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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-08-30
THE CURIOSITIES OF A YANKEE
WILL

| In the old records in the Probate Court
much that is curious may be found, but
there is nothing more peculiar than the will
of David Ogden, who kept a tavern where
the Tontine Hotel now stands. The will
was made in 1889, and contains the follow
ing:
ain the name of God, sole Governor Of
the worlds, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost,
the twelve apostles, saints, thrones, powers,
virtues, angels, archangels. cherubins, and
seraphms, ahem-I, David Ogden of New
Hayen, in the state of Connecticut, being in
uncommonly good health and spirits and in
my right mind and wits, do, in the following
manner make this my last will and testa-
ment:
"Imprimis: My body, this mass composed
of fesh blood, arteries, bones, cartilages. fl
bres and God wot not wot all besides l COM
nit when dressed in my best suit of black
Clothes to its deep, dark, silent grave. "Tis
dismal house l am to dwell in, yea, verify
a mournfu one; therefore the dress for
mourning is the most proper one for me.
Then let this body be drest for its coffin,
which pray to be made of sound mahog-
any wood and not ornamented with brass
nails and tin plates, telling my name, age
or death. My head will tell these things TO
the inquisitive in the grave. When this
mass of corruption is SO equipped let it be
born on the shoulders of four steady youths
to its long home, the narrow grave, whom
would should be rewarded for their trouble
with decent pairs of gloves each. By the
way, should DR.. Edwards, the Sunday next
after my last conscience, deem either my
death or life to merit sermon, short SER
mon, prayer or few hymns to be sent up
to the throne Of an all plying and mer-
ciful God, prythee let be done, and for his
trouble and good services in this solemn bus
iness give him my last wishes for his welfare
accompanied with compliment of fS As. Cd.
New York currency.
"Item-My soul God grant III have any
or ever had, it may wing its fight to Heaven
be placed conspiciously among the stars, fly
on the wings of the wind, feed the beasts of
the field the birds of the air, the insects ofthe
earth or the fishes of the deep waters Upon
the whole, give my soul to God. d.'-NetO
Haven Register.
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THE CzAIi AND THE CHOLERA.

AT the moment when Russian society
seems crumblng at its base, Adolphe Racot,
of the Paris Patrie, has deemed it of inter
est to point out the difference between the
present state of public greeting in Russia to-
ward the Car, who is still called "the little
father" by the peasants, and the sentiment
forty years ago.
1t was in 1885; cholera had broken out
in Russia, and was making fearful ravages.
The doctors, and later the Poles, were ac-
cused of having brought on the plague.
Many murders were committed. The police
were powerless to prevent these acts Of saw
agery. Presently the plague having redou-
bled its intensity, a veritable insurrection
broke out. A vast crowd surrounded the
Admiralty building, uttering vague threats.
There was no military force at hand capa-
BILE of handling this mass of people, and ev-
erything seemed lost
Suddenly caleche drawn by two black
horses appeared at the horizon, at the foot
of Newsky prospect. 1t approached almost
"itii HiulA1 VI a Ndibh boii' a ANA =
cry went through the crowd "The CARP
A man sprang out of the caleche unat-
tended. He stopped in the middle of the
Admality Square,and when he drew himself
up to his full hight six feet, he seemed twice
as tall, so majestic was he.
"To your knees and ask pardon Of God p
cried the Car.
At these words there was only one man
left standing in the vast concourse, and that
was the Gar.
at is we'll" he said. "Your faults alone
have brought upon you 50 many misfor-
tunes. Cease, then to make innocence suf-
fer for you. Nobody has poisoned the
springs, there are no guilty ones but the
murderers, foolsl Are you ready now to
repent?"
"Yes yesl" cried ten thousand suppli-
cant voices.
Then the Car extended his arms in ges-
tLre of solemn majesty, and added in voice
of thunder:
"Let the cholera be feared no longer. 1t
is no longer my will that there shall be
cholera"
The caleche then took its way 10 Peter
hof, the Cars habitual residence, in the
midst of popular acclamations and benedic-
tions. People kept on dying in st. Peters
burgi but the Gar, the father, had willed
it, and only one died of cholera.
How times have chaned
To-day, when the Emperor Alexander
wishes To go from St. Petersburg to Lividia,
sentinels are placed throughout the route,
and the Car sits in a locked, barred andiron
plated car
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EDITOR AND POET.
Twas man wrapped in an ample cloak.

