Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-03-16
Remarkable Escape Of Eminent
Men. taf

Some years ago young man, holding
subordinate position in the East India
: company's service, twice attempted de-
priving himself oflife by swapping load
ed pistol at his head. Each time the pis-
tol missed FIRE. A friend entering his
room shortly afterward. be requested him
to fire il out OF the window it then went
OF without any difficulty, Satisfied thus
that the weapon had been duly primed
and loaded, the young man sprang up, ex-
Claiming" ] must be reserved for some
thing great J" and from thar moment gave
up the idea of suicide which for some
time previous had been uppermost in his
thoughts. That young man afterward be-
came Lord Give. Two brothers were
on one occasion walking together when .
violent storm Of thunder and Tightening
overlook them Cns was struck dead on
the spO, the other was spared else
would the name Of the great reformer,
Martin Lu,her, have been unknown to
mankind. The holy St Augustine, having
to preach at distant town, took with HIM
guido, who by some unreasonable
means mistook the usual road and fell into
a by-path. He afferward discovered that
bis enemies having heard Of his move
ments, had placed themselves 10 the prop
per road with the design Of numbering
him. Bacon, the sculptor, when a tender
boy Of FIVE years old, fell into the pit Of
soap boiler, and must have perished, had
not workman, just eutering the yard OBJ
served the top Of his head, and immrdi-
atriy delivered him When Oliver
Cromwell was an infant, monkey snach-
ed him from his cradle, lea.,ed with him
through garret window, and ran along
The leads of The house. The almost alarm
was excited amongst the inmates. and va
rious we're the devices used to rescue the
child from the guardianship Of his newly
found psoteesor. All were nnavaiiing
his would-be reseuers had lost couraee,
and were in despair of seeing the baby
alive again, when the monkey quietly re-
traced its steps and deposited its burden
safely on the bed. On "A subsequent oc-
,asion the waters had we'll nigh 9uenched
his Unsuitable ambition He fell into
deep pond, from drowning in which q
e Clergyman samed johnson was the sole
r instrument of his rescue. AT the siege Of
o Leicester, a young soldier about seven
o teen years OF age, was drawn out for sem
: try duty One Of bis comrades was very
, anxious 10 take his place. NO ouJecrron
was made, and this man went. He was
shot dead while on guard. The young
man first drawn aiterward became the au-
, thor of the" I" Pilgrims Progress"
Doddrdge, when born. was so weakly
an infant il was believed TO be dead. A
I nurse standing by fancied she saw some
. signs OF vitality. THUS the feeble spark
E of life was saved from being extinguished,
and an eminent author and consistent
y
, Wesley, when child, was only Just pre-
7 served from FIRE. Almost the moment af.
r ter he was rescued, the roof OF the house
where he had been fell in, OF Philip
Henry similar instance is recorded.-
john Knox, the renowned Scotch reform-
. er, was always wont to sit a, the head Of
the table, with his back 10 the window.
on one particular evening, without. how
ever, being able to aeconat for it, he would
neither himself sit in the chair nor per-
: init any one else to occupy his place
That very night bullet was shot in at
: the window. nurpas-lv ~ L;ii lin. !.
: grazed the elas 4, sties 81 ss nl .ada
a hole in the 1905 of emdiee 80 ase
table. MAJ sssf iF4 eapssd
r since three 'ebsl,era E as4
seen struggle b Nals. OF S. sle-
ma one of Il ee. sslasir htipi,.ss, Is
fast suecumbi ~ tia ass ssssd sa i've ~
Arthur Well alg E.As " 2ssn
o The life of Jci.' Aee4es. isas iis hisio.
). ry of series 90, elIo''s aeiivssa aees.
0 As youth he aa z4easg Il ~e1ss- paav
: some friends o. hoard 81 3 8aa.s rs sar.
He arrived too late 20 go; the boat in
: which his friends had gone was capsized
and all its occupants drowned. On another
: occasion, when tide surveyor in The por,
OF Liverpool, some business had detained
him, SO that he came to his boat much lat
: er than usual, to the great surprise of those
d who were in the habit Of observing bis
g then undertaking punctuali,y. He wen,
out in the boat as heretofore to inspect 4
, ship, which blew up before he cached her
'e Had he leii the shore a few minutes soon
d. er he must have pershed with the rest on
'" board.
IN How PEOPLE TAKE CoLD. The
" prevalence of coils has again induced the
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