The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
FIRST EDITION.
The Tragedy at slOan's.

1ne AEAsV ~ o4oan :.
"Do understand, Mrs, Sloan," said
the magistrate, '"that yoif make charge
of attempted infanticide, ,againstyour hus-
band 2" ssss III - III
"Well not exactly that" replied Mrs.
Sloan. "YOu see, l." l4...
"One minute-permit me TO explain"
exclaimed Mr.. Sloan. "Y our honOr,th
situation IL this: We have a baby a
year and a-half old, aud then we also
have twins just two months old. Little
cher1Ibs, both Of them. Their mothers
turned.up nose, perhaps, but my eyes
and amiabie expression" Es' W. .s@
"His hair, too, your honor" said Mrs.
Sloan, "his hair-redw
"BefOre we were married, may it
please the court," said Mr.. Sloan, 'sshe
was fond Of Alluding to it as auburn.
But no matter. She went yesterday TO
woman suffrage nventi.n. stayed
at home with the children-shree Of
them, yonr honor. have only two
arms. When one OF the little folks
cried would set down silent one and
carry those thai screamed. Then the
one l put down would begin, and I'd
have to pick him up and lay down an
ether, and then It would scrham. !
tried to carry the odd one pig-a-back,
but it was no use, he would slip down
and bump his nose on the floor. Imagine
the situation. 1t was hard was
nearly Wild. Only two nursing bottles,
and the third baby yelling Ike Grow
Indian, while the twins were feeding.p
| "Couldn't he su * his thumb ?" asked
the magistrate.
"Mrs. Sloan won't let him. She clos
d the gate Of JOY, 80 to speak, against
her offspring. Absolutely prohibited
the child from sucking Its own thumb.
Nero, in his worst day never went that
far, imagine" ,..
"The historians forgot to mention IT If
he did," said the Justice. .Ir r.
"Precisely. Well, got along as we'll
as c..uld, when In comes boy with a
note from Mrs. Sloan saying that Mrs.
Gibbs, the vice-president Of the cOnven-
tiOn, wanted her baby out Of the way
while she was comforting with the select
committee on ways and means, SO in
comes the sergeant-at-arms with Mrs.
Gibbs baby for me TO take care of. That
made four. Your honor, If Mrs. Gibbs
baby grows up and becomes a missiona-
ry, he can preach to the heather In Afri-
ca without leaving home. He has a
voice like q fog horn. So he turned in
and cried, and the other babies cried for
sympathy"
aft was hard" said the magistrate.
"Hard! Well, Pm an accommodating
man, so put one twin in one cradle
and rocked it with my light foot, and ]
put the other in another C. adle and rock
ed il with my left foot, then set Gibbs
baby on one knee and Johnny on the
other, and by q peculiar action of my
legs kept all four In motion at once
You understand ?" Well, sir, just q.
calmness began TO prevail, in comes thu
sergcant-at-arm again with the secre
ftary's baby. Said Mrs. Sloan had sen
IL while the secretary wrote up her min
utes, and wouldn't ! look after it fo
awhiler"
"Was IL asleep?"
"Well, no. Now I don't want to ex
aggerate, your honor. am under oath
, and shall try to state the fact mildly
But l am sadly mistaken If you couldn'
: blow II church organ with the secretary
baby's left lung. 1t whoOped and hal
lowed in such manner as to alarm me
Then Gibbs baby joined in, and the.
gave duett. Pretty soon our three tun
ned up for chol us, and-well, suppose
: q whole orphan asylum should suddenl.
have a spasm of stOmach-ache, and yol
can form some idea of the racket"
"Coaldn't you quiet them by singinI
to them?"
"No, sir, you couldn't have heard
, bassdrnm In that room"
"What did you do?"
81 gave the family Bible to one twi
and put Webstsr's Unabridged Dicti0n
ary on the lap OF the other, merely t
: and get some milk for the whole crowd
! did. When came up, as / had oni
. two nursing bottles, tempted bottle O
j hair removal ,r, which Mis-. sloan uses
"I dOn't" exclaimed MI Sloan"
"And . caster Ill bottle. put th
milk In th' SO and in old paregori
bottle, punched holes through the cork
and handed them around. When l cam
. to the twins. they had the Bible and tn
: dictionary lying right on their boso mi
e and they we're blue IN the face;tO0 heavy
your honor. So had to pick them u
aud souse them to; AMI wben1 got bac
into the room with them found Gibb
baby IN spasms from the taste of the ha
c restorer, and the secretary's baby hs
- | SW8iIOWou bH6 COIA, hnu tuo obItoI CHi
looked a. If the castor ill bottle som
!, how had not agreed with 1t. A minu
y later In come Mrs Sloan and the Secret
. ry aud MR., Gibbs, and they hustled N
out. l DOM knew what happened aft
that but / believe II was old Gibbs WI
put Mrs. Sloan up to charge me vii
murder"
"Tho case i. dismissed, said the jnstic
and the Sloars withdrew. Mr.. Sioan b
hired q nurse.
The ImportattOn Of sheep and Pis
lnts Great Britain.
Collector Tuition yesterday recei "
from Hon.. John b. Hawley, ActiI
Secretary of the Treasury, from Wasl
ington, for his information and guidanc
-, the following copy ofa despatch:
"VETERINARY DRPARTMENY, Pri'
Council Office, A Parliament stree
Westmi mister s. W., 9th July, 1879.-S
- In reply to your note of this days dat
inunirinR whether sheep and pigs cOmii
from the United States of America in
Brit,sb ports are now required to
killed within ton days after arrival b
to inform you that pigs from the Unit
! States of America cah only be Lar ded
foreign auima's' wharfin Great Brtai
and must be slaughtered the with
, fourteen days after landing. Sheep fro
the limited States are detained for at lea
- twelve hours after nd ng, and, If foul
ne, fraa from contagious diseas ,, are free
10 inland; but, am to ad' mar, IN co
sra uence of reports having Deen receiv
4 AI,n IN M Nf