The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-25
Shufing of this NJ ortai Coil.

In the associated press dispatches =
he New York dailies, for Aug. 10th, "a
single day. mind you were enough
crimes ana casualtie. to fill every Inch
of space in this paper Among the
crimes were halt adozen SUICIDES one
was bv a boy Of ten years o'd ferdi-
nand Picher. at Montreal, got ansrl
with his mother. for being made 20 set
Tie tea table and FASTENED 10 hang him
self IN the barn Seven years old r, oui
no ulore sensible, vas Emma Dudley at
Stanford, y Y, who poisoned herself
| with strychniue, like a rat, because her
lover went cut riding with another girl
/ Vow Elizabeth Oliver, at Troy, y. T.,
was aged -. but when her uncle refused
% repay some money she had loaned TO
him, She made a run hop-sklp and
unp into the canal aud no doubt hei
uncle will get up a nice obituary, and
fancy tombstone. Alas! for poor Hugh
Brandt, 81 Cohoes, cou,dn get work
" he made ome for himself He tied
BIZ rock around his neck, and filled
his pocket with stones, aud sprang into
he Mohawk. The old song sings
"Oh sweet y the ale where the
Mohawk gently glides, on IT. blue wind
my way to the sea And oncet than
ali storied streams on earth besides, i
hat blue winding river t. me.
Here we zee the psculiarltle> OF III, +.
One man sees So much beauty IN the
little river that he sets halt the world
singing of it, aud his bonnie Elolse.
The other man see. no use III the river
EXCEPT TO drown in, and silence the lach
Of rood by an excess OF drink Under
the head of Casualties 10 the sa!ne
paper are columns Of accidents, but we
can select only IA few specimens. Three
eminent Tourists aud Two guide, Were
swept into eternity by an avalanche Oh
Mount Rose IN italy. At Marseilles.
France. the benches fell as a multitude
Of people were watching a Bull fight.
- were killed outright, and $50
legs and arms were broken. Little Gus
Lewis of Jersey city craHled on top OF u
circus wagon and let his legs hang down.
The tiger clawed him, and tore and
chawed him. 50 that he will be ruined
for life, if e survives. \ man named
McDermot fell off a boat in New York
hIrbor, and was almost drowned before
he was rescued. After lying OH deck
Tor a time, he attempted to rise. but
his weak legs gave way, ani over ht
went, this time to drown.
Since the above was written, We have
received 4 New York paper of the 18th,
one day later, which contains "a new lot.
DR.. +. L. Pattinuill, aged Is, and IN
tine practice, stabbed himself with q
s~tiilctto or dagger, at Hancock, New
jersey. Mrs. l.. Radclitf, of Great
Bend, Kansas, took s%trychnine because
she couldn', write a novel She was 20
years old and married, and had been
for eight years to concoct a ro-
mantle tale. An unknown man aged
80, hanged himself to the high fence
around a church in the centre of New
York City. VIM Brooks, Of Cleveland
county. \. c., threatened to destroy
and went to tie woods. The
followed. and came in time to
see him Jump down from the top of a
tree into which he had climbed. The
fail broke his neck for he had tied a
to a limb, and made a moose. Mrs.
Jane Pierson, of Kingston, New York,
took . notion that she would die of pow
ertv. She was worth more than $40
900 IN good property, but settled all
worry with a big dose of strychnine.
y. Is If these fools keep on they will
the price of strychnine beyond all
reaSon) Let it be noted that all these
asses occurred in two days time.