Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-19
A Chicago Romance. /.

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There have been written. perhaps, n
Thousand romances relative to the find
ing of children by their tender parents.
Chicaoo contains a man who has been
made happy in a double sense-he has
discovered q father mourned as of the
dead through hseyenteen long wears. and
the father aforesaid has discovered in
Can't. }. J. Harrington. late of the
Nineteenth Illinois volunteers. and now
of the Custom House. a six feet three
inches and two hundred and twenty
pounds avoirdupois 3inherftor of his
name and fortune. - AssS selEt $,
Nearly twenty wears gone by. Har-
rington, spefe,s left the shores of the
Green Island, to seek fame and fortune
in the broad Territories of the New
World of the fogpy coast of New
Foundland. the vessel in (which he
sailed encountered a. storm. and was
wrecked. nearly aIlon board perishinoE
Harrington was aIaong the survivors
and settled down in the country on the
shores of which was cast away. The
semigTaut had left sin. his own land a
young wife and seyeraE small childrens
They left Ireland for America few
months later than the husband and
father. They expected to find their nat
urM protectof IN New York, but were bit
terly doomed to disappointment. After
wasting some weeks in uhavailing wait
ing and hoping, Mrs. Harrington and
her family sensibly followed the g star
OF emP5re1setthng down IN this II
children grew up to maturity, the
mother was laid Ia rest and the eris
tance fen Go "a the fafhey. SSss ssJTncsf foroof.
te7, Cart JacE ,va. oIxvavs- =. st;Tr;I,,
how and when the war broke ont. he
shonldered musket with the brave
Nineteenth, and won his Captains s
" bars on many. a field of fame. When
peace was proclaimed, he returned to
civil life and was patronized by Uncle
Sam. Three days ago he received q
letter. He opened, read, and stood
transfxedl It was from his father.
The old man had heard of his family
through some Chicagoan who had Wis
tied the land of Goldfish, and he lost no
time in renewing his acquaintance with
those SO dear to him by nature. He
] had written to Ireland, had heard the
family had left there fof AmaFica-
traced them to. New York, and lost
sight of them for many weary years.
He concluded they were dead, and en-
fd6aEOr6Q IN DeaC6fQl Toll 10 QIOWu dis
grief. In those years of industry. he
had managed to accumulate quite a
tcompetenee, and remained true to his
love. He invites the presence of his
son, and in a few weeks Cap. Jack will
snap eshlsi coHrseiOo Snas lslaln
wbsrs ssiIors oano ,or to ~ ssh for cod ,or
Amid the dense fo9s of that latitude
those SO strangely sundered shall be
united. and the curtain of peace shall
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he Tst.,,y,ad tsr % and an ounced that he had
,,nrc5ased nm a ss,,ital,1eS Tesidence for her.
lsfoSv;,,sS xvl,st ,1,,,.,1o,tad I'd he fine ne.
[cessary ns,,eTss Ne assisted in boxino
| tbe furnitnre. but before this was com.
n1etad he d;sanneared This led tosap
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