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Wkkl0R e1nlHItl6H Dtll1nH R01tlen W4rG01Ntft
hecn spronted ~ Ill" President. A brief review.
Th!s exhibition 4 International i governed BY COM
who sepost 70 Congress. aud which body IL presided
otar by tho lion. J. H. Il1nry Of Connecticut. Prss
Secretary: and 4. T. t,shorn, n,snttncturer, Of Gin
cnn.t, q, tia Director General. Can any thing 30
s s III. liz az Il" tosh.e.. '.a s elA ae %
locazo 1t: Bs''. of tue act provites tho Commit
Ta.s no aSo for auT ri nnr ~ roop o o
saino;
Treasury has not b.sn toebed, snd sshe Centennial
lizard Of Flnancc," who control the raising Of
moneys aud thsr expenditure. sre through
po"rlc, md viii during Tho coining aca:on canvass
s's ssS s, fs, 70 tho
); s$ +
ssnta,tvea Of al nations with copies Of iha sams. to-
gsthtr YIN 'Ici, regulations .s ~ co'"nssEoners
invited ono gnest Mu:h e:s all Of them. on the coh-
trats Ae:rcry flsh took the an. u a.tc etsc'iInr
ssg r. s y s III ~ hs y .
= a.! wrong; 20 far a. regards Secretary Fish,
Is m Gorrss.. IT. H. :, mi. ,o7, IT,. ,..,,., ,.., q.
rsorc. on the grounds scoctol y F4'rmonnt patk, de-
TO eloss the l9h of October Tho soat, and COM
mnntted u TO the rationa Of the earth.
M ana
be hsnce mr. Fish, circular TO our REPRESENTATIVES
w.. sasa ~ eod M ony s gxen
1oHeu tae act ~ courndtn1 1t 10 te'r Attention only.
During tho session Of conxrei. lsst apt!ns !s7t)
lions Il tLa e.rih e tho Exposition and directing such
,as!.s,ons y hent " ~ nsme Of me pens I'D nnv-
" AZ 20 a H. sae snee II.
ne a. that circular snvsed ~ ha nations Ut the earth
',is IL Alone a; r. nos secsea .n her
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MAnx qaAsoS. Of Richn,ond, Va, Is backed
for H25. GOO to walk ronad tho world-a distance
OF 10 22G miles by his route-in GOO da,r. which
makes llia average 81 miles a day. luring his
Hhp-boar1 travels lio will walk ,ls ,lsstases rrz.
ufarly. lie iH 2s years oLl fecs uelfna ,gi.,
Hall. Now York, April 8. 1875. aud agrees to
walk back to it Nov. 49, 1870. lie will rot ston
nt lunatic asyiums on tho road though he would
grace ono immensely,
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"Id like to give something 10 tho poor" re-
marked Toledo lady. "lt'a hard times, aud
they must 10 autfering, but Two gok to ,.sa tA!s
$40 to buy another switch"
phlladalphla ought to 10 satlsaed thus year
with Tho appropriations by Congress for their
cItyi e5bp,M0 for new Post ltco building !;
$595 QUO for tue Csntanuial Exposition 5000.
Ooo for League 1Slaud aud about $500, 900 tor
othel purposes.
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private latter received hero yesterday from
a. oilicer OF tho south Atlantic dost. dated at
Montevldeo, Jan. 0, 1875, says, "Everything
on aecount OF 4 revolution which ia sciu.lly
ip session, Or else about TO como ot1. Ko
small change to 10 had for love or money,
and ths prospect generally exritlng,
I1a Agealinas alYiaS oYsseons thaE
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BID shonld unlsss tbs purchaser b. boad Of lion
hadsr Gon.a lion hot4e{y b pAd In essh
ot said sas, should aid tais b.
uoa " he &a1d nust. AID sald purchaser ahsi 81
ssst aas ess4 = IL.
an1d M % ~, snoa!a ~ a. stsh s.d eum q 4 and
= S;sdssi Z h: ss.: ~:
QxhaI as rsprosunfsu bt him, " s @'
n0M y virtue Aou In E4r.uAnoe pe tha aAtd dAosss,
1ssepa hhirpsa, lhe NAAtst In CA4nceFJ al lis eafa
C"tt ~! se! At public suction tho hGheat LidsF,
~: sAslnn front aaor u thu Quart iioss VI IT, Lous
- tho Ctt{ OF ~. Louis tn tho Hats pf l.1&ou
ia1s ~ nsaavsaa3 the fourteenth day ot April a. H.
thfps In thS RftprngoAt ~ - ~ ~" ~"
tpastasE With tbs ruling stock Of lhs aid Mls4
s.nb! t&lln5 Msstns Hallway Coussay fs1pept ths
bnffen hs5sn4ttsE Msntonsdi upon h8 s4tsus and
oit!on &goGinea In ths ADORE ssead dsueesi snd,
btn1H1-IhAt yosna 1f tbs Misai4Aepi vailsy West.
6ssisa
?i~ssn lhs tkld sa.n and hx 4&a0us River. At4adl
wllhout TolllaE .ock aud purchaser thsfsot viii hs
70 V4F o. zoo n cash fohwthy Ald the balance
ot hia bid upon tha s0nhi t sGh eAle by the sAd
gQuFt. Jo4fFH HIf{pfkN,
N.4t.t ~ ch.nesy Of u. ualis1 S.iss Csalt usur.
. for tho EA4txrn llstact of hll4&our1.
b. l1uls. No., March !. 1915,
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tuDoE TaEE--97 to ITO, except 100 and 1oi.
IUDtiNkHT5,
HEPEn!0H Counr-CoSsE sEsyloxt-Jacob KeiIar IL H.
Va. Matthias Konz, t22a.Ot. 80
.Irn0H GAHr-1nhn MiI!sr 1t A. N. William Ramsay.
tu.lN1'.-W. l.. u. 1cliney w. II. N. Eidrsd9o and T.
W. Tnurtclotte, Rarnishces, 5is4.B9.
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AFrt~.

