Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-02

and / was happy man within | found
her and two of our little ones, terribly
wet and frightened, but unhurt.
"But where was the baby?
81 called the names Of the other chill
dren, as we ran frantically here and
there to find some trace of them. Eel-
lie, the eldest, came running from the
orchard with the baby in her arms. She
said she had picked him up from the
wet ground where he was lying, and he
had not even cried. She had found her.
self there, but that was oil she knew
about it; indeed, none of us could give
an account of our wandeaings after we
left the cellar door.
"Soon we heard the boys voices, and
found that they were in the cellar; the
cyclone in lifting the body of the house
had taken up q part of the foundation
(Which was of large stones laid in
cement), and then dropped it. The
floor came down little askew, and a
stove, organ, and heavy desk had
slidden off into the cellar.
''In some way or other the boys
reached the cellar, too, probably before
the floor fell, for the flooring made a
protection over their heads. They came
out safe and sound, though it was diff
cult to set them free.
SIT seems that my wife had found her.
self on the ground, and by the flashes
of lightning had seen Charlie standing
not far from her. AS the wind was
blowinga gale, she called to him to lie
down fiat on the ground; but the next
time tbs lightning came she could not
see him, and supposed the wind must
have swept him off his feet into the
we'll. Providentially, / was there to
rescue him.
"Well, we found ourselves all safe
and unhurt-except a few slight bruises
not worth mentioning, after what we
had been through-and you can under.
stand that we were not only very
happy family, but that we were very
thankful family, too.
"Our home was scattered along on the
prairie for a mile or more; there wasn't
enough left of it to make large hen
house. The barn was gone, also; but
to our surprise, there stood the thirty
head of cattle tied to the stanchons
(only one of them so injured that it had
to be killed., and my two horses were
unframed.
''The big wagon was in the yard, and
had in some way escaped destruction
so we hitched up the horses and started
to find shelter.
"Our clothing was rather the worse
for wear, but we did not stop to think
about trifes. We could see the terrible
work of the cyclone as we rode along
trees twisted off or torn up by the roots
and buildings demolished. The rail-
had come down in such torrents tina
next day the trees and fences looked al
il there had been a high tide, the leaves
and straw which chung to them foot O
more above the ground showing at VIVA
height the water had stood.
you remember how much damag,
the cyclone did in Grinnell, and if you
could have seen the sight we looked
upon as we rode into the city, you woul'
realize as never before what an appalling
thing cyclone is.
1--WE were well taken care OF, an,
after awhile / even ventured to bull,
again; but my garden was gone, m
orchard was ruined, and there was con
slant dread whenever there was clou
in the sky, and at length my wife and
concluded we couldn't bear to stay an
longer. We came East again, and her
we mean to remain.
: "Such having been our experience, n
one can blame us for not wishing to re
peat it. Certainly we could not hope t
be as fortunate another time. IN
Louise Ford, in ST. Nicholas