Mower County transcript., 1869-12-02
The Story Of a Boy who was Lost for
Seven Years.
The following appears in the St. Louis

The following appears in the st. Louis
Republican Ir;E ..,s.., ;;
About seven years ago Henry Muller,
farmer of Madison county, ILL.,, who lives
only three miles from st. Louis, returned
home from the fields. when he was inform
ed that his son q boy of scarcely eight
years, could not be found about the premi-
ses. s1r. Muller made diligent researches
for the discovery o. his lost boy, but they
were in vain His house being on the road,
he fancied that movers from the interior
had stolen the boy and taken him across
the river, perhaps to great distance from
his home -.
Day before yesterday, more than seven
him, now fifteen years old, in good health
and in excellent spirits, at the Orphans
Home, on Eleventh street, between Mon
roe and Market streets, inst. Louis. and
was permitted by the lady patronesses Of
the institution, to take him home, after
having proved to their satisfaction that he
was the boys father A former neighbor
of Muller, a farmer by the name of A. B.
Evans, who now lives six miles south of
Columbia, had discovered him. He passed
about three years ago by the Orphans
Home. when he saw among the children
playing on the street a boy whom he recog-
nized ut once as Mullcr's son. Evans had
left his old place sometime before the
child was missing, and thought that Muller
himself might have brought him to the asy-
lum. Accordingly time passed on without
his advising his friend. Last, week, how
ever, three years after he had first discov.
ered little Henry, he met the father here In
tie city, where both farmers had come to
sell their products.
Evans desired to know everything that
had happened since his removal from
N[adison county, and when Muller told
him that HIS boy wus stolen, Evans ex-
pressed his belief that he knew where the
child was They went together to the asy-
lum. All the children were called into the
parlor, md the father at once recognized
the boy by his great resemblance to his
MOTHER, who had died. The boy, however,
did not recognize his father. though h G
H'owcd great satisfaction at finding that he
vas not an orphan. His father described
the size and location OF mole on the boys
body, Which, together with comparison of
tue dates, and especially the unmistakable
parental sentiment of Evans, completely
Convinced the ladies of his claims. The
child, it appears, was brought to the
asylum by IN old woman, who found him
in the street, sometime in 1862 and he was
recorded in the books as Henry Wisten.
Though tho boy is not very advanced in
literary studies, he received a simple but
good moral education, and was regarded
as me Of the most honest, faithful and IL
borious boys in the asylum.
TIE act Of grateful mother is thus re-
corded by the Boston Transcript: IA few
,iari ago Mrs Buxton, q Californian lady
md 'Iar lite girl, were crossing the square
in front of scollnys Building, where th'
child narrowly escaped injury by horse
car. She owed her preservation to tn
ti,nnyhtfulncHs and prompt action Of Mis-
Emma T. prouty, who saw the danger tn
child WAS exposed to, and drew her beyont
the reach Of harm. Tho rescuer's address
was obtained, and the grateful mother ha
since presented Miss Prouty with q valua
BILE gold watch, chain, ring, and splcndi'
silk dress, as souvenirs OF her meritoriou
action"