FORCED TO BECOME PIRATE
Great-Grandfather of President Fillmore, Coerced Into Sailing Under the Black Flag.
John Fillmore, great-grandfather of Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States, was a pirate, though he was a pirate in spite of himself. The story begins with the first quarter of the eighteenth century, when the freebooter, Bluebeard, Low and Phillips, swept the Atlantic coast from Jamaica to Newfoundland. Phillips captured the Dolphin of Cape Ann, a vessel commanded by Andrew Harriden.
Harriden discovered among the pirates' crew two young men, John Fillmore and Edward Cheesman, whom Phillips had captured and made pirates against their will. They had determined either to escape from the pirate's clutches or to capture his vessel and bring him and his crew to justice. They fixed an appointed hour for making the attempt at escape, after reaching an agreement with Harriden.
The signal was given when only three were on deck, one of whom was Phillips. One of the men was thrown overboard, and the other two were killed. This was done while the crew was below in the hold of the ship. The captors then sprang into the hold and placed the rest of the crew in chains, steered the vessel for Boston, and arrived there May 3, 1724. Two of the pirates were hanged, while Fillmore, Cheesman and his confederates were acquitted.
FORESEE APPROACH OF DEATH
Writer Tells of Instances Where Ammais Evidently Sensed Dissolution and Feared It.
I am perplexed at the  way in which the lower animals sometimes have a premonition of death and fear it, while at other times they appear to be perfectly indifferent to death. 