Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-26
Remarkable Escape, of Eminent Men.

Remarkable Escapes of Eminent Men.
Some years ago young man, hold
ing a subordinate position in the East
India Company's service, twice at
tempted to deprive himself of life by
swapping loaded pistol at his head.
Each time the pistol missed fire. \
friend entering his room shortly after
ward, he requested him to fire il out OF
the window; il then went off without
any difficulty. Satisfied thus that the
weapon had been duly primed and
loaded, the young man sprang up. ex-
claiming:
Il must be preserved for something
great and from that moment gave up
the idea of suicide. which, for some
time previous, had been uppermost in
his thoughts. That young man after
ward became Lord Give
Two brothers were on one occasion
walking together, when a violent storm
of thunder and lightning overlook
them. One was struck dead ON the
spot; the other was spared, else would
the name of the great reformer, Martin
Luther, have been unknown to man
kind.
Bacon, the--culptor, when tender
boy of five years old, fell into tfIe-pit
of sOap-boiler, and must have per-
ished, had not a workman, just enter
ing the yard, observed the top of his
head.
When Oliver Cromwell was an in
fant, a monkey snatched him from his
cradle, leaped with him from a garrett
window, and ran along the leads of the
house. The utmost alarm was excited
among the inmates, and various were
the devices used to rescue the child
from the guardianship of his newly
found protector. All were unavailing;
his wOuld-be rescuers had lost courage,
and were in despair of ever seeing the
baby alive again, when the monkey
quietly retraced its steps, and deposited
its burden safely on the bed. On a
subsequent occasion, the waters had
well-nigh quenched his Unsuitable am
bitiOn. He fell into deep pond, from
drowning in which clergyman named
johnson was the sole instrument of hi.
rescue.
At the siege of Leicester, a young
soldier, about seventeen years of age.
was drawn out for sentinel duty One
of his comrades was very anxious to
take his place. No objection was made,
and this man went. He was shot dead
while on guard. The young man first
drawn, afterward became the author of
the ''Pilgrim's Process
DOddridge, when born, was So weakly
an infant that he was believed to be
dead. \ nurse standing by, fancied
she saw some signs Of vitality. Thus
the feeble spark of life was saved from
being extinguished, and an eminent
author preserved to the world.
John Wesley when Il child. was only
just preserved from fire. Almost the
moment after he was rescued, the roof
of the house where he had been fell in. |
OF Philip Henry, similar instance is
recorded.
Many years have now elapsed since
three subalterns might have been seen
in the water off st. Helena;
one of them, peculiarly helpless, was
fast succumbing. lie was saved to live
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Welling-
ton.
The life of John Newton is but the |
history of marvellous deliveranceS. As
a youth he had agreed TO accompany |
some friends on board of a man-Of-war. |
He arrived too late; the boat i'm which |
his friends had gone was capsized and |
all its occupants drowned. On another
when tide-surveyor in the
port of Liverpool, some business had |
detained him, to the great surprise of |
hose who were in the habit of Observ-
ing his undertaking Hunctuality. He
went out in the boat, as heretofore. To
inspect a ship, which blew up before
ne reached her. Had he left the shore
/ few moments sooner, he must have
perished with the rest on board.