The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07


ducts Of foreign manufacturo- United
states Economist.
An Incident of the Floods.
Writing of the disasters of tho in
nndations in France, q correspondent
says At st. Cyprien, tho suburb of
Toulouse, which suffered SO severely, NJ,
Maurette, wcll-known sculptor who re-
sided there, but who had his atelier in
the town, was at work in the latter,
when he was informed of the risk to
which his family, whom he had left in
the Eaubourg, were exposed. He i'm
mediatclv hastcned home, and began to
pack up his valuablcs and prepare to-;
RETREAT with his wife, two girls, eight
and Mnc years old, and n little boy in
his mothers arms. But the flood had
been too qnick for them. In less than
a quarter of M hour it had risen more
than four feet, and their house was sur
rounded before they wero aware of it.
AS tho water rose higher and higher
they moved from stage to stngc, until
they reached tho roof along with other
families who had taken refuge there.
Thus they stood. the father holding his
two little girls by tho hand, tho mother
carrying her boy, till darkness set in,
the flood still rising, and tho houses
around them giving away before it ono
after the other with fearful crash. At
last their own house began to totter
ind crack, and give other signs that it
Was no longer safe place OF refuge.
Another house Mt some little distance
off seemed to offer stouter resistance,
and one Of their party, who was good
swimmer, threw himself into tho water.
and by great effort succeeded in climb.
ing on to the other roof. Unfortunately.
in taking his spring from that on which
down he. : Mali Ii, Cite. e.t@iil t@it :s6,l.si iii
her arms, and although the former was
laid hold of ana rescued, the child was
cnrried away by tho flood, and perished
before the eyes of it's father, who could
only just save his fainting wife. By
good luck, in the house to which thtir
companion had escaped roll of calico
twenty-five yards long was found. On
one end OF this an iron was tied, and,
after many attempts, swung across, and
communication thus opened with the
other house, The two little girls were
successfully made fast to the end of the
roll and dragged through the water.
Nine. Maurette was next tied to it and
had also nearly gained the other roof,
when the strength Of those who sup
ported her failed, and she fell back
into the water. For moment she
seemed lost, but her husbrnd, throw
ing himself i'll, in his turn> and swim
ming to her, supported her until fresh
effort could be made above, when both
were eventually hoistcd up. The night
was passed in cold and wet, expecting
death almost hourly. But the house re.
sisted, and by morning the water had
fallen sufficiently to enable the purity to
wade ashore.
Rather Tough Snake Fight, but q
Good Story.
A fcw days since, while n Young man
of the vicinity Of Middle Grove, whom
wc shall designate as Jeemes, was
sbrubbing in tho field, ile ran upon II
black snake in a cluster of bushes, and,
calling his dog Zip, set him after the
snake. While he was intcntly watching
the progress of the fight between his
snGkeship and his favorite canine, some
thing behind took him "whack'' upon
tho seat of his trousers, and turning
quickly, he discovered to his horror a
tremendous horse racer, full six feet in
length, with hoad erect, kissing tongue
and glaring eyes, curling himself in the
fullest attitude for battle, and before
Jcemcs could comprehend the terrible
character of the situation. "whacll' the
snake took him again. He fhen looked
for tree, but there was none to climb
for stick, but there was mono at hand.
He then drew his jack. knife, with tho
determination Of selling his lifo rs
dearly rs possible, and the most terrible
baltic between man and snake then oc.
Cured that has ever trapspiredin in the his.
tory OF Monroe county. The snake was
very strong and active, and, curling
himself around one of his victims legs,
ho stuck his terrible fangs into binl
with marvellous rapidity, tightening his
hold and crawling up all tho time, while
Jeemes piled his jack-knife with
rnpidity never equaled by tho savage
Modoc. The snake was getting the
best of it, and had twisted himself mp
nearly to Jeemes' face, and was about
to coil his Shiny length about his sue
oumbing antagonist's swan-like throat,
when Zip, the faithful servant, having
finished snake No. 1, came yelping to
the rescue, and, taking in ut n glance
tho hazardous position Of tho master,
i!o sprang and grnppled tho monster by
tho neck, and held on with vice-like
grip until Jeemes, by tho use Of his
knife, extricated himself from his ter
rible prcdicament, and from nm nntimely
and premature grave. The snake was
killed, and tn; ir1isty dog was tho life
preserver OF his master. From, the
Paris Mo-, dDDedk,