Washington telegraph., 1852-06-02
Presence of Mind.

ults, as well Us children, are continually, in
every dangerous emergency, found lament
ably deficient. Accidents c. ising death and
destruction Of property will ever occur I,
therefore, in calm aud Tranquil moments We
should inrtiiy ourselves for The hour Of dan
ger. The s,ory Of 'Jcl.n Raynor I'm.
pressed On the mind possibly might have
restored to life many children apparently
drowned II was in the infancy Of this pc
riolieal that the account was given. and a
host Of our present reader, wen MT then iis
patrons therefore hnpa 10 be pardanea
for giving transcript for publication. e,pe-
cially as il cannot fail to interest our iuycn-
lie friends
q Il was during the summer halydays Of
lS00,a slid Mr. Bowers, II hal a Young
friend staying with me aud my puunsar
brother Edward llis name Wa,Juhn Ray
nor and hgw be- eame by - mueh ialonna-
ton as he SEEMED to lnye, | ID not re-
member that We troubled ourselves "a in.
quirc In, my father. who liked lahn cx-
rcelinslY. siid It was from bis constant mh.
it If ebanatian. lie nas ihsn auiY fur.
teen, only two yelHs Older Tim my 6
Oue EVENING. during the ah=#uea ol my pan
tuts 81 occupied OURSELVES with assisting
our Oh gardener The garden saped down
IA hnad river, which pinned iha "a at a
iew mila- distance lvas not 10 busy but
I | leaked mp every naa aud then 10 witch
the beautiful .Msat that sHrklei m The
Batar. or lha pasasc boat anil country hr.
/ Hg#i.zt sIii#d by a, intervals suddenly
/ Observed a a small diianea, sml,hIue
I floating on tlIa water.
- L is ,hs lolY Of bay = ail john.
and ina mmeH flung ag bis asbs. and
IhrR himself iHii the w8tgf Fortunately
/ he eas good swimmer. HHl bis courage
never bI linn lie ,aam with III bis
strength towards ih auIiHz LII. and ,aia-
/ ing gNiih aua hani the lair. Will the other
direelgd his eauHzr Ia tie shaR We
watched eagerly aHi the mom5nt ha came
. within reach assisted him 10 ayus Csc Luly
on % gr. plrL My brlh.r Edward re-.
clmizel linn %, lho .pn W 70 vasl.rWUmn.
pxoaimiug nj 10 lusss h.io i.r,l--
"'Poor woman shc will never rc her
boy again John replied, In hurried
tome
"' She may If wc lose 90 time, and usc
. tio T'-li mrau 90 r.yUyrr h.m Edward,
run quickly Coz o dHHor aHl a, louI1s. lhc
/ h',hu an suau Co laye o. led umrl'
" We had haur hold him up hy Che
heels, aii che gardener, 20 let The water
run out of bis mouth
eos No. no. exclaimed John; 'ly -o DO,
. ing wc .lall kill him il heis not alrtajy
dead; ac must handle him "a, gently a, pos.
.iblc.'
Whom the body had bocn carried into
thc houe. the gardener urged John 60 place
the body near Tie kitchen fire; ban after
lulc pur-ua.iou they yielded To Johns en-.
.rlI,, aud ihr body was rubbed dry. and
placed ol hi. right side bclucJu hot blank
cts. ON matia-.. The bead was bound
vita flannel. and placed high on pillows
four bottle. were filled with ho, Waicr wrap.
ped in aanncls. and placed at the arm.pits
and feet. while the body was constantly rub.
bed with hot ianncls John then took the
bellows. and having blown out all the dust.
directed me ,a close the meutl anil one Nos.
rl. while he ty blowing in %, th, other OH.
ed the rhrst with air; be- then hid aside
the bellows and pressed the chest upwards
To force the air out this WIS done from
twenty To thirty times in minute. to imi.
tate natural breathing. Al this time he
windows and dnor. were lch wide opcn.-
Edward at length returned without the doc.
tor. he was absent from home. The use Of
friction with warm flannel, and artificial
breathing. continued for one hour and halt,
and no signs Of life appeared John con.
tinucd his efforts. Another halfhdur passed,
and. 10 the mczprcSiblc delight Of ms an,
the boy opened his eyes, aud uttered faiui
sigh"
Wmt a good thing il was for the mother
ofthis poor boy, tia, John Raynor once read
on framed printed paper " Rules Of the
Humane Society for recovering persons ap-
parcntly drowned Better still, that he
had taken pains to remember thom. Every
item that we CLEAN, calculated TO bcncIit the
distressed, should be treasured in mcmory's b
garner for the hour Of need,
IUsbg,', J8Yr5fgi aud EiWig TisifqBt