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A Woman Who Could Swim.

From a young man who came up on
the Jordan from trip to Florida yes
terday, we learned of most miraculous
escape from drowning of nine persons.
A gentleman named DR.. Cushman, of
Brazil, accompanied by his family, had
been on visit to his grandmother, Mrs.
Keyes, of lola, Fla, and were on their
return home. It was necessary that
they should cross the Dead Lakes In
small boat in order to reach the steam
ar, and when near the center the boat
struck a stump and sunk. The entire
party, consisting of the Doctor, his wife,
his wife's sister, five children and Q
nurse, were all thrown out in the water.
Upon rising to the top, the Doctor took
two of the children on his back, and his
wife, who was good swimmer, did tho
same. They carried them to the near
est stump and left them, and returning
for the others took them in the same nian-
ner, thereby placing the entire party ip
places of safety. There they remained
until they could secure assistance from
the shore, which soon came, and they
were all safely landed. This may APP
pear like an exaggerated story to some,
but the young gentleman who informed
us is perfectly reliable, and says he saw
the party with his own eyes. The Doc
tors wife is certainly woman of rare
nerve and forethought, and her Behavior
on this occasion was most couraGeo1A
-Colas'sbtss (Ga.) Times.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28
The Texan War-Massaere Of Colonel
Fannin's Command.

The Louisville Courier Journals corre-
spondent has interviewed Colonel James
Wood, now residing in Nelson County,
Ky., who was volunteer in the Texan
War for independence, member of
Captain William P. MiIler's company
from Alabama, which was captured i'm
mediateiy after landing at Capano,
Texas, and taken as prisoners to Fort
Goliad, where the tragic events de-
scribed took place in March, 1886. Col
onel Woods narrative is as follows:
Saturday afternoon a courier arrived
from General Santa Anna with instruc-
tions to shoot the prisoners at sunrise on
the following morning. That night a
council was held by the Mexican officers
as to whether Santa Anna meant to in
clude our command in his order or not.
Upon vote being taken bare majority
of one was in favor of awaiting further
orders. We told some of Fannin's men
what we had heard, but they did not be-
lieve us, and felt secure in the promise
that they were to be exchanged. Sum
day morning the sun arose in splendor
of glory and looked smilingly down upon
the doomed victims of Mexican treachery
and gave no token of the terrible butch
cry about to take place. At an early
hour we were removed from our quar-
ters TO a peach orchard, just outside the
fort, which overlooked the surrounding
country. White handkerchiefs were
tied around our arms to distinguish us
from Fannin's men, we were told. AT
nine o'clock Fannin's men were ordered
to fall into line, and were drawn up
in double files, extending across
the yard of the fort from
the cannon at the gate to the opposite
wall. They were then divided into three
divisions, and being told that they were
required to drive large herd of cattle
into town, the cowardiy Mexicans fear
ing them even in their weakness and
without arms, were ordered to march.
The first division, as 1t filed out of the gate
Of the fort, was marched straight for.
ward, and the second division was
made to wheel to the right, and the
third division to the left, on lines al
right angles with the line of the first
division. The Mexican infantry, with
loaded muskets, as each division came
out, fell in on different sides of it in sin
| gle file, and at the same time cav
alrymen, with drawn swords, fell IN
parallel with each line of infantry. The
prisoners by this time began to fee
| greatly alarmed. The Mexicans sud
denly halted and began fixing bayonets
and just as some one shouted, "Boys
we are about to be shotin a peal of fire
arms, followed by dismayed and terrific
shrieks from the prisoners in the mid
die division, announced that the bloody
butchery had begun, and the most per
] tdious act in the annals of warfare wa!
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28
Genius and Laziness.

