The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-01-09
Remarkable Escapes OF Emiasnt
Nee.

: suhlrdsnAlr position m Tic Ena lndi
: Company SERVES, twice attempted 10 u
a pFiVe himself OF life by snsppirg loaJe,
. pistol A. his head. Each time The pisto
missed ire. A friend entering his roou
+ shortly aiierward, be requested him 70 fir
It o9i Of the window il then went 81
without any difficulty, Satisfied ,has tha
the weapon bad been duly primed an,
loaded. 'he young man sprang up, vxclaim
ing, Il must be reserved for something
great !! and from that momen. gave 90 M,
idea Of suicide. which for.some time pre-.
yieas had been nppermos, IN las thought.
lhai young man aiIerward became Lord
Give.
L wo brothers were on one occasion
walking togeiher when a violent storm oi
thunder aad lightning overlook them
One was siraek dead on.ihe SPOT. the 9th.
er was spared3 else would the name a
the great reformeF, Martin Luther, have
been unknown TO mankind.
The hely st. Augustine, ,having TO preach
at distant town, took with hi n y guide,
who by some unacconntal lc means mislook
the usual road and fell into a by-palh.--
lie atie!war6 discovered that his enemies
having heard Of his movements, had plac.
I'd themselves in the proper road with the
design OF numbering him.
Bacon, the sculptor, when a tender boy
OF i've years old, fell into the pt pl soap.
boiler. and would have perished, had nol
workman, just entering The yard ,observ-
I'd the top OF his head, aud Immediately
delivered him.
When Oliver Cromwell was an infant.
monkey snutched him from his cradle.
eaped with him through garfet window.
aud ran along the leads Of The house.
The utmost alarm was excited amorc the
inmates, and various were the devices US.
ed TO rescue the child from the guardian.
ship OF hts nealy-iound protector An
were un yailing; his wouId.be rescuer.
had lost courage, and were ia despair Of
ever seeing The baby alive again. when
The monkey quietly retraced its steps and
deposited lis burden 81 ely on The bed.
Oh subsequent occasion The waters had
well nigh qu' nchei his insaiible ambition. |
lie tell into a deep pcnd, from drowning
IN which clergyman named johnson was
the de instrament of hi, rescue.
Al The scise Of Leicester, young sold
der, about seventeen years of age, was
drawn on for sentry duty Oae of his
comrades vas very anxious TO take his
place. No objection was made and This
man went. IL was shot dead while on
guatd. The young man first drawn AZ r.
ward became ihe author Of III Pilgrim
Progress
Doddridge, when born, was so weakly
an infant ii was believed TO be dead. 4
i"rse standing 5y 'ianccd she saw som H
Igns OF vitality. Thus The feeble spark ofl
Iie was saved from beng rxtinguisheJ.
hdan eminent author and consistent
J6ristian preserved To The world.
John Wesley, when child, was only
US; preserved from fire. Amos, he mo.
nenI after he was rescued, tho roof ofth
Iouse where he had been fel in on
'hlllip Henry a similar instance is record. +,
d. !
John Knox, the reLownel Scotch re !,
r, was always wont to sill at the head
The table with his back TO the window. !
IN one particular evening. wilhour. how.
yer, being able 10 account for it, he wonId /
either himself sit in the chair nor permi,
ny one else TO occupy his place. That :,
cry night bullet was shot in at the win. !,
ow, purpostly to kill him; il grazcd the !
lIaIr IN which he sal, and made hole in :
he foot ofa candlestick on the table. ' "
Many years have now elapsed since +"
iree subalierns might have been seen "
rugsIing IN the water Of 81. Helena one "
them, peculiarly helpless, was fast sue
'mbing He was saved, TO live a. Ar.
lur Wellesley, Duke Of Wellington. :
The life OF john Newton 4 but The hi.. :
ry ofa series Of marvellous deliverances. Z e
; youth he had agreed 10 a company "
me friends on board OF a man.oi. war =
e arrived too late; the boat in which :
$ friends had gone was capsized aud all '"
occupants drowned. On another oc.
sion, when tlde-surveyor in the port OF !,
IVerpool some business had detained " :
m, 50 that he came to his boat much
'eT than usual, 10 the great surprise Of "'
ose who were in the habit OF observing
then undertaking punctuality. lie :"
mi Out IN The boat as heretofore 10 in. 4
eet ship, which blew up before he :, -
aehed her. Had be left the shore =
minutes sooner he must have pcri.hed y
ih the rest on board. .,