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March 11, 1870.
THE 'KvAQN gxposyroaf,...
Still More Horrible.
A FARMER CHOPPED TO DEATH WITH AN
AXE BY A NEGRO MUTE. '
Asterlible affair, a brief account of which
hag already appeared in the Free PC888, oc-
curred in -Ulster county, near a little town
called Ohioville, twelve mile e west of the
andson River. ----There lived in the neigh-
borhood a wealthy and influentialfarmer,
Daniel _ A. Hasbrouck. He. was known
throughout' the eetira length -and breadth of
the county, and was much respected. Some
year's ago, taking pity on ,a deaf and dumb
negro; named Gardner, he gave him em-
ployment on his farm. The new band soon
began to make himself very useful, although
- at times he would act stubbornly and be-
come. sullen and morose for days: His
periodical fits of despondency caused much
nneasinesb. among the female members of
Mr. HasbouckV family, and they often
urged Daniel to get rid of the negro, fear
ing he would se& the house on fire or do
some other mischief of a serious- nature.
Mr. Ilasbouck's neighbers also hinted the
inatter to him, but to all, he replied, laugh-
ingly, "Oh, he'll get along,- T can menage
him easily." Thus matters progressed :till
Monday night last, when it was observed
that Gardner had..a fit of the "sulks." He
theelt no supper, but roamed about the barn,
net deigning to ' hold communication with
any member 'of the family. Tie went to
*bed at an early hour. Tuesday morning
When he got up the "sulks"- were still on.
him, and he refused breakfast. Mr. 'Has-
brouck directed him to 0-o to the., wood -pile
and split some wood. -111-iking one or two
motions with his hands, the mate started
for the pile, Mr. Hasbrouck following. Tak-
ing upthe axe he commenced his work, but,
stopping suddenly, he. whirled around and
seized Mr. Hasbrouck by the throat, and,
letting the handle of the 'axe slip through
his hand till it came to the blade, raised it
and -commenced 'lopping the fiumer in, the
face. The first blow was aeross the left
eye, and the second over the jaw and lip;
A woman coming to the -door of Mr. Has-
. beuck'a residence, saw the affray, and
screarnit g NS ith all her might, ran back into
the house. By thisl time the farmer, after
a desperate struggle, broke away from his
assailant, and started to trim, closely pur-
sued by the black, who glided swiftly after
the vietim, with the axe high in the air.
Faint with the loss of blpod, tie farmer
could not move fasteenougle and Gardner
catching up to him, the murderous axe fell
again, this time upon Mr. Hasbrouck's
right shoulder, sinking four inches deep in-
to the shoulder blade. - The victim fell uP-
on his face on the MO QV. Once more he raised
the weapon, and -with the butt end of it crush-
ed in the back of the farmer's skull. He
was about to make a fourth .stroke, when
seine neighbors arrivesr upon the scene, a-
mong them Dr. Holt, w -ho ceased the arrest
of the man Gardner. As they led the deaf
and dumb monster away he encircled his
throat with bi8 bands, and then held one
hand above his head, as if he expected to be
hung for, bis bloody transaction. Mr. Has-
brouck was conveyed to his residence in a
dying condition; perfectly unconscious, and
-w-hen Dr. John R. Cooper, of Poughkeepse,‘
left his bedside, at half -past four o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, it was supposed he could
not live two hours. Mr. Hasbrouck ex-
pired without -uttering a word about five
o'clock the same day. The negro was taken
before a New Peitz Justice, and, after a
ex -amination, was sent to King-
ston jail to await thepction of the Grand
Jury. This is the most horrible affair that
hattoccurred in Ulster county for a long
and the farmers in the neighborhood
are in a high state of excitement over it.
Had ;the negro been held near the scene for
afit; length of time, there is no doubt he
viAaldhatT been lynched. Mr. Hasbrouck
-att1tea,ebout forty-tive eare of age, a man of
fortune, and leaven a wife iuld one child.
The *murderer is twenty-two year of age.
Canada Thistles
During the smellier we have visited
raft/1y of the western countries, and gone
far into the country at Vaeious,points, and
nothing has struck us .so much as the en-
ormetts increase of that most pestiferous
weed the Canada' Thistle. It covers %thole
fields, eyelet country road is filled with it.
