Andover, Massachusetts, USA
1857 - Watched People Search for Her
The Andover Mass. Advertiser tells a story of a woman belonging to that town, who had a falling out with her husband, and threatened to drown herself in the 'great pond.' Her husband was not at first alarmed, but at length she disappeared; soon her bonnet and shawl were discovered at the water's edge, the alarm spread throughout the neighborhood; diligent search was initiated. Several persons were engaged in dragging the pond, grappling irons were brought into requisition, but to no purpose. All efforts, however, proved abortive, and the anxious ones were about to give up in despair, when lo and behold, the lost one appeared, safe and sound. She had been seated in a thicket overlooking the whole affair, and congratulated herself on having come it over them. She richly deserved a ducking, the jade.
New-Hampshire Patriot
New Hampshire
August 19, 1857
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