The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 25, 1884, Page 6

rte a oust ig } » bri A HERMIT IN A CAVE. Forty-four Years of Life Passed iq Ww Complete Solitude. Auston S famous Pike County hermit ned his cave i moun rned to his ce in Connecticut to spend the y many years Sheldo: has been 3 region, d by thous- one of the curios and his cave has been visit ands of people. He was born in Sunnyside, Conn, in 1802, and is consequently, in his 82d year. In his boyhood he I ed the blacksmitu’s trade, an wrriving at man’s estate, Was marr to a come- ly, respect young woman, who be- came insane shortiy after ti union. Sheldon put his wife in a private asy- lum, where he supported her until she died. In 1540 he came to Peunsylva- He Wouldn't Swap After All. There is an old ballad of the farmer She ing t sk next morn did not cor found the up where blind; the ground; the hens stra their eggs laid wh could not find them; the calf mis ing gone wrong, everyt and everyt topsy-turvey all Th and agreed tl ho boasted that he did as much work could do in seven. I pre paking in d away and all re the old man ing urmer took it it was his wife ne old who could do more work in a day than he could do in seven. A New York young fellow, hauled up before a m the strate for laziness and nia, where he expected to engage in+Yrefusal to support his wife, had very stock-raising, but he fell into the hands | much same notion of woman’s of some of the wild land agents who | Work as the old farmer in the ballad. y | In answer to the Judge’s questions he | grumbled that he was sick and tired of | standing behind a counter all day, and |therefore took a much-needed rest. “But the baby and I starve in the infest this region, and they relieved him of all his cash and deeded him a tract of wild land in Lehman Town- ship that was not worth 10 cents an acre. When Sheldon saw how he had been swindled out of his hard-earned money he raved like a madman and partly lost his reason. He took up his abode in a cave on the premises, and there he has remained ever since, de- siring no human companionship until within the last few years. In 1878 he became enamored of a pretty girl liv- ing not many miles from his subterra- nean home, and asked her to marry him. She indignantly refused, and her arents forbade him to come near their ouse. Since that time the old man has been thinking of returning to Con- necticut, and when a few days ago his sister, a woman 80 years of age—his only living relative—came to see him, she induced him to accompany her to Sunnyside, where she has a comforta- ble home. FORTY-FOUR YEARS IN A CAVE. When, in 1877, the writer first visited the hermit’s cave the recluse was a most horrible looking object, although since then his appearance has altered for the better. He is asdeaf as a post and those who desire to question him are obliged to do so in writing. ‘The cave in which he spent forty-four years is 12x14 feet, with a gravel floor. The furniture consists of four blocks of wood, which serve the purpose of table and chairs, and one old rocking-chair in which he sleeps. He has not s in a bed for forty-three years, he says He has about halfan acre of ground which he calls his garden, and in it grows 2 little corn and 2 few potatoes. Upon these vegetables and upon fruit, dried roots, and such game and fish as has lived for nearly half a century. He has an old Bible which he reads very » and he can quote chapter pter with wonderful accuracy. six years the old man never could | meantime,” remonstrated the wife. He | said he loved her too well for that, but she couldn’t expect a fellow to kill himself, she? She naturally thought there was very little danger of that. Then a sudden thought struck him. “Pll tell you what I'll do, Nellie,” said he. “You take my place in the store and I will attend to the household du- ties.” of amusement at the peated his offer. v nice time,’ said he, ‘tyour work is awfully easy.’ His wife expressed « good deal idea, but he re- “You must have a The wife answered she would be only tuo glad of the change, and agreed to ‘‘swap’’ occupations. “Now, "said she, “‘you must get up in the morning and make the fire, prepare the breakfast, mind the baby—’’ The husband stopped her right there, and fore her to understand that she would ave to take the baby to the store with her. *‘Not a bit of it,” was her answer. “You aro taking care of the household and that’s a part of it.” He protested that, as she knew, the baby’s crying made him almost crazy, but she insist- ed that if he took her place he must look to her duties. She told the mag- istrate she was willing to take her hus- band’s place in the store, and that of- ficial was about to arrange the affair on that basis. Just here her husband was very skeptical about her being able to stand it; thought she had better at- tend to the household and he would go k to the 1 wh bench. store. rked that ‘tthe baby settled him,’’ ich was a much wiser observation |than some of the more elaborate and | longer decisions which come from the The Justice re- As 2 matter of fact a manis not well- fitted to endure the petty annoyances And ha cares W no ch u patience with ke up 2 the petty rge part of shaved or had his hair cut. He wore |women’s domestic work. If women curious-looking clothes, which he kept | have no business tact or ¢ pacity, men, fu ened to bis person with hickc jon the oth and, have little of the in- withes’” se out his waist. He | finite p in the dull routine of never wore 2 or his defense |p ouse service th women attend to against wild beasis he da long levery day in their lives. The affair Knife, sharp ns a razor, he made | seems to have been pretty well ar- by grinding down an o He nev- | ranged by Providence. The backs and oo La newspaper since he came to {the burdens of the sexes seem mutually Pike County heard of the civil | ang respectively adjusted to one anoth- tad ney rl of Lincoln or and so the world wobb! ae Me norney wees hion of the last seve housand Ss ne ears, and is not likely, in this respect HAL SCAPES. atleast, to fly the track for a good ‘The ol! idth eseapes | years to come.—Detroit Free numerous In fires th over Pi and he only e cave, ) { from roasting alive by blockin the entrance with stones and remsining a soner until the fiereeness of the flames abated. So s the cave, where he remained x hours, th his vegetables were made unfit to eat. On another eccasion he was snowed under, and for a week lived on crackers, sassafras root, and melted snow. Oace while gathering chestnuts he fell from the tree and broke six of his ribs, and, crawling to his caye, remained there broken bones were healed. swept | =e —_———__— + The True “tory of a Dude. The more the fair young dude gazed upon her the more he felt that in order te compleie his stature of manhood he he must know her. would hold sweet Her converse tand his over the sparkling vintage of sunny France and the succulent product of Blue Point. But how could he manage it? Fortune favors the braye, and in this matter the fair young dude had sworn to do or die. nial young usher. He became acquainted with a ge- His escapes | and honey until his heart was won. from wild beasts and snakes would fill] Then he confided to that usher the story of his passion. “Aw, yas, deah boy.’’ he said, “I’m 8 volume. The old man is believed to have amassed a Visitors to of furs and game was considerable. As he never bought anything but crackers, cheese, and sugar, he certainly must} som). Mus considerable sum of money. | awfully gone, you know, quite too aw- his cave generally gave him fully. & 5 ‘ahn’t sleep abfter 10 o'clock in » douceur, and his income from the sale | mawnin, g- Cahn’t eat a whole roll for bweakfast. Dweadful feeling of heav- iness heah (putting his hand on bo- it Know he tsomehow. Cahn’t have saved money.—Philadelphia Press. | you intwoduce me?” “What, introduce you to Miss Mount- morris. Well, I should blush to mur- a et How to Transform a Nose. Given a clean-shaven face, the feat- ures of which are not specially promi- an artist in make-up to transform it into a fair likeness of any type of char- acter he wishes to represent, or even to imitate a particular individual. The face in his hands becomes almost as plastic as the clay under the touch of the sculptor. Of course.the actor can not remold his features, but by putti on different colored paiuts he can P sent an effect which, viewed from s tle distance, has all the appearanc having m remolded. The great secret underlying triumphs of this art is that w 2s into prom- inence and black depresses. For in- stance, take a nose that is reasonably straight. Suppose it is desired to make 3 pu, ig: rest of the face. The gradations mur.”” «Know her long?” lich “Oh you bet. Come around to the nent, and it is comparatively easy for | stage door after the show.”