Good old days

8 years ago

May 8, 1885

A slight shock of an earthquake last Saturday night.

Stella, 6-year old daughter of Mayor Perkins, glanced askance at eternity through water last Tuesday. In playing around a spring inadvertently left uncovered, she lost her balance and fell in, head downward. The casing of the spring is a barrel, projecting a few inches above ground, and her descent was stopped by one foot coming in contact with the rim. Little Charlie Ewart, another 6-year old, realized the danger in which his playmate was in and pulled her away from what would soon have been a watery grave.

Shearin...