The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-20

Tiiton since tie dlay when he gave V, lis HIS
first statement to the world. During the
whole Of last summer the man yearned
for reconciliation with ''that little wo-
man.. have been in his company when
he would remain silent for half an hour
at time. and suddenly break out with,
''You don't know how long for a sight
Of Elizabeth's face.'': On his cross.exam-
ination you remember he said he consid-
cred his wife's home with him on Living.
stone street. l am sure he would not hes
jtate for . moment to receive her if she
were to return. ITO love Elizabeth
have heard him say, sis a part Of my ma
ture; she has faults, but if every defect
were magni6ed tenfold, I should
love her better than
any one in the world.'' And I don't
think that Tilton's case is exceptional,
either. We have another very similar
case in Brooklyn that has attracted gen.
eral attention.. Thos. W. Field, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, sued Thos.
Kinsella, editor of the Eagle. for the Sc
duction Of his wife. Mr.. Kinsella has
been called upon to pay $4,000 by way
Of atonement. Mr.. Field is firmly con-
WINGED of his wife's guilt, but he told me
only last week that the love he bore his
fallen wife was still consuming passion
with him. ''Love her :" said he; 81 love
her better than my life, my soul, my God;
and l always shall.''
But l intended to tell you about my in
terview with Tlton. After rumaging
among the collection piled all around, and
obtaining interesting material for three
or four letters, asked him what he
thought Of Beecher's testimony. "This
is not an interview? :" he inquired.
mo, not exactly; l suppose I am at
liberty to state, generally, how you re.
gard Mr.. Beecher version Of the case -
"Well, l hardly know myself replied
Tilton. The mans GOODNESS is auda-
cionsness to me; and as for Moulton, he is
so thunderstruck at the testimony that
/ can't get him to reason on the subject.
He keeps soliloquizing, The perjurer, the
perjurer; my God! how can the man lie
so?'"
"But he tells a plausible story, ven.
tured.
"Mr. Beccher tells everything plausi.
bly," was the sententious answer. ''If
his interest prompted, he could give a
dozen different colorings to the same in
tervicw, and all would be plausible. His
plausible grief won me; it captivated
Elizabeth; it made Moulton his friend it
rallied to him the generous sympathy Of
Mrs. Moulton; it called into play the in
ventive mind of Frank Carpenter, as
noble fellow as man will meet in a
days journey. Mr.. Beecher is plausible
in everything. He was plausible to Mrs.
Woodruff in his free-love theories. He
is plausible when he breaches orthodoxy
or Universalism; his anecdotes,
his tears, his jests are plausi-
ble;'' and Tilton paused after his hot,
ironical outburst. Presently he contin-
ued: els it likely that he would have
taken the pen and written I have trusted
this in confidence with Moulton without
informing himself concerning its contents!
Is it like Mr.. Beecher, or any sane man,
to place the written seal of his approval
on an important document, knowing that
lit is vitality significant, and indorsing it
without informing himself as to its pre-
else nature! You know something of the
man. Have you not always found him
cautious, wary, and awake to the full
measure Of the significance of passing
events?" Long and earnestly Tilton
talked in this vein, going over much of
the case, pointing out discrepancies in thu
evidence Of the defendant and his wit
ncsses. indicating the weak points in the
defence as it has been developed, and
promising an array of evidence in rcbuttal
that will surprise somebody, even if one
half the PLAINTIFF predictions are veri-
fed. Martha Bradshaw will have story
to tell, and Frank Carpenter, and Joseph
H. Richards. and Henry G. Bowen, and
the Rev. DR.. Storrs have some important
| revelations to make. DR.. Storrs has
journalized his entire connection with the
case, and his evidence will 60 far towards
proving Tilton's consistency in much that
he did in the days when the scandal car
rion commenced to hover over Brooklyn.
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greater hope of realizing harvest than
for long time past, and our merchants
and business men are taking courage
from the favorable prospect, and are
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Strong, Well Made, and Does Good
Work.
HIGHLAND, Fillmore Co., MINI.
Messrs. Strother, Conklin & Paine, De.
corah, Iowa THE Edward Harvester that
1 purchased Of your agent proved to be all
or more than it was recommended. We
cut all the grain on both places (ll0
acres) in good season, without the Leaf ex-