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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27
CHATTER XVII.

THE SUFFFRlNGS IN THE POOR-HOUSE.
The unfortunate beings who are sent
to the poor-house deserve the pity of the
entire human family. They are always
treated to the plaincst, coarsest food
and wearing apparel, and frequently
not enough of that. The poor-house is
usually let out by contract to the low.
est bidder, and the contractor who
takes it rs Il job tries to make the most
out of his job. Poor-house contractors
are not always humane men. They
often abuse their helpless victims, and
as they get so much per head for every
member. it is to their interest to have
many, and feed them as chcaply rs
possible.
In the case of Bill Jones' contract,
like many others. it was, what is some
times called, a political job. Bill fur.
nishcd Arnold's man for collector of
revenue all the votes in his school
district, and Arnold, who had elected
the county justice, just rs one or two
men sometimes do elect every officer in
their county, had Bill appointed poor
house keeper. We fear the county
justices did not look to the interests Of
those unfortunates who depend on them
for the little comfort they require in
this world. They did not study tho
physiognomy of those brutal features,
or consider the suffering he might
cause. But they rather considered
whether they would gain the most
votes by appointing him or the benev-
olent-looking man recommended by
his pastor as a suitable person. Preach
ers are not usually good electioneers, and
consequently their recommendations
are hardly ever considered in the dis
tribution of public patronage.
"Old Blaze can preach like blue
blazes," they thought, "but he didn't
help us to our office, and he can't do
any work to re-elect us"
Bill Jones and gallon of cheap
whisky would carry more votes on
election day than all the sermons Old
Blaze might preach in six months, so
they gave the poor-house, at Arnold S
suggestion, to Bill Jones, whom we
find the proprietor when little Amos
Lakeman is entered, by order of Ar
mold, pauper. The little fellow sat
LOT lOnB tltne III MS nara chair, a1UcT
his piteous call for his sister. He was
silent now. Those wretched creatures
had snarled at him like wolves when
they heard him, and it seemed as il
they had claws with which to tear out
his eyes. He could only groan and
sob, while his flushed cheeks dried up
the tears before they fell. He dared
make no cutlery, though his head was
so dizzy and his side panied him so
much that he could scarcely maintain
himself in his hard seat. He saw other
creatures around in the yard who were
equally as wretched, dirty and helpless
as those in his room. Bill Jones, with
large whip more like a slave-driver
than poor-house keeper, was beating
an old man because he could not hoe
! ia the garden.
you lazy dog" he Numbered, "d'ye
think we're goin' to keep We here like a
lord, and We do nOthin'P"
"Oh, don't, don'tr' cried the old
j imam. trying to escape the keen lash Of
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27
RIVERS OF GOLD
Enough OF the Shining Metal to Make n
Hundred Nillionaires.

Enough OF the Shining Metal to Make n
Hundred Mnlionaires.
81 know of several rivers in Alaska
that are richer in gold deposits than
Feather river, California" said A. NJ.
Hart, of Sitl1a, Alaska, to St. Louis
Globe-Democrat man the other day. II
was one of the first white miners that
visited Forty Mile creek, a northern
tributary of the Youlon river, and dur
ing two seasons there I saw enough to
satisfy me that the bed of that creek
contains enough gold to make one hun
dred millionaires. The gold is found in
bars formed by landslides from the
mountainous banks of the creek, but
these bars are washed out by the high
water every year, and the gold scat
tered down the creek bed. New bars
are formed the succeeding year, only to
be washed out the next. I fled claim
upon one of the bars, forty miles
above the mouth of the creek, and with
q rude wooden rocker worked out near
ly six hundred ounces of gold in thirty
one days. High water stopped my
operations and washed my bar away.
1 fled upon another bar, and worked
out eight ounces of gold the
first day, but q sudden high wa
ter the following night washed
my claim, camp and tools away.
barely escaped with my life.
just before the thaw-out in the spring
of 1887 three Swedes belonging to our
camp removed the Ice from small Sec
ton of the creek and uncovered place
in the bed about fifteen feet square.
Free gold could be seen shining every
where among the Gravel, but it was
frozen so hard that it could not be taken
out with pick or shovel. The Swedes
were determined to have the gold, and
they carried wood from a canyon two
miles distant, built fires in the hole, and
as fast as the gravel thawed out they
gathered it up and worked shining
nuggets out. They worked the scheme
light or nine days, and secured nearly
one hundred ounces of gold from that
little space. High water stopped thei1
work, but the fact that the creek bed
was fabulously rich was settled beyond
a doubt. Forty Mile creek is a small
rocky stream, with semi-mountainous
banks. 1t has been explored about one
easily turned at several points, and the
company that undertakes the work Is
sure to secure a reward of millions
The severe cold is the chief obstacle tc
mining in that section, and the seasons
rarely exceed ninety days, between May
and September, but during that time
the night Is less than two hours dura
ton, and mining work can be prose
cuted continuously by a company with
q sufficient force Of men.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27

