, 1876-09-10

A C'ss treat for nautical man. His fund Of
anecdotcs IL mnhel Of thu pnlrtt, and yonr chi.
s.Eo CensrsgEatlonn.ta Who telIsd him ld wisely,
Of Tho White Monntatns. A'
A sTRAHaH BToRr OF 4 SOLVED MYSTERY,
Ths is short story Of events spread over
long period OF time Twenty years ago the VII.
lage Of ectaukcts L. l., WIS deeply agitated by
tho elopcmcnt Of weil-to~do farmer namod
Joshua Woodward with Mrs. D. A. Frccr, tho
latter taking along two Of her children, ths
youngest Il daughter Mary. The parties vcru
never heard from, snd their fate remained mys.
tery until ona weak ago, when, by singular
chain Of events, the whole story became known.
1t sccms TIN parties scttlci near Oshkoah, W1a..
nnl The daughter Mary In duo titno grow to woman-
hood, and married. ono Joe Carter. fior romom.
somehow sl,a lcard tha netno Froar mentioned.
h,.sban,l advertised In Long Island paper TOT in.
formation relative to family nAned Ffc9rr and an
"s III so 9he 5 o I'D
years of absence. woodward aud l.ct mother lad
lived together as man and Wife md tho child WIS
ss'fns? ssy!s'ag s sst Hs Ia ss ss!se
pioperty. Rip mether i .!iii aiiye, living near
nshkosl. aud enjoying Wooawar3,s E, psors1ty.
c'lren SM s1 by s former Y VIII arc stiii aSe, an IT,
tend snnz for their fathers Wisconsin proretty.
Mrs. Ffccr dA been Invited to return TO S0taukot
but II ID doubtful II a1o does 40.
Rprncr OF TIE EMMA AnnorT BucCEss
Since It las become 60 generally known thai
| It is possible for tho owner Of pretty Ggura
aud good voice to obtain sufficient pcc.lntary as.
sistance in this city to perfect musical cduca-
| t!on abroad, 1t Is rather remarkable thnt tho
wealthy patrons Of tho mustcAl art have been
earlounly burdoncd with applications from various
| sources for such assistance. some Of then, ars
doubtless very worthy cases; othora nro only ono
remove from downright frauds. a young wonlan
came to this city from an interior city last week
with letters from prominent Ep!scoral clesgymen
s5 sa' efsa fss. e tssssSs Ss,.; ;npe; Il;
cxpcnses abroad. but hcs mission was failure,
A rca!ly meri!orious caac 's that Of a young lady
of tsle most. faah!onahlo Of Tho Fourth Avunna
Churches. Her voice ts regarded as phenomenal
outraged 10 boi!ovo thore arc great trtumphs il
store foF her @ 4 she can only 60 abroad ana taks
laid 1t bciore soma othsrs, mud tho result u that
in ss hs s' T.
aaaa s s sao w Vii e. saa
ccssful.
PRACTICAL JOKE UPON NED BoTnrnN.
Ned sotcrn Inns 50 often played practical
jokes upon others that It serves him right to Ia
caught himself occasionally. A very noat tricl
WIS playcd upon him a few days ago, and III
acknowledges himself sold. eottcrn Is fond ot
hiring tug-boats aud taking D select purity out
sailing OIL the lower bay. Recently he invited
Steve Fiskc, Billy Florence, md few others Il
take Hail. Tho boat wns to start carly in tM
morning. Flake WIS Tho first to arrive on hoard,
a chalk, % frcc % tr!p to ioekaways aud % sct It up.
right against tho piloe.houss. The docks arc
sSMoho,x always ~. sw"F'ninG with pnopt
EA' / :ssay ts s.ar.. 1 ana w@sss @ ths t'g!'Soa!a
Jail Is"cr". Wo, M tue t at.er W came " adasr hs toois S
@ eons}nsed Flsso Ind sste9 5y sothsTn's authority
AecoralnEay When The la,ter @ salI Ia, :" A rca,y:
%at no S e ."5
Tug steamed down tle harbor. aoon sotl1osn cano
on decls and asked who The protnlscnous part tr,
slsae soa iss aS Hi's esarea aang IT cosi
island. lIe treated ths ptomiscao1s to lager, and
row II you want to touch him in i BoFc place tus
mention ''liockaway "to hL1n AND he will Vince
! ali over.
$ The story goes that Commodore Vanderbilt
family have hired two now footmcn whose espcca
employment IL to answer tho door-bell to re
portcrs. Tloy call at the family residence ever.
= five minutes, and, ~ far as tho reporters ur
- - concerned, thoy will 10 q huppy lot when til
= aged Commodore finally sllutflcs of this ,norta
! coll Ills latest joke now Ia to inquire after TIL
:. health Of his physicians. one Of thcm died fo'
{ wesks ago. and The funny men Of tho RresMs y a.. aI
!, peeled. Tho Venerable patient keeps watch
snous n 10 aSa only lev wi vsor4 tSsy ay M oss @
w succeed bsES5ng ottsf' m by s @assna W.aSo So9
and q hsn
u Ono OF tho latest WIS from the President OF