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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

agony, and after satisfying himself that
this was not a case of poisoning, the
Doctor advised Washburn to rest awhile
on the lounge. He also endeavored TO
compose the patient by administering
a light dose of medicine, and in a short
time Washburn left, declaring that he
felt better.
Reaching the street he soon became
separated from the driver who brought
him from New Hartford, and later in
the night was arrested and taken to the
Police Station. The officer who took
him into custody naturally thought he
was drunk, but the poor fellow, whose
incoherent talk attracted the attention
of the officer, was by this time suffering
from clearly developed insanity.
Meanwhile, the young wife waited
anxiously for the husbands return. At
10 o'clock she dispatched her father to
the village TO find Alton, but after a
weary search he returned without him.
Early in the morning the search for
Alton Washburn was continued, but it
was not until IL o'clock that tidings
came of the absent one. a friend from
Utica brought the intelligence that
young Washburn had slept in the Po-
lice station, and been removed thence
to the City Hospital. Accompanied by
her father, the wife hurried to the bull
linz Maharrl L 80 70 find that n r
husband had lost his reason. There
were occasional signs of sanity, and the
poor fellow at intervals seemed TO be
rejoiced that his wife had sought him
out, but most of the time he would sit
with his eyes fixed on the floor, NUT
tering slowly and shaking his head with
many a solemn gesture.
He was at once removed to Mr.. Che
ney's residence at New Hartford, and
here, for five days and nights the af-
fectionate wife and kind neighbors con-
tinued their ministrations to the un-
happy man. His periods of insanity
became more and more frequent. DR..
GriswO'd was almost constant in his at
tendance, but the symptoms became so
alarming that Messrs. jackson, Jones,
and Aud were called in to prevent the
lunatic from doing injury to himself
and others. His raving over one nights
experience in the Station-house is de-
scribed as pathetic. He would sit for
hours repeating:
''They cut my body open and put
clOck-work inside of me-the Police did !;
they put clock-work inside of me-"
New Years Eve was the last night
that the poor fellow spent outside of
the asylum. 1t is doubtful whether
any of the gentlemen vino were with
him that night will ever forget its hor-
rOrs. Washburn imagined one of his
watchers TO be the Devil, and insisted
that Satan should be killed on the spot.
At one time he made a savage demon
stratiOn on another friend, striking him
severe blow on the back of the neck.
At length, after a desperate struggle,
the madman was thrown to the floor
and pinioned. He is man of splendid
physique, tall, strong, and weighing
$50 pounds. Realizing the Importance
of securing him against any furthe out
breaks, MIR. Cheney and his friends
took Washburn direct to the asylum.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

When the lot at the corner of Elm
and Orange streets, New Haven, for
merly the property of Charles Atwater,
was purchased by Mr.. Joseph Parker,
a large Elm tree which had been stand
ing on it was cut down. This old Elm
was an old landmark, having been
planted by Rev. Joseph Noyes, who
succeeded, in ZIG, Rev. James Pier
pont, as pastor of the Centre Church,
and continued to be pastor for forty
two years. He died in l76l. He lived
in large two story house standing on
the side of Elm street and where Orange
street now passes-that street not ex-
isting then. The house was known as
the Governor Eaton House. At each
front corner OF his yard he planted an
elm, and the one just cut down was the
one planted at the east front corner.
The only direct descendants ofthe Rev.
Joseph Noyes, now living in New
Haven county, are Joseph Fish Noyes,
of Wallingford; Samuel and Benjamin
Noyes, of New Haven, and some
members of the Darling family living
in Woodbridge, descendants Of Noyes
Darling, of New Haven. When Mr..
Benjamin Noyes heard that the tree
had been cut down he bought its trunk.
and will have it sawed up and made
into memorial furniture for distribu-
ton. He intends to give a chair to
Yale college, one to President Porter,
one t0 Rev. Porter, and one or two to
private citizens. The trunk, to the
branches, measured twenty-five feet in
length, its girth was eighteen feet, and
its weight $500 pounds. 1t was per-
fectly sound and will make 1000 feet
of lumber. The tree was one Of the
| finest in the city.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
A Clerical Caster.

