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^ LomI 17hUd. #Or* the 14th*of December,* little boy, named Alonzo Adelftut^hree and * Mf yeat* old, the son of WiHiam*WfcfcElroy^f Napanock, Ulster, County, N. Y., is supposed to’ hnv« been taken away by a stranger who passed through the village on that day. Tie was a good tolling -man with fhll face, wearing a*black hat a*d a dark colored cloak—driving a fine pair of largt boy horses before a spring wagon, with lumber lox, painted dark green or blue, having a box ressdbling a drygoods or hat box, in the back part of bis»wagon. He bad been traced thveugh Ulster van counties toWalton, in Dg^vare county, aid was last seen near1 Greene in Cneiuutf o county, on Friday, the 17th of Decemfer^iavflg a childwith him all the way, and not Jiaving stopped at any house in thewhole distance. The little bey • very intelligent, and telk Ms name without any hegtatiot*. He has a scar about the size and length el* pin on the upper part of his iorehsad, runningiirom the bnir m the direction 4$ his nose. HsMore thiek hunts, check flannel coat and tr6wsers,dar)r plaid calico apron, buttoned on A shoulders, tnd a black cloth cap., * ‘ : ~-The father is a young mechanic of good character, hot P^L He^Unow in pursuit of his child, in companylMn two or three friend^ and has offered a reward of $100 for hia recovery. Having thus for exhausted hia own means in necessary expenses he has applied to the Governor fyr relief; and appeals to the sympathy and assists** of a generous public. jPublishers of newspapers in thf western port of this State and* in Pennsylvania, wfl confer a great fevor on the afflicted parents by csfyrng this arbde, and any information that may kadto the diseovary ‘of the child will be thankfully receivd by the fiuber. Napa nock. Dec. 20,1847.
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Litchfield Republican
Litchfield, Connecticut, US
Thu, Jan 13, 1848
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