HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1876-02-04, Page 6From Riches to Poverty. l
Extraordinary career of aidEnglish hair
in Canada --030,000 dissipated in d few
scare.
As in other countries, abundance of
scope is afforded in Canada for - throwing
away money, if fortunate posseasirs are
so inclined, And if all the illustrations
of this truism,. coming .under our; notice
during the past few years were to be
penned, the statement would startle not
a ;few of our readers, • A notable ease in
point carie under our notice the other
day, 1n the year 1869, a young English-
man, byname Warden, who had moved
in aristocratic circles in the old country,
found himself suddenly in the possessieen
of over $30,000, left to hien uncondition-
ally by an overindulgent parent, when
the "fortunate" youth was as yet scarce •
u ly of age. Realizing- the fortune, and,
with the funds in his possession, bent on
seeing at least a portion of the world,
Warden went to the European Continent,
d dived, with extraordinary ardor,into
al the social pleasures—shall we say
vi es ? for which the gay capital of :u.incredible
F nce is famed. Soon tired of "fast"
life, Warden resolved t cone to Canada, it rs an authe
having dissipated to th extent of over can bear test
one-half the large fortd a but so, lately ayoung man
let him. Arriving in 1871, and meeting town of Pert
in the larger cities wh'ch he visiteden of leading a h
Montreal, Toronto, Lo don and amil- ficin his ;ear
toad being amongst t e number with deranges ent
plenty: of boon eom ani ns, the means at fpartriwass110ends. Th'
his disposal speedily assumed ismaller tags we abo
dinrieusions, until at la ,t - arden,.a year from lois are
age, found himself without a cent, and ,
without a friend in Canada. He had 'a ho edea bu
most remarkable way of squandering his
means. On one occasion, when living near il canoe,
New Hamburg village, he purchased a
very superior span of horses, and an ele-
gant baroucicc, with which be started on
one of his celebrated "runs." Having
drunk de ly, he drank, and drank, till
eventuallyy he found hint elf in the dis- .
agreeable fix of having t give 'up en old
" nag" to pbtain his sou per and !bed
–j --
said old "ssta er" being 11 that remained
of his magnificent outfit Money some,
health impaired and disc eputable habits
formed through his .into course in' ques-
tionable society, '4Varde found hisi,self,
as sqtated, fully a year ag , with no money by his fiiefids
and but f =w friends. T' iereupon, and be eaten with th
it rioted, a resolution vas a good one, which he no
although other late i'i :sing made -he his body nein_
resolved t work at anything he • could hair as that of
get, in ore er to obtain a living ; and the hair as roua di
next role: which we find hint assuming is •moues llble
that of a plain laborer on the canal worksfi' y
path he invar
near St. Cathaihi)es. Later on, he; came .
which liel has
to Loncdo i, where his .rather eccentric in cliattia in
ways, on various occasions, gave rise to euntil his equ .
goon. deal of talk. about a couple of years long ray anti 1
agog. ` Las, year be worked on the: Lone gg
his Shoo deren
don, Huron and Bruce Railway, and did
his duty lfaithfully. Notwithstanding si iis1'reach a
this, he f and himself at various mimes age and is os
under the ecessity of ado»ting aliases in ever knotivn til
order to g t out of (inanities which, but
for his hati`ts, he might he ve steered clear perfectly ak
c1emeriei s of
of. filmes went on in this way until a ,
few weeks ago, when so' a of hie English Lanaclian win
frie refs th mein , Ward n dead sent a incl'
g:.
gen leman out liere to make inquiries re- How to
garding his mysterious disappearance.
After 'nue difficulty, this gentleman got
on this clu , traced Lim.jto London, and
afterward o Ingersoll, a 'here he had got
a jail. Pr veiling upouphim, in hope of
reformatio
the land of
ashamed o
consented
New Yor
brief expe
hands in a r
giving forth
liridgenian,
er, ` was I rein
propertyhe
mother, and
tle money 1
She, howeve.
bequest arf $'
She felt jaeut
man wino b
spirit from e
ument of hi
waiting,'' Wat
the blind an
The Empero
a'golci medal
meet rn ecli
The attenti
was first dr.
man's most
Charles Dick
full account
eulogiuri pas
A Canadi
urou mann
luri -like
r th deathiof j
ly derived of ft fo herself 0 •continues to en
the'.tise of he)assesses theinterest
fromthe 'Loririg,f n
the heath of tt e, n.,ight nut leer im rie
Q8, She is a livi g,1n
devotion, patieii Ihmg an 1 giving of einngie a to the do
1
l
4f ru
or hisating
cf tl
0 t 11
sia sent in
marvelous
Laura Brii
e Eu ropes
Liss Laura
u
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le
er
c.
a
le
'cb
on -
pe,
1) !to
lips.
