Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-04-20

,, the same language: Il am from British
Columbia, in North America, my native
town Is New Westminster. / have there
wife and one child living, and God only
knows how came here, or TO this wo-
man"
Ii is easy to imagine the great amaze.
nent Of all parties. The professor declar-
Ell the parties TO be frauds, or that n man
abduction had taken place. lie called up
on the government to have them alter in
Vestigated, and the family physician of
Abraham, his neighbors and others were
officially examined, the examinations last
ing few weeks, but, to be brief. nothing
came of the Investigation. the matter re-
manned as deep mystery as ever, and Il e
physicians contented themselves with de-
claring It TO be psychological puzzle, a
reyelation of the human soul, which can
not be explained. Abraham told the pro-
lessor that although his name is Abraham,
II Is not Abraham Chorkov. but Abraham
Durham, and that he had no other desire
than to go back to his family One morn
Ing when his wife arose, she found his
place empty-he was gone, had disappear.
ed. The marvellous story soon reached
The ears or the Russian emperor, who forth
with ordered dllisent search TO be made
alter the lost one; but all OF no avail. the
man could not be found and at last IL was
generally believed that he had been insane,
and in his insanity sought his death in the
river Neva.
In the spring OF 1875, Professor Orlow
OF ST. Petersburg visited Philadelphia Ut
the request of his government, to arrange
the prelimlnaries of the Russian DEPART
ment of the Centennial exhibition. One
day, reading newspaper, the following
arrested his attention:
IN New Westminster an occurrence re-
Gently took place, which caused great SEN
sation throughout the whole territory OF
British Columbia. On the 22d dav of Sep
tember. 1874, fur-dealer OF said CITY was
IN dying condition. suffering from typhoid
tever, and no one, not even his ply sician,
seemed to entertain any hope as to the
possibility OF his recovery. Nevertheless
the patient rallied and fully recovered
But wonderful to relate, the patient, who
was an Intelligent Englishman, had forgot
ten MS mother tongue land speaks a Ian
guage which is understood by no one
around han, but which at last is recognized
oy an inhabltant OF the city to be iargon
OF bad JewlSh-German. The patient, be
tore his sickness a short stout fellow and a
bIoude, IS now thin aud lean like a stick.
refuses 10 recognize wife and chlld. but in
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