About as foolish a notion as can lodge
itself in the head of a young man is the
idea that he is genius, and, therefore
industry is not necessary to his success.
The example of Sheridan, who united
in himself the endowments of three ex-
traordinary men, being wit, a dramat-
ist and an orator, is not unfrequently
mentioned as supporting this notion.
Sheridan was genius, and he was lazy.
His Incidence, however, together with
his dissipated and prodigal habits-the
three are natural associates
him so heavily in LIES race that it was
only now and then he appeared among
the foremost. He never reached the
goal. Even these appearances were due
to spurts of hard work, to which he was
spurred by the necessities of the occa-
sion or the protests of friends.
You know 1 am an ignoramus," he
would say to political associates, when
they urged him to make speech on
some important measure before the
House of Commons, "but instruct me,
and I'll do my best"
They would cram him with informa-
ton, which his quick intellect mastered
and arranged. Then he would prepare
a speech, writing the more brilliant parts
two or three times over. The greatest
speech of his life was that which he de-
livered in the House of Commons,
against Warren Hastings, on the ques-
ton whether he should be impeached
for his conduct while Governor-General
of India. THE best orators and critics
placed it above all ancient and
modern speeches. Logan, one
of Hastings defenders, said to q
friend, after Sheridan had spoken fol
an hour. ssAll this is declamatory as.
sertion without proof"
ga wonderful oration!" he muttered,
when the orator had consumed another
hour. "Mr. Hastings has acted very
unjustifably," was his confession at the
end of the third hour. The fourth hour
drew from him the indignant assertion,
"Mr. Hastings is a most atrocious Grim.
inali" The orator went on, and Just a
he was concluding-he spoke five and 9
half hours-Logan exclaimed, "Of al
monsters, the most enormous is Warner
Hastingsi"
1t is not strange that Pitt, at the CON
clusion of his speech, moved an adjourn
ment to give the House time ' to collec
its reason" OF course, it was the
| product of genius who was a natura
orator. But genius had been hard a;
work for days, preparing with elaborate
care even the pettiest details of the won
derful oration.
Sheridan, though habitually lazy
could, in special emergencies, toll like
cart-horse drawing load uphill. Ht
had, at times, {" the capacity for infinite
pains-taking, which is Carlyle's defini
ton of genius. If young men will add
this idea to their notion of genius it vii
do them no harm to think themselve
membersof that endowed class. - Youth'
| Companion.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28
PITH AND POINT.

-McStiven says the crowned heads of
Europe are all trembling in their boots.
IN. Q. Picayaae. -, ,..-,.-.-....
Why continually speak of the prin-
ter's craftp AS rule typos are as hon.
est as any tradesmen in the WORLDLY
Y. NetcS. @
Even the broker will get broke
Yo1kers Gazette. But the plumber l.
always plumb. Cambridge Tribune.
"A man should always be polite to
the minister who married him. Any
other treatment might be miseonstrued.
Philadelphia Nesos.
There are 100, 900 commercial tray.
elers in this country. Among such an
array of drummers there must needs be
many sticks.-Boston Transcript
If we ever start newspaper we
shall call it s'The Blood" 1t would
have a circulation all over the world
Whitehall Times. Yes, and be uniYer~
sally red.-Ya,oco6 Strauss.
-ss Acquires the confection, - Is the
Boston girls translation of "Takes the
cake" +" Similarly, .' The proper caper"
becomes "The correct contortion. ~
Boston Times. e
-" Yes, SIR" said Mr.. Gallagher, .it
was funny enough to make donkey
laugh laughed till cried, "and then
as he saw smile go round the room, he
grew red in the face, and went away,
mad.-BoSton Post.
An ethereal maiden called Maud
Was suspected of being a fraud;
Scarce q crumb was she able 2
To eat at the table.
But out in the pantry-oh, Lawdf
-Au0asta Czroafele- r
There has been great deal Of bad
feeling between two Galveston families,
hence there was much surprise when
they intermarried.' A friend, In speak
ing to the father of the bride, asked If
the families had made friends. " Not q
bit of it. hate every bone in my son.
marry your daughter, thenPs "To get
even with him. I guess you don't know
that girls mother as well as I do.'-
Galveston Neacs.
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WELLINGTON, LoRAIN COUNTY, OHIO a

