The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-30
OTTUMWA IOWA, THURSDAY, JUNE 80, 1859.

only a foot to his left side. BY this knew
that he was gone blind with the fright; and
self preservation said, Don't go near him:
but then remembered his new w-wedded wife,
and that taking him all through, he was al.
ways very decent fellow; and thought
how should have liked him to have done il
| had been in his case; so determined to
run bit of risk in his favor Of course, I
burst not get on my feet; but working my
self on by my hands, got to him, and put
ting my arm round his waist, and telling him
as cheerily as could to keep cool, got him
with his arm round the rod 1t had, howev-
er, spr, ng the stapling for five yards down,
and was so loose that it swayed with him,
and expected any minute to see him fall.
ing head and heels down, and the rod tear.
ing away with him. , i. .s, a.ta So. -,
There was great lustle down below; peo.
pie were running round the yard and push
ing to get in, but as yet there were but some
but some score of, men at the foot of the
chimney, and, by close looking, / saw them
put somebody on board, and carry him
gently away towards the engine-house. One
oc the men walked after with hat in his
hand; then knew that somebody had been
hurt by the falling cradle, and that it must
be poor Mr.. Staining, as none of our men
wore hats. Not a face was turned up to us.
| learned afterwards that our men were SO
taken up with sorrow that so good man
and so kind master should be killed, that
for while they had never thought about
us; and the people outside imagined that we
had come down with the cradle, so thus
were we left in total isolation for fill twenty
minutes. a.f ..'.- farr1 ,,..f .l.'Fast ..ass s
WhileI was watching them below, feeling
very sorry formy poor master, l was startled
by wild laugh from Colly, who began
making cat-calls, and yelling as if he was
possessed. Then knew, of course, that he
was gone mad. .t sa.dra ra r -
Even now l tremble when think of that
time; it was horrible to peer down the shaft,
black and sooty, and yawning, and scarcely
less so TO look outside and see flight of pig
cons sweeping round at considerable less
height than we were. Then Colly-thank
God, he was so dazed that he could not see
me-caled my name three times, as I sat
fairly cringing in dread that his sight might
clear, and with ghastlv grin, and chewine
with his mouth, he began working himself
towards me. worked away from him as
noiSelessly as could, with every hair of my
head standing on end. He followed me
twice round that hol1id coping, making most
hideous noises, and then being come sec.
ond time to the rod, he got an idea in his
muddled head that wasfallen over, for he
this trying time Then he tried to get on
his feet; but, at the risk of my own life, !
could not let the poor fellow rush to certain
death without one more, effort; and l cried
out to him to sit down, and he covered down
like a whipped dog, all trembling. | sup
pose that it had been put into his head that
| was dead man speaking to him.
That morning my wife had got letter
from her sister in Canada, aud as there were
parts we could not make out, had put it in
my pocket, intending TO get our time keeper
to read it for me. 1t had scrap of nncov-
cred paper at the bottom and, by another
good providence, happened to have a bit of
a red lead-poncil in my pocket. wrote on
the paper, ''Get us down-Col1y has gone
mad;" this shut in my tobaceo-box, and
was fortunate eneuehito to drop just at the feet
of couple of fmen who were standing by the
engine-honse door. .r3si lt.'aa e "E -"i
Directly all was hustle to rescue US. They
got the kite up again, and watched it
mounting slowly-slowly, on its mission of
mercy; and when the Slack twine fell be-
tween Colly and myself, I took it in my hand
and could have kissed it. Poor Colly, with
his teeth chattering, still ancied I was a
spirit, and I did all could to favor thai idea
until they got another cradle up to US. Then
having got him in, scrambled in myself;
and clutchins him fast, shouted for them
to lower; and so we were got down, he
wrestling and fighting with me all the way.
He was in madhouse for some months,
and then went to scavengering, for he never
could face any height again; and have
never had the same clear head since that adj
venture. - Chamber Journal.
THE GINSENG TRApE.-The digging Of
Ginseng in Minnesota, is giving employment
to number Of the neople of that State