The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

We hear from Sanford, in the county of York ; that on Wednesday the 8th inst. as two young children, sons of Dr. ABIEL HALL, were playing near a well, the youngest of them, about three years of age, leaning against the curb of a well, the upper board of which was nailed on the inside, it gave way, and the child pitched in and fell twenty-three feet, when his head struck the water into which he plunged, and immediately rising received instantaneous assistance ; Capt. Ebenezer HALL descending into the well, by the pole, seized the child, before it could sink again, and taking it into his arms was drawn up and restored him to his distressed mother ; the child having not received the least bruise or wound. The well was less than two feet in diameter and stoned to the bottom. The parents and friends of the child sensible of the goodness of divine providence on this occasion, desire its publication.
Providence desires that this remarkable preservation may be made public. Let this serve as a caution to all persons to see that the curbs of their wells be properly secured.