New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13

od .ho mother of the girl declared thst
" ,,, rrobablv soliciting subscriptions
for some charitable institution - MI ~ -.
known 70 take deep interest Ill chari'y' Inc
ere that the girl had been on deo"u0n WV" In
for several days and this with the powerful oi"E
,arried her of Cook is a wealthy mah-aoouO ,o"i,'
arc his rooms on Montgomery ST., where tne ue"'u
occurred are decorated and furnished III inc lno'V
costly style.
casa N Los Angeles has excited much attention
,r;s reel because Of the difficulty of drawing the
line betwecn eccentrcity and insanity Frederick
NJ shaw who lives in tine Cabuenga Mountains
nine miles from Los Angeles. was declared insane oy
Tin. Superior Court. but GU a rehearing TINS Juug-
meut was set aside and lie was released Inc
charge WAS brought against him by a neighbor who,
il is shrewdly suspected, cOvets his land shaw
history is so peculiar that it we'll worth recalling
briefly lie is a relative of Chei-Justlce shaw OF
busetts and was first heard of on this coast
about ten years ago when he issued prospectus
nj hypienic colony to be founded IN Southern Cali-
foroia thc mem oors to live like himself Oh strictly
yeecta1i8 diet. lie went TO England 10 h'aI MS
scheme but although lie obtained some encourage
ment tie enterprise was failure lhls mace Nh'"
n,isant lropIc he retired t. the Nichols anon Ill
the mountains made himself house IN Tree TOP
ana every night assembled to his aerial tenement
and pul, 1t up The ladder after him. lie dloSS'u N
peculiar style. wearing only flannel shir' anu
trou oIs and lived upon fruits ana nuts Inc lIutS
nj ,l,s communion with nature series of let
ters on the creation OF the human species ana INC
hast method, CT securing health which were
p,inted in the Los Angeles newspapers and gave
hi, a local reputation as half-philUsopner. half
crank. Hi, fame even spread beyond The coast. and
among those VINO became deeply Interested IN TIE
philosopher was New-Jersey SchoomlstreSs
named Margaret Carey Wright.
A correSp oudenco sprang up between the two.
Shaw proved to be an imprisoned letter-wTter,
and the wooing Which lie carried on at long range
was appropriately ended by marriage by telegraph
On June t. 1879. A dispatch was sent to Shaw by
The Row c. ;. Colt. Of Newark. y. j., saying
GWill you take Margaret Carey Wright OF this CITY,
now present to be your welded wife 10 TINS
Shaw responded: al will aud two witnesses
being at each end of the line. tie marriage was ac-
compshed The bride very slow about Joining
her husband but at last. after he had given up all
bonr of seoing her She appeared one day IN Los
Angeles and was taken out to the refuses mountain
retreat by mutual friend. The latter went on IN
advance TO prepare the bridegroom, whom he
found clothed only in shirt and cap, gathering
honey lie was pTevalle upon to don par OF
trousers 10 meet his bride. The meeting Wa rap
turous and the couple up housekeeping IN a
shantV which Shaw hai quit ulubl the pIdhOHos
of his favorite tree TO the bridegrooms store OF
wannts and honey was added the gift OF box oil
rsisips from the mutual friend. In this primitive
fashion the couple lived for two years, when the
woman yIew weary of fashions in hg-lesf and an
ascetc diet and took up her residence in the town
Shaw grew more eccentric and some of his inter
apces in the preseu c. OF neighbor who had wor-
ried him led TO the charge that be was insane. The
testimony on the rehearing was very conflicting,
bnt it was shown that the philosopher was not dan
eerous; so he has more returned to ENJOY his
communion with nature.
The markets of this city are well worth Visit
now because the first fruits of the season are COM
ing in in great variety. Oranges bananas pineappes
lines and manages line the stalls and give tie
color and aroma OF the tropics. Strawberries Will
be at their best next week; now they are compara
tive cheap. a box containing five pounds selling toI
half dollar OF course, all the vegetables nave
been represented for the past month and Will con
tpue in season until the end OF October. Fer th'
raw materials of good living 10 maraet IN TIE
country can surpass this, while tho cost is not more
than one-half that of New-lork