The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-07
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LUCKY NAME.
The Fortune Of New Hampsslirs s1ilf
Girl.


The Fortune of a New nampshirs sssn
A New Hampshire paper accounts
for one of the large fortunes OF tiias
State by relating the following
PLEASANT LITTLE history:
Several years ago one of the Young
working women of the cotton mills at
Great Falls. Sarah Bullion by name,
was recalled to ber home by the sick
ness of sister, who had contracted 3.
dangerous fever. Her faithful minis-.
trations aSailed not to save the life Of
the invalid. and with the shadow OF
death in the household, came such
legacy of responsibilities for the milf
girl that she was obliged to give up
all idea of returning to the Great
FAILS and devote herself to the care
Of her poor and aged parents.
WITH CHEERFUL FILIAL HEEoYsn
she accepted the change IN her pros
poets, though believing that it debar-
red her from the ultimate improve
meDt of her worldly condition which
might have resulted from an indie
pendent self-maintcnance; but there.
was in store for her. from the hour OF
her comparative selfrenunciation,
destiny more wonderful than her own
hands could ever have wrought. Ger
tain small articles of personal proper
ty which she had brought from the
mill were wrapped in a newspaper
from one of the cotton-growing par
ishes of Louisiana; and when, having
decided 10 leave home no more. Mss
Butillon removed the wrapper, her
eye was caught by the appearance in
the print of the letters Of her OWE
family name.
Mr.. BCTILLoy:
was mentioned by the Southern pa
pers as having been one of the several
prominent citizens taking part in re-
cent public event at Natchitoches,
and as the name is rather uncom-
mon one, its fair New Hampshire
wearer was seized with an irresistible
curiosity to know if she had kindred
among the nabobs of the South. Re-
lating the circumstance to a familiar
companion, who bantered her To
write to the South about it, she con-
cluded to ascertain indeed whether
the Louisianan was of her. blood, by
the only means at her command. Ac-
cordingly to Mfr. Butilfon, of Natchi-
toches, she addressed
MODEST, INGENIOUS IETTER
of inquiry, giving her genealocy as
far as she could trace it, and suggest
ing that, inasmucb rs the name was All
unusual one, and never had come TO
her m print before, her intuition there
from of a relationship might possibly
prove accurate. Iu a fortnigit's time
came the answer, very cheerful and
cordial in its greeting, declaring that
the writer and his correspondents
father must be not remote cousins.
THE soUTHENER
further wrote that he was man Of
advanced years, without family. and
having few friends for whom he cared,
and that he earnestly hoped and
wished for the continuation OF the
correspondence thus pleasantly be-
gun. With the consent of her par
t ents, Sarah acceded TO this request,
, and thereafter the letters of the Lou
sianian and the former mill ll-girl wers
! in the character of an ideal friendship.
3 For three years the interchange con-
tinued with unbroken punctuality =
] and then for nearly three months Miss
S Butilfon's last epis:le remained un-
q answered.
HER WONDER AND SORROW
at the protracted silence grew mora
and more, until finally lawyers mes
!, sage explained all. Writing to Miss
: Sarah Butilion, from Natehitoches, the
, attorney OF the late Philip Butliion,
: of that place, had the honor TO inform
: her that her distant relative, dying
! without nearer kindred, had be-
= queathed to her his whole property,
amounting in the aggregate to more
I than 100000. "Shortly before re.
: ceiving this intelligence proceeds
! the narrative, "the recipient had given
y her hand in marriage to q young man
of her own rank, with whom she pres.
emily went southwark to claim and
obtain her departed friends munifi.
n cent benefaction."