* e went. His heart beat madly— that is, as madly as it could—while he awaited the coming of the radiant vis- young ladies passed out. fon. Several She did not come. Still he awaited. Presently he saw his friend the usher coming out with his arm around a lady. She was not young. - | have been flattery to | She was not fair. | ant looki of | base fabrication to No, Indeed it would call her thirty. It would have “been call her even pleas- that was not she. ss, the lady and the usher approached the fair young dude. “Here you are, old boy,”’ said the usher, | mother. e And they carried the dude away; Pat a little dark brown on the | e and make the end lighter than | have to be nicely shaded, ‘and there | comes in the art.” To reverse the : ro- cess, and produce E na marked aquiline, k or Jewish nose, put white on the | bridge and darken down the tipa lit- Ue. This will bring forth an aristo- cratic nose that would do credit to any in the British peerage.— New Fork | | Fea, even unto the confines liamsburg. of Wil- And they buried him un- ders grape leaf’ And no man know- eth his grave even until this day. Times. And no man wants to.—New Fork oo “Yes, my darling, I will now consent to become your wife.” precious, you consent, but why did you Say ‘yes’ five years ago, when I not first had not seen o “At last, my “Well, you see, I ali the theatrical attrac- tions then; but I am now familiar with all the new cars wetting: and operas, and don't as a married wom- Soe ‘so skillfully. THE LURAY CAVE. “Cress” Describes the Wonderful Beauty of this Cave. In “Cres roof, the grand into insi our exit. It we be impossible to relate all thatisto be seen in this three-mile walk amid wonders, in a letter; so I shall confine myself to a few of the most striking and interesting objects of this wilderness of the lower world, which mimics all that is marvelous, sublime, majestic, and what we call commonpiace on the surface of the earth. Here, garden, where asparagus, potatoe: do grow, and further on is THE CURIOUS FISH MARKET, where from a series of escarpments de- pend full rows of bass, perch, shad, and mackerel, even the markings of color being perfe and the water trickling from their sides completing the illusion. Crossing Elfin’s Ramble, with its fairy filigree work, there suddenly yawned at our feet a dark and dismal rift 500 feet long, 100 feet deep, called *Pluto’s Chasm.’’ On the other side bristles a wall of sparkling stalactites, and down intothe darkest portion of the black gulf one can discern the phantom, a tall white figure covered with snowy draperies. ‘his ghostly vision has in general so startling an effect on the nerves of visitors that they are warned in advance what to expect. The Ball-room, which is 260 feet be- low the surface, is a great open space which has been planked over and furn- ished with seats, and has been illumin- ated and used for country dances sey- eral times. A more beautiful spot for youth and loveliness to enjoy its: an hardly be imagined. The lofty ceiling, with its bizarre moldings and natural chandelier, the benches of carved drip- stone, ready for dowagers and wall- flowers, witi its curious niches and figures in bas-relief, combine in en- chanting effect. One of the quaintest conceit 1s the fair Cinderella in the act of leaving the ball. Her dainty head is bent forward, but the outline of her curved necx, her slooping shoulders, rounded arms, and slender waist is dis- tinctly visible, and you can almost hear the frou-frou of her long, flowing skirt and train covered with filmy 1 as she w rs the midnight chime Near by is Collins’ Grotto, with its grotesque and perfect dragon, and close to it the bird’s-nest, with its three —real cave pearls, 2 lion good e ough for Tra- . & patient camel, and our d ize dimensions. are several beautiful in the caverns, among them 1e n Font,” really an alabaster sin rising several feet from the floor, and filled with sparkling water. A DEEP FRINGE of stalactites hangs in circular form for instance, is a vegetable cabbages, caulitlower, and even weeds s sming to protect it. The “S Tent’ is a model of Oriental Superb yellow draper- ies forty feet in length ‘hang from a round canopy in the most graceful and natural folds; indeed, only a touch of the hand will convince many tourists that it is stone, not cloth, that is draped The Grand Organ, with its stalactite pipes, is full of music, | which answers to the tap of a pencil in sonorous chimes and sweet tinkling tones. One of the most imposing features of the caverns are the splendid columns | that rise to immense heights, some of ‘e exerted his ener- | them, like the Empress Column, Teach- . gies, such as they were, to win that without medical assistance until the| usher’s friendship. He fed him on milk tlow me to present you to my | { ing almost to the ceiling, and radiantly white and glittering; others, changing in tint, froma pale yellow hue to a Tich dark brown, and most of them fluted with marvelous precision. 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