The minister in question was of the
Presbyterian variety, and presided over
Nashville congregation. On second
thoughts, it is perhaps better to have
him reside at Knoxville, the latter being
a more remote and quiet town. His
name was Hancock, but in order to spare
his feelings, his name shall not be men,
toned here, and he shall be vaguely de-
scribed as Tennessee minister. Thus
courtesy and strict veracity can be COM
bined, and it has often been suggested
that in the treatment of quite large
class of subjects this combination might
be advantageously introduced into jour-
nalism.
Closely connected with the mi,ister
was combined elder and grocer. That
is to say he sold groceries six days in
the week and acted as elder on Sunday.
There are those who would prefer to
say that he groced and eldel on week
days and Sundays respectively, but
they would thereby furnish a conspicu-
Gus example of the folly of treating the
English language as though it were a
regular and well-disciplined tongue,
instead of mob of words ruled by
prejudice instead of law. One would
naturally suppose that if buyer is one
who buys and a preacher one who
preachts, a grocer would be one who
groces and an elder one who elds, but
the supposition would be erroneous.
This shows the folly of attempting to
impose grammatical pipe-clay upon the
free corps of the English vocabulary.
But to resume. The Tennessee elder
was thrifty man and liberal one. To
be at once liberal and economical was
the study of his life. and by happy
expedient of combining his sugar with
sand and his tea with sawdust, he was
able to give his customers liberal
measure and to make handsome profit.
On Christmas day the annual donation
party took place, and the elder deter
mined to give his pastor handsome
present. Noticing an advertisement in
Chicago paper which offered magnifi-
cent silver plated casters for one dollar
each, he bought caster, for the pur-
pose of presenting it to the minister as
feeble token of his friendship and ad.
miration. He knew that the minister
would be tempted to measure his elders
friendship by the value of his gilt, and
he therefore felt that by affixing TO the
caster a tag marked $14 he would ado
to the good mans pleasure without
directly ineurring the guilt of lying
Accordingly, he prepared the delusive
tag, and, sending the caster to the
parsonage, felt that he had been un'
precedentedly liberal and successfully
economical.
Now, it had happened that eighteeI
lother members of the minister's congre
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
A Bridegroom's Insanity.

Christmas Eve in the village of New
Hartford, y. Y, was merrier day
than the holiday season usually brings
to that community. The festivity incl
dent to the season was heightened by
the wedding, on that night, of Alton
Washburn and Lizzie Cheney. The
ceremony was performed at the resi-
dence of the brides father, Mr.. Jona-
than Cheney, and the nuptial knot was
tied by Rev. G. f. Farr. 1t was hap
py wedding. Washburn and his bride
are both well known; both are well
connected; both are members of the
Baptist Church at New Hartford, and
the sun that frightened Christmas Day
shone on no happier couple than this.
Young Washburn, who is about %
years of age, was working in the manu-
factory of Hcntley Il Babcock, at Wash
ington Mills. He was given brief va
cation, and on the Friday following his
wedding day, went to New York and
made several purchases with the idea of
going to housekeeping. He returned
to his father-in-law's house, and early
in the evening left the family circle
with the remark:
Il guess I'll go down to the village y
AT this time a prayer-meeting was
being held in the Baptist church, and
to this edifice yOuu Washburn made
his way. Meeting his friend Mr.. VIM.
Ireland outside the door, he inquired
three times in succession for Mr.. Thos.
Cloyes, Mr.. A. ii. Allaben, and DIR.
Griswold. The Doctor was first to ap-
pear, and he was startled to hear Wash
burn say:
doctor, / have been poisoned"
The physician made hasty exami-
nation of the young man, and, finding
no symptoms of poisoning about him,
said:
"Alton, is this joke?''
''Great heavens, no, Doctor; / have
been poisoned. Give me some medi-
cine, quick.'
"Where were you poisoned?"
"Down to the Cheneys."
"What kind of poison was it?"
81 don't know, but they put it on my
bread and butter.''
DIR. Griswold, seeing that Washburn
seemed 10 believe that an attempt had
been made to end his life, told him he
must be nervous, and wanted to give
him advice and prescription, but the
young man would take neither, and
leaving in terrible rage, he ran TO the
hotel, and there astonished the lounger:
by the assertion that he had been poi
soned.
"Send for DR.. Griswold, suggested ;
bystander.
"No,no, no!'' shouted the bride
groom. ''Griswold has been bribeC
not to give me any medicine. wan
to go to Utica tight off. The doctor
there are honest; be quick or l shal
de-
By this time Washburn had becom
almost frantic. AS soon as possible
carriage and driver were placed at hi
4 disposal, and the team dashed down tn
road leading to the city, and finall.
halted in front of the Office and resi-
dence of DIR. Spear, cornor of Genese'
and Blandina streets.
"Doctor," shouted Washburn, as h
rushed into the Office, "I've been poi
scned. Give me an antidote right Of
if you want me to live!"
DIR. Spear felt the pulse Of his patient
: looked at his tongue, came to the con
clusion that his visitor had been mad
the victim of hoax, and so told him
J The young man was in great ments
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Badgering Beeeher.

