The Placer herald., 1873-09-13
AN ECCENTRIC CHARACIER.

Nancy Les is her maine. She isaS aged
spnster, haymg seen oversS0. Summers sud
Winters. Report says tlhe, was gay and
sprghtly when a girl, but while yet in Der
teens. long before the war OF 1872, was iils-
ed ,b5 her lover Told, WHO lies bnried under
the sea, and she vowed them never agNir to
see a single map. For many Years .he,hss
| lived alope, like . her nit, in dcsolate epot
| situated 10 miles inland from Oak, Bluffs,
near wood Of tangled CrIislraiida d wild ,mur-
ky pond, and with abstlutelyho Companions
save an DID, red. haired cow, and "a gosen
hens, whose care is her chief amusepeat.
Her rookery or castle is low wooden,siruc-
ture, shingled from The ground to the ridge
pole, joined to- barn-like shedc aiM sur
rounded hy hay stacke. The queer being
wi inhabits this den, and who in her soil
,ude is literally mon, rel, of all she surveys,
is described as tall. crooked and .this, with
grim-ookins face, and a head of u.kempt.
grizzly hair. Her dress consists of a waist
less rag, which would hang ike bag 10
the floor were it not tied under The arms
with an old iow-sring. Her hole appear
ance is lot unlike that. Of an Egypsian
mummy. ttf Es. ....- ,.,.r...
Her sole companions are, her COW. and
hens.. For the latter she has a peculiar at
tachment, and to them she has given eotne
remarkable names, among which sreathe
following; = Teedie 'rainie. :" Phshea
Peades, . t'Le,oogie Fickling, 9 Joa,is
Jofy. "-,' Zeney Dick, "'" Teppssec Tap
pao, - 'spond l.nIs. "O,tee Oriofo,"
"Tealsay Mcdoolsy," and ''vailaies Pink
oiie." Io these the speaks, prHys, sings
and writes poetry. for. with her other ec,en-
tricilies, that Of writing poetry is included,
feeds them out Of or hand, and has them
roost on and about her led. Her poetryis
no ess queer than is this strange being her
self y Here is one Of her prayers; ts5qse
Deal with another us you'd haye. wa
| Another deal with you wv,
What you're unwilling to receive, agmss
..f BE sure you never do, ia,if .ari 'esis
She does not, however, usually delight in
rhymes when dealing IN poetry, but is con-
tent TO contine herself sim ly 10 rhythh.
Not long since the ''lip' carried cf one Of
her chickens, wlereupon she composed the
following pathetic lament st,o., s,l
When poor little heart pinky
Was about six weeks old At' -.'
She was taken with the chicken distemper;
Chickens died off all over the island.
gave her dose of EPSON salts, Dda sitA'
With "A little black pepper in it.: .ss.a1..s
wept over her that ternooD: ,
| Iprnyod the Lord to me her life. T.
The next day gave her
Warm water to drink; $50 U1rH rnf
The third day she was herself,
Got well and smart. = ~" n.'A
She remained we'll four years a940gqo fd
A nI ItI1 1,tt.l ,rattx Hs,,,, ft.h T. ~.
Then the Lord thought best TO take her from
the evil to comey rlI SD 4i"'gE 4 raF
Without being sick Lnta very little while. liz
One other popularity of this mermaid of
MarIh's Vineyard is ,lier graveyard, where
she carefully burres such Of her pet click
ems as die, marking lAem raves with tomb
stones dh'y inscribed For example, cue
head stone bears this inscription: -, "a.
Poor Twaddle, ,'Tcdel, DeLbee, Pnky!
She is gone. She died June 49, 1871, ut
quarter past seNen clock in the evening,
with my handsaround her. aged lour, years.
never can see my poor hlile dear again.,,::-
S'c is alsg the author Of Il. lengthy man
uscript irea'iao on ;'Doc,orng Hens" Since
The increasing tide, Of Summer travellers 10
the island, her 9omicie has b'en pough, out
and excursions FROM the Oak Bluffs. to her
haLitalion are of akarst daily occurrence. a4s
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JAPANESE GaMBIING--A .cotrespondcnt
ct The Alta Cdlfoa 1yu writes from Ycddo:
The Japs are as, fond Of speculation as the
most hardened brokere of California street.
Tie discovery of gold mines here would be
verItabIc curse TO people so fond of gam-
bling. BY the way, Mr. Janin, of diamond
fame, has been secured by the Japanese
Government TO "prospect for gold in these
regions, at thousand dollars per month;
the berth will bea good one; but the Japs
are MS Likely TO discover gold through his
endeavors as Mcssrs. R,l-fon & Go. are 10.
realize bushels Of diamonds from Arizona.
The latest bubble that Las burst here is the
greet rabbit mapia, which has ragged here
for some months past, with violence sucl,
AS tit the uollaudefs in the DAYS of.the
hyncnI'e deliriu,n, A few days ago fancy
rabbits brought here fabulous prices. For
eigners were engaged at high salaries To
preside over establishments frequented
solely by rabbit gamblers. the Japs being
prohibited, from ostensby keep ing such
houses.r. At last the bubble burst on the
arrival of the steamer from China, with a
cargo of the precious animals. Rabbits arp
now worth a bit piece which commanded
a hundred dollars week ago.. As this
folly but followed big deirium, it is now
likely TO be succeeded by new rage for
Brahma fowls. There are already signs
of the approaching madness, and 10 for
times are likely TO be lost and won in this
new species of gamblny.-
So
A negro stole the carpet fom q Tennes-7a
see church and cut it up into horse blankets,
and the congregation Advent over TO Broad
liver to see him immersed From some un-
accountable accident he was held unudersthe