The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-15

Elisha Holloway, a farmer livi,,
near East Lynne, Conn. had an ev'
pericncc that but very few per.on.
pass through and live Mr.. Hono'
way saw the clouds rising over thu
hill and, anticipating storm, hs
went olt TO the barnyard to milk q
possible. before the rain began 10
TALL. A little water didn't scare him
and he kept at his work There was
a good deal of vivid Lightning AMI
ION siderable thun Ter. He had abon,
finished wnen a flash n,
lightning sAot from the clouds
and striking the COW that
Holloway sat beside, killed her az
dead as door nail The man va.
knocked distance Of fifteen feet and
driven under fee trou N that MA.
built uale.' an ad accent Shed BOO.
foremost When Holloway recovered
his shattered senses he found that
he couldn't eXtricate him self from
beneath the feed box and he began
yelling for help The Thunder
drowned his voice and it was some
time before he made himself heard
Finally a farm hand came to his as
sistance and managed to get him out
from under the box. The wooden
milking pail that Holloway had be.
tween his knees when the lightning
landed was knocked into splinter:
and the hoops and bale were warped
AID twisted like corkscrew Further
than being pretty severely shaken up
The man vas not injured
Holloway, judging by his record as
given in the Globe-Democrat Is
marked man, for he has been struck
by lightning twice, carried about
quarter of mile through the air By
o cyclone, tossed twenty feet into
stone quarry b. locomotive and
chased to the point of death by a
prairie fire. Barring few broken
bones, the man is none the worse for
his varied and exciting experience
with the elements.
When Holloway was about % years
old he contracted the Western fever
and. taking his savings in his pocket
he started for the farming districts
of Iowa. He gradually drifted down
into Kansas, where he got employ.
inent on farm. He was running a
sulky pillow about a mile from the
house. 1t had been cloudy and
showery all the forenoon, but hadn't
rained enough to prevent working
He says he had been riding along
| uatchipr tho t,,rp,pu f,,r,nus Ia an
distracted sort of way. when his at
tention was attracted to a low rum
| bling. He looked over his shoulder
just in time to see barn about;s
half mile away jump into the air.t6r
double so nersault and fall ina
hundred pieces.
Thoroughly frightened, Holloway
suspended the plowshares and started
tho horses on a run for the river,
little more than quarter of a mile
away. The wind was faster than the
horses, and before half the distance
to the river was covered the fleeing
outfit was picked up and hurled
through the air with terrific speed
After being lifted in the air he had nc
recollection of what happened until
he came to himself some time in the
night. He had probably been reused
by the noise made by searching
party sent out for him. He heard
the men talking and saw their Ian
terms, twinkling through the darknes:
below him. He called out and in a
few minutes he recognized that he
had been blown into the top of tall
cottonwood tree that stood on the
bank OF the river fully quarter oil
a mile from the point where he last
remembered holding the reins he
managed to get down to the ground
but a broken collar-bone and dis
located hip compelled him to keep to
his bed for several weeks. at the end
OF which time he came up smiling
and ready for another scrap"
He didn't have to wait long.
the middle of the summer he had az
opportunity to buy quartcr-sectiol
claim at bargain and he awaited
himself OF the opportunity. 1t toos
all the money that he had to pay iol
the farm and stock it, but it was u
crop, and he counted on getting some
ready cash when his wheat was ready
for market.
The prospect looked very brigh'
up to the harvest time, when one
afternoon prairie fire came marcn'
ing down on him from the northwest
He saw the flames coming. and pun
ting bride on his horse, which w&
old and slow, he started for the river
ten miles away. The fire was gooo
deal swifter than the horse. and DE-
fore the animal had covered elgn'
miles the fire was almost at its heels,
The horse had done its best ops-
was played out, and finally fell deao
in its tracks. Holloway was cor
ncred. The fire was almost upon
him, and he was almost suffocated "
the smoke; but he was equal to u.
emergency, and with his pocks'
knife he ripped open the belly OF 'ns
dead horse, disemboweling' the car
cass, and crawled into the cavity.
was the only avenue that oheres
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