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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1892-03-06
UNA CARTA
Mayo 8 de 1892.

Sr. Director de LA CORRESPONDENCE.
EstimadO Sr y amigo; ruegO Vd SO sirva
dar cabida On 60 popular peri0dicO las ST.
guientes breves lfneas, agradeci6ndoselo 81
affmo. amigo q. b. 9. m.-AntO4ai0 VSp0iey0s
Ell cOnOcidO escritOr ID. jose Maria Arnau
Igaravidez, ha tenido Ia galanteria de ocuparse
de mi humilde persona, On reciente articulO, al
hablar del Ateneo de esta culta Capital; pero
sin duda por talta de datos, ha manifestado
que he sido despedidO con buenas fOrmas. de
aqu6l Centric de Ensenanza. 81 tai cosa hubie-
Sc sucedidO, desde la tribuna del Ateneo hasta
otro terreno, habrfa rOdado pronto, el ofen-
sOr mas no ha sucedidO asf, que antes bien
crita pOr persona para mi tan est mada y digna
como 10 eS tambi6n 81 seflOr Arnau IQaraYidez
Sr. Don A. Vinageras.
MuY distinguido senor milo amigo Como
contestaci6n So atenta esquelita, debO mani
festarle que debiendo ocuparse la Directiva
del Ateneo del homemade que ha de rendirse
d. Manuel Elzaburu, tan luegO como SO trate de
este asunto, que ser8 Ia mayor brevedad, sc
tendra en- cuenta su Oferta para ell reterido
actO.
Como siempre de Vi atento, ,-E. Alv0ree
Perez
No habfa 20 de ocupar puesto preterente
en- el msmo AteneO poIque nj at1n hgurO On el
ndmer0 de los Sres SOclos; y 81 Ia velada en-
honor del Sr. Acosta no Sc celebr6 oportuna-
mente creo fu6 por no haberse reunido sufi-
ciente n1mero de obras. Asf pues, no tengo
resentimlento alguno per0 81 ruego a mi es.
pecial amigo el Sr. Arnau IgaravideZ, se sirva
hacer reprOducir en- su acreditadO peri6dicO, Ia
Revista de E1 Impartial (9 dc Enero 1922, So
bre el Centenarlo de Mozart on ell AteneO de
Madrid, & fin de que nadie dude, que hubo
concurrencia, orquesta cant0 todos con el
titulo de Velada el conference.-the fu6 NADIA
mencs que el Secretario particular de nuestra
Soberana, el Sr. Conde de Morphi.- Aaatossio
ViNQieT0S.
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Notlcias de Ia Capital

Esta ma1aua Sc eonstituy6 el Juzgado de
instruction de esta Ca .ital en- un matOrral que
existe cOntiguO la Inca del tranvia entire es-
ia Capital y RiO-piedras, antes de llegar al
puente de Martin Pe5sG ALI encontr6 el ca
daver de un hombre q le result0 namarse Pc
dro Soto Serrano con las piernas, el brazo de-
recho y Ia cabeza fraoturados. Sc hacen ac-
twas diligencias para averiguar las oausas que
motivaron esta desgracia. Sc supone que pue-
da haber sido este suceso causa de un suicide
de un crimen, 81 es que ell mismO Soto Serras
no no SO coloc6 en- la via para scr estropeado
por las ruedas de los carrOs.
- "a
Asistimos anoche, q los salones de la So
ciedad Econ0mica de Amigos del Pals que.
damos gratamente sorprendidos al yer el Gre.
cido n1merO de damas Y caballeros que asis-
tieron escuchar la faeil palabra del Catedra
tico de Literature, nuestro amigo el DR.. Morales
Ferrer. Esta nocha cara sus titles lecciones
dc frances On 81 mismo local. nuestro amigo Ell
6octor Tizol.
sss
No Olviden los amateurs de cOsas buenas
que esta noche &c pondrA en- escena en- nues-
tro colis6o por la atamada Gonpahla da Rom
ooroni, 10 trRaedia de Ssrdou titulada Ndstt0.
La djeha obra que ha aldo muy Celahrada On
Europa, estA diyidida On 4 aesoa-y Ct cuairoa
Y "a sl.A alqen VVa ~ dlaangVa aeaersaalass,
VI
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LA HIGUERETA

