The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-13

thousands of people have heard the report hat SIX
teen seventeen years ago went SAILING on the
Schuylki River with my wife ana her sister VIM
was my sister-in-law: that the boat capsized. ana
that having the opportunity to save either NY viz
or her sister. l let my wife drown anu s s
her sister. l marrying her III sixty uayss
propose to nail that infamous lie on the forehead Oh
every villain man woman, who shali utter IL again,
and to invoke the law to help Great appiauseJ
One beautiful morning my sister by blood relation,
Sarah Talmage Whtenack. and her daughter mary:
being on visit to in Philadelphia. proposed thar
we go to Paramount Park and make it pleasant 1oi
them. With my wife and my only daughter
she being, a, little child. and my sister
Saran and her daughter. l started roi
Paramount. Having just moved to Philadelphia
was ignorant OF the topography of the suburbs Pass
ing along by the river saw boat and proposed
row. hired the boat and We got in, and not know
ing anything of the dam across the river and un-
warned by the keeper of the boat of any danger.
pulled straight for the brink. suspecting nothing
until we some one wildly waving shoro
though there were danger. looked back, and 10 |!
we were already in the current OF the dam. With
a terror that you cannot imagine l tried to
back the boat but III vain. We went over; ;
the boat capszed my wife instantly Disappeared and
was drawn under the dam, from which her body was
not brought out until days after l. not able swim
"a stroke. hanging to the bottom of the boat my
niece hanging on to me; my sister Sarah
clinging to the other side of the boat boat from
shore rescued After an hour OF effort to resusci
tate my child. who was hihe tehtns aeaaLahd can
is used for restoring the drowned--she breathed
again. A carriage came up. and. leaving my wife
in the bottom of the Schuylkil River ana with my
little girl in a semi-unconscious condition. the blood
issuing from nostril and lip, wrapped in shawl on
my lap. and with my sister Sarah ana her c'iia III
the carriage we rode to our desoate home.
SPORT CALAMITY.
"Since the world created more CHASTITY and
agonizing calamity happened. And that Is the
scene of which some ministers of the Gospel and
and pretending to be decent
have made sport My present wife was not
within hundred miles of the place. So far from
being sisters the two entire strangers. They
never heard Of each other and not until nine months
after that tragedy the Schuylki did ever know OF
the existence of my present wife. Nine months aftel
that calamity the Schuylki she was introduced to
me by my brother. her pastor. the Rev. Goyn Tai
mage. now of Paramus N. j. My first wife's name
Mary X. Avery u member of the Reformed Church
on Harrison street, South Brooklyn. My present
wife s name Susie Whittemore and she was .
member of the church in Greenpoint Brooklyn. and
multtudes there could tell the story. With multi
ness my landing on that awful day OF calamity, and
hundreds of people within half hours walk of
this place who knew Mary Avery. and hundreds
of people in Greenpoint Brooklyn, who
knew my present wife. Susie Whittenlore.
what do you think, husbands and wives.
fathers and mothers. editors and reporters.
of lie like that manufactured out of whole clothi
never have spoken OF this subject before and never
shall again, but give fair notice that II two respon-
sible witnesses will give me the name OF any RESPONSE
BILE person after this affirming this Islander VIII pay
the informant 500 reward, and Will put upon the
criminal vagabond, the loathso1ne and acclrsed
wretch who utters it, the full force Of the law
Immense applause) Mr. Talmage closed his sermon
nv speaking of the future work he would Try 10 40 In
the wav of bringing souls to Christ