The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-05-03

From the Ypsilanti, Mich. Sentinel


From the Ypsilanti. Mich. Sentinel
Muse ysnry ago than al,n0.t suylsxiy now
here .sn rsn,smaer, there lived "n the east
side 1T the river family consisting ut the
ua'ther snd several s,nall children. Al the
time there Was no br,dge acrnes the h"ron,
and n seasons Of high wafer kind 1T .
sc"w attached ~ rope stretched scr'ss the
stream wss used - ferry. The woman
wss employed "n the west side of 'he river,
and BY s.n,,s mesns wms ihrvwn out Of the
scow while II urning home, - we'll 40 Nm.
other Insssnser, and bosh were drowned.
Thus these small children were left uMazssi
for. except bv the casual assistsncs Of
'he very few and sca.,ereo ssuixrsnis
The ls.dy Of the sscSnd pesso" drowned
AS n,csWessiS slmost Immediately,
while that IT the woman was not found
until come time sfterwsrl, when the
water 10 s'mrwhai sul'si'lei. During 'h'.
perissd the childrrn, t.n, small IL rsa.lizn how
their mother could In thus suddenly sns,ched
away, especially liuls g'rI among them /.
discOns.,lstely s,rolled up and down the
stream, calling for their pr"tec.or. With
~hst rarv they got, they grow u man and
w"lnsnbOod. hut melancholy has seitle.'
upon the girl. which never lett her, and q
length she was placed, with the hope Of r.
c''very, ~ an institution IN the State Uf New
York.
Eventually the male children became the
OWNERS Ut y farm of lG0 acres Of land in
this county, an which there 10 good house.
lsrn. etc. They then br'ught their sister
osck IL live with them; and the family,
wl'se his'o y would be ttO long to foIl"w.
0ow Consisting Ut twO men and the sister,
still cling together and live almost rs coli.
'aries. bu. the grra'est singu.srity 10 their
rrpugnsncs ~ living in . house. 1t will
seem incredible when We say that with =
comfortable house % their own, two of
them have lived the whole winter and sre
still living and sleeping out Ut d0ors One
yielded " the weather. on the importunilies
Ut the nrighlsHs, aud iOok l.'dgiug In y
house; the O'hrrs continue their strange
~ny."f living. H"w 10 they live, the reader
i ready ~ ak, with the thermometer rome.
time thirty degrees below ? Their kitchen
!" On cnck'sure Of logs, simply tresst high,
without the least s,gn Of ruf. The logs
serve ~ keep away cattle and aniusls. Their
sleeping spar,m'ni, not In this enclosure,
srs rails and logs laid up an'ing 30 ~ ~
'e~ve low hollow, which 10 dllel with 40.
iumna' leaves. in which they bury them.
selves deeply, and, i, asrms, warmly. This
'ns"'e Of life 10 their choice, for at the same
time that they ~. In m open pen and slerp
!" leaves, tenant occupies their co'uforts.
bls b0use, and . well.keps horse lies In .
warm stable.
Under Ill these circumstances such Is their
respect among the ncighbors that the latter
feel the reluctance OF natural p"liteness
sy~,nst pressi 6 any interference with their
domestic affairs But many 10 the snx,ons
'''Ok IN our fierce wintery mornings cast ~.
ard the wo0ds. where these almost her,ni,s
are known IN h. to see IL The smoke of their
''rrsktast 6re 10 curling among the trees. or
whether ito absence inJicatgs that { hey were
siflly frsaen in their WINERY beds. Up tn
,he present time their smoke still curls.