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chi .ve-
gen an.
we Ind
rr ge-
oigh
ry
ed
13
traordnarycase Ali
s Notles, in -which ,
given, and a dOer
d upozi Dr. owe
Hermit. Nal ejd
rty Tears.
the following nja. sip
is fact !to which- hiird
ons , bout 40 y ate
Med %Vlsoit,livin fear
lcoucei ed th Inti til: i
it's l e, The ye h
or
•r
each
rp
e
ea ,
d
age:showed symptom: Of
nd this• ijroceedin his
usiderjed-rn ange 1py -iis
hosen (lace of h. ler i-
i quarters o n he
horn stead, in the r ess
where he er need a s all
d fir ;rushed it with .an d log
aichh!ae used as a c uch ' 'sleep
in. Divestin imself of • al clothing ne
has ever sine ' remarried perfect pue,
with the exe � _tattered Om i t
of a ,shirt, w aney leads him
retain. In tate for 40 ears
has lived, wa; a depth o win
through the :. he
been kfiown�
When lie req
n
1
ion of
b his
pude s
mg in
ow, an 1 yet he b
eivedia frk her herw
r, it matte
he year it
water re
lie et ops and q
fence], b
i rou
rid when given to
oracioi#sness of an
sembl ` s more th
as bevily Coate
cow, j He -never.
and chat
people cr is
ce
Y
0
e
r
r
leaver a strbilt
�'Vh
i es a d
liberately int he riv g ht
to hint whatsl ' on of n y >e,
and wsldes ou ill the al, s is
waist, and th a icl es
his thirst, i, .s ght o h m
hum
An animal
a worse predic
glee. The eff
to accorrre�ppa riy him back to made in an eff
his birth, Wa den, thoroughly animal may no
the past few -ears of his life, itself in :rope
and the cru .le sailed from useless and onl
last week. No doubt, his; The . usual m
fence of the
osi tion,
Whe1
ly begin for toba
evident partiali a
nes will utter " ace
is granted. His hair
kemp1,' falling f r 0
nd hir beard,, w ich
down below his % ai
een 60 and 70 y .' a s
si Fly the only Irvin lei
ave li d year aft r ye
nd ex rased to all the i
eathe which ma k o
rs.-Cell letan Pew c 4tfe
1 w'
h w.a
es in
i8
` hard lines " of
the transgessor will .hake a salutary
of-
'feet on theyoung man, and we doubt not
that he, like many mare who have follow
-
a similar cdurse, is now a wiser if a sad-
der than.
Laura Bridgman.
In. a village in the moi}ntains of New
Ham. shirethe late Dr. auel G. Howe •
found the !rn
subject of thus sketch, then
six years old, blind, d af, dumb and
nearly destitute of the sense of taste,
scarlet fever having depri _eel her of these
pits. She was thus ex luded from all
around the an
while thin is pi
ants, others pi
of the ani al
out of thehol
tive, but it of
a slow, dumas, and laborious m thoc
The materials i'=eded fo;t the metho her
referred to are e that ere require for
much better o = This is very s mple
and two men operate it, an -4t
Finch 'even on >:« an alone ` inay s cc#ee+
with it. . A st stak or aniron bar i
driven into th s e id ground at a di tem
of 25 feet or m fromhe mired a inlet
rails ; boutnine feet Ion ,oar
r thends, so tha the 1
rt in the form of pal
sting. A long r pd i
he Woke or neck of th
an kne1it that the loot
tight enough to do an
tl
xtric .te a Mi
nim4,l.
ed in ti swamp ge
ent the longer it
to extricate it she
five manner, so ti
.ie encouraged to e
(1 exertions, whi(
ink it yleeperin thi
od is
al's h
ed by
e rails
the pt
The p
is not,
lred
is in
atru
u)fd I
ileo tl
Chiu,
h a
mir
to fasten a "roe
erns or neck, a
ome of the assis
beneath the bod
rpose of lif leg
an is often effe
and at bes it
the beauties; of God in nature, and' seem- Two she
ed little be ter than a piece of marble tied toget er n
chiselled in human form, land that form can be spr •ad -
containing flickering spark of an im- of shears, for
mortal soul, Ier father !was a well -to- fastened9 a oun
do fanner, . nd her mother a woman, of animal, with s
much intelligence, who gladly consented- cannot be draw
to place her (laughter . in care of Dr. injury. The r
Howe, Accordingly she was brought to of the rails as t
Boston, and a , process of instruction im- edge of the soli
mediately commenced. `She -was first the stake or cz
taught to use her hands and to acquire of the rope is f
a command of her musclies and limbs. spike, leaving
and afterw rd; by meausi of a pen and it free.. This e
pin, to distinguish two articles by arbi- or stake, and t
trary elms. Then from monosyllables
she learned 11 the letter of the alpha-
bet, and hon
sent objects.
ledge of nurn
she gained
to arrange there to repre-
She soon -acquired a know-
erals, puncta :tiofi, and then animal and to n
the power of . thought, easy.
