The evening world., 1894-01-25
HE DUG 4 ELL.
And Was Hoisted Out OF II in n
Badly battered Condition.

A tall man who had a face OF most
peculiar appearance sat in a big chair
contemplatively smoked a cigar. His
nose appeared to be scraped off and Their
was a big dent in his forehead as If
somebody had, in a playful moment,
mento, says the Buffalo Express.
The tall man sat and smoked alone
for half an hour or so. and then a man
sat down near him, and then another
and another. until finally there was a
little knot OF men around him and they
We're all listening to the story he was
telling. This was 1t:
II suppose there are nifty, people a day
who ask me how 1t IL have 50 little
nose and such a depression in my fore
head. rarely tell any person. but, AS
have all expressed a desire to know, |
believe l will reveal a few Of the secrets
of my past life. When | was n good
deal younger than | am now | got broke
there made the acquaintance OF a man
who kept a big clearinghouse. There
was no very good water In the town and
he concluded that he would dig a well.
| had never dug a well. but l made out
to him that well-digging was second
nature to me and ! struck him for the
lob. He was a little dubious. hut he
finally concluded to let me try IT., We
got one of those fellows who walks
around with "a forked twig and tells
where water is. and he made a tour of
$50 ahi' VII w lIl'tN
available spot. Then ! got a rope and
two, pegs OF wood and marked out II
circle, borrowed IA pickaxe and spade
The soil vas sandy on top n the
thing was easy for a while, | reasoned
with myself that | could get enough IL
was happy. Things took a different
turn very soon, however, and | struck
rock. | firmly believe that there ia ne
rock In the world that Is as hard as that
| rsARls N-nG III - I-A.t .a
pudding beside 1t. ! got a drill and some
blasting powder and went al it. wcnt
down thirty feet and there was no sigr
Of water, The man who MANIPULATE
was water in the earth beneath the
spot, and ! kept on blasting, one daS
drilled a very deep hole. put in a send
ing big charge Of powder and spent an
hour tampinG in brickdust. Then / wen.
up and saw that everything was al
clear. and told the man who was work
ing the windlasS to watch out, n
when | gave the. signal, to pun up a,
fast as he was able. | went down ant
lighted the fuse,
Just as ! touched the match to tn,
tuse ! yelled to my man to pull me UD
lie began working the windlass and
assembled quite rapidly. ! had almos
reached the top when the d~od-blaste,
blast went of, As | have remarked. /
vas "a corker. \ big chunk of rock hi
the bucket on the bottom and drove m,
up INTO the air as y ! had been fired on
VI Il cannon, As ! was COnliNE up m
nose and forehead struck on the edge o
a two-inch oak plank that lay acros
to their present proportions. The felloy
at the top stuck to his post and KEEP
turning, As my head came up, he say
the blood and yelled; 'My God, he
KIT, Then, with great foresight. he lie
go the handles Of the windlass. and
didn't do a thing but drop thirty fee
down on that mass of Jagged stone
That part OF the business broke a leg
an arm and two ribs for me.
: After a while they fishcd me out, an,
was in bed for weeks. When | 10
: out was worse OFF financially than
Z had been when began the well, and
! was, shy a nose. a big chunk OF fore
head, and a lot of manly beauty int
the bargain. l have dug no wells sine