The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-01-01

| nv horse Try as hard as we chose, we
could not 90 faster than 4 common walk,
and the hungry wolves, if really on our
/ track. couig ~ ten times faster than we
/ I did not know what TO do. What
world you have doneF"
Il would have loaded my gun and
stood and fought them, replied the boy.
And You, sissy"
i would have prayed to God. and
1 then know ne would have told me
some way to get out of the danger"
You are right" said the old man, af-
/ fectionately patting his grandchild upon
the head. You are right, always do
that when you are in troable. / asked
God TO help me and he did"
1T was good while before ] could
think of any way TO save myself, and
all that time the wolves were bowling
and coming closer and closer. 1t is true
had my gun; might shoot the first
one that came up; but before could re-
load | should have been torn to pieces.
Ny rifle was loaded, and was ready to
use it. but did not intend to do so until
Tiie Last moment should come.
MY poor animal was struggling for
ward. when caught glimpse of a large
tree by the roadside. That was the
means that God had appointed to save
me- The minnie | saw ri jumped off
my horse, ran TO il. and was up among
the limbs in a twinkling. Ny horse, so
soon as he was released from me, broke
away at q full run, and for the first time
felt a hope that he would be saved.
Il had not been in the tree five min
,,-I,,,, paarIr- n InpIraI ,rr.IuoS ao,,.o
along at the top of their speed They
all passed me some distance, but the
most OF them wheeled around and came
under the tree where | had taken shell
ter. There they howle 1 and yelled, and
kept springing upward, and swapping
their jaws. until began to fear that
so.ae of them would get among the
limbs.
''As l knew 1 should have to stay
there until morning, tried to make my
self comfortable; but it was not long be-
fore began to grow sleepy. L pinched
my arms and face, and pulled my hair,
aud did every thing to keep awake /
had been up the night before with a sick
neishbor, and my position was so
cramped, that before knew it l fell
asleep.
Il might have staid asleep until morn
ing If had not moved my leg. which
made me lose my seat. When | awoke
| WIS falling through the limbs. |
caught at them to save Inc, but | was
too far gone. | was so terrified when /
struck the ground that screamed at the
top Of my voice. The wolves were
startled AT this, and by my coming so
suddenly among them. They all sprang
to one side, and | leaped upward, and
catching one of the limbs, began lifting
myself into the tree again.
The instant | did so. the wolves
dashed ut me, and one of them caught
me by the knee. | tried to shake him
loose but there he hung, while l held
him clear from the ground. 1t nearly
killed me, but pulled myself upon the
limb ,yitii that wolf hanging to my ankle.
When he came within reach of the
branches he grabbed at them and
kicked him off to the ground.
There was no danger of my sleeping
ANY more that night. | climbed to the
topmost limb and commenced firing
down among the wolves. There Were
so many that | couldn't help hitting
some of them. As soon as one was
wounded, the Others devOured him. |
fired until all my ammunition was gone;
when it was daylight, had slain over a
dozen in all. and their bones lay scatter
ed all around. some of them at a good
distance. proving that when wounded
they had tried TO save themselves by
running away.
when it was fairly light, the wolves
began leaving, and in an hours time the
last had gone. | waited till sure, when
| came down and went trudging home
ward. | Iexpected at every step to come
i'm sight of the mGngled remains of my
horse. but when reached home found
him in the stable. My mother had put
him away. and she had suffered dread
fully. as she was sure had been killed
by the wolves that had howled about
her door all night"
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How HEILBRON PRACrICED.-ANe New
York correspondent of the Boston
Gazette says: Passing by the Union
Square Hotel recently, was attracted
by the sound of a voice singing. stop
ped and listened. and was not long in
recognizing the music from TrOvatore.
| could hear every note distinctly, and
the voice seemed to be one of unusual
pow=r. Certainly that is no amateur, /
said 20 myself \ sudden burst of mel
u,iy directed my eyes towards the hotel,
and there saw the solution of the mys-
terry. Standing in third story window
was a lady. The window was wide open
and she was singing at the top of her
lungs. and acting at the same time. |
must have stood watching her for at
inn naH
TO sing and gcsticulate as though she
were upon the stage, but never once
looked towards the ground. No one ap-
peired TO notice her. Two chambermaids
did poke their heads out of neighbor-
ing house, survey the opposite walls and
retire. | walked little further down
the street, made call and returned, and
still the singer remained as l left her.
/ The distance from the sidewalk to the
window was too great for me TO recog-
nize the singers face; but suddenly it
flashed across Inc what it meant. 1t was
Mile. Heibron, of the Strakosch Italian
Opera troupe, rehearsing her part for
the evening She was to make her first
appearance in III Trovatore' that night,
and probably thought it would disturb
the quiet of the hotel if she sang her full
power in her room, so she just went to
the window, which, being high, was out
| of the way. and there gave her voice full
4 play, 1t was not IA bad idea. but yor
I cannot imagine what queer sensation
it produced in her only auditor.
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THE RoTHCHnD WoMEN.-The JelC.
| is5 sIeSseRger says: We take pleasure
ii referring to the merits of the ladies
/ of the Rothchild family. not because
/ they are wealthy, but for the simple
reason that in spite of their wealth,
| they strive 20 be useful to their kind.
The men are immersed in business; they
are charitable, but people will say that
! it is so easy to be charitable If you are
/ rich. The women are public-spirited,
] Intelligent and warm hearted, founding
/ HOSPITALS. reformatories, children Ms
/ homes, endowing scholastic institutions,
encouraging struggling professionals, and
taking a personal interest in the doings
of the poor Baroness Lionel makes
weekly visits in the neanest portions oi
London. Frightening the homes of the
Jewish artisan. giving her good counse
TO the earnest teachers of the free
schools. the matrons and assistants ir
the various charities. The daughter o.
Alphonse. of Paris, teaches a good les
son to her sisters in faith, and to rici
Young ladies of every creed, by receiv
inc a well deserved diploma as teacher
Anselm's daughter, in Vienna, is prom
inent in music, not only composin:
songs that attain popularity, but aiding
struggling musicians by pen and purse