The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-28


The village of LordyiIle, Just across
the river in Equinunk, this county, in
Delaware County, N. Y, was the scene of
a thrilling incident last Tuesday A man
named Royal Adams was visiting his
father in that village, with his wife and
little boy, aged five years. Monday
morning ne went out fishing with his ia
SO missed his little boy, whom he had
left behind. His wife had already missed
the boy, but supposed he was in company
with MS father and grandfather. A
neighbours house was visited, where it
was learned that the child had been seen
crossing a field toward the woods, which
are very dense and cover large area of
the surrounding country. So close is the
forest that it still affords protection to
many species of wild beasts, among them
the catamount and black bear. The
father of the child, expecting to find him
near by, went to the woods, but after an
extended search failed to find any trace
of him. He returned to the village,
where the alarm became general, as once
before half-grown boy had been lost in
these woods and never found, the suppo-
sition being that he was devoured by
beasts. The whole village turned out in
search of the child. The hunt was kept
up all day Monday and all night Monday
night. During the night the most vio-
lent storm of rain and wind ever known
in that vicinity broke over the woods
The thunder and lightning were terrific,
and the wind perfect gale Tree after
tree was blown down in the woods, and
lightning struck on every hand. There
were several narrow escapes from falling
trees and branches, butin spite of this and
the terror born of the phenomena of the
storm the search for the lost child was
not interrupted. 1t was the opinion of a
majority of the party that the search
would be fruitless, for it seemed that the
child must have long since fallen a victim
to some one of the many perils of the
night.
About sunrise yesterday morning Mr..
Adams, the father of the missing boy,
was prosecuting the search with a com
panion high up on the mountain, two
miles from Lordville. He had given up
the hunt as hopeless, and was nearly dis
tracted. They sal down by the side of
a stump, and were discussing what had
best be done, when they we're startled by
a voice calling out family; Halo, pa
pa" They jumped to their feet and in
the hollow of the stump crouched the
missing boy. The next moment he was
hanging about his fathers neck, and they
were both almost crazed with Joy. The
little fellow said he had gone to the
woods to pick flowers. He had wandered
about all day Monday trying to find his
way back home and calling fol his papa.
At night he crawled, frightened and al
most dead with fatigue, into the stump
in which he had been found He kept
calling for bis papa, but a big dog, he
said, came up the stump, and, growing
at him, frightened HIM into silence
This was beyond doubt a bear, as was
plainly indicated by the tracks discov-
cred. The boys flesh and clothes were
badly torn and lacerated. Within dis
lance of 100 feet three large trees were
! blown down and one struck by lightning
Broken branches lay all about where the
| boy was found. He says he heard strange
noises all night and was so filled with
terror that he could not sleep. The boy
is Frustrated with a nervous fever and
he is stiff and sore, but no serious conse.
quences are anticipated. HOneSddle
(P0.) Cor. N Y World,