Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-10-10
Mechanics.


Mechanics.
IL youth learns Iade well. be has
secured living for llle. There will al
ways De great demand for mechanics
sRd the demand viii tor many years ex-
ceed tie supply. ~
Those, however, WHO wish 10 succeed
in mechanical putsuiIs, should make Up
:heir minds 10 one hing, and that is, that
the requirements for a mechanic will be
greater hereafter than they have been
heretofore. II we look around We find
master mechanics now gentlemen Of edu-
cation and scien ifc knowledge. 4 me-
chanic should possess fair EngIish Ed
uca,ion, as well as the elements Of maihe-
mailcal science. All can thus prepare
themselves. Ii they are not well educated
before beginning their mechsnicsl career.
they can, while yet young, acquire every.
thing necessary al nj. .bt schools, and
there is no need Of their entering life de-
barred BY lack of knowledge from taking
the foremost rank in their callings.
We hope that parents, instead Of put
ling so msng of heir boys into stores, or
making professional men Of them, will
give their sons some good trade, and take
care that they receive proper education
TO enable them to excel. By so doing We
shall have much larger number OF noble
mechanics to help to build up our cities
end TO acquire for themselves uealth and
distinction in lie Norfolk Journal
Terrible WbirIwind in Minnesota.
Buildings in lis Path for Thirty Miles
Demolished or Carried .2tedy-
Gro,Cing Crops Rooted up and .Stoept
Of.
On Friday, the lllh inst, storm near
Swan Lake, Nicollei county, came up
from the s. w, while stiff wind was
blowing also from the s. S. f. The two
clouds seemed to come in contact al or
near Swan Lake near the Poorhoase farm,
in this county, some sixteen miles from
81. Peter. When the two currents Of
wind came in contact, singular phenom
enon appeared. A portion Of The dark
cloud coming up from the ~estseemed TO
detach itself from the darker body OF this
cloud, and commenced rapidly whniIng
and extending ,owards the ground. The
whirling cloud was funnel shaped, tie
small point towards the ground, and
whnling with terrible velocity. As it
passed over Swan LNko The point Of the
gyrsting cloud touched the lake, and the
waters OF the lake started into the air as il
by Tie power Of msgic. Alter II left the
Like is direction lly towards the houses
ofJoscpa Sears, Mr McColIum. sn S.
mon Homer, where tATe shcrs, some four
teen IN number, lad assembled. The
occupants had only time 10 attempt 10
hold the doors aud windows from being
forced in, when the house Itself IelI the
foundation. and vas in separate particles
circlng with this strange power 30 fright
fully iuaus usuraled. In moment OF time
the house and barn had gone rom sheIr
moorings, and tImber4 lay in utter conIu-
sion over aud around The living forms
there PROSTATE.
Three pcrsuns al this house were out
side Of the building when it left it5 foun-
datlon. TlIcy state that tire eight was
fearful beyond description. The force Of
this form Of applied power was such that
man was no more than straw. lf by
force Of muscular power Of the arms he
could hold on to any fixture in the ground.
his body wa lashed about as a ribbon in
the air. Strange 10 tell, not an individual
was killed. One shoulder was dIslJcsted
and several bruises, some slight and others
severe. we're inflicted. The horses in The
stable we're Iefl alive and unhurl, the large
limbers being around Them in such form
as to leave them protected. Al this place
three wheat stacks were taken and re-
moved to parts unknown. ,-,f. 800.
Al Josiah ilorner's barn was taken
of, and house LEFT; and 10 this house the
wounded were taken from the ruins Of
Simon Horner's. A. McCol'um's, near
the lake, house and barn vas taken of.
Next in orjrr of attack, Joseph Sesrl,'
barn was destroyed. aud the upper story,
or hall slofy Of bis house taken OF. Here
Miss WooIum, school mistress, was
some hat severely injured, but not NOR
tally. All her clothing, except that che
had on, was EXPRESSED on lhc wings Of
the wind. She csD hear nothing OF IT, A
small bouse sl Mr.. ZiBn's, in the came
neiehborhooJ, was destroyed, and several
other structures in the immodlsle vicinity.
Asa genera! hing, ell ligh, articles,
such as bedding and clothing, we're taken
of out OF the neighborhooJ, and will nev.
CT he found Every object in its way.
such as corn, potatoes, vines snd grsss,
were rooted out and carried of. The
threshed wheat at McCollu ms and Horn.
er's was lett on the ground, and only 1T
juIed by lhe rain, that soon after fell IN
torrents. Aitr Leaving swan lake set
tlemcni, The revolving engine Of de'iruc.
iion moved noribesslwsrd on lIae Of
ruin, varying from FIVE 10 thirty rods wide,
as the small point Of The pendant Inslru.
meni descended low 10 TIE ground, or
hung higher 10 The ar. Iis rack is mark.
et by tie torn forest and field, and pros.
lrs,e hsbilslions Of man, until IL reached
The Minnesota; over between OraWs and
lie SueUr, nesr tie Big !" oods, from
which point sc have not heard - yet.
On the way, in one place. itlgft Nor
wegsn and wife standing unhur where
his house once was bot then vas not At
George Briggs, in Lake Prairie, IL tore