n-t}rrns cosnrr OF Walls and Kin,ls ,+s ----------
$-Dst,ot corner Of Can ri And Einsit,.t.s
MlcHLaAh cENrRa! RAit4OA1
Dtpot, Jpns a. E4.kr-At.. fan ~ rs,n,.s...,
7r!."fi.t 81 Etark.H.. spEthtaa eornsr ~ E.naanH.
anI f1 Lsks-st.. fremont Hsnse. '1N''
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cFsicaao RiaelRfrnN 4 QUINCY RAILROAD.
pstxi1. t",t " Io.:e.f. t,dssaa.ur. auI Str.<nNx
a"i al mi >aftt"'hss. Iitsa osas. 81 Clarke.
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c'tcaf3. MILWAUKEE d 81. PAUL RAILROAD
fNfs1t Dtra Hnditan ant Canal sfs Tk1f 0H..
NJ ~~sh tatTk-.. erfest1 a'rnar Hoa.s sna II Dt1p.'
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.i!lwaukec. Mldisou. Aonvos J
lrslF.7 dH t;Elcn. Local. ........fs
milwaukee,. - Cfosse. N'juuus,i
n. Paul L Minneapolis. itltnsx1t
!.Arr..A; sha. ris Mi"tnk%:..
Tor Etpun, Gcriln, u,!sso.l,
Mrnhsts 4 tsrr~u HAy.....,.,,. d.
Mi'"ante~. Msdteor. pralsl, NJ,
t.tlcn; lfH,+ sl.uhs4a. Urea,
haJ / Hl.stns Fs1nt. ....,,..,,
Milwaukee i Ii Ervsas Fa.s'nr.r:s
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CHILDRES.-As the pure breath of
children revives the life of aged men,
SO is our moral nature revived by
their free and simple thoughts, their
native feeling, the airy mirth for little
cause or none, their grief, soon arous-
ed and soon aliayed. Their influence
on us is at least reciprocal with ours
on them. When our infancy is almost
forgotten, and our bovhood long de-
parted, though it seems but as yester-
day; when life settles down darkIy
upon US, and we doubt whether to call
ourselves young any more, then it is
good to steal away from the society of
bearded men, and even of gentler wo-
men, and spend an hour or two with
children. After drinking from those
fountains of still fresh existence, we
shall return into the crowd to strug-
gle onward and do our part in life,
perhaps as fervently as ever, but, for a
time. with wiser and purer heart,
and a spiIit more lightly wise.
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NOTICE IN PARTITION,--BenJa f.
1Y Blair. Christopher g. Blair. HiraIn G. Blair
and Henry Z. Blair, of Aurora, Portage county
State of ohio, and Caroline e. Squires and Lo-
renzo Squiles. husband OF said Caroline of Ora
tiot county, State of Mich gan, will take notice
that y petition was iied against them on The
1lth day OF January, A. ID. 1876. in the Court oil
Common Pleas of Portage county, in the State
OF Ohio. by Harriet NJ. Blair. and is now pend
ing, wherein the said Harriet ~ Blair demands
partition of the following described real estate
About n Al 100 acres of land in lot No 10 in said
Aurora, and bounded north by land.of John w
Gould. e2St by the east line of said lot No 10
south by land in said lot No. 10 row in posses
sion of Granger Blackman, and west by the
west line of said lot No 10. Also another piece
or parole of land, being about 20 and 60-I0u
acI eS in lot No. II in said Aurora anu bounded
west by the west line of said lot No. (I7l. north
by land of John W Gould. east by the road run
ming from the center of said Aurora to the center
of Solon, south by lands Of Julius Granger and
other parcel of land, being about i2l So 100 acres
on lot No, s in said Aurora Bounded North by
the north line Of said lot No s, which is also ,hr
north line oil said Aurora. east by the east line
oil SAID lot No. s. south by The center OF the
highway running westerly through said lot and
leading from the Center of Aurora To Fuller's
Mills Also. one other parcel of land. being
about 10 45 1Ol acres i'll lot No. Is, i'll said Suro
"a. bounded north and east by lands % George |
II. Lacy. south by the center of the highway |
running east and west through said lot and on |
the west by the west line of sail lot No Is. And |
that at the next term OF said Court application |
will be made by the said Harriet NJ l;iair, for |
nm order that partition may be made of said |
premises. HARRIET NJ BLAIR
by NORTON n PHELPS her Attorneys |
Dated Jan H. 1875. 3S3-6w
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Morton's Plan for Electing the Presidents.
The following is the resolution of
fered by Senator Morton proposing
aG~amendment II" the constitution in
relation to the election of President
and Vice President.
Resolred. BY the Senate and House
of Representative in Congress asse M
blod, two-thirds of each House con-
curing therein, that the following
article is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, and when ratified by
the Legislature of three -fourths of the
States shall be valid, to all intents and
purposes, as part of the constitution,
t0-wit:
Article /. The Presiden and Vice
President shall be elected by direct
vote.of. tho people in the manner fol-
lowing: Each State shall be divided
into districts equal in number 10 the
number of representatives to. which
the State ffiay be entitled in Congress,
to be composed of contiguous terri
tory, and 10 be -aa nearly equal in pop
ulation as may be, and the person
having the highest Hurnberiof votes in
each district for President, shall re-
ceive the vote Of that district, which
sballebes counted one Presidential vote.
The second person having the highest
number of votes for President in the
State shall receive two Presidential
votes from the, State, at large. The
third person having the highest num-
ber Of Frcsidential.v votes in the United
States shall be President, a..,..-rsJe .:
If two persons have the same nun
ber of votes in any State, it being the
highest number, they shall receive
each one Presidential vote from the
State at large and If more than two
persons shall have each the same mum.
Der OF votes in any State, it being the
highest number, no Presidential vote
shall be counted from the State at
large. If more persons than three
shall receive the same number of votes,
it being the highest number in any
district; noePreaidential vote shail- be
counted from that district. The fol-
lowing provisions shall apply to the
election of Vice Presi1ent: oU YG.4F :
The Congress shall have power to
provide for the holding and conduct
ing of elections ofPresident and Vice
President, and to establish tribunals
for the decision of such elections as
may be contested.
The States shall be divided into dis
tricts by the Legi islatures thereof, but.
Congress may at any time, by law,
make Or alter the same. -. .-..
-
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AlyYARNFNG 70 roBAcco-CHEwEKs

