The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-10-20
Recovery Of a Lest Child.


Three years ago, John Burr, ofthis city,
lost bio ron, James d., aged four years, no
wns nn intelligent and attractive lulo fellow,
ana WIS Inst seen ~ the vicinity of erriiu
then iu the city, The only information lao
could obtain Oi the child was that while he,
w company with one Of iis companions wn-
looking through the enclosure, n woman Hd-
dressed hlm aud invited him 10 accompany
her into the circus,
Since that time SIR Burt Inns used every
conceivable means 10 recover his lost son.
lilo had always believed him 20 have been
carried OF hy some one connected with tho
circus company With this opinion pr6dOHi-
lnnnl, ho Inns made several Journeys 10 differ
eni parts of the country but always without
SUCCESS.
Hope deferred had we'll nigh made the
heHrt Biriy, when hH attention waE called 10
n paragraph IN a Syracuse paper. .rolsliyG 20
a llile hoy who was found 10y Justice House,
Of lint city, covered with mud aud blood en-
dcAybrlug 10 shelter himself from lhe rain IN
u dry goods box, The boy paragraph
said, gave his uamH NJ Ju".a DYIt aud APP
pcnrrd to be- q or 2 years ot ugr.
This corrcspondcd with The name aud age
Of Mr. B's lost child; but he had been 30 OF
en deceived that ho photographed to the Jus
ice, making ccuHiu Inquiries. Tho rtply
was not satisfactory, a. the boy insisted lhnt
lac hal come iium England three yeats pre-
ylously, but fuller description, in ausw or
ton lcitcr-pnrIiculurly the statement TINT
tho hoy hur tlrtt tfess1'- I.,agk ui4lgl Ina
leil enr-so fully confirmed Mr. B.'s hopes,
ihnt he went to Syracuse last Saturday night.
On Sunday morning hc proceeded to the Or
phnn Asylum, where the boy had been placed,
aud, without having nuy description or the
liule fellow, Instantly picked hin ont from u
company of fifty, all dressed ulikc. Although
tie boy did not recognize h,m, parents cHu
conceive oftho satisfaction which the fihor
iclt ~ recovering his luug-u-t son, Of whose
Identity not particle OF doubt remained.
THE history of the abduction is substantial.
ly ~ follows, ~ gathered from the boy him
sclC lilo wHs spoken to by woman, near
tho circus. as Mr. u. before understood.
THIS woman took the ch'd to house Ia tho
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dark they went on board the cars; aud nilcr
uhnut Uu hour, M the boy thought, thry put
out of the car. and took cGiul boat. Irhtne.
dln,cly after they got on tho boat he rccol
lrcts that the woman took oh his apron first,
aud thuu all hi5 other clothes, and put on him
u pretty red suit Tie then remembered
reaching the womai's house Ia D-weco,
whuro lac saw u little girl, whom the woman
called his twin-slsier; aud he was told ihut
his mother mud his father were dead lie
was also made TO believe that he was brought
60 Oswcgo from England, and u new name
wus-givcn him. lie would, hnwovcr. some
timos say that hia unnie wns james Burt, hut
lac WINS whipped for this so ollcn aud severe
" that lac WINS generally known ms Frederick
c.. Tie never felt at home with his nb
ducircss, mud once or twice ran away, aud
nbscnlcd himself scvcrul days.
II was this prcdlsposiiidn to get of which
ultimately resulted IN his recovery. IInving
heard grent deal about the State FAIR. mud
seen, at Oswego, extensive arrangements
made for visiting it,ho determined to 70 him.
self aud he went accordingly. While there
be picked np pennies by running of crruudv,
watching ule,&c. ,nud 50 lived ia lilo crowd
without attracting my particular attention
But alter the Fair closed lie did not get along
30 well, nud'use TO wander about the caunl
walking to the neighborng villages and re-
turning 10 Syracuse nj nght,ps his fancy die
tHtrd.
II was while thus wandering nbou, on the
tuwpnth, during the darkness and rain,'thut
gho fell on II stone, badly cutting his head and
mcc,ond rendering him 20 iusensible TINT he
hay out Ia the rain during the whole night
II was not until the day IullowiHgThat no was
found md cared for lie is now with his
parents-n bright, good looking, and happy
little fellow, and will, We trust, remain TO
compensate them ioFIhe uuultcrublc grief
which his three years absence has caused
tt1urrr.
We have the name oc tho wretch hy whom
the boy was 0nliccd from his home; hut Mr.
H. does not, at present, wish ii published.
Sho Is the wife OF respectable man of some
property IN Oswego, who proiesses to be g.
,uutRut of the nnnher IN which the hoy was
ob,uined. He says tint she accounted salts.
tnctorily to him for the possession ofthe boy,
hut refused to give her story when Mr. Burt
saw him on Sunday t-tTJ rUEu ~rtli t+tr-4--s..,-
n legal eXamiuutton,--.Abany Ere. JsvEaL