about to be consummated. This open
ing fire was a preconcerted signal of the
cowardly executioners, who, advancing
within few feet of the prisoners, fired
directly into their faces. To describe
the terrible scene would be impossible.
The agonizing shrieks of the wounded
as the bloody bayonet met them at every
turn, the dead and the dying, and the
demoniac yells of the inhuman butchers,
are beyond the power of mortal tongue
to depict. With that hope born of des-
peration and agonizing fear, about fifty
men made a break and rushed instinct
lively toward the bank of the San Anto.
MO, pursued by the infuriated soldiery,
by whom many were overtaken and
killed. About twenty-five men, who
had divested themselves of their KNAPP
sacks and such articles of clothing as
they could as they ran, succeeded
in reaching the river, and plung-
ed in. But few lived to reach
the opposite shore, most Of
them being picked off in the water by
musket shots. Some of them gained the
opposite bank and concealed themselves
in the bushes and timber skirting the
river bank, only to be hunted down and
murdered by company of Mexican
cavalry, which had been posted across
the river to intercept any one who
might escape the slaughter at the fort.
A few succeeded in concealing them
selves in such manner as to evade de-
lection by crawling into the high grass
on the prairie away from the river. The
Mexicans, thinking they had extermi-
mated the entire band, passed on, and
the survivors, without hats, shoes, and
no clothing except pants and shirts, ran
for miles into the prairie until they sank
from utter exhaustion. They remained
in this position the entire day. not dar-
ing to move or speak, and at night
started on their uncertain journey, be-
wildered, half-starved, and nearly fam.
ished. The hardships of these men, and
their many hairbreadth escapes, as
told me afterward by one of the few that
ever reached home and friends, would
fill book. After the massacre we were
taken back to our quarters, and in go.
ing to the fort saw Colonel Fannin
bound to chair, where he was blind
folded and shot. The bodies of the
murdered soldiers were stripped naked
and piled up in large heap and burned
| by the inhuman monsters. Colone
Fannin's body was also stripped and
burned upon the same pile.
Colonel Wood and ten companions
subsequently effected their escape by
swimming the San Antonio River anG
taking to the woods, finally reaching
Sherman's advance cavalry after si1
days of terrible hardship.
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Our readers will be interested in reading
the following letter just received from Rev.
G. W, Pepper, now making tour of Europe ::

G. W, Pepper, now making a tour of Europe ::
"RoME, ITALY, July 4, 1881.
"MY DEAR DoCToR,-You may be surprised
In receiving letter from me in the Eternal
City. Have been here several days, and have
not begun to, comprehend the magnitude
and glory Of Rome. There are two Romes-
ancient and modern. Have passed over
portions of the former, paused and wondered
as stood on the very spot where Antony
mCurned the death of Caesar, and 1 could
almost hear the eloquence Of Cicero in the
marble halls of the Capitol. Ecclesiastical
Rome is full Of churches-375-dedic to
the Divinity. st. Peters is worth a trip
across the ocean. What extremes meet
Wealth and poverty walk side by side. The
first exclamation you behold all this
bewildering splendor is, Wonderful wonder
full But after all that have seen, give me
our own United States. There is plenty and
enough for all. 1t is true we have no old
relics, except the eternal works of God-but
forty millions of freemen are grander monu-
ments. Garfield's death filed me with sor-
row, and even these Romans weep.
"Yours, CIV. PEPPER"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28

Electricity has been applied to pro-
pei velocipedes. NJ. Trouve recently
drove an English tricycle. through the
streets of Paris by means of electricity
stored in a Plante secondary battery
and pair of Deprez electric motors.
The weight of the apparatus was four
hundred-weight, and the speed was not
great.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28
The following will be read with interest by
a large number of our readers:
MEDINA, ONO, Jul

"MEDIsA, OHIO, July, 1881.
COMRADES: The Annual Reunion of the
10Sd Regiment o. v. 1. will be held at Ohm
stead Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on the
L. 8. & NJ. 8. r. R., on Wednesday and
Thursday, August 10th and 11th, 1881. Those
coming on the c. c. c. tS /. R. r. will stop
off at olmstead Station. The 124th Reg't
Reunes will be with us on the last day.
&C. H. KndBALL, Sec'y''
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28

