The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-04-22
EBENsBURG, PA, THURSDAY, April. %, 1869

and hospItable :natron, devoted to her
family, to ber four story papers, of which
Bonner's Ledger is one, and to The care
of the lamp whose flame has glistened
across the harbor from sunset these many
years with as sure and unfailing ray as
CLEANS from any light upon the Ameri-
can coast. Rudolph is young sailor of
%, now absent on voyage, and ''Hos-
ey'' (Hosea) is 20 and teamster in News
port. Hattie is only II, and possesses a
wealth of personal attractions that many
fair Fifth avenue girl might envy. Both
the sisters indulge in rings and ear drops,
and other vanities dear to the feminine
heart, and when they have recourse to
the treasures of their wardrobe, accumu>
lated chiefly by Ida's industry, they might
easily be mistaken for damsels of high
degree.
The house in which they live is white
washed till it glistens like snow. and ev-
erything is kept scrupulously clean. The
Rock itself is a Jagged pile, less than an
acre in extent, divided by "a channel,
which Is bare at low tide, and SO utterly
barren that not blade of grass will grow
upon it. A mischevious black poodle,
two rabbits, three plump calls (who made
an end to all the rats and mice long ago, }
couple of turkeys, and dozen common
fowls give quite Robinson Crusoe air to
the place. The tide rises here about sew
en- feet, and the highest point of rocks is
II feet above that line. On the land
ward side is long high pier, capped with
10 massive blocks of stone, and here,
swinging from the derricks, or rocking on
the tide, may be seen the small, square :
sterned, we'll worn Government boat,
black without and white and green within
IN which Miss Lewis has learned TO row
so well that even the brawny boatmen
of the harbor concede her superior skill,
and with which most of her rescues have
been achieved.
A portrait of the American Grace Dar-
ling, and picture of one of her exploits,
were published two years ago in an illus
trated paper, and many compliments and
requests for photographs ensued. More
than one romantic gentleman tried to per-
suade her to change her name for his,
and found friend indeed, but no wife
Two brothers, seafaring men, from Black
Rock. Connecticut, have pressed their
suits at Lime Rock with more success,
and it is quite probable that both the SIS
ters may be married before another
Spring.
1t is worth nothing, perhaps, that Miss
Lewis is rightfully entitled to The extra
ordinary and unprecedented name of ''Ida-
wally Zoradia," which she inherits from
the quaint fancy of her maternal grand
father, an estimable but eccentric Block
Island physician. This name, however,
she has wisely discarded, and writes her
self simply ''Ida."
In France or England such a heroine
would have long since received many
honorable and substantial testimonials,
but scarcely any gifts were made to Miss
Lewis until the two soldiers, rescued on
the 29th of March, insisted on her ac>
| cepting gold watch and chain of Swiss
manufacture, valued at 500. l. prang,
the Boston chrome publisher, sent her
last week kind letter and half a dozen
choice pictures. John Garter Brown,
Esq, of Providence, and John Auchin-
| Gloss, Esq, of New York, have each
SOtIS hOl q CASCA lOl %-O a bOobOL
gentleman transmitted TO her last Friday
the sum of 500. An active Newport cit
izen, of long salt water experience, is rap
idly raising in that city and Providence a
subscription of $I35, for the building OF
a cedar life boat, to be finished in the
finest style, by one the of best Newport
builders, and painted white with a gilt
stripe 1t is almost certain that this will
be completed and presented TO Miss Lewis
within few weeks. Another energetic
citizen meditates raising fund for hel
benefit, this season, from the Summer
visitors at Newport, and one or two pri-
vate enterprises of moment for her benefit
are also in progress.
In the opinion of the best judges, nc
truer or moree fearless heroin than Ida
Lewis eyer found place in the annals oi
any humane society on either side of the
Atlantic, and none more unselfish ever
received honors from those whose posi-
tions or wealth enables them to crown
meritorious acts with suitable rewards. -
". Y Tribune.