Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-05-03
The Wind of Cannon Balls.
From the Boston Transcript
"The times have been,

That when the brains were out the maa wo'd
die,
And there an end; but Row they rise again.
With twenty mortal murders on their Gro wns
And push Us from our TOOLS"
So with the superstitions of sailors
and soldiers. They have more lives
than cats.
The brains have been knocked out
of this one many times, but here it
comes again.
Col. Russell falls dead in the fight at
Roanoke; no wound is found upon his
body; ergo, say the soldiers, he was
killed by the aoi32d Of the balls. Non
se4uiter, says the surgeon.
The wind Of cannon ball never
hurts any body, for many reasons, the
first of which Is, that there is no such
thing
The air displaced by a cannon ball
closes Instantly behind it, bat has no
lateral effect
This is proved i'll various ways, but
is placed beyond cayil OF question, by
the common occurrences in every Sc
we're cannonade. For instance, the
dispatch received from Fort Donclson
says:
"a shot struck the pilot-house of the
st. Louis, passing through it, 6etaoeee
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