Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-09-10
Lost in a COrn.aeId.

THE Joliet Qll.) Sun of q recent date
tells the following story The name of
the Individual whose adventure in a corn
held Is so graphically described ia sug.
gestive, and indicates that the writer and
nero OF the story are quite intimately re-
We have received report this morning
from one of the townships in the eastern
part OF the county, adjoining the State of
Indiana, and among other items Of interl
est Is the following, which illustrates in
striking manner not only the unedualed
Fertility of the soil of Illinois, but partie-
uiarly Jhe extreme growth which crops of
all kinds have attained this season;
A Frenchman by the name of CanteIl
a. Goodlie, living in the French settle
ment, having. occasion on Saturday last
TO visit his brother-in-law, living some
| hVe miles distant on the prairie, left home
! about i've O'Clock in the afternoon, and to
save considerable distance attempted to
shorten his walk by taking cutoff
through the intervening eorn-felds.
TO those unaccustbmed to seeinp Illi-
nois corn-felds IL may be wen TO saw here
that in that section Of the country corn IA
almost the only crop raised over The whole
extent OF the country for miles ahd mikes.
ana the country being comparatively
young there are but few fences, or even
hedges, to make the dividing line.
To the eye it is &c sea of corn. and "A.
Mr Goodlie nearly proved wilderness as
dangerous as the trackless North Woods
Sh )rtly after he left home a severe
storm, such as we have had numbers of.
curing the summer, arose and came driv-
ing down upon him, and he was drenched
TO the skin. The walking became fatfsugs
ing ut every step; the earth, moistened bve
the ram, adhered to his boots in great
quantities until it became impossible for
him to drag them after him. He took
them off and pushed on the best he could.
but minute by minute the soil became
softer until he sank nearly to his knees in.
the porous black earth. Night approached,
and darkness settled down upon tho fields.
lie was miles from any habitation: wet
urea, and nearly exhausted; unable TO g.
get any landmark, however slight. bv
which he might be guided TO iome or
friends. The tall corn waved over him
and its depths were impenetrable to his
eyes, and he realized that he must PASS
The night IN solitude as profound as il he
were alone in the midst of an African
jungle.
AS he could no longer tell the direction
to go, and could scarcely drag one foot in
advance of the other he gave I'M the
hopeless attempt, and with clasp knife
MS constant companion cut down enough
OF The waving stalks to make him n he'd
and covering, and, shivering with cold
and exposure, he sank into heavy sleep.
Night passed, and the glowing sun rose
above the horizon and took its slow but
lreless course across the trackess sky,
md still he slept, profoundly insensible 10
he passage of time The second night
sped by, and just as the gray light of
Early dawn was lighting up the world he
woke. Confused by the light after his,
Ong sleep, although unaware that more
han one night had gone by during his
est, he stumbled about in uncertainty for
few minutes, until, ascending a small
lillock, he cast his eyes about and there
'eheiq his own home within few min
ties walk. In the darkness he had be.
.ome confused, and instead of going for
ward had constantly crossed his own
...,.t', t',','iJ iJi"s a.,
we can easily imagine with what eager
taste he crossed the dividing space. for in
us lonely condition the sight of a familiar
ace seemed an oasis in the desert of lifa
md great was his surprise al his fsia-s..-i
hlldren greeting hlnl rs returned from
he grave, for his protracted stay had
made Them fear that the lightning had
truck him in his lonely path, and search
lad been ut once instituted, but without
my result, as they had not thought to
earch the adjacent corn-field. All hope
vas departing from them when he re
urned. -tL