The Exeter Times, 1884-5-15, Page 6An Indian Massacre.
The massacre at Blackburn's Ferry,
Cala, was but out of many scenes et
blood that narked the intercourse of the
two r for several Sears. The ferry
ryas established in the spring of -1851
and was muter the charge at the man
from whoiu it derived its mule, who
was livinn theta With his Wife and three
;assistants, The proprietors were Gwin
R, Tolupt ins and Charles Mcl)ernlit,
the latter of whole afterwards became
a Colonel in the army and fell in battle
with Itatliaans in Nevada in 1866.. The
manager and his wife tat:copied a small
shake shanty not far from the rivet,
bank, while the three assistants slept in
a tent near by. Between these was an
open space used for a kituhert :and clitt-
ing room. Mrs. Bf t.kbur'n was a noble
woin:ln of that pioneer class who - have
been lett by love to follow the footsteps
of their idol into the very heart of the
wilderness. She noticed one clay that
the rtot.l,, of bullets tsar nearly exivatast-
etl, and with the usual promptness oI
emit people at tTitt c molded a large
quantity. Seine would tell it providen-
tial, and so it rr to providential pre-
t.y«.ntiun, Tilt ft ty had lir re l hee.}„l 1tDe -
la' -ted by the 'meatus and they felt ne
uitaisu;al ;alaar7r1. and it•'t that v4'ry night
had been tired capon for a nut—,:sere oI
thein all. As the evening shtatlowe
blended in a univt.es- ti gloom the Irani
ans gathered in the forest about the
abode of their intended vietimsand wait-
ed until their eves were elosttt in peace.
fat slumber rataal the silage was wrapped
in a mantle of silence.
WhOn the night was so far advanced
that they felt tree frUIU the iUtt.'iw1 1ption
of belated travelers, the savages erupt
stealthily to the tent where the three
men lay rleeplug, and commenced the
work of death. Besides bows and ar.
rows these Indians. were armed with
long knives, guns not having vex fallen
into their possession. Two of the men
were instantly killed, while the thirty,
badly wounded, ,.Iirang to his feet and
rushed towards the t•abin. crying loud-
ly for help. Ho L:ati taken but a few
steps wilta lie fell under the blows of a
loam Indians who had remained out-
side the teat. Arun ed from their slum
ber by the ery and sounds of struggle,
the inraaates of the Cabin ha.tily barri-
ea tied t;.(' dt or and prepared for de.
tense I:.e r arms consisted of two
rifles and a resolver, and, thanks to the
woman's care, a, plentiful simply of bul-
lets. Tilt" night was dark and the foe
could. not be seam, but their continued
yells and volleys of arrows were even
the more horrible on that account.
Blai:k1naru li.ain:a:We l an incessant fire
in all tlarcatlot.:,hia ware reloaalin,", the
weapons as fast a, he discharged them.
All that long and terrible night the de-
fense was made, until the yells died out
about daybreak and the enemy departed.
Early to the morning A. 1.1. Baynes,
William Young and William Little ap-
peared on the opposite whys of the river,
and shouted to arouse the ferryman.
Blackburn emerged from the house and
walked down to the boat, saying:
"I'm glad to see you, boys. They
are all killed but myself and wife."
As he ferried them over he relatedthc
details of the attack and how the de-
fense had been made.
"Did you kill any of the devils?'
asked one.
"I don't know; the night was dark, 1
could not see."
"Well, let us take a shin around and
see what we can f-rnd. They -always ear
ry off their dead and wounded, and you
never can tell whether any are killed or
not."
"Here is one they didn't cart oil;
said one, as he noticed a bodty about TOC
yards from the house. "No, ' he added,
"it is a white man."
They hastened to it, turned up the
face to get a better view, and Blackburn
exclaimed: '*Great God! itis myfather."
The old gentleman had not seen hit
son for ten years, and had followed him
to California. Ile started from Trinidad.
with a pack train, which camped that
night some ten miles from the ferry
Too eager to wait, the anxious. father
kushed on alone and fell beneath savagt
nives in sight of his son's cabin
An Expensive Autograph.
1 asked one of Lincoln's official,, noir
a leading patent lawyer of New York, ii
he remembered Tom Corwin. lie re
plied, "Very well indeed. I knew bin
iutimately and I have in. my. pocket non
an autograph of his which cost tae
$500."
"How did you happen to get that?" 1
asked.
k "It was through Corwin's generosity
He was the most free-handed fellow of ?
his time. If a friend asked him. fol I
1 money he would gratify him if he had #
1 it, and if he had it not, he Would iudurst
' a note for him to get it. This habit of
indorsing kept hien poor And be died
with more debts than assets. The Onto,
I ber before he died I loaned him thine
1 honey. He had come to Washington,
R and had entered my °islee, telling ine
' be wanted ally" check for :aglt). I told
him I lutd no lunik ueeount in the ;•itr,
and' nay" ohet It was not good for a 13=t 1cl 1.