Many -crops of spring !grain at so tilled
with it as to be almoa indistinguishable.
Even the best of farmers find it encroach-
ing upon their land in spite of all their et.* 1
forts to keep it down. We have seen thous-
ands of acres of it in full bloom, and asked
some land owners why they did not try to
keep it -from geowing by (7itttmg the plais
down before they blossom , to which the
answer AVZ18, it is too much) troubie and we
have been kept so busy with the late and
long delayed liarvestin 0, work. Thera is a
law, we fielieve, which7empowers the path -
masters to cause all thistles and other nox-
ious weeds that grow on the road be . cut
down, and the expense assessed- on those.
who, from their own neglect, allow th n to
grow on the roads adjoining their lots. But
the law is only nominal, and cannot be en-
forced to any advantage unless it is made
obligatory to every path inaster. The great
evil of this matter of the spread of this most
noxious weed, lies in the fact that there are
so many- careless shiftless farmers' who will
not talc'e the trouble to destroy the thistles,
and from their' fauns it spreads -all over the
neighboring ones, and the best cultivators
find -their good Culture is but encouraging
the inroads of the weed, as their well' tilled-
fields.offer such a nice seed -bed for the
ftfarig tistle seeds, in this case the only
cure of the evil that can be, depended upon
is perfect prevention of its spread, and. that
can only be done by the- legislaturegiving
us a law that will enable the, better and
more intelligent class of farmers to appoint
some of their numbers' to _see that the
thistles are cut down wherever found, as
often as they -may show their heads, and be -
before they bloom. The expense of doing
the work to be assessed upon the land where
they aie found growing. Such a law is
pow in operation in some parts of the
States with good effeet, and were something
of the kind put in practice heist, there
would be more encouragement given to the
better class of farmers to continue their ef-
forts of irnprovin,g our agriculture, and few-
er of our,farnata-s' sons would leave for the
western praries to escape the disagreeable
ii ecessity of continually contending against
and working among the vilest of the vile
weeds, the Canada Thistle.
An Indian Town Bombarded-
Irrom the San Francisco Chronicle.
Since Alaska became annexed to the
United States, and a 41N9eSfi soldiery entered
ppon that Territory, we have nothing to
chronicle but scenes of horror and bloodshed,
brought about sometimes by the licentious
soldiers and their dissolute commanders,
and at other tunes by the reckless tradets
-who have overrun the new Territory. The
principal instrument in the trade thus
•caeried on has been, whiskey—no, not
whiskey t it would almost confer ignity
upon the villianous compound that they
barter t� call it by that name. Captain
Leonidas SMith as quartered et Fort .
Wrangel as post trader ,or suitor. Here
Captain Smith had opened a small store, not
unlike a grocery, 'where everything was sold
or bartered that the Indian heart might
covet, not omitting, of course, the inevit-
able fiery liquors. All Was going well with
the Captain, who, besides making money,
enjoyed the comparative CciBfOr0 of aeltome,
his -wife, now in this city, havirigaCcome
panied him to his northern exile, Attached
to the Captain's bousehold was a natite
Wibulan, employeC:4:*at housekeeper, who
had a large', theuglit:iiiyoluntary share in
bringing about fragile- Ciiiiitmas at Felt
Wrangel.'Early. on the morning of Christ
ends day the Indians, all prepared for merry
making, left theirsettlernent and rekred in
SWarnIS to the garrison. Here the soldiers
had made ample preperetions for the enter-
tainment, and the whole day was continued •
round of pleasures and fe8tivities. :Liquors
were freely circulated,e and the Indian's
.Paradise had been ,fullN itttained. Towards
evening, however, the nttivet, now full of
corrosive stimulants, exhibited a disposition
to be unruly. One Indian seized Captain
Smith's housekeeper, the native woman al-
ready spoke -n Of, and insisted upon kissieg
her handot liberty which that person re-
sented by shrieking for the Captain and
making . a great hubbub generally, The
Indian, inea.ntinte, had obtained possession
of her hand, and retained one of her fingers
between hie teeth with a fieaveness, the re-
sult no doubt of love .and -whiskey .inju-
diciously mixed. Captain Smith sprang to
the assistance of his housekeeper, and, call-
ing his Men about him, threatened to shoot
down the natives. The too amorous In-
dian,theeettpon released the woman's finger,
and, with ferocity and hate gleaming in his
eyes, he turned like a baffled tiger upon the
white man who had interfered with his
pleasure. The captain detected his dispo-
sition to fight, and, our informant says,
struck the first blow. The scene that follow-
ed was indescrbable. The Indians pitched
in, .one and all, and the fight *soon became
general. Being named however, they -were
quickly defeated by their white opponents,
and driven from the Fort, and -half-drunk
as they were, the Indians slumbering .fer-
ocity was aroused, and their thirst for re
venge overcame all considerations. Witht
ont council or debate, they rushed to:their.
