The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10

Escape After Horrible ENpe-
rfeace.
From the New York Tribune
/ Not all the young men or men Of middle
/ age you meet nowadays with white hasr
/ come honestly by it, In fact the sight
/ Of white head on young shoulders is
mole apt to excite the cynical remark
I Of How much was paid for the cheml-
I cal?' that brought about the change than
I challenge admiration or attention. Yet
/ there are a number Of men in New York
| who had their hair turned prematurely
! white by an altogether natural process.
! one of these men is ex-Judge j. c. Julius
/ Langbein. who was famous during the
/ war for being one of the youngest drum
/ mer boys in the union army. Judge
/ Langbein is 40 years old and is about as
! sprightly a veteran az one could desire
/ to see, but since Thanksgiving night,
/ lsS0. when the judge was only "a years
! old, his hair has been white. Down TO
/ that night it had been a light brown.
/ His face. however. Is free from wrinkles
! and with its cheerful expression might
| easily pass for that of a much younger
/ man.
/ When asked by Tribune reporter to
/ explain how he came by his white hair
/ the judge said
Wei, If you really want to hear the
/ story l will tell it, for it may interest
some skeptics as to whether a mans
! hair really can be turned white in ono
night without the aid of chemicals. The
| story is this: In the fall of the year 1880
| was serving as civil justice IN the Sew
4 enln judicial court, i'm the city of New
aoIh: Al mat time George a. Moulton
/ was the stenographer of the court, and 1
/ believe he still holds that position. We
had always been on intimate terms. and
| frequently went out together with our
/ guns Tor days shooting. l had not been
4 IN the best Of health that fall and on
] the day before Thanksgiving, the court
| having adjourned for a Few uays. George
/ came up TO me and said: Judge, you
/ haven't been looking well the last few
/ days Come up TO Greenwood Lake with
/ me Tor a Few days and have shoot
/ George was right. l had not been well
| for some days, and / accepted the offer.
/ and so off we went with our guns and
/ outht by the next train. Greenwood Lake
! IS, should say, six miles long and three
| broad. ON the opposite side of the lake
/ from the railway station, which, by the
| way, Is called Hewitts station, in honor
I of ex-Mayor Hewitt lived the mail car
/ rier for that year. His name is William
/ De Graw, and he is as fine a specimen of
/ manhood as l ever saw. Being the son of
/ farmer, he had inherited a superb
/ physique, which had been developed to
! the highest point of perfection by his
/ daily work, which in summer was pull
| ing a boat over the lakes, and in winter
! skating and other out-Of-doors exercise.
/ DE Graw home on the shore of the lake
| had become a sort of a road house, and
as he was a warm friend of George, we
| shaped our course for his place. The
| weather at this time was exceedingly
/ cold. The lake was frozen over solidly,
except in the center, where II was open.
| De Graw met US at the station and gave
| us a genuine old farmers welcome, and
4 after he had secured the mail, We start
| ed across the lake for his house De Graw
had been married only the week before,
| meeting
! amiable wife.
well, we spent all that evening telling
| stories and the next day was given up
| to notwithstanding. and royal good time
! we had too, especially considering the
tempting, dinner Mrs De Graw, treated
US to-when we went home. About
/ o clock that night De Graw got out OF
| his sled and said that he was going for
the mail. BY that time IL was very dark
! and a fine sleet was falling, which at
times made It impossible for you to
see your hand before your face. George
much as Mrs. De Graw expressed fear
/ for his safety on such bad night De
! Graw gave me the mailbag and l sat on
/ the sled with him behind me, while
! George put on his skates and pushed us
/ along at rapid rate. De Graw also had
| pair of hand sticks, with sharp spikes
! to push the sled along. AS 1 nave SAID,
/ il was a very dark night and bitterly
| cold, made more disagreeble by the fierce
! wind, which hOwled around US like a
/ demon. The only thing we had to guide
us was a light on the opposite side OF
| the lake. OF we started In nigh glee ana
| at a swift pace. We soon stopped con-
| versation, however, and sped along In the
| night in silence. 1t was not long before
! snow, as we supposed, but atterward We
| learned that the farmer who kept his
| light burning purposely to guide De GraW
| across the lake had put IL out, supposing
| that he would not attempt TO cross on
| such a bad night. We kept on our
| course, however, and soon saw the Hght
| again. as we supposed, but when too late
| we learned il was the light from another
| house. and by steering for 1t we were
| heading directly for the open part of the
| lake. on we Sped unconscious OF the
| danger we We're running into. Once or
| twice l thought I heard the ice cracking
and remarked about it. Then De Graw
| asked George if he was not pushing US
in the wrong direction. II seemed 70 pe
| Graw that we were going TOO far TO the
! left. but George replied: mo, there is
| the light straight ahead OF uS-see, We
are making Decline for it HIS answer
| was sufficient for, sure enough, there
| the light was straight ahead OF us, and
on we sped Several times De Graw re-
| marked that we seemed to be going too
far to the left, but-there was no getting
| around the fact that the light was
| straight ahead.
AT last De Graw again remarked even
! more emDhaticaly than before that we
| were not in the right place, when the SLED
| disappeared from under us, and we found
| ourselves fioundering in the freezing cold
| water. The splash in the water came with
| out a seconds warning. we We're gong
along so swiftly that was carried uliueI
| a cake of ice and had my chin and fore
head cut, but fortunately the cake was
| thin, and l managed to push my nead
| through il and come to the surface. For
| tunately, all of us preserved our pres
| ence of mind and as soon as the dreadIul
nature of the accident dawned upon US
| we held brief consulta ton, in which we
/ agreed not to catch hold of one another
/ under any circumstances, and II one telt
| that he was going to drown he agreed not
/ to grasp at his companions. Upon this we
/ separated from each other, each man nav
| ing idea whether or not the others
| could swim, and each determined to sink
alone or save himself alone. l found the
/ plunge into the icy waters severe strain
! on my nerves. Our bodies had been all
aglow with the hearty exercise of propel-
1 ling the sled and to be so suddenly plung-
ed into freezing water was well calculated
to take the breath away from any man.
LAS illustrating how entirely uncon-
| scious we were of our danger, just before
the awful plunge, l was telling him the
story of the Irish foreman of a coal mine
/ who shouted down the shaft, How many
of yez are down there?" The answer COM
/ ing back. Seven he replied. Well half of
yez come up and the other half