Desde 6poca remOta crece expontaneamen.
te en- este previlegiado suelo borinqueno, un
arbusto de 4 q metros de altur8, 0rlglnariO de
Las regiones intertropioaes de Asia Africa,
eonocido con los nombres vugares de higuere-
ia. nalrna christi ricinO. ,SDichO arbustO de Ia
famlia de las EMphoy6iGceGs es llamado Rici-
NMS cOMsnsM,ais pOr los botanlcos.
Este veietal merece Ocupar Ia atenc10n de
nuestros agricultores industriales, pOrque su
fruto oleagnoso rep1 esent&un venero de rique-
"a para nuestra poblaci6n Nagricola tabrfl,
puesto que de 100 parties en- peso de dlchO fru-
to descascarado, pueden extfaerse 02 de aceHe,
de 100 parties de este producto, % de acido
sebasico Y una cantidad importante de alcohol
caprflic0.
Considerando Ia aplicaci6n que 81 aceite de
higuereta tiene en- medic1na, pOr sus pr0p1eda-
des purgativas, en- las artes mecanicas, por
sus cualidades lubrifcadoras, asi como 81 con-
sumo de acidO sebasicO que Sc hace en- la In
dustria de las bujias el de alcohol capr1lie0
en- el alumbrado la confecci6n de los barnf-
ces, se comprendera Ia prodigiosa demanda de
0uu6l prOductO, como Sustancia de consume In
mediate materia prima industrial de gran
jmpOrtancia.
Por otra parte, las hojas de higuereta cons
tituyen 9 alimento del gusanO de seda nom.
bradO BONsbyG GrTi'sdia que convendria intro
ducir acilmatar aQui en- benehoiO de una nue.
va lucrative granieria.
Dos variedades de higuereta existen On
Puerto. k co que son las que lmpOEG& cOuOC0rS :
la hguereta blanca y la colorado.
Sc caracteriza la variedad blanca pOr el
color ceniciento de sus hojas y corteza, p0r ser
mas pequefla m6nos foleacea que Ia colorado,
por ser menor que el de esta las dimensiones
de su frut0.
La variedad de higuereta colorado SO dis
tingue por 81 color rOiizo que presenta la planta
toda, pOr su mayor crecimiento, y por Ia album
dancia gran tamafio del truto, que Ia hace
mas productive que la anterior.
Els la higuereta una p anita POGO exigente,
tratandose de su cultivo; SO produce bien en-
toda clase dc terreno con tai que no sea trio,
muy seco nj excesivamente hdmedo empero
siempre que en- circunstancias favorables, SO
pueda disponer de un terrenO de naturaleza
areno- arcilloss, debe preferirse este cualQuier
OtrO.
Sc ejecuta Ia siembra de hlguereta fines
de Febrero. principles de Mario, soore 81 to
reno preparado con dos labores de arad0 y
uua vuelta de grada, en- cuadro 6 paqNet dc /
metro SO cetfmetros de ladO. Cuand0 las plan.
tas han nacido, 90 las escarda Aporca simult&-
nesmente para holgar 81 planti0 favoTeeer au
production. 1epstiAndoae eatAs Operacionea Ian
yoeea Que lsa oisepnstAnciAs laa reQNieFsn.
gSVDAaasAea ~ a hlsss.s's sss!s pga'
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recomendado despedirlo de sus amigos, para
Ponce, pues no ha tenid0 tempo de hacerlo
pers0nalmeDte Deseamosle tanto 81 como
su apreciable tamilia, que le acompana, muy
buen visje
"A los dos costados de la entrada q La
estacion del tranvia de esta Capital SO levan-
taran dos jardines protejidos por elegants YER
ia de hierro, que daran mas realoe la nueva
estaci6n.
eee
VAPoREs.- FL BaessGve1tsyG sali0 el %
de Ia Habana para este puerto.-El OLissde Ro-
drigMes recalara aqui procedente de Europa
manana.- FL Colombo estara aquf ell del
corriente.-El AlGvG sali0 de Liverpool el Is
del pasado directamente para este puerto.
Ell n. L Vallaverde llegara el 8 del corrien.
TEL Hugo sali0 de Santander para esta Isla
el % del pasado, segun cablegrama recibido
pOr sus consignararios.- Catalan sali6 de
Liverpool directamente para este puerto SO
espera dal Is al Is del corriente.-El MGrEo-
xs0nNdg sali0 del puerto del Havre el 20 del
corriente-El Madrile1o recalara este puer-
to hacia el ID del cOrriente.-El MGnuelG Sc
espera On este puerto del 90 al 81 del corrien.
te.-El SGtNss5ssQ saldr& de Liverpool 81 IL del
cOrriente con rumDo, a este puerto.
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sentarse los 10 10 dias despuea de sembra-
da su simiente 81 Ia estaci6n le es favorable, 4
meses mas tarde comienza fructifcar, dando
desde entonces cosechas sucesivas durante 8 8
amos, 81 Sc le cultiva con esmero.
Sergio IgGgMirre.
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te el senior Roncoroni Ia primera DANA joven
ia Compalia, se1ota Laura Agelli.
u Resat1recci0a de I0 sGZaId I!

