St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-23
The season of Accidents,

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III" season of Accidents.
! The accident 10 Newton CUchran'a only
child. ut Ey""Ht". recorded in the last
Cuict,njnH. was peculiarly sal. The sim
pie matter of llllin" down. what every
child doe, times innumrrablr.-and the
tact that an u"!y nail was sticking up out
of - piece ui burrd in such Il manner a Ia
pierce his hriiu. destroyed the Iiuht OF
that household.
There are some accidents that seem nn-
aV"ItahIr; and others that proper caution
would have prevented. Tui- matter of
lcaVinr bits at boards. nails. broken GLASS.
etc.. about ylrI> and streets. is the cause
of much trouble. One div last summer
the writer of This counted 1t one time TWEEN
ty-~iX pieces OF boards and sticks. from
six inches To three feet long. in the street
between the Court Iou>" and Fairbanks
store. The same season. Il citizen OF the
VILLAGE was driving rapidly on one OF the
streets. when in passing over a piece OF
board. it was struck in such Il manner as
to throw ii up and force it through the
bottom g: his wagon. Another was driv
in" over from Danvilc. when one of his
horScS struck Il ragged bit oi board left in
the road. in such Il manner u To seriously
lame him. Instances are quite common
where horses have been ruined in This
way.
Only last week Il piece of paper blown
Il team which was hitclIcd there. that it
broke AWAY from it, Fastening" anG smash
rh tn" WAGON in piece. People are alto
"rthrr toe careless in lhroHin" pieces ot
paper into the >Irccts-lhry are Il fruitful
source of fright among horscS.
The number Of accidents which occur to
people from frightened horses. seem to he
rapidly Increasing. This may b" account
the age is Ia fast driving. With 4 hi"h-
mcltIcd horse, driven ut 4 rapl "at. the
chances tor injury are greatly augmented
by the @ivin" way of the harness or the
breaking OF the wagon. Then again those
who have the diivin" or care of horses
are not cIrctiIi enough. The best broke
hnr>r can be spoiled 10y Il careless groom,
who leave. HIM To run. or lets him get
frightened in any of the many ways which
Il horse can and will hc frightened unless
watched.
Then here are the cars running alon"
beside the highway, like the road to Lyn-
don. or as it is coin" to be from this place
To The East vllagr-makin% the matter of
get in" to town by the regular highways,
one OF extreme peril; for il one i not put
in jeopardy 10y his own horse, he is liable
To be run over by soma other mans horse.
There should be Il law preventing the run
min" Of Il railroad ami Il highway in close
proximity.
We have not spoken of that fruitful
source ct accident at this season Of the
veal bathing. \ young man at Windsor
went alone To the Connecticut liver TO
bathc. Not returning, he wlS sought and
found drowned in Il foot OF water. Ii is
supposed he tainted. Che was subject to
lantn@ spclls.) and falling upon his face.
was drowned. Ills life was lost by coin"
alone; companion wonld have saved
him. But thousands are drowned every
summer through carelcssnrSs or brayado.
Every 10y should learn to swim. but he
should also be very careful about vcntur-
in% too tar and attempting too much.
Nor" good swimmers are drowned than
ihosc who cannot swim at all-and for
Inns reason: those who cannot swim are