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' O.fice subscribers, or those living out of
- of LITHAUER &. TURK.
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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING
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NORWALK, er. TUESDAY. DECEMBER -31, I850.
- TVV0 «DOLT--4RS“iPE.R
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titulturit, Elite nah filaitufnrtttrts. I A I
J VOLUME xxxiil.-.i1\iiiiii1ii?.’1i:-,5§. I
Terms of the Gaze-;te_ E. C. , ~ passage to the vast‘ weight of timber, which, _“ Check the canoe with your _ha_nds, dear they reinember, as if it were yestetdayplhoit
coming with terrific violence against the girl. Put them in _tlie_water. Every inch own legend of Saco Island.-“ : _-‘A-T-'3 -
Village subscribers bycarrier—peryeai-$9 00
do. in advance do. 2 00
the Cai-rier’s district, and who call for
their papers at the office, 1 50
Companies of five or more receiving their
papors by niall. if paid in advance 1 50
‘CS -__i ' A 7 A” "
0. S. Perry,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
l\Iall1or‘y’s'Bui_lding.
Oflicc hours from 8 lo 12 o’cloc/c, .A. 114.‘; and
from 1 to G o"clocl:, P. III.
C. 8:. G. A. BISSELL,
Attorneys and counsellors at law.
Olfice over J. Mallory &. Co.’s Store,
NORWALK, CUNN.
George 1%.. Davenport,
Attorney and €0!HiSOIIOi‘ at law.
Oflice West Side the B-rz(_.',-‘e,
NORWALK, ‘CONN.
c. J. esaumasi,
DEALER IN FURICIGN AND DOMI‘I$'1‘lC
Staple 83.f;i‘°iiitip ilirp Gimmes
CA R P E Tl N G,
Carriage Cloths and Tii'in_1imings.
CL-0'I‘iIi‘l, €.lSSIiiIEFti~‘§, IfE§TfiNG§,-
Sheetings. Plannels, Eatts. &c
'NORWALK, CT.
Wm. W. Narramore,
DAEIIERRIS 5.h”fliSl'
Corner of State aml llfai?/2. iS'.’rcets,
(,'0l\‘N.
Bl’. IDGFPORT.
.___.__.—_.
JOHN .l§.E.'£’.-."'3'.‘ii.""EI¥i"$
l7 , "' ~
uaeeeaeiaa hfiildd
Over I-‘. St. Joiiin’s Store,
NOR.\V.-\LK. CT.
Lilzenesses
II_7arra2itecl to please all good ji.-zrlgcs.
I-Iartford County ,
Illutual Fii'e§Iiisiir:iiice Coinpaiay.
GEORGE S’l‘.JOHN, Ageiit.
HAS ii pledged capital of about S800.000.
A cash surplus ofiiiore than $3.000.-—
Il1Sl1l'fll1(‘P on -‘.3100 about7 cents per year.
March 12. lf10
Raymond Mead,
WIIOLESALIQ & 'RE'I‘.-\ll4 DEALERS-
lii Groceries. l’rovisions. Flour. Feed, Salt.
Fish. Crockery and Glass \Vai-e. ’\Vooden and
\-Villow \Vt'Il'9. l3roonis. i\‘Iats. &i-.. &c.
No. 2 lVat.er s/.., Norwizl/c. COIIfl..
George A. Bissell,
AGE.\".I‘ or Ti-ii:
dnierican Mutual Life insurer‘.-cc Co.
OFFICE IN MALl.ORY’S BUILDING.
S. E. Olmstead,
WHOLESALE & aE'r.\iL DEALER IN
Gi'oceries. Flour. l’i'o\~'isions. Salt. Powder. &c,
No. 14 (S5 16 Main st... Norwillk. Ct.‘
Lockwood, Haight 8; Co.
MA.\'UFAC'l‘URl~ZRS or
TIN, SHEET-lR().\’. 6.: BRASS VVARES
AND i)i~:ALr;iis in ’_,
Stoves. Furnaces. I-I eiiteis, Ranges. Drums.
&c., Sheet Le-ad, Lead Pipe. Sad lroii. Cast-
ings and Brick, l’orr,-elaiii, Jappiin and Britania
Wiii'es, Ch na. Ci'ockei'y. Glass. Flint. Eiiiiiii-
eled and Earthen \Va re. \V()(lf.lBll \Vai'e, Mats.
Matches. Selves and Brnslies. Stove and Shoe
Blacking, \Vii.'~'hing and Yeast Powders, (Sic.
§EK1"fE”1viEn..='-.i CLOTHING.
I-IE subscribers have consiantly on hand
/ a large assortment. of Ready Made CloHi-
ing of all kinds. descriptions. and sizes. which
\, ill be offered at unprecedeiited low prices.—-
Any person wishing a good suit of winter
clothes at a less price than they can be pm‘-
chased at any other establisliiiieiit. in this
town, is respectfully invited to call at. the store
Ready Made Glothing.
