Sharp County record., 1879-10-16
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$ xiogora Canyon Adventure.

ead saturday is half holiday at De hot Ned.S AUX
wb oIiece. Niagara, and unless ToS :S,,mJs mIs
wer % onsST Tmisbehaved he can 90 off bounds
j% os really iil Iav 1t is greatly enjoyed in
d ',l7 ina. u',' r. the Falls and the romantic
NJ M t'a xcuislOm ,,rd the river. One Saturday
,ia5 "a, 9o1s = seors aoo (writes former student
n " lree t"iIor9) was master OF the day,
,rn., r%c lac on t6e report of absent ones was
Iu% rIn'. nu vi va 70 me at the supper table L
fn% oticed the names Of three OF the SiIiSl,- lTS
Wog5 lirg (. o'lee hevs Kelley, Park and Very They
't'% ta ~ I'm bows, all three Of them, and
~ .eio 81 :" nv table. l asked the boys near
dral 10 a ~ y wbetber a. they knew any thing about
fNd le W. not Ii was thought they had
,ia Gup len' an down the road towards the Devils
o; %iT Vno ~, Supper was over and they dld
90 lv'. !. onnpar, The boys marched into
he he 4 vsning e p school, and three OF the Larger
II 6r = oys Mere just starting to hunt the
nd \ ,;sss;nc ones when two Of them came H.
Iu SI nSL nd Very. Parks clothes were
PIel o., q. = and muddy. Very had horrible
. 'ah;nc ia e, bruised black and blue,
u lo9i ,oHS u re2v bloody. They were so tired
Il u @ ~ ~ friohtened that neither of them
me oi nu u,a cav a word. "Where is Kelley?
~ lr'Is a Where is Kelley?" This only MADE
ON anoD ul ,em the more excited. 1t was only Oy
eaGns srrees aSr that we found out that they had
Vi d o5a down to the river near the Devils
) p el tole IJ to play and to hunt fossils, and
A. trOE bat h Al the suggestion of Kelley they
% Vt a~I aJ undertaken to return by the river
10 ionS Ir the rocks to the Whirlpool
u 5Sqya III fairs airs They got along well at
Il I,lT lia ret. ret Then it grew dark ker. After
ia"' ] number of serious falls down
u- be rocks. and eager crawling up, again,
eS' e how came upon the Ladders. They did
r nG S a. of ' know whittier this would lead them;
o ollchl int SO reioiced were they to get little
rom M q ligher that they clutched the rotten
.nu lonnds up, up, up, and then the roots OF
'enh be trees. still higher and higher, not
TeH airing to look back, and with hearts full
; l0' f ioy they at length recognized the
'ouTA voosds and the level land. They could
S9at ot rejoice in their own escape without
nd d linking of poor Kelley. Then they
lie at we'd over all they had gone through the
a Stnl wo on three hours before Without
IT, 50 lelley they feared at first to 90 back to
candle )eVeaux, but the dark night and their
1oItu ruises hurried them along.
then f" But where is Kelley?"
llen "I don't know! don't knoW!"
they hev both cried. Here came a sobbing
Z, CIFOjeriod
the "He went down."
alce "Into the water?"
BY "Idon't know. We could not see
walnut lim.r
intoF "Was it very steep? Did he go into
3loE- he rNer?n
dertu sYes-I don't know"
not This was all we could learn about poor
Kelley. The larger boys then started
ld with lantern and horn, and were to 90
1U an dong the top Of the bank blowing the
peer horn and swinging the lantern to give
5. Ohe boy some encouragement in case he
throw should see the light, or the roaring river
ow, should allow him to hear the horn.
le dThe HIGHT was too black to attempt n
would descent at either of the three places men
ask toned.
Id M At 10 o'clock the three large boys re-
'emtmrned, but without q clew. At II
o'clock the clouds broke, the moon came
vas "up, and it was almost like daylight. The
per President, who had returned from Buff
the tfalo, gave orders to have the upper
, and school turned out to scOur the rocks,
lefUrthe boys in the two lower dormitOries to
ize hremain in bed. The hunting party was
rtnG divided into three squads, each under
rOtthe command of a master. One squad
er waste descend the rocks by the Whirl-
hat tp0ol, another at the Ladders, and the
n d other at the Devils Hole. They started
II, off rather hopefully under the bright
ne Vsky. With each party was some re-
freshments for the lost boy, chicken and
the a little brandy. The Devils Hole party
rs CD took a wagon down the road with lit
lmb ter, mattress and blankets.
with The ladder squad was the successful
siG one. Within few feet of the loud and
the terrible river, under the shadow of an
He'd immense rock, they found Kelley, who,
he when night set in, had buttoned his coat
Il tightly, coiled himself up, and, taking
md things calmly, had gone to sleep. The
gil note OF the bugler awoke him as from a
VIM dream. With happy smile he met the
boil master and the bugler. With hearty
aThank you," he took the chicken and
I'm, with it little brandy, and was then able
yEl- % scramble up the rocks, climb the lad
Amg ders and walk to DeVeaux. He was not
gl hurt at all. 1t appeared that he had
5ph shpped on treacherous shale bed and,
bdr legs foremost, had slid down for 70 feet,
,ao landing at the bottom with scarcely
Ia bruise.
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n "A farmers wife writes: | saw