Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-19
LEwisTowN, Pa July %,
THE LOST CHILD.


learned from DR. Ard, who was called
10 visit the little wanderer on last Sun
day, and who informs us, ihatii is like
" to do we'll Sometime previous 10
Friday the 9Th OF July inst. Sarah the
infant daughter OF Mr. Robert Ste1o
art, who resides near Waynesburg
IN this county, was taken by some of
the family to remaina few days at the
hoase of an uncle, named Glassford,
who lives near the foot osJack's Noun
tain. Tnc childis in the 4th year~ci
| her age
Early on Friday morning, (thc9th)
! The uncle went cut TO reap, and Mrs.
Gfassford also went out for some pur
Epose, some distance from the house;
leaving hcr lMtle nice in bed. Soon
after they were gone the child arose,
dressed itself tied up all its little clothes
which its mother bad sent with it, in
a small haudk erchlef; laid chair on
the bettn which it had slep; placed
another chair against the door which
! opened inward, bot not so close as to
prevent the door from being opened
! wide enough to let SO strall an adven-
turer pass she then opened the door,
passed out with herhund!e, and set out
/ TO return TO her fathers house, dis
lance ofseveral miles, she unfortunate
| ly, however, missed the road which
| led homeward, and termed towards
! the ways whichrun along the foot ofthe
! mountain, entered the forest and lost
Fher way.
On the retarn of Mrs. GIassfotd to
the house, she discovered that the child
had left the bed, and was gone from
the house. She first searched herself
andin the course OF the day gave in
formation to the parens of the child,
and called on the neighbours 10 Join in
the search From tins time, the search
was continued daily, until Saturday
night the 18th inst. & ii is said, that on
some OF the days, there were more hsao
two hundred persons in traverslng the
mountain, whittier, it was supposed,
the child had wandered. On Satur
day, the 18th. she was seen by some
person in an orchard, along the foot
of the mountain, obout two miles from
the house of Mr.. Glassford; but un
fortunately, no regard was paid to her;
and a night or tw 0 atterw ards, she was
heard crying in The woods by a man
W no was travelling in that ncignbor
hood, and wboi is radio have been pre-,
vented by his wife, howa with hun,
from goingt to discover from whence the
crying proceeded
Those of our readers who are pa.
rents aud pio,hers, msy inagin " hat
were:the feelings of the parents of this
child, during this period she had now
been out nine adays-and preparation
had been made to continue the search
on Sunday the 18Th Early on that
morning, as the family oil Mrs Hood,
who lives about twoand an half miles
from Mr., Glassiord's were rising and
kindiingthe morning fire, for the pur
pose Of getting an eM!y breakfast, to
join in the pursuit; a small child came
suddenly into the door OF The house,
and sat down with It's back against the
door. Some of the children in the
house saw it first, and said in its hear
ing to their mother, that they beloved
this TO be Mr. Stewards lost child
/ Sarah immediately spoke, aud said she
wished they would take her to her mo
ther. She appeared Id be very cold,
and much exhausted, aud said, she had
neither eaten nor dra nix any from the !
time she was lost--and 1t is believ
ed, that she could not have drank any
thing, as she must have been on dry !
barren ridge, where there Is no wa
ter She said, she hot! Ct nice little !
place Of her olcn so steep an euety
night, until the last night, Saturday |
That on Saturday she had lost her
bundle of clothes, aad in searching for |
hat, she had found the path which led /
10 the stable of MIR. Hood; that, when
he came thc,e, i, was dark, and see.
ing them in the stable, she creft in
Trough hole, and lay on the straw
al night The place of her abode
Whilst in thc forest, has not yet been
is covered.-R ePltb.
Mr. CRAWFORD isnow at the Berkeley !,
springs. /