1-‘ at
'-.I,\'
‘THE subscriber has Ull liiiiio ...... iiiientls
‘keeping a good assortinciit. of Ready Miiile
tClot|iing ofall kinds. Also, a good assortment
-of‘ Cloths, Cassimeres. and Vestings, which
118, will make up to order in good style and at
-aha-irt notice. . I
N. B. Particular attention paid to ciiliiiig.
THOMAS RILEY.
Norwalk. Feb. 25.1850. 9
. - A Card.
HE Subscribers would take this method
to inform their friends and the public gen
.ora|ly,_tliat they have associated together in
"the practice of‘ Dental Surg.=ii'y.‘aii_d will be
ibappy to serve their patrons i_ “e,_gbest possi-
ble inannei-. _It is their intention. to perfect
such ai'i'an'gement.s as will s--cure to their
friends all. the advantages that the Dental Pro-
. {ession affords. and to execute their busllless
-in a_styleci°erhtiible to themselves. With many
ghiinks for past favors. they would respectfully
.golicit"a‘-continuance of the same;
L Cabinet Maker & Undertaker.
Two Doors East oj the Bank,
STAMEORD, CONN.
OULD respectfully inform the inhabit-
ants of this, and the adjoining towns,
that being satisfied from the urgent necessity
which has frequently existed in cases when
death has been caused by putrid diseases, and
in almost all cases ofdeath occurring in warm
weiitlier, that more ample provision in the line
of articles necessary for the intermeiits of the
dead than has heretofore been made in this sec
tioii of the country, is called for, he has been
induced to make the necessary arraiigemeiits
for, and that he is now prepared to furiiish Cof-
fiiis, Slirouds. Caps, Scarfs, &c.. of every des-
cription that may be desired or that can be ob-
tained iii the :ity of New York. at a moments
warning. day or niglit, and on the most reason-
able terms. He is also prepared to furnisli
Hearses, Carriages; see to the digging of the
grave, and to nth-nil to any other arrangements
that may be wished for the funeral procession,
(kc. Those who may wish to keep tlieborly of
a deceased friend several days. can be furnished
with an ice-box in which it may be preserved a
week, or longer ifnecessii ry. -
The subscriber has also on hand and for sale
[iedoyeii"s disinfecting Fluid-—an article which
will 1-.ll'ectually l'el1'l0V(' from the sick room, oi
'froin rooms wliere deatli has occurred.a ll offer.
sive smell. and complelely freshen and purity
the air.
lime or soda. it being much more powerful and
entirely free fi'oiii smell. wlii ‘.h makes it doubly
valuable. IE. CI-I A UNCEY VVARREN.
Stiimford, Feb. 19th, 1848. 7tf
Ghee. , Ready Fay,
AND
One Price Slorc.
The Subscriber. griiieliil for the patronage
lic.i'etol'iii'e received from his numerous friends
and acqualntaiices (liiriiig the past. 95 years,
would say to them and the public. ,«_reii«-i'ally.
that he is now eiigageil in business on his own
accoiiiit, ard on the cheap, ready pay, and one
price, S]/S/.c7)l .
II will be obvious to all reflect.in_9_ minds. that,
to conduct the iiiercaiilile business on the one
price sf/.5/cm, and tliat a very low price, it must
he (lune fol‘ ready pay.
Additions will constantly be made of se:isoii-
able-. goorls. to his already large stock coiiiprisiug
an unusual variety. ~
'l‘lie s[|l)s(:l'll)8l'flillZl(-\l'SIlIll1SPIflIlllf from his
inc.:ins and lung expei'ieiic.r-, togctlier with the
help ofpoliteanil attentive clerks be will ofl'ei'
c_rrc:itinilnceiiic.iits to all who may want. good
and cheap goods.
SIC YNIOUR COMSTOCK
New Caiiaan. Jan. 31, 1850. ' 5
H. C. Randall.
EEAS just. rec.c.ivcil ii new and beautiful ar-
Iii. ii-ale in his liiie—a fiiiicy-sliiiped silk
2 azed cap. of the fiiiiist texture. the assort-
ment of wliich he will rapidly reduce by the
daily sales. Also ii coiiinlcte v:irict_v of every
kind of cap. which he offers surpassingly
izlieap for cash.
He is iiiaiiiifactui'iiig as good a hat. for S4
as can be procured at Belwe 65. Co.. N. Y..
for $5. Any person rlcsiriii<,_{ a hat. light, easy
and wiiterproof, and iiiade by careful iiieasiiro
to fit all lhc. side-|iuiiip:‘~' of the head, hail bet-
tor call wiilioni delay, as he is rolling off the
presaiit. edition of Spring Hats like liot—cakcs.
