The sun., 1879-06-20
LILLIAN DUER OF POCOM0KE.
DECLARED GUILTY OF OFHAEsLAU0HTEB,
AND FINED $500.



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lady with pale ysage passed my eyes She had
bright color under the eyes She was petite and had
and ripc She walked ndccnty. hut With supple grace
Vas soft and yibrSye and She had masculine air Her
large gray eyes were irnrcd with long lashes mes
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The Pocomoke River rises In southern Della
ware runs southwest across Worcester County.
Md. and emptes into Chesapeake Bay. in
Accomac County. Va. 1t is a black. sluggish
stream. navigable for thirty miles. Pocomoke
City. alias Newtown. Is pleasant little village
OF 1000 inhabitants. fifteen miles above the
mouth OF the river. Its little wharves are lined
with schooners and other craft. Its exports are
brick and lumber. Twenty feet Of water makes
Il town OF commercial importance. Here
Lillian Duer was born. and here the shot that has
given her worldwide celebrity was fired.
Snow Hill. the scene of the trial. is at tho head
OF navigation on the Pocomoke River. fifteen
miles northeast OF pocomoke City. The country
was first sottlcd thirty years after Pocahontas
saved the life OF Capt. John Smith. The tomb
stones In s graveyards date back into the sew
eniecnth century. and an old church that was
built in 1884 is still standing
The ancestors Of the Duers immigrated from
England at about tho close OF tho Revolution.
Their descendants claim kin with the Duers OF
Now York. They lack the blue blood OF the
CAROLS. the Whytes. the Dennises. and the
Crisfelds; but their reputation hns been stain
less. and they have earned their bread by tho
sweat Of the brow Lyttleton 4. Duer. father OF
Lillian. is about As years Of age. He is a house
carpenter. and has accumulated property val
ued at $4,000. His sunburnt face and horny
hands evidence q lie Of toll Twenty-Five years
ago he married Matilda. a daughter Of Capt.
Elijah Taylor. the iovial skipper OF a Chcsa-
peake schooner. Two boys and 1--WE girls are
the fruit OF this union. The parents had linn
ited education. The mother is a God-fearing
woman. and thore Is no tant in her family
record. Her house is MS neat as wax, and her
children have had religious training. The
fathers indulgence has been tempered by the
mothers sense Of duty. Lillian is the eldest OF
the girls. Her brothers are her seniors. They
Bowed on average quantity Of wild oats. but
married young and are honest and industrl-
Gus men.
Lillian was n bright and obedient little girl
full Of spirit and unusually lively. She first
htten led school when years Of age. She was
her classes. asked whether she fancied dolls
when little girl. and whether she had n fond
ness ior crochet work. making wax hqwers. aud
like womanly employment rs she advanced In
years. Tears filed the mothors deep-set blue
eyeS.
replied. " She preferred TO- DO housework. 10
cook. to sweep tu make beds-tO do ANYTHING
but sew She said thnt it hurt her side to use
the needle. She did her work quickly and
neatly, and would bound up stairs two stops at
time ke kitten
the neighborhood ior books, and read every
book she could get. &C. She read Shakespeare"
her sister Matilda said " but she did not 90
into ecstasies over y as she did over Byron" l
could not learn whether she ever read tho
Sonnots and other poems II the great bard;
The sister thinks she has heard her speak Of
the Decameron and lieptnmoron. and a clerk In
one OF the shops SAYS he has heard her talk o.
the beauties Of Ovid. The Scottish Chiefs"
herself q born Joan Of Are. She shuddcred
over The Romance Of the Forest" perused
The adventures Of Ilaroun al Raschid with de-
nSuul And went over the sorrows oil Thaddeus
Lily read many story papers" her. poor
! cannot remember their titles. tried hard to
prevent her from read ng. such books but with
out success. Frequently heard noise in her
room long after she had gone TO bed. On enter
ING the apartment found her in bed. reading
by the light OF lamp
Lilian's sister brought ont her school books.
ifonnd among them Bullion's Latin Reader.
the first sx books o. the Knoid, Bullnnch's
y
and grammar. Tho books were remarkably
neat; No passages IN The Hneid" were
well thumbpd. / asked whether Lillian liked
botany, She replied that she never returned
from the woods or the fields without littering
Prof wimbroush, her teacher gives the girl
an excellent reputation. hho was well-behayed
and Possessed remarkable talent" he said. AT
recithtions she sat like a statue intonty listen
Ing 70 explanations and comments. Rarely did
NJ "a an AIT fipl
that she never saw his Ecogucs. Oyids Meta
morPh0ses was not one OF her studies: II is
hardly possible that she could have read Rabe-
ials Rousseau, or Boccaeei9. Tor do not be-
leve you could Ind copies OF these works in the
wn0q cJIny o SaG iISed T9r,oric ana wrote
about her. She used plain Anglo-SaXon terms.
without redundancy OF adlecives. She was
contributor 70 Local newspapers. and is writer
Lilan's acts show that she was both imasina-
tive and reflective. She roRmed the woods
and listened TO the soughing Of tho dwarfed
have been stimulated BY natural scenery, Tor
the country is fiat sandy, and mOnotonous. II
was undoubtedly fed by books. She usually
wore short dresses, a nautical hat. and a broad
streets with head bowed ana hands behind her
back, Ms though in deep meditation. The habit
my s1o hSye 6Sen natuTa and she WSy have 60.
she usually crossed her legs. rested her left el-
bow on the arm Of a chair, and placed her cheek
forennger up the side of her forehead. It is
the Ideal position seen in portraits OF Washing
ton Irving, She had strong girlish attachments
a Pocomoke physician says there was not a
pretty girl within miles 10 whom she did not
pay attention. Nor did she absolutely scorn
the attentions OF men. The editor Of the Snow
Hill Messenger. member OF the arstocratic
Dennis family, was favored suitor.
MISS Fila HEARN.
Three years ago Mr. J. Il. Hearn Of Delaware
settled in Pocomoke CITY. He is n machinst
and runs stationary engine for Mr.. Wm j. s
Clarke, n lumber dealer. and probably the
woalthiest gentleman in Worcester County
Hearn Is married, and lad three charming
daughters. Ella, tho Oldest was beautiful
blonde, hardly sixteen years. almost the oppo-
Bite OF Miss Ducr. Lillian first met her Mt school
examination; The attraction seems TO hive
been mutual. Miss Duer called upon Miss
Hearn, and they became inseparahla friends.
Lillian paraded the streets with Ella upon her
arm. Hours were spent in pino groves. and
together they went 10 sOcahes and church cs-
tivRs. Lillian. being Miss fearn's intellectual
Buperior. made herself liked by Elias parents.
They thought their daughter might be i'm
proved BY the Intimacy. Lillian was welcome
guest. Elias mother opened her heart TO her.
She told tho girl stories OF her grlish days.
Mrs. Duer snys that on her daughters return
from these visits she frequently said, Mother,
why don't you tell me your adventures when
you were girl rs Mrs. Hearn does, ] want to
hear them. for I'm sure they must be interest
Ing" Mr.. lienrn says that Lillian. whom in his
presence. wns always talking about doing
some great thing. She laudod Napoleon to the
skies, and wished that she had been one Of his
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