A st. Louis reform club proposes
the enactment of a city ordinance COM
pelling pedestrians to keep to the right
in passing unless signaling otherwise by
raising the left hand.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28

N.Every description of Job Printing
executed neatly and promptly at the
ENTERPRISE Office.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28

One man on the Pacific slope en-
ployed four weeks in writing 6 ,571 words
on a postal card so that they can be read
without the aid of GLASS.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28

DIR. Herr, foreign electrician, has
shown that it is possible to telephone sir
hundred miles
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-28
No Like, No Takee

If you want your Shirts, Collars, and
Cuffs Laundriedin fine style, call on F.
G. Leach, agent for the Knisley Shirt
Co. 33
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r Ut l. D E r.
HIRAM ALLYN,
practical Builder and Jobber.

plans and specifications fer AL kinds of build
- fsurnished TO order and Satisfaction gusIan-
1ne5 None but Compliant help empl9yed. shop.
go sss3 .iSe RAILROAD Street, next 70 i. Doland
0sxria9s Factory
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-26
THE TIME HAD COME.

Thee or four years ago, when
there was a grip in the potato mar
ket, there lived near an interior vii
lage in this State q farmer named
Peters. He raised good crops, paid
his debts, and Was down on rings
of all sort. The price of potatoes
kept going up and up. and the old
farmer grew uneasy. He came into
the village every evening to see how
the market stood, and although he
never said much it was evident that
he would burst his hoops pretty
soon if things continued in that
way. At length the climax came.
One evening the old man and his
son had o warm corner in grocery
when citizen entered with a news.
paper in his hand and said:
s'This New York daily says that
the price of potatoes is certain
to advance again before the week
is out"
"What!" exclaimed Peters, can
other advance Eaters ?"
Eyes. the Loi only knows what
is to become of the poor if this po-
tatoe ring isn't bursted."
The farmer arose, buttoned his
old white overcoat clear to his chin,
brought his fist down hard on the
cheese-box, and sternly said:
"The time his come! I've stood
it as long as I can, and now I'm 60
ing to act! George, we'll 60 home
and get ready to throw fifty-six
bushels of peachblows on the mar
ket tomorrow, and bust that wick
ed ring all to thunderl"
Even though his teachers back
hair may be false as Cresida, the
average boy knows her switch is a
stern reality.
An Ohio man has taken the
smallpox from pet pig. When
once this disease gsts into q family
, it is pretty sure to go through it.
! Galveston Ne'os.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-26
THE NEW BIBLE-QUICK
WORK.

The new version of the New
Testament, which has been so many
years in the course of translation,
and which is unquestionably the
the most important literary enter
prise this century has seen, is being
waited for with curiosity and anxi-
ETY. by hundreds of thousands. 1t is
not generally known that a first
edition of500, 900 copies has already
been manufactured in England, and
100, 900 copies are said to be already
in New York City, not one of them
permitted to be sold. They are
awaiting a telegram from the
authorities in England authorizing
their issue. The first copies can
only be had at the extravagant price
of $40 per copy. The Literary Revo-
luton proposes fully to meet the
demands which its army of friends
are making upon it by doing pro-
badly the quickest work in book
making which has ever been accom-
plished. Arrangements have been
made to put the entire book in type
inside of "a hours from the time a
printed copy of the English edition
can be procured, and within three
days at least 10000 copies will be
bound ready for delivery to waiting
purchasers, and at least 5000 copies
will be manufactured every day
thereafter until the demand is met
1t will be printed in large beautiful
type.rleatly and strongly bound in
cloth in a volume of about five hun
dred pages, and sold at the nominal
price of 80 cents. A fine edition in
half Russia, gilt top, will be sold
for 60 cents, and one in full Turkey
morocco, guilt edges, for 81 %. OF
course, the popular demand will be
enormous. Orders will be filled in
the order in which received, with
remittance. Address American Book
Exchange, New York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-26
CHINESE PUNISHMENT.

