, 1873-07-31
THRlLLlNG-..IF TRUE.

1AbTolntt0u9 OF An OForthFDHVM UAE1s
In a hurricane passing over tho Ohio River
and down the Miami Valley On tho night Of tic
4th of july. n Bnlondid rroye Of nnEn On tho
"old Anderson farm" Of q Mr, Rogers. ia tho
lattor locality, was almost wholly prostrated,
and here Is an Amazing s.ory derived thorofrom
Democrat BY ono j, I. Clark:
"Upon tho morning nubsequent to tho storm
{8aturdnY) hIr, Rogers, in comuany with hired
man, Proceeded to inq into the o1topt Of lie
damage inflicted upon his premises, and tho first
objective point waa tho rltnod grove. Tho con-
trc treo Of the plat was q noble oak, tic king
over Ills follows, and tree which had stood thoo
rayagoe Of time seemingly unscathod for several
centuries. This tree had been snapped and foll-
cd by the Storm Upon examining tic fallen gia,t
timber, hlr. Rogers mado startling discovery,
TAiH was nothing loss than tho fact that tho treo
In falling had disgorged 3 skeleton! Tho bones
were disconnected, yellow as gold with nge, and
scattered promiscuously over several Bquaro
feet Of paaturngo. Tho skull was almost
intact; al tho tooth save two-molara-woro
still In their places, and there was scar On the
loft pariotal bono which looked like the memon-
to Of aome ierco cavalry charge. The humoruB
Of tho right arm was shattered, and sayo tho
put together, waa without blelnieh. The tree ia
falling, should have mentioned, WAS rent asun-
der-A task not difficult of accomplishment
WHOM I refor to the fact that an examination
tOuhu klas AE b0mo fomoto dato the very heart
Of tho oak had boon cleft by lightning. From .
spot twenty feet from tho ground upwards to
the first groat forA-a distance Of ton foat-a
hollow extended, and from this Cavity tho Bkelo-
ton had been hurlod If VIC but know Who ho was
thought my informant, NTr, nogerb a,sd,
strange to eay, a few minutes Inter tho twain
discovered that tho troo had also dis
Eorged thrilling history. An old
fashioned lcathorn pocket or lne1norandum-boo
lay in 8 remarkable state Of preservation, which
no donbt had been dropped into the rent made
By tho lightning, and thus boen preserved while
its master decayed. A few brass buttons Of old
md unique pattern were found near the mono.
rantum, but it is with the latter that We have to
deal. This old leather purse, entirely money
less, confined Bundry papors covered with rude
poncilings quite difficult to trace, as they were
written On the backa Of army passes and military
conBignmonts which dated US far back aB 1776.
1Ir. Rogo4a conveyed tho bones to Ills house, md
set about to read the memorandum OF tho cal}-
two OF tue tfeo. Dilt Owing to llB falling oyo-
sight he could decipher but littt0, and this
little q conglomerato mass Of discouucctiouB.
But still ho read enough to loarn that tho eyes
TINT onco shone in tho now orblcsa sockets
often looked upon Washington in tho heat Of
battle, and amid tho SHOWS Of Valley Forge; and
the skeleton arn when covered with fosh and
muscle had struck many atalWart blows for our
country. The mans name, as gathered from
tho papora, waH Roger Vanderberg, nativo Of
Lancaster, pa and Captain III the Revolutlon-
ary Army. Ho VAS III Aid to Washington during
the retreat across tho Jerseys, and served
time in Arnold's Headquarters at West Point. In
1871 he marched with St. Clair against the North