The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-29

A Cnt-o,-Nine Tails.

tails; three others stood in the back
breaking pillory, made familiar to this
generation by the stories Of the Puri-
tans, and Delaware Justice was salts
fed. All seven men punished We're
colored. But, while the punishm ent
melted out smacked Of the days Of the
Puritans, neither those who felt the
lash nor those who gazed upon the
scene resembled in any way the early
fathers. Everybody was ight-hearted,
outwardly at least, says a correspond
ent for the Ohio Press. Even the
prisoners wore broad grins upon their
countenances and the hilarity Of the
onlookers was loud and hearty. The
stern-visaged men who gathered around
the whipping posts Of New England
several hundred years ago had not
left much of an impress upon the
present race Of Delawareans. They re-
garded the occasion as a lark, and
their eyes and shouts seemed to indi-
cate that they expected to be amused
by spectacle that would appeal to
their sense of the ludicrous. For New
town of some 5000 Inhabitants seemed
to have put every one of it's men and
boys upon the streets. Lounging on
the corners, at the railroad station and
about the hotels they discussed the
coming whipping with great avidity.
They had their own ideas Of the just
ice Of the sentences imposed by the
court, aud did not hesitate to express
them.
"Now, that Mars Goodink," ejaculat-
ed lean and lank peach grower from
down the peninsula, as he carefully
knocked the first bluebottle fly Of the
season off the hitching post with a
stream Of tobacco juice, fought to
| git about hundred cuts. I'll be dog
| goned if he amt stole more horses
| in his time than any other niger in
| the state. The law says only forty
but he ought to get a hundred" Two
| or three Of his companions grunted
assent, while another one said: "Jedge
up to Wilmington said nobody coul6
ever tell how many horses Goodin&
had stole, so he gave him the limit"
| A Weary Hour in the Pillory.
AS II o'clock grew near every MAI
in sight on the streets started In tn
direction Of the Jail. Along the side
walks in the vicinity Of the courteous
were lines Of vehicles Of all shapes
sizes and ages. They were PLENTIFUL,
despatched with mud, their owners
also Of all shapes, sizes and ages, an
equally muddy, being already in tn
Jail yard waiting for the fun to begir
Many of them had started before day
light from their home In lower Del;
ware, and now whiled the time ava
consuming tobacco and peanuts. Som
Of them remembered the plump sprin
chickens which had been taken from til
coops, and were eager to see the me
who had enjoyed the dainty flavor (
the fowls without paying for it pul
, islrea.
, EH was II o'clock when the punis
= meat began. BY that time fully 4
!. people were crowded into the jail var
, | About $50 came out from Wilmingto
r The sheriff's friends and the new
, paper men were placed upon the 1s
s ny Of the Jail, high above the crow
r. where they could have an uaaantauuI
+ ed views. As the clock struck the mo
+ ! Warden Francis mounted the lelatfor
. rof the pillory, which is about ten fe
+ above the grogtnd. He lifted the yok
h and Levi Gibsen, who had assaulted
! school teacher, and John $hnittiix, GO
/ 'victed Of arson, stepped forward al
= put their heads and arms into the pro
/ err places. Snap went the Books OIL t
i yokes and the two men, with Rea