Year: 1871

The Detroit Fsee Pres of the


20 uh.. describes an adventure bv
la German, named Henry 0sster,
lof Nankin township. who was


hunting missing cow. and got
Imired ina piece of marshy ground.
The narrative continues:


"To. his right, about ten feet


AWAY, was a knoll of solid ground,
ion which grew a thorn appIe-trpe,
lone of the limbs extended almost
lover tie mans head, and about
Hour feet beyond the reach Of HIS


arms Thinking that if he could
lget possession of his gun be might


secure the limb, 0sster took off
his suspenders, tied them together


and made moose on one end, and


after careful and tedious work las


seed the rifle and dragged it TO


him. This was after he had been
in the mire nearly two hours, and
quite while after dark. He was
induced to believe that he had not


sunk any for the last half hour.


but the extra weight of the gun


as he held it up sunk him nearly


to his hips in q moment, and he.
quickly laid it down. e...


"Lttls tufts Of grass; growing


up from spots Of SOLID ground not


much larger than bis hard, were


all aroundithe man; but the mo-
ment he took hold of them It would
pull away, having no real s6p.
port, Osster had a pipe with him
and he go. this from bis coat aad
twisted off the German-silver ring
around the stem. The ring he
broke between his teeth, bent it up
like a hook, and then fastened it
to his suspenders, determined to
make an effort to reach the limb.
Time after time he made the throw.
but the hook failed to catch, or
slipped off, or bent out strait, and :
at ten o'clock at night the victim
was up to his hips and slowly set
ting Placing his coat and vest.
on either side, he pushed them
down with his hands. and in this :
way kept his body from settling
as fast as he otherwise would. He
ceased to shout, knowing be could.
not expect help before another day


Gas Osster did not return aE
dark, Starks feared that he might
have shot himself, or met with
some other accident, and walked
a mile or SO in the direction from
which the man was expected, and
stopped within half mile OF
where he agreed to make a fIrtheg
search in the morning, and when
the time came, go with him
They took a direction quite, dis
tant from where OSster was to be
found, and, to be brief, searched
the woods until nearly noon, and
then determined to go to the ham
let and see if Osster had been
there. In coming oat of. the
woods they passed within forty
rods of OSster, and were nearly
half a mile away when one of
them fred a shot at a squirrel on
The fence. All night long Osster
had been slowly sinking, md when
The sun marked noon he was up to
his shoulders in the mire. Izear.
ing the shot, he put forth all his
vocal strength into one grand
shout, followed by another, and
his voice was heard and recognized.
Even after his friends were within
fifty feet of him, he had to shout
10 guide them, as his head was be-
low grass. Itis needless to say
that they instantly set about the
work Of rescuing him. Logs and
brush were piled in the swamp an
I'll they could reach him. Find.
ing That they could not pull him.
out by the arms, the mire was
scooped away from his body, and
he was literally priedout by lever
inserted under his feet. "