Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-01-24
From the Buffalo Republic.
HOW SANDUSKY WAS SAVED FROM
FAMINE
AN HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES.

AN lOhlNA Al hIhlNioN ENNh'
One of the most agreeable duties Of journal !
ism is to chronicle the heroic deeds of those ,
whom chance or unusual natural developments .
have rendered beneiacturs to the human race. |
1t is par, Of legitimate province To rescue the /
fame of such individuals from oblivion, and by !
enacling the part OF the historian, TO hand their
names and the record Of their achievements
down TO the admiration aud gratitude Of future
generations. The village philanlhropist, or the
beneiacior Of local community, is as much a
part OF the history Of his time as the heroes Of
a State, or as the sacred geese whose Cabling
at the rock Tarpela saved Rome from tho hor-
rors Of sack. Our duty in the present in-
stance is TO relate similar occurrence, which
transpired much nearer home
Years agone, when the course of trade ran
in a counter direction to what we now behold,
owing TO a severe drouth, the City Of Sandusky
underwent all the horrors of a prorac,ed famine
The water on the bar at tho mouth Of the Bay
was so low that vessels were unable TO reach
the port and as there was no land iransporta-
ton at that time witch could be relied upon in
case of sudden emergency, it appeared as if
Providence had iorsaken the place entirely, and
"'' 10 ','''',''''' mus 'c'" P'''9"' " u'9S
anu "eo"s "'o'' ''o'" VI p'o''S'o"' "'u oeo"
gradually disappearing until soon all was gone,
and their only reliance was upon the few fish
which they were enabled to obtain from the
waters of the Bay, and an occasional measer
supply VI game io'" 'ne "e's "oo'''s 'oies''
Al 'he ""'c u, "'lch we "'i'c tue WOODS IN
Il, 4 II IL
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u" iV'1''e' "e'o ~ ''s' "u'"o''
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"helc u"ounueu' "ese "oss "ese u""o''ess
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sin with oil ,he c,,u;n, ,,.bic,, Lolo,ns 4, ,ti.
norverse race in ,beir n,Iur,l s,,,e ,Le coo,;r
nod ~ olnds tho hrn,ors
Ono d,v whom tho famine in tho ci,y ,,.,s =,
its biobt and when !, w,s arr,re,, tho, eyon
tho s,ronaes, INNS, Som suc.,,,h loo n
iool down his oun and resolved in . Las, .,;,,,
to rescue his wife and liule ones rro,n the fate
the most horrible Of which the mind has any
concep,ion. An dav lono had their sr,lon
ewes and sbriyeled hands in,nlo,ed hin, in vain
for bread-and alas, he knew too welI ,h,, no,
within the whole city was there a n,ou,bG,I IN
he had. though he were 10 offer in oxcbang.
thrice lis weight in uolJ. Neryed 10 desnor,.
ton by this reflection. but sill with feeble stems
he took his way 10 the forest. resolved ma, IN
return without relief in some shane
For long time he hunted in vain ,r,vors.
ling miles of weary halfway. w,,bou, en- m,cb
as seeing A single evidence illuminated n,,ure
until he was on the point of WELDING to dos.
pair. At this moment noise rs ofann,o,cb.
inc footsteps. attracted his attention ,rd ho
pansed with every Gacul,v rendered loon l,y
hunger. TO listen. Nearer and peaier came tho
,ramning and ms, ,s Tao 10 sc,cc, c,o,r, ,h.
servn,on Took sbel,or bahind =, ,,oo = wilJ hoc
omer,ed c,o,, ,hiclo, oI.,noin.r I,ro..,Is,
Inward him GIlo,,od ;n,u,aI;.,"I. T. ,I:.
and ano,hor sill rho hnn,or ,.:,,i,;. ..';.,
ANXIETY md exci,emon, ra;"aI ~ e""''"s WY"
donIv norsod il as,o,;,Ls.. ~. s1"' D"' 'uu'
nbenon'enon boc,raLin, Tr. o. "'o a''s"