Silk or For hats finished as per order. 18
PASHIGNABLE £3‘bPORIUM
E. Curtis. Mercliant Taylor.
No. 10 illiiin. Street. Of/nslczulis‘ Bic-ilc/i/igs.
‘HE Sn iscriber has received. witliiii a
few days past. 21 large atlililioii to his as-
sorrmciit. of Spring Goods. consisting, in part.
of Bi-oadclotlis. of Freiicli. Gerinaii, English
and Aiiierican iiiiiiiufactnre.
CA SSIM E RES,
Plain Black and Df)8Sl\lll ; also a large assort-
iiieiit. of |.‘,.nc_y fiooils. of ii vari+=l_v of patterns.
VES'l‘l.\'GS AND TRIi\‘IiVIlNG\';
A good assortiiieut. always on hand, to all of
which I would invite an cxaiiiinalion from my
friends and custoiiiers. and the public geneiiil-
ly. The above goods will be sold on as rea
snnable terms as can be offered elsewliere.
Garments made. or made and '[‘rimmed in a
mo.-t fasliioiiable and workinanlike inanner.
Cutting done as usual.
Fashions received every month.
ELBIERT CURTIS.
Norwallc,-April 8th, 1850.
‘ I'R'UI’.E' TREES,
AT THE
SOUTH NOI-l\VALK NURSERY.
V ‘H E siiliscriliers i'cspeclfully solicit the at-
tention of l<‘ru_it. gro\vei's, to their stock of
'l‘rces. coiisistiiig of clioice Apple. I’e.ar, Cher-
ry’, Pliiin, Apricot and Peacli Trees. l0;{Pll)8l'
with a good variety of Ornanieiital Trees and
Shrubs. such as. l£vei'gi'eens,~MQuutain Ash,
l‘I0l'.\‘e Cliesinn, &c Also, a very fine lot of
lsalii-,ll;i and Ciilawlia Grape vines. Also, on the
first of Noveiiilier. a large lot ofllial large deli-
('l0l1Sl)€‘l'l'_V the True Red Aiitwerp Raspbeiry.
Flesh firm. rich. juicy. with a fine, sweet. liicli
flavor. Tliero is a small Red Antwerp, which
has been large-ly disseiriinated: it. is poor
and worthless in conipari.<oii with this noble
be-.i-ry. Gi-:o. Sizvmoun dz Co.
South Norwal/c, Uct. 26, 1850. 44
Cloths.
BRO.\D ClOI.l1:'~'._ Beaver Cloths, Pilot Cloth,
Ciissiiiimes, Doe Skins. Satlinetts, Vesi-
iiigs, &c., of all qiiiililies, and‘ a large as.~'oi't.-
l1lr‘lll. for sale cheap by the jaid, or made up
to order in Ihe most superior style and warm ii-
ted to fit. at. prices much below the usual rates.
Cutting done free of charge. S. MOULTo1\'.
lVcsl/wort. Nov. 4. 1850.
"Eye Stuffs! Dye Stuffs!
O \V receiviiig ii large supply of Dye
Stuffs. coiisistiiig in part of the following
articles: Logwood. Nicwood, Fustic. Cain-
wood. Potasli. Indigo, C0|)])Pl':lS, Alum. Blue
Vilriol. l\‘1adi_lei-, I-Iypernic, Red VVood, Ver-
digris, &c. &(g.
Also. on hand a good supply of every article
in the Dyers anil i\'1:iiiufactiii'er’s line. at prit
ces which cannot fail to suit buyers (Tull a-
J. A..-WEED’S.
4 XTRACT of Vanilla, Lemon, Rose,
Orange Flower Water, Peach \-Vater,
&c. For sale at BISSELIJS.
. Window. sasiies..
- A,sso1i'rED"sizes, for sale by , _
j W. C. STREET-
CH'2‘\’S. FITCH." A.'HILL. DDS.
'l‘l'iis fluid is far superiorto chloride of
Amusing Parody.
“OLD GRIMES is DEAD."
Old Bi-indle’s dead, that good. old cow.
VVe ne’er shall see her more,
She had a pair of legs behind,
A pair of legs before.
Oh ! she was gentle as n dove,
And knew no base design;
She had two horns her head above,
Like any other kiiie.
I-lei‘ h‘eauty, hid from public gaze.
She never brought -to view,
Nor iniide a noise on rainy days,
As other cattle do.
In wiuler. she was fed on hay,
\Ve cut the fodder fine;
She gave eight. quarts of milk a day.
On Sunday she gave nine.
And just at sunset every night
She came home without fail;
She never felt disposed to fight.
And iie‘e.r kicked o’er the pail.
She sought her friends ’iiiong other cows.
'Wiih whom she won esteein ;
She never kicked up any rows,
But always gave good cream.
Oh! she was generous to a fault.
Betraj eil no idle fen rs;
She never yet. refused salt,
.‘~lie wore a pair of ears.
She much by nature was endowed.
