St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-11
New-Jersey's Way.


Ne"'ersey way
Since highway rohh.rs came tn the
,.,urIusion that If WINS u,t lowering
tLni,. nrof.ssion,l ,IiUuitv tn occ,Siou,j
II, r.Snrt f., tho ,,,rrntn :v.teu, tn rre-
Won, ,,rn,,..,y.,,.I, .ybiI,it;,ns ,f f,..Iiuu
tb. r..id,ut, at u,.,,,, of tlI. newer
States hay. shown =, desire TO. So to
sneak. meet them half WAY. In Cali
fnruia some instances have been record
ed in which persons of original minds
who. i'm c>urrtatiou of sooner or later
hrin" made victims to the cupiditv of
the. gentlemen of the road. were pre-
pared with ..put M purses. valuelcsS
Watches. and neat little speeches To the
following effect -Pray don't trouble
Yourself to assault us. Here are our
purses and watches. Take them. and
allow us to nurs,Ir our Journey in peacc."
We. think il WIS in Nevada that an in
rrnious traveller pretended to drop
dead from FRIGHT. 50 us to permit a
highwaymam. who had been creeping
upon him from hehind t" carry off II
purse containing" a few dollars. and
leave the thousands stitched in the lin
ing of his coat untouchcd. But these
tlt\ ices UtliaNtu bllN IL llIIlt vi lllpt-
nuitN compared with the inventions for
Il similar purpose of Il certain Long
Island farmer IIavim" heard very
dolctul accounts from il few of his
mcighb"r>. of the dangers encountered
in returning from the New ork mark
cts last summer. he set to thinking.
and the result WAS the manufacture of
wha: he called Il ''porcupimc COLLAR. or
in other words. Il leather strap covered
with sharp pointed steel spikes. He
likewise invented Il tin box for his
money. upon opening which Il person
umacuuainted with lis mechanism would
Ice a>>ailcd with needles. The collar
WIS intended to he put on Just after
starting humrwarI. 50 that should an
cntcrpri>ing hghwayman creep into
the wagon and suddenly cncirclc the
neck of the driver. he Would ice held
long enough to enable the latter To-
dispose of him quite handsomely. The
box invention WAS to be used rs an
auxiliary in case the "porc,Ipinc collar
Should hy amy nn,,ihiiity. fail to do lis
work.
The possesSor of these rontrivaurcS.
strange as it may seem. does not now
think 50 much of them. Upon he third
or fourth occasion ola visit to the New 70
York market. he happened to take too
strong a parting drink. When about
half way home, if began to tell upon
him. Ills head drnpnrd upou his chest.
and 81 diSnd,reJ th,. spikrs that two
~. mana nt th,n u.urtr.,t.L his flesh in
=, ,.r, uncomfortable. u,un.r I'm,
thi,. ,,..,. ,nt th, worst nt il In IN.
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,t Ills m,in,,r ,dr, \ few ,i.Lts since
while returning to hi. home in = wagon
by WAY of the famous CRANBERRY Turn
nike Ro,d he fell into , urofnuud rev
cry. from which he vos rudcIy ovak
,nrd by finding = pair of cold rou~l
hands rlaspin" his neck from behin,
+, With admirable presence of mind h
/, let tli. reiuS SIip to his feet. and bv
dcxtrnuS movement turned his fac
,. toward the person in whose vice-lik
.rrip he waS held. Thus placed. he he
yai to struggle with the pcrtiIacity q,
an eel. At last he contlived to get hi
mouth 50 close to the highwavnan
check. that the clcnching of his tcct
in IT vaS but the work of Il moment
uromutly released Mr.. Titus neck. an
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