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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22
Shocking Death of Eight Turpentine Gath
erers In Victoria.

Richmond, Va, February IA party
of ten men working in turpentine en-
camped ia the woods at jackson Springs,
Moere County. They built an inclined
shed between two large pines, as they ex-
peoted to be at work in this spot for some
weeks they made the structure as snb-
stantial ns possible, piling on the roof lay
ers of earth and hickory poles,and weight
ing it with the largest stones they could
find. Last night a severe storm prevailed,
and they built a large fire in the centre OF
the structure. After eating their rations
they spread blankets upon the ground, and
at about II O'Clock we're sleeping huddled
together around the fire, which they had
replenished with fresh logs before they
went to sleep. 1t is supposed that about
an hour after midnight, when the storm
was at its height, the roof, with its mass
of stones and earth, fell in on the sleeping
men. The floor was covered with beds of
leaves and straw, and the sides were made
of dry twigs interlaced, and there was a
barrel of turpentine in the place. These
caught from the fire, and the whole mass
was soon burning at white heat. The two
survivors, James Jarrett and William
Vix, were sleeping near the door, and were
both crushed by the falling mass. Vix
was the first to extricate himself, although
a large log was across his stomach. He
managed to drag himself ten feet from the
ruins aud then lost consciousness. When
he revived he saw streaks of flame shoot
ing up from the pile and heard the voice
of Jarrett crying, "Help me, for Gods
sake; I anu roasting" One of Vix's legs
was broken, and he crawled back to the
ruins. He succeeded in getting Jarrett
out, but that was all he could do.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22
A Very Rough Case.

Mary Dooley, servant employed by G.
E. Crawford, living on One Hundred and
Sxty-flrst street, New York, was last
week held under SO, 900 on charge of ar
son. She confessed to many petty thefts
in the house, Of which Crawford had be-
lieved his daughter Anna guilty, and en-
account of which he had treated her with
great severity. On the 18th ult. fire
broke out in the laundry in basket of
washed clothes, and it was found that
some of the clothes had been saturated
with kerosene oil. This being the second
fire that had occurred in the house Mr..
Crawford was alarmed, fearing that his
daughter might not only burn the house
down but accidentally destroy herself as
we'll. To prevent this he put belt around
her waist, and to the belt attached slen-
der chain, In the daytime, for some days,
she was fastened by the chain to a staple
in the wall of the dining room, and at
night to the bedpost in her room. She
made no resistance, saying ''she knew it
would all come out right"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22
Penned up with a Mad Dog.

Fred. Wagener, of South Bend, was
called to house near where he was work.
ing, by the cries of woman, and found
that she had a mad dog fastened in room,
next to the one in which her children were
playing, unconscious of danger, and liable
to open the door where the brute was at
any time. He opened the door, and the
dog sprang at him, when he closed it sud-
denly upon its paw, holding it a prisoner
until the woman procured an axe, with
which he succeeded in dispatching the
animal through the crevice of the door.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22
Safeguards at Funerals.

At recent meeting of the Health Com
missioners of New York city the following
section was added to the sanitary code and
declared an ordinance:
"There shall not be public or church
funeral of any person who has died of
smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, yellow
fever, typhus fever, Or Asiatic cholera;
the funeral of such person shall be private;
and it shall not be lawful to invite, or per-
nit at the funeral of any person who has
died Of any of the above diseases, or of
any contagious or pestlential disease, or
at any services connected Herewith, any
persons whose attendance is not necessary,
or to whom there is danger of contagion
thereby"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22
The Explosive Power of Nitro-eIycerlne.

Bradford, Pa, February 14.-F. A.
McClain, an employee of Roberts, torpedo
company, was this morning driving along
the highway, fifteen miles southeast of
this place, in sleigh containing 200 lbs.
of nitro glycerine, when the horses became
frightened and ran against a boulder caus-
ing an explosion. McClain was torn to
atoms and both horses were killed. There
was not trace of the sleigh left. The
young mans parents are said to reside at
Beaver Falls, Pa.
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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22

tB- Hosea Happy of Woodstock, Ulster
County, New Jersey, has stabbed his mar
ried son, who is "a years of age, with an
awl five-and-a-half inches long. The awl
penetrated lung and young Happy may
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seems there was = difficulty between them
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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22

tB- Isaac Simmons, Henry Arnold and
Frank Frey, the eldest being but fifteen
years old, while engaged in catching drift
wood on Saturday at Kings dam, York,
spied large piece of root among the drift.
This they secured, and thinking it was
sweet myrrh, began to eat at it. Frey not
relishing the taste spit it out, but even the
taste made him sick and he walked away
vomiting matter and blood. Frey's moth
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22
THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD. PA, FEBRUARY p. 1881

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acting as an emetc soon relieved him,
and he is now thoroughly recovered. The
other two boys, notwithstanding medical
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had ealen the root They were inferred
Monday afternoon.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-07

