| Show HAVE SAVED MANY LIVES nl aroi i rd r d t f ci vim wool ivd 1 anilia A gailans fall mild and hunt be here is a record ct of life saving probably without p arallen in the world an and d it Is also ANO Tiro probably bably without parallel in the meaner new of th the reward received ib it Is the record made by the wood family of poughkeepsie ke epsie IT Y a consisting of a f father ami and four song sons captain isaac H wood and his boya boy have lave saved eared at least 11 ll person persons from dro alron nang ing one of that number a wealthy citizen offered the captala a dollar which was declined with thanks A poor german laborer a after his rescue insisted isted on ot handing over H ten dollar gold piece theophers the other otherS people went homi lome pill ou dry clothes and 1 most n 0 st of them dodged their sav adlore lore ilka like a lot of fraudulent deniu deb naturally t the be people ol 01 are very proud of the wood family and somo some time ao ago they alic raised a handsome fund by so ave 1 ivagola gold medals set willi diamonds were purchased and presented to captain isaac IM ic and his sons eons ednard A JI it george li 13 and almarr talk ing recently of his career the captain wha who Is now seventy yeara years old taid said I 1 Ilia have not touched spirituous or malt liquors in twenty fire years I 1 did drink some at one time but never to excess and when I 1 drank I 1 did not try to make life a burden to other people I 1 kept a gallou at one time but concluded I 1 did not care to live through other peoples misfortunes and I 1 quit the business I 1 could bare made the old exchange hotel pay if I 1 hid had run a 1 bar a r A hotel on the river front haa has very little ittle show without a bar well 1 I just concluded im I 1 would cold rather work hard for a living than owe any easa ease and comfort rt to profits on rum my boys have never ne er tasted liquor beer wine or even elder cider li it their lives not one atie of them 11 inward is employed in the poughkeepsie le bosto postoffice tee office 1 rodman succeeded his father tether in the city ex express preast business georgo george li 14 a wb wheelman eelman on the steamer william J F homer of the kontout line abarr manages hla fat fathers tiers rowboat business in n summer captain woods wife is living and heiah he has a married daughter residing la in hoboken Ho Ilo bolen N J i |
