Show In the Water Tomb On Wednesday evening n fearful fatality fatal-ity occurred iu this city Thirteen is by many considered an unlucky number It certainly is a fatal number never to be forgotten in the family of Henry C Tavey one of cur leading citizens and best business men His little nineyear old boy Cecil had gone swimming or bathing in John A Josts pond on the corner of Second and Spring streets A crowd of boys were along After they had go e through their natatory and lavatory sports they departed Young Tavey having forgotten his bathing suit returned and being anxious to rejoin his comrades scurried along the slippery plank walk on the edge of the pond when he made a misstep and went down into the watery tomb Mr Hopkins tho carpenter and II Belknap the county collector were soon on the spot to rescue the unfortunate lad but too late They secured the body Drs Condon and Allen labored over an hour with all the surgical skill available but tho spark of life the heaving of breath had vanish dd never to return into that mortal day To describe the heartrending grief of father and mother is impossible Let us drop our tear of sympathy on the bier I |