AywfAA1FNtsff yfAA1FNt 70 eEoEAcco-oHEwrrs.
CaptsiP Collins, of Buffalo, chews
tobacco and one day, after seating
himseIfinia street car lhe deposited
quite quantity of liquid nicotine up.
on the floeE Tie Sonductot. told him
that is was contrary to the rules, but
the Captain again expectorated.
Thereupon ithsi cdlsduetor and the
Griyer seized Captain Collins and
tried to put him OH the car. While
TINS enEpgcd ths9aici.b were, arrest
ed and taken before a police justice.
Cspiain Collins then ibrought action
agaipsf t4e rilrSad company spr daus4
ages at $4,000. The case was decided
or Monday, 1hJfavor of The railroad
compapr, thei Judge holding that .lie.
comPany has the nndopbted right to
make alllreasonsblc iulssta1d ~regula. :.
tions 10 secure the just rights of. the,
comPadS and fhe safety and coiiveniiI nj
enee,efjits Passengers that passengers
are bound to obey the reasonable,ruIes
and Regulations ofihe icompany,, And
they implicitly contract to obey such
regulations when they become pass
engers of such company; that the rule
in question was such reasonable, one
as The 'compIny had 4 rig ght to make
and there is no pretense but that Cap-
'ain Collins persistently violated it."
All Of which is q warning to tobacco
chewers on street RAILROAD cars.u s.i
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Buckingham's Dye
For THE wuISZERS

