The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-01-27
A Cause Celebre-


There was n handsome girl In Southern
Illinois. There are several handsome girls
there, bun this particular girl was particularly
handsome. She vas star. She was a gem
,f pitrst ray serene. She was q daisy. Her
fame spf, al throughout all the land and
ma y suii"rs came uu her. Al last size
pr, frtr"d uir above all The rest, aud the I'M
fpItuuaiss went uff into outer darkness aud
got dunk. The in,Ky swain whose name
led all the rest paid to the peri u the ptai-
ries assiduous court for two years, hoping
fondly for the day when, In the language OF
Artemus Ward, "she should be hsn and he
nern." But IL came not, though the small
pox did. IL was the black small pox, the
real old Bohemian article, Of a malignant
character. The peri had hot been vaccinated.
Alas, peris hardly ever are. They think
beauiy always triumphs over the beast. but In
ibis case the beast carried Of the beauty, and
| IL Is now a memory. The peri recovered,
| looking Iik. she had stood out IN n hail
Storm from ca iy youth. She had gone from
| lher.xtreme II peerless beauty I" hightfui
| hi,irniisness In uiu~ days. 1t was yet posi-
nl- 10 br!irvr that heI face had been of ala
hxsier, hut II d the alahaster had not got dry
when the hailstunes struck IL. There we're
| pits on pi,s. II was ptifui. There was IN
room for other pits, for the beast xas pitiless.
| That once lovely face that made the gazrr
doubt the doctrine Of original sin aud de
nounce that of total depraylty-that looked
| like IL had escaped from paradise to win the
| world TO heaven-that threw one man into
deiiii um. another into an ecstacy, smother
into . cat alepsy, aud all into glory-now
| looked like On animated nutmeg CRATER. Ii
might have answered for q picture of that
section of the bad lands where, In prehistoric
times, every square foot Of ground had Its
boiling spring, which has now gone, leaving
The orifce n a memorial and wonder TO af-
ter times. Her lover came on the win of
love and went away OH the wings Of light.
He gazed and went into commissions. IL
| luok four men TO hold him. lie finally Sci
led down into fixed melancholy, swearing
hat his inamora;a had been spirited away
aud gorgon substituted In her place. H.
would have none Of her, not n single pit. He
vowed he would 90 10 the bottomless pit
first. She sued him for breach of promise,
and now these two lovers are pttted against
Zach other. The case is now on trial. The
defendant swears that he would not marry
her If she had diamond in every pit on her
| person, though that would make him the
richest man the world ever knew. Once
she was angelic. Now she Is diabolic. Once
she was beautifui n any dream. Now she
il frlghful A. any nightmare. Once asmile
on that lovely face transported the gazer To
u vale In Cashmere. Now II hurries him to
the Mauvsis Terres. Once she shone like
Helen. Now she looks like H-Ades.
How this suit will terminate is a matter
e great interest to the unmarried. The lady
AYERS that she Is the sam. woman 10 whom
The defendant plighted his troth, or words to
rlai effect. Experts are rrsdy TO swear that
this may possibly be true, though there Is
contr sdictory evidence. The defendant al
leges that he contracted Ia marry beautiful
woman; that by her own laches. which
means negligence, she has become horribly
ugly; that for one dollar she could have
prevented all the ruin small pox has wrought;
that she can not In law take advantage Of her
own wrong; that she can not deliver the
goods according To contract; that she Is not
the same woman. by bla sight, as any
body can see who can bear to look her
suuarely in the face that he would re- her
have the bls small psx as n chronic dis.
ease than marry her; that he would rather
marry old Small p"x himself, and 60 into
the business J. tia the old story that pity
Ia akin to love Is not true In hi,
case; that he ought to have damages bIm
self, hecaus" fer every pit In the plaintiff 4
, face the defendant has = hole In bis heat
and he makes affidavit TO his plea" iii
true, Ills pity. and pity lis It's true" FL
naily. lie throws himself upon his country
The .tice If mankind, the goodness +"
Providence. and asks that the jury be com
/, PEELED 10 look that woman In the face. IL Il
to be hoped the defendant will get exem
4 plary damage "a the plaintiff put In charge
Of . ward IN some blind asylum. AM
woman who las about her face any linger
n ing Renaissance, trace, or vestige Of beauty
n who In this day Of light aud knowledge aud
bovine vaccine does not get vaccinated, de
. serves 40 pity If she is pi.ted. Beauty II
q only skin deep, but that does not prove tina
a the cuticle is useless, nor that the skin OF
!, toad or the dress Of sn armslillo would b.
= preferable. The n"st frighiful punishment
> the Chinese can inlict on q criminal Is Il
n skin him. This was, no doubt, suggested b,
I. the smallpox, which is indigenous there
: This Illinois case comes timely. As the oil
song says: "Now all We far maidens, TAX
y warning In time"