thenames r of things &c, The ca>
next process taught her w• s to recognize
the isarne signs in ernhrssc(l types. She An English
worked with great eagerne s, thus reward- carpet the c tt
rag the wa'•hful care o English pe p e
teacher. and take it into
Miss Brid eman is no • The gloom j incl
year, and between her us to clothour
it so that
drawing it
animal out
held up by
the
uof t
the
et
her devoted
• in her 46th
orae and • the
s passed her
slight, grace- .
wears green' any heavyvery demon- it can be th
imes radiates- it go entire
s with great tion of the
friends than week. Wi
showing her and its pat
int ornameii- ly free to p
•tin crochet- ' will wear tl
and takes is the most
one of the pretty ; tap
artment. A The Scotch
Perkins Institution she h
time, thus far` She is tall,
fill in _form and motion,
bands across her eyes, is
strative, art d her face at
with emotion. She dress
care—snore to please her
herself—and Makes pride in
id other femii
is quite expe
n needle•wor
in assistin-
he sewing del
o she was
gold watch a
tations. She
ina and piai
much cdeligh
teachers iii t
few days aj
a dozen of the piipils, turn
of napkins and threading
her fingers and teeth.
some of her hemming w
pride as a soldier bearing a
battle fiel(1. A lady, on th
ferrel to, made a pure -base tion her of a E sign at all.
crochet mat, and with clear articulation the wallpap
Miss Bridger -ran repeated the word
"money" twice. She can utter intern-' ` A. Faze
gibly the naive ofa teacher, and such - Nothing t rat pt,
words as baby, &c. She forms words ; neglected as the
vrith a lead pencil, by the aid of a j ever product' vo,
(
als
s� to!
ism's!
as our bodi s,
a bedroom arpe
iece
oftd
y un
eor
h re
ern,
ease
e lei
gene
str
carp
t work with appearance, but
ng the hems i pensive and
ieehiteclle�sli
exiv etdh i ways look t
he I when the ro
th as much s taste chooses wh
trope), from 1 "minglety a er"
occasion re- ' or a—pattern whi
The
du r
eb
m i
is caws over the
y are t up upo
round,and carri
-bar beyond. Th
tened to a stout
tut a. foot of the
a is laid/ against th
other is moved a
e is Wound upc
with it drawin
mine. ; The rope
d mils tends to l i
ke i s extrication
r
8
r
•
f
e
t
in
ite
ink '
e rooms. 't
s ys : "The less
bedroom. \Ve
rich of our carpet,
er y noiik and corner.
lip df our climate dol
rooms avarnily, as 'i
it can be s0 contrive
sboulcinot be put urs
of furniture, and then
int taken un ; nor should
rthe b d, for that piir-
iclirld b washed (eve
r(1 to th kind of ear
re at lab we are en ti
u rselveo. A Bruss
est, but, Kidderrntinst
1 -1)ut k is cheap a
t`to he des is
not very fi
ar strong,
Small patter
a bedroom,
ge one. Coa
termed diaper
either a tiff, set (le:
l seeins o have no
al reniarl s apply al.
t
ge
ell
er
ry
et
Is
er
1(1
Cd.
in
n
i s arc
they
le.
t in
lar
are
French writing hoard. This latter ar- cared for, in
tiele has grooved linea about an eighth tial adornirse
of an inch deep, an inch or so apart, ant re(luisit
running transversely across the paste- i went. Not
board. She takes her paper and presses I farmer's lai
it into the grooves, thus mating tlepres-
sions which can . be felt by the pencil r
paint, and when slightly pressed leaves r
a letter mark, In Furnishing herauto-
graph she writes` above her name ja
Scripture text. On her being asked if
she realized the meaning of the quota-
tion, " The Lord is my Shepherd," she
replied, "fully," On learning that her
questioner hacl been a Sabbath School
teacher for 18 years, she clasped her
Garden,
rs .se well has bee
deii, A farm,
• thont a garden
an orel
.cks the
om f ort
:ntribat
e
a
1-
riv.n
reit
ar d
ign,
de -
o to.
off.
ve}I1
and and arliti;1
most imppr
and content-
s more to the
y, enj'gyme;nt than a well-
' cultivated ga •-len. of eerie y at the table
be desireable heel it is. f healthy liv-
ing and good epee + are sou 'ht after, the
garden must of 1 i,1 overlo keel. A little
spot of less ban 4 quart r of an acre
••may be made to airoduce he followl:n
vegetables an 1 fru s. They aret`naiinie
as near as main be the order of coming
into use : April 1 , dandelion, cabbage
sprouts, aspafragu,,, lettuce, _radish, rpie.
plants, onions, str: wberries, early cher,',
TH
HURON EXPOSITOR.
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F 3BUARY 411876.
ries, beets, oabbite, greenpeas,
Earl
Rose potatoes, sting beana, mbers,
currants, raspberries, reel ;