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‘•Truth SritANOBii than Fiction-”—From occurrences in every-day life, wo arc constantly icnmidud of the Iruth of the above quotation, mid seldom more forcible limn the following i act do lit: Sometime ilurinlt;* thelate civil war, Uitilianl Crone, a son of Goo, Crone, iked., residing near Sliirleysbur-r, this county, was drafted ami entered the service of iiis country. - Sometime thereafter lie was reported'as among ihtf missing •and it was supposed he luui been captured by rebels, and had died. In the me an Lime his father hud died and Ids mother had applied for a pension vvtiieli she supposed she was entitled t«, when wlmt was her surprise at receiving a letterpurporting to be from her long lost, son. In bis letter he stated that ha had been captured, by Hie Indians soon nlW Hie close nfUio varj and had been wandering about over , since, and bad just effected his escape, and was nowitf. Chicago, in very destitute circumstances. His motiior has forwarded him money to convoy him home, where bis return is looked for daily.Wo do not vouch for the truth of Uie nboni,but give it just as it was given us by a reliablecitir.en or that township, but .will say strangerthings have happened. Wo wait, for furtherdovclopmonts.—Orbit data Leader. » ■-
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Huntingdon Journal
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Apr 14, 1876
Page 3
Full Page
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Massillon P.
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