The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-06-18


, conscious. think for sudden throb of
pain in my arm robbed me of my wifcs
face and brought back the old feeling Of
, resistance against death. | felt that |
was going downward, slowly, but irresist-
; IDLY; that every grain beneath me was
moving, and shifting and slowly descend
ing. The circle Of the whirlpool had
reached me, and was dragging me down
, to torture and TO death. / couldn't. /
wouldn't submit to such death. Unjust
live. 1t was horrible agony of soul AMI
of body. screamed for helps bat the
. dust entered my mouth, nose AMI eyes,
stranged and blinded me. looked for
tie shovel. 1t had disappeared. / was
going too. Manned, and gasping for
breath, / fought against that power that
was slowly, but surely, dragging me
: down. ! plunged my arm deep into the
wheat and tried to pull myself up. IN
the dismal, murky light Of this hideous
, den, ! struggled. / was a giant in my
battle for life. thought no more of my
broken arm. ! WAS burning with heat,
parched with thirst, blinded and chukcl
with the fine dust but | fought and
shrickcd for help all the time. In my
tier"eness, tore my clothes from my
body and flung them away, and the
grains of wheat scrapcd my woun Is aud
pierced my naked flesh as tried TO spring
forward; but nothing hurt me, not even
my arm,
Hard as struggled, could not get
clean away from the whirlpool. II !
lcapcd forward, or crawled II little way
over the trcachcrons surface, found
when | stopped, that was swiftly sliding
back again t" the old place. 1t seemed
as if | struggled in this way for hours
yet accomplished nothing. Tired and
breathless | looked around, anl felt sure
that in less than five minutes should he
III the spout and dead man. My efforts
were it vain. There was certain circle
beyond which | could not 90. Once the
thought came 10 my mind that TO save
myself from the horrors of the death
before me, | had better open vein and
bleed TO deaths but | could not find my
knife, and had found it, might not
have been able to use it. Well | saw
everything plainly. There was no hope
for ms. unjust die, and must look and
wait for my death. When hope deserted
M, Il Kind resignation to my fate succeed
ed, and closed my eyes YEARLY, never
thinking to opsn them again.
"Gradunlly my bo1y Sid downward
The noise Of the grain rushing through
the valve or gate became louder and
louder; the stiff NJ dust WAS thicker and
heavier. a thousand unseen, irresistible
forces were drawing me to destruclion
Suddenly my body fell several feet /
fe,t the tremendous suction of the whirl.
pool The grain crcpt up my legs it
reached and pressed heavily upon my
breast, ns if to 81 icCze the life ont OF me;
it asccndel highrr anl c!a'pcd my throat
Then closed my eyes and waited death
! no longer feared its tcrrors
AT tins moment felt that there was
strange silence; even in mY half cuuc;ous
condition ! realized change in my sur
roundjngs Tie dust beg IN to settle. /
realized what happened.
"Ihc valve was closed!
'At the very gate of death o;cned to
receive me there was IN obstacle, and
tainted away with joy. When l became
conscious again heard voice crying
out.
Is anybody down ,herc.' said thi.
voice. That question was twice repeated
before could answer, and so family that
it was but husky whisper.
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another voice We are fooliug away time
ly travelling up and down these twenty
stories. We can't stop work for such
nonsense
It's no; humhug,' said the one who
had fist spoken. You saw, as |, the
shovel, hat and skirts come thro' the
spout, There's man to follow this way
or that. IIilIo, thcre!'
: 1t seemed TO me as if had the night
mare, 50 hard did | Try to speak out, but
| didn't make II noise. Yet, when heard
them going away, leaving me to my
horrible death, the noise in me got the
better Of my throat, and yelled so that
| myself was frightened. The men came
back.
- knew he was there ! are You hurt
man! of course he l., or he woulln't be
there Where is the ladder! That looks
strange-il's hanging over the beam
Give me the rope and lantern =
: saw the light, a lc>sed star Of relief,
come slowly down against the wall Of the
bin. y little later, was raised as ten
DERBY as possible 10 the top ofIhe bln, and
thence carried to earth. A surgeon was
soon obtained. He looked at my arm,
that was making me cry with ppin.
Modification Amputaliun = was The
Judgement and the arm was cut Of. That
is how lost my arm. Tom Brinton
have never seen since.-Whclhcr he wait
ed to see the result OF his hcllish attempt,
and discovered that had been almost
miraculou'!y saved, or whether he left at
once, feeling sure that | never should be
heard of alive in this world, | know not.
God knows. 'Ncngcance is mine.
will repay, saith the Lord
A gentleman in p, ia, who
had taste for " improved Stock" pur-
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