be settled upon
,uperfcial dogmaiism, but by earnest and
careful study Of its conditions aud apP'''
cations.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
LAWS Tannan died ~ Now w.,

LEWIS Tappan died In New York,
Saturday, aged IS. He. with bis brother
Arthur, was among the first abolitionists,
supporters Of tho chatham st. Chapel
where Phinney and Blanchard used to
preach equal rights, and which was mob.
bed ia the negro riots of 1884, aud large
~ Instrumental in procuring Mr.. Garri-
sons release from Baltimore Jail.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
Mark Chase's Estafe.

Marx Gases Estate,
State Of Vermont, Lamoille District, So In
Probate Court, held Mt johnson in said Dis. I
on the 9th day of June, 1873.
W. II. II. Kcnheld, Administrator Of IN estate
Of Mark Chaso, late of Iyde parK, in sad dist,
deceased, presents his administfation account for
examination and allowance, and make applica-
ton FOR q decree of distribution and Partition OF
tho estate Of said deceased.
Whcreupon, 1t Is ordered by said Court that said
account and application bc referred to n session OF
said Court to bo held at the Probate Office in John
son. on tho 2lst day Of July, 1879, for hearing and
decision thereon. And 1t is further ordered,
that notice hereof bo given 10 all persons con
noble Newsdealcr printed ut Hyde Park, three
weeks successfully, to said timcappointed for hrar
ing that they may appear at said time and place
account should not BIO allowed, and su,h decree
33 Attest. M. q. HEATH yuH..
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

The Commissioner Of Pensions s,'
,,Ouulr..sd The following order o0
"a Ger ths LIST Of July the considers
.4--d,u Invalid increases will b sar
pended BY the Psn'iOu oihos until 'Ae D,
- EXAMINATIONS. which tAkss place on
n, SOur,h Of September nsIi. nSa''a =
s -sr;as,ions. however. ~ill eOniisae ~
.nrh cases, 50 that no applicant nay SUI.
fer loss as to commencement o. ~;H..
Sv reason Of date Of medical eIi'n,na,
80 Meantime al original cases upon
az. slss will be considered and disP0s''
- Ear a, The evidence will varrani'
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
Lamoille Newsletter
rudc Rnrh, st, sulg 2, 1878
m. Mir, Ropublicans hcla their

The Maine Republicans held ihs'r
State Convention in Bangor and n0m'na''
ed Nelson Dingley, Jr- for Governor
The platform declares against further
land grants, against material aid to can
ais and railroads as producing corruption
deuOucos the evils Of private legislation
and all MObilier transactions.
Certain Washington seribblors VINO
have boon defending the salary bill VIII
end the following resolution pitched in
about the samO key as newspaper articles
which they have complained Of as 50 I'M
just:
Resolped. that the Republicans oil
Maine denounce the recent action Of Con-
rross, known as the "salary grab" IN,
ereasiur the salaries Of its members, aud
~especiaily its retroactive feature BY which
nearly $4,000 were voted to each member
for services already paid for, as a gross Vi,
~olation of the pledges Of the last National
o~..--.iy,., ~ssd dS"-"a 'hv im.he"'a''
and additional repeal Of sn act so disgrace
full to Congress and OdiOus to the people
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
Rusiness Notices.

Dodge h Shaw. MOrrisville' YER
mont, agent for the Farmers Mutual FIRE
INSURANCE. Company in LamOillc County,
and the MississquOi Valley in Orleans
County. No Policy allowed to expire
without the insured being noiihtc Ali
communication, by mail or otherwise,
promptly attended to. O.
G. G. DoDOE. (lll o'b' o"A"
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

RoLI. oxl great Pill Of Aver. rell on!
Through miles embowcled rolll
Roll on!
Through those whose liveTs ehafe tho SOUL
Throush those whose feeble stomaehs fail!
Trough mesentlries waxen palei
Through all who lives In aches and All
Ever roll onl
Roll Ger the p~rairies Of the nation
For the siek and i'll Of every station
Roll down the Andos-tow ering tnounla'ns'
roll over Airic's golden GuutaiDsl
Through India aud the Chersonesei
Through distant isles OF japanese!
Wherever dwells n sinking heart,
Roll on, TO do your mighty part o,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02


nor SALE!
one-horse Clipper Moving Machine,
| Buggy Wagon,
! Silver plated Harness,
All for sale choaP.
otto ENQUIRE AT THIS OFFICE.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
n E w o D .,

