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Show a uov imm xeii. JAu .lairing luddrnt io Klrh . . tlotintr. I iCorrttiKiDtKocect toe Dcitrvt Scs.i ! A sad case of drowning occurred near this place on last FiiJay," wherein Franklin Corlcss, a bright boy of 11 years, sou pf ;,u aoj saran tcrit?, w?s tho Vlcllln. J'he j circumstauvca are as fttiloWsi JTUe I boy v,-as very anxious t6 go to Bear rtlver fishing, imtiat about two I ini!ej. 1i mother being afraid to !,StIlim go alone concluded Uiat she and Frances, Frank's sister, aged thirteen years, would go with him and have a gcod day out ttyiitij! and picking wiH rnVrautj. Theyl bad Utteh 'jrLikVl to the rlvcrbcfore 1 rotlier Corless uid not go. as he j wanted to get his hay rack fixed up I for haj-Iug. j After atrllB l. iK river thev were trot bug in .atehing wl'at AJ they vaite., Vi suirted Jor the t ??Ah lcU about one hundred yards away. Sister Uorleta told b rank to come aiong ashesccnied J0"' l? lve the rlvtr. iie thick his fish pole In the bank aud started to follow, but did not go Ur before I'C flipped lack and uudred foi-n , oath. He could not ewinl. Ills mother and sister l-lc? now la the currant lirmh ("ouhl not fee him, but kcptc-alling t hlci to liurrv ui lie wouli answer l-c' that he ; woqM ?ron Come. Tliey called I airaiii but got no answer. Kran.--5 I rau back to fee what h "?:as doing. I I She lound hf Rothes lying oa the ; I fau-I Ij'ti cchld not find hjpi. ?,lii' rin part way hick and tolCt t-r i mother that Fraiik !. jiue in smunuing niHi iaai sue cou IU not find him. Ulster Corh-vt ran lack j tW inew at a glance that her boy , w-as iu the big liole. j Frautic with grief she rushed for the waler, thinking she rMki finil him. In all proli.l!Itj- she would I have bevu tlTvned had not Fran-lies Fran-lies agiit her by the dies?, and held ' .ier back, as the water was from j eight to twelve feet deeji. She now j realized her perilous position, and I moved lek from the river. Hlie i Uh.ii starteii Frances home to tell Jtfolher Curies. No pen can u'c-I u'c-I scrii her feelings as she ran tipami I down the rivtr bank oIjot, callllij ' for her boy. As oot ns Frances I got home ail tuid the ssd tale, the lather nauiited his hersnand went ( ( to the river as Ir.t as h4 torfe ccul.i I cany him. I Ae soob a? ;Su)ie UMioji Mc-Klnion Mc-Klnion .aU from lo to 26 men aud tfjs. went to the river ta n-nderali the .Ossi-tauce they could in trying to Cud the body. Overall hour was liit in trying to find iiiin with iwles. raki, etc-, on a raft, but to no puriose. Itrotlier William Ilex pns in me water over an Hour Hiving, Hiv-ing, but couH not flntl him, as the j heie is so large, being the whole ; width of Uietivt-r and nt-outita feet in length. I A horse ha- rake was got and I drawn La.-k ai! forth with long j ropes acrcsg the river. The seventh ; time brought the Iwdj- up, after being be-ing iu the wafer nearly live hears. The funeral sirvices were held in the meeting-house Kuuilay afternoon. after-noon. The house was lilted and tjuitea iiumlier could not get In. Sympathising friends came from far and near to paj- their la't ri-sects ri-sects to the deported. Brother and Sister Coriess wbh to express their heartfelt th.v.iks ti all wiioso kindly he!vd them in their sndafliiction. J.s:. IUmmLi!!, Aug. J, 1S. |