The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-23
From the New York Times.
Miss Wilson's Leg

Tweniy-seven years ago Miss Wilson of
Pnevile, n. c., lost her right leg. She
vas then young and pretty, and had she
merely mislaid her leg every chivalrous
Carolinian in the county would have Joined
IN the search for it. Unfortunately her
loss was an irrevocable one. Having I'M
intentionally inserted her leg under the
wheel Of heavily loaded wagon, she found
hat The once shapely limb was 80 com
plelely ruined that she consented TO have 1t
cut vf and thrown away. Its place was n
line supplied with cork leg, and Miss
Wilson sorrowfully resigned herself to
Imping through loveleSs life to q solitary
grave.
There never has been any active demand
for women with woo len le.s A man wi h
= wooden reg suffers certain amount OF
Inconvenience, but he loses nothing in char
acter or popularity, whereas wooden
legged woman is, whether justly or unjust
ly, under a social ban. In fact, for wo
nan to lose leg is ordinarily to lose all
nope of marriage, A mau who is about t.,
marry Ca"nnt be blamed for preferring a
whole wife to one partially made of cork
e,pt cIally Us the former cos s no more than
be latter. A superficial thinker might,
perhaps, fancy that a husband whose wife
mad but one original leg would save fifty
Der cent. in the price Of stripped stocking
ind kid shoes; but little reflection will
-how that cork leg requires just as much
clothing as the usual style of leg. and her ce
10 not an economical contrivance. OF
course II is mean and selfish in man to
De' NIT the presence or absence of mere
trifle of leg TO sff ct his feelings toward an
-sllmable woman but human nature is
weak, and be would tie bold man who
iould calmly look forward to marrying a
woman who might some morning inter-
rupt him while shaving by asking--Jamt 8
would you mind hsnding me my leg +?
think you'll find 1t behind that rocking
chair,
L. is alleged by Miss Wilson's neighbora
that as she grew older sh9 grew hard and
cynical. THIS was. perhaps, to have been
expected. She saw herself ignored by all
marrying men, while girls with half her
rcauty, and whose sole superiority consist.
ed in a larger number of legs. captured
husbands without any Difficult y Gradu-
ally she became embi,tfr,d against her BIZ
pedal fellow creatures, and the local Bap-
let minister was probably right when he
| onaracteiz d her as h'r i-hearted, world.
ly woman. One, day, no viewer, MISS VIII
| son attended camp-meeting, and wa,
| softeDed by the eli quence of the preacher
and the shouts of the worshippers. and soo1
after PinevilIe was surprised and pleased
| by the announcement that on next Sunday
sister Wilson would be baotlzsd
Now, the public performance OF the right
of baptism by Rev. Mr.. Waters, OF the
| Pineville Eleventh-Day Baptist church, al.
ways drew large audi nee. That power
and agile preacher was admitted 10 be with.
out rival as a rapid and effective baptis-r
On one occasion, when Presby terlan min,
ster preaching against baptism by INNER
SION showed that st. John the Baptist had
| once baptized multitude Of persons at the
rate Of two men and half per minute, and
that hence he could not have immersed
them, Mr.. Waters publicly bapuzed twenty.
| Ave persons in eight minutes, thus beating
st. Johns best time by two full minutes
and completely overthrowing the Presby
terian's argument. With all his unequaled
rapidity of execution, he was never care.
lees or incoDsderate. There was rival
Baptist minister IN the next county who
would sometimes become carried away by
his emotions, and would sing an entire
verse of long metre hJmn while holding
| q convert under the water aud although d
stalwart icsmster who was thus treated
once fell from grace, and upsetting hi
| minister In the water held hlm under I'M
I'll he was nearly drowned. The reverend
enthusiast was not cured OF his careles,
habit. When, therefore. Miss Wilson CON
sented TO be baptized by The Pinevlle min.
'ster, sle knew that she would be treated
In considerate and ssskillful manner AND
the public know that the spectacle would
DO well worth witnessing.