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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-30
KLEPTOMANIA.

One Of the most striking instances of
kleptomania is afforded by the history of
the brothers Larned, in the town of Mill
bury, in Massachusetts.
There was in this place small bank,
which, like all the country banks of that
State at that time, had made an arrange
ment with the Suffolk Bank of Boston by
which their bills should be redeemed and
returned to them in convenient packages.
Mr.. Prentiss. the cashier of the Mill
bury Bank. going one day to the safe to
get some bills, took up one of these pack
ages, and, on breaking the seals and OPEN
ing it, found, to his establishment, that
the bills had all been taken out and re-
placed by. pieces of newspaper, cut to the
proper size. d 81
Another package was lying near it. but
not having noticed much the seals of the
first, he sent for two Of the directors to
examine with him this second package
They all agreed that the seals Of the
Suffolk Bank were perfect, and, on break
ing open this other package and finding
in it nothing but newspaper slips, they
concluded that this substitution must
have been<made before it reached there,
and while it was still in the possession of
the Suffolk Bank. The latter stoutly de-
MED this. ~
While this discussion was going on,
Mr.. Waters, the president of the bank,
was reused from his sleep one morning
about one o'clock by two persons out
side, who insisted on seeing him.
Taking them for bad characters, he re-
fused at first to admit them, but when
they called out that they had brought
him some of the stolen money Of the bank,
he opened the door, and found them to
be the hostler and his wife, who were in
the service of Mr.. Edward Larned, the
successful and wealthy owner of a cotton
mill near by.
They give him bag containing $4,000
in gold, and q package of bills amounting
to $21, 800, which was just half the
amount of one of the stolen packages.
They stated that Mr.. Larned had come
home late that night, and the hostler had
gone up into the hayloft with a lantern
to pull down some hay for the horse.
Finding the hay rather tightly packed,
he look around for some that appeared
to be looser, and on pulling in a certain
place found it so loose that his curiosity
was excited. After pulling away all the
loose hay, he found hole cut into the
solid part, and, on putting in his hand,
he pulled out from the back part of the
hole the bag of gold and the package of
bills.
Delighted with the treasure, he hastily
finished his task, and, going home, he
put both bag and package under the bed.
He found it, however, impossible to sleep
on account Of thinking what he ought to
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this confession, thong hit that he also could
get some information from Jerry Larned
that he had long desired to have. For
some time this man had noticed that, in
spite OF his buying superior wool, his
goods had all the appearance Of having
been made from inferior materials.
He concluded to examine his wool
sacks at short intervals, and see if any
change took place.
He found to his establishment that the
very bags he had seen with his own eyes
full of the best wool showed on second
visit. wool that was decidedly inferior,
yet the exterior Of the bags seemed all
right.
He concluded to set watch when he
bought his next lot, so as to find out who
had changed it.
The man he hired for this purpose saw
wagon, with two men in it, coming to-
ward the mill about midnight, and ran
across to the house for help
Unfortunately the men in the wagon
saw him, and, turning around, drove fu-
riously away.
Suspecting now that Jerry Larned
might have been this skillful operator, he
went to the prison to inquire of him
about it.
Jerry confessed with a laugh. and
seemed as foolishly vain Of this exploit
as his brother had been of the bank rob-
berry.
Thus these two men, though wealthy
and respected, either could not, or did
not resist temptation, and went down
from their high and enjoyable position in
society to all the disgraces and discom-
forts of a convicts life, tending to confirm
the views of those who consider all wrong
doing as insanity, and that the proper
punishment for crime is to cure the crimi-
nails disease.
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What a Hearty Appetite Did.

Not so very long ago there arrived at
San Antonio, Tex, a gentleman from a
large town on the railroad between there
and Galveston. He put up at one of the
hotels, and displayed tremendous appe-
tite. Attic end of the week he expected
to be presented with his bill, but no bill
was presented, although he had no lug
gage at all. Time went on and still no
bill. The landlord treated him with
lofty courtesy, as did the walters. One
night, however, he did not return to the
hotel, and next morning the landlord
hired detective, who hunted and found
him. The stranger thought the landlord
was going to have him put in Jail for
swindling or something else, and he felt
very much alarmed about it. But no.
The landlord was as pleasant as ever. He
asked the stranger what he had done that
he should desert his hotel in that way, in
quired whether the walters had offended
him, and finally begged him to return to
his hotel once more, promising to furnish
him with oysters or anything else he
might wish. .a.. ...-
The stranger was astounded. He told
the landlord that he couldn't pay his
board. The landlord replied he did not
want any board, and finally extorted from
the stranger promise to return to the
hotel.
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A MurderOus Maniac.

