Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09

La Thsr.d>y Dossiag. Avs nils
bshsv Chesees. % ths Illioeis sAsso a
~ Mississippi River. ss.A ei.ay nilsa
bs1ou 81 LOaia. . boy ahsss ssvsn
ysess a go vss 1sasd ID - Eivss,
0as1ing o. TIE traak al . haes eoe1oa-
vssd Tree. and iroa ~ evSdsses -
taiaabls q psesrst ID sppears ess1aia
tkae Tie LITTLE fellow had bssa n thin
pesitioa Eve or six days vithous Seod.
Two fasn hands. Hsasy Schslts nd
yes Marcy. sho are s0Plcysd o. u
1as0 al J0hn Kkin0n1es, Oose erussing
~ siver in . skzG. vhen they noticed
~ trunk a . tree Aosaiag in ths vsAss
snA soosthine lying o. ths top a L.
Tb<ir curiosity vss exeitsd ssd tAsy
palDed NJ 10 the tree. which vas aboal
e. haadred fess long. end vese -
esoishsd 1t ksdiag that the object -
. yosag boy. Tks lisfls fellow vsy y.
iag in . Kind a hollow vhich had
loGnsd in The trank. He vas uncoa-
ssiess and in . high staAe al Sssss.
Vails his vsstel form and enacisasd
eppss.noe bespoke long shssineoes
from food The too men lifted hin,
into the skif, roved sshore and carried
hin 10 Kleinmstesis farmhouse, and
medical azsistAncs was called In.
uxADlB TO TEL HE sroaT.
The boy reoainsd for tvesty-four
hours in . constose c0ndition, bot yes
tsraay he began 20 give signs Of con-
scioususa. Snmulants we're continu-
ally given him, and be drank % greed
edly Of beef tes that the physicians had
to moderate the Quantities Slowly
and gradually his pulse began to beat
ct the reasoned vigor, and snder the
careful treatment and nursing he raj.
lied considerably last evening, 20 that
the doctors are nov sanguine Of his ul'
innate recovery. He 10 still unable to
converse. 80 that it il not known who
he is or where he comes from, or how
lie came into such . perilOus position.
WHERE DID HE CONE FROM?
The presumption il that the boy
must have drifted ON the trunk from
some point near the mouth of the Mis-.
souri, River, venturing upon the trunk
while it was lying close to the banks,
and by some means il became detached
and was carried down the stream by the
current. The trunk fortunately was
admirably fitted for q resting place. as
it WAS gnarled and hollow centres were
formed in it. Had it not been so he
must invariably have met with watery
grave.
WHY HE WAS NOT SOONER SEEN?
One of the St. Louis bridge watch
men stated that on Wednesday night he
saw q dark object resembling tree
floating down the river, but, as the
nights are now dark, he did not per.
ceive the boy curled up on the top.
It is rather strange that no steam
boat pilot saw the boy. This.
however, can be accounted for by
the fact that navigation on the L 'wer
Mississippi has almost ceased owing to
the yellow fever. The officers of the
John 3. A.ude and the Belle Of Mem.
ihis, the last boats which came up the
river, account for their not seeing the
object on the theory that they probably
passed it during the night. and as there
is now no moon, floating objects are
not likely to be much noticed during
tho night hours, besides, the river is so
fnlt of floating trees that little notice is
taken or them. !
The little fellow must at least have
been on the trunk for five or six days,
drifting 100 miles, during which time
he, of course, had no sustenance.
The men who took him off the tree said
that in one place the bark appeared
gnawed. which would indicate that the
lad, to appease the pangs Of hunger,
actually nibbled and gpawed at the
tree.-N Y. Herald.