The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-08

to find her. The nearest considerable
settlements were Millburgh and Water
vliet. From those places teams and
people arrived just in time to see the
lost girl walking into her fathers house
unattended. Bravo Another case,
about ten years ago, which, if possible,
excites more sympathy than the one we
have related, was that of three young
children of Mr.. Hawley's, then and now
living in the edge of Bangor, being lost
in the Deerfeld woods over night. On
the afternoon of the day in which the
! children stald out over night, Mrs. Haw-
lev visited Mrs. Packard who furnished
the facts of this sketch. The distance
of the houses apart, by any travelled
road is about two miles. The families
communicated with each other by
foot path, across which, shortened the
distance by about one half. Mrs, Haw-
ley took her youngest child with her to
the afternoon visit and left three other
children at home. About the time they
expected ma home, child-like they
started out to meet her, but before going
half mile they followed the wrong
path by very circuitous route, which
led to huckleberry marsh in quite the
wrong direction. Mrs. Hawley arrived
home about dark to receive the intelli-
gence from her husband, that the chill
dren had gone out two hours before to
meet her. Mr.. Hawley's first effort to
find them was to 60 back to Esquire
Packards and see if they had been there
by any other route He found the fam.
4 lily retired for the night, and when he
enquircd if they had seen his children
and received negative answer, he could
only say, "Ob, they are lost " The
neighborhood was rallied as soon as pos
sible, and the search continued with Ian
terms during the whole night Mrs,
Packard and Mrs. Ray, the nearest
, neghbor, went together and travelled, as
they believe, fifteen miles, which brought
them around home in the morning with
keen appetites for breakfast. After
their hurried meal they started again,
and by this time teams were on Che spot
from Hartford and Watervliet. About
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the lost
darlings were found wandering around
the huckleberry marsh several miles dis.
tant. The eldest of these children was
a boy twelve years of age, and the other
two were girls, the youngest only three
years old. Under a thick pine tree,
which was the only dry place they could
find, they made their bed for the night.
The little boy put jamie, the three years
old baby, in the middle. and put his legs
over her to keep her warm. 1t was in
the month of September The uunerved
and frantic mothers feelings we will
leave the reader to imagine, when the
sympathizing neighbors and friends laid
the lost children on the bed by her side,
and gave them food and drink. Such a
night of agony and suspense cannot be
depicted in words
Though sparscly settled, Deerfeld is
now on the sure road to wealth, for the
simple reason that enterprising men have
, moved within her borders. and the ali
echoes with tie sound Of many axes, and
] the crash Of falling trees. Near ii.
, ccrtre Of the township, lair start for /
village has been made and sure guar
anteo of success in its building up, j.
e the energy and will Of the property
/. owners i'll its vicinity. Among the lead
r ing spirits of the place, are the Pack
G ard brothers, who are annually manu-
). featuring five or six millions of feet Q
# lumber, in their steam mills Within
the limits of the township there are fou
It steam mills owned by different firm;
n who run their lumber to the Lake b
o means of very clever arrangement
O cal ed horse rail road. There are tw
). of these, each about three miles in length
a one terminating at Ludwig's Pier in tn
% township of South Haven, and the othe
9. at Paulville within the limits of Deer
,r field. The enterprising firm of Pack
n ards are also building large store 2
ID by 20 feet in dimensions The singula
ID feature in the history of this townsbi
G. of fifteen years organization, is the fac