In Spalato, village of Dalmatia, a
wealthy ''proprietaire," named Giovanni
Tonic, occupied house on the Borgo
Grande, opposite the parish church of
Santa Croce. On the goth Of March, in
furious fit of rage, he fell upon his wife,
with knife, intlicting such frightful
wounds that the poor woman succumbed.
her father, who interfered on her behalf,
likewise fell a victim to the madman's
murderous blade. When the police ar
rived at the scene of the tragedy to arrest
the murderer, they found all the issues of
the house barricaded. Tonic had in
trenched himself against all corners, and,
armed with gun and abundant ammuni-
ton, fired on every one who attempted to
approach the house. The police retired
before this fusillade to consult A young
man, crossing the square at the time, then
attracted the madman's attention, and he
fired at him, bringing him down. The
next victim was a woman who was COM
ing from the church.
She received severe wound, but man
aged to get off. The gendarmes surround
ed the house on three sides, effectually
cutting off all means of escape for the
man inside. The front of the house,
which commanded the plaza in front of
the church and the streets opening on it,
was closely watched. For fear of the man
inside, no one dared attempt to rescue the
corpse Of the young man who had been
shot, and which lay purifying in the sun.
Finally the cure of Santa Croce, who had
considerable influence with the murderer,
proposed to parley with him. AS the
brave priest advanced toward the house,
Tonic ceased popping away at every head
that showed itself, and greeted him re-
spectfully. The priest asked him to send
out his little daughter, child of two
years, whom he had barricaded in the
house along with himself. For answer
the inhuman father tossed the limbs of
the child into the street one by one.
The poor little one had actually been
cut to pieces. Tonic then resumed his
cannoade, and for twenty four hours
more kept the entire. armed force of
Spalato at bay. The authorities refused
permission for the gend' arnaes to fire on
him, alleging that he was crazy, and not
responsible for his acts. All that was
left for them was to blockade the house
and starve him out. During the block
ade one comic incident occurred. In the
night, in the midst of the deathlike
silence which prevailed in the neighbor-
hood of the singular battlefield, voice
could be occasionally heard from the
church piteously begging for bread. The
speaker was the sacristan who had gone
into the church on the day of the tragedy
to ring the ''Angelus," and had been
there when the shooting began. AS the
only exit from the sacred edifce was
under fire from Tonnes barricade the
poor sexton dared not venture forth.
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After few days, the stranger took the
landlord aside, thanked him with tears in
his eyes, and asked him why he was so
anxious for him to eat at that hotel free
of charge.
iii tell you," was the reply" don't
care cuss for you personally, but since
you have been eating here have had
forty more guests to dinner than l ever
had before. They come here for no other
purpose than to look at you eat-you ear
SO hearty. But the trouble is, I had
$4,000 bet you would choke to death at
the dinner table within a specified time.
To-day is the last day, and have lost.
Git" And he kicked him nineteen
feet ten inches into the street.
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The Oriental Business.

A good citizen of Crogham street was
reading the other day of a good Persian
gentleman who always walked about
with smile on his face When this
Persian was asked why he always looked
so happy when other men looked sad he
s. smile because it may be sunshine
to some poor soul surrounded bv
shadows
It was very nice in the Persian, and the
Croghan street man said he'd be hanged
if he couldn't outsmile the Persian or any
body else walking around on two legs
He at once began to smile at his wife.
She stood it for few minutes. and then
observed:
"What's the matter, William-got the
collie again.
II smile because | want to carry sun
shine to your darkened SOUL he
replied.
She wanted him to understand that tif-
teen minutes at the wood pile would
help her more than all the grins he could
grin in straight week, and when nc
went into the kitchen to smile some sun
shine at the hired girl the wife followed
1dlSCu IOW
three-quarters of an hour behindhand.
However, one can't get the hang of Orien-
tai business in day, and this man tried
it again on the street Car as he came down
town yesterday. Opposite him sat an
old woman with a basket, and he under
took to smile the shadows from her heart.
She watched him for two OF three min
utes, growing mad all the time, and pres
emily she asked
do you think you know me, that you
are grinning across the aisle. like circus
baboon?'
II smile, madam, because because
he stammered, forgetting what the
Persian said. Il smile because
"You are grinning because " got
sore eyesr' she shouted.
mo, madam, I smile that THAT
T.
III not stand it =" she cried, and she
hammered him with the basket until he
escaped off the platform.
Now grin over that, will YOU she
called after him as she shook the basket
in the air.
"The Persian who went around smil-
ing was fool and I'm his first cousin
growled the man, and he quit smiling
and picked fight with harness maker.
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Cruelty to Pigeons.

