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M'Kean County Miner, The (Newspaper) - August 8, 1872, Smethport, PennsylvaniaBaud a Harbour fun Bluhm. Voso to Bomm and Osmi ral . Vol. In. Smethport m Kean county thursday August my Tkacho v let Tut . 1 Nur aun. Walk aa4 a fam Kwh Wall Ltd i now. Aad meat Karl. A taaatr1 Witk Arak Maku Rand to Tau Anlu 4alj. That Wijt to Duj som. Or to t tall tas Eulla. And . With an and to kill. O walk kill Hii aant Koor Witk will. With cart by pm Rex a Bruk Aad dirt inc anon Witk Tao cattau Taxt u trying Koak i dark u Xuwu. Latta Tiki Lettl. Thaw of Kenyaa. A j now kill lord la mils u la Aamot str Nav u i vat Tai tax Witk Aad aa4 Kall Witk s Taal avar fall Lac. Rarer. Aad a wet Kurt Cwm. I Tea Hart Latar of. Very earnestly. I would t have pm two i be been fixed up Nice by one lady and another four or five times but aunt sue can t main Good no How. To make her thirty t thirsty Laid the for said exactly to said Tho match girl scraping the last spoonful of from Tho bowl. I m just Inoh obliged to you continued but i be about made up Ray mind not to carry Home any More aunt Hue Ata t Nono too Good to me when the sober but Whan drunk it too fan Tan Kermont to live. If you give me bite and a warm now and then. I la be jest Nob too Long a Story to Tell All the Youtt nation that followed but i kept what were you doing when i came r i asked. Circus. Carrot or Bead Peggy and i Arnad u last summer. She can keep p a Takei Barakat ten Marralea. 1 a Tat one. And i Oai dance a ban of get gift Tokat try a Nekr he r to. Fix that in wonderfully Quick spoke t while fied. Now put of please i pleaded. Not in he Bouse. It will readily Bye got one when i with us the wed h. Mix. U. Wuu k Kultur Imam two War wish of mud. Or actual Kutr or or Uttel. Mhz tit b. Kwh Lilac inv smile my hmm. In huh. Is Ulm. Btl wet wok Lory i the. World u7 Rau kill Mem h Elj Ikel with Ami Conan life la i Tut to Man in late swat. 7 in. Purtum mat bum. Lluc work w m Mut us to. Usow Tel aim the. At i h t be Roxie. I do not wish you to Imi Ige my he Rul Iii As a Lovely dark eyed Damsel in infancy from her distracted and restored to the parental a Thrace by the discovery under her of a Diamond studded locket con Taining a miniature portrait of a naval officer and of a fabulously Beautiful woman. I doubt if she rarer saw a Diamond in ii a in a jeweler s window and her de parted parents a Hod Carrier and a Washerwoman Elivd without mystery in their Beds leaving the child in care of a maternal aunt. No interesting Cognomen distinguished Tho Little orphan from Tho sallies and Jennies of her Satiro Alley it was neither Loiso Helena nor Josephine Plain Ivanti thed Elisa Anne Jen Kins. Her occupation was homely As her Niue that of Selling matches crying them through Tho with a voice twist proclaimed the undoubted strength Anil health of her Throat and my memory dons not recall a More Tern Bly Stonny Day than Onu in Jaugu Ary several years ago when i sat sowing in my cozy room my servant Taino to Tell Ine the Little Mutch girl was at the door. And Mlade said the kind hearted Irish girl it s a most froze the girl is with the bits of rags on her stiff with sleet and Niver a shoo nor a Stock ing to her poor Little feet at i cried in Herror. In Lansing out at the Street with its bed of half melted Snow and Luah Bare footed on this dreadful Day it s that Tamo the is an swered the girl whose name i May As Well mention was Mollie and that pitched and starved looking it would make your heart ache to see her bring Tho child into the Kitchen i , rive Hor something to eat and let Hor lit by the fire till i come Down Mollie started off. Delighted with her errand and i busied myself at onco in an Endeavor to help the pitiable cast he had described. Fortunately being an Active member the Dorcas to Cieto i had always a Stock of ready made clothing under Ray control for just Inch Little sufferers and 1 pulled out Tho Basket at once and made each selections at so enied to me appropriate. Waiting a Little till i thought the child Kad been warmed fed and comforted. I went Down stairs to verify Mollie s it was not the Flat Timo i had soon the child for the had supplied Roe with matches for several months but i had never Given her More than a passing Glaum or pleasant word. Now As sat carted a on the Rui before the Kitchen fire eating eagerly of the hoi soup and bread Mollie bad with a Liberal hand my heart reproached of for having failed to notice her for Lorn appearance and pint hid face be fore. The was a very ugly child rough skinned and freckled with coarse Fea Tures and dust coloured hair that teemed entirely neglected and face and figure were thin and ungainly looking Lei Eyre were Good Large and Bright the White even Teeth but certainly