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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10
Selling a Wife and Wanting Her
Back.

| THE thriving town of Workington was
honOred the other day with visit by a
young man from Whitehaven, in charge
| of a pony and cart, the latter containing
| quantity of apples, which he offered
| for sale. During his wanderings through
the town he fell in with a laborer and his
| wife, and, after some conversation, the
laborer offered to sell his 'missus, to the
apple dealer for two shillings. The offer
was accepted, and as the woman made no
| objection to the arrangement, a bargain
was struck, the money was paid, and the
lady set out with her new lord and master
on her travels, and did her best to assist
him In disposing of his stock of apples.
Her husband, by way of consoling him.
self for the great loss he had sustained,
spent his wife's purchase money in beer.
After the money was gone, the desolate
man began to examine the situation, and
arrived at the determination to have his
wife back again With this view he set
out in search of the apple-dealing pair,
and, having found them, explained to
"the young man from Whitehaven" that
he had repented of his bargain, and that
it was his intention to take the partner of
his joys and sorrows to his heart and
home again. The apple dealer intimated
that before anything OF the kind could be
done the purchase money would have to
be refunded.
To comply with this demand was i'm
possible, as tar as the distracted husband
was concerned, for he had swallowed the
price of his wife. A bitter wrangle en-
sued; the husband wanted his wife; the
apple-dealer was firmly resolved to have
either the woman or his money; the lady
alas for her seX-took part with the
apple-dealer against her liege lord, and at
lena tn took refuge in house in King
street. A crowd assembled to witness the
fray, and one of the number told the hus-
band that his wife had fled down the
street. Away in the direction indicated
sped the frantic man, and the moment he
did SO the woman came out of the house,
got into the cart which was standing at
the door, the apple dealer took his seat
beside her, and the pony set off with the
pair, at a rafting pace, in the direction of
Whitehaven. The husband, running down
the street, heard the sound of wheels, and
the truth flashed across his mind. With
cry of rage and despair he turned round
and started in pursuit of the runaways.
His efforts to overtake them, however,
were in vain; his two legs were no match
for the four legs of the white pony, and
in a short time he was compelled to turn
back, wifeless and melancholy man.
San Francisco CAL.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10
E@sss An ds the mot ss She Gs'e e5naue ~
George III Laughter but because sheg
wrote those divine lines
lie. dogs delight to bark and bite.
Eor Cod haIi. M .4l.. il..r,.

I've. And, not because she COnQuerevl
George III Laughter but because she
wrote those divine lines
lie. dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them So.
More laughter The story of the world
is adorned with the names of illustrious
ones of our own sex-some of them sons
of st Andrew. tOo-Scott, Bruce, Burns,
the warrior Wallace, Ben Nevis Laugh
rl-the gifted Ben Lomond, and the
great new Scotchman, Ben Disraeli
[Great laughter Out of the great plains
OF history tower whole mountain ranges
OF sublime women-the Queen of Sheba,
Josephine, Semiramis, Sairey Camp; the
list is endless-[laughterl- but will not
call the mighty roll, the names rise up
i'll your own memories at the mere sug-
gestion. luminous with the glory of deeds
that cannot die, hallowed by the loving
worship # the good and the true of all
clim"s.. lCheers.l Suffice it for our
prlGc ana our honor that we in our day
have added to it such names rs those of
Grace Darling and Florence Nightingale.
Cheers.] Woman is all that she should
be-gentle, patient, long-sutfering, trust
full, unseltisb, full of generous impulses.
1t is her blessed mission to comfort the
suffering, plead for the erring, encourage
the faint of purpose, succor the distressed,
uplitt the fallen, betriend the lriendless-
in IA word, afford the healing of her SYM
pathies and n home in her heart for all
the bruised and prosecuted children of
misfortune that knock at it's hospitable
door Cheers. And when | say, God
bless her, there is none among us who
has known the ennobling affection of a
wife or the steadfast devotion of mother
but in his heart will say, Amen! Loud
and prolonged cheeringl
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10
Fourteen Years III Prison TO Shield
his Wife.