encampment, and seizing their weapons of
war, rushed back to the fort, filling tilt, air
with hoots. and cries and demoniac 'yells.
Arriving!iti*.p*kiii*pp., they. began to fire,
bu t wereg. epOtti,V .44100'4 -WO -Ttbtrt a few
well dirWteit slietts-,t Aikthigliiiictiii4 Capt.
Smith' stepped outtcrebriClitty- he had DO
scant ex' crossed the Aite#414liert he' fell back
wounded in several- places by the shot of
the enemy-. 'The commander of the fort
ordered a sortie, and the body of the un-
fortunate Captain &pith was immediately,
recovered and brought within the fort,
where he expired a few hours after. The
bembardetent then commenced in earnest.
Shot and shell flew about like hailstoneet,
the dismayed Indians, were fain th beat a
ilisty 'retreat, and shoitly afterwards to
show a flag Of truce. They were unused to
this style of welfare, and were glad to have
the murderer surrendered. The Indian
whoa had fired the fatal bullet was accord-
ingly bro-ughei int%) the camp- by the chiefs
of the tribe—where he was sumutarily tried
found guilty, and sentenced to be hung.
The sentence of this man was ietimedtately
executed. The hanging of this plan ended
the war, the other Indians retiring sub-
missivelyi to -their camp.
4.411 4110.
EFFECT OF CoLD ON CTAS.—Jt may sur-
prise some. of our readers, who have givee
no attention to such subjeets, to learn that
the illuminating power of ordinary gas de-
pends,* in a very marked ratio, npon the
air in which it is burned. Thus, it has been
found, taking the amount of light emitted
at 95 degrees of Fahrenheit as a standard of
one hundred parts, that at 32 degrees, or
the freezing -point, the percentage of light is
only .76; and that at 4 degrees above.zere
it is only .36, or about one third of -whatit
is at 65 degrees. On the other band,, in-
creased heat is not accompanied by a corres-
ponding amount of light, since. the temper -
atm e of boiling water °nit.' causes an .in-
cifease cif bnly four per cent, oyer the ttaill-
ard; and that of 320 degrees, or of boiling
paraffine, only 18 per cent. - The loss of
—
illuthinating power upon the application of
cold is supposed to depend directly upon
the condensation of the hydrocarbon vapors;
since at a temperature of 4 degrees a solid
mass was found congealed upon the sides of
the tube, containing, among other substan-
ces, benzoic), amenorda, and nitric
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liarper's Magazine jor March. .
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Starved to Death
A REVOLTING OUTRAGE BY A llYWENIC FAg-
Atte.
The case of the alleged starvation of
Flora Stoddard, of Brattleboi-o, Vt., by her,
half-sister, Mrs. Geo.- C. Haskins, is one of
the most extraordinary that ever darkened
the criminal annals of Velment, and is
thus described by the Springfield. Republi-
can : This girl's home was at Worcester,
Vt., a few miles north of Montpelier. Flora
went to Brattleboro last August, at the
earnest solicitation of Mrs. Haskins, and
from that time seems to be completely un-
der the control of that woman. The latter
had just graduated at the Hygienic Insti-
tute, in New Jersey, where she nad become
infatuated with the idea of living " hygeni-
cally," that is, on .oatmeal' mixed up with
water. This theory of diet seems to have
ariven all else out of the wortian's mind and
heart, making of her a cold, unfeeling, sys-
temat- ally cruel being, laboringiunder the
-t of intentiona " Under her treat -
me t Flora began to loose flesh and pine
awe:, though her sister Ellen declares that
pre% ously she was a pretty healthy girl.
