The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-08
LOST IN TH e WOODS.
. lost Ghtld Lives seventy six n ours
the Woods Without Nourishnent
Prom .ss LOUISVILLE Courier.

From As LOUISVILLE Courier.
FIR the last tyc mornings our Jefferson
sllle reporter has farnithed US in his repor,
81 account Of child being LIS. IN til,
oo!r, aud !aa. nigh. b. sect us the fol
ieains paEsicalars OF the strange aud inter
Fsring story:
The little con Of SIR. William Prig'ey,
VIC was lost in the woods near Crotlers
s..le, vas found last Tuesday afternoon
The circumstances attending this case are
mos. remarkable
0n last Saturday morning Mrs. Prislsy
f.drted for cornEeld near her house, ieav
Iag her little son, child Of bu. years of
g, at the house. telling him to remain in
t..e yard and play until she returned She
lad gone out few minutes before the
appearance OF storm coming up caused
Ter to return What was h,r urprise IN
arm when she arrived at home, to fad
Lat her child vas nowhercto be seen.
She scar, he'd the entire premises, but
could not Fl single trace of the boy
Becoming by this timo seriously alarmed,
40 few over to neighborng house aud
g,Te TIE alarm
IN less than an hour the entire ,eighbor.
God, headed by The frantic father, wal GU,
saarchIng for The missing boy. A thorough
s,arch was made all that dag and late 10
tie night, but 1t pro7ed frui,less At early
dawn the next day the search was resumed,
a..d night found tho boy still missing.
The parents By this time wore fla
With grief, uud the mother attempted to
crown herself in the river known IS the
sluscattatack, at Bakers nills, but the
attemp. was frustrated, and the grief.
stricken woman carried 70 her home
The third day the eearch wos still CON
.inued. 81 this time over 200 PEOPLE had
gathered and joined in the search.
The excitement in end around the entire
locality ives Intense, men coming tor fifty
nfles On their horses to nsslst in sea ching
tyr 4 lost child. ktabout 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon Ind 3amed Isaac Warner,
vhle hnning stave blocks through lonely
lirt Of the dense woods, and ct a point
folr miles distant across the river from
Nr Prigieys house, heard peculiar
moaning sound. lie stopped his team and
listened. The mourning was repeated.
lie got Of his wagon and commenced
seai ching around lie had been searching
Lit tew moments when ne discovered q
cald lying PROSTATE upon its back. Its
lices ras turned up and presented pale
an ghaa'ly appearance. Warner went up
% tie roor little thing and took it in his
arms. 1t moanei pteously, and was near
" dead from fatigue, hunger and exposure.
~ child proved to be the lost one, little
Ead,e Pti,ley,-and iad been wandering
aloand IN tue woods for seyenty-si1 hours,
aud had eaten nothing in all that time. 1t
"a dressed only in thin calico frock, and
- tie nights have been cool Of late, his
suHcrlugs n,uss na'o uccu Iueeuso.
The child was Immediately taken home
toits oyerjoyed parents. Medical attention
was called, and everything has been done
to save the life Of the little wanderer.
How the child crossed the river is ex-
planned. On Saturday the Muscattatack
river was very low, and Mr.. Prigley, own.
ing field across the stream, had q log raft
constructed for passage to and from his
6eld. The child had frequently crossed
this log bridge, and must have done SO that
DAY. Saturday night the river raised four
ct, completely covering the bridge, and
:. Ter the little fellow got over he was IN
ale To End bis way Lack. The rain also
aegcrrd tie bottoms and low lands lying
fong tie river, making it impossible for a
I'D OF tia. age to find its way out. II
ar. ears also that the search for the child
"a, made on the side Of the river on which
Nr. Ptiglcy's house il located, no one
.-ea,ang that the bog had crossed owe in
lotions on the other side Of the river
rao timely finding Of tho boy under thu
clgntal circumstances seems truly provi
satial, and his escape from death va:
e,'Y miraculous.