Ling Chi, or cutting in ten thou
sand Slices" is the regular Chinese
punishment for murder of hus-
band, wife or parent The criminal
is made to kneel, while a subordinate
officer reads the edict of the vice.
roy At a given signal from the
Judge the two executioners step for
ward and seize the unfortunate
wretch. Divested of every particle
of clothing, he or she is bound hand
and foot to two upright pieces of
wood in the form of st. Andrews
cross. The minions of the law draw
from their belts two short, sharp
knives.
They are now ready for their
bloody work. With a devilish skill
they commence to slit the skin and
flesh at the wrists. Proceeding up
the arm until the neck is reached,
the attention is then directed to the
lower limbs. The ankles upward,
the feshy part of the legs and thighs
right up to the chest. are under
operation. The whole body is now
one quivering mass of strips of skin
and flesh, from which blood is pour
ing in streams, dyeing the ground
and the executioner's clothes with a
vivid red color.
By this time the vast crowd are
on tiptoe of expectation, straining
their bodies to get a glimpse of the
CORY figure and eager to watch the
least sound of sigh or groan. After
the shrek of pain which attends the
first use of the knife, frequently
nothing but low, agoDizing means
escape the lips. While this horri-
BILE scene is enacted the peanut
hawkers. the bean, curd and candy
hucksters ply their trade, oblivious
of the fact that human being is
undergoing torture.
With head dropped on the breast,
closed eyes and the face bearing an
unutterable look of pain and agony,
the victim now stands. The Judge,
seemingly tired at the disgusting
sight, claps his hands. The chief
executioner at the signal plunges
his knife into the breast, and with
one hand tears opens the flesh,
while with the other he pulls the
quivering heart out by the roots.
holds it up to view. and them dashes
it to the ground. Thus justice is
indicated.
The man who goes into bust
ness with the devil soon finds that
his partner is soul proprietor.
An Illinois exchange says:
Peoria distilleries are now feeling
16, $50 head of cattle" And furnish
ing drink to as many more, no
doubt Peck's Sun.
Would You like to look through
the big telescope ?" asked one girl
of another. 70 which to the latter
replied: "No, I'd great deal rather
look through key hole"
Mr.. Ever was married to Miss
Joy. The friends of the victims were
shocked when the press called her
"a thing of beauty" because she
was "a Joy for Ever.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-26
. Gain or Eight Pounds In
FOrty-Five DAYS.

"About forty-fve days age"
writes gentleman from Missis-
sippi, 81 began the Oxygen Treat
ment, and, IS regards the effects Of
it, with grateful heart I can say
that 1t has proved wonderfully efica.
cious, euen surprising my most san
guine expectations. My lungs have
been much developed. breathing ca
pacity increased, and the cough,
which was at times hard and labor
ious, has almost passed away. My
general health has much improved
feel more life-like and energetic,
hauing gained eight pounds in forty
fue days." Our treatise on "Com-
pound Oxygen" which tells all
about this remarkable remedy, is
sent free. Address DIS. STARkEY &
PALEN, 1109 and ILL Girard Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-26
CHAS. C. DAVIS.
Sale Of q. s. Public Land.
UNITED STATEssLAND OFFICE,
New Orleans, La, Feb. s, 1881.

By virtue of authority from the Honor
able Commissioner General Land Office,
and proclamation of the President of the
United States, dated the 9Th of May,
1879, and under act of Congress ap-
proved August 3, 1916, the undersigned
Register and Receiver will offer at public
sale. to the highest bidder, at the United
States Land Office, in New Orleans. La,
on TUESDAY, March Is, 1881, between
the hours of 8 A. NJ. and 8 p. NJ, the fol-
lowing tract of land in the late Green's
burg District, La, to-wit:
The east half of the southwest quarter,
and the west half of the southeast quar-
ter, of section 8, township 8. south.
range Is east, st. Helena meridian.
Terms-Cash.
GEO. BALDEy, Register.
w. NJ. BURwELL, Receiver.
feb12 St
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