AS or Remover i'll many case
require; too long a time, and To;
much care. to restore gray or fade.
Whiskers, We have prepared I'll.
dye, III one f'r.1'HratiO" which vi
quickly, and etfectr,:lly accompliSi
this result. It is easily applied
and produces Il color which vii!
neither rub nor wash off. Sold by
all Druggists Price Fifty Cents.
Manufactured by q. p. HALL, & CO.,
NaSHUA. MEL
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A RECIPE WORTH TRYING.

Group can be cured in one minute,
and the remedy is simply alum and
sugar. The way to accomplish the
deed il to take knife and CRATE or
shave off in small particles about q
teaspOOnful Of alum, then mix it with
twice its quantity of sugar to make it
p1latabie. and administer as quickly
as possible. Almost instantaneous re-
lief will folIow,-Inter-O Ocean.
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Ever, yeas increases the oi,,r::
ty of raiaabie Hair Prcpara,io:
whicli is due to Eaerit alone. !:
can assure our Old patrons that i,
kept fully III, TO its high standard
aldit is the only reliable md J eriec:
ed preparation for lie to.ing Sir.
or FADED lIAIR to its ycuthtill colo,
making i, soft, luStro,r. and silI.cn
The seal, ,,y its p*c. becomes whit.
and clean. ! ltlreInoyea :;ll eruption
and dandruif, and, by lis tonic proI.
critics, pre"cn;s the Lair fi'em talIin.
ont. as it stimulates. and -no,uishc.
the hair-g.ands. By its Use, the ilai,
grows thicker and stronger. Il;
ba'dncss, it restores Tie capillary
glands to tIieir normal vigor, an'
will create Il new growth, except i
extreme old agc. 1t is The most Gee
nomicsl HAIR DRESSING cycr ,:sc,
as it, reGuircs fewer applications
and give; ;1l.c hairEa splendid. ,rlos;s'
appearance. y. \. Harcs, MI
State As'ayc OF VI Massac!,usc;,s, say
"Thc constituents: arc pure, and ear.
Ellly selected for excellent quality
and / consider it the Best PREF
EATON for-its 6iht ended purpo:cS.
.,oiI 81 oii Druggists md Dccl-,.: ., nd ei..,
Price One Dollar.
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Rrorxr AssrErAs i ID1nsoovIs.,,ss!. =

