The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-08-19
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A Norwich Conn man has a black
and-tan dog which he began to tie up on
Sundays few weeks ago. 1t worked
well for time, but now the dog leaves
home regularly every Saturday night and
goes to friends house on the other side
Of the city, returning again Monday morn
ing.
A woman walked into house at Rut-
land, VT, the other day, where two red
flags were displayed, and, sitting down,
asked when it would commence. "What
commence" 1.-THE auction, of course"
When told that the flags meant smallpox,
and not auction, she jumped at least six
feet, and then ran bowling down the street.
David Rollins, of Newport Centre,
VT, was set upon by bull the other day,
and narrowly escaped with his life. For
tunately his dog heard the believing OF
the bull and came to the rescue. The dog
caught the bull by the throat, drove him
away, and no doubt saved his master froaa
horr BILE death, as the bull had gored
him in nineteen different places, and broke
two of his ribs.
An Irish girl, employed in Phila-
delphia kitchen, received the following
letter: "San Francisco. July 10. My Dear
Sister: have just received letter from
the parish priest of St. Bridget's Abbey,
who informs me that our Uncle Patrick is
dead, and has left an estate of 100000.
We are his nearest of kin and, conse-
quently, as rich as blazes. I'll write We
agin. Hopin' this finds you as it leaves
me, l remain your darling brother, Tim
othy Rafferty," She said to her mistress ::
CAV coorse I'll finish the dinner I'm cook
in yez, but it's purely matter av accom-
mediation"
"A Mrs. Maltby died a painful death
in Wallingford, Conn.,, not long ago.
Eleven years ago she accidentally swal-
lowed a solution of potash, which caused
erosion and Inflammation of the esopha-
gus, ending in permanent construction and
lessening of its caliber at point about
two inches above the superior end of the
stomach. On account of this structure she
was compelled 10 exercise great caution in
eating, as but a small mouthful of food
we'll chewed would pass it. She claimed
to have swallowed a cherry-stone about
two weeks before her death, which she
believed lodged in the narrowest portion
of the esophagus. From that time until
her death no food could enter her stomach,
and she died of starvation. The examina-
ton after death showed that she was right
in her conjecture, for the cherry -stone was
found closely filling up the tube.
Yesterday morning, as Marshall Davis,
colored driver, was hauling soda caustic
from the wharf of the White Star steam
ers, he drove his team through pool of
water which had gathered from Wednes-
day nights rain. The animals began to
rear and plunge, and Davis stepped off his
truck into the water to stop them. They
threw him down, one horse falling with
him. When Davis arose his left eye
panied him terribly, and soon he could
not see out of it. The 'longshoremen as
sisted him into a shed and unhitched his
horses, which had lain down in the water,
and had drank some of it. On being
dragged out the poor brutes presented
dreadful appearance Blood flowed from
their mouths and nostrils, sores appeared
on their bodies and the hair fell off. One
died after an hours agony, the other was
shot by an officer. The caustic had been
washed out of broken casks by the rain,
forming a strong lye.-Brooklyn argus.