The Kittery Confederate (1863) |
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VINTAGE NEWS
In this installment a Kittery man rebels against the Rebels, mothers acting very
badly, the bartender drinks too much and the wrong man gets caught. More old
tales from the NH Gazette.
October 17 1863
Confederate from Kittery
Caleb Emery, a native of Kittery, 17 years of age, arrived in Portland on Wednesday,
having deserted from the rebel army about two months since. He was conscripted
in Jacksonville, Fla., where he was living with his father, Dr. Emery, who escaped
about the same time as his son. On coming into Federal lines, the son was furnished
with sufficient funds to take him to Washington, and thence to Philadelphia. From
that city his passage to Portland was paid by returning Maine soldiers. Failing
to find any friends in Portland he applied for a night's lodging at the Police
Station, and some of the officers the next morning paid his fare to Kittery, where
his grandmother resides. He was dressed in the rebel uniform. -- The Portland
Courier is our authority for the above statements.
Bear It, Father
In the bull fighting days, a blacksmith who was rearing a bull pup, induced his
old father to go down on all fours and imitate the bull. The canine pupil pinned
the old man by the nose. The son, disregarding the paternal roaring, exclaimed,
"Hold him, Growler! boy, hold him! Bear it, Father, bear it; it'll be the making
of the pup!''
Editors on Parole
The editor of a Democratic paper in Nevada Territory acknowledges the defeat
of his party in his city very briefly. --He says, "We met the enemy yesterday
and are out on parole this morning."
The Enraged Mother
An enraged mother in Illinois recently twisted her little offspring's nose until
she fractured the bone; broke another pledge's arm, and killed a third with a
rolling pin.
The Fair Infanticide
Agnes Pattinson, described as "a fair little girl of about twenty years," has
been sentenced to death in England for murdering her infant child. Her defense,
delivered with tears, was touching: "I should not have done it, had not my father
put me out of doors three years ago!"
Fowl Play
A firm in Essex, Mass., are building a hennery which will occupy six acres of
ground. They intend to furnish fowls for New York markets.
He Stole the Coal
A smart thief in Jersey City stole a ton of coal from the sidewalk, the other
evening, before it could be shoveled into the cellar.
Her Own First Victim
An Irish woman by the name of Ann Kelly, who claimed to have a husband in the
army, died in Biddeford a few days since, of excessive intemperance. She went
to Biddeford about six weeks ago, opened a rum hole and was her own first victim.
She left three little children, who were taken in charge by the Overseers of the
Poor.
Hot-Tempered
A woman in New York killed her neighbor's boy by rubbing red pepper in his nose,
eyes and mouth. The neighbor had offended her.
They Had the Wrong Man
The person arrested in India as Neva Sahib, the leader of the rebellion of 1857,
proves to be another person. So Neva, who is still in the pride and glory of manhood
- not more than 35 years old - may live to get up another insurrection.
Courtesy of the NH Gazette, "The Nation's Oldest Newspaper"
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