He then said he needed the money bad. •@e'��t�3 @ al la.
i lye and that he must have it in three • .'
9 dant.,. If he could do this he could save
, himself a temple of thousand. He had
i helot -sea rotes; held in C neinnatl to the
i Antolini oaf *1;1100, They bad not boot
paid and the eretlitors had told him 11
1 he would +end on ,,,14i.1.001.3 -snub a day
t they would a ant'.l the note. He still
l 1aeked ' ;)hatl and the time was within
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Fresh Field, PRlor and Garden Seeds.
We call tho attentiou of Farmers and Gardeners to the above, and invite inspection.,
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- not raise it he would he liable for alt".• I't,, n;aT,a guaranteed Sit! 1i1: tar itv`,;erria, lriz-
traa $2.000. :1.i: he alnlslatrtl his story I sluts:, t"otly lerire:a 1 uK Nervous "eura1i;itt,
He datlae.ltrtanal'u,irttsu e.tuisdi! • t3w
. said 'Sepal :r Corwin, it i true I have: mitt t f a1t�. i i t oa teette, , wette.nlne«,Vental
no 1> uik at'v'uult, but if put, ',Oil prtlnli�e ' 1lllrot,FSit?II 4 rofterling afti.ait.atn,re9111t11ifi ill
nye not p Inz•auitl anti I .,, 1,11 to aka;�t ry, aeras and
t to lil','.•ae•Iht illy t!ltCLie.Ixftlr.' mum. +D[atll, i'rilal tn:.• all l 1.�t, ticil'rt•Illie +a, I,nF&
to-meiri'u1v I will give it for tilt .:ill .este" of Power in elth,•i e,Iilt e;eiitary 1.o• ses autt
• .SIF' Corwin in pre! taa'eYnlatarrlal 1 , :lti P,11ti .tt t elerrlen till!!
promI ri •1. teen 1lraer. "elte*lati1 lllt'l•iat1a9114.nu, (talc:
a lacy fiat' bearer :tear) nilave it to bee win cele It •gate . l:i,.,t box eautable
him. :titer he left 1borrowed t wnit)Imex era. mouthsmama irt tee iioner ae box, or'
and placed it ac• my credit in kite baric. stslro±tesfoe lire dollar. c .3t7n bt muilprot•aid
U!k I:te4Dl;t (f r•rxev. ri A bassi! dirt's Glx 4l .4.,,H tt'
It was duly drawn and a few lacy, later corea..reit�•t•. Wit I: t l t: letter «eeivee for
Toni i.'ornill ratent ilaat•i.to Ohio, This ', Ma llneu 4.u0 tlxcl ub'rtiiri4r tt4:lld guariil.t 11''
was in Oetele.r, 1'.liv, In 1),;4. 1t er tai'+ te,rcfaudtht ewe.– t at the zro..eiecut 4- es net
I died. and that w l . the last 1 -:aw Of MY •?lir1 SI n, (,tai. t • ', a tLt' i-., ..-lily <LW'. •
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Pitying Widows in the Pennsylvania Min-
ing RIgion,
A year i, a long time $ r acomely and
thrifty woman to remain a widow at the
mines, no matter how many children
she may have. Jim is killed to -day.
and possibly before the summer ends,
Jack, who was Jim's best friend, insists
upon marrying Jim's widow. Jim's
babies become Tis. And if you go be-
low the surface you will find the foun-
dation
oundation of Jack's action to 'be pure char-
ity. It is a matter of record that when
the terrible Avondale disaster occurred
so many widows and helpless ones were
left that the matter of caring for the
former speedily tv;isdiscussed. It was
quickly settled by propositions of mar-
riage, andwith in a very short time after
the calamity the household of every
victim was protected. This same spirit
exists in every .mining community•to
day, and is a shield against much die.
truss.—R'. Y. ASmt. .
•
A fashion item states that "The Bos-
ton young man is beginning to wear eye
glasses and knee breeches.' Well, the
one necessitates the other. The average
Boston young man needs the eye glasses
in order to see his legs. —Puck.
We read a great deal at preseutabou*
the first baseman, second base man ane
third base man, and also of the shoe
atop man, and it occurs to us that Cain•
was probably the original first; base
man, Judas Iscariot second and Ner(
third, while the Wandering Jew may be
regarded as the original Short stop, for
he never made anything but a short attar
wherever he went. Noah was probe
bly the first pitcher for be pitched. the
ark within .;and without.=Sorel .
cThitrlaat ' •
Don't gonut $ems.
In answer to the 04U fur Daniel Smith,
R• middle-aged man with long hair, greasy
I look and shabby: ale=s',Willed to the Lena,
placed his band on his heart, and Lowell,
until he nearly bumped hie head on the
iron raailing.
"Fon were found sleeping in ahogsbead
in the rear of a atore,"aitl his Honor.
'es, air."
