Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1874 — Heroic Women. [ARTICLE]

Heroic Women.

The London Timet mentions' that two remarkable cases of courage and presence of mind on the part of girls have recently been brought before the Royal Humane Society. The first case was that of Miss Olivia Georgians E. Maude. She saved the life of a girl Darned Adcle Greaven, who sank while bathing while at Sea Point Monktowns, under the following circumstances; Miss Maude and her sister, who had themselves been bathing, were dressed and sitting on the rocks watching the other bathers, when their attention was aroused by an alarming outcry—a girl had disappeared in deep water. No assistance- was at hand, no boat or ropes, and even the usual attendants were absent or otherwise engaged. The child soon rose to the surface, but, unable to swim, sank again She rose a second time, and the bystanders and bathing women, thoroughly alarmed and crying for assistance, we«s shocked at perceiving that the child’s bathing dress had got over her face and head, and that her arms were entangled in it. At this moment Miss Maude leaped into the deep water, dressed as she was, without even taking time to remove her watch, caught the child as she was disappearing the third time and took her afely to shore. The other case was that of Miss Marry Kerridge, who saved a lad of fifteen, named Stewart, who sank while bathing at Wentworth, New South Wales. The boy had gone with a companion to bathe in the River Darling, and was carried by a strong, current into deep water. Neither he or his companion could swim, and he cried loudly for help. Miss Kerridge was about one hundred, yards off, ana, hearing the boy’s cries, ran as fast as she could to the spot, plunged into the river with all her clothes on, and caught the laid as he rose the third time. After considerable difficulty, owing to the rapidity of the current, having only one hand at liberty, and her efforts being impeded by the weight of her clothes, she ultimately succeeded in placing the lad in safety. The Royal Humane Society bestowed medals for saving life, with suitable testimonials, on each of the young ladies. -.* ■ a Speaking of saints, Beecher said in a recent sermon: “My ideal of a'iaint is a brown woman, with red arms, who gets up early in the morning and goes to work for others—who stands the brunt of household work, and who bears with children that she did not bear. That is my saint. Rather a busy, bustling saint, but she is a saint People say of her, ‘What a homely, good creature she'is.’ To my mind that is more complimentary than {p have the Pop* put her in the calendar.” )