Henry Ward Beecher entered the
train at the Boston depot the night of
his lecture, in high good humor. He
had had a rousing house the night be-
fore, and felt on good terms with him
self and all the world. Under his heavy
cloak he carried box of grapes, and in
his hand a bunch of the morning and
illustrated papers.
The passengers on either side of him
made room, and after a careful inspec-
ton of the car, he seated himself by the
side of an old gray-bearded Massachu-
setts farmer, throwing his cloak and
papers on the seat before him, and at
tacking the grapes with gusto.
"Here," he said, at length, dividing
the grapes and putting half of them on
the farmers lap, want you to help me
with these"
"Thanks, Mr.. Beecher," said the
other.
.'Oh, you know me, eh?'
Certainly" replied the other, with
an air of patronage; ''my brother paid
800 for pew in your church, sir"
"well, that wasn't much," said the
pastor, amused.
sit wor' heap o. money in them
days, Mr.. Beecher. Folks couldn't get
$500 night for lecturing then
"And they can't now"
81 thought them was your terms. "
"Did you?"
eyes, amt they?"
"Nor'
A pause here ensued, both old geI-
tlemen munching their grapes.
Il see the pew rents in your church
are considerably lowered, Mr.. Beecher,
said the farmer.
Yes"
''That's kind o bad"'
''NOt at all. Ii will, and it has
already done so, helped people who could
not afford before to attend regularly
and comfortably to procure permanent
seats. Beside, what's the use of always
preaching to the same class of people ?"
Pause.
"Mr. Beecher, you're getting pretty
old, eh?''
"Sixty-three, sir, sixty-three," re-
piled the dominic in a hearty voice
"And twenty years of good work left
in me yet"
"well, I'm only fifty-nine."
"But see, you have got no hair or
the top of your head, said Mr.. Beecher
merrily removing his hat. ''Look al
me-four years older, and look at thai
head of hair!'
This answer, together with Mr.
Beecher's manner and the amused atten
ton of the other passengers, silenced th'
farmer, and the rest Of the journey wa
performed in silence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

CATION had also seen the Chicago adver-
tisement, and had presented their pastor
with magnificent silver-plated casters
though without tags, When, therefore,
among the dazzling array Of nineteen
distinct casters the elders gift fiaunted
its insignificant legend, the eighteen
other givers felt indignant. Had they
been wise in their generation, they
would have kept quiet, and received
credit for having expended fourteen
dollars each for every caster; but they
were strictly honest people, and they
disliked the elder, whose sugar, they
insisted, contained more sand than the
interior of the average Tennessean
really required. They therefore lost no
time in acquain:ing the pastor with the
elders little game-if that expression
can without impropriety be used in con-
rectiOn with an elder. The astute min
lister received the information with a
sweet, sad smile, but forbore to express
any opinion upon the subject beyond
suggesting that some one might have
cheated the elder by selling him a
caster for an extravagant price.
This took place on Christmas evening,
and at about o'clock the next after
noon the minister, carrying small
package, entered the elders grocery.
Upward of dozen leading citizens
were at that precise moment engaged in
splitting on the grocery stove and ex-
changing other social amenities. In
their presence the good pastor thanked
the elder for his noble gift, and ex-
planned that while there were few
things in this world that gave him more
real comfort than caster, be could not
but feel that, with world full of
suffering all around him, a conscientious
man ought not to own mere than
eighteen casters. He had, therefore, as
he went on to say, brought back the
elders nineteenth caster, and desired
to exchange it for $40 worth Of groceries.
This would be equivalent to placing at
least 81 in the haLds of the elder, be-
sides the usual profit upon the $40
worth of groceries. As TO the precise
nature OF the groceries, he would not
presume to dictate, but would simply
suggest that eggs and hams would bring
joy TO his humble parsonage.
In the presence of the dozen leading
citizens the elder could not refuse so
reasonable request. He received the
caster In silence, and ordered his boy
to put up $40 worth of hams and fresh
eggs. The pastor thanked him, and
after urging him to call at the parson.
age, and limiting that possibly he might
be willing to sell him twoor three more
casters at the same rate, took his de-
parture. That night the elder kicked
the family cat completely through the
window, administered a severe course
of apple-tree switch to his two boys, OH
the ground that they had surreptitious y
visited the circus in July, 1873, and in
several other ways led his wife to sup
pose that he had received news of the
failure of some missionary enterprise.
or was burdened with the fear that
heresy was making progress in the
Presbyterian Church.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
LITTLE MISS SNOWFLAKE.

