St. Landry democrat., 1879-09-27
Am Extraordinary Case of Poly
Gsadry.

The Philadelphia Times prints q sin
gular story from Mayyille, \. !. In
1914, Hiram Fish, a young man LIVING at
Rome, IN Oneida county, became cnam-
ored of Amanda Noble, beautiful girl,
and his affections being crossed by
friends he determined to go West,
secure home, and then return and
claim the hand Of his af1ianced. He
went to Chautauqua county and settled
OIL Il tract of 600 acres, where he soon
made an attractive home. He then start
ed for Rome to claim the hand Of his
plightcd beauty, but on the way WAS
captured by Indians, allies OF the
British, and taken to Canada, where he
remained IL prisoner till 1877. On being
liberated he FASTENED to Rome, arriving
there late in the day, january 2G, 1918.
No word having been received from
him for nearly four years, and suppOs-
ing him to be dead, Amanda had given
her hand to James Barns, and on that
day, (January 26, 1879 but II little while
before, Fish arrived, the lndlssoluble
union had been made. His appearance
sion. Amanda declared that she loved
Fish and could not live with Barns.
To make the best of an unfortunate
circumstance, Barns and Fish agreed to
both live with her as their joint wife.
In pursuance of that agreement the
three, in August, 1918, moved on to the
! Fish lands in Chanta!qua county, about
seven miles from the present town Of
Mayville, and there lived together for
nearly fifty years, until the death Of
Barns, which occurred january 10, 1864,
and she and Fish lived together until
his death, December 90, 1876. Of a
i long life, but twelve years were devoted
to the object OF her heart, but these
! years were of perfect joy.
Since Fish's death she has resided
with her children. She is now in her
eighty-second year. The children We're
always known 10y the ncighbors us
" Fish-and- Barns" In everything a
community of interest was had, valua-
! bic improvements made, a large for
tune accumulated, all of which was
willed by the respective descendants Of
the wife aud four children, according
to the letter OF the agreement made
January rs, 1918. 1t is said that during
this long and strange life never a want
was felt in the home, never domestic
misunderstanding, not even a harsh
word.
DYING MAN WANTED.-Mr. J. C..
| Chthoh, second house surgeon at Guys
Hospital, London, relates the following
incident in the Lancet: "A well dressed
and ladylke female, with a strong
| French accent, asked to see me, and
requested that the interview might be a
private one, as the subject upon which
she wished to speak WAS, to use her own
words, a delicate one. 4 young wo-
man, a relative or friend of hers, Was
entitled to inherit some property, if
married but, being single, there was Il
prospect of her losing it. AS no sulta
| ble husband seemed likely to appear
!. she was desirous of finding some dy-
! ing man, OF what position it mattered
not, to whom she might be formally
married, and so obtain the property,
while at the same time the link might
be a slender one and soon broken. This
! they had not been able to manage in
France, where she lived, and they had
accordingly sent over to London hos
pital, where they hoped for success.
man suitable for the object. If he was
a widower and had children they would
make some provision for the children
| I need not dwell upon the answer given
to such request. 1t would be curious
to know that the same attempt had
been made at other London hospitals. "
The colored debating club among the
hands on the plantation of Mr.. A. NJ.
Gitfin, in Lee county, Ga, had as the
subject Of their last debate "Which
are the most benefit to the country, the
lawyers or the buzzarde?n After much
wrangling and animated discussion,
they finally decided in favor of the
buzzards.
Proceedings Of the Board Of Police OF