The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-09-02
A RAILROAD ADVENTURE.

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aud erhsasttd itself 10 disco sions aho,
local ms,,,rt, the theatre tsres snd ,iu
lsr % At outsider extremely uniutcrgr
lrg topics,
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shleb Gao DO | Dger recall, the quesitu
bad spruus np II u were really eredibi
tbsta usDs bsit could snddeuly btcom
grey 10 consfqaebce Of ri1lout shock t
the mind Some Of those present wet
oBly ball iBciiaed 10 disbeleye this son
wust startling theory. wbllst otbs. coul,
GOT be sufficiently soathlug 10 the rsmars
they made concerning people who wer
simple euou4h 10 place any osedence II
such nursery tales
As the discussion grew warmer sDt
GARNER, auill every member OF our psrty
vas engaged either 10 ohsmpioning ol
com mbsting the question 10 point man
seated near ns, rose slowly, pushing biz
chair from him. snd approached oar table
He was 8 abe. tall fellow, OF hersulesr
build and his intelligent iestares, which
bore an expression OF great determina
ton, were rendered very striking by pair
OF keen blue eyes bat what made his sp
poarsnce still more remarkable was the
fact that both bis hair sld be nd were as
white as snow, although they surrounded
. o0untenance which wolld not permit
one to reckon his age at more than abont
thirty FIVE.
Excuse ne, gentlemen, il | sm interrupt
ing yonr conversation, be remarked, bow
ing politely to Us You were Iost discuss
log a subject that has more than an ordin
sry interest Tor me. happen myself to
be o living proof that, under Ger ain e'
camstunces, a terrible shock 10 the mind
can produce that self issme physical effect
OF which you were Iast speaking aad
which the majority Of you seem to dis
credit.
These words natural Y excited the curl
o.ity Of all present to the highest degrea
We quickly made room for our new &C
qusntance at the table, aad, when he had
seated himself eomio,t ably, urged him to
relate TO us the circumstances wbloh had
produced such strange and sudden
change IN his appe lrsuee. The stranger
ieigned DO great hyness and acquiesced
IN a most pleasant manner possible by 10
Isting to us the followingI
II any OF yoa gentlemen have ever ints.
ested yourselves more closely 10 America
affairs, the name OF A1br Il ceOuot well be |
81. spge tJ you; it denotes much the same
Tor the United ST. .es ss Spielberg does
for Austria. You must not pictare Au
bufa to yourselves morely as q gloomy o.
extensive prson-as one large solitary
building mol It's rather 81 entire col
ony of criminals, q sort OF town or metrop
oils Tor the wretchos that the community
has thrust out,
Shut in by immense walls, which rise
up from the eel plain 10 considerable
height, are crowded together le-ge mum
Der Of detached buildings-LoIses that
,ontsin the prison celia, warders dwell
ngs, hospital and workshops sullen
md forb'dding looking; and here and
here dotted about may be seen small
patch OF grass, few treys, and verJ oc
'ssjonally, flower bed, like the last Iin
,ering recolleciious Of innocent childhood
.mongst the black thoughts of cdmiual
Certain events. which would have bat
title interest for you, had led 10 nay jsur
leying from Hamb Irg my bithpl4ce -
0 America. immediaI ly after the com I
tsy 10 New York, accepted the post OF |
,rison doctor at Aub1rn, which, rs you I
perhaps know, is situated 10 the Sta.e OF
'ew York. was int USED with tie med i
cal supervision over that part Of the {
rison which va set apart for the worst s
lass Of criminals men, or should say /
uman hyenas, whose blood, Mepbis
opAeles says, had all eady ceased t1 be "a Y
uid Of rare gaality,' 0
Two Of these wretches we're destined 10 q
pend the remainder Of their days in s
Iison and they, by reBson OF their great d
hyslcsl sttenslh as well as by the extra +
tdinsry cunui1a they had evinced 10 sev a
ral desperate attempts to regain their i
'esdom, were subject to even closer 4
lper'lsion than the .est OF their compsn A
jps. was an OBJ sct OF particular hatred Q
I'd dislike to these two soouudrels, be q
ause had been instrumental in the dis p
owe, : off, number OF iron implements b
hich they God only knows how they v
sd ohtsiued possession OF ihemi had p
under their clothes, aud again 8,
q another occasion, because | had re
ised to receive them into the hospltd et
hen they ieigned illness, expecting o
oubtless when they we're once IN there n
lat they would find mere fvorsble op it
crtuuitles for accom- plishing their rs t.
,pe. The rnlIiaas we're separated ard Il
laced IL remote psrIs OF the prison and d
ere laden With chsins; bat 10 spite Of ali d
.esa precautions, cne hne mo- ning tie >
Dc, Abd few days later the other, togetb o
vita their chains, had disappesrel u
ithrul leasiug trace bebind them Il
II mr.t have been sluo,t 8 fortnight q
ter The fight OF these tao crimiusls b
hich had caused the utmost cousterbs a
% auoogst The authorities q, Auburn, 81
.at | ordered nv borse one afternoon. ID