Though tliorns her path beset-
Aiid all the other cattle bowed,
\Vlieiiever her they met.
And now she's gone to her long home,
' \Ve mourn, and ever shall,
For every buoy said she was
A fine old aiiimul.
MISCELLANY.
THE DEATH WARNING.
BY PERCY B. S'l'.JOH.\'.
Of all the great ccnturies to which strange
chari.ctei's are attracted, "Paris is the most re
niaikablc, very riiuch, apparently, because
the ciicoiiiagcniciii given in it to original tal-
ent. Ch-vier and erilerprisiiig Ainericans
are often met there. One whom I lately en-
countcred proved to be a pleasant and con-
vcrsiblc man. We chanced to get upon the
subjici of superstition, or rather, to speak
more faiily, on li|2lllf:l'S peitainiiig to what
has been called the night side of iiature.
“I expect you love a yarn; l’ll just give
one which is genuine. l’iii not a supersti-
tious man, but the coritrary. But l’ll give
you an item of new country fancies which
will amuse you."
I shall not preserve the cncrgetic words of
my Aim-.i'icaii fricnd,as some of them would
be difficult of comprelicnsioii in our pait cf
the world ; but I give the facts of his Ili‘ll'l‘d~
iivc cxacily as they weie told.
Suro is a small town at a very short dis-
lance frorri the sea, in the State of Maine,
faiiious only within a circniiiferrnce ofa few
miles, in coiineclion with the Labrador fish-
ery,and also as the nurse-ry ofan industrious
liiird-woikii'ig so’. of .~hipwrights and fisher-
men. In the early history‘ of the State of
Maiiic,mciition is made of Saco Island as
the site of an liidian village; but local tradi-
tion gives more’ ample details relative in the
i-ji--ction ofilie Red Skins from the place.---
But with this I have noiliing to do, cxcept
iiicideiilully; as will be seen in the course of
my narrative. ‘
Abel Jacks, my informant, was the son of
a working ship~builder of Saco,a pushing
industrious riian, who in times of thriving
busincss,and when a pressing job was at
band, would work eight days without taking
off his clotlies. He lived in a house just
above the town, the front of which faced the
island which parted the river, variously
knowii as Culh and Saco Island. Abi--l was
his youngest son—at the time we speak of, a
young man of twenty About a dozen yards
diszaiit from their residence, was an old, tum-
ble down shanty. which had been i1l’Jtll’lCli)lIe(I
for many years. A murder had been com-
initied uiihin its walls a long time ago, and
people said that ever since noises were heard
at midnight around its i‘uins—a troubled cry
of conscience fiom the criminal. No man
was ever found bold enough to reside in it
again, until a poor widow, Curtis by name,
obtained leave to make it her liome.
Widow Curtis was as superstitious and
fearful as her neighbors, perliaps even more
so. for she firmly believed in death warnings.
The once glad mother of nine cliildrcri, she
hail lost eight, and before the real news had
reached her, she always had a warniiig. It
is true that her signs and tokens came very
rnnc_h oficiicr even than bad news; but as
bad l]P\\’S did sometimes follow her hints
from the othcr.w-orlil, she had suflicivnt rea-
son for her belief. She found herself at last
with only one child, a daughtei' of eiglitecii,
who was at service on Culh Island, in the
house of Squire Sher-n ; and to be near this
I)r'IL)\-'8(l child, the widow took up her quar-
ters in the liaunied slianiy which to her sa-
cred hcuit had now no terrors.
Mr. Jacks was kind to the poor widow—
hegave her some furniture,-anil assistance in
various oiner forms; and she was grateful. A
great part of her time was spent in the house
of the shipwright, whose son Abel was
warmly attached to her daughter Martha,
who was induced to be his wife that very
fall. For some months the widow had been
quiet and happy; the thought of her chil'J’s
advantageous F0:-ll'l'Ii.lgB had drivcn gloomy
ideas from her head/find her cheerful state
of mind, the assiduous l(Il'l(ll'1€‘S of the Jacks
had also tended to promote. .
One afternoon a tremendous storm started
the good people of Saco, and filled them with
alarm. Saco river was lined with saw-mills,
the owners of which floated their timber and
planks down by its "waters. Butjust above
the town a hiige boom lay across the stream,
to check the rafts and to protect the bridges
which coniiected C_uth Island with the two
shores. Once. in the memory of man a
bridges,,liad utterly destroyed them. The
storm on this occasion was followed by ‘be
rapid swelling of the river, and about four
o’clock the boom gave way; the mountain
of planks and logs broug'nt,down by the in-
undation rushed madly throu._qh,and all coin-
munication between the Island and town
was cut off The timber plunged with irre-
sistible force over the falls bciow the island,
carrying the biidgcs away with it.
