The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-21
INCIDENTAL RECOLLECTIONS.

was practicing law at Columbus, he was engaged
TO defend druggist who had committed muir
der He demanded bill of sale of his clients
drug store, to secure his fee as counsel before
taking the case, and it was given. There was
no justiiable provocation for the murder, and
after making thorough study of the evidence
and the law, Mr. Hord came to the conclusion
that the only possible hope for the acquittal of
the murderer would be to make plea of insanity
the defense. The promised fee was large one,
and Mr.. Hord exerted himself to secure the ac-
qulttal OF the defendant. lie was successful
After the mans discharge, Mr., Hord called upon
him to collect the fee for his services as counsel
The fellow refused to pay him.
II have bill Of sale for your drug store and
l will take it" Mr. Hord threatened.
"Oh, no." replied the fellow, ''you can't; I'm
crazy, you know"
In the lighthouse that stands at the foot of
''Hoosier Slide" on the Indiana shore of Lake
Michigan, dwell two women who have lived
there, as the attendants of the government
light, for nearly twenty four years. The change
in the federal administration may cause a
change in their residence. Ii it does, it is said
that death and Grover Cleveland will be the
same to them. The lighthouse became their
home when they were young in the twenties
old enough to have experienced the sweet and
the bitter of loves realities, for both of them
loved and were loved. The romance of their
lives is a story familiar to all who know them
The attachment between them began when they
| each had lovers to whom they became betrothed
Their friendship was one of most ardent devo-
tion their lives Illustrate, and in their grlish
vows that it should be everlasting, they entered
into covenant that if the lover of either should
die before the wedding day they would both
| foreswear marriage, and would ever afterward
| Il n.11 &c AIo 1so1
in fulfllment of the covenant the engagement
with the other was broken. The two friends
went to live together. One is q cousin of an In
diana man whose name appears in history
Through his influence they were ap-
pointed keepers Of the lighthouse and
the place has been their home since They have
attended to their duties faultlessly and in times
of danger. fearlessly The stronger of the two
assumes the heavier work and looks after all
business affairs They sometimes call them
selves husband and wife, The attachment
between them is as strong as if their lives were
united by the ties of marriage.
lady well known in this city, and wife of one
of the most prominent citizens, related an in
cident to the writer day or so ago that fur
nishes very remarkable instance of the vivid
ness of dreams. ''Mr -" said the lady,
''had given me four brand new ten dollar bills
on leaving for business in the morning, which
folded loosely and put into my pocket book, a
very light chamois-skin purse fastened only by
two overlapping prongs at the top, easily opened
by gentle pull The bills had just been cut
and had never been creased, consequently when
folded loosely they were quite springy and
created quite pressure against the sides of the
purse. | went into several stores down town
during the afternoon but did not once open
my purse That night l found on
opening it that had but $780, one of my new
bills having mysterously disappeared. Of
course it worried me considerably, but 1 was
utterly al loss to account for its disappearance
and went to sleep with it on my mind. During
the night had the most vivid dream imaginable,
and in it I recalled an incident that had en-
tirely escaped my memory. had been talking
with lady in one of the principal stores during
the afternoon, one of the partners of the firm
being with also. Suddenly she called my at
tention to the fact that my purse which
dangled from my wrist, had come open l
thanked her and closed it, and soon left
the store. This incident was recalled
as plainly as it had originally
occurred, and, my dream continuing / thought
that had sent my servant down to the store to
ask if the bill had not been lost and found there,
and that it had been given him. told my hus-
band of the dream at the breakfast table, but he
pooh poohed the idea of sending the man down
to the store, as proposed doing. 10 tell the
truth, 1 felt it to be foolish sort of proceed
ing myself, but at last my curiosity to knew
whether the dream amounted to anything so ov-
ercame my other inclinations that l sent the
servant, told him to go to the partner who had
been present at the moment when
the lady called my attention to the fact
that the pocketbook was open, ask him if he
recalled the incident and see if the money had
been found Half an hour later he returned
and handed me the identical bill 1t had been
found after the closing of the store and left with
the cashier. No one knew anything of how it
came there and thepartner had naturally enough
failed to recall an incident trivial as that of the
previous day, which, however, he recalled as
soon as mentioned to him. The firm had kept
the bill for the proper owner, intending, of
course, to charge It up to profit and loss in case
nothing was ever heard of it. Since that l am q
believer in dreams"
A young lady of this city, who recently re-
turned from abroad, was in Europe during the
prevalence of cholera there, and an inquiriE g
friend one day said to a companions IT wonder
why Miss IS parents do not send for her to
come home immediately the cholera is so bad
where she is" II can guess at the reason" was
the reply. ''1f she were at home she would have
that fellow, w, loungng around her all the
time. Cholera is dreadful affection, but he is
worse, and l suppose her mother is willing to
take chances on her catching the disease"
When Col L. D. Richardson, pool commits
sioner, found out that he had been robbed of his
watch, chain, diamond and money all worth
about 81 900, the other day, he was overheard to
carefully remark "Well, I've always heard that
Chicago was the wickedest place in the West,
but l don't believe it. i lived there eighteen
Indianapolis only few months, and during that
brief time / lost 5000 in Fletcher 81 Sharn0S