The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-12

through the solicitation Of one of the
officers engaged in working up the If
fair, we retrained from publishing it,
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Buried AllVe..-Rescued...A Thrilling
Il Scene. l=-
The Oquawka (ll.) PlaindeGler, of
April 4th, says: a.,- Ia
a perilous and exciting accident be:
tel Mr.. Frank Farrell, a returned SOL
der living at Raritan, in this county,
on Monday last. According to previous
arrangement, Mr.. Farrell called at the
residence of Mr.. Josiah Brokaw, living
mile and u quarter from the Village,
at a little before eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, and was let down into the
well for the purpose of cleaning It, He
had scarcely reached the bottom, and
made some preliminary examinations,
before he noticed the walls giving
way. He stepped into the bucket
instantly, shouted his danger, and ask
ed to be hauled up. The men at the
windlass, terror-stFicken, drewiup with
alltheir strength, and raised the uu-
fortunate man about ten feet, when the
heavy wall of the we'll, foFty-five feet
deep, closed in upon him with crashl
He seemed to be buried beyond hope,
the heavy stone and dirt bFuisiug him
and locking him upin darkness. Think
Oft, thirty-tive feet of stone and earth
between him and sunlight, and unable
to move fugerl Still the rock pre-,
vented the earth from packing down
upon him SO as to shut out the air, and
the man could breathe and family hear
the voices Of those above trying 70 save
him. twas now eleven o'clock.
There were but two to do the dig
gtng, and they made slow progress.
Presently one OF the workmen remarlS-
ed to his companion that the earth
showed signs-of eaying =in'sand their
labor would be In vain. Farrell caught
the .terrible words, and believing death
to be inevitable, began to pray with
what earnestness the reader can i'm
agtne.
In the meantimea message WI s'dis-
patched TO the village for help, "A
number of persons started for the scene
of the disaster, but it being All Fools
day, portion of the crowd turned
back. a few went on, and it was not
long before all necessary assistance
was at hand. "a - Z : I IL
The excavation went on with all the
energy old friends and neighbors ofthe
buried man could give 1t. AT g O'Clock,
alter three hours OF the most rapid and
exciting work, Mr.. Ferrel was reached,
and drawnsout OF a premature grave,
badly bruised about the head and other
portions OF the body. The qualification
telt oY all at the narrow escape, was, Of
course, unbounded.
Mr.. Farrell passed through many try-
ing scenes in the army, but he says he
would rather go through them all again
than to be buried in the rmmary man
ner we have related.
DR.. Harrah is the attending physician,
and has pronounced Mr.. Farrell out OF
danger.
Interesting "Reminiscences OF Kit Car
SON.
A correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Commercial has had an interview with
Kit Carson, who communicated to him
the following "reminiscences
Allthe Indians, hunters, and trappers
ride with short stirrups. am almost
bow-legged from 1t. 1t Is more import
ant to the Indian than the white man,
as It Is only by aid of the stirrup that
he can shift his position, hanging down
on one side, SO as to conceal all his
body but his leg. His leg Is all you
have 70 fire at. as he throws himself on
thefside buttocks, ;or around the neck of
the horse. On this account also they
hang the stiErups well forward.
Some one referred to Carson's inti- |
mate knowledge OF Indian strategy. |
ssWhy, yes, ]. am up to q good many Of |
their tricks, but they fooled me once
they fooled me pretty bad that time.
IN tell you about it. It was inlet me |
see-yes, 1885. There were ski of us
hunters out alter buffalo, up in the |
Snake country. We had made a pretty |
good hunt, and came into camp at /
night, intending to start in next morn
ing with our hunt. Well, We camped,
h99 q good many dogs with Us, some |
tnem good dogs. They had baIked q /
coca DEAL and we heard wolves. As I |
4ey py the tire, saw one or two big
wolves sneaking about camp-one Of
them quite in it. Gordon wanted to
dTe, but I wouldn't let him, for fear Of /
hltflng some Of the dogs. ssa
wolves might be Indians, but when I
saw them turn short round and
heard the snap Of their teeth when me
dogs came too close to ono Of 'am. ii
fell easy then. and made sure IL WIS a Il
wolf The Indian fooled me tbaf time:
Confound the rascal-hecoming anims-l
the rascal, do You. thInl