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;o, wo two mi no annoy •Jnlvr* o find Vcm* 0 tliolior to whyoftglo, tl owlir and don11‘ manIk, roevery t was arirnimliml [Hi rad rohoi rprjrt-irran.\i tin*; boro ;0ud ” era lie lived iihoraI havejrsen-it ol 11 rform , Kalis-I ovcit thenlt;n andof the-ThatiU'ovb lio lategoing and draw up Iho ploilgc,Klyria, March 17. It X) MKHoi?viLr,i3.I3ARLY INCIDENTS — No* 28.»Y AN OliD 1IL*KTKU«Mr, Bcnoiil Adnma, ouo of the old pioneers or UHa county, moved into what ia now Columbia in 1807. Ho wathe first mail carrier bolwoon Olovoland and Detroit, and in n chat with hia broth or oil early reiucniBconcoa ho gave mo Iho following information which I will relate in BubHtniuwas nearly as I can romombor: In iho tfall of ISOS.iHononi’s father, thou living in Connoeti-ctil, vocoivod ft lot I or from his son staling thiil ho hail made n contract with tho Government lo curry the mail from CIovoIiiikI to Detroit on foot, for $20 nmonih, and ltint his ron la was to ex to mlttlong tho south shore of Lnlco Krio, that Ito had commenced ntul found thnl some part o( tim wr.y there was no trail mul that ho was obliged to keep in sight of the lake, Unit on aomo pnrts of his route tho distunco between tho hoUIo-ments was groat or than could bo gone over in on© day's travel. A few months after his fat her received another letter in which ho vela led homo of his hard-ship*, stating that in on© of Ids trips he was obliged to wnclo through a deep /mow, and that near Toledo ho got swmnped and had to stop over night in a snow drift, ilo cut some liranchesnarywillA1'!mi r i 20ri0lt;!tult;mut topouA[forAcentT'8 ConlingCi.cuntIllt; •ft.8Finor.Abcvlin :s‘ ad-samo is ecm-ilmsolf icods a* haveWoos-:d ihir-:lcd byiburgh, cin per-'roil tor :o thanSir:—conun-ightborPome-' How* 0001110 ided tofrom a homlock and placed them «n the snow nlid lay down with his face down-ward, and aside from having his foot slightly frost bitten ho escaped unhurt.During tho time tho lake was frozen ho cut his distance short by I ravel mg on tho ieo. One thno, near Detroit ho stopped Into an air hole and went into the take with the mail bag on Ids back, ilo mado out to throw the liiiiil on to the ice, and then began a struggle for life, and at otic time hud given himself up for lost but after a desperate el-fori he succeeded in gelling out on tho ice again. Tho weatlior was severely cold, ho pressed tho water out of his dollies as welt as ho eouhl and slnriod on double quick for Detroit, Ilo had gone but a short dittanco until his clothes began to freeze as solid tun coat of imiil ami ho found himself actually chilling to death. Tho sliif frozen clothes impeded his progress, but lu finally reached his dontination without any limber damage Hum to bo greatly fatigued. Had he been obliged to be ten minutes longer on the way, he could not possibly have saved his life. ASI this ho had to endure for $20 a month and board himself. Ilo died in Co]urn bin in September. 1870, aged OS vev.ru.K«gCorVZU I20Cor«Icen1Ohcor18ftl111 ivAVON.Kjmtob Constitution:—Thnt wheel-pot{at1tonS3
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Elyria Constitution
Elyria, Ohio, US
Thu, Mar 22, 1877
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