The Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 15, 1892. Notes by the Way.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XI, Issue 1019, 15 June 1892, Page 2

The Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 15, 1892. Notes by the Way.

♦ ; ; ; A certain well Miown s successful ,-business man, and one of our ablest financiers, has discovered a new use for the theatre. Ho is an inveterate theatre goer, and a well-known first nighter at both dramatic and operatic performances It has always surprised his friends, however, to discover that he knows com,'.paratively little about theatrical matters, for pU his patronage of the drama. He explained this to a questioning friend the other night, fl never go to the theatre,' he saids ' to hear the, play or the opera, I simply go there to think orer my business . There is something m the performances, of whatever I character they may be, that enables me to djistract my mind completely from all my surroundings. No one can break m u,pon me as they can do if I am at home, and I can sit and give myself over completely to the consideration of business while a stage performance is going on. 'I tell you/ he added en thusitstically, * I have sought out some of my best business schemes while siting m the glare of the footlights. I owe a great deal of my fortune to the advantages of the theatre.' It has often been shown that the religious rhapsodies of converted and convicted murderers as they approach execution furnished, if their conversion was genuine, an instance' of great and horrible injustice ; for that while the murderer was allowed sufficient time to obtain pardon for his sins and secure eternal happiness, his victim was cut off without such a chance, and condemned m to eternal suffering. Martin Kbkkowsey, who abandoned his family for another Woman and then murdered her, and who was hung at Jersey City for it, perceived this logical result of hia situation, and m the halfribald, half- frenzied outburst just before his death, gave thanks- for the favour thus shown him. 'My Heavenly Fa tber,', he ejaculated, ' how can \ I thank Thee for letting me know the hour of my death, so that I can prepare for it, while others are not accorded this great privilige ?' There is no reason to suppose that he or any other murderer is ever considerate enough to giro their victims

the opportunity Ihoy prize so iprffeli ; i'afc they^ ieem quite satisfied atjl&efr'i own assurance of a happy future $nd eternal bliss; Perhaps, m tha ca^allof somo maliciou3 murderers, th 6 thought ' that their victims are writhing m £gdny will add some comfort to the contefy|AeH tion of their own delightful arid welfc provided fate. In the cage of the notorious criminal Deeming, another instance is furnished as to religiou3 . rhapsody. While admitting that ,h<3 did kill his wife Emily, he looked /upon > his own execution as a murder, and yet he said, even death would Be a great; relief tp him. Kb;ctoqbt i$ is,l and everybody els^ feels relieved now that it is on accomplished, fact. He certainly was one of the most, complex human problern^we hav^^vW : btt|Kn]pax:icG;^olWi. Iv one of tfce verseffiwhichj^be^faißrdefer just before his rt .e?cecu,tion., ,agpe,arjL : the j following/- whichjish^i |hpw sptfi asflured'he wa^ of future happiness :—». My heart's love cornea— my spirits parts, t ; With sina my hear^ waape^yTilef,P; '; But now God looks with teDderne&s • ' And cliairns m^.ae pip oUld. : ; » r --t^», . Oh, Heaven, thy- joyoaff fiopes ! "' f;