Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-05
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Horewell Letter to the Reading (Pa.) Eagle.
4 very sad event took place in the
family Of Jesse Burden, IN humble
collier, residing in the backwoods
about two miles from here, the par
;iculars of which 1 have Just learned.
"Sevelal weeks ago.. Mr. Burden
says, IA stranger came to my house
in The evening about supper-time. He
was well-dressed man, and l took
him to be an Israelite. He rode
strengthening sorrel horse, and his
bride had white ivory martingale
rings. He called me cut of the house
and we talked at the front gate. He
first asked me whether nay children
wanted their hair cut. l thought he
was rather a good-looking barber,
aud told him so. He replied he
was not barber, but hair merchant
and was out buying hair. l felt
proud of my wifes hair, and 1 was
foolish enough to ask the stranger in
the house to look at it. Ny wife is 4
modest woman, and at first she found
fault with my bringing the man il.
1 thought it was al right, and in my
conceit 1 asked my wife to tlke down
her hair Well, it was pretty, l think
the finest head of hair L ever saw Ill
my life 1t was golden yellow, as the
saying is. Not sand or faxen, but q
color Just like god. 1 was interest
ed in hair, and L have read good
deal about the subject. Ialways read
that hair like MY wife's was consii-
cred the most valuable. My wife IN
did hers, and it hung way down be-
low her waist. She could easily sit
on it, without bending much either.
The hair was very thick. never
saw its equal. In summer she had
to suffer a great deal. Il was SO hot
that her head many times felt as If n
regular fever had set in. She often
threatened to cut it off / said, mo,
Eliza, don't do that. / ike that hair
and it is my pride She kept it on
for my sake, just to crafty my pride
and conceit Finally she thought
Just as did, and valued it equally as
highly. She is a good woman to me,
and 1 am a good man to her. Well,
the stranger looked at the hair and
said it was very nice. He measured
the back hair, and it measured forty
inches. You may not believe it, but
it is an actual fact, forty inches, full,
and plenty of it. The stranger said
that il was useless for housewife 10
wear 80 much hair, and that some
day It would make my wife sick He
then made us an offer for the hair.
He actually offered my wife 5000
cash for it. That was a tempting
offer. worked nesriy q whole year
for that The stranger left, and said
he wouid return in a week When
he had gone we talked about 1t. My
wife said size was willing to do it, be
cause we were poor, and two hun
dred dollars would pay every cent of
debt we had on our house. / said,
No. at first, but my wife coaxed me
and said that in a few years time her
hair would grow out again and would
be Just as pretty as ever. It took a
great deal OF considering but finally
l said, All right, if you think yol
will never regret 1t, why so ahead :
Wei, the agent called again, and we
had another talk 1t was about the
money. He showed us the cash. all
in new notes. He then showed us
gold, and told us We could have our
choice. / didn't know much abOHt
gold, so I told him 1 would be satis-
fed with the greenbacks. He said,
All right He pulled out a pair of
scissors, and then counted down the
money. My wife put it in her pocket
and then let down her hair. l could
not stay in the house TO see it cut.
The children did, though. In less
than half an hour the hair was of
The stranger then rolled it up nicely
in silk oil cloth and sat down awhile
When 1 came in my wife was crying
She had looked in the looking glass
L saw her and l felt pretty bad The
stranger said we should not take it
so much to heart. ] forgot to tell
you that the stranger plainly told us
not to sell the halr if we thought
we'd be sorry for it afterwards. He
now reminded us of this. After talk
ing awhile he left, and that is the lGst
| ever heard of him. I looked at tue
money again and thought it was all
right, but two days afterwards /
learned that the money was counter
felt; actually, every 50 bill was bad
/ was in Coatsville and in Philadel-
phia. and the men there told me the
notes were bad. You can think how
my wife and myself felt on that day
o, it's awful, and my wife cries about
{ II every day.