The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-12
4 Rural Romance---A Marriage of Fifteen
Years and Just Thought to light.

About the litn OF June II nOllCc appeared
in the New York Tribune, stating the death
Of Mr.. Armitagc of England. 1t went on to
say .ha. Mr.. Armitage, on his death bed,
stated that in 1859 he was in this country
and in the village Of Dundee That he
cretly married young lady named Candace
Blivcn. second or third daughter of John
Bliven of that place. After the marriage he
left Dundee and left his wife there, and has
never been back to claim her. 1t appears
that when he lett he went to Italy, but how
long he was there or what happened to him
is not definitely known. The story is that
his mother died soon after leaving Dundee,
and he was so overcome by the loss that he
lost his reason which prevented his returning
as he had expected. The paragraph IN the
Tribune was the first intimatiOn that any one
IN Dundee had ever had, not excepting even
the parents of the girl, and was first looked
upon as a mistake or a singular mystery.
But she that was known as Candace Blivcn is
still living and at once cOrrobOrated the
story OF the marriage, and told the name OF
the minister who performed the ceremony
And several in the village on reflection, re-
Election, remembered that there was such
person there as Armitage in the fall of 1880
But why the marriage was thus performed,
| or why it mas never been told of is still
mystery 1t is, believed, however, that Ar
mitagc was ii younger son OF some OF the no
bilitv of England, or at any rate connected IN
some way with IA very wealthy family, and
that the marriage had to be kept still in
order not to jeopardize his interest in the
property 1t is furthermore said that he has
lately come into possession OF his estate, was
able to acknowledge his marriage and was
coming after his wife when he was taken by
the band of death.
Ginand Pine.
Mr. Ben p Shillaber has recently visited
the Isles of Shoals, and mad occasion 10 in
vastigate the MYSTERIES of gin and pine. In a
note To- the Boston TRANSCRIPT he thus eX-
plains the result:
was Il guest al the Appcdore, and felt
considerably under the weather from the
great shaking up | endured gong thither.
4 friend Of many years whispered in my ear,
Try gin end pine 1t was a mysterious pro
position. and looked to him for an eXplana
ton.
He led ne down stairs and then he demand
cd of young MAN who stood behind cOun-
ter, Gin and pine"
! The GIN was poured into glass, and then
IA dark hooking bottle WAS taken dOwn-thc
same. was told that Smith Giscovered-and
about "A teaspOOnSul of a dark, semi-tiuid ad-
| ded The lumber was then filled with water
and sweetencd, and i I WAS given me to take
as IA medicine | drank it with faith and
waited the result.
/ The Atlantic Ocean Immediately overflow
| ed It's bank | never saw so much of it be
fore. The main land became Invisible;
Whales Back Light was in a state OF great
commotiOn; the Appiedores were as large as
! frgates: the vcrandu on which | walked was
at an angle of torty-five degrees, up which |
stepped with difficulty; there were two en-.
,I,n ,xli oh LET ,
the casters and the gobets on the table were
dancing to the accompaniment of knife and
fork. and the Chowdcr that a naiad handed
me was immense-the only thing that seem
ed natural But soon the feeling wore off,
and health WAS restored.
am thus prepared To speak of the great
I Appledore remedy, one dose OF which is
enough for the worst cases.
\ | would not recommend more than one, be
cause further phenomena might ensue, which
would react on the reputation one might wish
10 maintain.
WENT FOR HIM-A rough looking speCI.
men of humanity was recently prominadins
I'D Chatham street, New York, when he came
plump upon q Jew, a specimen of his race,
about whom there could be no mistake
, Without word of warning, the rough
knocked him sprawling into the gutter
Picking himself up and taking his bleeding
nose between his thumb and finger, he de
mandcd an explanation.
shut up or I'll paste you again. shouted
the aggressor, approaching him;
III nefer done nottlngs nit you, and what
for YOU masch me in der noSe!" asked Abra-
ham.
"Yes yer hey; yer Jews crucified the "a.
; viour and have mind to go for yet again.
But, mine Got, dat was eighteen hundred
years ago said the jew.
well, don't care if il was, ! only heard
: of it last night" replied the unwashed, and
4 he went for him again.
/, 4 waiter in a 81. Louis restaurant was
asked for a toothpick by one of the patrons
1 he had just finished bowl of oyster soup
What do you want with toothpick:
loueried the waiter, who had cultivated con.