The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-05-05


I upon he shore the dead and bruised !,
"t several Of the sailors, anon. them ,h.,
! OF my cousin. In his pocket found
metal b"X filled with friction matches,
! which were afterwards of tn. greatest ser
vice t" m". hn. II shallow u,avc in the
sand and aud buried them us we'll a, I
! could. 1t WIS -d and awful duty, and
LET! me very mclanrh"Iv and drp,r>>r.l.-
For several weeks | WI, certain tla, a
vessel would arrive and rescue me- But
when six weeks had PASSED and had seen
II" sal, nor heard the voice Of any human
lrIh", began 10 rive way To The most
l'i:snan, agony and frar | WAS -mahlri
finally t" overcome this, and rs autumn
i appr"achrh. had !,rr"tn" in :, measure. Al
least, r''concl'd TO my fate
| ! knew ] had provisions smfll.irlt for
three or four years. had already learned
to catch fish and t" cook my pork and
flour without the ai,l ri dishes and Stoves
With the fragments al til" wreck and SOM.
of my empty tarr-l> aud brx">, mad. y
low hut, which | covered viii, s:undi to the
depth of a f"oi. On. esd Of ,!i, MAS
closed, the other WAS fitted will, :, door
made from the lids of my two trunks
over my lEr,c.> and hoxc> If tumls
stretched Il sail, fastened it down lv means
OF stakes. As the winter arproarhcd,
tahrlra'cl from my huii.l" robe, Il dress.
which fncr' would he impcryious To the
cold. My sh"c~, gloves and hat wrr,. m,.I,.
at the sam" material. The fnrr,, SUPPLIED
me with tn" and soon learned TO clnn !,
will, c",>i'l"rai'l" ease. During tl,. early
| part at the first winter suffered terribly,
but mana""'l I" live through ii, and ,i:a
next season | Was Injured to har,i~I.;py.-
In tins manner | passed three long anil
lonely years. kept II Journal during this
unhappy period. and this WI, my uliv
recreation. My hooks. ana even my Bible,
! were lc!t in the vessel. During these three
yr:!rI | saw lnt seven vessels. They either
did not see or d'd n" regard my signals
my anguish these ocra>irn, was indie.
Sctlhallr. Tie thoughts of home aud of
the friends who were n"w mourning M.
as among the dead. would rush upni, me
with overp"wcri,- z force, ;.:l NY misery
seemed too heavy for me To- bear
Al length, know not on what .Iav, iu.
10y my "aIrn'a'i''n~, on til" 25,h or F.hru
AIRY. my i~anis was VISITED Iv six Mrnomi
nee lnlia">. They l,;"I rr">@e'l from the
British shore, pariaiiv in their canoe, aud
pn'!lv "n ;hc ice. They were rs much
surprised t" find me upon the island .> |
w'> d.Ig!it"d Io see. 81 human fave :,rnirl.--.
We c"u!'! not IN lrr>lau'l chrl other, hui
'l"y ma'l" signs ,l.at should 90 will,
| them. wa~ in THEN p 'wcr, ton, WIS
wi!in" 1" 80. rs | conceived thar hy their
inr'n> might lily "iia'u my release
an r''>t"raI"n. Tnrv returned with n,..
I" lh" Brush r"r>. which | think i n",
more than twenty "r twenty five m,iI,.s from
my s>inu't Inrv cn,'lIr!".i III" ia Il Two
days journey I" II French trading post
"h"r" tor ia" hr> time II three wears |
found my>'.if in the company "f civiliZ.l
men. was received with Kindness, AMI
soon forwarded To Fort William The
commander Of this fort entertained M.
hospitality until til. lax. hrr.,n. open.
wl"" he. despatched IN" To- Mrr1u'i,., from
which point Capt. Marvin has c..n.Inc,..I
ME hilh"r. AT the S,nii | l.arrr. lI,l
Mr.. Ashn"l had returned ,n Cleveland, and
| am now OF my WAY IhiIhcr.
Suggestion rs to Chihdrem's Food: "ro
this fact the at'n nii"n OF parents and guar.
'lians sh"nl.l seriously he given, that bv it
they may learn to avoid the petty tyran.
ny and folly of im>i>lim" on ch llrrn eating
food OF Which they maniie,, r"rugnance.
1t is too common to treat the chii's rcpur.
nance rs mere caprice-:o condemn it as
stuff nonsciisc,' when he refuses to ea, fat,
or eggs, or certain vegetable, and whole.
some,' buildings. Now even a caprice in
such matters should not be altogether
slightrd, especially when it takes the form
of refusal, because this caprice is probably
nothing les, than the expression ola par
ticuIar and temporary state of his organism.
which we should do wrong to disregard.
And whenever II refusal is constant i, indi.
Gates positive untitncss in the food Only
gross ignorance Of physiology, and igno
rance unhappily too widely spread, can ar
que that because n Certain article is whole.
some to many, it must necessarily be whole
some to all. Each individual organism is
specifically different from every other. How
ever much it may resemble others, il nee
/ essariIy in some points differs from them