Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-03-28

o0s 90 ~ one. the children have gone
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A. az scy and 'As GIRL who In childhood
II Accidsnts and MistortuneA Which
Have Bsfallen ) Young Nan Of
Georgia
Hy request, = Young man still living in
Gri13n, Ga. wrote . list of the accidents
and lamentable occurrences Of his short
caseer. and sent II to the Atlanta Con-
stysttoHs II h IS follows:
I. At the age Of Ave years I received
3 very hard fall from = chair while AZ
psrimentin1 with Ii It hurt me very
badly knocking out three Of my from,
teeth.
2. Seeing an expert o . walk.
or IN Griffin. and thinking that I could
equal him. ! went home. got on the
fence, fell and stuck = pailing through
my foot, giving me severe pain for q
week or two.
8 was playing .'shinny" at the
Sam bailey Institute one afternoon
after school (when | ought to have gone
home). and happened to. get on the
wrong eide. when one Of my friends BY
accident knocked me senseiess with Il
stick. This was not q very bad hurt. SO
] was brought 70 in the course OF an
hour or two.
4 ! went to . circus. and seeing how
we'll the circus riders could net their
part / thought I could do equally rs
well. sstackiedf' i loose horse. stood
upon him backwards, laying the whip
on TO him. he was at full speed. / fell
Oh, which came very near killing ms.
s. I tried to slide down the rope dur
Ing erection Of the Methodist Church
steeple. did this successfully.
9. ! Was 20 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 1t this feat. / fell from tho
swing. my school mates picking me up.
thinking that | vas dead.
Z. Not much sooner had I recovered
fr0m this fall than one Of my associates
ran BY me as l 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 ID his arms and carried me
home. recovered from this by morn
ing.
8. I was wrestling with . comrade on
. dray while It was running fast, when
/ fell. the dray running over me, aud
came very rear breaking both legs.
8. ! cliiDbed = tree and fell, sticking
: large stub through my hand. from,
which ] might say that | suffered ex-
crnciating pain.
~. ! was ut some kind Of fo0lishness
Il don't remember wiat) and knocked
my shoulder out Of place, laying me mp
with severe pain for n few days.
IL. ] was carrying around the Griffin
Daily NeUs one cold wiutrv morning
snd had to carry \ paper away out to
n. 7. G. Manley's, and | dreaded it.
But. with = resolution of attending to
my business so as to please my employ
ers (Messrs. Alexander & Brown. l be-
lieve Was the firm), I ran out in the
direction Of his house and fell, sticking
another stub in my head. l thought I
was killed this time. and ran home right
way aud 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.
K. again.
IL. I wa prncticing the slight-ot-
hand trick and swallowed = button. bat
Il would not come out Of my nose, as is
would out Of the slight-of-hand had
seem.
Is. l tried III my skin at farming
with i cousin In Meriwether county
and was out one bright mnrning cutting
store wood. when | cut of throe of my
toes. The Doctor sewed them on, and
for seven months I suffered awfully. I
used crutches for some time. would
see how good l could walk on them and
tell several times, setting me back a
month or q. Ny toes did q do ia
suit me, % ] took my pocketknife and
cut oue Of them OF, making them even.
IA. / started me = pea crop. and one
| night ~ / was by the stove where the
cook wa boiling peas for the COW, stuck
on1 in my ear. which made me hard of
hearing, and ! informed my father oi
the fact and he carried me up to DR..
Drewry, who said II the pea had re-
mainea in my : all night | nigh,
havs died.
10. | went to the machine-shop and
was testing my skin at machinery when
aguage lathe threw i piece Of timber
q me. knocking me senseless. fell
lrDm tho stair steps vt tho same shop,
which laid me up for several days and
cams near breaking my arrn.
10. ! changed to turning bed posts on
hand lathe, WAS caught in the same, my
shirt was torn or me. which was the
only resort to have saved my life.
~. was engaged in some other busi-
ness 1t the machinesshop. and accident
ally had another shirt torn off me.
IL. The shop closed and l went to
wheat threshinx. cutting bands, stuck a
large b~utcherknife through my leg.
stopping me for weeks.
-. With = desire Of returning to tho
machinsshop | went down to Barnes
Vile 10 work for Captain j. C. McMich-
ael and first got : thumb mashed in .
Euage lathe. And afterward Il pile OF
lumber fell on me, that the hands had
great difficulty in removing In time to
savo me.
70. While working in the same shop.
= other machinery, the end Of my
thumb was cut Oh. and worst ri all,
while working with = rip-saw. saving
tinsber. : piece dew from the Jaw. Arik-
Ing me 10 the breast. and thought | wss
killed. T~elegfaphing to my mother Of
this occurrence, they took me to my
boarding house. where ! lay senseless
Tor twO days and nights before ! was
able 10 turn. Was brunght home, re-
smainsd : few days and returned, when
The shop was burnt up.
q. AZ the bnruing Of the shop / fell
lr0mf06 top Of the house nea / well,
md al regarded me il the well, but |
inside my escape,
The man says shat tho shove list ID ali
~ can readily recall. but hints that !
jtttlo goNeCaion Wi0bt add other eyent