9YGllFrom Frazers Magazine.l 80 f-JD
We may see numerous black stones
in the British Museum. which record
the sale, and purchase of particular
lands, and the most terrible curses are
invoked upon the heads of those who
should ihjure and destroy these evil
dences Of the ownership of property.
One OF them lately. found BY Mr..
Smith, tells us that the ground men,
toned I'm it was bestowed by the king
upon q sort OF. poet-laureate, ON ac-
count of some. panegyrics he had
written upon the kingdom Still more
plentiful than these are private con-
tract tablets, often in an outer coating
of clay, en- which an abstract of the
contents of the inner tablet is stamped
Many ofthean are pierced with holes,
through which strings were passed to
leaves Of papyri. The latter have long
since perished. The papyrus was
used by the Arcadians as a writing
material at a-rsmots date, salthongh
the more dnrnbleS clay tablets were
Preferred The merchantile class
seems to hare consisted chi ely of Sc.
mites, rather than Of Arcadians; and
If we wanted to find the fullest devel-
opment of business and commerce we
must come down to the eighth and
seventh centuries Is. C., when Nineveh
was q bustling center of trade. Tyre
had been destroyed by the Assyrian
kings, and trade has transferred itself
further TO the East. Carchemish.
which was favorably situated near the
Euphrates,Swas the meeting place of
the merchants of all nations, aud the
"manch of Carchemish" became the
standard of weight Housss and 9TH !
er property, including slayes. were !
bought and sold; and the carefulness
with which the deeds of sale or lease
were drawn up, the details into which |
they went, and the number of attend !
ing witnesses, were quite worthy of a |
modern lawyer. Money, too, was lent
at interest, usually at the rate of four
per cent, but somstimes, more espec-
tally whom goods like iron were bor-
rowed, at 8 per cent. Security for the
loan was often taken in houses or 9TH
er property. The witnesses and con-
tracing parties generally fixed their
seals; but where they were too poor
to possess any, hallmark was con-
sidered sufficient. All this .pprecia-
ton and interchanging of property
led, as we mightsuppose, to testament
airy de5olution, aud no less a docu-
mcnt than the private will of Senna-
cherib is now in the British Museum.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-02-18

FRANK MOULToN swears to these
acts: That as he was sailing 10 Mar
ragansett Pier, storm came Oh. The
boat was Woodruff, and began
Tilt-en, and he had to Beech her, near
Elizabeth.
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Why is the store that don't adver-
tise like Enoch Arden? Because, it
"sees no sale from day 10 day"
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THE LAST sKRkNADE. --.-s =
HesasspSs tSS1@sS@a NJ y.
His fiddle in hi, haud

n. aSgSs ,S S;sS%e S;s s.nS W sSs
sApd 69SdhtN-dse vindp@s sriH snfs'
HI NAehe Smlfhik nsraL Ffirs.
ikYhakrcAsA As1s 10 Sssi!AyI isttssJ
1t made his great heart stand
He murmured, MY Mary love.
Art Thinking. sweet ofme,
Would had wings. now, a bird
a Like little bird 80 free q, ..-srt
I'd ~ up TO thy window. lovs, ~
And Sing song for thee-"e. III 6
He placed his dddIe meath his chin,
q and straightened,up to play. CON- !,
And "MolIie Darling" was the song
Bat not upon that day ~ -sas--r
Was heard along those lotion lands
That sweet Affecting lay
He hefrd the winaoy slowly raise;
HIS lDw he gently prest. is
And. then looked up to catch her smile,
stIAnd watch her heating breast, Ci
When-splash went water on his face,
~ and on his Sunday best. y 10. Ft5.lf
She gazed awhile, and hsayed y sigh,
Then slowly went below. tiBt 3'
And smote her breast and fsltered out,
-J-Aiasz iidl't know t,j J HOW
All that was left of that ssrenade
WN btesome hddlebow. Iii '54l
D., He never camd to sing again 90 eD
To please'squirc' 'Ashton's daughter;
! He staid at home and fiddled not ~
DIChtil he hattforgot her; s-'s' =
And thus the romance of his life "a
DiWas endc,i.by coidwatcr.f iCi > >
it9onfTnDG TlToe'fH''eP0'f~e THeToe'fH'e0'~e 1''"''-
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Ayers
Sarsaparilla