The roar of the blast, the rushing of the
wild waters, the crash of logs, the plunging
of masses of wood over the two cataracts, the
.I‘Unuing to and fro of the people, all rouscd
in poor Widow Curtis feelings of terror and
alarm. About sunset she came into the house
lo old Jacks, and told him that she had re-
ceived a death warrant relative to her last
child. Tears SIl'(‘7_1l1]eLl down her pallid
chucks, and her whole manner was that of a
brokeii-hearted woman ; both old Jacks and
Abel sought to comfort her in every possible
way. They iricd ridicule, they tried reason,
but all in vain; the widow still declared she
hail heard the never failing warniiig. "
“ And what was it like '3" suddenly cried
old Jacks. '
“A low screech, like the cry of one in
pain,” replied the widow.
“'I‘u.sh, WOl’D:111,y0I1 heard the Squaw of
Culh lslaiiil. She never fails to howl with
the If-.‘l11p<asl’..
“ And who, pray, was the sqnaw of Culh
Island ?’ Olildacks drew the widow to the
table, lit his pipe, poured out a glass of beer,
and after a vigorous Il(.‘.'n, bcgaii his story.
Before the settlemi-rit of white men rourid the
borders of Sac-o river, the i.~l.inil was inhab-
ited by a whole tribe of Indians. An old
fellow ofihe name of Cuth, wisliing to estab-
lish a saw and flour mill in the place, bought
the site of the Indians, who, on the receipi
of the puichasc moni--y, rli-camped in nccoid-
ance with their word ‘ Old Culh then ciossed
_0V'ci‘ to the island to sclect the spot wliereoii
he wished to build ; but to his astoiiishinent
he found an aged sqiiaw, who refusccl to (lg.
part. She (l€(‘lE1l'L‘(l that in the gcneral dis-
ti'ib::iion,she had been lcffl. out, and dcniaiid-
ed a share of Ilie purchase money of the
white riian himself. Culh gave her a bnulc
of rum which she Gaga’-rly iasicd, and then
li-apiiig im.o he-r Ciil10«“*,l1lll‘l'l(i'(l across to join
her tribe. But whcliici‘ the ruin had af’ft'c".ed
her hcad, or wlicthcr age had l‘t"f1lll.:‘l't‘1l l‘i<=i‘
‘_ll|lll)S too weak to contmid with the cuiicnt,
‘could not be kiiowii, but she was drawn into
the rapids, and over the falls, where of course,-
she iias drowiicd. 1v‘roin that day lhc island
point was believed to be Il2l|JtlIi’_’i',l by the
sqaw spirit; and ilii--re was sc-iii-i-ly :1 man,
woman or child in Szico but wm.-l-.l dc-cl:ii‘c
having heard the iiioaniii«_r of the old croiie
bcforc and during" the 5-lorms.
“ i\'I.iy be” said ‘iVi.li~.\i' CIITIIP, when old
Jacks had coiicluili.-il, “ iiiav he ’iis the squaw
has given me cvery warniiig 2”
“Nonsense, lllulI1€'l' Cums; all nonsense
and flunii‘rier_v. And yi-t I am bound in be-
lievc in gho;-ts, too. I aim. =1 supotstilioiis
man, no how, but l‘rc becii tiied too. One
l'll,Ql]l.l was at work llll late at the Lower
Ferry, and after work I joined a mi-rry
making. It was past twelve. when I starii,-d
home Everyihiiig was square and straight
until I got to the road near the cliiii'cli-yai-i,l ;
tiieii I dis-liiictly he~.ai'd the rustling of ii silk
dress close behind me. ‘ Come out of that,’
said I, ‘and no poking fun at me I’ lgoi no
answer,and away I slaslied in the bushes
with a big hickory stick ; all to no good.——
The rustling of the silk was still close to me
as Gvvl‘. I was in a precious rage with my-
self, I do own; but I heard it plainly enough.
At last I came to the l)I‘l(lg‘€,‘, and you know
the end of the [)lillll\'S stick out bcyoiirl the
rail to save sawing off. What do I see but
an old fellow walking along these ends, be-
side mc, in an old silk innriiiiig gown. ‘Good
night to you Sam J-._icks,’ said he. I ieturncd
his politeness—and then he began to ask
news of Sam town, and of people (frail and
goiie these lwcnty ycais. I-le seeiiicd sur-
prised when told by me they were all depa:t-
ed; and at the end of the briilg-e we separa-
ted. Now, Vidow ,Curi.is, I know I did see
all this, and yet old Sam Jacks knows pre-
cious well there was nobody there. It was
nothing but fancy and deceit, and so was the
cry you licard. Cheer up, old girl, i'vIiii'llia’s
all right I”
But the widow was not to be satisf‘lc(l.—-
The old miin’s stories railici‘ excited hcr im-
agii'iation,and she declared that every instant
she felt more sure that Marllia was gone.
About iiiidniglit she started towaids home,
and Abel '.\'t‘Ill. along the water side with her,
to say a. few words of com fort.
