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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
LIVING AMONG INDIANS.
The Strange Story of White Woman,s
Romantic Life.


A white woman Inns been among the In
dams of this State for four yearsnow. From
person who knows of the causes which led
to this arrange freak we give what follows:
Tho woman is apparently thirty-threo
years of age, has very pleasing but dis
sipnted face. She wears tight fitting faded
morning wrapper, through which the out
lines of perfectly model figure arc dis
cernible. She acts in n strange, silly nnn-
ner, but this may BIO ascribed to embnrrnss-
ment resulting from her singular choice of
position. Upon being asked MS to what
motive induced her to abandon the society
md customs of her own kind, she replied
hat the unlsindness and deceit which she
encountered among the white people prompt
ed her to mingle with q race which, if they
did not possess the civilization and refine
ment of her own, ut least were more sincere
aud nlfectionnte in their nature. She is very
Shy about relating anything respecting her
former course of life and relatives, but this
much was Mt length wormed out OF her by
considerable diplomatic manmuvring.
Her home il in San Francisco. When she
was twenty-five years Of age she fell in love
but was deceived, as the promise of mar
ringc was never fulfilled. She went down
hill from bad to worse, until one day she
met man who in spite Of her fallen condi-
ton, proposed marriage to her. A wedding
succeeded the proposal. Tho honeymoon,
however, was very brief indeed.
She Ind been welded but month when
her husband began system of the most
inhumnn abuses m cruolties toward her.
For two years she stood this, but at length,
when she, poor wretch, could stand 1t no
longer, she sued for q divorce, which was
granted. After this she began greater
career of abandon than ever. Wherever she
went she met with nothing but unkindness,
rebuffs and kicks. She driftod to Prescott.
A. r., in company with low and vulgar
crowd, and there entered danco-house ms
the star attraction. About Ave years ago
she came TO Nevada, oscillating between
Eureka, Austin and Carson. After having
hnd some serious difficulty with her lover"
she decided upon taking the step she has.
M Hibt 'lio iHulithb i''Siuttou Nv uihiuB uoi
into their fold, but her persistence in the
matter was productive of success. She con.
cluded by saying that nothing in the world
would now induce her to resume her former
life, however bright the prospects might be
painted to her. Her name could not be
learned. She has avoided white men and
women since she adopted her new mode Of
life, fearing arrest and compulsion to for.
sake her present companions, who, she
said, were entirely suited to her taste.-
Reese Ricer ReUeiiie, AuStin, Nep.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
GOT ENOUGH OF MoRMoNlsM.

Israel Pinkham and wife moved from
Maine many years ago to Utah Territory.
They passed through Salt Lake tho other
day ON their way to their old home, and the
old lady made no secret of the cause of their
return. To the reporter for Gentle news
paper she said: my husband and have
lived together these forty-three years and
though we joined tho Mormons twenty years
ago nothing was ever said about polygamy
until this spring. Then some sneaking
priests came round and got the old man
worked up with the idea that he must have
ore or two moro wives. Not much, Israel
Pinkham,' says / we've travelled together
this fur and no Mormon will separate us
now. We've got two sons and a darter
back East who sh.n't have anybody poking
fun at them aud there's the two little boys
that we buried back in Maine, who won't
have no occasion to pint their fingers at us
when we cross over to the other shore. This
thing has gone just rs fur rs it's going to-
Israel Pinkham, we're going back TO Maine,
says T. and whether we've got one year or
ton years to live, we'll end this here pigri-
mage decent, as we begun it. Amt that
what told you ?" said she addressing the
old man, who had been silent listener.
He smiled in faint way, and nodded as
sent. "we're going back to Maine," con,
tinued the old lady, "poorer than when we
came out here, but wiser and no wuss, so
far as know. Therell be no more Mormon
in this family. "-Portland Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
WHERE THE LINE IS DRAWN.

:" HI " I. IT,
Newspaper men are sensitive. Not con-
corning their dress, their piety, or thor
ability to pay debt, but Of their circula-
ton. You may shy that an editor, in woe
full frailty, leans in fondness on things that
are ungodly. You may say that he dresses
like u tramp, and may cast insihuations at
that sensitive organ, the nose, and, smiling
benignly, he will forgive you, but let fall
an innuendo besmirching the circulation Of
his journal and all ties Of friendship which
nay have hitherto existed between you are
severed with one passionate swoop Of the
knife which so well knows war in the OK.
treme. There is Colonel Harquies, for in
stance. He rather likes personal abuse, and
upon his private life severe criticism has no
more effect than an autumn drizzle, falling
on the back Of a hard-shell turtle !. but you
must not hint that his paper does not carry
in its hip-pocl1et wad Of great influence.
Several days ago the colonial was taken vio-
lently i'll. He ragged in the delirium OF high
fever, and his wife, becoming alarmed, sent
for two prominent physicians. When the
medical gentlemen arrived, the editor was
almost wild, wallowing in q tragic doze.
One Of the physicians approaching, took
hold of the coloners arm, and turning to
his companion, said 5g 2!.a@l
Circulation very poor"
What |" exclaimed the editor, springine
up, poor circulation Why, confound
you, work sixty quires. Get away from
here, you seoundrels,p and with loud i'm
precautions and demonstrations of violence,
be drove the medical men from the ROOM
drkansap Traoelker
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
BEER-DRINKING BABIES.

