The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-17
LOST IN THE WOODS.
The Three Year old Child Of Editor G
w. Burns Lost in the Woods Sun
day Not Found tIj Monday,

Sunday towards evening the news
was brought to this place that little
Marlin Burns. the thrce-ycar-old
son OF Editor &. ". Burns, of the
State Collegc Times, was lost and
was in the woods ncarthc Red bridge
or the camp meeting grove. John
Bowersox, Il travelling salesman, an
uncle of the lost child, took Marlin
Burns, Ruth Bowcrsox and an other
child to the woods for little outing
Sunday afternoon. They went up
to Sylvester Bowcn's place and went
out in the woods there. Mr.. Bow
ersox began to read Il book and tie
children were gathering flowers and
playing. upon looking for the chill
drcn, he discovered that Marlin was
missing. The other two children
did not know where he was. \
search was immrlatclr instituted
and not finding the child in an hour,
the alarm was sent To PaXtOnvillc
AID to this place and in a short while
the woods was ovcr-run with at least
! 200 people, \ systematic search
was made but without avail. The
mother of the lost child was grief
stricken in this place while the faith
er was in Sclinsgrovc bcd-tast with
consumption. Thcsurrounding- were
pitiablc, but the situation found Il
ready response by 4 large number OF
people anxious to relieve the ma
ternal and the paternal strain. All
through the search no one was more
devoted than John Bowersox, who
more than any one else felt the aw-
ful strain OF responsibility resting
upon his shoulders. At midnight
all of the searchers but about ten
LETT the woods for home Il much dis
appointed Sc. of fellows. The ten
were stationed at different intervals
through the woods for the purpose
of hearing the chl!d cry il 1t should
get awake during the night. The
might passed, the dawn camcand went
and no news came Ia cheer the brok-
en- hearts. The suspense wa ag-
gravatcd and the interest itcnsiiied.
Full y two hundred people wcnded
their way to the woods early Mon
day morning and were carefully or
ganized and one grand and noble
phaIanx lined up for the fray and
marched up the mountain side 50
that no vcstigc OF ground could be
missed. Other searching parties
started at different places, and no
success having come for such a long
time, it was pretty generally bcliev-
ed that the child was kidnapped and
would be held for ransom. Bv
ten o'clock fully three hundred pco-
pie were on the ground. The shoe
factory employees were told the fac
tory would not run SO that all could
90 to the woods to hclp the search.
About ten o'clock the good news
heralded down the mountain side
that the boy had been found. The
little fellow had gone about three
miles from his companions and
becoming weary lay down to sleep
and evidently was not awakened un-
til disturbed by the whistles of the
searching party. lie was sleeping
behind a log and getting up was
spied. The little fellow was thirsty
and hungry, but was happy and
laughing when found. When the
news of the finding reached John
3owersox's ears, the nervous strain
which had sustained him for the en-
tire time, now relaxed and he fell to
the ground in a swoon. He was
cared for and taken home a very
sick man. The affair caused more
public excitement and public inter-
est than any other that has occurred
in this vicinity for many years.