The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-19
Notes From a Lawyers Diary.

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"A following: While in company a
few days ago with leading lawyer of
New Brunswick, we were treated with
few "reminiscences of his early pro-
fessional life, one of which concerned
family once well known and highly es-
teemed in Woodbridge, whose names we
refrain from giving to prevent general
identification, yet we have no doubt
that some of our readers by putting this
and that together will unravel whatever
mystery there may belong to this re-
miniscence.
About mile, more orless, from where
the old Liberty Pole once stood, there
lived farmer, who had reared an inter-
esting and promising family, and for
whom by his thrift and economy he had
accumulated much of this worlds goods.
An only son upon merging into his
manhood loved and married a beautiful
city girl. The nuptials being entirely
agreeable to all parties concerned, the
occasion was celebrated with all the
magnificence and eclat of those early
days, which money and a large attend
ance of relatives and friends could con-
tribute.
On the morning of the second day
after the marriage the young husband
left the house of his bride, to indulge in
the recreation of air and exercise, but
never again returned to his wife, or was
ever afterwards seen by her. Years
rolled by until they were multiplied to
many, and in the mean time the parents
of both parties died, families separated,
the young wife married again, and took
high rank in city society, and daughter
of the first marriage grew up to woman
hood. In all these many years, not a
trace had been found which could throw
shadow of light upon the whereabouts
of the young husband, nor a fact ascer-
tanned to account for his sudden disap-
pearance and continued absence.
AT this juncture of the story the
daughter sued for his interest in his
fathers estate, which had been invested
on bond and mortgage. Herlawyer and
our informant had progressed with the
suit without hindrance except to comply
with the necessary legal forms, up to
within few days of obtaining the
proper decree, which would transfer the
interest sought after, to the possession of
the daughter.
One day while seated in his office, our
informant was surprised at being accost-
ed by the brother-in-law of the long
absent and supposed to be-dead husband,
who told him that he was neither absent
nor dead, but alive and could be produced
within twenty-four hours time. This
information astounded the lawyer, and
rather mixed the legal proceedings in
the case, and time and place was agreed
upon, when the identification should be
made, and the future course of events
to be determined. At the appointed
time and place, and while our informant
and his opposing attorney were seated
in the room the brother-in-law entered,
pushing before him man who was
paralyzed in his lower limbs, and who
otherwise bore all the marks of long
sickness and severe Affections. After q
critical investigation of the whole case,
there was no doubt left upon the minds
of all present, that this poor paralytic
and the long-lost husband was one and
the same man. OF couse this ended all
legal proceedings, and the mother and
daughter were duly informed of all the
facts developed by this strange interview,
which not only accounted for the sudden
and continued absence of the husband,
his whereabouts and all matters connect
ed Herewith, but justified him in the
course which he had pursued in the
past.
1t is proper to say that his brother-in-
law was in total ignorance concerning
him until the day before he accosted our
informant in his Office, and from the
date of the above interviews down to
the present time no one but his brother
in-law has any knowledge concerning
him.
Ia One cannot be too careful this