The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-08
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The manner in which he walked into
the reception room of the prison, lately,
SAYS the Camden, New Jersey, Argus,
was convincing that business Of import
ance to his personal interest was about
to transpire. He handed Keeper Jack
son the following letter:
JANEwARy, TIE 81, 1876.
Mr.. Broad head you will please re-
ceive the Bearer of this Note With
kindness rs there is Roomer a foate
That there is girl in your Custody She
wants somebody TO Marry her out to
get her free from imprisonment at n
cost of IA thousand dollars if You are
not keeper nov Please direct them to
The proper ono oblige
4 CITAsoN.
The stranger hitched up his pants
and said I've come all the way from
Camden, New Jersey. to see about this.
Mr.. Blauvelt told me there was N gal
here who wanted to get out. and was
willing to give sSl4 900 to the feller who
would marry her. lie said you would
let her ont if she got IL husband. Now.
I'll marry the gal if / can get the money
sure pop. | come around as soon as ]
heard it, so as to be the first one on the
string, for l suppose lots of them city
fellers are aftor her. Where is the gal
Can l see her ?"
The reception room was crowded by
the time he had explained his errand,
but the scarcely suppressed chuckling
of the keeper had no effect on the
stranger.
Mr.. Broadhead is not the keeper
here now, and you have been misin-
formed about the girl" said Keeper
jackson.
"No such gal here Who could play
such trick on me? 1t cost me So so
to get here by way of Jersey City, and
amt got nothin' to show for it.
A keepsr suggested that some Jersey
man had fooled him.
May be, may he" said the stranger
rs he walked up tho steps, after search
ing in worn pocketbook for the fare
to get home with, "but I'll get even if
it takes lifetime"
How COBBLEE MADE A WILL
Many years ago the husband of IN old
lady living in Buckinghamshire died
without making his WILL for the want of
which necessary precaution his estate
would have passed away from his widow,
had she not resorted to the following
expedient to avert the loss of the prop
erty. She concealed the death of her
husband, and prevailed on an old cob
bier, her neighbOr, who was, in person
somewhat like tho deceased, to go TO
bed ut her house and personate him, in
which character it was agreed that he
should dictate will, leaving the widow
the estate in question. An attorney
was sent for to draw up the writings.
The widow, who, on his arrival, APP
peared in great affection at her good
mans danger, began to ask questions OF
her pretended husband, calculated to
elicit the answers she expected and de-
sired. The cobbler, groaning aloud,
and looking much like q person going
to give up tho ghost as soon as possible,
fcebly answered. 81 intend to leave
you half of my estate, and think the
poor old shoemaker who lives opposite,
is deserving of the other half, for he
has been good neighbor." The widow
was thunderstruck Mt receiving q reply
so different from that which she ex-
pected, but dare not negative the cob
bler's will, for fear of losing the whole
of the property, while the old rogue in
bcd-who was the poor old shoemaker
living opposite-laughed in his sleeve,
and divided with her the fruits of
project which the widow had intended
for her sole benefit.
MATRIMoNY AND SUICIDE. - Albert
Rhodes contributes u paper to the
Caiacy on Suicide" which presents
so many classified facts, THAT the reader
is almost persuaded to believe with
Buckle, that the data of race, religion,
climate and habits being given, we can
decide the suicidal probabilities with
scientific certainty. The vicissitudes of
matrimony provide the following induc-
tons 1t has been found that in mil
lion of husbands without children, there
were 40 suicides, and in the same num-
Der with children, there were only 300.
In n million of wives there were 1871
without children and As with children.
Assimilative results were discovered i'll
the case of widowers and widows in u
million widowers without children there
were ,004 suicides; with children, 256;
among the widows there were 23S with
out children, and 104 with. These fig
ures are eloquent pleaders in favor of
family ties us conscrvators of life. They
show that man must love in order to
live that life is only complete with the
mother and child and that in spite of
all the care with which the ordinary
bachelor surrounds himself, and the
absence of solicitude and care for 9th