The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-13

The Detroit Free Press Of the goth
u!t. describes an adventure by a Ger
u,an named Henry 0sster, of Eankin
township. who WIS hunting a missing
COW, and got Inired In a piece OF
mr,by ground. The narrative con-
Times: 10 his right. about ten feet
away, was a knoll of solid ground, on
which grew a thorn apple tree. one of
tile limbs extending almost over the
mans head, and about four feet be-
yond tie reac!l0f his arms. Thinking
that If he cnl!d get possession of bis
gun he might secure the limb, Osster
took off bis suspelldcrs, tied thcnI~ to-
gether and male moose at one end,
and after careful and tedious work,
lassoocd the rife aud dragged it to
him. This was after lie had been in
the miro nearly two hours, aud quite
a while after dark. lie was then IN
duccd to believe that he had not sunK
any for The last half hour; but the ex-
trl weight of the gun as he held 1t
up sank him nearly to his hip; in a
moment, and he quickly laid it down.
LITTLE TUFTS OF GRASS,
Growing up from spots Of solid ground
not much larger than his hands, were
all arould the man.. but the moment
he took hold of one of them it would
pull away, having no real support.
Osstcr had a pipe with him, and he
got this from his coat and twisted of
the German silver ring around the
stem. The ring he broke between his
teeth, bent it up like hook, and then
fastened it to his suspelders, determ-
illed to make an effort to reach the
limb. Time after time he made the
throw, but the hook failed to catch, or
slipped OIL, or belt out Straight, and
at ten o'clock at night the victim was
up to his hips aid slowly settling.
Placing his coat and vest on either
side, he pushed them down with his
hands, and in this way kept his body |
from settling as fast as it otherwise
would.
lie CEASED TRYING TO SHOUT,
Knowing that he could not expect
help before another day. AS Osstcr
did not return at dark, Storks feared
that lie might have shot himself or
met with some other accident, and
walked II mile or SO in the direction
from which the man was expected to
return, and stopped within half a mile
of where he was sinking down to
death. Returning home, he agreed
to make further search in the morn
ing, and when the time came got a
neighbor to go with him. They took
q direction quite distant from where
Osster was to be found, and, to be
brief, searched tie woods until noon
and then determined to go to the ham
let and sec if Osster had been there.
In coming ont Of the woods
THEY PASSED WITHIN FoRFY RODS
OGOsster, and were nearly half mile
away, when one of them fired shot
at a squirrel on the fence. All night
long OsStcr had been slowly sinking,
and when The sun marked noon lie
was up to liis shoulders in the mire.
Hearing the shot he put fourth all his
vocal strength into one grand shout,
and his voice was heard and rec0gniz-
cd. Even after his friends were with
in fifty feet of him he had to shout to
guide them, as his head WAS below the
grass. 1t is needless to say that they
instantly set about the work of rescu-
ing him. Logs and brush were piled
into tile swamp until they could reach
him. Finding that they could not pull
him out by the arms, the mire was
scooped away from his body, and he
was literally pried out by lever III
serted under his feet.