Yes, they do, yes, they do" said
Mr.. Stuart, with frown upon his
face. They always do that to make
ninnics think they are too pious to do
a bad act. have very obedicnt chill
,lren to be hanging around jail-birds
against my wishes; very obcdient, in.
decd"
Rose, knowing it was useless to tr!
to get on friendly terms with her
father, arose, retired to her room, and,
after offering prayer for the poor
girl, went to bed.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27
HELEN LAKEMAN !;
Tho Story of a Young Girls Strug.
gle With Adversity.
ed to stay with the family of the

ted to stay with the family of the
iailer."
:: Mrs. Stuart was silent. Her large
eyes were fixed on the carpet. She
wanted to ask something more, but al
most feared to. At last she said, in o
tone of desperation:
Rose, how does she bear it?'
with Christian resignation and
fortitude, mother. Oh, mother, l
never saw q more angelic picture of
Christian faith than that girls face.
From the Bible she gathers hope and
happiness, even in the darkest hour.
She admits that the bracelet was found
in her possession, but says she can not
account for it. She expects imprison-
ment, and yet she says there is such a
world of consolation in the Scriptures
that she is willing to forgive those who
were first in her prosecutions"
Mrs. Stuart sat long gazing upon the
carpet. The lighted lamp shone
bright in the room. and an expression
of pain could be seen upon the good
woman's face. She was Inundated.
There was a great struggle going on in
her breast, and she was yet undecided.
-" Poor girl" she sighed. Do you
think she is innoccnt?"
- Yes, mother, know it."
I" How do you know ftp" asked the
father, gruffly, as he entered the apart
nent, how do you know any thing
about it, would like to know?"
d" No one with such perfect resigna-
ton, such supreme confidence in Gods
goodness, could be a thief. Thieves
and criminals don't read the Bible"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27
SECOND SIGHT.
A Country Woman Who Possessed the
Peculiar Gift.


Some forty years ago, in northeastern
Ohio, before the time of railroads and
hotels, says writer in the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat, woman and her hus-
band came through that section, travel
ing to the West. They stopped at my
fathers farm and stayed over night,
and in the course of the evenings con-
versation it came out that the wife, a
fresh-faced country woman, possessed
the gift called by the Scotch second
sight, and which Is now generally called
clairvoyance.
She did not go into trance to see
things. 'I just put my hand before my
eyes and look through my head" said
she. 81 can not explain it any other
way. My eyes are shut, but they seem
to see out through my forehead. see
them not as I see with my eyes open,
but as if looked through a narrow
opening and could only see one object
at time, but that very plainly"
Her gift was destined to be of profit
to my fathers family, for before the
evening was over my mother begged her
to give us test.
Look and try to see something that
| concerns u.s. she said.
her head forward, and finally said: 81
see an old gentleman, very old and very
feeble, dressed in blue broadcloth with
brass buttons and wearing ruffied
shirt. On his arm is an old lady in a
| yellow chintz gown, with brown figures
in it. Something ais her throat; 1t is
muffled up" And so she continued,
giving an accurate description of my
4 90 xxy60 ho1 4 nI3
three years before and the other within
n few months, and describing the dress
they most commonly wore down to the
been given her by the neighbors, for
they had even been forgotten by the
family, and were only remembered
when she mentioned them.
Can you find things that are lost?''
tell us who stole Simon's one hundred
dollars
The woman drew a long, quiet breath,
and, still with covered eyes, said: sit
was not stolen, think"
I'm sure it was" said father; 81
know right where put it, and when
looked for it it was gone"
The woman continued, however, say.
| ing: GU leave CIl1S mousse Dy SCUM
door. You go down path more than
fifty steps, then you come to the barn
No, you do not stop there. Oh, here il
is, you stop. think it is chicken
house. Here is a nest, and in the straw
lies the money"
Father had been lighting his Lantern
as she spoke, and had it ready as she
finished, and hurried down to the her
house-we children racing after him
Sure enough, there in a deserted nest
among broken and added eggs, lay the
roll of bills.
81 had it in my pocket when 1 wa.
trying to set that peslzy yellow hen,
said father, land she struggled an(
fought so that 1 must have dropped i
out in the melee"
When we got back to the house thu
woman was chatting pleasantly will
mother. She would take nothing 70
her services, saying that the gift wa
from God, and if she were paid for max
ing use of it it would leave her. How
ever, we prevailed on her to spend
week with us, and many old person
now living who then lived in that sec
ton still remember her and some of tn
wonderful tests she gave in finding los
articles and telling the whereabouts O
| fhosa
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THE EVENING DENocRAR