“' Did you hcar that?” suilileiily said the
poor moilicr “ lfthat was not ll/Iui‘ilia’s voice,
it was her spirit." _
Abcl had heard the cry ; it was a shriek of
despair so clear, so (lisliiict, no man could
lI(‘fSll.?ll.€ or doubt. The night was now calm
and still, and the nioonslioiie briglnly over
the whole scene. A boat lay moored within
an indentation of the river at the yiiiiiig riiai'i’s
feet. He gazed rapidly round. Just above-.
the point of the islaiiid he saw a small canoe,
and a person staiiding upright in it—-:1 wo-
man with hcr hands clasped as if in prayer.
The canoe was liurryiiig down the strcani,
though not yet in the rapids. A lovei"s
glaiice is not casily deceived. It was Marilia!
To leap into the boat, to push out towai-(ls
the canoe, and to begin rowing wilh the en-
ergy of mingled love and despair, was the
work of a single instant. The \.\'itl0\V 5flfll<
down upon her knees upon the bank.
The river was wide, and tlie_c"uri'ei’il SHONE,
while just below were the rapids. Abrl Was
almost within their influence, and soon found
it ncccssary to pull up stream 1" Mold being
sucked in. When again he lurlwtl the bow
of his boat across, the canoe was not more
than fifty yards above the spot where he lay,
and was coming with extreme velocity.
“ Courage, ‘dear -ll/larih:i,” cried the "young
man ; “Abel is at hand.” i ' "
“I dropped my paddles, Abel, while"_get-
fresher had carrie_d away the boom,and given . ting away from a snag.” __
gained is_valuable.’’ ,
“ I am going too quickly, Abel. You can
never save me. Is that my dear mother on
the bank 2”
“ It is, Martha,” replied Abel, solemnly,
at the same time pulling vigorously. “ But
silence now.”
The two boats were drawing near, while
both were setting down with great velocity on
the rapids; Mai-tlia was in a light bark caiioe,
which lay almost on the surface of the water.
A few iiiinutes more, and Martha and Abel
were parallel with each other, at a distance
of about a dozen yards.
Abel leaped to his feet_.and looked around.
They were within forty feet of the rapids,
and two liundrcd of the falls, in the middle
of the stream. All hope of Abel’s catching
the canoe was now gone. She, it seemed,
coulvl not be saved. They could only be lost
togcilier. The young man gazed at the
moonlit islc, the shore, his faIliei"s home, the
agred mother kneeling on the shore, while
‘old Jacks and his mother stood motionless
nPal‘ll1Ell1l'esl10ltl of the door.
“Martha,” cried Abel, in a voice calm and
collected, though husky, “ act with courage
and spirit. One minuie,and we part, per-
haps, forever. Rouse all your courage, think
of your mother and of your future husband,
and l(:I’.ll(-'.ll10l1,C__Tl1l give you the energy ofa
man. Lie down quickly in the canoe—lie
slill and move not. The fall is swelled bv
the rain, and the whiterock is hidden. That
is a dear girl ! Mo-ve not for your life.
Adieu 1'’
No more words were spoken. Martha, as
she was bid, lay at full lengih in the bottom
of the slight bark canoc, and the next instant
was sucked into the rapids. Round and
round went the frail boat, and then, entering
the very centre of the quick flowing stream,
it ilai'teil'along, and was lost sight of over the
falls Abel pnlleil like a madman for the
shore, guiding h?s boat slightly up stream.
“ My child I” cried the agnnized mother,
as he leripi,-d out upon the bank.
"Box-',” said his father, severely, “what
have you done Will) .l\'Ii|l'llli1 1”’
“Fuilior, stay me not! Martha is in the
hands of I’rrivii.leiicc. Follow mc,and afew
moments will decide lierfiatc.”
The mother and Ab!-.l’s whole family ran
with the young man along the shore, follow-
ing the portage of the walls. They soon
rcaclied the nook in which lay the boat used
by ilie-J.-icks-for fishing under the cataract.
As Abel l‘I\‘pt‘Clc(.l, the high tide and the
great volume of ivau-rs coiisidcrably lessened
the llelglll of the fall, which was also wider
than usual.
“ Wlii.-re is my child?” asked VVidow Cur-
us once more
Abi.-l made no reply, but leaping into the
boai, pulled across the stream. The two
falls, one on each side of Culh Island, made
of course. a very strong current in ihat part
ofilie river, but wlierc the two currents met,
the one couiiteractcd the other, and the vol-
ume of wiitci‘ being very great, ilirce back-
wate-rs cnsucd, one going back to the island
point, the oiher two along lllc shore. Al-icl
pullcd for the still water in the centre, and in
a few minutes Ii-ad the iniciise satisfaction of
seeing the frail bark canoe lying motionless
on the very edge of the eddy.
