The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-24
Painful Accident to Gen. Scales

About as unpleasant a piece OF news
a. we have brought our Democratic
readers in many a day i the disabling
os Gen. A. NJ. Scales while in the tn
umphant fulilIment Of q OF the most
vigorous campaigns since the war. True
the accident is hardly to be wondered
at. North Carolina, a. we have so often
said. Is a vast empire, coo miles long,
with a variety Of topography without
parallel in other states and th a pop
ulatlon and conditions Of life fully equal
inc the inequalities ofthe natural surface.
On this account any attempt to make
. an individual canvass i a serious thing.
Ask Bishop Lyman and he can give you
some rare pictures % the difficulties IN
making the slow pilgrimage from the
| Suamps OF Currituck. to the wild
coyes and cliffs OF Mitchell, Macon, and
Cherokee. Each day has It's change OF
scene, aud its ride of II to 30 miles;
each day there are new people to meet
and to sait, cacl. day there Is a change
of CONVEYANCE and new risks from rat
tlg-trap vehicles each day there are un-
known roads, unknown streams, and all
the accidents of travel in an unknown
country. 1t would be wonderful if a
man should made the three months tour
without either breaking down from ia
tigue. contracting disease, or suffering
serious accident. Such au accident we
have now to record. Charlotte oJserrer
gives the following particulars =
The accident occurred while the Cen
eral was crossing the CoWcc mountain,
which divides Jackson from Macon
county. The road Is very rugged and
in some places, like most mountain
roads. winds along high and dangerous
p~recipices. General Scales was travell-
ing in a buggy with DIR. Schenck who
was driving. While descending a steep
place the harness gave way. The horse
became frightened and dashed oil in a
mad runaway. Just at a narrow bend
in the road. where the mountain rose
up perpcudicularly on one side and on
tie other yawned a chasm, the buggy
upset. As it did so Gen. Scales leaped
to the ground. and landed on the edge
OF the precipice. The horse and buggy
went crashing to the ground. 100 feet
below. In cn~deavoring to gain firm
ground General Scales lost his foothold.
aud going Over the precipice followed
the buggy. His fall was a terrible one
and would undoubtedly have resulted in
his death but for the fact that at the dis
lance Of fifty feet, and before striking the
Jagged rocks below, the force of his fall
was broken by a tree into the branches
of which Gen. Scales lodged.
The buggy was smashed but the horse
escaped. Climbing from the tree and re-
gaining solid ground, Gen. Scales found
that none of his bones were broken. but
the sharp pains darling through his body
gave evidence that he had received Sc
we're and perhaps serious internal iniu-
ries. With the assistance of his friend
Gen. Scales made his way TO a house
near by, where he rested for a while.
and then upon the advice of physicians
made his way towards his home in
Greensboro. which place he reached
Thursday night. The doctors in Green's
boro command him to keep quiet andr re-
main in bed for several days. They
found that he had received a number Of
painful bruises and his limbs are severe
~ wrenched.
Yesterday Gen. Scales was unable TO
stand alone.