Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-24
sad sequeIs of a Joke.


 Who would think of unearthing a thread of romance in scrap-bag? g? And yet few days ago busy housewife, putting together one of | those treasured mosaics yclept quilt over turned shred of silk whereby hung tale of ] no ordinary interest. It was scrap of satin
 of the finest quality, once white, but now vel | low and time stained. Here is it's history: | About twenty years ago St. Paul's church in Louisville rejoiced In the possession of a pastor who was the idol of his congregation.
 During his ministrations he lost his wife,
 and consequently became an interest ing widower. Among his most devoted admirers, though personally unknown to him, was maiden lady of
 uncertain age, many peculiarities and inde- pendent circumstances. The fact of her in tense admiration for man to whom she had
 never spoken became known to many, and party of young people laid plans for what proved to be heartless hoax. letter was addressed to the lady purporting to come from | the reverend gentleman, containing profes- | sions of admiration and esteem, asking for 0 correspondence, and requesting profound se- | crecy. The victim fell into the trap at once, 1 and the correspondence thus begun continued until the pastor accepted a call to church in | Savannah, when 1t culminated in 8 proposal | of marriage. This of course. was readily ac- | cepted, and the final letter, announcing his 1 approaching departure and still enjoiuing se- | crecy, from unavoidable circumstances, also | declared his probable return at any moment l to claim his bride.
 | Never did happy-hearted girl set about the task of preparation with more delight than | this trusting, deceived woman. The greater part of her competency was expended in the l purchase of bridal luxuries, complete and | elaborate outfit, from the heavy satin and costly lace of the wedding garments down l through every item Of the elegant and dainty | apparel In the mean time the minister soon after entering upon his charge in Savan- nah, died in that city of yellow fever, and the authors Of the cruel jest, satisfied with it's l success, dropped the matter. But nothing | could shake the confidence of the expectant | bride; her friends tried to reason her out | of her infatuation; members of the church | visited her and endeavored to prove how inn possible it was her hopes could be fulfilled | She triumphansly showed her letters and re- | fused to credit her loVer's death or anything | other than the belief that he might arrive at any moment to claim her. As time passed she lost her friends, and her property dwindled to mere pittance. She was thrown among | strangers, but wherever she went she carried her trousseau, taking it occasionally from the 1 trunks to air it, and packing it up again with | jealous care.
 At last her mental and physical infrmities l became more pronounced. She kept her room 1 and admitted no one but her landlady. On her death bed she requested this attendant to | inform her lover of her death, and to robe her l for burial in the bridal dress. When it was taken from the trunks it was found that these trapplnSS were LOO SnhsLIy TOT the corpse OI a l white haired woman, and they gradually found their way, piece by piece, into other hands.
 Ice From the AdirOndac<s. About 800, GOO tons of ice have been har- , vested on the lakes in the Adirondack region during the past fortnight. Nearly all will be shipped to New York. The supply will be fully equal to that of ordinary years, but the cost is somewhat greater. The ice ranges | from 15 to 20 inches in thickness. Some of it has been drawn long distance in order to reach the railroad At Scott's Corners several hundred tons are housed daily. The pondis a little over mile from the railroad. At Jese sup's Landing, within one mile of the road, a large quantity has been housed. Several firms are taking ice from Lake Luzerne at Hadley, and it is said that from 30, 900 to 4O,- 900 tons will be gathered thsre. Teams will make 16 trips daily from the lake to the cars. Persons are stocking ice at Big Bonanza Pond, in Stony Creek. At this point the ice can be loaded into cars by slides, without any 1 expense of hauling. In the pond at the Glen, about one mile from the railroad, ice is 20 inches thick. At Riverside large number af men began work yesterday cutting ice which measures over 15 inches in thickness. It is thought that 150 900 tons will be harvested at l the places mentioned.