St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-04-29
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me I"bi'it 'l llil> NlIia4t were COn>lu-
clably stirred up. ana the parents OF the
child in the deepest SUSPENSE. Tor uum-
Der OF hours Monday 4i4ht. over the los
al Il little boy. Eastman Brtcheid"r. agc,
three years and nine month>.-~nu Of j.
Il. BatrhciGcr. who lives half 4 mile
from Fairbanks vilia-e on the DanyIlIc
Green roai.-was missed by his mother
bCJH cen one and two o'clock. Bui SUB
posing him 10 be with an older brother.
she gave he. self no concc. Il until her other
SON returned. Wh"u -hc learned they haG
not been together al all. She Wa moi
tncn aiLImcI. a> Eastman spent much
Time Watchiur the lapur,I~ cmpiulrG on
the new railroad near ;hrir house. i;l.i
whcI SIX u',iHck came. Ini the Older boy.
who wcut in search %. him. had returned
win 40 tidings of hi Uhcrra cuts. thc
father. who had come home from h~ WORN.
-; vigorously about the search. aided by
the mother and the older children. Dur
in@ the evening il WI> found that Il boy
answering hi~ description. had been seen
passing east through the lumber ward.
about four O'Clock ?. NJ. Il was thought
he must have found shelter in some hous,.
in Fairbanks village or West street; hat 4
call 1T the houses failed To discover any
trac" OF him. BY Ten o'clock Fairbanks
village and vicinity wa thoroughly aruu>-
ed; AMI While small squads of men search
ed every nook and curucr of every high
way and hy-way. with lanterns. another
party constructed a RAFT and with turchr,
tired 10 peer INTO the swollen river. Mean
While word came thas Il boy answering
EHStmam'> description. was seen before
five O'Clock lraveilin" uortH. in the road
nearly up to the Centre village. MIR.
Batchelder and others III oucc started for
the Centre in wagons. Not returning a
soon ~ expected. Il large party ct men
thoroughly secured the woods north OF
Nj. Batrhcldrl'~ house. no kLovinu bat
he had wandered there and become lost.
Another party of five or >iX mcn started
loi.h Oh .YOt. Arriving at Eilcry Cham
bai i'm, half way to tit. Centre. they
aroused The household. and there learned
hat a -.iaILer 10y had accompanied
inambcriiU'~ children home !rum school. .
and had passed on north. Reinforced by
Mr.. thamberiin. this party now pressed
forward. and taking the old county road
urI.h OF Mr.. Ross house. thew tracked
the little wandered NJ to the -four rurnrr>
and there lost light of his footprints Al
ter dilligcnt search On three roads they
we're again discovered OH the Ioad leading
to The Murray Miles place. Follow ing -
this road about mile. to AianSon A.
C!rich's hcnsn. they reused ,hr inmates.
and learned to their joy that the lost boy /
was in that house in led and asleep. |
Without waiting TO harness horse. the |
mel wrapped the little fellow in Il blanket
and brought him ia their arms, TO this viii
laEr. arriving about halt-pa~t onc Tuesday
morning. where they found the father ami
friends just giving up the search tor the
night. The joy OF the parents on rcceiv-
ug their lost boy again. can be imagined. !
Il seems this youu- traveller walked ali
HE way from his fathers house. by the
way OF the Centre village. M to Nj. Al
irirh 's-not less than five milrs-ariivin.
there AZ about six O'Clock. Why Mr.. Al
Irich made no effort 10 deliver the child 10 |
is parents we do not know. Probably the |
boy is not old enough to tell his fathers |
name. or 10 know where he lives. The |
next day after his recovery, one loot OF
his little waudcrer wa found 20 be niis-
tered.