Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-03
a Deed w,fe's Ghost.

Deed wlie's Ghost.
A German of good standing up town
lost his wife by death about a year ago.
On her death bed the wife exatted a
solemn promise from the husband that
he would never marry again. He was
sincere at the time; and fully believed
that he WAS willing to remain mourn
/ ing witlower the rest Of his DAYS. "A
few months ago; however he began to
feel warm affection for lady up
town. In due time he proposed, and
was accepted. The promise to the
dead was disregnrded in his affection
for the living, and the man was made
sensible OF his broken Promise. His
sleep was disturbed and haunted with
unpleasant dreams. Nightmare, or
the accusing presence of his spirit
wife, brooded over him, until the ap
proach Of night was to him the sure
coming Of terror. His appetite failed
HIM, he wasted away in flesh, and his
spirits stink below zero standard. -
Still he persisted in his intentions to
wed, with all these piemoni,ions OF evil
staring him i'll the face.
The marriage day was settled, and
the miserable man made the necessary
preparations. He ordered from the
confectionery wedding cake, of size
and quality commensurate with the oc-
casion. The baker was cogmizant of
the mans circumstances, and warned
him against his contemplated step, but
all to no avail. Wed he would. The
baker made the cake. 1t contained
the usual quantity Of indigestion, and
was as elegant an article as could be
desired. When it was done he put it
carefully away in another room with a
number of other nightmare provoking
cakes, covering it with a glass protec
tor. The door was locked, and the
baker retired.
This was Tuesday night, and the
marriage was to take place on the day
following. The man who would marry
met his betrethed and his friends in the
evening and was married. The cake
was sent for. The baker, with profes-
sional pride, opened the licked door
and entered for the cake, when 10 the
cake lay strewn about the floor, the glass
case shivered to pieces-and yet not a
thing had entered the room in his alb
sence. The news added new ghostly
feature to the grooms unhappy sur
roundings. His superstitieus neighbors
say that the ghost Of the departed sig
nified her disapprobation of the second
marriage by ruthlessly destroying the
wedding cake, and the honeymoon of
the determined widower was turned in
to gall and bitterness.
a stranger stepped into North
Adams, Mass, restaurant the other day
and ordered u plate Of beans. On fin
ishing his lunch he asked the PRICE
"Thirty CENTS" replied the host,
thinking that he had a customer from
whom he could make few extra cents.
Isn't that devil of a price for beans?"
asked the stranger. Failing to get a
reduction he paid the bill and left. The
next day the saloon keeper received a
telegram, the charge on which was
thirty cents. On being opened, it was
found to contain neither date nor sigma
ture, but only the words "Isnt that a
devil Of a price for beans?"
What are we going to do with our
Modoc prisoners? Hang them! No,
not if we intend to keep up our refec-
tons on the cruelty of England in
butchering Sepoys. Give them their
liberty! No; because if we did they d
| go TO thieying and scalping again the
very first chance they got. Put them
on a reservation No; the restless vag
abonds wouldn't stay there forty eight
| hours. What then? There is but one
disposition that we think of for these red
elephants-send them to Harrisburg to
reform the Pennsylvania Legislature. =
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