“'iVIz1l‘lllu '3” he cried in a low, agonized
voice.
No answer was given, and in a few min-
uies more he was alongside. There she lay
in the pale moonlight, as calm as an infant
on a iiiotlii-i".-7 bosom, but to all appearance
lift-less. Abel lifted her hurriedly into his
boat, and spiinkled her iiiarble face with
water. A deep sigh. a low wailing sound
of pain, and tlicn a bu rst of tears and laugh-
tcr, piocl-aimed the victory of youth and na
ture over death.
“ Oh, Abel, how have I been saved?” said
the ii-i_-iiiblii'ig and agitated girl, clasping her
lovcr’s two hands.
“ By thy courage and trust in Providence,
dear i"v'Iartl‘iii," ro-plied Abel in a low tone,
and llll‘.Sf.‘- iwo .‘~lm;ilc' llllS0;il'llSllCi1le(.l chillrcn
of iiaiure kiicli,aiid with the rouriiig c-.iiai':ict
on eacli side, and the placid sky above, pray-
ed to the God of their IIPIITIS.
“ Let us go to my rnotlier,” said Martlia,
after an instani's pause; and Abel, witliout
.-inotlier worcl,sti'uck out for the shore. 'l'lic
meeting formed a most excvng sc-i=iie.——
Tears and questions, and ll1nI1(S and laugh-
ter, were strangely mingled with each other,
and then the whole party returned to old
.Iack’s house. '
It appeared that Martha, lriiowing hcr
motlici-’s cliaractcr, and aware ofilie iiifluciicc
of :1 storm upon her mind, had detorriiiricd,
as soon as the moon rose, to ci-ass over and
reassure the widow as to her own safety.
' She took hi-r niiisti3i"s bark canoc, and start-
ing a good way above the site of the bridge,
began pulling a(:ro.=S. VVhen well in the
st com, a beam of wood checked her progress.
Eager to push it from licr path, she let go
her paddles, which she had foi'goiteri_ to
fasti-ii in her rollock.-‘,an(l they fell into the
slreuin. She caught desperately at the siiag,
but in vain; and then she gave the wailing
cry which mother and lover had lioth heard.
Old Jacks warmly (‘.0ml'I1£‘l1(lt'f.l Abe-l’s
presence of mind in giviiig the advice he did,
but far more the calm courage of illartlia in
following it, while all felt that, under any
circumslanccs, the escape was next to mirac-
ulous. Old Jacks insisted on» I\'Iariha’s re-
ll1l‘l1lrl£f'I10-l‘i10l'e to service; and taking upon
himself the duties of patriaich, (lccidcd that
the iiiari'iag'e should be cclebi'ated two
months sooner than was originally intended.
A week later, Abel and f‘v‘II1l'lI]:1 were man
and Wife; and to judge from their present
solid affection and genuine happiness, they
had never forgotten their one terrible trial.-
Abel loves to tell his story, but says that now
it is in my hands hc stands a good fthance of
hearing, “ We have seen that in . print ;” a-
p!‘()i9hi‘Cy which 1- hereby prove to be coi-.re_ct.
‘ Old Jacks and the widow are now dc-gad,‘alnd
Saco is a large" place; but though ou:r*wort,l_iy,
couple have been new fan itteen yeamrriarried,
home on the. ice,
The Wot: Chase. .
During the winter of 1844, being Qogn:
god in the northern part of Maine, I5 had-
‘much leisure to devote to the wild sports 01'
a new country. To none of these was I
ymore passionately. addicted than to‘ skating‘.
'l‘he deep and sequestered‘ lakes of-'35 this
State, frozen by the intense cold ofa northern
winter, present a wild. field to the lovers of
this pastime. Often would I bind ‘on. my
skates, and glide away up the glittering‘ rive
er and wind each mazy streamletthtit ~ owe
ed beneath its feuers on towards the piirent
ocean, forgetting all the while time and dis-
tance in the luxurious sense ofihe gliding mo-
tion—-thinking of nothing in the easy flight,
but rather dreaming as I looked through the
transparent ice at the long weeds and cressct
that noded in the c,uri‘éntbi=neuth, and ‘seem-
ed wresiling with the waves to let them "go ,'
or I would follow on the track of some - fox
or 0llt:‘I',ian(l run my skates until the trail
would enter the woods. Sometimes these ex-
cursions were made by moonlight, and it
was on one of these occasions that [had
a rccounler, which even now I cnnot recall
with out a nervious looking-over-my-should
er feeling. '
I had left my friends house one efening
just before dusk, with the intention of skating‘.
in short distance up the noble Kenebec,
which glided directly before the door. The
nigh’. was beautifully clear. A peerless
moon rode through an occasionally fleecy
cloud, and stars twirikled from the -sky-and
from every frost-covered tree in inillions.~..