L tile Miss Snowflake came to town.
All dressed up in her brand new gCwn,
And nobody looked SO fresh and fair
As little Miss Snowflake, / do declare,
Out OF heecy c'oud she stepped.
Where all the rest of her family kept
As close together Is bees can swarm.
In readiness for big snowstorm-
But little Miss Snowflake couldn't wait
And she wanted to come in q greater state,
For she thought that her beauty would neve
be known
II she came in a crowd-so she came alone.
All alone from the great blue sky
Where cloudy vessels went scuddng by,
With sails all set, on their wsy to meet
The larger ships Of the snowy feet
She was very tired but she couldn't stop
On tall church spires or chimney top;
All the way from her bright abode
Down to the dust Of 8 country road!
There she rested. all out Of breath.
And there she speedily met her death.
And nobody could exactly tell
The spct where little Miss Snowflake fell
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

the Deer and the Ghost of the Robber
of the Black Forest, who was the same
identical person, having been proven
guilty of numerous fiendish murders
and artfully contrived robberies, COM
Forest, paid the penalty of his crimes
by letting fall his head from the ex-
ecutioner's AK, since when travelling
through Schwartzwald has not been so
perilous to life and purse, nor has there
been seen any Ghostly knight of the
Road in that section of the world.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

There Is at the core of all men some
thing which the whole world of science
and art is inadequate to fill. And this
psrt of man is no mere adjunct Of his
nature, but his most permanently high
est self. What this inmost personality
Graves Is sympathy with something like
itself, yet high above it-a will consub-
stantial with our better will, yer trans
cending, supporting.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

The Rhode Island General Assem-
bly, has under consideration the erec-
tiOn of q new State House at PrOvi-
dence.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-07-27

conbuete de la Gaule, Clovis me-
TAFT a la tete que de yingt cinq
mille Francs.
= Blondin est a Paris.
II Went exposer- -ses Jonrs.
= Une delegation turQue q
visite l'Hotel Dieu. Ellie u parn
tres tlattee d. voir un malade
don't Ia feyie lllait en- croissant.
Fl fant Sc meier. En- ce mo
ment, les radis recsenaenf- "a
deux sous In d0tte.
Ce sont les boutiquiers qui
patent des contributions ct pa
teafes
"A Sainte-Sulpice, il Y a un
bedean dams In Seine, il y en- y
beaucoup.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-07-27
La Nevre jaime s'est declaree
d la Nouvelle- Orleans ct a fait
des victimes des son apparition.

Par suite d Fun oubli du secre-
taire de passembl6e democratique
tenue lie Is courant a la maison
de Cour, la resolution suivante
ma pas etc publiee dams les proce-
dures de cette assemblee:
Resolu que Ia conduite politiqne
de Son Excellence le gouyerneur
Francis T. Nichols notre cordiale
Iet entiere appreciation ct qu'elle a
Ipleinement repondu a Fopinion que
nous avions de son honnetete, fer
mete ct capacite, opinion basee sur
la connaissance que nous avlons de
Ison caractere depuis sa jeunesse
liusqu'a ce jour;
Que nous endossons scordialement
ct sans reserve son administration
let reconnaissons que bien qn u
soft entire en- fonction dams des cir
constance graves ct critiques, IL Q
irempli ses diffciles deyoirs exc
lcutifs ayec fermete, impartialIte ei
tiustica 4 rentiere satisfaction dc
tout citoyen, droit. candide ct raj
sonnable, ct que dams son patrlo
ltisme ct son devouement inebrania'
bile au veritable interet du peuple d.
la Louisiana ct aux justes measures
de reforme, il execute q a iettr'
let dams son esprit la plateforme d.
tparti democratic conserVateur e
Quill o droit i l'appui constant,
IN confance ct d la reconnaissance
| du peuple de Get Etat.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-07-27

