The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-11-20
a yAPANEsE ExEcUrIoN.

A JAPANESE EXECUTION.
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The following account of an execu-
ton IN. JapaEi is by ] correspondent:
"I went to see an execution at Z eddo,
out of q vile curiosity' repented of
it, but stiIl itwas q mostiextRaOrdinary
spectacle. and impressedi me very
much. The culprits were eight in
number, one being woman. THEY
were all heheaded with sword The
operafion5Was performed with Won-
derfui idextefity and GOODNESS, and not
onerof themy eyenathe woman showed
the slightest synaPtom Of fear, There
was a space of ground roped of; in
side were three holes dug in the
ground, with little mound behind
each, on which was spDeAdsa mat for
the criminal to kneel on. oOn one side
of the e-enolosuFelT TWere two Japanese
officials, in chairs, tolsee the thing pro-
perIy conducted. i had aplace direct
ly in ent.of the mounds, at aboutsix
feet distance4 Z The cri iminals were
placed in arrow. on one side of thesen-
closure, blindfolded with: pieces of
paper, (they use paper for everything
theFe.1 What struck nae most was the
horrid coolHess1 Of the. execDtipneE's
assistant, good looking lad of about
eighteen; he went mp to- each poor
wretch in his turns gave him Q tap on
the shoulder, led him up to the moundS
and made him kneelon the mat; he
then stripped his shoulders, made him
stretch out hisiaeck, sid that will de-
and in a flash the mans head was, in
the holo-in front of him, aud his bleed
ing neck was, as liz were, staring me
in the face. The assistant, still with
the same pleasant smile, picked the
head up, threw some water over the
face to wash off the blood and mud,
and presented it to the Japanese Off
cials; who nodded and signed to go on
with the next the assistant then gave
the corpse blow betW cen the should
ers to expel the blood aud finally
threw the carcase aside like a. log of
wood.a He then repeated the same
pleasant programme with then ]
never Thought man'sa head could
eome off SO easily; it was like chop
ping cabbages, only accompanied
with peculiar and most horrid sound
that of cutting meat, in fact. There
was dense crowd of Japanese pre-
sent, including many women and even
childrens these people never eease6 to
eat, smoke and chatter the whole time,
making remarks on the performance,
and even occasionally laughing just,as
If they were at q theatre. The e1eeu.
TONER poured water on his sword at
each decapitation, as one vets knife
in order to cut India rubber.nai ~
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A sfTRUE FACKT'' ABOUT CATs.--A
small boy has sent an Albany paper
tho following information =
A fu dais ago we lost our cat. She
got drowned in Mr. ---------'s well but
nobody knowd she got drowned in
the well, andisoi Mr.,--l's foxes; aud
Mr.----'s, and all the nRibors besides,
drinked outen the we'll just the saim.--
Tha drinked more'n they ever did
afore, Lsguess-seause the water tastid
SO swete. 1 went the well fur water
| the other da an I -seed the cat in the
well. She wRsded. She was afloatin
a round drowned. Me and Billy -
fisht her out with q hook and Iine.-
She smelt oriul. But the naburs
doanti drink any more wotir onten the
we'll now. Wat cant, understand is
VIII tha doant.-They oughter B moar
willin drink the watir wen the cat is
out than wen she is ia. I think so.
ures trooly. N. B.-.-this is tru fackt,