Mr. Haskins asserted that Flora was free
to leave at any time, but declined to do -so,
a point whieh the sister and mother do not
discredit. .
Early in November' her sister Ellen visit-
ed her, and found them living on this fare,
and wade this statement :
About 8 o'clock we ate our breakfast,
;which consisted chiefly of potatoes, a bowl
bf raw apples, ,some Graham cakes, which
'Laura told me herself she mixed with water
itnd shortened with mashed up potatoes
't'vithout any salt, and a dish of apple sauce
Without saeasoning. We had the same for
dinner as we had for breakfast, with the ex.-
ception of some stewed beans, cooked with
nothing in them but dear water, no salt,
spoil, or anythingall we had to eat on them
was some of that apple sauce without season-
ing, instead of vinegar. Iler pudding was
rice cooked 1 cle4i water, was not salted or
buttered, w th nething to eat, on it. We
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had no salt, butter, meat, pepper, vinegar,
or anything of the kind,on the table. She
would not allow Flora or Clara, her child-
ren, to eat anything, not so much as an
apple, betWeen meals.
They ate twice a dav the general time be-
ing about 8a. m., and 2;1 p. in. Laura
(Mrs, Haskins) tpld me when she got home
from the hygenic institute at New ' Jersey
she intended to allow her husband and Laura
salt and creetu to eat on their potato,
and le c them live as they have been living,
but she said that Flora declared she would
not live in the hygenic style—she-said she
would starve first. Then Laura said she
was bound Flora should live just as she did.
She said she was quite turbulent at first,
but shelled got to be quite docile now—had
got to be e pijetty ped girVand to ob. She
also said she had a pretty good coW that
was the . greatest - temptation to Flora she
had; and she immediately sold her.
Airs. Haskins' treatment - of Ellen -was
'veiy rude. janualy 17th, the latter visited
her sister again, and was turned out of the
house by Mrs. Haskins -without being
allowed to see her. The scene threw the
invalid Flora into almost her last coughing
fit, and as she begged to see her sister Ellen;
the latter Was ' finally sent for. , -With a
policeman she again approached the house,
and was allowed to see anti comfort her sis-
ter. The dying girl was lying in a fireless
room, and was still fed "hygienically" by
her half-sister, who .took accession to re-
mark that the sufferer had given her clothes
to her. 'Ellen at once roused the select ,
Man, and , Laura was moved on the follow-
ing day to a neighbors, the sheriff and doc-
tor assisting. After the most comfortable
day of the whole sickness she died- in the
afternoon.
L. _From the evidence before us it seems un -
'deniable that the girl died through the hygi-
enic diet, which her half-sister so fanatically
and et uelly, net to say criminally enforced.
Mrs. Haskins deserves the lunatic asylum,
to say the least, and the town medical au-
thorities must - be very hard-hearted or they
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must have slept:ill o' night over their erim
inal negligence.
----saasta---
The Tower of Babel
A. writer describes the . present appear-
ance of the place where languages got mixed:
—"After a ride of nine miles we were at
the foot of the Bier Itt unrod, Our horses' e
feet were trampling upon the remains of
bricks which showed here and there through
the accumulated dust and rubbish of ages,
befm e our eyes rose a great mountain of ,
earth, barren and bare. This was Bier Nim-
rod, the ruins of -the Tower of Babel, by
which the first builders of the earth vtinly
booed to scale high heaven, Here also it
was that Nebuchaduezzar bnilt,- for bricks
bearing .his name have been found in the
ruins. At the top of the mound a great
mass of brick -work pierces the accumulated
soil,. With your finger you touch the very
bricks, large, square shaped and massive—
that were thoroughly burned; the very mor-
tar, now hard as granite, .bandled mole than
4.000 years ago by earth's impious , people.
fronl}the summit of the mound far' away
over the -plain we see glistening the gilded
dome of a mosque, reflecting the bright
rays of the morning . sun, This was the
tomb of the- holy Ali, - Topray.before this
at Some period of big life; to kiss the- sacred
dust around there some time or other ; to
bend hie body- and el:mu t his beads, is tb e
daily:desire of every devout Mehantedan."
"NEW YORK HOUSE."
The Subscriber has
JUST OPENED!
In the above House,
A SELECT STOCK
OF FRESH
ROCERIES
WIN -MS!