II widely known
as one of the most
efectual remedies
ever discovered for
cleansing the sys-
tenn and purifying
the blood. 1t has
stood the test of
years, with a con-
stantlygrowing rep
utatiOn baSed on lie
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intrinsic virtues, and sustained by its re-
n,arkable cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial to children, and yet SO searching
as to effectually purge out the great cor.
ruptions of the blood, such as the scrofulous
and syphilitic contamination. Impurities.
or diseases that have lurked in the system
for years, soon yield to this powerful anti
dote, and disappear. Hence its wonderful
cures, many of which are publicly known,
Of ScrOf1la, and all scrofulous diseases,
Ulcers, EruptiOns, and eruptive dis
orders of the skin, TumOrs, BlOtches.
B0i!s, Pimples, Pustules, Sores, st.
AHth0ny's Fire, Rose or Erysipe.
Las, letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, RingwOrln, and internal Ul-
ceratiOnS Of the Uterus, Stomach.
anu Liver. 1t also cures other COM
plants, to which it would not seem especi-
ally adapted, such as DrOpsy, Dyspep-
sia, Fits, Neuralgia, Heart Disease,
Female Weakness, Debility, and
LeucOrrhOea, Il when they are manifesto
tions Of the scrofulous poisons
1t is an excellent restorer of health and
strength in the Spring. By renewing the
appetite and vigor of the digestive organs,
1t dissipates the depression and listless Ian
guor Of the season. Even where no disorder
appears, people feel better. and live longer,
for cleansing the blood. The system moves
pn with renewed vigor and new lease of
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II AM the authorized Agent of the it ~
HIBERNIA
Fire Insurance Co.,
OF CLEVELAND OHIO.
a hSo agent '' '0r 'n' ~ . u
National Steamship Company.

Sells passage tickets to and from Europe, and
Drafts on England. Ireland and Scotland.
The vessels of this line consist OF twelve First
Class British built Iron Steamships, one JOi
Queenstown every Thursday, and New York
every Saturday. E1I
For passage or further information, apply to
P. SHEHAN, 2S5, West Street, New York, orr
BERNARD KINNEY,
149-tf. Ravenna. Ohio.
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PRINTING neatly exc
lEh cuted at tais office.

Glass Ware, t---t--
The largest stock in town may be found at
May 80, 1872. 1877. DEMISG'S.
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IN PARrIrIoN.-ne, ne,amin

Ravenna, Aug. 4th, 1874.
The true northerner., 1875-03-05
A Little Hero.


In the city of Hartford, Ct, lives the
hero of the true story | am about to re-
late--but no longer +" little, as the per-
ilous adventure which made him famous
in his native town happened several
years ago.
Our hero was then bright, active boy
OF fourteen-the son of mechanic. In
the severe winter of 1885 the father
worked i'll factory about mile from
his home, and every day the boy carried
him his dinner across II piece of meadow
land. One keen frosty day, he found
the snow on this meadow nearly two feet
deep, and no traces of the footpath re-
naming. Yet he ran on as fast as posi-
ble, plunging through drifts, keeping
himself warm by vigorous exercise, and
brave, cheerful thoughts. When in the
midst of the meadow, fully half a mile
from the house, he suddenly felt himself
going down, down
He had fallen in well. He sank
down, down into the dark, icy water, but
rose Immediately to the surface. There
he grasped hold of plank which had
fallen into the well as he went down.
One end of this rested on the bottom of
the well-the other rose about four feet
above the surface of the water. The
poor lad shouted until he was almost
speechless, but all in vain, as it was i'm
possible to- make himself heard from
such a depth, and at such distance
from any house. SO at last he concluded
that if he was saved at all he must
save himself, and begin mt once, as. he
was getting extremely cold in the water.
80 he went to work.
First he drew himself up the plank,
and braced himself against the top of it
and the wall of the well, which was of
brick and quite smooth. Then he pulled
off his coat, and taking out his pocket-knife
he cut off his boots, that he might go to
work to greater advantage. Then, with
his feet against one side of the well, and
his shoulders against the other, he
worked his way up, by the most fearful
exertion, about half the distance to the
top. Here he was obliged to pause to
take breath and gather up his energies
Tor the work yet before him. Far harder
was 1t than all he had gone through, for
the side being from that point covered
with ice, he must cut with his knife
grassping places for his fingers, slowly
and carefully, all the way up. 1t was al
most hopeless attempt, but it was all
that he could do. And here the little
hero Lifted up his heart to God and
prayed fervently for help, fearing that
he could never get out alone. Doubtless
the Lord heard bis voice calling from
the deep, and piled him. He wrought
no miracle TO save him, but he breathed