The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-23
SOMETHING IN HIS NECK.
1t was Two Inches of Steel from u Circula
Saw, and He Didn't Know It.

1t was Two Inches of Steel from u Circular
~. Saw, and He Didn't Know 1t.
M On Monday, August ~ last, one of the
inserted tooth-edger saws at the ID. II.
Wingate Lumber company's mill at
Orange, Tex, got into a bad way, and
during the early morning of that day cast
several of the half-circle springs that
hold the teeth in. The men about the
edger were Oh the watch and kept to one
side. William Litchtield, head etlger at
that machine, had just walked up, and
while talking Of the ugly behavior of
that particular saw, was knocked down
by lick OH his throat just under
the angle Of the right juwbone
beneath his ear. The cash was
not more than half an inch in circumfer-
ence, the. wound bled freely for few
minutes, but by the time he walked 400
yards to the drugstore it had ceased to
bleed. The cut was smooth one. and
rs there was not the least sign of the
presence of any foreign substance beneath
the skin the patient was dismissed with
the simple lotion with which to battle the
wound occasionally.
A few days ago, says an Orange dis
patch Of September II, lump appeared
on the skin two inches below the point
first injured, and the attending physi-
clan lanced it. This seemed to relieve
him. but last Saturday he began to real
ize that there was Il hard substance just
under the skin. Immediately over his
windpipe. and today he came to Drs.
IIadra and Hewson and told them there
was something in his neck: They made
an SlnclsiOn and found IL piece of metal,
but being uncertain as to it's shape, they
stopped to ask the patient to describe it.
Litchfield told the doctors he could not
give them an accurate description, but
to just stop the bleeding Il minute and he
would 70 to the mill and get one for
them. This was done, and he marched
mile, and returned in twenty minutes
with half-circle of steel, half an inch
wide and two inches from point to point
three-siXteenths of an inch in thickness
and weighing fully one ounce. The doc
tors began feeling for the lost spring.
but finally mapped i out cut ill., and
that Litchtield held i'm his hand.
AS soon as the operation WAS performed
and the incisiOn dressed. the patient went
home and got his dinner But he was in
town this afternoon looking better and
more cheerful than he had at any time
since the piece of steel forced its way
into his neck.
\ Biblical Character.
The name of the soldier who pierced
Christ's side with the spear while he was
hanging OH the cross has been preserved
in the legendary lore Of the church as
IIongnus This man was one of the
soldiers appointed to keep guard at the
cross, and it is said that he was con-
verified by the miracles which attended
the crucifixion. The legend even goes
further, declaring that he was one of the
company of watchers set to guard the
sepulchre. and that he was the only one
who refused to be bribed to say that the
body of our Savior had been stolen by
the disciples. For his fidelity to this
great truth PLATE resolved upon his
destruction. On this account Longinus left
the army to devote his entire time to
spreading the gospel; but he did this
without first getting permission from the
government of Jude;, or from Rome. He
and two fellow soldiers whom he had
converted. retired to Cappadocia. where
they began to preach the word of God
At the instigation of some of the leading
Jews. however, PLATE sent out detach-
ment of soldiers who surprised the de-
serters ut Il place where they were hold
ing Christian meeting and where they
had three crosses set up as an illustra-
ton of the great tragedy which had W
CURED but Il short while before at .Ie-
rus;lleln. All three were killed and be-
headed and their heads nailed upon the
crosses and carried In triumph back to
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