Twas q man wrapped In an ample cloak,
Poet in his meln,
That went into the office Of
An English magazine.
He gave unto the editor
paper closely writ:
II would unto your judgment, sir,
A poem submit;
Pray read 1t carefully and say
What that you think Of it,"
Slowly the editor read It through;
On his brow an angry flush
There came as he sollloquized
About "hogwash," " ''rot," and ''slush."
And he gave back the manuscript
Unto the bard, and said;
That ballad is the very worst
That / have ever read"
"If such trash as that should dare
Print in my magazine.
Then men would call me three-ply ass
And they would be right, ween.
$50, slrrah, take thee stout sawhorse,
Thereto buoksaw good;
Thy poesy 1t is g.;
Thy line is saving wood"
When that the poet heard these words
He gan to fume and fidget,
And said unto the editor,
"Thou art a bowling idget!
"Read DER that ballad again, sirrah,
Read o'er that ballad again,
And then thy candid opinion give
My name is Alfred Ten"
"rhe heaven, you sayr' cried the editor,
Astonished; then he said,
THAT poem is the finest thing
That 1 have ever read.
"It shall appear this very month";"
And kneeling on the ground,
He gave the Laureate a check
For s1,1OO.
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JULY 2sTH. 1879.
Trains leave ALLENTOWN as follows;-
(vIA PERKIOMEN RAILRoADl
For philadelphia, at 4;25, 800, ll4O. am, and
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For Philadelphia at 4.25 a. M ,335 D. m,
WA EAs 4 PENNA BRANCH.)
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y.
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For Lancaster and Columbia, 5 40. oo5 am. and
430 IN
For Reading. 4.30 and 05 pm.
For Harrisburg, 05 D. m.
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SUNDAYS.
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Trains ma tked thus ~ run to and from depot
9th and Green streets, Phtladelphia, other
trains to and from Broad street depot.
TIE $50 n. m and sos D. m trains IRON alien
town and the 7.45 a. m. and $50 p. m. trans
from Philadelphia, have through cars TO ana
'io"' = ]. R. wooTTEN.
Generoi MANAGER.
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The teacher Of a primary school was
endsavoring to ascertain the extent Of her
children's knowledge of numbers. The
question being asked, "Would you rather
have three paper bags with two oranges in
each, or two bags with three oranges in
each2 All but one little fellow expressed
themselves as without preference. The
teacher asked this pupil for his decision,
and he was persistant in his liking for
three bags with two oranges in each. His
reason, when finally given being, $50 l
could have more bags 10 burst"
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SONG

Ihave loved flowers that fade,
Within whose magic tents
Rich hues have marriage made
With sweet unmemoried scents,
A JOY Of love at sight
A honeymoon delight,
That ages in an hour,
My song, be like a flowerl
1 have loved al RS that die
Before their charm is writ
Upon the liquid sky
Trembling to welcome its
Notes that with pulse of fire
Proclaim the spirits desire
Then die and are nowhere
My song be like an air.
Die, song, die like a breath,
And wither as a bloom;
Fear not q fiowery death,
Dread not an airy tomb!
Fly with delight, fly hencel
IT'S thine loves tender tense
TO fear, and on thy bier
Beauty shall shed tear.
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there's certainly two kinds of courage and
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This is the season, says an exchange,
when the farmers colt dies, and the simple
minded ruralist empties p charge of buck
shot into the carcass and carries it into the
woods, and then les in wait for the first
tourist who hunts through those woods, and
horrifes that hapless Nihlrod by wanting
him to explain why he shot tho valuable
animal and make restitution. The farmer
must get living somehow.
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VOL. VII, No 40.
Railroad Guide.
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Arrangement Of Passenger Trains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-19
He was drummer in the war

