Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

had gone through my heart. There lay
| brea.hless. trembling in every limb. Another
| loud report like that off cannon Il jumped 10
my feet. staggered forward few PAGES. and
fell again 10 the earth. A third report soon
followed, and then all was still. The story
was now ,old--ihe dear children were found !,
but they were dead
ooh the agony Of ,ha, moment! feel it
yet; rolled on the earh--1 strove to be calm
II tried TO bs reconciIed tried to thank God !.
for restoring their dead bodies. ] wonld look
once more upon the face of my little Nelly
and jamie. although they would no more come
10 meet their father. | remembered my poor
wife. and rose from the earth. knew she
needed my support. little that it could &c, In
such affecting circumstances.
"When got within half mile Of my
home, was startled hY The repcr, Of a gun !;
another, and another followed in quick success
sion, and FOR eight or ten minutes there was
nothing bot firing. All this p-rplexed mel
knew not VIVA, 10 make Off Al last thought
the men had all 60, in. and were discharging
their guns, that had been loaded for several
days.
GAS approached the house, scene pre-
scented itself which led me TO think that the
men had all gone stark mad. They were
dancing, and shouting, and caperiLg IN the
most ex,ravagant manner. Can the children
be dead, thought !, and all this going ons
rushed through the crowd, aud as entered the
house. ll,,le Nelly sprung into my arms. cry.
ing, Here comes my father, here comes my
own father! Poor jamie was very feeble,
bot he was alive, and that was enough.
6 When the weeping spell was over. in.
qnired where they had been found. and who
found them! As soon as the Doctor could
speak, he came forward aud said tina, himself
and Mr.. 7. had taken direction that led them
10 The bank Of the stream, and the foot oil the
mountain. The ground had been gone over
before, ye, they thought il might be well 10
examine little more carefully The bank Of the
brook. Il was no, long befoye they discover
ed the prints Of little bare feet. apparently go.
inc into The stream. They Immediately cross
ed, and climbing little ways up the mountain.
discovered what appeared 10 have been camp,
where The children must have passed night
Little pieces of bark had been collected, and
small branches broke off from the surrounding
bushes with which they had formed shelter.
On leaving this camp. they had assembled the
steep face OF The mountain, leaving traces of
Their course sufficient to guide the Doctor and
his companion. After scrambling up for half
an hour, sometimes on their hands and knees.
they saw before them ,he objecie Of their
search, sitting quite contentedly 10 little hut,
formed by placing bark aud branches as roof,
between two large rocks tina, lay near toge'h.
er. They had lived npon gum, and had laid
in quite little stock for after use. The boy
was somewha, feeble, but the girl was lively
and well. They knew they were lost. but
though, they would find their way home by
and by. The men took them in their arms,
and in short time placed them by the side of
their mother. Notice must now be given OF
the discovery. aud an old musket was loaded
and fred three times, bet as the Doctor in his
ioy had used his powde, rather freely, at the
third discharge the old thing burst.
6 No one was hurt, but the signals were OF
course stopped. until the men returned from
the search, expecting TO fud them dead. %
learning the facts, genera! firing took place.
have now told you the whole story. The
loss Of nv children for few days made me
sober man and taught me that there Is Trend
that tsticke;h closer than a brother. That
God, whose unseen arm shielded my infants in
the darkness and the storm, has conducted
me down 10 old age, giving me TO enjoy "a
good hone through grace have never 'as''
ed wbiskey, run, or brandy, from that day 10
this
{. But what become Of the Squire and his
grinds'one1'
Well, the old man is dead, and ! don't
like TO say much about him; some OF the best
farms in the country were Whitfield down up.
ON that stone. Many are working as la5orers
on the very farms their fathers once owned
The Squire made money, but it all went be-
fore he died his two sous both died drunk
ards before they were thirty years OF age. and
his only daughter married poor worthless
creature, who finally ran away and left her
with three small children. After the old man
died, it was found that he was considerably
in debt, and his widow, his daughter, and her
three children, were sent to the poor house -
Nv own family all signed the temperance
pledge my five boys own every one his 'afm'
and NV three grls are married TO good and So
Der men. Little Nelly lives in the wh'ta
house Won see down in the hollow. She Of
ten talks Of he! trip to the moun'ain, and says,
(in view Of the change it wrought in her ta'h'
er. eThat God makes all things work togelh'
er for good to those who love Him. Myself
and the old woman have seen many happy
day together, aud are now waiting the Call
tina, will bring Us sTo BETTER iSHERI'
rANCE.'"
Keen Misunderstanding, bishop OF Roches.
ter, abiding to a bill brought into the house
of lords, said, :" he prophesied that the bill
would be attempted in the present session; and
he was sorry to find that he had proved true
prophet" Lord Coningsby had desired the
house to remark that one Of The reverends had