plump, pink-faced cherub, with laugh.
ing blue eyes and fingers that were busy
elutching hardfuls of its mothers lawn
dress, was finging furtive chances in the
direction of n mug of beer ON the edge of a
table in the Atlantic Garden last evening,
when well-known sport observed
" You have no idea of the number OF
babies that are brought into the garden
every evening. II would be no exaggera-
ton to state that at least from thirty to fifty
of them are brought in every night. Some
times the child is accompanied by its father,
who seems to take as much pride in the
amount OF beer it drinks as in the line Of
the music on the stand"
DO tho babies drink much beerp"
queried the Sunspot of beerslinger who
was standing near.
depends altogether on the bringin up
of the kid" answered the singer. :" A Ger.
man baby will drink from half glass to a
glassful. Native babies don't take to it so
kindly. We have french baby who Is
brought here every evening, who can take
in glass at two swallows. The child is
only eight months old, too"
Strange"
"Well, they get used to it. It's funny to
notice how soon their little dimpled fingers
learn to play around the handles OF the
glasses.
You have largo percentage of baby
customers ?" was next asked OF a beer
jerked at Schumann's later in the evening.
"From fifty to a hundred day sup
pose. Quite large number nre from fami-
lies elong the street here. The nurse of q
minister ola German church back here brings
baby in here promptly every afternoon at
o'clock for its lager. "-CacinaaG Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
CONSIDER THESE THINGS.

I
My son, there are some things boys ought
TO know. At your age young man should
be inquiring into things. An apple fell at
the feet of Newton, and while he was won
dering how it was that as apples came down
cider always went up, he discovered the law
of grayitation whereby farmers are enabled
to put peck of apples in seven quart
basket. Now, every young man should be
observant and thoughtful, and study
great deal from the book of human nature
How does it come that your party frequent
~ selects q ninety pound man for two
ton Congressman Why and how does the
clerk with the smallest salary wear the best
clothes2 Why does the smallest town have
the biggest mayorp Why is the oath of an
amateur fisherman considered void and of
no force in court2 Why does an alarm
clock always make the loudest noise when
you want to sleep2 Why does a mans own
dog always get licked in a fight ? Why is it
that your 2:30 horse can never trot inside
of 3;75 when anybody else is along2 Can
you rely upon the parsons word in horse
trade And il so, why nota Why is it
that Che man who snores always get to sleep
first Why Is II right to steal from the
governmental Why Is the farmer more
honest than the city man2 And if SO, how
manya Why does the spring chicken live
longer than the ostrich Why does the
man with the fewest troubles make the
most fuss about them9 Why Is man SO
much better than his ncighbors2 How is
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
VICTIMS OF cHLoRAL.
n Drug Clerks Startling Account of ihe
Popularity of n Dangerous Drug.

Ten grains in mine, please =, The
speaker was lady well dressed and attrac-
tive, who had just ordered glass of soda
water in Broadway drug store The clerk
took a tablespoonful of white crystals from a
wide-mouthed bottle and placed ii in the
glass. 1t dissolved Immediately. The Gus
toner drank the solution, paid fifteen cents,
and departed. So
That's chloral fend," said the clerk
and one of our regulars She takes that
dose three times day, and has been doing
1t for three or four years. She has the habit
30 bad That don't believe she can ever
break it.n
" Are there many like her?"
There must be a large number in the
great cities. We have ten choral fends
who openly acknowledge the habit and
about twenty more who claim they take it
incidentally, and not for the pleasure it
gives. Multiply this by the number of drug
stores, and allowing for the difference in
business done, and you can't have less than
$500 in this city. When choral was first
introduced, think it was about 1863, it be-
came quite popular. 1t was put up in
patent medicine shape favored and sweet
ened, and sold very well. There was chloral
nepenthe, and chloral soother, and a dozen
other nostrums. But they have all been
driven out of the market"
What was the reason of it?"
: Well, first, it was too expensive, and,
second and chiefly, ehloral in solution is
rapidly affected by light, and tiecomposes
into ehloro-form and other compounds. III
several instances this decomposed chloral
acted rs poison. Now it is used only in
its plain form. Some take it in soda others
by the dose, and others again buy ii by the
ounce and measure out their own quantities.
II must be very largely used, ms it is now
imported and manufactured, not by the
| pound, but by the hundred weight, and
even by the ton. Tho hnbit is very bad.
The doctors have begun to recognize it, and
call it ehloralsm.' A person takes a small
dose, and feels pleasant sensation of ease
and quiet, something like the effect OF opium
and h,sheesh. AT night il induces deep and
heavy sleep. After a time the dose fails tc
produce tn desired effect, and has to be in
creased. Finally limit is reached. The
consumer gets the relief wanted, but at a
terrible pen.lty. IN the morning the tongue
and mouth are coated, the pupils of the eye
are dilnted aud painfully senitive to light,
and MI the nerves shattered like those of nm
absinthe drinher. The appetite is impaired,
AMI all the secretions of the body greatly
Infected. IN the night he has horrible
dteams. AMI l believe, sometimes pains
thraush the whole body. When choral
user !r'ones what We call 'fiend his ex-
is,ence altermtes between a half-pleasant
lethar!y and intense misery. The oldest
thing about it is that large majority of the
.henls me women.
WHAT'S the dose2 They start at i've
gr,ins ana run up. The highest ever
knsw was hundred gains day."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
nitnalinx with Reporters.