II Resatrrecci6a de IG sGZMd I!
Los tisicos asmaticos los que padecen
de bronquitis, broncorreas, demas afeccio-
nes de las Was respiratorias. Los que Sc res
frian con frecuenoia los que padeoen de tos
= ronQuera, deben cuTarse con el JARABE BAL.
sAMICO AL GUAYACoL del
DIR, Rodriguez Castro.
Mas dc luinlentOS m6dicOs garantiZan Con
sus experiencias, los efectos de esa maravillo-
ga medicina. Las AcademiaS de medicina' Ia
aceptan con jdbilo nmenso. Tomadla enfer-
mos Curaci0n de lOsr catarrOs en- "a horas.
Calma Ia tos la segunda cucharada
C1ra la bronquitis cr6nica en- 10 dias.
Cura el asma en- menos de un mes. >Cura Ia
GRIPPE.
Comprad este maravilloso remedio on la
farmacia de GUILLERMETY.
En- la madrugada de hoy ha salidO para
Ponce nuestrO amigo don Manuel Agnirrebefa,
ex-Teniente agregado de Artilleria de esta pla
"a, con destinO al Battalion Cazadores de Valla-
dOid n1merO 81 de guarnici6n en- aQuella ciu.
dad, quien nos encarg6 despedirle de sus nu-
merosos amigos de Ia Capital. Deseamosle fe-
liz viaje.
! Hemos dido decir que dentro de breve
tempo oomenzar8 la exploitation provisional
dc la nnea del ferrocarril entire Ponce YaucO.
aes
TCambios que rigen en- la Compa1ia de
los terrocarriles de Puerto Rico.-Sobre Madrid
dias vista Al p.S-Sobre Paris, dTv174 p. g
-Sobre Londres div 5.95 p.S
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EOJO AQUf.-En Ia Tipografia de LA
CoRREsPoNDENCIA SO hacen tOda clase de ira
bajos de imprenta precios sumamente eco-
n0micOS
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-05-26
A W ondcrfui Clock.

Japan possesses o remarkable time
piece. It is contained In . frame three
feet wide and Eve feet long. represent
ing q MONDAY landscape OF great
beauty. In the foreground plum and
cherry trees and rich plants appear in
full bloom; In the rear is seen hill.
gradual In ascent, from which up
parently flows cascade, admirably I'm
itated in crystal From this point a
threadlilse stream mcanders, cncircling
rocks and islands in Its windings. and
finally losing It In . far-on stretch Of
woodland. In a miniature sky golden
sun turns on a silver wire. striking the
hours on silver gongs as II passes.
Each hour is marked on the frame by q
creeping tortoise. which serves the
place OF hand. A bird Of exquisite
plumage warbles At the close Of each
hour. and, as the song ceases, q mouse
sallies forth from q neighboring grotto
and. scampering over the hill to the
garden. is soon lost to view.
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An lnterua tlonni Calamity.

