The Lincoln County herald., 1869-10-28
.nklery Of Waif.

20 ,r nbasry Of . Wall. .irH
During ths great Aood or 1Sl7, When
ths1 Ohio River so' far overleapsd the
bounds Of propssty 10 10 como up ID
Pearl street without any invitation, 4
great maey dwellings located On The
river obsak were swept away aud GAME
6oating dowa upon The pitilsss tide. l.osl
Of life not uutrsqusatt attended these
disasters, ~ when family, uadsnsciou,
oi their danger. were aslesp 10 their beds
when the waters rose about their house
aud lifted il from its foundations, bore |,
away amid the darkness and the turbu-
lent food. r... ...... a..
On the wcst bank of the Ohio at tha.
time, between Marietta and Pomeroy,
stood an humble dwelling occupied by .
small farmer and bis wife, together with
6rs children, the youngest an infant girl
little over b year old. The river rose
during the night while the family were
10 bed. The rocking OF the house % the
sursing waters claimcd II awoke the in.
mates, and through great aud hasty excr.
tions the farmer was enabled to get oil his
family, - he supposed, to . place Of
safety, though he lost everything else.
Standing on little sminencs near By he
saw, through the gloom Of that dreadful
night, his house with oil ito contents
yield itself to the gsaepiug and avaricious
food aud Goat down the river, where Il
was soon lost 10 darkness. He supposed
that oil were waved, but alas, It was soon
discovered that their infant girl was miss.
ing. '.r1 '' ''r.'t '1' mr.
In the confusion aud cxcitemc of tho
moment, the baby was left asleep on lis
he'd, and had been swept away to destruc.
ton with the house. Great vas the
grief Of the parents a. the loss Of their
youngest born, and although due efforts
zero made to learn whether or not she
had been rescued, nothing was heard Of
her, and 1t was very naturally supposed
she was drowned iu the river.
Such, however, was not her fate. A
hundred miles below where sis dwelling
was swept away, some people on the river
bssk the next morning saw something
pessiiai aosting down on the current.
They thought it was tho form OF 40 in.
FAINT A bost was procured aud the oh.
jeot vas indeed found to DO an infant girl,
sleeping calmly and profoundly upon i
She wss taken 10 charge bys family 10
the vicinity, who took sueh mssos % they
knaW 70 ascertain 70 whom The child be-
longed, but thero was no clue to guide
them, and soon the little wait that had
floated dowa y &Asn came to be oonsid.
cred q their ows child. They sdop,ed
her the more readily. perhaps, on acessnt
Of being themselves childless. aaa because
Of their sympathies being 30 greatly ex.
cited By the peculiar circumstances Of the
oass-as infins floating all that night OF
tsrsibIo storm, amid the wrecks Of bridges
and dvsllipgs, protected from danger By.
IN unseen power, that seemed 70 direct
her to their ,iove. and care. Il may seem
strange to tho 'Tsadst that the parents
wsss rot found for the child, Of ths
whssesbeass Of ths child made know1 to
them but i must b yFspsmbsrsd that
aeWspapers were NOT 90 numerous or 10.
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