a FAMILY N8WbRAR1R. '~...ts
Published every afternoon, Sunday ax-
cepted, at No 1SS Seuth Main street,
Waterbury. -..=
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NOTICE

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DEAFNESS

ItB C0uoe8 and Cure,
Scientifically treated by an artist of worldwide
reputation. Deafness eradicated and entirely
cured, of from 30 to 30 years. standing, after all
other treatments have failed. How the difficult
ty ID reached and the cause removed fully ex-
planned in circulars, with affidayits and testi-
monials of cures from prominent people, mailed
free. Dr.A.Eontaine, "a West 14th St,N.Y.
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&c whip; an report ye. il We don't

he whip; IN report ye, if We don't
quit"
Report me. We rascal" crack, crack.
crack came the whip about his body
and almost bare legs. The pauper
could only scream with pain. He
backed up in fence corner and then
crouched down, buried his face in his
hands and arms, while the keen lash
was laid upon his almost bare Shout
ders
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27
West End Drug Store,

III West Main st.
Pure drugs aud chemicals. Prescrip-
lions carefully compounded.
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Pianos Direct From The Factory

sYou are invised to call and examine one of
the celebrated Mason & Hamlin Pianos, 325
South Main St, for which hold sole agen-
cy for this vicinity. Your expenses are paid
to and from factory, where you have the
privilege of selecting one from a hundred
or more to your entire satisfaction. Call
or address
r.. G. FORBES, 225 So. Main st.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-27

Vulcan is said to have been the in
ventor of lamps.
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PENMANSHIP.
Prof. HOlley

Teaches every pupil to write . hns rapid
business hand in o course Of 10 phVare
lessons and NO FAILURES. led
All kinds Of pen work executed in the
highest degree Of the art 131 Benk st.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

4. II. Osborne's foundry and ma
chine shops at Clarksburg were
burned last Friday. Loss $4,000.
The enrolment Of the Reformed
School is now Il. with other commit
ments, which will increase it 10 a..
The census report shows West Nir-
ginia TO have produced 2,9O6.O2l
pounds Of tobacco from +,6+. acres,
valued at $500, SO.
\ cattle dealer named Bowen, from
Doddridge county, was run over Mon
dav ON the Baltimore and Ohio Road,
near Newburg, aud killed.
Sim johnson, the negro who assault
ed a white girl last April, was hanged
publicly AT Charleston last Friday, in
the presence OF 10000 people.
An insane man jumped from h. y
.. passenger train in tunnel near
Rowlrshurg. last week, but strange
TO say was not hurt a particle.
Judge Lucas, OF the supreme Court
OF Appeals. Governor Fleming, Cap
tain WEIGH. OF Roanoke, and Col. W.
y. MhtN OIhtt NtNAflhha lN' 'H"N'A
ten thousand acres of land at the
Forks Of Coal River. This is 4 mag
niiicent tract Of land. situated be-
tween the two rivers. and clothed
with fine timber and underlaid with
the best coal. This Is one OF the best
transactions occurring lately in this
county. Charleston Gazette
Clarence New. II boy, eighteen years
OF age. who killed his father when
only fourteen wears old, killed Charles
Skidmore, boy of fifteen, at River
side Friday night New had IA quar-
rel with "a boy named OLSON, and
after they had been parated II short
time New started out 10 find Dltsou
with the intention Of killing him. He
mistouk >kidmore for DltSon, aud,
slipping up behind him, crushed his
skull with loaded whip. New has
fled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
Eccidents VII Happen.