AND
LIQUORS!
AND,
FLOUR FEED
All of which he will 'sell at the
LOWEST PAYING PRICES
Thc fact that the entire stock is Fresh froin
the wholesale markets, should be sufficient argu-
ment to induce patronage.
FARM PRODUCE
Taken in exchange for Goods at Cash Prices.
Killoran and Ryan's Old
Stand.
0
PHILIP CLAP?.
Seaforth, Joey. 21st, 1870. 103-tf.
$1 Canada Tweeds
for 80 cents.
AT
The Neu', York House.
WINTER STOCK
o.
NOW COMPLETE
At the New York House
A Large Stock of
WOOLEN
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING!
THE CANTON
T T. T. T. T T.
VVAREHOUSEI
IN THE
NEW POST OFFICE BLOCK,
IS THE PLACE FOR
CHOICE TEAS.
The fact that the subscriber makes this article
a speciality, shoulki leal all intending purchastri •
who like the best market affords, to, at least trf
his stock.
The Finest Liquors
And a select stock of Staple and Fancy
Groceries, always on hand.
JAMES C. LAIDLAW.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870.
FURNITURE
CHEAPER THAN EVER
AT
THOMAS BELL'S
WAREIOOM
MBELL ss now prepared to furnish Houses at,
, Toronto prices -
In all its departments, attended,to in a satisfact,
ory maxmer. A hearse for hire.
0
THOMASBELLS
PATENT SPRING MATTRASS
-Kept constantly on hand and fitted to any bed
stead. This article is the best and cheapest,
made, as attested, to by all who have used it.
Warranted to give satisfaction.
IN -Remember the place
-KIDD &IVI'MULKINS.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st. 1870. 87 -ti ,
LUMBER! LUMBER!
rpHE undersignedhave on hand at their Mills,
1_ half anodic North from the Village of Ain-,—
leyville, 500,000 feet of Good DRY PINE
LUMBER, of the following different kinds; viz
—inch, inch and a half, and two inch, clear. A ,
large lot, (over 100,0000 inch and a quarter, and .
inch and a half flooring, both dressed and under-
dressed ; half inch siding, common boards and
plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Beard and strip
LATH, all of which be Sold at reduced
prices.
They have lately added. a first-class planning.,
machine, to their other machinery, and intend •
keeping dressed lumber of all kinds constantly
' an hand.
The public may rely upon being able toproeure
any of the aboli-e articles of Lumber tit their
Mills. so long as it is hereadve•tut' ed.
Parties sending lumber to the mill can have it
dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible -
terms.
M. & T. SMITH.
Ainleyviile, Feb. 11, 1870, 114 -ti
House and Lot jr Sale._
OR TO RENT.
IN EGMON-DVI L LE.
4
rpHE undersigned has for sale or to rent, Oh •
1_ reasonable terms, a good Frame House, with
wood shed, eistein, pinup and good yaH in con-
nection.
The above premis -es were lat-ely oceupied by
Dr . Vercoe.
-
For particulars apply to
. JOHN F. WEILAND,
Hotel Keeper, Egmenclvilles
Eginondville, Feb. 11, 1870, 114-4ins,
.HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale a large Frame
Cottage, 30 x 40, new, and Village Lot on the
corner opposite the Baptist Church, Seaforth.
Farm property would be taken in exchange. AP-
, ply on the premises.
ALEX, McAU RTHER.
Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. 112-6m.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
ALL persons- imdebted to the late firm of -Zapfe & McCallum, axe hereby requested to.
Call and settle the sante with the undersigned on
dr before the lst. of March next, otherwise costa •
will be incurred.
ZAPPE & CARTER.
Seaforth Foundry_
Seaforth, Feb. 15, 1870. 115-tf
omplaet.t,,„,
_
Money to Lend.
trONEY to Lend on Fara. Lands" at 8 ;
cent.
Apply to
P. F. WALKER,
Solieitor, Goderich.,
Goderich, Feb. 11, 1870. I14-8ins,
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
The subscriber has at his Kiln, Con. 5, Lot 4,
Tuckersmitli,, 11. R. a lax& quantity of firat-
class brick, which he offers cheap for Cash,
JA.M.RAS• PICKARD.
Tuckeramith, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-6ino;