The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-02-14
NUMBER 7.

most Interested being resident of this CITY.
ms Is widow lady, whose name wo are
lot at liberty to make public for the pres
ent, who has recently discovered the where.
abouts OF long.lost daughter, stolen from
hGr twenty seven y,ars ago, when an infant
The lady, though a resident of Springfield
Tor some years past, is native of Hartford,
Conn. and went with her husband, after
her marriage, to Western New York, which
was then good deal of wilderness as
compared with its condition now. Her
first child, girl, was born there, and she
was on her way to join her husband, after
atemporary separation, when the infant was
stolen from her during long stage journey,
and she has never seen the child since.
though, as noted above, she has recently
discovered that she is alive and living in
Wisconsin, where she is married and has
three children. The anguish of the moth.
er at losing her first born child can be con.
celvcd but not described. A long fit of
sickness followed, aud after her recovery
all possible search was made for tho miss
ing babe, but without success. But tho
mother never gave up hope of hearing of
her child, and after twenty-scven years had
elapsed her faith and patience have at last
been rewarded. 1t seems she always sus
peeted man who carried her some fifteen
miles by private conveyance to meet the
stage, when on her way to Join her husband.
OF stealing the child, with the intention of
adopting it as his own. She now knows
that he was the abductor. He gave it to
an accomplce, who took it some ffty
miles across the border, into Pennsylvania,
where it was placed in family, with a
sum OF money sufficient to provide for its
wants for some time His evident intention
was to reclaim the child when he could do
so without suspicion. But the time never
came when he dared to do it, and the little
girl grew up as the adopted child of the
family, finally married the younger brother
of the master of the house, and removed to
Wisconsin, where the family is prosperous
and happy. Communication has been es-
tablshed for some months now between the
mother and daughter, and photographs OK
the relationship, if any had existed before.
They propose to have meeting soon near
the scene of their tragic parting more than
quarter of century ago. What meet
ing it will be !-iSprinafca Mass Union.
SILVER WILL Do FOR HIM-A Wash
inston dispatch to Chicago paper somo
time ago stated that Treasurer Gilfillan
has attempted to make Secretary Sherman's
plan more successful by sending great
number of circulars to private individuals
as well as to banking institutions, notifying
them that silver in amounts of from 81
600 to $4,000 will be sent free to any ad-
dress" Some Of the Western people have
nf 1n,, I ~,
patch and grasped what was meant to have
been said. AS witness the following extract
from letter just received by the treasurer
from an Illinois back woodsman II have
seen tho plan of Secretary Sherman, also
the plan of yours. Now am deserving
poor man, with large family and no mon-
ey and you say that you will send free
to any address from 81 900 to $4,000
| will take any amount from the lowest
figure named up to the $4,000, and will
make good use Of it. think if you want
to give it away, give it to the deserving
poor. would, indeed, like to be one that
gets some Of the silver dollars So let me,
aud send rs much as possible to a needy
poor man, and do Gods blessing. En-
closed you will find the piece cut out of the
paper. My address is, &C.
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POISONOUS STocKINGs--A DYER writes
to Now York paper as follows: So much
has been said about dyed stocking poison !,
ing, which remarks have been confined en-
tirely to the medical profession, that few
words from dyer may not be out of place.
1t does not appear as if any of the gentle
men have given the matter any really prac-
tical test in the way of chemical analysis,
simply relying upon mere guess-work. Af-
ter many investigations tho writer has con-
cludcd that in the cases where bright ami
line shades are desired, acids (principal-
ly saphuric acid) are used to devel-
ope and brighten the colors, and the
simple cause of so much trouble lies in tho
fact that the acids have not been rinsed
out properly. When the stocking are
worn, perspiration releases the acid, which
causes irritation Of the skin, and continued
wearing naturally causes the iAamation
complained of. Again, if the stockings are
| (through an economical notion of the DYER
not properly secured, they will crack off
and color the feet, which, without the acid =,
is perfectly harmless. In concluding, 1
can add this simple caution: Always
wash them in soap and water before wear
ing. This will neutralize all acids in the
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