The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-11-02

| some OF them admit OIL IL great deal OF UOuDt,
and When they get into court Justice Is oollSed
| to oil her scales and tone them down 10 pretty
| fine point. 1t is almost always easy to tell Who
the mother of child is. if it Is not packed III a
| basket and left on somebody's door steps But
| the father may be some chap VINO mas uecitlpeu
to escape responsibility, and left the poor female
overwhelmed with shame and care, TO do Inc
best she can, ana that is often poorly enough.
Aaron Burr. a man of experience in that line.
said that any woman. who with probability IN
the case, imputed a child to nm, should nave
recognition and care for herself and offspring
l,ul all men are not 50 generous-pcflllpS IL
would not be safe to be in these days. But to
return to the present casc-thcfe was Marina III
the crowded courtroom, holding hcf DanN, anu
feeding it from a nurse bottic-a slight ana
rather care worn looking girl not over bright
in appearance. neatly dressed and with her
abundant dark hair flowing over her shoulders.
The complaint recites that Martha lives with
her Stcp-fathcr, Nathan Wood, IN Palermo
and that at the time the child was begotten, he
was working, on shares. Il farm belonging to
llandlev, the defendant. who had gone to live
in Augusta. iIandley occasionally came to see
how matters at the farm were gong on. lie Is
an old resident of Palermo, deacon OF The
CalYinst Baptist church, and mas reached lie
ripe age Of 81. One of the poets says that our
lives are two fold" And if the girls story be
true, the Deacon was m example Of this say
ing--tor he was by day burning ana SHINING
light of picty and moral example, and by nSnt
proWcr in the by and forbidden path winch
led to the girls chamber. one OF the points
relied upon bv the plaintiffs counsel is the
personal resemblance of the child 10 the alleged
father. Beside his counsel sat the Deacon, with
his hair and beard of the cardinal red now 50
fashionable, and near by was the child IN rs
mothers arms, bobbing its little head around,
covered with Il scant crop OF the same fiery
hue. The declarations Of Martha IN regard to
the matter were shown to have been Tile same
from first TO last, by the testimony of her
mother the magistrate and attending physician.
The Deacon utterly and totally denied his
responsibility in any shape for the appearance
OF the child III this world OF sin and SORROW.
True, he was at the house at the time alleged,
true he slept in a room convenient to Marthas
but the '.rayishng strides 0fthe larqun that
went along the passage at the solemn midnight
hour. were not his, More than that, he rein
forced his disclaimer by the statement that he is
and has been for many years physically dis
qualified from becoming a tathcr-and that II
Adam. when placed in the garden. had been III
his disabled condition, there would have been
no more use in the Lord say ing to HIM increase
and multply,' than to have issued the COM
mand 10 craven image, OF in creating Eve,
except to roll up her sleeves and make bread
in the Kitchen. He testified that III early man
hood he had met with painful and mortllN ing
accident which had produced Ibis condition.
The Deacous excellent wife, now OF the ma
ture age OF "a Years, and childlcss, was sworn
and testified III support OF his assertions. she
thought ii strange If tins Young woman m one
or two b. ef midnight nterN Jews with the Dea-
con, could accomplish Wiial she fiin peeh u'l-
able TO do Win the opportunities Oh 81 years Oh
Inallled lie = and she Regarded lne Young
mother much the barren Sarah might have
lo"keu upon the iftllIui iia9aF. IhF "n "i
medical experts was called IN; prS. 'r"okcl
ana Martin OF Au@tislt lestllle,i ti'l th''Y were
acquainted with Deacon liandiey's condition.
ana that u their opinion he was ana ll'd heeh
Tor years incapable OF becoming laihef' IT'S.
r"ndieton and BROOKS thousni the 81, same hui
Dfs Delaney OF Palermo, ana 9hiall ana ''oliil-
son OF Bgi'sI, Thought derG hi;li , =" me
doctors dieagreed-;hd VINO should aeflh"
The minute particulars OF line mysteries OF
generation
...,.,. i ne 'n,arii VIZ
rue ""'ie ''i"I '' "i ,''i'"S
were never before $" thoroughly lh''Nis''ed
outside OF the medical college and me riiioso-
pliers study. The probabilities OF ihe ease :ii-
pearrd l" outsiders To be very nearly haiatrf"'
and the jury thought SO too, for after wrestling
with the law ana the testimony lof lWeNe
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