Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-10-16

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lowered. bns .ls Ils Jtck.s n t1s ,s1ir s1d
goald not n 1vs. the etp1aIn lstp / t15b . q
o cut tha rope, " ,ea Win 1Is an .ns1 an )
earning the vess / w-nFd N heal fire u ~.
,t one Of the me shlu -ai, bat th3 wrntl
ave one long, llui shrek wucl r,as q
their ears for hours a terw ri. R.lY vent
Iowa with the vessel bls SON c5ntns ID
he surface, fund ths Ytwl neW hs a an J
Iin5ed 10, 6ndIng Foley setEei n che bot
-On. Their frail craft wls btliy njlrei.
lnd 4ted even with the surflcs of the
water, bat IL was their only n lps tn they
AS rel themselves to it. They htl ben
dpating around half 40 hour whel the day
broke. Their eyes eau sht sight OF pprtj3a
If the quarter deck and cabin roo, wlicl
hai b=eI torn off zen the nip wen5 un Ter.
md by vigorous use Of 4 piece u b)Irt
1hey iinei the e at. which was about 10 It
long by as many wide. TIC gds was vet
blowing violently. and ths sea rJllel the
9recs and the men over and over every three
lr four minutes. Tney saw plruJns o the
wreck E ating ab5ut them, and once caught
sight OF the BODY ot the COX, wa,el sR 20
Il
- the wreck over. Fas AR w Is raw All
chilly oa SIn1ay, ant the vini bleF d gale
ali day long. Uae WI not wonder. then,
shat these men, forty miles from lsnl. dr.t5-
ing and tossing On a iO4niny sea. we're 50
chilled before noon that they could sc .rcsiy
-pat K 10 each other. Neither expected Cd b.
rescued. and were almost amiz II " ien nOla
came and they were yet alive Eley saw
me or two vessels dUrInZ the Altern l0n, an
As their boat begln ID ride more elsliy their
hopes revived. About three 0'clJs5 they
sighted p-npeller belonging TO che Evans
line and shouted for joy as they saw that she
would pass near them. As she cane within
1aiIing distance they both crIeI out. The
Sheelsman heard them, aai the vessel pre-
pared to rescue them. Toe gle WIS yet
blowing and the sea raging, az as tic pro-
peiler swung around into the tcouSl II the
sra, she came 90 near going over thtt her
wheel was shIiCe1 over and she bBre = Ja
her course, leaving the nsn weeping Ike
children. They hal no further b pc, ami
Turing the night hardly sp Ike u elc1 other.
b ,uh lived 4t Oswego, and a. The nIXHC cane
/ ,wn and the gale aEill ragged over tie water
they gave each other mess tges To curry 20
friends IN case death only t03k one. Drifting,
tossing, the IUnS night pI-se AZ
ast. and the men z It bsrter hearts. A. the
4 4
iown, they had bpes that they w5lid b.
rescue during the day, but hope had del
Jut before the hour ctne. s. IO0nrrs aud
1rOpeIlers passed. them at dlstan9s Dut
tney could make no signals. CraWIn- IN
On the wreck they let the sea bre TX over
them. and Foey would have les x ms IA I'd
0ut for the sltern ate words If Z lcJura55ne ls
md threats which his cJmpiniJu ut,-reI-
Rady got clo-er 10 him and ones atfasket
nim with his fists to keep him from curry
ing out his design, though himself aware
that neither w0ull live - see another sun II
not rescued. Their feet aod legs were like
chunks Of ice, having NJ feeling and were
% for several hours after they bad been res
.ued. At half-pass three O'clock, when
about - miles of Sturgeon point. they
sighted the Vomtu. Half an hour lirer
ne propeller cIme } near t1ag their sh)Ics
xere he Ird. and sne rbunde t. aod picked
hem up, they having been afJas from > IN
lay morning at four Q clock until Moody
afternoon at The same IA Iur. Capt- Brown
oOk them into the cabin. pFovi!et Zruei'
,tc.. for th 5n 10 oJm nencs on and h1ady
ave them a full mesI. fletr hm1t W'ro
ubhed the best care given them, aud afEee
Baay hours were abe 70 W4lk a5Jdt, e0a-
lnuaIly ex pressing their gratitude tor = res-
,ue from what seemed to be inevitable death.
Mrs. Abigail Slade, widow of the ls'e
Governor Wm. Siade Of Vermont, died 10