Hawkeye !" Burdette relates that the
first time he ever saw the late Bishop Simp-
son was years ago when he (Burdette) was
,massing large but not unwieldly fortune
as ubiquitous reporter for the Peoria Re-
piew, and was assigned to chronicle the
doings of the Central Illinois Conference,
over which Bishop Simpson presided. He
and the other reporters went early, seized q
big table belonging to the conference secre-
taries, took possession Of their stationery,
etc., and waited for the services to begin
:. First thing, after the opening exercises, F"
says Mr.. Burdette, I. . good brother arose
and called attention to the presence of the
reporters, within the bar, and suggested
that they be assigned place without the
sacred precincts. Welfslt very badly about
it, as the suggestion was warmly seconded,
but while wa were Wondering il we could
carry the big, table with us, the bishop
looked down upon us kindly and said, in a
soothing way Oh WE'LL brethren. never
mind. If tho reporters can stand y, II guess
the brethren cam"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
MlLKMalp IN rop-Boors.
Something Concerning n Young Woman
Who, in Brascnline Attire, Turned
Farmer.

A wealthy farmer in Rutherford county
not long since was applied to by good
looking lad for work, the boy saying that
he preferred TO drive harvester or wagon
Or do other light work about the farm. The
applicant looked SO delicate that the farmer
refused the request but gave the lad the
name of q farmer in an adjoining county,
who wanted boy to milk COWS. The aitua-
ton was sought and the lad taken on trial
The two farmers met few days since, in
Nashville, and got to talking about the lad
Said the employer of the boy " He is the
best mixer ever saw, aud can get more
milk from the cows than any one 1 ever had
before him, lie attends strictly to business
and suits me first-rate, but I'm afraid he is
going to create sensation yet" fe
Being pressed by his friend, the farmer
was compelled to admit TINT his wife had
discovered, through the merest accident,
that the supposed boy he had employed to
milk the COWS was o woman. When l
found it out told my wife the girl would
have to go, as it would never do to have
our neighbors know we had q woman parad-
ing around the farm in top-boots. My wife
told me she didn't think anybody else would
ever find it out, and II was worth while taxi
ing the chances on it, as the lad suited us
SO well. liked George and took my wife's
advice, and think she will be able to stay
with us and wear mems clothes as long as
she wants TO.
She lived up in Indiana and had heard
about Middle Tennessee, where you could
throw your hat on the ripening wheat and
it would bear it up, it was so thick and
strong 80 she determined to come down
hero and get work OF n farm, where she
could work in the open air nearly oil the
year round. II was then that she deter
mined to carry out a long-cherished plan,
that of assuming the gArb of a man, which
added so much to her independence in seek
ing situation. And you ought TO soc her
my mixer. She's a dandy, can tell you.
She weighs about 140 pounds, is large for a
woman being about five feet eight. HeI
hair is black, and she parts it ON the side
and wears it very short. She has large feet
aud hands and wears kip boots two sizes
too long for her. She has a round face and
n roguish twinkle in her large black eyes,
and her coarse shirt is always kept buttoned
close around her well-shaped neck.
+" When tell you she wears wide-brim-
med, coarse straw hat on the back of her
head, and tisht-ftting green jean pants
thrust loosely in the top of her coarse boots
always has q kind word and n Joke for eyery
body and is very much liked by my wife,
leave you nothing to add to the picture ~
Ndshciis american
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
SECTIONAL MANNERS.
Ways and Appearances OF Men From ths
South, West aud Enst.

