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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-14
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-14
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
All About n Suit of Clothes.

The case of the Commonwealth VS..
John Hunter, colored was argued yes
terday morning before Justice John H.
Camper. Hunter was charged by Mr.
Forman with aiding and abetting one
III. Jones to escape with 4 suit of
clothes, valise valued at SS.75. from
Forman's store. Jones and Hunter
came to the store, and while Mr.. For
man was wrapping up a shirt which
Hunter had purcl ased Jones decamped
with the valise, but was caught by For.
man. Jones called Hunter to aid him.
who held Forman by the arm until
Jones got away.
Hunter was arrested, Jones having
escaped. Squire Camper fined Hunter
$3.50 and costs. NJ. NJ. Montgomery ap-
peared for Forman and w. w. Motfett
for the defense. Jones has never been
heard of since.
Hunter had given Forman a ten dollar
bill to have changed just before Jones
made off. Forman refused TO return it
after the loss of the goods, and Henry
brought suit for its recovery and gained
it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

heart to withhold praise, for tho
falsity of which he asked forgiveness
nightly. The columns of the Leader
were crowded with Lines to Ii. T., :"
''Stanzas to IL. L. =" Thoughts on con-
templating the genius of H. r." and
other outpourings of the soul. Mr..
Henderson could not quote poetry in
his sermons without being suspected of
having written it; and in general way
he paid the penalty of genius - tho
genius which l had stolen from my
grandmother's scrap book.
About three months after the death
of Mrs. Bridges Rev. Mr.. Fendcrsons
Aock seemed in Il fair way to suffer an
other loss, and one that would be deep
ly felt. Miss Martha higgins. who had
sung alto IL the choir for nearly fifteen
years, was very i'll. MIR. Henderson was
truly gricvcd at this visitation. Miss
Martha had always been particularly
prominent in the musical affairs of the
church, through the carnestncss of her
cndeavors and the fact that she was
never i'll the key. Her illness dcvel-
oped unfavorable symptoms until at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
SALEM
COUNTY COURT.
Attorney Hansbrough Will Re-
tire.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.

The county court meets tomorrow
morning, when the docket will be
cleared by Commemorative Attorney
L. c. Hansbrough, who retires after
this term. Mr.. Ilansbrough has made
an excellent solicitor. 1t may be said
OF him that he has been prose
and never prosecutor, and has never
exhibited partisan feeling, his aim be-
ing to vindicate justice rather than to
condemn.
Mr.. Hansbrough is son of Col. c. w.
Hansbrough, OF his county.
1t is not probable that the Shepherd
case will come up at this court. because
the farmers are exempt from jury duty
during this month, 1t being harvest
time. Necessarily jury must DO OBJ
tanned outside the county.
The case of Mack Dooley, the negro
who struck j. Il. Powell in the head
with rock some time ago, comes up at
this court.
The case of John Il. l}owser, who
stole the tools from the Hotel Salem
just at the time it was being finished,
will also be tried.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