The Court of Pardous has postponed
the consideration of the petition of Louis
Waldenberger, of Egg Harbor City, until
the next session of the court. 1t is stated
that the prisoner, who has been confined
in State Prison for fourteen years for the
murder Of his child, knew that bis wife
committed the murder and would Eot di'
vul~e until after his wiic's death, which
took place a short time ago. He was
sentenced TO be hung, but the sentence
was committed to Imprisonment for life,
because the evidence on which he was
convicted was entirely circumstantIal.
His petition hears the SIGNATURES of law
ycrs who were present at the trial, and
ten of the twelve jurymen, besides
large number of the prominent citizens
OF the vicinity. One of the other two
jurymen is dead, and the other left for
parts unknown ten years ago.-Neto York
Times
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10
Almost Buried Aliye-A Remarkable
Escape.

IN the northern part of the city lives q
| carpenter, with his family, who are ma
tives Of France and have been in this
country about eight years. One of their
children is a little girl named Mary, and
| the subject of this singular story The
child was born in Paris, and was eleven
years old on the Goth day of June last
She speaks French, German and English
tiuently, and in conversation exhibits an
uncommon intensity of mental action and
vividness of mental vision. She is of fair
complexion and very beautiful, with lus-
trous eyes, sunny hair, and look of
spiritual maturity in her countenance.
She has sometimes said that she could see
the forms of persons who have died, and,
as her sincerity could not be doubted, this
occasioned some alarm in the minds of
her parents.
The health of the child has not been
good for several months, and, on Saturday
morning, three weeks ago, she startled
her mother by SAYING that she could see
her dead sister Louise, who came near
her in an angel form and spoke to her.
telling her that she would make her well
SO that she would never be sick any more
Her mother tried to persuade her to dis
miss the subject from her mind, but she
could not stop talking, and continued,
describing her sister, saying that she was
face bright and shining, her hair illum-
ined with silver light, and golden dew
drops dripping from her wings. She
could also see her dead brother, who came
close 10 her sisters side. While taking
her strength gave way, and she sank away
as in death.
The worst forebodings of the parents
had been realized and they prepared the
body for burial. No physician had been
f..tII eI hay ,..t adj
already fallen upon their child. 1t was
about ten O'Clock in the morning when
the apparent death occurred. The body
was kept till Sunday afternoon about four
o'clock, nearly thirty six hours, during
which time no sign of returning life had
been noticed. The final look at the re-
mains was taken, the coffin was sealed up
and placed in the hearse, and the Htle
cortege started for the grave, the parents
folio wing the hearse in Il carriage.
After proceeding some distance, and
coming down on Third street, the quick
ear of the saddened mother caught the
echo of familiar cry, and she gave ex
preston to her suspicion that it came
from the coffin of her child Her sus-
picion was overruled, but in few mo-
ments a second cry was heard, and, in
compliance with the wishes cfthe mother
the hcarse was stopped and the coffin
drawn out. The struggles of what was
supposed to be the liteless body could
now be plainly heard The coffin was
quickly opened, and the child found to be
alive to the amaZemcnt and unspeakable
delight of the parents. In her struggles
she had nearly torn from herself her
death robes.
She was quickly taken from the coffin
and carried into the house of French
lady at hand, where they bathed her in
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

The Pail Man Gazette states that the re-
cent fog was the densest that has been ex-
perienced in London Tor many years. At
two o'clock, in the city, neither the clock
at the eastern end of the Royal Exchange
nor the Wellington statue ut the western
end was visible from the distance of
few yards; and all locomotion, especially
to people on foot at the crossings of great
thoroughfares, became exceedingly dan
gerous. On the Surrey side of the river,
and also in some of IL northern districts,
people could not see three yards from
their houses all day, and many of those
who ventured out lost themselves ere they
had gone fifty yards. AT night the con.
dition of things became much worse, and
in some of the main roads tn. re were con-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