There is wonderfully taking manner
about the Southern man. He gives more
time to human Intercourse than the more
intellectual or rather moro thoughtful
Northerner. Notwithstanding his courage
in the war he is not much of vindictive
man and is quick TO make allowances for
your temperament or situation or anything
else. When he comes up after an absence
and takes your hand and looks into your
face you only wish you had the civilization
to be as fraternal to your own flesh and
blood. Therefore argue that we are ulti-
mately to become much better nation OF
men, learning from each other. The South.
ern people are learning method and the
value of thrift the Northern people want
to learn TO become more heartfelt
In some of the Southern communities
there is too much style. have an idea
hat you get as good manners in South Caro-
lima as anywhere in the Southern states, and
think you get the most manners in Ken,
lucky, though there are excellent traits OF
character in the Kentuckians. The widest
looking people in the world, or, at least, on
this continent, are the extreme Eastern men
who have settled in States like Kansas.
l saw the Kansas Club come into Chicago,
escorted by the New York County Democ-
racy, and il seemed to me that every man
there looked like old John Brown or his
sons. They had those queer long red boards,
and saw one fellow whose beard was pass
cd inside his vest, and It came out below
his vest, and il seemed to me to fall to his
knees. Now, can you imagine more ridi-
culous thing than these wild, tall, lank men,
each of whom would have made q human
telegraph pole, carrying banner on which
said something about; ave hope to the
stars for hope and ourselves are rs tall MS
the stars Yet, when man goes West and
sees the splendid encounter everybody is
making with human nature the land,
miasma, etc.-what is called the culture of
the East looks little absurd.
notice eyeglasses seem indispensable to
every young person in the Eastern towns,
while / have never seen an eye-glass, I think,
in the West on any young person. How is
It to be accounted forp 1t cannot be great
study, because the Western men read theii
newspapers all through in little typo md
ought to have no eyes at all. 1t cannot be
the mutations of the weather, for the average
Western man is always full of either chills
or quinine, and he is up in the morning
trying to find his cattle in the fog and fire.
quently is drunk at night trying TO find his
way home. Others drink SO much cold
water in order to establish their stability
on the temperance question that their eyer
have an aqueous and flmy nature. have
about come to the conclusion that the young
man from the East wears an eye-gass be-
cause he IL fool. 1t seems that the latest
agony Is TO wear only one eye-glass and
look through it with both eyes; this is
supposed to give precision to the mind by
the time the West gets properly cisilizad a
large part of the East will have become bar
barous through its Alterations. = Gath IN
Philadelphia Times
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
FRESCoING THE ROTUNDA.
The Artist Can't Find History Enough 10
.i 40 Round.


An obstacle has been met with which hns
checked the work upon the historic fresco
design TO belt the rotunda of the Capitol
"There isn't history enough to go round"
says the artist The ideal scenes designed
to represent the history of the new world
from its discovery begins over the west
door, with the landing of Columbus, and
extends probably three-fourths the way
round. The work, as has been the verdict
of the throngs of visitors to the Capitol since
it was begun by Brumidi, few years ago,
is quite fine in an artistic point of view,
the painting having the effect of bas-relief.
Columbuss boat CRATES upon the sand,
and America is discovered over the back
door of the Capitol. The Indian trades and
Indian warfare the struggle for independ.
ence, from Lexington to Yorktown, and
scenes from the Mexican War, finish sub.
jects for the historic pencil. Then comes
blank. The artist has laid aside his pencil
and announced that he will not resume
work until September or October.
The trouble is here. They do not know
what to do with the blank space. There is
q missing link in history and the blank is
bewildering. Putting the last plume in the
helmet of his soldiers the artist drops his
pencil and says in mixed Italian and Eng
lish g Used all Indians all the soldiers
what now? and stops with his shoulders in
his ears, waiting for suggestion. Here
| the matter rests. All the noble war history
has been used up and they don't know what
to fllthe space with. They do not want
| to draw from the war OF the rebellion, as
! they deem it hardly in good taste to thus
record internal triumphs. An emancipa-
ton panel was suggested, bur there was
some objection made to this also. Archi-
tect Clark and Librarian Spofford put their
heads together to try and create an idea for
Costoggini to mould into design. Tie
result of their consultation was that Mr.
CLARK told the artist he might, if he desired
suspend work for the summer Three de-
signs were mentioned, each of which raised
the Italians shoulders nearer his ears, with
an expression of blank disapproyal. The
| first was to represent the discovery of gold
in California. Then it was suggested that
the artist test the power OF his pencil to
idealize the driving of the last spike in the
Union Pacific Railroad, or, as the artist
expressed IL, ''laying re cornerstone oy 70
railroad" Another proposition was to fill
the space with tragic scene of the assassi-
nation of Lincoln and Garfield, but none of
these could be agreed upon as suitable and
in good taste. Waslill1f0n STIR.