Now is the time to begin to plant hyacinth
and tulip bulbs for blooms in the house in
the winter. The bulb catalogue of any prom
inent scotsman will give the simple directions
for management.
Newly painted rooms are very unpleasant
for several days, but if a handful of hay is
strewn on the floor upon which is sprinkled
little chloride of lime, after a couple of
hours the offensive smell will have entirely
disappeared.
The poison of sting from bee, wasp or
hornet may be almost instantly neutralized
by the application of a little liquid ammonia,
and it is said that the poison and sting may
be forced out by pressing the barrel of a
small key firmly for a minute over the
wound. No pain or swelling will result.
The experiment of carrying fresh beef and
mutton from Australia to England has proved
in one sense a success and in another COM
parative failure. The meat has arrived in
perfectly good condition, but the price OBJ
tanned has not been remunerative. The
meat having been transported in refrigerators
for such great distance must be sold imme-
diately upon arrival, and cannot wait even a
day for better market.
The somewhat prevalent idea that tomatoes
as food are cause of cancer is controverted,
says the Troy Times, by Chaunoey Dibble
well-known Shaker. Mr.. Dibble informed
Alderman Geer that tomatoes have been con-
stantly in use, fresh or canned, three times a
day at the Shaker settlement since that yege-
table became popular as food, yet in so years
not single case of scirrhous tumors has been
known among the Shakers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-07

An organized movement to encourage the
production of sugar in Minnesota and the
Northwest is under way. Sorghum and the
sugar beet are both advocated as promising
crops with which to break up the present
custom of the farmers to stake everything on
the single product of wheat. 1t is pointed
out that the United States pays to Cuba alone
nearly $40, 200, 900 yearly for sugar and mo-
lasses, and that attempts to greatly raise the
maximum production of sugar-cane in the
southern states have not succeeded. And it
is held, that, unless there shall be found in
the climate or soil of Minnesota and Dakota
something fatal to the development of a pay
ing saccharine percentage in the beets, which
can be grown there at small cost and in enor-
nous quantities per acre, the sugar interest
can be made source of new and certain
wealth to that section. A meeting lately held
in st. Paul in the interest of this movem emit
recommended the procurement of French
colonies, made up of expert beet growers and
sugar manufacturers, whose immigration
should be aided by publo-spirited citizens
and corporations. If France can produce
annually, from beets 800, 900, 900 pounds of
frst-qualty sugar, it would seem that some
where within our broad domain, with its al
most limitless variety of soil and climate, this
industry can be successfully established.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-07


"But give me-" said the postman to us the
other day, "a young woodchuck. Fellers
talk about game birds, but 1 take a wood
chuck every time" The postman is not
alone in his taste. A correspondent Of Mrs.
Lewiss Food and Health says that since the
woodchuck lives on clover and other "clean"
food, it ought to be good eating He has
actually tested its edible qualities by having
some woodchuck dishes served at New
York restaurant, aud he, together with his
friends, who were not aware what they were
eating, pronounced it delicious dish.
Clearly there is yet line of food experiments
which are out of the scope Of the Icthyopha-
gous Club. Can we not, following the ex-
ample of those gentlemen, extend the list of
the edible inhabitants of the earth and air ?
We might take hint or two from the Digger
Indians. Forest and Stream.
roasted woodchuck is not the worst dish
that hungry man ever sat down to, and il
isn't so rare as our New York brother seems
to imagine either, for scores of woodchucks
are eaten in New Hampshire every summer.
1t is, however, as it is with the traditional
crow, man can eat but don't banker for
him. but this is probably owing to fashion
and vitiated taste. As is said above he
lives on clean food and he ought to be good
eating, slightly tough perhaps, but very
"hearty" and profitable, and we trust New
York and Boston will educate themselves up
to the point of relishing him. When they do,
New Hampshire will do a profitable export
business, for in raising woodchucks we can
beat the world. -MiTTOr and Farmer.
We wont knock under TO the Granite State
in the matter of woodchucks. Our state
could doubtless spare as many for export, or
for any other purpose, rs New Hampshire;
and the superior pasturage of this state ought
to make a most delicious quality of wood
chuck flesh. When the epicurean tastes of
Boston and New York are educated up to the
point of approaching this meat, Vermont
woodchucks, like Vermont beef mutton and
dairy products, will be first in demand. We
cannot speak from experience of the quality
of woodchuck meat, but we know that the
animals food and its habits are much more
clearly than the hogs. After all, the selec-
ton of the flesh of certain animals to be used
as food, and the rejection of others, is more a
matter of custom or prejudice than of reason.
Frenchmen eat the flesh of the horse, and es-
TEEN frogs great delicacy. Frenchmen--
and all others with very rare exceptions-eat
oysters including the stomach and contents
and whatever other internal organs they may
have entire we might as well cook and eat
fish without dressing, or fry white grubs or
eat them raw as some prefer to eat oysters.
If these were only fashionable dishes they
would certainly be eaten by ninety nine peo-
pie out of every hundred.