Hi! >From the Windham County Transcript published in Danielsonville, CT Issue of 11 June 1863 Webster.--We learn that on Thursday afternoon, last week, a young lady residing in Webster, Mass., named Ella Stockwell, aged sixteen years, attempted suicide by taking muriatic acid. On Tuesday afternoon she was alive and it was thought she might possibly recover. She refuses to give any reason for the rash act. It is said she struggled against the use of antidotes, and expressed her determination to destroy herself if she recovers from the present attempt at self-destruction. At last accounts she was speechless fromthe effects of the drug, the membrane of the throat and stomach being much inflamed. She has conducted herself strangely of late, one of her whims being to purchase and wear articles of mourning. Southbridge -- The temperance men of Southbridge, Mass., possess some of the Putnam pluck in fighting the Rum Demon, and they are determined that he shall be, and stay, squelched. The proprietor of the Edward's House has been prosecuted for vending the "critter," and in revenge he has shut up shop. The Southbridge Journal goes in strongly for law, order and temperance, and the editor thereof has been honored by the rummies in being hung in effigy. They doubtless since receive much aid and comfort from that source. Issue of 18 June 1863 Webster -- We learn that Miss Ella Stockwell, of Webster, who attempted to poison herself, has so far recovered as to leave her bed. The Webster Times in speaking of this affair says: "We are not aware how much reliance can be placed upon current reports; but if the half we hear is correct, its saddest and most cruel features yet remain unwritten. The girl's character and life are said to be faultless, but it would seem that her existence has been by unnatural causes made burdensome beyond her wish to endure." As the girl has so far remained silent concerning the pre-disposing cause, it is very likely that all surmises are wide of the true cause, and may be injurious to innocent persons. Marilyn Labbe ____________________________________________________________ Domain Registration - Click Here http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2XOfb1jvu5gGSAkwQeQG4YJIUFqLwQDzrSuKNIHNuhbhqkX/