only one. and in that was compelled to
make Bridges rhyme with religious in
order to get the proper sentiment into
the lines. They did not satisfy my fine
critical instincts; so. in the afternoon, I
hunted up my grandmothcr's scrap bool,
and purloincd Il poem which, with a few
slight alterations. would fit the case of
Mrs. Bridges or of almost anybody else
sent these verses to the Leader, at
taching only the initials III. f..
They were printed on the day of the
funeral, and were generally admitted
to be the most gratifying feature of the
occasion. They were the talk of the
town, and many women who had
made things very uncomfortable for
Mrs. bridges during her life were af-
fected to tears by this poetic catalogue
of her virtues. When they felt these
attacks of emotion coming on they
called upon Rev. Harold Henderson and
wcpt on his shoulder because they at
tributcd the verses to him.
He was n modest and truthful man.
and at first he fatty denied the author
ship of this little gem, but the women
wouldn't believe him. There stood his
initials in cold type as signature to the
poem, and the verses brcathcd forth all
the tenderness and good will which
characterized this man. Possibly they
might have been written By some re-
mote ancestor who had transmitted his
peculiar virtues to Henderson. The
paper from which copied them was
yellow with age. 1T any rate. Fender
son was so pcrsistcntly accused of their
authorship that ut last he only shook
his head and smiled when they were
mentioned. Meanwhile got ont of
town. Bridges kept my secret we'll;
was not suspected.
Doubtless Rev. Mr.. Henderson sup
posed that the obituary poem would
soon be forgotten, but it wasn't. 1t
made such an impression upon some of
the chronic invalids of the town that
they were impatient to have an affcc-
tomato tribute of that sort written
about themselves. Meantime the es-
teen in which his flock land especially
the eve lambs thereby held Mr..
Henderson had been doubled by the
recognition of his literary genius. 1t
had never been suspected before, and
no wonder, for he was the most unro-
mantle, practical, nlattcr-of-fact man
that | ever met. Instead of writing
obituary poetry for Il bcreavcd family,
ii was his way to call and assure him
self that the children had enough to
eat. and somebody to wash their faces
III the morning. But after this dishon-
est cito:t of mine to console Mr.. Bridges
with ink. the women discovered new
evidences OF a poetic temperament in
Their beloved pastor every day. Some
OF them wrote verses To him. and asked
his opinion Of their efforts with such
hattcrin9 confidence in his literary good
taste that he could not find it in his
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

me. In the midst of all the excitement
the editor of the Leader got an idea
He began to search old newspaper files
in musty garrets and at last uncarthed
the lines which had been the cause of
all the trouble. With this proof in his
hand, he had no hesitation in publishing
to the world, through the columns of
the Leader. the full story of the PIRACY.
disgrace and flight of Rev. Harold
Henderson"
Poor fellow, have learned that he
has entered the foreign missioner? field
ana has departed for the scene of his
labors. 1t is so far away that. although
Mr.. Henderson is u very large. strong
man, have felt that | could unburdcn
my conscience by confession. Ills sad
story affects rnc even more deeply be-
cause | learned from II late issue of the
Leader that Miss Martha has fully re-
covered. HOWARD FIml.DING.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
I,REvITIES.

Robert e. Lee Wysor, a young civil
engineer of Dublin, Va, was in Salem
yesterday visiting his friend O. l..
Stearnes. lie is on his way to Catletts-
burg, Ky, to be married.
Misses Louise Cobbs, of pittsylvania,
and Miss Marguerite buchanan, of
Roncevertc, w. Va, left for their homes
yesterday.
Principal Keen of the graded school.
left for Washington city yesterday.
Miss Edith Morton, of Dublin, who
has been here during commencement,
left for home yesterday.
There will be public meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association this
afternoon in the Presbyterian Church
at $3.50 p. M. Rev. DR.. c. Tyree will
deliver an address
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
VERSES SIGNED H. F.
They Got Rev. Harold Henderson
Into a Bad Fix.
Dut Howard Fielding Was tho Man Whe
Stole Them and He Hereby Makes Full
Confcssion-Thc Great Moral Law
Exacts Its Suffering.
lcoPYRIGHT. lSpI.1

