The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-21


on a sudden tho bills and valleys, woods aud
meadows, seemed all b. be- either rau.Dved, ,or
% be buried In thc Sea, inr the waters aiar
oh stood many yards above the earth. Home
comes be with all speed, relates 10 bis wife
what he ha. seen, And the assured peril that
was preparing 90 set upon tbTn, md withai
counsels her with ha whole family Ia bestir
thcmselyes and Ia grt higher az into the
country % some of BIZ friends ~ hndds
presently laid about them a. if tlal enemies
had been marching To- beseise the iogH, %
TRUSS by vhHt ihry ruuid ami '--onr But
hehold hd's 1sits s mischief when God drives
" rfrr Tirr '''','-!''..',s .. sl... s.a.II
Tho Ardels which they had bound up tn save
from drowning some of them we're glad
20 leap upon 20 esrapo being drowned thcm.
srlvcs.
..Ihe gentleman, with hi- wiz anil child
r'u, got up 20 thr hiphr,t hlildins of thc
house Ihorr at be- and tho, p,s,a two raf
trrs T1mrurrTrTr -rrr--.1r----..-i-l misery.
W'Nf.'N NfN.IN NfNNNH WNNllN AIlf.IN MfNN even
dead o themselves from all comiort They
now cared NOT for their wealth -o ,h"v might
lut 90 awny With their lives; aud ,or even
'bm very desire 1f lif put him iu nnnd ~
preserve 7omr.hug D., which afterwards they
uisht live and that was a InN pf writings
wherrio wcrr certain houds and 80 tho cyi-
irurcs Ut hi' lands This hoy hr url with
.-,,,-,ir tll-i ~ 70 rtttrr huriurvrvt wrrrk 20.
r'rr should overture" ihr n-,t w 'Ii7 vUn.
stance hia main estate should be- ugnd aic,
and come to shore 10 tiat haven.
Bui alas IN che mid-tpf tb, ,or-nvni
s.adac,,. 10, sea i,,l with such yioIen.o up
ou fhc house thar it borr uway the whole
building. rrnt H. in thc middle from top to
bottom. They chat rouii uo, ger mp 10 the
%. lhc,t rooms were pu' 20 = double death
drowning aud Draining Ia thi. storm tho
husband aud wito lost one anolhcr-the chill.
dTuH ..Ed a-.rea.s were parted I'll -enilc.
ulan being forced from !,i, hold,got 10 a beam
,lt upon thAt, and, against hi, will rode post
SOME three or four mile. nm at length on.
rDuntcr.ng che .slc ~ p bill, be- crrpt up.--
There ,at hr euyiroErl kilh IraiA.lliaerah.y
pouring out tears 10 increase The waters that
were already too abundanr and Co make him
ti,--r-rat, in be- -"rros. che tyryauou- stsraaa
presented unto him rhr tragedy nf his dear
Nife and dearest chidrcn--.hc. they. and he
servants, were worried To their deaths by the
t6rrcut bc.orr hi. face drowned doubly in
his tears and 10 the waves. Yet bccau,c
a. -l.....!I La- ..!t"sat-s ii,- slave, i--
forum" in this -ca-6ghta little 90 fetch him
20 lilc Inch wac departing, he ,picd hi. box of
writings bound zap O.. ,hcy were to the nNcr
conc doatlug toward, him. ihat he ,cuwrcd
ou'r again to sayc.and did 49, and iu Tire rui
mort mira,uou,ly came ud likewise with hi,
own titr ''.
"Otmo'd,r ge"a.maa ma dmng q rogog,
f nuke Da hors.h.ict sf3,d q us liaipg ayl,r
a ,1aug, manuer There was another gene
tlcu,au in the same county, likewise, who
being newly married. determined on this
s..... -. -sidGy yiaEtl
90 a town not many mile, distant from hi5
own dwelling, there to De- merry. liz horse
for that purpose stood ready ,addl,d and bri.
died, and hc himself had drawn ON one OF his
boots. but before he could dv ms leg to the
other the point of u- compass was changed;
his voyage hy land wa, to hy made hy water,
ar else not At all;ior the sea had 80 bcgirt the
bou-,. brnkcn ia, l.hed "a. The doors tr1m
thrir hinges. ran mp into all the chambcrs.aud
with so dreadful a noise took possession 0l
every room, that hc that was al thi timc but
half a horscman trusted more Ga hi. own leg,
than IA the -wilne-- of hi- .,l,lit,; p
therefore, hc mounts to the very top of all
the house. The waters pur I'll him ththcr
which he prrrriying, got astride over the
ridge, and rtTCru- rusotvrri 10 ysvC iIIy iitr--
But Neptune hclikr purpusifr to try him
how we'll he could ride. cut or the main
bulding by the middle. leaving the upper
part swimming like Flemish boy in foul
weather. The gentleman being driven 20 ~
what pace that would carry him which he sat
upna, held fast bl the tiles. and such things
"a .hr. eo,id best lay hold on and in this-uul
weather came he at length, neither on horse
back, nor on foot, nor in vessel fit for the
st,t,.4 t.4 tha VARY -ssheEa tha s,,..g-
ing he meant To take up his nm
"ln a place in Muumouthshrc there was a
maid went to milk her kline ia the morning,
but before She had FULLY ended her business
the vehcmcncy OF the waters increased, and
80 suddenly cnyironcd her alout, that she
could no. escape hence, but WAS enforced to
make shit up to the top ot high bank to
save herself which she did with much ado,
where she was constrained to abide all that
day and night in great distress, what with the
GOODNESS OF the air and waters, and what with
other accidents chat there happened unto her.
At last some OF her friends tied two broad
troughs, the one to the other, and put there
in two lusty strong men, who, with long poles
stirring these troughs as if they had been
boats, rnsdc great shift to come un"'-@oT, aud
so by this means by Gods help, she was then
saved. But now gentle reader, mark what
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