The Wilmington Commercial says: The
extreme cruelty practiced in preparing
pigeons for shooting matches is but little
known beyond the bounds of a portion of
the sporting fraternity. The uninitiated
generally suppose that the pigeons are
caught, Gagged and let off again in the
vigor of life to become the target Of the
marksman, but quite the reverse is the
case. The chance for life on the part of
the bird is an unequal one after it has I'M
dergone the cruelties required by the mod
ern pigeon shooting code.
That place exists in this city, and that,
too, on Market street, where pigeons are
manned and crippled for shooting match
es is we'll known to those who practice
the ''sport,' and to bad boys who make
business of stealing pigeons and selling
them to this artist in cruelty.
eyes, and he stuck pins all through it,
was the expression of little boy when
narrating what he had seen at the place
referred to, to some other boys, but which
was overheard by a kind-hearted lady
passing by at the time. The lady, pur
suing her inquiries further, was enabled
to gather the whole cruel programme of
torturing the birds. In their native state
they are too vigorous and swift for the
marksmen, so to remedy that they are
lily fed. Then their bodies are to be
filled with pain, which is done by sticking
pins under the wings and pins through
their toes, and, after remaining in this con
ditiOn for some time, the toes are cut of
close to the pins.
The most cruel thing ofall is splitting
tobacco juice into the birds eyes, and the
injection into them of mixture turpen-
tine and cayenne pepper. After all this
preparation the bird is ready to be placed
in a spring trap box to be let loose. In
starting up it cannot see where to fly, and
the extreme pain in its body makes it
whirl round and round, in which condi-
ton it is shot by the marksman and put
out of misery.
A bystander at the shooting match on
Wednesday, which was to have taken
place at Perry's tavern at Brandywine
Hundred, but npich, on account of the in
reference of CONSTABLE Woodward and
Hickman, Of this city, took place in Penn
sylvania, ust over the line, says that on
that occasion pigeon was about to be let
off, but did not exhibit life enough to
make difficult shooting The keeper of the
pigeon, in order to make it gyrate around
at live rate, took it in his hand and put
ting it to his mouth, deliberately bit off
the rump of the bird. His act was much
applauded by the shooters.
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For Cleaning Pni,st.-The best soap for
cleaning paint is made by taking one
ounce pulverissd borax, one pound best
brown soap, cut in small pieces, and three
quarts Of water; put all in kettle; set it
on the back part of stove or range until
the soap is dissolved, stirring frequently;
1t must not come to boil; use with a
piece Of old, soft, white flannel; it cleans
paint without injuring it; it is also bene-
fetal for the hands, and much better for
washing clothes than any other soap.
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WILLY'S WIFE.