nothing pretty nor pleasing about her. Her hands and feet which i were entirely uncovered were blood roil with cold. My poor i said Bow came to be out barefooted in such a Ter Noble storm this Haven t you and Lisa my came Home to dinner. By a of feminine i persuaded him that i needed a Little servant girl to help Mollie and he undertook to secure the child. In three Days. Aunt Bun was bought Over and Eliza legally bound to me for three yearn Mollis we eager myself to train the poor girl for a Rood servant and or loomed her cordially when i led Hor to the Kitchen. The first thing to i said m is to Mako her clean and comfortable. Live Ier a warm Bath. Mollies and pc on to clothes you will find in the Bali conic with Mollie said. It s pc Dutiful and warm in the bathroom to Register s been open All the Moru 8ouie five later yells of anguish and a profusion of that would Havu put a Billingsgate Fisher Man to shame called to to Tho Bath room. Howls yells and execration Rrue Todi me As i opened the door and if Ollie i voice above them. Arrah now be. The wat say no. Nobody is hurting Yon at All can t yer sit Down in the Wathor while i scrub yer y of of murder help i m reeling i you re drowning me you re rubbing my the skin off me i the soap s in my eyes you stupid bog Trotter you re killing me Stop pulling my the profanity i omit but such a pro Fusil of shocking oaths As were scattered through those exclamations never of greeted my ears before in my whole Quint life. In spite of my horror it was difficult to maintain my Gravity. Eliza one Mast of Frothy soap suds was danc ing a kind of frantic War dance Roum Good natured Mollio Yelling and cry ii if dodging in every oort in dipping out of her Crasp turning somersaults to Tho sponge on her face and per forming wonderful leapt when Tho Natl on her foot was threatened. At the sound of my voice she Stoot silent a moment while i asked As gravely As i could what was the matter look at she sobbed. I m soap from my Bead to my heels and there not a bit of skin on Arrah you said Mollie it s Tho dirt you re misting come Duck in Here and i la have you Rinset and dried in a a frantic yell greeted Mollie s sudden expert and i boat a Hasty re treat satisfied that the child would Tuffe no harm. It was not very Long before the two came to the sitting room Mol lie flushed and panting and Eliza per factly transformed. A suit of Nea clothing closely cropped hair and a clean Faco had Mado another child o Bur. In answer to my inquiry if she did no feel More comfortable Eliza emphatic ally assured me the never so minor Able in her life. Mho was cold she Ware she was riled All and so bad rather have aunt sue Wallop he with the poker than have that Paddy Wash her this not encouraging but i sen the pair to the Kitchen telling Eliza was to Holp Mollie get dinner. In the i added to will come v room to learn to Rea. Aad the Mado a Grimace but Follower Mollie quietly and Paoo reigned out More. After dinner i gave my for ought a Large alphabet card to study and went to the Kitchen to question Mollio a to her Cul Inary capabilities. Of the Rathur p cried Mollio. It altogether heart broken i am with the Shrinka of her. After she d paled the Pratixa As Toon at i turned Moback the took the Quill pen i write Homo will made a pop gun of it sliced up the Pra Tina and we peppering to and the Ca Tho did t she pull All the i i if out of my hair and put them in the Elligant Gravy i d made did t so upset Tho turnips on the floor and wipe up the with a table Napkin 1 it on Hor head she s stood nine times it once on Hor feet. Wherever Tho learn her tricks plenty of Thorn go entirely " perhaps Sho u do bettor to Morrow i mid. Well Ahe can t do worse on Mollie answered and wit i returned to the sitting room. The tight that greeted m 1 vision exactly in front o fled the said shortly. Aunt pawned them last night for a spree. Nhe sleeping it off when i came out i took ten out of her pockets Foi to get a bite o wit ties. Hain t had nothing since yesterday. Thi Roupli just about that s what it u lint Yon must nearly i took a oat o aunt bottle 1 we the answer. It stuff but it Yon up when Jou it cold and "1 have and stockings Horo for i said. And warm Hood and Mae looked at me and at the article in us hand her head Tain t no she said speaking the grate Eliza was lying upon her Back barefooted Aad upon one upraised Foo balanced a Large round Basket i which i kept my kindling Wood. So singing a Lively tune Aad skill full twirling the Baa kit with poker keeping perfect time with under Kowt head was a superbly bound copy of Milton a Christmas gift from my husband and one of my most Uota Trinni failed me but stood looking at the chair Ahe teased the Basket in the air and with one bound stood before me. I know them