The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-02-06
mo. 33.

TENACTrY OF LlFE.-N remarkable
instance of the preservation Of life with.
I out snstenance for heightened period
has lately occurred at Ponikau. near
G|osscnhayn, in Saxony. On the S.l
Of December last two brothers namcd
Muschtcr were engaged in digging "
deep well, when She earth fell in and
buried lhcm n third brother went down
Immediately, but was not able to per.
ceive the slightest sound. Some miners
were then set TO woik and dug for sev>
Aeral days, but without success, and it
ESas so generally believed that tho poor
T,llows could not possibly be alive that
orders had been given that, unless tho
relatives insisted on proceeding further
the well should be filed up and mon-'
mcnt to the memory of tho Muschters
erected over it. Eight days had already
elapsed, but the mother of the cntombc1
would not give up all hope, and some
fresh hands began to work again, though
only in the expectation of finding thu'
corrses. 20 their astonishmcnt, how.
ever, they suddenly heard FROM below
The words "Do not strike so hard" a
conversation was commenced, the work
was pushed forward with renewed dli..
gencc and at length crowned with sue.
cess.
On tho l0th Of December, after lad
been eleven days and four hours in thus
living cave, the two Mp.chtcrs were res
cucd and brought to The surface. The
earth that had fallen in had left kind os
cave above them. Their only sls,cnanco
during this long period had been the wa.
ter that had oozod Though the carlh.
and little tobacco which they had
chrwcd They had watch with thrm
which they had wound up regularly,
and were therefore able to keep a. ac-
count Of The time of their burial. At
first Hey lighted lucfer matches to sec
the time, but when these were all used
they felt the hands. Thcy had heard
the conversation above them respecting
the filing up Of the. well, and shouted
but could not make themselves heard.
They had also sung hymns together, anI
the people at the surface had heard it
family, but being not a little supersli.
tons had attributed it to angels IN tho
air.
hnrFMrs WARp-Hls LlFE-..Ar.
temns Ward gives tho following choice
n'6rccdW oi autobiography ih'o late num.'
Der OF PmcA. N@'.F
] am fihy.six years of age. Time,
with his relentless scythc, is very busy.
The soxton gathers them in, he gathers
them in. ! keep a pig this year. I
was born in4tlie state Of maine Of parents
AS All infant I attracted great deal of
attention. The naburs would stand over
ms cra,ln for hours and say, allow
bright chat little face looks How much
its nose 4" Tle young ladies would
carry mo ronnG in' their arms. saying,
Twas mozzcr's berry darling. and
swccty lceth, Itch sing" 1t was nice
though | wasn't old enough to properly
appreciate it.. am a'lenllsy old darl.
ny now. have alR-rs sustained q good
moral character. I was never rail-
road director il, my lite. Akho III early
life ] did confne myself to truth in my
small bills l have been gradually grow
ing resrcctabler every yer. RI'lnv nv
children; and never, mistake another
for my own. I nm not n
member Of any meetin-houses, and
shouldn't fe"l safc to take dose Of lau.s
dam,m ana lay down in the streets Of n
'viI'agA that had none with thousand
dollars in my pocket. My temperamenu
lis bilious, although I dent own dol.
larin the world. I AM an enrly riser.
but my wife is q Prcstyterian T may
add that am bald beaded. / keep two
cows. r4i-tS m
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