Washington Telegraph

SAM PATCH OUTDONE.—A Daring Belle."

A funny incident happened a few days ago on the Lawrence cars, which is thus related by the Lowell Journal:

A substantial, wholesome looking Irish lady was so intent in her gossip with a friend in the cars, just as they were starting from Lawrence, that she did not wake up to the reality until she was making a course for Boston at a twenty mile speed. The instant she perceived this she rushed for the door. Conductor Billings, a very gallant man, and exceedingly tender of woman kind, started to stop her, and arrived at the platform just as the frightened woman made her leap. Luckily the cars were upon the canal bridge; and as she shot out the speed of the train turned her over in the neatest of all possible somersets, and then down she went straight as a meal bag, bonnet first, into the canal. The dive was beautiful and as she arose puffing with fright, a board was thrown to her, and she soon found herself, dripping like a fat naiad, upon dry land, unharmed, but a good deal scared, as well she might be. Last night she came up in the cars, looking as nice as a sunflower, and calm as a summer morning.