The road i long and t rough you see
And if his father went-why,I
Must stay and tend the dairy
Perhaps an idle tear dropped
To see him mount the filly,
To 90 alone to bless the bans
Of our dear boy, our Willy.
A week Of days is passed since then,
Each longer than the other;
So strange it is to think he's wed
And not therc-his mother!
So strange, when he, toddling thing,
Got all my cares SO freely;
Well, care and kisses wait to-day
For WHY'S wife and Willy.
What's that, you say? That I've not seen,
And so may not love her!
Not love his wife? Why, troops of girls
Might lift their heads above her.
Ay, all the girls might fairer be
In bloom of rose and lilly,
But dearcr than the best to me
Would be the wife of Willy.
lis true he's young. 'Twerc we'll, perhaps,
He'd waited just little;
A lovers knot too early tied
May prove, alas: but brittle.
Yet old folks often make mistakes
In thinking young folks silly,
And what's the use to question now,
She's wife of my boy Willy.
Oh, ay, be sure, some other might
Have lined with gold his pocket;
But have seen full many u stick
Come down from a costly rocket.
And yeti limited to the boy
His own small purse; yethc
But scorned the hint Well, loves enough
To dover the wife Of Willy.
For Willy, let me tell you now,
Is not the one to falter
In doing what an honest man
Has promised at the altar.
Twill be no fault of idle ways,
If latter times prove chilly;
No need, I wis, for aught but love
With this young wife of Willy!
And that wife brings love, I'm sure
Should make mother kindly:
The mother, if she's wise at all,
Will scan little blindly;
For smooth the ruts as smooth We may
Life's path will yet be billy;
There's many flint to prick the feet
Ofe'en the wife of Willy.
So keep your doubts, mo longer jest
Because Pm anxious waiting
To clasp my darlings to my breast
And bless their early mating.
spake full loud to stay the match;
But now my finger Silly
Is placed upon my lip-since she
Is mine, the wife Of Willy.
She's WHY'S wife and so she's mine,
Mine own dear, darling daughter;
If they're one flesh, they're but one blood,
And blood is more than water
Then hold your peace about the charms
OF Susan or of Milly;
tell you, friend, she's best of all,
This wife of my boy Willy.
Lo! there they are, the blessed pair!
My precious boy, my rover
And with him one to crown his days:
Look! who could help but love her?
Come, father, shut the kitchen door,
The winds without blow shrilly;
But what care we beside the fire
With WHY'S wife and Willy.
The bread is white upon the board,
The kettle bravely SINNERS,
The red flame dances on the wall
Where shining pewter SINNERS; 80. ..
The neighbors come, and greetings bring
In welcome, will he, nil he;
O happy day that lights the home
With WHY'S wife and Willy.
Mary B. Dodge, IN the Christian at Work.
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FLANNEL Cakes.-To one pint of flour
add one-half pint of corn meal, four eggs,
one tablespoonful yeast, with milk enough
to make stiff batter; set to rise over
night. Thin with warm milk and water
before baking next morning.
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DAVID MORGAN, New sharon. Iowa.

DAVID MORGAN New Sharon, Iowa.
JOHN ;. FERGUSON and wife. Andulusa. III.
MRS. d. A. sTEBBINs. Panther Creek, Dallas
county, Iowa. seriously
". u. CALDWELL.
THEODORE CRAFT, Kankakee, III.
GEORGE W. sPURLoCK, COMPETITIVE, wappeo,
Iowa.
ELEANOR crRTANDALE. Canton, wuiton
county. III.
Mrs. ELLEN McCRlLL NewburY TO Atlantic.
Mrs JOHN X. BOLT, seriously.
ALBAN :. WEST, with Barnum car, sand Greek,
Oswego county, ~ T., seriously.
ED. DUNN badly scaded. Barnum's car.
JAMES BAKER, Barnum's car.
WILLIAM :. CLAYTON, Grand Rapids, Mich,
seriously.
DENNIS SHANNON, oxlord, johnson county,
Iowa.
MORRIS HARRINGTON Muscarne. Iowa.
E. G. CoLvIN, Rose, Wayne county, n. T., two
ribs broken.
delphia.
J. 5. JONES. Prophe tstown, ILL.,
S. HOLLY, Iowa city, Iowa, seriously
CHARLES BROWNING, No LIB North Third street,
St Louis, Mo-, scalded seriously.
Mrs. d. CAMPBELL. Tskiiwa, ILL.,, badly cut
MARY HUFF, Norwak, Warren county, Iowa.
II. CAMPBELL Tskilwa. H.. badly cut
Mrs. ID. IL Osborn, Avaca, Iowa.
Mr. ~ goT I E'ivr, Nolin. IN
MISSING.
GEORGE BERRY Desmoines, ana few others
whose names not known are missing.
THE RESCUED
DR.. j. A. FRANKENFIELD, Philadelphia.
Z. COLvIN, clyde, ~ f.a
HERBERT d. TURNER, New York city.
TWO CHANCES or DISASTER
The train which went down In the fatal
chasm was the one which LETT Chicago at
II quarter past ten Monday morning and as
related above was making its way west at the
usual rates OF speed had it been possible for 1t
to have proceeded further than the culvert
it would surely have gone on to fate
that would have in all probability been many times
that large bridge, whicn was situated one mile
west OF the culvert, had been washed out by the
rain and the hoodlng.