Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-09-02
From the Cincinnati Time., Aug l2.l

IRON the cincinnati llmes Aug. l2.I
During the great flood of 1S47, when
the Ohio river 30 far overleaped the
bounds of propriety as to come up to
Pearl street without any invitation, a
great many dwellings located on the
river banks were swept away and came
floating down upon the pitiless tide. Loss
OF life not unfrequently attended these
disasters, as when u family, unconscious
OF their danger, were asleep in their beds
when the waters rose about their house,
and lifted it from it's foundations and
bore it away amid the darkness and tur-
bulent food.
On the left bank of the Ohio at that
time between Marietta and Pomeroy,
stood an humble dwelling occupied by u
small farmer and his wife, together with
five children, the youngest an infant girl
little over year old. The river rose
during the night while the family were
in he'd. The rocking of the house az the
surging waters claimed it awoke the in
mates, and through great and hasty exer-
tIon the farmer was enabled to get all his
family. as he supposed, to a place of
safety, though he lost everything else.
Standing on little eminence near hv, he
oo p" LII ucA5o WIN al Ito contents yItlu
itself to the grasping, avaricious flood and
hoat down the river, where it was soon
lost in darkness. He supposed that all
was saved, but. alas, it was soon dis.
covered that their infant girl was mis-
sing.
In the confusion and excitement of the
moment the baby WAS left asleep on It's
bed, and had been swept away to destruc-
A. III ~
Of the parents at the loss of their young
est born, and although due Efforts had
been made to learn whether or not she
had been rescued, nothing was heard of
her, and it was very naturally supposed
that she was drowned III the river,
Such, however, was not her fate. 4
hundred miles below where his dwelling
was swept away, some people on the river
bank the next morning saw something
peculiar floating down the current They
thought 1t was the fern of an infant A
boat was procured, and the object WAS fn-
deed found To be All infant girl, sleeping
calmly and profoundly upon !, bed
She was taken i'll charge by "A family in
the vicinity, who took such means az they
knew to ascertain to whom the child be-
longed, but there was no clue to guide
them, and soon the little wait that floated
down to them came to be considered as
their own child. They adopted her the
more readily perhaps on account Of being
themselves childless.
Meanwhile the waif grew into beau
tiful girl, and became as dear To her
adopted parents as though she was their
own. She had mourned for "mamma"
a little while, but ere long, all recollec-
ton of her early surroundings were but
dim and shadowy, and her new parents
and her new home became all in all
to her. A few years and the family
moved into Illinois, settling on n farm
near Chicago. The man prospered there,
and was enabled to give his beautiful
Ohio river founding AN education fitting
her graccs of person, her amiability and
her virtues. A short time ago her hand
Was sought i'll marriage by worthy
young farmer in the vicinity of where
she lived, consent obtained, and the hap
py day appointed. One day tho family
were in Chicago purchasing her wedding
outfit. At dry goods store clerk who
was waiting on them observed our heroine
intently, and seemed singularly affected
SO much 40 as to attract attention.
CACuSc uo edlU, III some. CODIu.
sion, addressing the young lady, "don't
be offended at me staring at you, but the
truth Is you are d perfect picture of sis
ter of mine at home, and l COUNT help
thinking you looked just rs another sister
of nine would have looked, who was
swept down the Ohio in a great freshet
and lost"
The words attracted the attention of
the young lady's adopted parents. The
resemblance spoken of and the incident of
the freshet taken in conjunction, could
harly have failed to do that. Explains
tions followed, and it was pretty satisfac-
tOrily concluded that the clerk and the
young lady were brother aud sister, as in
deed was afterward proved to be the CASE
Her parents, too, had emigrated to H.
inois, and lived not far from her own
home. The families were brought to-
gether, and what was before believed to
be true was established beyond question
when the bed on which the child was
found was produced and the garments she
wore for what frugal housewife wouldn't
one of her own beds, and what
mother would not remember the garments
worn by her favorite baby2
There is little more to tell. Our heroine
was MATTED to the husband of her choice |
last week, and had the satisfaction of hav-
ing her own as well ss her adopted pa
rents at the wedding.