The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-10-26
Recovery Of "A Los;
Child.


Three years ago John Burt, Of
this city, lost his son, James d., aged
i years. He was an intelligent and
attractive little fellow, and was last
seen in the vicinity ofa circus in the
city. The only information he could
obtain of the child was, that while
he, in company with one Of his COM
panions, was looking through the
enclosures, woman addressed him
and invited him TO accompany her
into the Since that time
Mr.. Burt has used every conceivable
means to recover his lost son. He
had always believed him to have
been carried off by some one con-
nectcd with the circus, and expected
to find him, sooner or later, in some
circus company. With this opinion
predominant, he has made several
journeys to different parts Of the
country, but al*ays without sue
cess.
Hope deferred had we'll nigh made
the heart sick, when his attention
was called to paragraph in SYRIA
cuse paper relative TO a little boy
who was found by Justice House, of
that city, covered with mud and
blood, cndeavoring to shelter himself
from the rain in a dry-goods box.
The boy, the paragraph stated, gave
his name as James Burt, and appear
ed to be 6 or years of age. This
corrcSpendcd with the name and age
I Of Mr.. BIS. lost child; but lie had
been so often deceived that he tele-
graphed to the Justice, making cer-
tain inquiries. The reply was not
satisfactory, as the boy insisted that
he had come from England three
years previously, But fuller dcs-
crip,ion in answer to a letter-par-
ticularly the statement that the boy
had a dark brown mark under his
left ear so fully confirmed Mr.. BIS
hopes that he went to Syracuse last
Saturday night. On Sunday nor.
ming he proceeded to the orphan
asylum, where the boy had been
/ placed, and, without having any
description of tie little fellow, in
stantly picked him out from com
pany Of fifty, all dressed alike
=, Although the boy did not recognise
him, parents can conceive of the
satisfaction which tie father felt il
thus recovering his long lost son, o
whose identity not a particle of doUb
remained.
The history of the abduction il
substantially as follows, as lgathcro,
from the boy himself lie was spo
ken to by a woman, near the circus
as Mr.. B. before understood. Til
woman took the child to a house il
the city, which he does not recol!cct
Soon after dark, they went on boarC
of the cars, and after about an hour
as the boy thought they got out 0
tina cars and took a canal boat. I'm
mcdiatcly after they got on tie boa
he recollects that the woman tool
off his apron first, and then his othe
clothes, and pat on him a pretty re,
suit. He then remembers reachin,
the woman's house in Oswcgo
where lie saw a little girl, whom til,
woman called his twin sister; an,
lie was told that his mother and lathe
were dead. He was also made t
believe that he had been brought T.
Oswcgo from England, and a new
name was given him. He would
however, sometimes say that Iii
name was James Burt, but he wa
, whipped for this so often and severe
/, ly, that he was generally known a
Friedrich CT. He never fcl
at home with his abductreSs, an,
once or twice ran away, and abScn
ted himself several days.
1t was this prediSposition to get oil
which ultimately resulted in his re
coycry, Having heard great dea
about the state fair, and seen, a
! Oswcgo, extensive arrangement
, made for visiting it, he determine
e 20 90 himself; and he went accord
ingly. While there, he picked IL
pennies by running of errands
watching cattle, &c, and so lived i
the crowd, without attracting am
, particular attention. But after I'll
fair closed he did not get along s
well, and used to wander about tn
canal, walking to the ncighborin,
villages and returning to SyracuS
at night, as his fancy dictated. !
was while thus wandering about Of
the tow-path, during the darkness
and rain, that he fell on a stone
}, badly cutting his head and face, AM
) rendering him so inscnsiblc that h
laid out in the rain during the who'll
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