The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-11-22
NUMBER "A.

splendidly. explained the working o
the machine and was offered thirty
nine dollars for half of the patent
Fifty or more men or boys bad taken
trip, when young and handsome lady
wanted to try her skill in navigation
She very bravely got into the seat pro
vIded, buckled the strap around hel
body and called out, NINETY seven
pounds, in little sqeally voice, like q
waiter in the eating house calling fol-
soup. set the dial at 81 and told her
to pull the rope. After NJ minutes
fooling, she finally got started by a man
behind her pulling the rope, and she
slid to mother earth like snow storm
with boots on. Just here | was offered
S43 " for threefOurths of the patent
right and was awakened from my dream
OF wealth by yell that would have
woke up Moses if he had been in this
neIghborhood. The Chief Engineer of
the fire department had got into the
harness and pulled the rope and as the
spring was set at 81 and he weighed
200 lbs. he slid to the ground very sud
den, arriving in time to knock all the
breath out of bis body, and at the same
time the harness broke, and the springs,
Relieved of so much strain, yanked the
harness up again like a little streak of
lightning and struck man in the stom-
ach and helped him TO lose his wind
knocked out eleven of his teeth broke his
nose and ruined one eye. He lost his
balance and fell, and in falling, he
caught one Of the poles, and to my di.-
gust the whole thing tipped over into
the street. Such a scattering and yell
ing, | never heard. The man fell into
the window of a fruit store across the
way and such a mus never saw. Two
men in the window above tried hard to
catch him as he fell, but only succeeded
in humping their heads together, and
Joined the yelling multitude below by
the air line, landing in large tub of
straw berry lemonade. One of these was
drowned and the other wishes he had
been, for he il the worst looking speci-
men of man l ever saw. He SAYS if
he lives to get out again he wi | hammer
me till anu black. Well, | hope he
won't get out, and anyhow I'm rather
dark now.
The poles fell across wheelbarrow
and broke off both handles, one going
through the memorial window in the
Baptist Church, the other striking the
side of passing horse car, cutting and
inJuring eight passengers. Three horses
ran away, everybody yelled, and some
consumnate idiot rang the fire bell. A
friend whispered in my ear that had
better skip the town, and took the
hint as there was not much of anything
else to take. hastened TO the depot
and found, to my intense delight, that
train would leave in three hours and
ten minutes. But l didn't wait. did
my skipping on foot, but had not reach
ed a good hiding place before l was
overtaken and brought back.
And here l am, After spending many
years of my life in trying to get up some
thing to save human beings and others
from a horrible fate, am arrested for
another mans carelessness, and the
work of months destroyed, fortune
lost. and the children will still have to
wear my old clothes cut down. Did
you ever hear of a more miserable case
than this A lawyer called in to help
me. Says am sure of hanging, sixty
nine years in prison and fine of more
than 5000, 100000.
Yours in disgust,
N. G. HEAR,