Evening journal., 1901-06-08
WOMAN WRITES OH
QUAINT TOWN
Victim Of Shad'S Bites Comes
Home From Hospital
Il Well Man
80 % N. s.snLng Iournal.

mems Views, the lNliducll iiii iuht'
lin prints the following story:
One of the giimpses OF quiet uld New
Castle. Delaware. unat was given to the
Philadelphia Geographical Society
during its visit there few days ago.
has aroused great deal Of discussion
on the efficacy or inenicacy of its
prison life and other punishments for
crime.
walk thrcagh tine gloomy little Jail
and it's CHASTITY court yard in which
stands the hated whipping-post that
makes the most defiant criminal bend
in pleading. Is an experience not soon
70 be forgotten.
The air Within and without is hot
and sickening No form stands erect
i'm that grim community except thel
mute outlines OF the wooden post |
Abound IT the ground is damp and slip |
perry. eNhaling the breath OF fetidl
marsh.
Heaps of broken stone are scattered
beyond in an irregular border near thel
prison wall. These piles are the hope or
despair of tramps. They mean u melli
ut regular intervals for the vagabond.
but hey mean more wkrk in an hourl
than he usually does I'm year.
Frisoner-tramrs are not forced tol
wear the stripes OF the regular c0nvict'sl
uniform. Some of them bowed thcirl
heads low 80 that their faces might not
be remembered by the visitors wh0I
passed. They We're enjoying a briefI
recess. They lounged on the stones OrI
on rude wooden planks that served asI
benches. only one had book. which
he read increasingly.
There was less concern for conceal
mont among the convicts in stripes.
"lhere is always some hope for the
man who is ashamed" said the ma
iron, when someone paused in the hall
TO question her about the prisoners
But only two or three of them kept
the curtains Of their cells drawn over
the door The others sprang from
their crouching positions on the floors
OF pallets TO press their faces against
the bars and curiOusly watch the
strangers or TO seek a purchaser for
some Of their hand-wrought bric-a-
brac.
Their favorite carvings We're minia-
ture whipping-posts and pillories. The
women Of New Caste approve of the
whipping post. which they aver Is AL
that projects their old town from the
inroads OF dangerous tramps
Captain Rogers. one OF the Oldest
and most prominent citizens OF New
Castle. says that the whipplng-post
does not DO it's gruesome duty nearly
50 well to-day as Il did when he was
young I'm those days Il really whip
ped. Bur 10 aways seems terrible
enough TO the condemned. Two OF the
most notorious bank robbers offered
the authorities a bribe OF $4,000 II ne
would let them serve their term OF SEN
tenCe without The lashes.
Negroes were numerous amcng the
Indifferent prisoners. They laughed
and sneered on a card table around
which group of eight or ten were
playing in the court yard.
But New Castle has a hright side
too. Il was seen from Captain Rogers
historic garden, on a part OF which
William Penn stood when he first land-
ed at that town big fire destroyed
some treasures that had been kept foi
centuries ia Captain Rogers family
Among them were numbers of letters
written by Penn But enough remains
TO tell an interesting volume TO ihf
student OF history.
One Of the curios is q pin-cushiOr
from old colonial days with the pins
stuck in It just as they were left by an
original colonial dame. They ar,
longer weapons than the pins of to-
day. and have tiny hexagonal heads @
steel. There is a silver tankard made
in the time Of Queen Anne For thl
lip Of the tankard Captain Rogers hat
enough silver sCraped from the swOr.
his family carried Through the revolu
tiOn. Numbers of letters by Hcnr!
Clay and other famous patriots ar
stored in his New Castle residence.
William Duncan returned homo from IN
Delaware Hospital Wilmington. yester
day. where he had been for four days SUI
fering with Inflammation of the arm. IN
result OF a shad bite. Although MT Dun
can carries his arm In a sling he hope
TO be able 20 use the member next weel
The following committees have been az
pointed la charge of the entertainment /
De given IN the NJ. n. Church, next Frida
and Saturday nights:
Executive-Mra w G.. Koons. Mr.
Annie =. King Mrs. Mary Naylor. Mi.
Cordelia Deakyne, Mrs. Mary =. Cha
lenger.
lee Cream and strawberries-AIrs Ann
E. King Mrs. Fannie Rlgss, Miss Matt
Palmer.
kummaEc SdlC-Alss Ilrutha Dcakyn
Bake-Mrs. Samuel A. Mcdaniel an
Grace Qugg Circle.
Package Table-Mrs. Mary Naylor Mr.
Orvld A. Porter. Miss Mollie ID akyne
Candy Tahie-Mrs John b. Montgom q
assisted BY members OF the Dousas.
Mission Band
The rain OF yesterday was acc m. aaa
by much wind. which tore limbs FRO
trees ana ieveiied the wheat in the ncl
adjoining the city.
Several employees of the Knowles Wo,
en- Company went TO work yesterday. N
plant has been shut down for two month
Floral mission day will be observed
the local ". c. r. r. Tuesday asternoo
The members win meet az the home
Mrs. Mcdaniel al 130 o'clock 20 arran
bouquets The Rev W G. Koous W
conduct service in ihe JAIN az o'cicck
persons deairing % contributa flowers q
leave them az the home Of Mrs. CHI
lenger. or II she IS notded they viii
called for.
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