she mud Leas ways Aoma of them. I Don t a Reading no How less i Tun a the and. What Abon the Burdett and Inch Mast be ant my flying to Eliza s room. Fortunately h Rolaad her also and opened Ner door. Just a. I reached h. Fewer inside. And the Abor a and it work indeed. Almost rec Tivey on Jour and Toek they h Art try Cev from this Flat undertook to Vilim thu poor Littou Bat m wore on i found that 1 a old Bend her to by Tow a mud a Fol Aolele v _ loved Terr dearly Aad fairly worshipped n Ltd her Monkey Ike agility Toon became a valuable activity a Noumea avoid and when movie leu me to become the baker1 wife Eliza Ite Able to take her the had been four Yean a my House hold when my a Miaad. Affairs eased him to Europe Foi a few months Aad moved into too entry House before i parture in order to save expense. We were Twenty Miles from town but Only Talf a mile from a pretty Village and my brother had agreed to come out two or three a wok to see to my Safe y and Comfort. Our new Home u a Bride House three stories High situated in the Centre of rather extensive rounds. It had been built for a Board no school but owing to a failure of the owner we sold at what my husband considered a gnat Morgain and he m cured it. Our Furni Ture was a moved and i had time to get settled and feel Home like before i was left alone. I liked our new residence very much Lut the effect of country air upon Eliza was actually bowl tiring. Every morn ing at Day break e we in the grounds climbing Liki a boy of ten instead of a Giroff fourteen a swinging from Higl pm Nuhs by her 01 Hesed feet or camped is running is Outing perfectly crazy with her Oor found Liberty and pleasure. The very Small and although in per f old fashioned ant costly jewels and Bonds for fifty thous and dollars. To n y great consternation Tho entire property waa by the terms o her will handed a to me intact sent by Hur exo i tors to my new real Denoe. It was Early urn any morning when the boxes were by ought to me and certainly never did i. Legacy find a colder Loome. My brother Wai away for a week Eliza and i were none in the House. As the Carmen deposited their precious Loat noticed of them looking Aroun him with Quick i inquiring glances an said to of to Tho study and Tell your Mas Ter the books he u ordered have Quick As a Flash she understood me. And darted away. Returning in a moment the said master says u ave them hem and h will unpack them after i paid the men. Taw them depart Anc then fastened every door and window in Tho House. J Eliza r i said. The stuff there Wil bring upon us at sure at we Are alive. On monday i can Send it All to town again to the Bank but in the Bury said Eliza who had been through a count of sensation stories and rather enjoyed the situation. Burr it Wiere r under the Kennel. I we think ing yesterday w sat a pure it would first examining my an aunt anything but for in fit theol up. Jia and i and than u a can t in4 them. Well p. And make tha women Tell Are.1 we the and heard the Bott up. Of. Are lost r 1 whispered. They will kill imagine my to augment when Kuza me coolly m if i were in Boom Domestic Din Tomulty at the lighting a Candle Don t worry marm i i la fix what do Yoa mean tin going Fer Heip. Of Way Ken Aad Kaap door it the Bedstead against it. Look t nod and a Taoac Comfort i if hey break in hold out Long m Yoa l 111 not be but Yoa cannot it Down stain. Do not there s a Man in the let urn stay we the Cool atin1. Up Taw Ehaney Aero St the roof Ewen the to the porch roof then Cumby Yontl break your neck t i cried. Not she said with a abort laugh. Five done More than that just ror i would remonstrate further had finished her harried d and we a the wide Chimney Ali the yawning a snags she scrambled like a oat and out on the roof Aud look no Over at me. All right so Tho said a a Low voice. Keep up your soon be Back t keep up my courage the wretch on he stain whittling boo below i would hear the indistinct of other How soon would abandon their search and come up stain f i glanced despairingly at the Chimney and wished i would reduce my Stout figure to Kliza s dimensions Aad her eccentric will which had sent the Berea untouched from her closet to me i concluded to act upon Elixa s suggestion. We moved the 4of Kennel dug a larg in the soft Earth under it buried the boxes heavy enough to sin of themselves to quite a depth. Re placing some of the Earth Ana the Ken ecu we removed the remainder of the dirt to a Distant Corner of the and Mai spied ourselves that no o our task remained. Saturday night passed undisturbed Aad no alarming incident occurred o sunday to to n tired on sunday even ing satisfied that no one know of our Puneet tint and ire would sleep in peace Eliza went to her own room in thin Story and i to mine on the floor