The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-09-15

some thirty years ago man named
Landmao squattcd upon the island Of
Cheniere, on the Gulf coast. being at the
time young and enterprising. BY dint Of
hard labor he succeeded in n few years in
raising one Of tho finest orange orchards
in Louisiana. Then he married, took his
" ifo to the island, where children were
born 20 them, and handsome sum Of
money was laid by. Sickness followed
success, and one by one death took away
the mans dear ones. TIL at length he was
left alone with only his wealth and the
graves of those whom he had loved. His
mind under the influence Of his bereave.
ment, opened itself to the doctrines of
spiritualism, and he became 6rm believ.
er in the presence of departed spirits. At
this juncturo certain land Spectators, TAX
ing fancy to his property, looked up the
matter of It'll, and found that Landmap
had no such thing. Then they went to
law to wrest the old mans possessions
from him. He refused to employ counsel
choosing rather to rely upon the counsel
of his unseen friends, and the result was
that as a living lawyer is rather more
than match for the spirits that visit the
earth Landman found himself driven from
his home Of thirty years. When the
finding and decree Of the court was an
nounced the poor old planter arose and
said "Please your Honor, there is no
redress for me in earthly courts. there.
fore appeal my cause to the higher Court
of the third Heavens. The scene was
an affecting one,
FLoURIsHING HASpKERcHIEr FOR A
WIrE.-In some parts Of Europe it is not
unusual to bring a5ont matrimonial en-.
gagements by means Of advertisements.
Some years ago it was agreed 10 gay
party Of ladies and gentlemen in London
that an advertisement should be inserted
in m Orning paper as from young lady,
rich and beautiful, who felt inclined to
the state of matrimony In the course
of the day letters were received from be.
tween 40 and so SWANS Of all descriptions
in reply to each of whom an answer was
addressed stating that the lady wished
previous to his being introduced to her
to see him and at the same time request.
ing each to be In the pit of the Drury
Lane Theatre on the following evening
dressed in blue coat, white pantaoons
and scarlet vest, and imcdiatcly on the
conclusion Of the first act to stand upon the
benches, hourishing white handkerchief
in one hand and apply glass to the right
eye with the other. Everything succeed
ed so well that Us soon as the curtain fell
about fifty it dividuals Of all ages forth.
with mounted the benches, and from the
smooth chinned Adonis of eighteen to the
sleek, portly self confident widower of fif-
ty, and the emaciatcd bachelor of sixty
dressed in uniform according to orders. in
the gayest style and the utmost nicely, to
make deeper impression on the fair
prize. High swelled their bosoms with
hope as with studied action the handker.
chief was ffourished and the glass was
raised to the eye. But who shall paint
the astonishment, dismay aud rage which
were depicted in every countenance as
they gazed upon each other and discov.
cred the sudden failure of all their hopes
With almost incredible velocity they de-
scended from their unenviable attitudes tc
hide their diminished heads" among the
crowd
TnE CANADIAN LAND.SwAP The Mon
trcal Witness notes, with evident salts
fartion, the retirement OF all that wa
left of the Quebec Ministry The rcsig
nation Of these members OF the Cabine
was made necessary, not by their bcin,
involved in the disgracelul land swap
business but by their endcavors to shield
those who were SO involved Nothin,
definite is yet known concerning the sue
cessors of the defunct Ministry, though
. the Witness hints that there are indica
tions which point to botch up some part,
sham rather than to form an administra
ton that will command public confidence
Concerning the resignation Of the Minis
try the IIitneSS says:
Their downfall is the elimination o
a pick herring tragedy Of the most con
temptible kind and has been broueh. a
, bout simply by one of the most mphati
f expressions of public disgust that has eve
been witnessed in any country, Doubt
less there have often enough been sell
seekers in high public station who playe
e their game more or less successfully. |
| it is seldom, however, that nation ha
witnessed such scandalous game of tn
kind as was that of the Tanneries land
swap, or such unbushing etfrontery i
e its defence by the implicated Ministers @
=. those who assumed to plead for then
e 1t is fitting retribution that they have O
e last, after vain struggles to escape bee
o buried beneath the load of public oblc
' guy.