Your mind would wonder at the light -that
came glittering from Ih‘e ice, and snow
wreath and iiicrusted branches, as the eye
followed for miles the broad gleam of the
Kericbrc. that, like a jeweled zone, swept
bctwcn the mighty forests on its banks. And
yet all was still. The cold seemed to have
frozen tree and every living thing that mov-
ed. Even the ringing ofiny skates on the
ice, cclioed back from the Moccassin Hill
wiih a startling clearness,and the craclrleiof
the ice as I passed over it in my -course,
seemed to follow the tide of the river with
lightning speed. .
I had gone up the river nearly two mile!
ivlicn coming to _a. little stream which
eiiipties in a l‘i1l'gt’.l',--I turned in to explore its
course. Fir and hemlock of a ccntury’s
gi-oivtli lIl€l()Vt".fIlP21(l forming an archway ra-
diant Wllll frost work. All was dark within,
but I was young and fearless, and as I peer-
cd into an unbroken forest that reared itself
on the stream, I laughed with very joyous-
iir-ss; my wild huri-a rang through the si-
lcnt woods, and I stood list:-iiing to the echoe
that l'€\'(;'l‘lJ€l'21l.t‘(l again and again until all
was hushed. I thought how often the In-
dian liunicr had coiicculcd himself behind
lllrse very trccs-—h0\v often his arrow had
pierced the (leer by this very stream, and hi!
wild hallo had here rung for his victory.-s
Anrl ihnn, turning friirii fancy to reality I
\VulC‘l1E‘.Ll :i couple ofowls, that sat in their
hooded state,-with ruffled panialets and long
I-fill‘-li'.ll')S, ili-batiiig in silent coiiclave the af-
fairs of their frozen realm, and wondering if
iliey, for all their feathers, were a-cold, when
suddenly a sound arose\p seemed to me
to come from beneath the ice ; it sound-
cd low and trcmulous at first, until it ended
in one wild yell. I was appalled. Never
bi-fore had such a noise met my ears.
thought it more than mortal —so fierce, and
amid such solitude it sci-iiieil as if a fiend had
blown a blast from an ll'lft‘I‘llal li'i'i'.'-'."P9l-
I’rcserii1y l licaid the to igs on shore ._SD8Pa
as if from the tread of some animal. and if. T’
blood rushed back to my forehead with ii‘
bound that IT)-'l(l8 n1_\'$l{ln burn, anfi fell
l‘(:llt‘V(‘(I that l h:id to contend will] things
earthly, not of spiriiud lml.lll‘e——--'ffly energirs
returned, and I lolilcc arouiigl} me for some
»
means of csc-ape. l‘lie 2-don shone through
the opening ofihe-mrfi‘ - lb of the creek by
which I had catered tiie forest, and consider-
ing ihis the best means of escape, I darted to-
wards it like an arrow. "I‘was hardly #1
lion lied yards clisuint. and the swallow could
scarcely €‘XCt‘I my drspcrate flight; yet as I
turni-rl my head to the short-,l could see two
dark objects ilasliing through the underwood
at a price ncaily double in Speed to my own.
By this great speed, and the short yells
which they occnsionzilly gave. I knew that
ilicsc were the much dreaded gray violf.
I had ncvcr met with these animals, but
froin the description given ofihem, I had but
little pleasure in inaliing their ai-quaiiitance.
Their uniamable fierceness, and the untiiiing
strength wliicli seems a part of their-nature,
render them objects of dread to every benigh-i
ted travi-,llci'; they pursue their prey--2
never .§tr:iying l'rom the track of thcir_ victim
—and as the wcaried hunter thjnltzs he has
at last outstripped them, he finds that they
have but waited for the evening to seize
their prey, and falls :1 prize to the tireless
animal‘. _
The bushes that skirted the shore flew past,
with the velochy of lightning as I (lashed 011
in my flight to pass the narrow opening. The
outlet was nearly gained ; a second more and I-
would be coniparaiively safe-,vvhen my pursu-
ers appeared on the bank directly above me,-
\\'l1lCl1 here rose to the heigtb, of ten feet.-—,
There was no time for thought, so I bent my‘.
head and daslied madly forward. The.-
ivolvcs sprang, but miscalcplaiing my speed.
sprang behind, while their intended prey.
glltlecl oift upon the river. ‘ .
H i\'aiure turned me towards home. The:
light flakes of snow spun from the iron of my”
skates, and I was some distance from my pur-
suers, when their fierce howl told mail was
still their fugitive. I did not look back, I did:
not feel afraid, or sorrv,or glad ; one thought
of home oftlie bright faces awaiting’ my<re-
turn, or their tears ifihi-y never should
me, and then every energy of body and ,!.9lll°?
was exerted for escape. : ,
Many were the days tllali
I spent on my good i-hates. never thinking-'
thatat one time they; would;.._318 my ’ 001.; it
means of safety. Every half minutetm ‘I
was perfectly
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