Un honnete ct tres-intelligent
planteur de la paroisse Ste.
Marie, qui signe q. S., envoye
a P.4beitle de la Nouvelle-Orleans
une excellente correspondence
de laquelle nous extrayons lie
passage suivant au sujet de NJ.
AckIen, don't il est le voisin, ct
de sd candidature:
Franklin WI ces jours derniers
IN meeting de democrates. qui await
pour but la nomination de dele
guees a la convention de Baton
Rouge, d la convention congression-
nellie ct a la convention senatoriale.
Sept delegues ont etc NOMINEES pour
representer Ste-Marie. aux trols
conventions.
La conduite du membre du con-
gres, III. Acklen, a etc approuvee'
malgre des maneuvres qui ne pa
raissent fondees nj sur Pequite, nj
sur les sentiments bien purs din
teret-general. Quelqnes personnes
en- petit nombre-,je dois lie dire
]se sont SERVES de l'ircident aussi
Iridicule que calomnieuK, que tout le
monde connaft ct auqnel personht
In'ajoute fol, pour esssyer de nulrt
a la candidatnre de N. Acklen. Ces
efforts mont pas about complete
Iment, mais les meneurs sont par
venus, dependant, / empecier qnt
la recommendation de In candida
ture de NJ. Ackleu aux delegues tai
linser6e dams les resolutions, qui 81
bornent a approuver son attitude
au cougres, en- laissant le chaml
Elibre au choix des delegues pour l.
Icandidat congressional.
Ii etait dificile dc he pas ap
prouyer la conduite de u. Ackiel
, an congress, car ce representant
droita des remeroiemsnts pour le
: ALLEGATIONS Ell f:lveur de i. Riviere
!, Rouge ct de Lafonrche, quill q s
! obteair ct pour raetivite etfadress
i Iqu IL a employees dams la questio'
: des logs.
L6nergie quill apportee dams ]
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-07-27

LIE Rev. z. Marie-Ange LIE.
saichaire, vicaire de l'eglise Ste.
Elizabeth, Paincourtville, est
parti jeudi matin pour France.
OH il va demander aus climat
natal le reimbursement de sa
sante fortement d6labree. Sor
absence ne durera que quelques
mois.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-07-27

a Ell lieu sous Ia preston des po-
Iiticiens, nous lie regrettonss; nous
lie croyons, CONNIE notre paroisse
Ia cru elle-m6me, haiti, prematu-
re. Nous ayons pense jusqu'ici,
mons pensons encore que lie vote
des qnelQues amendements pre-
pares ct rediges par la Legisla-
ture qui Went d'e1pirer, surtout
les amendments l ct 2 qnl i'm
pliquent une serieuse reforme
economique, nous suffiraient pour
le moment ct feraient un grand
bien 4 l'Etat. Celia nous 6pargne-
raft les secousses ct Pagitation
toujours produites par une con-
yention.
Est-ce a dire que mons yonlions
faiw opposition d ce movement,
sill i'emporte, ct que nous ma
Eloptions pas nous-meme une re.
fonte de la Constitution votee
par la majorite Non, certes. Va
pour une nouvelle Constitution, 81
le peuplc Ia desire.
Mais laQuelle precisement !
IQu'elle doit etye Ia tendance
speciale, resprit particulier qui
| doit y dominers VOLTA ce que
nous voudrions voir clairement,
nettement etabli d Pavance
Nous voudrions que, d'avance
OH decidat qn'elle aura avani
tout TN caractere economique, e'
lqu'elIe est etablie pour soutagel
lie peupietln fardean ecrasant dc'
Itaxes actuelles. Nous nous son
Icions pen dcs grandes phrases
ides pa6ambules, ct de l'eloquenc'
i,les plateformes de parti- @
lque nous voulons, ce sont de
fats ct des reformes economique
iserieuses. Et, dune facon ou d
Il'autre, mons esperons bien lie
, obtenir. ST dams Ia detresse o.
: nous sommes, on ne nous accol
i DAFT pas de larges r6formes ec'
E nomiques, de larges reduction
t de taxes, ce serait vraiment
! desesperer de l'avenir de PEta