Mr.. Turner Maddox has been work
ing at Dr. Reynolds new mill. Last
Thursday while lie was assisting to
raise a heavy timber to an.upright
position rope slipped and the tim
Der swung back and caught Mr. Mad
doJ's thumb and cut it completely
off. 1t made very painful wound,
and by the time the doctor had ampu-
tated the Jagged ends Mr.. Maddox
had very little of the thumb left. We
are sorry to record his misfortune.
Several days ago Mr.. Rem. Spots
had one of his fingers broken by
rock falling upon it at the stone
cruSher.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
Notes of the Churches.

Perhaps the largest gathering OF
Lutherans ever held in Pennsylvania
will meet ut Highland Park, York,
july ID. 1t will be the first annual
reunion Of the Lutherans OF York
city, county and vicinity, and it is eX-
pected that 10000 people will assem-
bic.
Rev. Mr.. Willis, of Leetown, will
hold services in Trinity Episcopal
Church the first Sunday of each month
at D. H.. at which time the Holy
Communion will be administered.
These services will begin on the first
Sunday in July at the above named
hour.
The bushmeeting held at Morgan :
Grove by the colored people last Sun
dav was sadly marred by the rain. y
showery morning did not deter very
large crowd from being present, but
soon after the first service was over,
and the dinner provided by Mr. Shep-
herd was disposed OF, drehchihS
rain came and broke up the meeting.
The committee appointed to make
arrangements for the coming reunion
of the Reformed Churches of Mary
land, Pennsylvania and Virginia at
Pen Mar have decided to hold the
second annual reunion on Thursday,
the 18th of August next.
Services Sunday in the Presbyterian
Church at kearneysville at 1870 a. III
-Children's Missionary Day-and
at Shepherdstown at Sp. Ill.
There will be services in the he
formed Church in Shepherdstown on
Sunday morning at 1890 a. III. and at
kearneysville at 3 p. III.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
Rats Eat q Calf

The Hagerstown Globe of Tuesday
saws: Mr.. J. Smith, residing along
the Antietam, several miles east OF
this city, went into his stable one
morning last week to feed young
calf. The rats are extremely plentl-
full and destructive about his barn,
fairly swarming the place and becom-
ing bold in their depredations. Mr..
Smith looked for his calf and was
surprised to find the animal missing
He then went into the barnyard and
continued the search but no calf was
to be seen. Upon returning to the
stable, he noticed quantity OF hair
and several bones lying about, in the
midst of which at least two dozen
large sized rats were holding high car
nival The rats had that night evil
IDENTIFY attacked the poor CALI Killed
it and almost consumed the carcass"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
A MYSTERIOUS Poisoning Case.