"And a ee:web of your pockets ehowij
that you have neither ready cash me.
drafts on New York. Have you a home
to go tor'
The old man pointed iu the direction of
Heaven.
"Too far away;" replied his Honor. "I
shall be compelled to charge you with
vagrancy."
"I'd like to put in a plea, of he:unity,
your Honor."
"Very well, but 1 'must hafts you that
insanity in no excuse in this court. How
crazy are you V'
• 'tell, I have often felt it my duty to
break show wfndowe, upset baby -eerie.
and throw brick - bats at policemen."
"Matta simply deviltry, and counts
against you. anythingfurther t"
...we 1, I sometimes feel like jumping in-
to tile. fiver.'
"That's because you have not bad a
good wash for three or four years. tial
on."
"I sometimes feel inspired."
•' That 's nothing but the effects of beer or
whisky. The difference between being
gloriously inspired and gloriously drunk
to generally too thin to be distinguished.
1 nirail send you up far three months."
"How high up?"
••So high that you won't get down a day'
sooner than your sentence expires,. It
will be twenty-five minutes yet before the
omnibus leaves, and if you want to as-
tonish the world 131jah will hand you some
bar -soap and a currycomb and show you
the wash -basin. Don't be afraid to bear
right on hard, and if you need sand-pa_per
don't hesitate to ask for it.' DcYroit Frei
Press.
Curiosities of Nature.
In Bedford county, Va., there stands
a chestnut tree that is twenty-seven feet
around.
A Chinese yam in an Ithaca (N. Y.)
garden is growing at the rate of five
inches a'day:
In Jefferson county, Mo., a parsnip
fifty inches long and fifteen inches in
circumference was grown.
At the* Tokay vineyard, near Fayette-
ville, N. C., is a vine twenty-five years
old, which bore over 100 bushels of
grapes.
A large farm near Stockton, Cal., has
been completely cleaned of its crops by
millions of little birds no larger than a
man's thumb.
The Arctic raspberry is ono of the
smallest plants known. A six -ounce vial
will bold the whole plant, branches,
leaves and all.
A watermelon vine grown by the
Reams brothers, of Harris Co., Ga., is
1,700 feet long,. and it has produced 400
pounds of melons.
The famous Bidwell Bar orange tree
in California is twenty-five feet tall,
and its trunk is forty-five inches in cir-
cumference. It bore last year 2.075 or-
anges.
The largest apple ever grown in nier-
ics. came from Nebraska, and weighed
29i' ounces. ., The Smithsonian Institu-
tion has.a model of this •apple.
In a garden at Bowling Green, Ky.,
is a bush that bears a large deep red rose,
with two perfect small roses in the cen-
ter which are miniature copies of the
big one.
On the table lands ou Southwestern
Arizona, at an altitude of 8,000 to 12,-
000 feet, a species of wild potato grows
which is said to be superior in taste
and flavor to the best cultivated pota-
toes.
John H. Parnell's peach orchard . at
West Point, Go., is the largest in the
world. The trees are planted upon
ftrent slopes, so, that when all are.
be tng,p: crop is certain in one place or
another ei'ery year. There are 1_.' .''•J
trees.
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admired by every Far-
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SLIDING GAYS.
Its chief merits are
:;0HYENIENCE,
DURABILiTY.
SIMPLICITY:
AND CHEAPNESS.
It takes up no room on the road or sidewalk. It opens down the fence. It locks open
and when closed, locks stint. A. child six years old can open and close it from a wagon
or horseback, or afoot. Itis not liable to get out of order.
So simple in construction that any farmer can make it, It can be made of lumber, iron
ar wire -netting. All who see it admire it. Can be opened with one finger from Wagons,
Buggies, &e. It backs out of the way down the fAnee, taking up no room, Has no lever-
age on posts. Can be opeued and closed 80 times a minute. Makes a secure look with-
out a latch or pin. A downward pull opens or closes a gate of any length or weight, as
the handles have a double action and always up out of the way. The cost above the or-
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Price of FARM RIGHTS from
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Call and see the (rate at Centralia and Exeter, and secure a
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TO AGENTS
I own the Right of this Patent for HURON COUNTY, and as I am otherwise
gaged and cannot canvas each Township in the County, I will sell Township Rights
at prices that will enable the purchaser to make money at the business.
From $l0 to $20 per DAV' own be M AAE
By a good canvasser in selling out a Township Right in Farm Bights. Can yon make
more at anything else with a Small Capital Invested. I mean to sell so
you can make MONEY,
A Rare Chance—Speculation.
The soiling qualities of this gate cannot be questioned, The Inventor has sold
—=--OVER $60,000 WORTH ALREADY.
Secure a Township Right, and make money easily and rapidly. If you do not, some
one will, and you will bee the chance.
Call and see ine, or write for terms,
Q, BOBXER, Centralia.
For County Rights in Canada write for terms•to
C. W. JONES, London.