-Rheuma'Ism.-A correspondent in the
Eaglixt NechGnic gives the following
remedy for curing rheumatic govt, OF
which he had long been II sufferer. He
insulated his bedstead from the floor, by
placing underneath each post broken-oif
bottom of "a glass bottle. He says the
effect was magical-that he had not been
free from rheumatic govt for fifteen years,
and that he began to improve Immediate
ly after the application of the insulators.
We are reminded, by this paragraph from
our English contemporary, of ii patent OBJ
tanned for physician some twelve or
more years ago, which created considera-
bic interest at the time. The patent con
sisted IN placing glass cups under the
bcd-pos's, in similar manner to the above
The patentee claimed to have effected
some remarkable cures by the use Of his
glass insulators, but we have not heard
from him for some time. We cannot
vouch for any merit in the idea, but it is
one easily tried; and as no harm can arise
from the experiment, we hope some one
will test il and give us the result of his
experience.-Scientifc american.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

WHEN You have intcrfered in family
fight, and been knocked down stairs by
the brutal husband, and had Kettle of
hot water poured upon you by the i'll
treated wife, console yourself with the re
Election that the memory of noble and
useful acts wrought in early youth is like
the coral islands-green and sunny
amidst the melancholy ocean. Alter 1t
has happened to you several times, you
will decide that you have laid up memo
ries enough of that sort, and will never,
never interfere between husband and wife.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10


Fstant blocks of traffic, owing to drivers
getting their horses and vehicles into al
most hopeless confusion. Even expert
enced omnibus men sometines got into
bystreets under the impression that they
were continuing in the main roads. SO
hopeless had matters become after sunset,
that no attempts were made by the omni-
busses TO return to the city or West End.
To add to the difficulty, many shopkeep-
ers, seeing that there was no chance of
customers coming out, put up their shut
tiers, and thus the darkness was much in
creass2uu Telegraph was in great re
Qi1 Ids OF messages having bs6sk
Sons to say tlIast, as theXSe0uld
Re TO return to their blDmes. they
We0lGemain under the roofs Of, friends
they had sose-to visit. After pine O'Clock
very few cabs were to sbesseen in the
streets, the owners hsvfng about seven
called them in. .lRhe horses Jhich did
ply in cabs up tomidnight, for be Goa
yepiepce of persons who Amend the
Heater, were in moSt-cases led along the
streets by the drivers. Numerous acct
dents are reported from the hospitals, but,
with two exceptions, the sufferers were
able to proceed to their homes. On the
river several serious accidents occurred
through collisions. One barge was sunk
off Rotherhithe, but the boatmen succeed
ed in reaching the bank. AT high water
six O'Clock in the EVENING", two men fell
into the river at Mapping, and were car
ried away by the tide and drowned. A
lighterman was thrown from his barge
and drowned near Putney bridge, and the
same fate befel bargeman named Giles,
living at Silvertown, whose barge came
into collision off Barking with another
vessel. Among other mischief caused by
Ihe fog was days delay in the depar-
ture of the Thames for the Gold Coast.
In the morning kilograms had to be dis
patched to Portsmouth, Chatham and
Netley, postponing the arrangements for
ambarkatiou.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

THE Green Bay Adoocate tries the credu-
lily of its readers by saying That Holland
town deserves credit for new way of
caring for the widows and widowers.
Having eleven resident widows and as
many widowers, a committee arranged to
marry them, pairing them off by lot. The
drawing took place on recent Monday,
and eleven marriages are expected to take
place this winter"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

-Carefulncss underlies the best system
of feeding. 1t does not make much dill
ference what the breed is if the animal
has tine requisite attention; and this of all
other things is the winter work of every
farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

There is nothing so well calculated
to upset mans risibilities as to receive
a poke in the stomach at two a. m. ac-
companied by the information that ''Ihat
front door is unlocked" Fortunate wo-
man is she whose husband has such con-
troll over his mirth as to not awake the
rest of the family while attending TO the
matter.-Dans5uyy Netcs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10
Miscellaneous Reading.
SHADOWS on THE oURTalY.