whIeh ne 10 rOisE to sill cHEIP asa A.
which he viii GUARANTEES 70 b LoF. 4
ea, nav goods 70 kesp and mraa - tisposss
fer rsady-pay within the nsIi SnTT ban
Ny Stock comprises
Brown and Bleaehsd
Cot,ons, Linen Finish,
Prints aud GinghaIns,
Remnants. very cheap,
New Style Polka
Prints, yard wide
Shirtings, Tickings.
Denims & Ducks, Cor
Sc, Jeans. Csmsries,
Piqses, Jap. Stripes.
Linen Checks. Table
Linens and Syas
Crash, Real Ksshn
Jeans, Tweed, Nil
NJ. C~assiner, al
Wool Cassiusa (
Suits, Reps.laus,Ks
ting and WaP o.
tens, Ladies, Ni~
& Gents Cotton Ea
Gorsets, SuspAda
and an endless nHa
Of Motions,
ROOTS .f.ND SHOES
Of the very best mAHsfsctnr, and
w A X X A N T s D
FRENCH CALF,
KIP, AND
CALCUrl
which cannot be beat for finish and dunbdi
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
B. A. Calkins

h.,j.a r.,srs.e trsu rss.s .ia /, p,.s..
osmslsts stgek Il
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02

which he is EOisE to ssii cHE1P asa A. -
which he will g~uarAntes 70 b LoH. "a.
buy my goods 70 kesp Ana nasaa y esPssk.
for ~ready-pay within the nsIs SIITT Ban
NJ stOok comprises
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
THE FALL OF KuIvA.

An official telegram, received at
St. Petersburg from Gen. Kaufman,
announces that the capital Of Xiii
va was occupied by the Russian fore
os IN the 10th of June. Tho Khan
Of Khiva fed 70 Romandow.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-09-25
How She Saws Wood.

Did you ever see woman undertake
to saw wood? Il is always a little while
before dinner, when the pies won bake,
and the potatoes absolutely refuse to
come to the boiling point, and the only
stick of wood is exactly three inches to
long After vain attemps to prove the
elasticity of the matter by putting two
foot three-inch stick into two foot stove
she goes out to the saw-horse puts her
knees on the refractory stick in the very
way she has seen some men do. But the
edges of the wood are sharp, and, she
takes it down again with an ejaculation,
and, with growing disregard for ap-
pearances, puts her foot on it instead.
Her hair never fails to come down at
this juncture, and she has to stop and
beginning to saw. Eer0 the saw COM
mences frantic jumping and Slipping
on its own account, aud the feminine
mind being concentrated upon keeping
up the foot thst is UP, and down the foot
that should be down, until. in a unlueky
moment, the center of gravity is lost,
the stick flies up and launches blow at
her nose just as somebody is going by
She stops and pretends to be looking
for something while dark thoughts of
divorce and separation fash through her
mind, and she VOWS in her innocent soul
that she will never attempt to saw wood
again if there never is any dinner But
her pride and her dinner are at stake,
and all her native obstinacy comes to the
surface; she will conquer the stick or die.
Fired by new fury, she succeeds in saw
! ing tive thirds of the way through. and
breaking off the rest of it-a rotten
| rail-Ehe goes into the house to find
the paiatoes boiled dry, aud the pie in a
state of sadden uncertainty. The chill
dren come home fiom school, and the
husband from his shop, and find kind
| of hushed solemnity in the air and no
pie FOR diuner. The meridianal meal
was eaten in silence and bitterness o.
heart, and then the wife Of his bosom In.
quires if she is expected TO take care OF
the stable and feed the pigs. as well as
saw wood. The man says: Hang il
all, forgot, and the woman drops her
sarcasm and breaks down in the declar.
alton that she n eyer Will d IL
a-g ain. never but she will; she will
do 1t Tomorrow, and the mkt day, and
the day after, for one of the things thai
woman never will learn it that she car
not saw wood.-Daa5u1y Nesrs.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-09-25
A SOUTHERN TRAGEDY.

The Opelousas Na.) Journal, of Au-
gust Is, is responsible for the following !:
down in the parish of st. Martin an
old widow lady, whose children had all
married off and LETT her alone, had been
persuaded to sell her little place and live
with them. She sold her land, buildings
and improvements one day for 50, 900,
and receiving the money in cash on the
WAS passed before two witnesses, the
number required by law, aud who wit
messed also the paying of the money. In
a short time she was to give possession,
but she remained in the house the night
following the sale all alone, or With no
masculine adult inmates, as was her GUS
tom. That night two negro burglars
broke into the house and demanded her
money or her life. She gave it to them,
but begged them to let her have 800,
as she owed that amount and wanted to
pay the debt, when she would be salts
fed. They finally consented to let her
keep the 800. They then ordered her
to make some coffee for them to drink
In doing so she bethought herself of the
strychnine she had in the house and
quietly dropped it in the pot of steaming
coffee, and placed it on the table with
cups, spoons and sugar for them to pour
out and sweeten to their taste. This
they did, and drank in a jolly mood,
each one having $3.50 in his pocket. But
in a few minutes the tables were turned.
One gave up the ghost where ne sat at
the table in his chair, the other got up,
staggered off a few feet and tumbled
over into eternity. The good old lady
recovered her money, and on examining
the person of the black burglarious rob-
bers, they turned out to be the two wit
nesses to the act of sale, both white
men blackened for the occasion-both
her neighbors, and one was her cousin. %