The Washington herald., 1909-05-02

Rochester. y y. May I-Edgar L
Brown. who was blown scrOss Lake on
tario in a recent big storm in a fat-bOJ-
tom punt. walked down the gangway of
( the car ferry boat Ontario AZ Charlotte
at ; o'clock a fen days later and vas
cheered by half the population Of the vii
lEge The famous boat was on the ferry
and was Immediately claimed by Michael
Burns. a farmer. who owns IT, A neigh
Dor offered 10 give Burns and the boat
/ lift home In HIS wagon.
Not on your life said Burns That
beat has q record now and II would be A
disgrace 10 it 10 put il on a wagon. In
going TO row 1t around 10 the pond to-
morrow"
Neither Brown nor the punt shows any
IN effects OF the weird experience BroEn
says he entered the boat IN Round Pond
about : O'Clock Monday morning He fell
asleep and when he swoke. half an hour
later. was nearly out Of sight Of land
From then until he landed on the Cana
dian coast. three and one-haf miles from
Grafton. about noon TUESDAY he was
mostly In the bottom OF the craft bailing
for his life with tomato can
His clothing was soaked n the trst
hour at sea. and was sOdden when he
landed He says the waves looked as tai
as church steeples-
Didn't Do Any Thinking.
What did I think of" echoed Brown.
when asked about his experience I
simply couldn't think Every faculty
seemed concentrated in that tomato can.
Il was only Almighty God that brought
me through. Man alone could not have
survived. I suffered from cold terribly
and the exercise OF bailing undoubtedly
prevented me from succumbing 70 ex.
posure-
I tried 20 use the oars. but saw Il was
impossible 70 make hesdway against t1e
wind. The only course open 10 ne was 20
20 with the wind and keep her afoat IN
81 was .iovn - the other shore
I alternately rOwed And bailed all day
Monday. Al night I stopped rowing and
bsiied all night About 10 O'Clock Tues
day morning I looked Up from bsiiing ana
saw the blue haze OF the Canadian shore
It was blowing a gale then. The wind
was southeast when ] started. but after
ward blew from the south. I got near
the land about noon
The boat was swamped sever I rods
/ from shore and g took my last ounce OF
strength 10 get her in and pull her ID on
the land. ] collapsed. but managed 20
hang onto the painter
Got Food az Farmhouse
When / got so I could walk I made ny
way 20 a farmhouse, where got food
and dry clothing I had eaten nothing
since supper Sunday evening
Brown rested q little while and then
! walked 10 Cobourg. He was too weak 20
finish the seven miles 10 his vife's house
I in Port Huron on foot and went BY train
! Mrs Brown had heard nothing about his
being blown out 10 sea. but MS first
/ thought was that she would have heard
/ II and he wanted 70 relieve her mind 4
/ letter announcing his supposed drowning
! reached her brother the night OF Br0zn's
arrival st Port Hope He was 8 hero in
I Port Hone. and the Canadian papers OF
the section were full Of the story OF the
/ sixty-lwO-Hile voyage across the lake
III get him and the boat good en-
gagement al shOwhouse n Rochester.
+ former Village Clerk John Keen proposed
I 20 Browns employer. ? J Riguey. when
F the hero vas being congratulated IN
{ Charlotte
There's a plov out on the farm that
( just fits Edgar" Mr Rigney said deci-
sively- Come on home Edgar"
Brown laughed and started fC- TIE
farm. He IS a self-posseEsed but modest
chap. thirty-seven years old HIS we'll
/ knit form Indicated the strength that car
/ ried him through the ordeal
Brown went 20 the place where he land
l ed. near Grafton. Friday night and 7owed
I the beat ten miles 10 Co5ourg 10 get i
( aboard the ferry.