Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-10-31

have orders for family coai.' we al
ways send down married man with
every car of that kind, to let them
kuow."
oval now, du TELL" uttered the
eastern man.
The more The Yankee looked at Il
apparatus, the more did he become con.
WINGED that it would be great thing
TO go down the steep in that way
something that he could tell ''to hum"
P.ucking up courage, he al preached
the superintendent.
"That beats slidin' down hill, don't
it?"
81 'spose it does"
"You couldn't let Teller go down,
could you?''
"Why, do you think you can jump
of in timer
"Oh, yes, Pm reckoned consdera-
bic of II jumper-jumpin does me good;
| once jumped off hay NOW thirty
feet high & it made me so supple that
I'm give in to be the best dancer in the
bull township"
"Well, get on, and take care of your
self"
Suddenly the car moved of, and
our friend, the speed so fearful,and the
declivity so great, that he was forced
10 stoop down and grasp the sides of
his vehicle for support.
The place where the laborer had
eapt of was reached, but the Yankee
was not in the position TO jump; he had
TO hold on, and. running down de-
scent three times as steep as that which
he had come, sudden click shot the
bolt, and, with violent force, out
went the contents, Yankee included,
into the hopper.
"Murder! get me out! stop the con-
sarn!" shouted our hero, as he fell
himself sliding down the hopper TO the
cylinder. "Murder! stop the consarn
IN he killed." But the motive
power Of "'the consurn" was water,
which had no sympathy with those
who pursue knowledge under Difficult
ties, and those who saw were too dis
tant and too much convulsed with
laughter TO yield assistance. Into the
screen he slid, landing on the top, and
as he felt himself revolving with the
coal, he grasped the wires in despera-
ton, TO prevent himself from being
rolled TO tie bottom; around the wheel
he went, and our friends sensibilities
were touched up by plentiful show
err of fine coal dust ridded through
from all the chambers. He managed
to get an eye open. and saw with de-
light that the cylinder was only about
fifteen feet in length. and he forced his
way forward to the opening with dcs-
pcraton, but it was not altogether sue
ccssfnI; another revolution of the wheel
had YET 10 be borne, and the next time
he reached the bottom lie was hot out
Of The scupper into the boat beneath.
To The screams Of laughter with which
his advent was hailed; our hero said
not a word, but. getting out m old
handkerchief, rubbed the dust out Of
his eyes, and, surveying his torn APP
pareI and bruised, battered, scratched
and cut limbs. he raised his vcin,' to
know as what quality ofanthrdcite he
had been delivered-when, smashing
his remnant OF hat over his eyes, be
stunped off, muttering, "brohen and
screened by thundfrp
f FATAL ACCIDENT. 1t is our pain
fol duty 10 record another accident, OF
a more fatal character than those re-
corded in our last number, and which
has resulted in The ath Of Mr. Jacob
Lane, Superintendent Of Machinery
on the Southern Railroad.
Itappears that Mr.. Lane, on Friday
morning Inst, running the freight train
Nd from the landing. and it is snppos-
ed that, in ascending the grade, he
leaned over the side of the locomotive
10 look back, when his head came in
contact with pedestal projecting from
an upinrncd baggage car which lay
near the track. the force Of the blow
throwing him from the car directly IN
der the train. the wheels Of which. il
is supposed. all passed over him
crushing and mangling his limbs in ne
most shocking manner He fingered.
deprived Of speech, until half ,,ast five
OF the same day, when death put an
end to bis suiIeripgs. The deceased
was most worthy and exemplary
man, esteemed and beloved by ali who
knew him. He was in the prime Of
life, and his Sudden and awful death