The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-11-23
A Ma;den's Rentorso.

Ter CrOSSiup, OniV, w eno OiuS'"
natl Gazette, the following strange
narrative:
A young lady who resides ut the
Crossing went to service as douies-
tic, some time ago, with u family that
resides near Monroe, Butler county.
She was a pretty, attractive girl, aud
soon became favorite with the
young folks in the neighborh)od. a
young man named Charles Edgar
became greatly enamored Of Minnie
and desired to propose marriage to
her, but he had already made n mar
riage engagement with reputable
young woman in the vicinity named
Rosa Smead She was in great trou'
BILE about Charles going after Minies
advent in the noighborhood Rosa
Smead was suddenly taken i'll, and
died within few hours after she
went 60 bed. 'phe physician said
she del from poison.
The event created good deal Of
excitement in the settlement for a
time. but it soon died out Minnie
became an object of unpleasant re-
marks in connection with the death
of Rosa, and she suddenly returned
to her home in the vicinity of the
Crossing. Edgar, whose conduct in
regard to the poisoning case elected
unfavorable comment, also disappears
ed from the neighborhood OF Monroe,
and Minnie. although she had reason
to beliey he would come to see her
at her home, has never seen him
since he disappeared from Monroe.
Recently, Minnie has been 'out Of
her head" ut times, and she has then
deported herself very strangely. For
instance, ut times she acts like n lu
natic, and when in those spells she
asserts that Edgar loved her madly,
but declared ho conld not wed her
unless Rosa Smoad was dead. Then
Minnie suggested that he poison her !!
He said he would bo suspected il he
procured thepoison if Minnie would
get the fatal drug he would admin
lister it. She got d smlll package of
ratsbane while on visit home, aud
giving it to Edgar when she return
cd to Monroe, he gave it to Miss
Smead with tho result we have stat
ed. Minnie asserts that Rosa sent
for her when ON her death bed, and
charged her with being the cause OF
her taking OF aud while she would
not expose her to tho authorities,
s'ie declared her purpose ofpursuing
her through life, aud torment her so
that she would never have peace or
happiness in this world. At times
Minnie will break into n series OF
shrleks, and pointing out toward the
hills, she cxclaim, "rpere do
you seo her ? There she goes! She's s
shaking her finger at me Dou',
you see her ? Sometimes she is ta-
ken with u sudien shudlering, aud
appears to ba stricken dumb With
fright.
When she recovers'slie will recite
the terrible vission she has just had
and declare her purpose to take her
own life, rather than have II recur-
: renee of such horrible apparitjons
! When Minnie i, in her usual frame
Of mind she does not make the
slightest reference to this tragic
affair she avoids all reference to the
subject, aud persons who have given
the matter some study are Of the
opinion that tho sensational points
of her poisoning story arc evolved
! from a diseased mind. Tho facts
however, remain that Minnie was in
domestic serevice in family in the
, vicinity of Monroe that she was
waited upon by Charley Edgar
I that Edgar was engaged to be mar
ried to maiden named Rose Smead
that he had fell in love with Minnie
: and broke his engagement with
Rosa: that Rose was taken sudden
. " i'll, aud died within n few hours
and that the doctor asserted he
death was caused by poison-it wa
J then believed-from eating food tha
was cooked in copper vessel tina
8 Edgar suddenly disappeared frou
, that region, and that Minnie return
cd home about tho same time. Tn,
Q criminal features are, it is general,
believed, put in by Minnie when sh
. is aighty, and they are not credite(
by those who know her; yet thcrear'
persons who shake their heads, ant
8 say, II don't know about that !" Tn
girl has made several Intellectual at
: tempts to commit suicide by drown
3 ing, and although she is the majo
! portion Of the time engaged as
domestic in family in the vicinity Q
the Crossing, she is closely watched
and the female portion of the house