The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-11-25

of you have lost a friend, and feel that
this world is dreary waste, and that you
do not want to live, retire TO Chelsea, and
you won't have any occasion to alter your
mipd- II any friend of yours is missing,
don't give him up for dead till you have
thoroughly searched Salem. a great
many men who are fired of life's torrnoil
fee into the outskirts Of civilization, and
die unheralded and unknown.
In ceHclu sion, let me advise you not to
run in debt, Without you are sure you can
borrow money enough to square. yourself
A THRILLING ExPRR EEECE.
A correspondent of the New Y ORR Re
public, writing from the ''North " Gods"
Tells the following story:
At the foot Of tbe. Lower Cedar, about
| fifty yards from ihe shore, is mall and
dow, rocky island, not srnores than thirty
feet in diamefer, kaving few shrubs
growing upon il, with single scrdBby
spruce and young mountain ash in the
center, neither of Which is twelve feet in
height. ,ss.s -es7s
1t was January. -! a-.. zs-a=a
John left ms home, some eighteen miles
! away, taking - bag of provisions and Il
few spring traps, to be absent "a week or
more, in pursuit of mink and martcn Il
WAS an open season. Lille snow was
upon The ground, and all the lakes were
unfrozen. Johnan,ades his way alone 10
the Lower Cedar lake, deposited shis pro-
vision bag in the dog shsrnty, and taking
his boat and traps, rowed over TO the little
iJssnd which, has -inst- been describedi
Running the boat up on the ROCKS, hs
stepped out, with a trap, and went 10 the
opposite side of the island, q distance not
exceeding twenty-five feet, Carefully SET
his trap and returned to the landing.
What was his dismay TO find his boat
caught lightly upon a low rock about two
rods from he islnnd. 1nsa
Here was serious predicament for the
incautious trapper. There was not a tree
nor branch by which he could reach The
boat. There were 20 swIihs nor bark
which, being tied together and attach. d
TO a stone. could be thrown into the boat.
He lnid never learned TO swin a stroke.
Between him and the rock ION which his
boat was stranded were the waters, dark,
cold, and ten feet deep. What Was to be
done --.v
John was an iron-heaTted man, but
while dellberating in much agitation, had
the added horror in seeing The boat swayed
first by the wind, then grating harshly
upon The rock, at last disengaged, and
drifted slowly out into the middle of the
lake. The case now seemed absolutely
hopeless. @e- sH
AS the hunters and trappers frequently
90 forth alone in the winter, and are alb
sent several weeks, his stay would attract
no attention at the settlement. No human
dwelling was, nearer than ssi8teens miles
Confronting, Philosqphically,, therefore,
his alarming situation, he secured the
island in search of fnel, which resulted in
his finding a small quantity of substance
esembiing peat. He nov begun the con-
structien of kind of earthwork, IN senlie
cIrcnlar form, for protection against the
wind. Gathering. enough of the peat TO
keep his. hands and feet from suffering, as
early darkness drew on he wrapped HIM
self in his coat as closely az possible, and
lay down for the night. Lung, aresry,
dreadful were those hours, relieved by oc-
casional snatches of sleep Morning came,
but it was barely welcome. Il only re-
vealed bis desperate condition and brought
no .intimation of relief c1
The sunharose, climbed the sky, sank
TO his setting no food, no fire, lest he
| shouldsexhanst his stock of fuel; no sight
or sound of hope. Night settled all its
shadows upon his heart Hungry, faint
aud wretched, he lighted his meagre fire
and laid him down. That night he slept
from sheer exhaustion Again the MORN
sing; theshre-Iong sday.. the sinking sun.
the blank sstado~is, the. furnishing body,
ths h5srlins Ssof'.es, tbs e crga,s ot bSr-