BIZ MRS. IDA B. ROBERTS.
SHADOWS on the curtain
Over the way. T.. = ~
Three fttYe heads
AT close OF day
Three little forms
With fairy-like grace
Fit To and fro
In phantom chase
When bright lamps are lighted
A frolic's begun
And each heart i longing
For papa TO come.
Mamma sits rocking;
II one could sec,
Tn sure she's enjoying
The little ones glee-
Soon high on the curtain
A shadow il cast.
And me glad cry arises.
Here's papa at la-t!'
Sweet Toddlekin- first
Has a kiss from papa.
Then brother, then sister,
And now mamma
And oh, such freiic
In shadow I see
They pull at his coat.
And tug at hi, knee;
Dut DfuS
Claim these shadows gay,
And the curtain is blank
Over the way.
+ Shadows on the curtain
Over the way -
Two iitfIc heads
At close of day.
Dim lamps are lighted.
No frolic's begun.
The shadow Of Death
Has fallen DER one.
Only two darlings
For papa TO meet.
One less rosy mouth
With kisses sweet,
Only four lille feet
Where six have ;rod,
One little shs@iow
An angel with God
-XedyH and Home.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

1t is remarked that wood will last
much longer if left for the women folks
TO saw and split.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-10

THE Cosmopolitan, London, gives the fol-
lowing synopsis of one of Mark Twain s
latest efforts:
On the 2G9th anniversary of st. Andrews
Day, on Monday evening last, at the ban
quet given in Free MaSonS' Hall, Mark
Twain, who responded for "the ladies"
made the speech of the evening. We can
give his words, but not the infinite droll-
cry of his utterances. He said: | am
proud indeed, of the distinction of being
chosen TO respond to this especial toast, to
1.-THE ladies'" or to women, if you please
for that is the preferable term, perhaps;
it is certainly the older, and therefore the
more entitled to reverence. Laughter.
l have noticed that the Bible, with that
plain, blunt honesty which is such con
spicuous characteristic of the Scriptures
is always particular to never refer to even
the illustrious mother of all mankind her
self as a lady" but speaks of her as q
woman. laughter 1t is odd, but you
will find ii is so. l am peculiarly proud
of this honor, because l think that the
toast to women is one which, by right
and by every rule of gallantry, should
take precedence of all others-of the
army, of the navy, of even royalty itself
perhaps, though the latter is not necessary
in this day and in this land, for the reil-
son that, tacitly, you do drink a broad,
general health to all good women when
you drink the health of the Queen of En-
gland and the Princess of Wales. Loud
Cheers. | have in mind poem just
now, which is familiar Ia you all, familiar
to every body. And what an inspiration
that was (and how instantly the present
toast recalls the verses to our minds when
the most noble, the most gracious, the
purest and sweetest of all poets says:
Woman! o woman!-er-
Wom-''
laughter l-however you remember the
lines; and you remember how feelingly,
how daintIly, how almost imperceptibly
the verses rise up before you, feature by
feature, the ideal of Il true and perfect
woman; and how, as you contemplate the
finished marvel, your homage grows into
worship of the intellect that could create
so fair Il thing out of mere breath, mere
words. And you call to mind now, rs l
speak, how the poet, with stern fidelity to
the history of all humanity, delivers this
beautiful child of his heart and his brain
over to the trials and the SORROWS that
must come to all, sooner or later, that
abide in the earth; and how the pathetic
story eliminates in that aposrTophc-so
wild, 81 regrctful, so full OF moIrnlul ret
rospection. The lines run thus:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-19
An Ohio Giant.

