Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-08-16
FRED D0UGLAss, sAr1oR.


Harper's Ferry. / suppressed a dis
patch addressed to the Sheriff of Phila-
delphia instructine him to arrest Doug
lass, who was then in that city,
as proofs Of. b ccmpicity in the nem-
orable raid wee discovered when John
Brown was taken into custody"
Seated on the doorstep of his cozy
cottage, few miles out of Vineland, N.
j., was John W. Hnrn, a pleasant, gray
bearded man of 60, who, when ques-
toned, answered as above respecting
the aid rendered by him to the noted
aboiitionist.
"At that time was telegraph oper-
ator located in Philadelphia, continued
Mr.. Hurn, "and when / received the
dispatch l was frightened nearly ont of
my wits. As I was an ardent admirer Of
the great ex.slave, who was doing ell
that mortal could do to agitate the anti
slavery question, I resolved to warn
Douglass of his impending fate, no mat
ter what the result might be to me.
The news had just been spread through
out the country of the bold action Of
John Brown and his intrepid followers
IN taking the little town OF Harper's
Ferry. Everybody was excited, and
public feeling ran high. Before the in
teillgence came that Brown had been
captured, the dispatch which l have
mentioned was sent by the Sheriff of
Franklin county, Pa, to The Sheriff OF
Philadelphia, informing him that Doug
lass had been one of the Il ding con-
spirators, and requesting that he should
be Immediately apprehended. Though
i knew IL was Illegal to do SO, Iqnietly
put the dispatch In my pocket, and,
asking another operator to take my
place, started on my search for Fred
Douglass. 1 went directly to Miller
Mckim, the secretary of the contra
band, underground, fugitive railway
Office in Philadelphia, and inquired for
my man. Mr.. Mckim hesitated to tell
me, whereupon l showed him the dis
patch, and promisAd him not e allow il
to be deliverei WITHIN three hours. l
told hlm l would not do this unless he
agreed to get Mr.. douglass out OF the
Stale. Ihls ne readily assented to, Tor
1t was his business 70 spirlt escaped
slaves beyond the reach OF the author
lties.r returned 70 the telegraph Office.
and kept q sharp LOOKOUT Tor similar dis
patches. None arrived, however, and
when the allotted time expired sent the
belated message TO Its destination.
In the meantime those intrusted
with my secret saw MIR. Douglass and
urged HIM to leave the town as quickly
as possible. he was loath to do so at
first, but the expostulations OF his
fnends overcame ms oolections, and In
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ne "ouio unoooo'oo's na'o sohe uieie
had ne peen arfes'ea-, ieei Una, am
re"afueo o9 oon'epia'1s 'n"' 'Ne 'no
was wen worm saving.
WHEhE THE Hoosh-fLf bhEhDs
As "hy time" approaches every
housekeeper wonders where and how
the increasing swarms OF pests multiply
so rapidly The eggs, mere whitish
specks to the unaided eye, are laid in
little agglutinated piles in warm manure
or IN decomposing vegetation, especially
that about our stables and barn.yards.
From eighty to 100 are laid at a time,
and probably at three or four different
intervals by the same fly, though on
this point we have no exact data. With