The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1885-04-09
Edgar A. Poe's Child Wife.

The people outside are well acquainted
with the man.
Edgar A. Poe's Ch1ld-Wife.
New York Cor Kansas City TimesJ
The Poe memorial monumentfor Cen.
trail park has just arrived from Europe
and will be unveiled some time in the
spring. 1t consists of plain shaft and
square pedestal, on the four sides of
which are bas-reliefs representing con-
ceptions from the Raven and one or
two of his other great poems. I men
ton this for the purpose of relating
some facts concerning Poe's poor child
wife, which have never before been
published.
1t was in 1916 or somewhere there
about that the poet came to New York
to find something to do. He did not
succeed well, and it was on that visit
that he sold the ''Raven' to The Ameri-
can Review for s.. He finally went out
to Fordham, little village up in West
chester county, which borders on the
suburbs of New York city. 1t was then
that he was living with his child-wife,
who took consumption and died. She
was buried at Fordham, and she it was
who was the "Annabel' of the most
beautiful and touching poem he ever
wrote. What other human heart than
his could have measured such a depth
of tender pathos? About three years
ago the people of Fordham determined
they would remove the village grave
yard. Few of them knew of Edgar
Allan Poe or his beautiful "Annabel"
They began to remove the bones and
lay them away promiscuously in sort
the country.
A gentleman in New York who knew
much of Poe's life, who loved his poetry
and was aware chat his wife was buried
at Fordbam, heard of the removal of the
graveyard and went out to protect the
bones Of sweet "Annabel." The grave
had already been opened and he came
near being too late. He collected the
precious relics, wrapped them neatly in
a paper, and brought them to his home
in New York, where he kept them for
nearly two years. One day gentleman
called who had known Mrs. Poe and
who was very fond of the poem Gamma
BEL" The conversation drifted toward
these beautiful lines, and verse after
verse was repeated over and over.
Finally the gentleman of the house
arose and said: 81 will show you some
thing
He then proceeded to unwrap the
bones of the poor heroine.
These said he, 'tare the bones of
'Annabel.'" He then proceeded to tell
the story. The bones were soon after
ward sent to be inferred at Baltimore
In Three 5tates at Once.
baltimore SUM-
The Maryland line is about two miles
south of Newark, and the tracks of the
Baltimore & Ohio extension run across
the sharp angle Of Pennsylvania, which
extends down between Delaware and
Maryland at point where it is five feet
wide. After the first train stopped over
the Maryland line most of the persons
on board alighted and picked their way
$50 feet through the mud and water to
the point in the woods where the three
states meet. The spot is Indicated first
by a long stone just above the surface, I
which marks Mason and Dixon's line |
Beside it is planted triangular stone,
with the initials of Delaware, Maryland
and Pennsylvania cut on the various
sides.
On the west side is the following in
scription: Erected by H. G. S. Key,
Nd; J. P. Eyre, Pa; G. r. Riddle,
DEL, Commissioners, 1S49." Some Of
the visitors mounted the stone in order
to say that they sat in three states at
one time; others placed their thumbs on
the apex of the stone in order to say
that they had their thumbs in the three
states at one time, while others still
stood in the narrow strip of Pennsyl-
vania and extended one hand into |
Maryland and the other into Delaware,
The stone is about three feet high and
the three sides each about fourteen
inches wide. 1t is called prismatic
stone.
Americas Earthquake Crop.
Exchanged
In the current number of Science |
fresh interest is given to the subject of |
earthquakes which have lately caused
alarm in both hemispheres, by state
ment of the number of noticeable shocks
in this country during the twelve years
from 1872 to 1888, inclusive. No lesa
than 364 earthquakes are recorded as
occurring in Canada and the United
States, not including Alaska, within
the above period. Of these the
Pacific slope had 151, the At
lantic coast 147, and the Missis-
sippi valley 66. Thus it appears
that an earthquake OCCURS about once
in every twelve days somewhere in the
United States and Canada, and about
once month on the Atlantic coast.
These are exclusive of the lighter
tremors which do not make an impress
sion on observers, but which would be
recorded by properly constructed seis-
mometer. an instrument desipned tn .,e-
teca yhe slightest shocks,
Trying to Please.
[Sydney Smith,.
Nothing contributes more certainly to
the animal spirits than benevolence.
The receipt for cheerfulness is not to
have one motive only in the day for iv-