An awful thing recently happened in
New York. A celebrated creator of cos
TUNES designed q charming ball dress
for New York woman, and bssely
made Its counterpart for Partisan
resident, not thinking that the twins
would ever meet, says London Figaro
But last winter both went to Washing
ton. and At British legation ball the
two met and stood aghast Each was
struck dumb at the sight Of the other.
and each thought she was facing mir
ror until she saw another head and
shoulders above the corsage. for the
gowns were fac SMILES in every detail.
Two letters went to the base man mil
liner by the next mornings mail; two
good customers withdrew their patron
age and freely advertised his villainy.
The victims met In consultation TO see
II there were any more duplicates in
their wardrobes, and 70 draw lots for
the exclusive rights TO any more mas
terpieces Of the duplicity rather than
amuse the unfeeling gay world with an-
other scene
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MUsrAcHE oYe pvlNo our.


very rev People Use IL Nowadays Where
Thousands Used To.
"You notice the color Of your mus
tachc?" observed the barber interroga-
lively to the New York Herald reporter
with tomato tinted fringe on his up
per lip.
"Yes, I do" replied the other little
savagely, MS II he resented the talk ns
too personal what of it?''
The barber became apoicgetic. II
was only going to say" he explained
mildly. ''what change has come over
the colcrs of mustaches during the last
few years. Half generation ago It
would have been impossible 70 find
mustache Of the color of yours In the
whole town. Men with yellow or red
beg pardon. sir-men with blonde mus
taches invariably dyed them black.
Almost every fellow you met had a
dyed mustache Now one rarely secs
one except in the police department.
where certain traditions are retained as
sacred.
"Isut we don't sell a bottle Of mus
tache dye in week now, or hair dye,
either. Our customers have got to real
| ize that It doesn't fool even blind
IMAM. You can tell 'em block away.
I'm told that Inspector Byrnes has
issued an order prohibiting the ward
detectives from using mustache dye on
account Of it being IL give away When
people see man who has been dyed
they feel instinctively that he must be
sleuthhound from the station house.
1.-The importations of dye from Paris
have fallen off to nothing. and appren-
tices in barbering don't have to lcarn
the business of applying It as they used
TO- In this shop we had q wooden ball
with nail hammered in II. to which
we would attach some ordinary rope
tow. Then the apprentice would pitch
In md dye it. and when he could apply
the fluid SO that it gave IN even color
and didn't stick the hnir together like
80 much glue we would turn over a Gus
toner to him to try his hand on.
Another thing that isn't used *
much these days is grease. This stort
consumed three pounds OF It a day te,
years ago, and we don't get away will
solitary pound now. once calcu
lated that one hundred thousand New
York men carried around one hundred
and fifty pounds Of wnx in their mus
taches This was at the rate Of on'
ounce Of wax to forty nustaches-"
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Rather Queer.

In April, 1889, E. E. Reynolds, the
Utica IN. W music dealer, was visited
by e. E. Reynolds. of New Haven, Conn.
Each acknowledged that their names
we're Elmer Ellsworth. and each were
named for Ellsworth, Of Zouave fame.
Each was born In the same year md
week. The publication of these curious
facts brought letter from Rev. e. E.
Reynolds, of Ludlow, VT, named the
same and born same year and week as
the other two.
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A SPLENDID PAPER FREE.
A Years Subscription to Popular
Farm and Home Paper With.
out Charge. .