have been gully of literary piracy,
and punishment has followed the crime.
1t always does. The moral law which
cXacts suffering as the price of sin has
not the elastic nature of an excise
statute. 1t is enforced. SO there is
nothing novel in this case. Indeed it is
made entirely commonplace by the fact
that the punishment has fallen not upon
mo, the sinner, but upon Rev. Harold
Henderson, Il good man, whom | re-
spcct. but shall endcavor in the future
to avoid.
While YVES the principal villain in
this affair, the primary fault is charge
able either to Mrs. Betsy Bridges or to
DIR. Lemuel Baker. will not presume
to say which should bear the blame.
DIR. Baker was Bctsy's physician, and
Betsy died; and her death was the be-
ginning of our sorrow. The sad event
occurred in the town of Pcnsionville,
o.. where | was visiting some relatives
few months ago. Pcnsionvillc was
one of the few towns in the United
States to which my fame had not penc-
tratcd to any great extent. think old
Israel Bridges WAS the only man in the
place who knew that made INV living
by selling masterpieces of literature 1T
popular prices. My relatives had heard
reports to that effect but they only
scotfed and said: "IIowdy Fielding
write anything? Good gracious, we
knew him when he was Il little tow
headed, bow-lcgged gawll.'
When Israel bridges was suddenly
made Il widowcr he had an inspiration
that some obituary poetry in the Pen
sionvillc Weekly Lender would soothe
his sorrow, and he came to ask me to
write it. | rather liked the old man,
and would have been glad to obliee him.
but | can no more write poetry than if
were the shade OF Shakespeare in n
spiritualistic scancc. l tried to con-
vince Mr.. Bridges that was not on
speaking terms with the muses.. but he
wouldn't hear of it; and ut last had to
consent. But bound him to absolute
secrecy by a series of vows that made
him turn pale to the tip OF his chin
whiskers
The next day struggled with the
verses, but they wouldn't come. 1wrote
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

length her condition became so serious
that old Mr.. Higgins, her father, called
upon MIR. Henderson and with tears in
his eyes warned the pastor that another
obituary poem would he expected in
about week.
Mr.. Henderson perceived that he was
in tight place. Laurcls won from the
muses. by fraud turn to chaplcts of
thorns. He WIS no more of Il poet than
am and he was too honest to take
my path out of the difficulty. lie could
only hope more earnestly that Miss
Martha would recover. On the con-
trary, she grew worse steadily, and
the physicians gave no encourage
ment. On the second evening after
Mr.. Higgins call, his daughters
associates in the choir went
to the pastors house to suggest
that his verses should be made of such
a meter that they could bc sung to the
tune of Miss Martha's favoritc HYMN.
When they had gone Mr. Henderson
seized a hand mirror, and was surprised
to find that his hair YVES not gray. lie
had attempted denial once more, but
had been met by q smiling confidence
in his genius which had fairly rendered
him spccchless.
All that night he paced the floor of
his study, vainly trying to think of two
words in the entire language that
rhymcd with each other Early in the
morning he called at the Higgins house
and learned with two-fo!d sorrow that
Miss Martha WAS still failing. He wan
dercd UP into the cemetery in the after
noon and tried to get inspiration from
solemn contemplation of the cpitaphs,
but they did not cheer him up. lie
passed another sleeplcss night in his
study, without getting an idea. except
hat he should like to write an obituary
for the unknown H. L. in hard, metal
lie prose.
The next day he received call from
the editor of the Leader, who simply
wished TO say that he went to press at
one p. M. every Thursday and couldn't
hold the forms more than an hour even
for poem by IL. L. Mr.. Henderson felt
that his mind was breaking down under
the strain. About five o'clock in the
afternoon he learned that Miss Martha
was not expected to survive the night;
and mt nine in the evening he had
packed up his small possessions and
quietly fled the town.
There was Il tremendous sensation
when this news had percolated through
the channels of Pensionvillc gossip.
Israel Bridges, the only man who knew
the reason, had to fasten his lips with a
clothespin in order to keep his VOW to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

Henry Hale, colored, the city scaven-
ger, had two horses stolen Friday even
ing. lie had turned them loose late in
the afternoon on vacant lot on Chest
nut street in sight of his house, to let
them Craze. Thinking they had wan
dered off he made diligcnt search, but
could not find them. One is a thin
sorrcl mare, stiiled in the right hip
where there is a scar. The other is
heavy set of ''short couple and has the
left eye gone. Henry is worthy colored
mainland offers $40 reward for the horses,
without which he is sadly hampered
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.