A queer case of poisoning occurred
on Wednesday Of last week near the
village of Locust Grove, in the south
ern part Of Washington county, Md,
from which one boy, aged ten years,
died, and all the other members Of the
family were made very sick. Another
boy is not expected to recover. The
facts are these: Saturday morning
Daniel Shiffier, a farmer near Locust
Grove, found in his lane. near his barn,
a twenty-pound sack Of flour, pound
of coffee and an empty bottle, which
were put there on Friday night. At
least he did not notice them on FIJI
day evening. He thought some per-
son must have lost them, but found
no one TO claim them. Tuesday Mrs.
Mckernan, whose husband works on
the b. and .. K. r., went TO Mr.. Shift
fler's to wash, and Mr.. Shfiier told her
she might have them. Wednesday
evening she baked some cakes OF part
Of the -four. and the entire family
was taken sick soon after eating the
food. John Y. Mckernan, the hus-
band. got sick on his way 10 his work,
and knew nothing Of the sickness of
his family. He was taken in charge
of physicians at Harpers Ferry, and
thew concluded that he was poisoned.
At his home his wife and children
were very sick, and one boy died be
fore morning. Mr.. Mckernan, his
wife and two Of the children are i'm
proving now and will doubtless recoy-
er. The children are step-children Of
Mckernan. be having married the
widow Of Mr.. Scott Reeder. Part Of
the flour was given to some pigs and
some of the cakes were fed TO chick
ems. aud all of them have since died.
Thursday the States attorney and
Justice Bitner went to the Mckernan
house and investigated the matter.
but no clue could be found. \ post
norton was made upon the body Of
the boy that died by DR.. G. ID. Baker,
of Rohrersvile, and DR.. W. NJ. Nihi-
ser. Of keedyvile, and they pro-
nounced poison as the cause Of the
death of the boy. The children of the
family were William, aged 20 years;
S. Kennedy, 10; Edna, 6; Raymond, >.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
4 feM RaLlrOaa Items.


Baltimore and Ohio Brakeman j. T..
Fraley had his right leg run over by II
train near Mt. Airey Monday night.
He was removed to the University
Hospital in Baltimore, where he died.
Fraley. at the time of the accident,
was thrown under a coal hopper by
the brake chain parting. The body
was taken to Martinsburg for burial.
Charles Schoppert, n b. & O. EN-
ployee, had one of his legs cut off last
Thursday in the yards at Martinsburg.
He was crossing the track undera car,
when it was suddenly pulled ahead
by a locomotive.
James Couchman, who was said 10
be slightly "how-comeyou-so, - sat
down to rest on the Cumberland Val
ley Railroad track near Falling
Waters last Monday. \ train came
along and lifted him into the ditch
along the track, without harming
him in the least.
The pay-car on the y. 4 w. road
left a considerable amount of cold
cash in Shepherds,own on Tuesday.
The first excursion of the season to
Atlantic City will be run over the il.
x q. next Thursday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
Big Timber for a Bar.

Col. ID. Soper. member OF Chicago
lumber firm, was sent out 10 this coast
about four weeks ago 10y prominent
brewing company To obtain. II posi-
bic. stick of timber over 100 feet long
and four feet square. OAfter spending
some little time in prospecting. he
finally found II tree I'm Nnoqualmie
Valley, in Washington, which filled
the bill. The job Of cutting down the
tree aud trimming aud loading n on
the ears was let 10 "A contractor, who
successfully did the work. y hall
mile of railroad track had 10 toe laid
10 the spot where the tree stood in or
der to load il ON the cars The stick
from this tree j. M feet long. Il Is
cut square, each side being feet. IL
was loaded ON three 34toot Hat cars.
its weight being 10000 pounds. The
cost of getting out this stick OF timber
has been 80 far - 300. The cost of
moving il 10 the ears was 800, and
the tarpauliu To cover j, cost 500. At
Tacoma the stick was viewed 10y Sid
nev Dillon. =. II. II. Clark, Edward
Dickinson and other Union Pacific of
iiclals. IL arrived in Portland last
evening and goes east to-day. IL viii
be placed i'm big beer hall, IN which
it will be used for IA counter. II VIII
be polished up in the highest style OF
the art Portland OrsgouidH.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26
Narrow Escape.

\ most miraculous escape was that
made by Frank, the little three-year-
old son of Mr. Willard Morrow, who
lives in the Kabletown vicinity. The
little fellow was playing about the
yard short time ago and fell into
the cistern. Fortunately there was
only about a foot of water in the els
tern, and when he was discovered he
was nearly waist deep in water, hold
ing on TO the pump-stock, and greeted
his mother with the invitation to
take baby out Of here. " His father
was on the Souders jury and locked
up in town, and it was not until as
sistance was obtained from Mr.. Geo.
Risslers that the little fellow was eN-
treated. His fall from the top OF the
cisteru to the water covered dis
tance of twelve or fifteen feet, and
how he escaped being stunned and
drowned is mystery. -Farmers 1dco-
cate