below it must have been after Midnight the i we wakened by the certainty of Eom being in my room although i hat heard no bound. I wide stantly and a moment later heard a Low whisper that chilled blood in m that we All u Blind about a master in the Aad the voice there nobody with this lady Bat that Little you re Ture there we Silver in the Boxer asked Aimond voice. Sure. There Ware Czacka in Box and i Knaw by tie heft. I Ain t been ton Yean without knowing the feel of Pute. The question is where it stowed r the voices from a Small room adjoining mine Iraq he the have entered by window reach in that by a porch. Quietly m i conk i stole from bed put of my stocking Aad slippers threw a Dreeling gown around me and opened a door. Ing to Send Pauble tothe til a shout behind me Lage for help. But i was heard. Of Thea fwd Tom wet Plaja Flat atm mid. Bugle Cheviot lie Wal Rota Urago and toe the Van How that Beo atae Aop Areat where the joke too Tea Only to the East on a visit and the for try be left behind him had been notified la Arnao Teof approach Aad a Ianer Erith a few other Frienda. To meet him at station. Tia ont of rapture float of through Kun brain Aad my Hiu Wield in a be eluded Oconer of ear he Jourod Forth spirit s Gud Natt a a Guam of Melody coca what follow her. Being impossible put All the furniture in the room against be door and sat Down to await the re sult of the search Aad Eliza s daring errand. It is easy now to write coolly about it but my head wat whirling my heart beating to suffocation and the seemed hours Long. Every sound below seemed to threaten the arrival of my tormentors and every horror of a Durdei or burglary i had Ever heard or read of seemed crowding upon my brain. To inc Raae the horror my Candle suddenly went. Hen. Day they found the object Glass gone u we a valuable instrument and it said would not be replaced for Tea several thousand dollars. At first the were at a to account for tha Giro us stance but subsequently they ascertained that a professor who had former been employed at the Observatory an had been frequently heard to Admire the rain. Had Alao disappeared from i on Anderson Street leaving hit bar Trajce behind him. Stated that i Moat Kii Liard the instrument being next to insane upon the subject and his sudden disappear Anee coupled who per Iowa manifestations Roe petting the glue. Led to being attached to Nim. Upo inquiry it mfr tiled that he trav Elled in the direction of Chicago and thither or. Alderman Bowden of Allegheny we some ago Dii pal with expectation of finding tha person to whom suspicion borne a character for tha Saaw City and in Pri vate use and if u who u really responsible affair it Iteen into a strange eccentricity. The of coloured that lakes and streams one of appear to be vie by bide. While twin Tyland then a abundance of m Pat of unde a dry to cat right by Boring a to of Artesian into the territory. We not turn the other up t pretended to table used by Washington at Valley forge Awa out in Ota afo Mick on fourth. Metw Adania county of which grinding Imam Tea a Hwi unite aaa Toai Taring the Point jaw. The to the line 1 two airy of him. And informed him that a ised about among old retort Eon a. It oame Noi he heirs and Abraham took to Hunt key employed of a lawyer in Pitu Burgh by the. Name of Moore who wrote to parties indicated by Tan own aaa Laa Ryar. Aad we by Tawan that them an away no proof and giving information Whidbee tothe Ineatia Pattou of Petar Baker apr of property consisted of real and dexa enal state and has been for or exr Enty Tex s death. Abraham induced hit son Joseph to int up the Neo Etwary proof of the Vari Ous . Who ored. Spent much time and Money Lut at last we Able to submit to their Awyer Moore the requisite Aranof. To or. Moon and a Eon of or. Mule Laker went to Germany where they remained they n securing property Selling and turn ing it into ready Money to of about leaving Worth of real estate which cannot now old to advantage on account of late War which he deranged Flea act of Tho country Aad depreciated of real estate. The first sum mentioned has not yet been received by the heirs but it is expected that it will soon arrive. The hem Are in Scioto and Adams counties in Ohio and there Are other Hein in Pennsylvania and perhaps other Ohio. In a four feet thick. T to nature of the Over Ying Rock is not is Atod. If All of Tea laity were cheerful a Ewa Euf died in of seventy i be the terrible u. This old her Ingke lotion that the talk of her Baa Octja did w referred More i azure from died wealth than Tain from accompanying and the i the most Gro teen All the whue thai were of a character the we Palaad Wnm Aino to indulge her putto that Tea or Tain Preci Asly tha use of the in Grant Universal among increasing. In How to