The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
sod An Affecting Scene

r., ~ ~ w o"i'esday AFTERNOON an old man |
eng ai8Mat! pYRs lRsaassing along the South
On the other side OF the street was d ret
turned soldier, who, observing the old
gentleman, started across toward him, ac-
costing him as Mr.. Wright. The old man
did not appear to hear the soldier, until he
was overtaken and saluted with a How
do YOU do, Mr.. Wright?" A''H''' 10 ''..'
The old gentleman half. hesitatingly
reached forward his hand, which was hear
tily grasped by the soldier, and peered in
tently into his face and replied: 1921" s'''''
7"weR, declare, you have got the start
of me this time" .".t h'-'t'5'" ''' 49,
"You ought TO Know me" replied the
soldier, 81 used to work for you." "t't '",' ''
H'.Thcn asked the old man. ~ y a"'A
h "Before the war;" said the soldier ~ 81 y
t"Are you snre?" inquired Mr.. Wright.
"Where did live, and what is MY name?'
SAT Briar Hin, and your name is IL
Wright said the soldier '''7''a - a'"2Z
a"Well. thi. is strange; how long did YOU
work for me-" the old man inquired; ''i''.
fa"A good many years, - was the response.
E"And vet don't recognize you. What
ia vof,f ma r,eS', ~ 81" I'D 4" "lHt@-& 5s't %E'1
ra'' albert Wright - said the soldier. -'''7',
AT this announcement the old man drop
ped his cane and fell upon the soldier s
breast, exclaiming:l "My God! Is this my
son Albert!' .|''N "'H" ''''''' W.
The scene which followed is beyond de-
scription. The son embraced the father.
Both wept tears Of joy. The old man
danced with delight, and In his terpsieho-
rean feat cut apigeon wing-double chasse
half right and left-do Sc do-alaman
leftLand balance all, in style which In
dicated that he had quite forgotten'his age
or infirmities. and exclaimed as he wount
ZIP his delightful performance-''Wouidn'
the old woman give her eyes to know this '
For some minutes the two men engaged II
these immoderate exhibitions Of love anG
affection, and then went off together. -"
A lady who witnessed the happy meet
ing OF father and son, informs us that sh
J was so interested in the scene. that severa
little tears or Joy drops came from the wei
lof her own heart and made their escap
from her eyes before she knew what the.
were about. She inferred from the con
yersation that Albert had long been give
, pihv his parents as dead. There mus
have been q joyous time at the eide
wright's on the evening of the 2d.AOe
!. dexsburg Journal sai 2ai" liz 2aH aNi GO
9 A SINGULAR. MoNoMANIA.--A man !
: Darlington, who has for some time bee
, suffering strange alteration of mind,
' few days since tried 70 force stone dow
], his throat, using Q stick for that purpos
d aud the result was that he forced frigh
full hole to the external surface Of bis necl
o causing death. A post mortem eNamin'
!. tion Of the unfortunate man deyelopedtl II
: astonishing fact that his stomach ah aud j.
k testines contained one stone two inches an
Q a half long, weighing an ounce ounce and tbre
: quarters; another stone of irregular shap
= one and q half inches in diameter, weigl
n ing one ounce; another stone one inch
" diametss OF the. same weight apiece
b oorncoh two and half inches IN lengt
= a wooden handle, such as is used TO sp
a tops, four and a half inches long, and
s, half an inch squsre at tho end; anoth
a. stick two and half inches long, and ov
or half. an inch wide. and . corn husk fifte,
. inches long, which had heen thrust doy
N his ithsoAt without chswing. 10 The cassw
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