Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-04-05
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.
Presenc. OF nina.


Very much has been written with regard TO
this important trait Of character yet adults as
well as children, are continually, in every dan
geTouS emergency found lamentably deficient
Accidents causing death and destruction of
property will ever occur; therefore, in calm
and tranquil moments we should fortfy our
selves for the hour of danger. The story of
John Raynor impressed on the mind, posi-
bly, might have restored to life many children
apparently drowned 1t was in the infancy of
this periodical that the account was given and
host OF our present readers were not then its
patrons therefore, | hope to be pardoned for
giving a transcript for publication, especially
as it cannot fail to interest our juvenile friends,
1T was during the summer holydays 1900"
said Mr.. Bowers, !" | had young friend stay
ing with me and my younger brother Edward.
His name was John Raynor and how he came
by so much information rs he seemed to have,
| do not remember that we troubled ourselves
to inquire; but my father, who liked John ex-
ceedingIy, said it was from his constant habit
of observation. He was then only fourteen,
only two years Older than myself One eve-
ming during the absence of my parents we oc-
cupied ourselves with assisting our old garden
er The garden sloped down to broad river,
which joined the sea at a few miles distance |
was not 50 busy but | looked up every now and
then to watch the beautiful sunset that sparkled
on the water, or the passage boat and country
barges that glided by mt intervals Suddenly
| observed, at a small distance, something float
ing on the water
" 1T is the body of boy = said John, and in
IL moment flung off his jacket and threw him
self INTO the water. Fortunately he was good
swimmer, and his courage never left him. He
swan with all his strength towards the float
ing body and Selling with one hand the hair,
,Yst, 9th tod ~, Al. L
We watched eagerly, and the moment he came
within reach assisted him in laying the body
on grass-plot My brother Edward recog-
Missed him as the son of washerwoman, ex-
claiming as he burst into tears
D." Poor woman, she will never see her bow
again John replied, in a hurried tone,
. She may if we lose no time and use the
right means to recover him Edward, run
quickly for doctor and as you pass the kitch-
en-, tell Susan to have bed warmed
1--WE had better hold him up by the heels
said the gardener, to let the water run out of
his mouth
No no. exclaimed John; by SO doing we
shall kill him, if he is not already dead we
must handle him as gently as possible
"When the body had been carried into the
house, the gardener urged John to place the
body near the kitchen fire; but after a little
persuasion they yielded to Johns cntreaty, and
the body was rubbed dry, and placed on his
right side between hot blankets, on mattrass
The head was bound with flannel and placed
high on pillows; four bottles were filled with
hot water wrapped in fannels, and placed at
the arm-plts and feet, while the body was con-
stantly rubbed with hot hannels John-then
took the bellows, and having blown out all the
dust, directed me to close the mouth and one
noStril, while he by blowing in at the other
filled the chest with air; he then laid aside the
bellows and pressed the chest upwards to force
the ar out this was done from twenty to thir- |
ty times IN minute, to initiate natural breath |
ing. All this time the windows and doors
were left wide open. Edward at length re-
turned without the doctor; he was absent from
home. The use of friction with warm flannel
and artificial breathing, continued for one hour
and a half, and no signs of life appeared. John
continued his efforts. Another half hour pass
cd, and, to the inexprcssibc delight Of us all
the boy opened his eyes, and uttered faint
sigh"
What good thing it was for the mother of
this poor boy that John Raynor once read, on
framed printed paper, Rules of the Humane
Society for recovering persons apparently
drowned" Better still, that he had taken pains
to remember them Every item that we CLEAN,
calculated to benefit the distressed, should be
treasured in memorys garner for the hour of
nced-DiotheT'S Journal and Family FiatcnL