The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05

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4 FAMILY CAST AWAY ON LAKE ST.
PERlOR.
We arc indebted TO George Wthcrcil,
ESQ, OF this city, j's, returned from sum
mcr residenrc at Eagle llarbor, Lake Su-
perior, for the following facts:
A Mr.. Griswold, wife and small child,
with boy sbou, seventeen, The son 81 Mr..
Hayerstraw, set out a few weeks since in
a sktr from Eagle iIarbor, to reach Eagle
liver some ten miles Up the coast. With
ere,l was engaged building Government
Lighthouse on The pon, projecting out into
the Harbor from the main land, and saw
4 ,l,a company as they rounded the peiut on
their perious voyage. Il was then blow
iog quite strongly Oft land, aud fears were
cnier,ained that shit ol the wind would
beach them on a bold and bad shore. De
aermined 10 hive plenty OF !eeway, the H.
lie craft was observed to put out some dis
lance into the lake, and was soo,. lost sight
b. |, heyor reached its destination. Da
Ind weeks passed, but nothing was beard
Il the adventures. The coast letWeen
he Two points wns daily trasersed, and
bieces OF tic wreck supposed TO be found,
|ul no ,idngs Of the sufferers a, length
II hope was given up, and their friends
bourDed them as dead. But the seque'
rcvcd o,hcrwisc. After three weeks abb
eucc, this itl!c crew were all found safe
the Saui. They had been picked NJ
no weeks hcfure by a coasiing schooner
the Canada shore, WHITTIER they had
ZEN seven days drifting. The distance
ro. s the nke II thu, point must be ffom
bo 10 800 niles. i,appcars thu, The l'oai
ii too f.r from shore, aud tie wind IN.
keasinp. drove them into tic lske. Night
me on and The wind hot nhating. the
j., was pu, in charge Of the lad. sho was
hal.breed aud we'll acquainted WIN The
hc lie got Up short sail aud pn' oe'"re
h wind Tor The Canada shIe. Seven
Is and nights they spent on this lonely
h without seeing vessel, without shei,
Il and without food The wind changed
|ycra times and kept them for days OUT
ssr of land. When found, they bad
,ireiv surrendered themselves 10 their
2, How they lived Under such exposure
a wi,hon, food. is most Unparalleled
,slers. Their discovery was Il mere ac.
len, by the schooner, which, solitary and
bae, hnrpeucd 10 be coastlng along the
NADIA SHIRE.
Altogether. this is one Of the most re-.
lskahIc incidents that has ever occurred
these lakes, Noted as they are Tor ad-
p,urcs. shpwrecks aud escapes.
Clcreland Plain Dealer
Pm sREss or THE Wtsr-At The recent
bibl,ion oil fruits and flowers by The Gin
nti Horticultural Society, my attention
directed among other fruits, ton collsc-
in which figured some remarkable tine
cimens Of apples and pears. Exa'nln,
the tables, | discovered that they had
D blough, by j. Avery, Of Harrington,
IA, and on making inquiries III the pro-
source, ascertaincd the following patlic-
Is:
tr Avery resides two miles ont OF Barl-
ION, where he has recently established
ery Of choice apples, pears, and other
s. he has realized this year, from that
erv, two thousand dollars in the safe OF
trees, besides selling, deliverable in the
Sc Of the fall or winter, apples to ihe
e Of three thousand dollars more. lie
three thousand apple and one Thousand
trees in full bearing order. Ills ap-
are all winter varieties, and he calcu-
10 have ready for delivery, shortly,
Thousand bushels.
addition 10 the above, Mr.. A. has cul'
ed when, and other farm products; Of
i, his Farm produced nine hundred and
bushels The past harvest, which nc sold
BIZ con:rac, at one dollar per bushe'
nshed cutting his wheat on Monday,
renccd ,hreshng on Tuesday, aud be-
Saturday nigh, this whea, was nlana-
led into flour aud 10 barrels, aud was
q a. retail for consumption IN buri'ng
Mr. Avery c,i!iivates prairie land.
is is favorable but not solitary eS
Of progress in the VEST ist's AG
Ter.
Cst is famed Tor the accuracy OF hi'
lies bu, he Is certainly incorrect whet
lies .hs, Mr.. Avery obtained one dol
er buahel for his wheat.
yer suffer your children 10 re1a'fe ser
from Others, which they eau perform
themselves. A strict observance "
nle viii DO Of incalculab!e advantage