National Republican., 1886-10-30
a NOVF! TrNPEMENT.
The Girl Conceal, Herself In Chicken
Coon ON Wagon Driven by Her

me Girl COnceal> Herself In u Chicken
Coon on Wagon Driven by Her
Lover.
Jasper N..Yates and Maud s. Ward, OF
Upton, KY, fancied that life would be
blank If they could not become man and
wife, and the parents Of the latter thought
that life would be blank to both young
people If they were permitted to marry.
Consequently, strenuous objection to the
match was filed by the obdurate parents.
Last Wednesday the father Of the want to
he bride was somewhat astunished to see the
young man drive up to the house In Il huck
ster wagon, in the rear Of which was a
chicken coop. While the hopeful suitor
proceeded To interview the old gentleman
with view to securing the daughters
hand In marriage, the latter slipped out to
the wagon and climbed into the chicken
coop unOhserved. The usual answer was
returned 10y the angry father, who also
Threatened to kick the young man over the
fence, but this lie did not do, perhaps be.
cause the latter was six inches the taller,
besides having an arm that might have been
mistaken for Sullivan's. Apparently much
detected the young man clamhered into the
wagon again and started of In u short
time the girls absence was discovered, and
whole nelghbOrhOOd took part. Pistol balls
whistled through the huckster wagon, but
they only had the effect OF accelerating the
speed OF the horses Reaching the depot at
Nolan they abandoned the wagon aud
boarded the cars. The pursucrs reached the
platform Just as the train got under head.
way. but the eXpectant groom explained
matters to the conductor, aud no amount OF
signals had the effect OF stopping the train.
The History of steel Pens.
birmingham Post
a Roman metal pen is said to have been
found at Aosta, not mere stylus, but II
bronze pen slit, and there is some evidence
Of pen or reed Of bronze nearly us early as
the invention Of printing in the fifteenth
century. a hundred years ago some steel
pens were made in Birmingham by Mr..
Harrison for DR., Priestly, and some OF these
passed into the hands of Sir Joseph Mason
In his early days with Mr. Harrison, but all
seem to be lost. The first Den Of metal Of
definite date, beyond all question, Is one
IN IA Dutch patent book Of l7l7. At about
the same time a polite ode of Pope refers to
a steel aud gold pen,h but these were eyi
/ IDENTIFY luHurles only, and it was not until
about nifty or sixty years ago that metallic
/ peus became more generally in use, 1t was
about 1873 or 1924 that the great revolution
came by which pens were made by cheaper
/ prOcess-the hund.screw press, which
/ pierced the pens from sheet steel. Pre-.
/ yiously, pens had been made from steel
/ rolled Into tube fashion, and the Joint
formed the slit; but these required con.
siderable labor to shape them into pen form
The use OF the screw press belongs to the
period Of John Mitchell, Joseph elliott
agd Josiah Mason; but on careful review
Of tue facts, il seems to he clear John
Mitchell has the best claim to be considered
as the original inrroducer of press mad,
pens. skinner, of sheffield, was apparently
one OF the first to chelpen steel pens, bul
hls productions were soon surpassed whel
the screw press was introduced