A Cleveland paper relates a num-
Der of anecdotes illustrative of the
strength and size of Abner McIlrath,
whom it dubs a gian5. 1t appears
that McIlrath is 81 years Of age, and
is six feet seven and half inches
standing in his boots, fairly proper
toned in form, without a pound of
waste flesh. He was and is giant
in muicular strength as well as phys
ically. He has lifted 100 pounds
of iron, and blow with his massive
fist and long arm was so powerful
that on enc occasion, when some
twelve or fifteen sailors went out to
his place to "raise a muss," lie
thrashed the whole lot and threw
them one by one out of the door,
just as one could throw so many ba-
bies, and during that operation he
dared not double his fist for fear his
blows might prove fatal to some Of
the rowdies. "Abe" formerly carried
on the business of q cooper, and
used to come to town with his load
of barrels. On one occasion, while
stopping at the Red Tavern, lately
known as the jackson House, and
which is now torn down, snob
from town, who was out there with
his turnout in the shape of a livery
horse and buggy, got into Difficult
ty with Abe, and having insulted
him in some way or another, Abe
resented it by lifting the buggy right
up and straddling it across the fence,
and then got on his wagon and drove
off to town, whistling as though
nothing was the matter, and leaving
the luckless dandy to get his buggy
of the fence as best he was able.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-19
VOLUME 46.
Teaeh your chiIdren % Swim.

The New York Tribune says, per
tinent to the Wawasset disaster: !:
Teach your children to swim. One
would be actually astonished to find,
upon inquiry among his personal
friends, how few of them have this
not accomplishment any more
than ciphering is an accomplishment
simple acquisition, to be gained by
a few hours devotion. Besides the
advantage that swimmer has when
he finds himself perforce in the
water, another great gain is the
courage which consciousness of the
ability to swim gives one, when an
accident is imminent. AS an exam
pie, to show how even those whose
pleasure or whose duties call them
constantly to the water neglect to
gain the knowledge of swimming,
only short time since, on a yacht
ing trip, one of the party ascertain
ed that neither the owner, the skip
per, nor the mate of the yacht knew
how to swim, while out of ten pas
sengers four could notsWim a stroke.
A Well-knoWn captain informed us
that one-third of the officers and
5 ailors of the, English navy are also
ignorant upo n the subject"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-19
Gen. washington in a Fight.

A large party of Virginia rifemen,
who had recently arrived, were stroll
ing about the camp. Their half In
dian equipments, and fringed and
rufied hunting garbs, provoked the
merriment Of some troops from Mar
blehead, chiefly fisherman and sail
ors, wo thought nothing equal to the
round jacket and trousers. A ban
tering ensued between them. There
vas snow upon the ground, and snow
balls began to fly when jokes were
wanting. The parties waxed warm
with the contest. They closed and
came to blows. Both parties were
REINFORCED, and in a little while at
least q thousand were at fisticufs.
At this juncture Washington made
his appearance. Hethrew the bride
Of his horse into his servants hands,
sprang from his seat, rushed into the
thickest Of the melee, seized two tall,
braWny riflemen by the throat, talk
ing too and shaking them. AS they
we're from his own province, he may
have tslt peculiarly responsible for
their good conduct. His appearance
and strong-handed rebuke put an in
slant end to the tumult, The com
batants dispersed in all directions,
and in less than three minutes none
remained on the ground but the two
he had collared.-Methodist.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-19
a Flint to young Mem:

In 1855 a young gentleman regis
tered his name in the largest hotel
in the city of Louisville, KY. He
had a pretty good wardrobe, such as
young men usually have, including
a gold watch and chain. He was in
search of occupation. At the expir-
alton of two weeks he took an in
ventory of his personal effects: "Out
of work and no business" He had
a brief interview with the proprietor
of the hotel. His trunk was left as
security for his board bill: he hy-
pothecated his watch for the loan of
$40, and having kissed the tip end
of coral fingers to a kind and sym
pathetic landlord, he went diving
for "the bottom" He found the
bottom" on Water street, where
steamer was being discharged Of cot
ton by Dutchmen, negroes and Yam
KEGS. Having purchased a pair of
heavy boot, a blue shirt and over
alls, he commenced rolling and pill
ing at the rate Of 5 cents per bale.
In three weeks he was promoted to
the position of marker" with sal
sry Of $45 per month, and at the ex-
piration of nine months he had q
right to grow mellow over a salary
Of 1928 per month. To-day this
gentleman is one of the largest bus
ides operators in Bay street.