That popular agricultural journal. the
American Farmer, which has been offered
free in connection with years subscrip-
tion to the NEWS HERALD. will hereafter
be published at Springfield and Cleve-
land, Ohio, in order to increase facilities
for publication. The american Farmer
has also been considerably enlarged, be.
ginning with the January number, and
many excellent features added which
will lmake the american Farmer welcome
visitor in every home. 1t is national in
its character and strictly non. political.
We willcontinueto to offer this great paper
to our readers absolutely free. We give
years subscription to the american
Former free to any of our old subscribers
who will pay one year in advance, and
also to any new subscribers who will pay
one year in advance. This generous offer
ia open to all. Sample copies can be seen
at our Office.
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Indiana has begun the erection Of It's
building at the exposition. and is we'll
advanced In arrangements for its gen.
eral state exhibit The building will
be fine structure, in composite French
Gothic style. 50 by liz feet. three stories
high. with veranda twenty feet wide
on all four sides. OF the states e75. 700
appropriation s25, 600 was set apart for
the building, but the latter win be q
SOS, 900 structure, the difference being
represented by donated building ma
teriaL The building will be entirely
of Indiana material Commissioner
Havens reports very favorably upon the
development OF the various sections Of
the general exhibit Of his state, and
says that exposition interests in indiana
are booming In the most satisfactory
manner.
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SPURIOUS SWEETS.

A Connecticut Mine That Pans Out Largo
Quantities Of Bogus susar.
A peculiar seizure was made by one
of the officers connected with the health
department in little East side gro
Gerry store recently, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. Three
innocentlooking -four barrels were ap-
pretended by the iron hand OF the law
and borne away upon truck, pro-
cecding which caused the proprietor Of
the establishment to swear in high, low
and medium height Dutch These in
nocent-looking flour barrels came from
Il little village which decks the verdant
hills of central Connecticut. the home
Of the soft, fine ham. where the sur
rounding landscape smiles with the CON-
viction Of being fullysinoured and the
wooden nutmegs ripen in the sun. New
Preston is the name Of this sequcstered
hamlet. and It Is distinguished for two
things-a boarding school nt which
thirteen young men OF cadaverous ap-
pearance subsist upon hope and Greek
roots and the only sugar quarry in the
land. A large deposit Of soft lime rock
hns been mined for some time past, and
the result Of this labor, after passing
through certain mysterious processes ut
q neighboring mill, makes its bow as
first quality granulated sugar. This
pleasing little industry has been -four
ishing for about ten years. and the pro-
prietors of the sugar mine have waxed
opulent. The bulk OF the rock dust Is
sent to New York us flour. and here It
is mixed in It's proper proportion with
the real article and worked of on the
gentle consumer. OF course. the spuri.
Gus part Of the sweetening doesn't melt.
and 1t is only detected by close In
spectioo of the bottom Of the cup after
drinking. The extent of this little vari-
ETY. Of food adulteration may be grasped
when It is stated that the output Of the
Connecticut sugar factory Is several
hundred barrels per. week.
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Silver rhaw.

Silver thaw Is q most curious meteor
ological phenomenon that has lately
been studied with much care at the
Ben Nevis observatory. BY silver thaw
is meant rain falling when the air is be-
low freezing point and congealing as 1t
falls The phenomenon points to an in
version Of temperature at the time, the
temperature on the hilltop being con-
siderabay lower than at higher alti-
tudea. ~ u !. b !. w ~ y
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superstitions About Birds.

The blackbird and thrush arc ''wan-
dering souls" whose sins must be en-
plated on earth. hence they are forced
TO endure the rigors of winter. Rocks,
jackdaws, bats, hawks and owls are ani-
mated by lost souls The wagtail is
called the ''devil's Bird" for no ether
reason than that II cleverly evades the
missiles thrown At it. A'dead wagtail is
. rara avis
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-22
ATLANTA. CA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 90, 1892.

