The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-02
Ths Accidents and Misfortuu$s Which
Have Bsallsu Young Man Of
GEORGIA.

A00 AVV1Qeu9 du0 mI6I0Ibuu1o WulUu
Have Bsfalleu q Young Man Of
Georgia.
BY request, q young man still living in
Griffin. Ca. wrote n list Of the accidents
and lamentable occurrences Of his short
career, and sent 1t t. the Atlanta Con-
siitHtion. 1t Is rs follows:
l. At the age Of five years received
. very hard fall from chair while ex-
perimenting with ii. 1t hurt me very
badly, knocking out three Of my front
teeth.
2. Seeing an expert rope walk
or In Griffin. and thinking that could
equal him, / went home, got on the
fence. fell and stuck pailing through
my foot. giving me severe pain for u
week or two.
D. was playing skinny" ut the
Sam Bailey Institute one afternoon
after school (whcn ought to have gone
home). and happened to get on the
wrong side. when one of my friends by
accident knocked me senseless with q
stick. This was not very bad hurt, so
! was brought to in the course Of an
hour or two.
4. went TO circus, and seeing how
well the circus riders could act their
part, thought could do equally as
well. tackled" loose horse. stood
upon him backwards, laying the whip
on to him. he was at full speed. l fell
Of. which came very near killing me.
8. tried to slide down the rope dur
Ing erection Of the Methodist Church
steeple. I did this successfully.
8. was 50 successful at the above
act that tried the swing at the college.
standing without holding to the ropes
while way up In the air. wasn't very
successful at this feat. fell from the
swing. my school mates picking me up,
thinking that l was dead.
z. Not much sooner had I recovered
from this fall than one of my associates
ran BY me rs was on my way home
and pushed me of the platform at the
depot. was hurt pretty bad. A gentle.
man who was near by saw the scene,
took me up In his arms and carried me
home. recovered from this by morn
s. was wrestling with q comrade on
. dray while 1t was running fast, when
] fell, the dray running over me. and
came very near breaking both legs
o. I climbed tree and fell. sticking
Q large stub through my hand. from
which might say that suffered ex-
circulating pain.
10. was at some kind Of foolishness
q don't remember what) and knocked
nv shoulder out Of place. laying me up
With severe pain for few days.
4 ,wos aroupA tho ~ ~; Ga,
Daily Nesos one cold 'wintry morning
and had to carry paper away out to
N. 7. G. Manley's, and ! dreaded it.
But, with resolution of attending to
my business 90 rs to please my employ
srs (MessrA Alexander & Brown. / be-
lleve was the frm), ran out In the
direction Of his house and fell, sticking
another stub in my head. ! thought
was killed this time. and ran home right
away and saw my brother Tom sitting
down by the fire, and asked him to
finish carrying around my papers, that
might perhaps die. recovered from
this In week or two, and was all O.
X. again.
~. ! was practicing the slight.of-
hand trick and swallowed button, but
It would not come out of my nose, az it
would out of the slight-ofhand / had
seen.
la tried all my skill at farming
with q cousin in Meriwether county
and was out one bright morning cutting
sseye wood. when cut off three OF my
toes. The doctor sewed them on. and
for seven months suffered awfully. /
used crutches for some time. would
see how good I could walk on them and
fall several times. setting me back u
month or SO. My toes did not do to
suit me, SO took my pOcketknife and
cut one Of them of, making them even.
IL. started me pea crop, and one
night rs ] was by the stove where the
cook was boiling peas for the COW. stuck
one 10 my ear, which made me hard of
hearing. and informed my father Of
the fnet and he carried me up to DIR.
Drswry, who said il the pea had re-
manned 10 my ear all night l might
have died.
Is. went to the machine shop and
was testing my skill ut machinery when
q guage lathe threw q piece Of timber
at me, knocking me senselesS. fell
from the stair steps at the same shop.
which laid mo up for several days and
came near breaking my arm.
IL. changed to turning bed posts on
hand lathe, was caught in. the same, my
shirt was torn Oft me, which was the
only resort to have saved my life.
II. / was engaged in some other bust
ally. had another shirt torn off me.
10 The shop closed and went to
wheat threshing. cutting bands, stuck =
large bntcherknife through my leg,
stopping me for weeks.
49, With a desire Of returning to the
machineshop went down to Barnes
Vile TO work for Captain j. c. McMich-
sel and first got thumb mashed in q
guage lathe, and afterward q pile Of
lumber fell on me. that the hands had
great difficulty In removing in time to
save me.
20 While working ia the same shop,
at other machinery, the end of my
thumb was cut of, aud worst of all,
while working with rip-saw, saving
timber. Q piece flew from the saw. strik-
Ing me In the breast, and thought was
killed. Telegraphing to my mother Of
this occurrence. they took me to my
boarding house. where ! lay senseless
Tor two days and nights before was
able 70 turn. Was brought home, re-.
manned few days aud returned, when
the shop was burnt up.
81. AT the burning of the shop fell
from or top Of the house near n well,
and Oh regarded me In the well. but
made my escape,
The man says that the above list Is all
he can readily recall. but hints that u
little reflection might add other events