Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1859-02-12

the year since the date had been pain,
ful to him; "the hard year that was
when they had the rails they called
'em?" .... .
eyes; though 7 was in England at
the time, | know pretty we'll what hap
pened in Newfoundland. 1t was a
sad time" -.... ....... ...
"Ay, sir" twas a sad time. Many
people suffered some wanted food,
and more agen got broken in spirit,
(and that's bad for a man, and some
got lawless like. Twas a sad time in
deed. - Skipper George, having lin
gered thus before his tale, began it ab-
rupuy: We'll, sir, twas on the six
teenth day Of January-a Thursday
'twas-I was acumun down Backside
from the Gosh, hauling a slide load O
timber, an my Youngest son WI me-
1t had been fine day, first goun off,
| for winters day,) WI just furry O
snow now and agen, and deal O. snow
on the ground, tull about afternoon it
began to blow from about west, and by
nothe, OF thereaway, heavy and thick,
an groWun heavier an heavier. an bit
ter cold. Oh! twas bitter cold We
didn't say much together, George an
i, but we got along so fast as ever we
could. Twas about an hour or two
before night, mubbee; and George SAYS
to me, Let's lave the slide, father!'-
IWasn't but we could ha' KEEP on WI
it, though twas tarrible cold, hard
work but twas somethun else
& So we turned the slide out O. the
way and layed her, and coined on
Twas b!owun gales up over Blackside;
we could sca'ce keep our feet; an [
hard somethun like a voice. suppose
was tllinkun O yoices-an' [ brought
right up into the wind. Twas Just like
heun at sea, in manner; and craft
drlyln' right across our wake, an would
ha' been out O sight an hearun in a
minute. Then [ knowed by the sound
twas the Minister-(we didn't have
e'eI reverend gentleman Of our own
III the days; but e lived over in Sandy
Harbor and ED oose to 90 all around
the Bay.) We could sca'ce bile to-
gether, but I was proper glad to meet
IN, Dor minister's comfort, e know
Sir;) an e said, Is a5ayJody out.7'-
There's two O brother izik's orphans,
sir, Pm ateared, and others along WI
'em,' | said. So e said God help
them Where are your two other
boys, James and Maunsell?' Along
WI brother Izik's two,' | said. Twas
blowun tarrible hard, and cold, and
thick; and the minister turned wi us,
and we coined up, plodlun through the
" hen we opened the door, first the
mother thought there was four of us;
and SO she said, 'JeemS..' for we were
all showed over; but she said there was
only three, and twas the minister Wi
us two: So she begged his pardon,
and told un our poor boys were out
agunnnn, and she was an old pout they
had. We were all standun for we
didn' think O nawthin but the boys)
when two coined into the door, ali
white WI snow. 'Twasn' they two,
sir, but twas my noyy Jesse and anoth-
er. Have Mt they comed?' e said.-
Dear, what's keepun they 90
Jesse had abin out, too, WI Izik
Maffeen and Zippity Marchant, and
they were over to back-sit}e O Sandy
Harbor together; on'y our poor young
men were about three parts of mile
further down, mubbe. 50, when it
coined on to blow, Jesse and his crew
made straight for Back Cove and got
in, though they were weak-handed, for
one had hurted his hand -wrist-and so,
in about three hours, they got round by
land, and thought the tother poor fell
lows would do SO we'll What can us
do Uncle Georgia p e said for he's a
proper true-hearted man, sir, and e
was mos cryun. First, we can pray
said the minister; and SO he said a
prayer. | make no doubt I was think
IN too much over the poor Young fell
lows; and the wind made a tarrible
great believing down the chimley and
all round the house, and SO | WAS ruth
er aw'v from it more and I ought
Then the minister and Jesse and
started out. My mistress didn't want
me to go; out / couldn' bide: and so,
aforc we'd made much wy up harbor
agen the wind and growun dark,
though 'twasn' snowun,) we met a
man comun from tother side, Abram
Frank; and e said last that was seen
of our four was, they were rutiin in for
Hohbin's Hole, and then somethun
seemed to give way like, wi one of 'em
rowun, and when they gave over and
put her aw'y before the wind, and so as
long as they could see anything of 'em,
one was standun up scullen astarn.-
| THAT was my James, sir.'0
/ A very long, gently hreathed sigh
/ hn-n N, a de itself heard II, tho lon,, l,-,SL