Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-05-09
| oST IN THt, I DREST
AN INCIDENT IN TIL WIIDpp
NESS SIXTY YEARS AGO
II iI.LV 7FkATES THE DANGERS THAT
EEskT THE YOUTH Of OR
LOVED COUNTRY.

cue! was the cry which startled the !,
mates of Wesley Hulet's log cabin ona
morning in the early spring of 1920
The man who had SO excitedly m.
nounccd his errand had come from g..
lumbia, Lorain county, O., to Abl.,
willie, Medina county. His horse wa.
rocking with sweat; every moment wa,
precious, a few hurried sentences snf,
feed to tell tho story.
y little boy, 6 or years of age, han
left his home the previous morning =
60 to the sugar camp where his broth.
ors were boiling down sap. When the
brothers returned home at evening. an3
it was learned that he had not been +,
the sugar camp at all during the dav
there was 4 scene of sore distress and
wild excitement. Hickory torches were
soon atlame, and out into the night spel
fleet footed messengers to arouse the
neiEhbors, most Of whom were mile,
away. In an incredibly short time res
cue party was formed, and definite
plan of procedure adopted.
If any one should find the child.
signal gun was to be fired, three shot,
i'll quick succession If alive, two if dead
and those of the party within hearing
were to respond, each by a single shot,
thereby passing the news along TIL it
should reach the entire party Tho dense
forests were ut that time infested with
bears, wolves and wildcats, and the
treacherous wall Of the panther was
sometimes heard in the vicinity Of the
clearinss The lost child was poorly
clad. His jacket and trousers e coarse
homcspun We're old and patched, and
bis feet We're bare, for shoes. especially
fer children, were luxuries MT easily
attainabIe.
Hour after hour men and boys, with
the kindliness and courage which char
aeterizod the pioneers Of those TINES
carrying their loaded guns and followef
by their faithful dogs, made their way
through brush and brambe Up aua
down hills, crossing gullies and wadin.
| ice bordcred creeks, too full Of neigh
| borly sympathy and anxiety to take an
note of danger or fatigue. So passed ths
| night. Morning came, and the sigma
| gun had not been fired.
According to previous agreement, the
| mon gathered at the homo Of the ntar.y
distracted parents, partook If simple II
| frcshments, held "a brief consultation
sent 10 adjoining townships flr re-ea,
| forcements, and then, with even mora
intensity Of purpose, went forth 10 r.
| new tho search.
| Late in the afternoon. Is onr Of the
men WAS picking his way around fall
en- tree, be was halted LIZ plalntlye
cry, AMI the words. Mr. Warner, have
You anything to eat i'll your pocket;
Bang. Bang! Bang! Found and all}
ram, eut the blessed tidiuIs AZ on
from all quarters Were hoard the Al
swcrjng guns until the wl.' o.d forts'
was vocal with JOY.
Yes, the poor child, cold and huns.y
his little bare feet, limbs and han''
cruelty torn and swollen, was found an
alive.
No wonder his sister tainted als M
mother was so paralyzcd with loy '"-
she could neither move, speak nor "r'i
when he was tentterly brought to tAe'1
| Nor WAS it strange that, rs tha -
news flew from cabin 10 cabin thT HSa
out the settlement, Il prompted b9|
merrymaking and devout thanksgiving
Two generations ago! That htt.et7
if still living. is an cd man, The pAH'
torable anguish Of those who loved Mn
the neighborly sympathy And mex
efforts in his behalf are all q the pas
But have there been no lost cAl!d'-
in Columbia or elsewhere during LIZ
last 81 years? Boys and girls from o'11
than log cabin homes, who nave Wa"
derod out in their sweet sprlngHAe a.
found, whichever way they turned y
city or country, the alluremeHta IL VIZ,
the drinking customs Of society, ana q
ways and everywhere the open sa,oV'
Have not thousands and THOUSANDS
such been SO cruelty wounded ~N'
derud and discouraged that thty Ia
never found their way home: L
We see them every day, hungry
heart, deserted by friends, thtF
tunes wasted, characters scarce
hopes for time and eternity plAH',''
If every mother could but feeI :"
boy 5 danger; if every intelligent cue ,
and wise statesman would Dut ~ a |
heed the cry; The children Of the f'F'.
lie are being lost. Everybody TO tAe ).
cue!' how the torchlights OF ''O.
would fash through the wilderness
sin, not only for the rescue Of '01s0 ~
ready astray, but for the discover r.. :.
destruction of society's most de'"a
the rumshop. T., han
Then might the drink curse 10 ' +1
ished from our beloved land anu L,n
paths to happiness, usefulness ' .Ha rrJ
be made safe and pleasant Tor '"' -
feet 9Th and
God give US men good enouS" aa '
brave enough to say by word and de ,..-
The children shall not be '0''
Union Signal.