Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-01-07

=" The Paper Don't Say"

Mr. Sfornm was rot t-tiucat-i in II t,frivcr-
sity, aud his walk in life has been in by.paths
and out-of-the-way places. His mind is char
aeterized by Httrlin4s rather than cuInpre-
hcnsivc grasp Of great subjects. Mr.. Slncun
can, however, master n printed paragraph by
dint Of spelling hard words in deliberate
manner. 1t is quite r'liIying to hear Mr.. Slo-
cum reading the village paper aloud 10 his
wife, after a hard day . work. \ few evenings
since, farmer SlOcum was reading an account
Of Il dreadful accident which had occurred ut
factory in the next town. and which the vii
lagc editor lad 'i' sciiicd it, great many hard
words. 81 declare, wife, that was all aw iui
accident over tcw the mill, saii Mr.. s.
What was it a!'rnt, Mr.. Sl"cuim:" "l'll
read the count, wife, AMI then you II know all
about it, Mr. Slocun b,gan To- read:
- 'lioREIBLE AND FAr>L A',IDL>E-It he
comes our painIi, duty tp record the lmrticu.
lars Of an accidcit that occurred at the luwrI
mill Of this villa.". Yesterday afternoon. hv
which human being ia the prime Of iii. was
hurried to that bourne from which, aS the
immortal Shakespeare has said. no Traveller re-
turns. DO tel cArlairncd Mr.. : Mr..
David Jones, workman who has hut few sIi-
pciiOrs this side nt the great city Of New York.
was engaged in adjusting belt nIr,ir ONT Vi
the large iIum>, wonder if twa, has,
drum, Sieli as has T.. ElurihHs EiurI-I;ai,rtrd
ont, said Mrs Slprum. when Lc bccaulc en-
tangled. His arm was drawn around the
drum, and finally his entire body was whrled
over the shalt ut ical!uI rate. WHCn lis SIt-
nation MAS discovered, lac lad rryolycd With
nmcnsc velocity about fifteen minutes, hi>
head and liiiIhS >trikn" "a large beam dis
tinct blow ut each revolution. Poor crccttr!
how it must have hurt him. When the
machinery had been stopped, it was found that
Mr.. Jones arms and legs were manglcd to Il
jelly;' Il wonder if it killed him. said Mrs.
s.; 'hiS skull was fractured his spine dislO.
Gated. 'Wcll, did it Kill hlm:' asked Mrs.
$, with increased interest Portions Of the
dura matter, Ger, hrun, and ccrchcllum, in
confused masses. were scattered about the
ipor-in short, the gates Of eternity had open.
ed upon him
Here Mr.. Slocum paused to wipe his spec,
taclc>, and bis wife scizcd the opportunity Ia
press her question:" H"s the man kiilcd:"
II don't know-havn't come to that yet
you'll know when I've finished the piece. -
And Nh. SlUcuin continued his reading:
80 1t was evident, when the shapcle>> form
&aS taken down, that it was no longer tenant.
cd by an immortal SIirit-that the vital spark
was extinct Uus the man killed; that was
what want to come at, said Mrs. SlOcun.
extinct"
" DO have little patience, old oman" sai'!
Mr.. Slocum, cycing his better half over hi,
spcctaclcs. g presume We shall come upon
it right away" And he went on reading
80 This fatal casualty has cast gloom over
our village, and we trust that it will prove Il
warning to persons who are called to regulate
machinery in our mills
Now" said Mrs. Slocum, rcrceiying that
the narration was ended, "now should like
to know whether that man was killed or not: ''
Mr.. Slorum looked puzzled. lie scratched his
head, scrutinizcd the article he had been pc
ru,ing, and took general survey Of the pa
per; " | declare, wife" said he, its ruth,r
Gurus, but raaly, tie p"Per dont~y!"-Lt
crary Museum.