years. He was drummer in the war
of 1912.
The March quarterly payment of
pensions is in progress at Des Moines.
and the office will pay out about $4,000
a day during this month.
ILLINOIS,
THE Hon. A. M Wright has been
nominated for Mayor of Chicago by the
republicans.
A CASE is on trial at Ottawa wherein
Lizzie Fry sues John D. Porter for So
900 for an alleged breach of marriage
promise.
Mrs MARGARET, wife Of George Witt,
living two miles northwest of Kane, was
fatally burned in consequence of the
breaking of q coal oil lamp Wednesday
night.
The Quincy gas company complain
that, Notwithstanding the reduction in
the price Of gas under their new con-
tract, there has also been a reduction
In the number of consum ers.
A FELLOW registering himself as w.
G. Cassels, Of New York, victimized
the proprietor of q hotel at Jackson
vile, the other day, by passing on him
q forged check for $265
The new post Office at Sterling is
spoken Of as the finest in the state.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-19
The Detectives Dream.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Mr.. George Tarr, the Illinois detective,
who has been engaged in the success
ful search for the murderers ofDr. David
Pierson, of Augusta, performed feat
which surprised himself on Friday night,
and which is partially attributed to the
long search and the excitement attend
ing the arrest OF Edwin Ferguson, one
OF the accomplices in the bloody con-
spiracy. On Friday evening, after the
return of Messrs. Hoy, Tarr. and the
prisoners from the chopping camp near
Montrose station, the two detectives, ac-
companied by Chief Munger, strolled
around the city for an hour or two, and
then Mr.. Tarr retired to his room at the
Windsor Hotel. He soon fell into a
heavy sleep, but it was disturbed by an
unusually lively dream, in which his
prisoner, Edwin Ferguson, escaped and
ran off at the top of his speed. The de-
tective evidently followed him,-in his
sleep,-and with surprising sudenness
and agility Tarr leaped from his bed,
and with one bound passed through the
window of his sleeping apartment, car
rying the sash with him, and falling a
distance Of several feet, but miraculous
ly escaping severe injuries. He was
fully awakened by this somnambulistic
tumble, but was naturally startled and
confused. Being in a strange place, and
not clothed for an extended journey in
the night air, he impulsively concluded
to climb up the side of the house to his
room, and gripping the corner with one
hand, and clawing the outside boards
IF al lo nd
free use of his toe-nails, he actually sue
ceeded in climbing up the wall like
scared cat, and entered his room. with
out awakening any of the people about
the hotel. In his ascent he 'Sclawed'
the boards SO violently (but successfully
that he loosened some of the nails on his
hands and feet, and the blood flowed
from them upon the side of the building
and the furniture and bedding IN the
room. Mr. Tarr himself states that he
had not fully recovered from the excite
ment attending the imaginary chase
after Ferguson, and could not again
perform the feat, even if his life de-
pended upon its successful accomplish
ment.
Mr.. Thompson, the proprietor Of the
Windsor, states that the marks of Tarr's
nails are plainly visible on the side of
the building, where he clambered up
ward, and the blood spots still remain
as proof of the striking reality of the IL
linois detectives dream. Mr.. ThOmp-
son states that he would declare the feat
a physical impossibility, if he did not
know positively that he had one guest
able to scale the side OF house like
cat s.ew - as
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-19
HeadstOnes for Soldiers Graves.

/, Some years ago congress passed a law
for the erection of headstones over the
graves of soldiers whose remains are In
the national military cemeteries. The
graves of the nations dead in these
cemeteries are pow permanently mark
ed. At the instance Of the war depart
ment, congress has recently authorized
the erection Of similar headstones over
the graves Of union soldiers who are
buried in private and village cemeteries,
which will be done as soon as the neces-
sary arrangements can be made. In the
the quartermaster-general
at Washington is collecting the necessa-
ry information as to where these head
stones are required. He requests all
persons having any knowledge of the
burial places Of soldiers in privatecem-
eteries whose graves are not marked to
communicate the fact to his depart
ment. It is not intended to furnish
headstones for graves over which mon
uments have already been erected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-19
A BLACK HILLS MYSTERY.
Two Men Claim the Reward for the
Killing Of a Noted Highwayman.
CheYPnna SIN.