Normal Temperature Results III Il
General improvements in All Crops.
LYNCHBURG, Va. June 3.-ISpeciall-
The United States signal service issued
the following weather crop bulletin this
evening for the week ending Friday:
Temperature throughout the State
has been about normal during the week,
which has had beneficial effect upon
all crops. Except in few places an
average amount of sunshine has pre-
vailed, which, with the normal rainfall.
has naturally assisted the growth Of
corn and tobacco plants. and the matur-
ing OF wheat. The prospects for a large
tobacco crop continue promising. Wheat
is in excellent condition, and is heading
out finely; it promises good Weld.
Corn is generally promising. and is un-
usually free from worms. Oats, grass
and fruit are improving. and bid fair
to yield satisfactorily. Continued warm
weather and sunshine are needed for
the growth of crops in general. A no.
ticcable improvement in all crops has
been made during the past week
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
That South Atlantic and Ohio RaiIroad
Suit.

BRISTOL Tenn, June l3.-[Spcciall-
The South Atlantic and Ohio suit is still
in progress at Marion, Va. No decision
has been made and is not likely to be
made for a day or two. After two or
three days parleying and discussing.
the court mas something like the follow
ing to say: "Thc motion to dissolve
the injunction cannot be heard until
the contempt proceedings are disposed
of, after which we can arrive at some
conclusion as to the order OF procedure.
must take up the question as to whether
or not the defendants have right to be
heard until they have purged them
selves of their contempt. can then
decide whether shall issue an order
putting Bailey in possession. or whether
! shall suspend that part of the order of
Judge Holen until such a time as a
motion to dissolve this injunction can
be heard The case was heard on the
exceptions by the plaintiffs to the rules
issued by the court for contempt.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

First Salcsgirl-Of ali things! You
sold something to that lady, didn't you?
Second Salcsgirl with slight curl
of contempt She is probably
from the country.--Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
RAILROADS.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM.
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Is prepared to negotiate with
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The Fine Table Lands
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Rapid Transit by Electric
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Ample Railroad Facilities
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1t has already located four
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

III you want to see the largest stool,
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-14

Jas. II. Hayes, grand master Of the
colorcd Free Masons of the State of Vir.
ginia was in the city last week. He in.
stituted Il new Masonic lodge u. d.. to
be known as the Magic City" The
officers are as follows: Worshipful mas
ter, kew. ID. w. IIarth; senior warden,
j. w. Wingfield; junior warden. c. y.
5. Collision; senior deacon, Il. II. vii.
Hanson; junior deacon, j. r. Rcdd;
secretary, j. {. Osborne; treasurer, C ii.
Dodson; chaplain, r. S. boswell; tilcr,
Randolph Booker.
Many prominent cOlorel Masons as.
sisted at the founding of this new lodge,
among whom were eX-District Deputy
Grand Master L. II. Henry; Past Master
.: Z. Carter. of South Boston. Va. and
Nathaniel Johnson, of Hannibal Lodge,
San Francisco, Cal
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-18
TOMORROW.

"There is an island full of pleasant places.
For which men hunger ere the day grows
old.
And thitherward they turn with uplifted faces.
Longing TO rest them in its blessed fold.
"No grief, they say may steal within its Dor
There hurt wounds heal them swiftly Of their
While sweet forgetfuluess doth stand as war.
den W.
TO still the aching tumult of the heart.
There, too, today's brief joys shall have great
increase,
And all its longings shall fna blessed gain.
While to the toiler there shall come sweet sur
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For, 10! this island knoweth naught Of pain"
Then one whose life felt the fevered rhrobSinos
OF great wounds gotten In the days swift tide
Turned, ana gave eager question. touched with
sobbinas,
Unto the mighty chorus at his side:
where is this land for which with strong per.
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The men OF every age and cline do long?"
And swift In answer. full of sweet fnsistence.
Uprose the sJrident echo OF song:
"Bebold, the island that is void of sorrow.
Ano for whose shelter men have long made
quest,
We hays not seen, but it IL called Tomorrow
1ne lano within whose borders there is rest.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-18

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The Portland daily press., 1891-12-18

Cumberland National Bank.

FENHE annual meeting az the Stockholders NJ
III the Cumberland National Rank Of Portland
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p.-.,s w. FL. SOULE, Cashier-
Iolidnu, Doc, 1lth, 1891. decdtd