to bring suit to set aside the will, and WITT
the legal proof necessary to establish the,
identity of John d. Lewis, Judge Dittenhoe-
fer appeared III court. Judge Barrett, now
a distinguished justice OF the supreme
court, was then sitting as judge. Lewis's
identity was legally established and MS
half brother and sister were clearly shown
to be his next kin. Judge Barrett invalidat-
ed the will, the legal proceedings being very
brief. He decided that will which con-
tanned such provisions as this one did could
not be legal. 1t was an immoral document.
for it offered direct temptation to destroy
the virtue and honor of the fair young maid
who was the beneficiary. AS a mat
ter of form an appeal was taken from this
decision, but the case was never heard OF
again in the courts, nor were these extra
ordinary circumstances revealed in the brief
hearing that was had The man and wo-
man, who had been slaves and
who 1 : Were t hews,s half brother
compromise. They said, Let us give TO
this young woman one-half Of this estate
absolutely, for the shares which we shall
have will make us rich enough and this
proposition was accepted, the estate was
divided, $4,000 was given outright to the
girl and $25O,OOO to these humble persons
who had been born in slavery.
None but the counsel on both sides know
the rest of that secret, but it was revealed
to them in the course Of the proceedings
that this young girl was the daughter of
Mir. Lewis, whose mother, a woman who
moved in high circles, had yielded to an in
fatuation for Lewis which had never been
suspected.
The daughter never knew Lewis as her
father but only as a kind friend. She never
knew who her mother was, bat her mother
used occasionally TO see her. and if remorse
is the penalty for sin that woman drank
the cup to the dregs whenever she saw
this fair child. The eirl afrerward married
very happily, but even her husband never
knew the secret of her life, nor even that
she had received a bequest from John u.
Lewis. His recent death makes it now
possible 10 tell much of the story All
record evidence of the relations of Lewis
to this girl have been destroyed, and Judge
Dlttenhoefer is the only counsel remaining
who knows the secret and the names, and
he will carry it to the grave with him.
L
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Another looked upon her, and behold!
WALLS a CENTURY OLD.
More Than q Hundred Years Since the W hits
House Was Esegun.

From The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The corner stone Of the white house was
laid Oh October Is. 1892, little less than
three hundred years after the discovery OF
America by Columbus. The commissioners
had on the previous March 14th advertised
for plans for a presidents house, and on
July 10th they held meeting in Georgetown
and examined the plans that had been sub
mitted.
AS it is part Of local history now, they
accepted the plan of james Hoban, Dublin
architect. who had made designs for the
house framed it is said, on the model Of
the mansion of the duke Of Leinster at Dub
lin the palace OF royalty IN Ireland. The
stone was in part quarred at Aqua creek
and brought to a new wharf built for the
purpose, near the foot of Seventeenth street
but OBSTINATE David Burns, as Washington
called him. refused to allow the wagons tc
pass over his ground in carrying the stone TIC
the site OF the white house.
lie abused Mr.. Hoban rOundly, ana II the
city hall had been built, and present legal
fashions then prevailed, he would have got
out an in iunction; but it is doubtful if there
was then Il Judge nearer than Upper Marlboro
or Annapolis 50 despite BurnSS opposition
the stone was carted through his place and
the white house rose. No memorial of the
ceremonial of laying the corner stone has been
discovered 1t is certain that the Virginia
Free Masons who had in 1891 laid one
cornerstone of the District of Columbia,
and who in 1793 assisted In laying the
cornerstone of the capitol, did not participate
in laying the cornerstone Of the white house.
It was probably laid by Maryland Masons
The. building began to rise. however, and
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meant to earn money enough i'll Canada to
buy my sisters and my freedom She
came I'D here to this town of Simcoe. Ny
mother was a fne-looking woman, very
light compcxoned but my father was
very black man After mother had been
here a little while she went to take care
of the farm for Mr.. Lewis, a Scotcliman,
and by and BY they got married. They
had one son, and he was named John u.
Lewis after his father. / never knew ex-
actly the reason why mother would cry
over that boy. for mother would never
tell us, but when the boy was about ten
wears old he ran away. The war came
on and we slaves We're all set free and
INV sister ami | came here to Canada
to be near mother. Mother is dead and
she used to mourn in her old age about
her boy who ran away
After some further conversation with
the barber Judge Dittenhoefer was take;
TO the house of his sister. She was Il
laundress, and she told The same story that
the barber had done. She was Of lighter
complexion, but still of dstinctively African
type. She produced come other letters and
among them was one which established
completely the identity of John ID. Lewis.
the courteous, handsome and wealthy New
York merchant with the runaway son of
this old slave woman.
These heirs instructed Judge Dittenhoefer