The difficulty of identifying a man
killed nearly six months ago and whose
death has been a question of doubt in
the minds Of many, was realized fully
this morning by the board OF county
commissioners Of Laramie county.
Two stage messengers on the Cheyenne
and Black Hills stage line, named d.
B. May and j. III. Zlmmers, presented
g. claim to the commissioners for 5000
reward for the shooting and killing of
highwayman named Towle. Zimmers
swears that he and May shot Towle
under the following circumstances: On
the night Of Sept. 10, 1878, May and he
were riding as guards with the south
ward bound stage coach from Deadwood
to Cheyenne. They bad been informed
by the driver of the northu'ard- bound
coach that highwavmen were lurking
about the Old WOman's fork. When
they arrived at the crossing of that
stream Zimmers states that he and
Boone May fell behind the stage-coach
a short distance. 1t was about2 o'clock
in the morning, and very quiet. They
soon heard q voice cry out "Haltp'
and the stage stopped. They at once
dismounted, hitched their horses, and
rifle in hand. advanced toward the
stage, which contained two passengers
They had not advanced many PAGES be-
fore they were called upon to halt. and
at the same time q man fired at them
They raised their rifles and Immediately
returned the fire. Zimmers swears that
he heard the man groan, and continue
to eroan, the q oans getting weaker; but
he did not see the highwayman die, Or
see him after he was dead. On exam
lining the scene Of the shooting next day
a pool OF blood was found, but not dead
highwayman. t H..
Some months afterward Boon May
learned from q prisoner, who was one
Of the highway robbers engaged on the
night of Sept. Is, that Frank Towle was
the man shot, and that he was killed
and buried near where he was shot.
This prisoner also gave May such in
formation as enabled him to find the
grave. May went to the place desig-
mated and found the body, and obtain
ing the head packed it up in box and
brought it south, and claimed the re-
ward offered by the county which was
$500. Our county commissioners de-
cllned to receive Or view the head, and
postponed their decision regarding the
reward until to-day. The determined
robber-slayer carried his CHASTITY trophy
to the western counties to claim the re-
wards offered there for Towle's death.
This morning the county commissioners
make an order disallowing the claim of
Boone May upon the ground that he
had failed to produce sufficient evidence
that be had killed the highwayman,
Frank Towle. The question as to wheth-
er Towle is dead or alive is still one of
the many mysteries of the Black Hills.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-19
TERRIBLE CRASH.
A Painful Accident at GiImore's Gadenr
in New York City.

A New York dispatch of March 18th
says: Last evening an accident
occurred at Gilmore's Garden causing a
panic and fearful excitement. At 20
minutes past s o'clock, while there was
nearly 10000 people in the building, a
crash was heard and long section of
the upper gallery on the south floor of
the building sank with its mass Of
struggling humanity on it. There arose
wild shrieks, prayers and curses. A
panic ensued and men rushed frantical
Iy around. A cry Of fire was raised and
rush made for the door. The scene
that followed beggars desert ption; for a
time it looked as if hundred of lives
would be lost. Some men endeavored
to stop the panic by shouting there was
no danger. In less than ten seconds
every window in the building was
smashed open, and many persons
jumped out and went home as quickly
as possible, The band kept playing;
when the accident occurred, Rowell,
Hartman and Ennis were on the track.
and they remained there at the urgent
request Of parties who were trying to
allay the panic, and when it was found
that the building was not on fire, and
only portion of the gallery had fallen,
the panic subsidized. Still the feeling
was one of extreme dread along the
crowd, and mere breath would have
precipitated another panic. The po-
lice worked to quell the excitement.
In the meantime the most vigorous eff
forts were made to assist persons VINO
foI1 bn 10
derneath it. 1t took some time to re-
move the debris. Many persons were
cut and bruised severely, but they were
able to free themselves and get out
when order was restored. 1t was dis
covered that the following persons were
injured John Foley, 214, East 35th St,
severely bruised; Daniel Rigel, 249
East 46tn ST., leg broken; Edward
Eyeland, Brcokly, badly bruised; R. L.
Desary, "a State street, Brooklyn. hurt
in small Of back; John Naylor, 113 Gin
ton street, New York, breast hurt;
Henry Johnson, Jr., Brooklyn, right
arm broken; Walter Harrigan, brother
actor, compound facture of collar bone
Martin Bohes, 247 East 25th street; Mr..
and Mrs. Bales, both bruised; H. R.
IaSu0tt, AOlIl StIotC, one dIul DIOkoII,
Josephine Little, 54th street, arm
broken, besides several others whose
names could not be ascertained. Am
balances were quickly summoned, and
the wounded taken to Bellevue and
New York hospital. When the acct
dent occurred there were 1900
people outside of the building,
struggling to gain admission.
There was sudden stampede among
them when the crash was heard, and
the mass Of beings were driven over
into Madison square, and many badly
injured, being tramped upon. The
greatest excitement prevailed out
side the buildings and rumors
of thousands being killed were
circulated. The news spread all
over the city and thous ands Of people
focked to the building to learn Of
friends among the injured. The debris
was soon cleared from the track and
the pedestrian Ms continued their walk.