, 1879-02-25

very sai event took place In The tan,Ity of
Jesse Burden, MI humble collier, residing Ia tire
baekwo1ds abhut two miles IRON here, the par-
tlcnlars Of which have Just learned. "scycrai
weeks ngo," Mr.. Burden says, tn stranger came
to my house in tic evening, about tuupcr.timu.
lie was wcll-0Festcd man, and l took him to
be an 1ssaelftc. lie rode strong-took!ng sorrcl
llorso, and his bridlo had white Ivory a,inga!o
rings. lio called inc out Of tho house mud We
walked to The front gate. lie lrat asked mo
whrther my children wanted their hair cut.
Thought By was ra'hcr cood.1ooklng barber,
n''u & toII hiln co. lio replied f,o vas no! bar.
BAR: felt proud of my witea hair, und VAS
1ouall enough tu ask ihe stranger Il, tic house
to luok at IT,. My wife is a n,utlcst won.
IN, na,ti at frst she found fault with
1t was al ffEht, aid In my concclt asked nv
vile TO take down tier hair. Well, II was pretty,
think the finest l1rad uf balr evor saw In ny
W.: It was rol.lcn ,yellbw, .as thr saying ts.
Not sandy or ilaKe;, put eo'or just like gold:
ical about ths subject. nlways read tllut hair
like nv wlfc's WINS aIwars considered tic most
valuable My vile iulltl hers, ND It hung way
down below l!cr waist. she col'd easily stt ii,
SUE had TO suffer great dual. 1t was 90 hot
that her head many itnra felt a. If regular
fever ind SGT ~: shc often threatened to e1,t
/ ts Sa hn 'sS ~ Z Ex9 s, dGn g ss tat l.o ss ~
coneclt. Fiua''y She thought Just Us / d:i
a,nl valued Il equally highly. shc Is good
woman to me-, aild ! an good fnan 10 tler.
sa'1 It was very nice. llc measured the
back hair, aud It measured forty inches. Yu,l
MAY not believe 1t, but It iB a netual fart, Iurty
Inches !nl1, and plenty Of IT, rllc stranger said
much lairr., and that sonrv day II would nuke
my wIto sick. 1le then made us oil olEer ior tic
ha!r. He actually offered my wife 5000 tas! for
1t. That was teInptinE otIer. l worked near
" whole year fur lint. Ihe stranger SAID he
bud gonu we talked nbout II. BIZ wife sat3 she
was willing To TO 1t, because nc wctr pGur, AMI
s2ao would pay every cent Of debt We hud on
our house. said mo at first, hut mr. wt.c
!oaxcd nc, aM said that in few ycnrs' time her
l,ar would grow out nenin untl wou1tl BE- Just
rs pretty rs ever. 1t took great t!cal Of cUIl-
sidcrine, but anal!y safd, 'AIl right; II you
think you will never regret It and never bu
sorry, WY. ro a!cai.' Well; tc agent ra'led
money. lie ttcn showed ala tho cash. al! III
tIew notes, III then showed us gutd, antt
told us W. could have our ctoicc. 1 didn't
know much about gold. SO | told hin wulll
he snttstled with the grccnbQcks. hi said tAil
right lie pulled out pair Of scissors anil
tllcn counted down thu money. Ny wife nut IT.
tn licr s,oelsct uni then let dowu' lcr hair. /
coulI not stay In tic house TO ace It cut. Tile
children did, though. In les. than l,alf un hour
is,c iair WIS OIL TIC stranRer then roicd It up
nicely III silk ol.elutI una sat down awhile.
When came III my vile wns crying. She has1
locked IN tile 1ooklng-glass. saw her unl l
felt pretty bat!. Tie stranger tntd wo SHOULDN'T
shat tlle stranger piaing tu1d us not to sell 1he
haIr II wc thought we'd b. sorry for It after
wards. llo reminded lis Of this afterwards.
After talkIng willie hv left, mud that is tc Int
ever heard Of him. | lo0ked at tho money
afterwards learned that the money wns col,ll-
tcrfctt; actua!Iy, cvcry s. bill was bad. was
IN Coutcsyil[c ail in Philadelphia, md the men
illcre told mo tho notes wGru bad. You ca,l
Q, i:s a"lui, uud my vile cries about It every
dny."