The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-07
A Revolutionary Heroine.

The following story Is told OF the
wife of the first Governor of Tennessee:
Then only plain Captain John Sewer,
in command of the fort on the Nola-
chucky. Near by was Daisy Fields, "
the residence of Mr.. Sheriff.. One day
a party of Indians made a sudden de-
scent upon the station, and the fright
ened women fled in every direction.
One tall, beautiful figure shot out
towards the fort with the speed of Il
deer. This was Catharine Sheriff. She
was woodland beauty, and famous
through the country for her courage and
agility. 1t is said she could outrun
and outleap every other woman; could
walk and ride more gracefully and skill
fully than any other woman in the
country"
She surely had need of all her powers
now. She wos prize the savages
wanted, and with fierce yells they sprang
to intercept her way. She left the di-
rect path, took circuitous way, and
came up on the back side of the fort,
intending to scale the palisades. Gath
ering all her powers, she sprang into
the air. An officer was reaching over
the top to catch her and lift her in, but
his foot slipped. and both fell to the
ground, with the wall still between
them. A loud shout from the Indians,
as they felt the prize in their hands,
gave added strength to the mdiden's
limbs. She said, when telling tho story
in after years:
"Their bullets and arrows came like
hail; it was leap or die, for l would not
live a captive"
With one terrible effort she leaped
into the air once more, cleared the pail.
sades, and came down into the arms of
her future husband.
The first thing this noble girl did
after her marriage was to make, with
her own hands, the suits worn by her
husband and his three sons, at the bat
tie of Kings Mountain. She was pecu-
liarly adapted to the requirements Of
her position-tlat of the highest lady
in new country. Another attack was
threatened soon after her marriage, and
families fastened away to place Of
greater safety.
- shall not co." said she. though
her husband was away in the army;
"the wife of John Sewer knows no
fear!''
At another time a large band of To-
ries came to the house, determined to
hang her husband. She hid him, and
faced them at the door. They threat
ened to shoot her down if she would not
tell where her husband was.
"ShoOt! shoOt!' she cried; / am
not afraid to die; but remember that,
while there is Sewer upon the earth,
my blood will not he unavcnged"
WAKING Up THE WRONG PASSENGER.
The passengers in the sleeping car
were Just DOING off, when something
howled out:
"Ow-wOw-wOw!'
"Great dragons, there's a young 'un
aboardr' growled fat man from his
upper hearth. "Ill bet hundred dol
lars none of us can get wink Of sleep
tonight
"Wow-wOw!" whined the child.
"There he goes again" growled the
fat man. II never travelled but what
1 run across some ones bowling Off
spring."
"Who's that talking?" called the
mother of the child. in loud voice.
''NIe!" answered the fat man. 'Why
didn't you either leave that child at
home, or stay at home yourself?'
care you talking to me?" demanded
the woman.
eyes, ma'am, am! say it's shame
to bring sick child into a sleeping-car
to disturb twenty or thirty people,
care you father?" she asked.
"No, hain't."
"Nor mother?" she continued.
emo, ma'am."
"Well, sir" she said, as she poked
her head out between the curtains,
"when you have been the mother of
eleven children, moved forty-eight
times, livei in nine different States,
and worn one corset right along for
seventeen years, you'll begin to think
you know your business! I think I
know mine, and if this baby wants to
cry he's going to 10 it, if have to
come over there and knock ton and q
half of conceit out of you"
UNcLE's BEL1EF.-Charley Backus, Of
the San Francisco minstrels, paid Cape
May a visit short time since, and while
sojourning at the Stockton, held con-
verse with one of the old colored walters
on duty in the dining hall.
elbow dye uncle" queried Backus of
b;s sable aftendant. ssHOw dv'e?"