the process for destroying mosquitoes May be condensed into a few the strongest crystallized carbolic acid should be placed in a bottle and Cov ered with the same Quality of Strong red Ood liver Oil shake bottle Ultra ugh i until Whit Tab coloured foam appear if such foam not arise however Quant of of powdered use Abold Attje water. Mixture into a Diah or other convenient article and place directly under the open Windear it h Ajo Attar the in my Humble opinion the effect explained h this manner Taw Man tent the it Eketu of blood e d for Oil and add it much More thai of Imam own the combined odor of the re powerful than tha of b i that the to Aqapito beam a perplexed. The font Rabenoe is that after scrambling and skirmishing about a dark tha led. It were instinctively into the mixture where it u either drowned or burned to death by the add. Formerly i accustomed to near my face Anna and breast with Oil alone but i frequently arose in tha morning smelling to terribly that protected me from Mosquito bites i Happy to Lay it aside. I Hare slaughtered More with the article explained above than Ever i would have done with my fists or any other dangerous american. Is Pauj Laraja the county Penn says on a certain farm in Pine run Valley about three Mike of Doy Lea town a remarkable ooze Ottoa of Hay the owner to Kave Hay for fifteen or Twenty Yean past without consuming much of it and the result b that there Are now from forty to fifty of Hay on pram ism. There a group in every Field and the almost surrounded by them. Of Are and Rotten that they have apart and show a great Gap in he Middle exposing the Interior to the weather. Tebee probably contain or did Ono an average of eight each. Would Makaaa aggie Tho United Kin room and the consume in there u of Tea posting an unfit into arrayed in t illusions to tha a War fan the Pra Cuoton Tea Dpi King. Psi cat a Opp a Tina the of appeared in Dif Larent the Lathat of Tae Borer age Hart quart an. Ail the Iatala of it an Hitha Condon which Sikat Tea cot Horta action the Ives Tina. Shatten the Aad intr Doea too attach hot water into the i system it will be difficult matter u convince the British King a a Pernio out of the people enter int a tray opinion and ant Herb almost them Anil constant in 1 the population of him Pron of Tea 1871 with a population of Ere ire age of one shilling ten and a half Pel ice per Pound. In. The Flat Naused year t be Quantity Enow amid to one Pound eight to h Penon a Laet Krea Paa Aili and not Senoi a work of genuine that comp Liard b metropolitan drinking Pountain a and cattle trough Aat Dabon of 1 Mon. Thit society hat More than 0 Aad foun most crowded of London t Mae Are All applied Witk weekly by the society s and kept Deanry and in Good condition. Che fountains Are of the greatest Nenei t to workingmen go to Xii 1 to Nat Wall m while Aida Iii Zubor. M would Jaas of the to obtain pure w away from their doubt Taal tomes and can of Tam Hwy far i Bam he Tais Wood try. Aiad Iaal Joun als of Londo saw what the fountains a doa Paleai of Avert Fri Many of Sun stroke. The do of animal Alao get their share of Ario Arrom the of the Jaso citation. Tare i cattle troughs for cattle Aad it u reported thai cab Karaam. Be other Anima to drink i one cattle Troug i within Twenty four Ine wart water from tha cattle caught in smaller arranged for the a e of that in the crowded Stree of London no Irving being . Be Apt far from at Many of them Art quite old the Hay cannot now be of first Quality. The object this remarks ski Law urn Utica of Bay we do not know Aad the owner mid to be quite of sell ing any of it and declined to topple Leigh ban who abort last Spring. If it now a the Market it would bring enough Money to put he farm in prime Erder Aad erect a it of broke out a town adj people Klud 230 Bejot their in handed. Utre they very bunday school in pal he read of the funeral Pil in India on which sacrifice after their Kwak Aaddie. Give an account of a similar instance 4 an i roof a Wedow a eng land. A wealthy merchant who in Brighton duri in one of i tile a Road had net with a married in the coat my Bro igbo Bat wife Home to i Junn. When i lived happily. She a fund to Lite. To tha of christianity he Bat along oni Redin Bernai a Ciao. And Hafl lit be Temple of built in the country w my no her Atwo irling 4o Ofchar own Raizk Karo. And died. The Hart Elf upon Lif Sisfa 6m id an of vow of despair Tore her Diang ured her Beauty enl feature with a inv on the evening after the funeral a Dnia geared. After t Iree search for her it occurred t to Kwh in Tae y to of Aaraas yet of the woman. All m by Ket Aalf had built the Annera Aad main by mortal a Rasu the Rex to Obedi Aoe to of u t rely Goa to had been a arts

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