The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1894-02-23
a HUMAN RArrEnv
A Man who Is too Fuu n, r,...
to he TOLERATED.

.th man Who Is too Full OF EIeotr,.,,
,is 60 he Tolerated.
on For thirty-fve years Oswell pou,o,
as mas lived the life OF hermit, ~ az
woods, six miles north Of Hadirwa W
Souu', In a locality known a,
Fartrldge Run. The mans co.
H. fusion was forced upon him bv ,
e. circumstance that happened wen he
n vas about 2S years old. A. a.,
Is time Powell was a prosperons CO.
hHPpy young farmer. He bad -
TWO years married and his domostJa
relations were extremelv Ss,O rIoaSas.
II While attending the Count ~
Q ,,, 10Y ne came across a friend who
,,eis "I9 SnAlous to test his ability IN
a hoia electricity and the two songbt a
5 DatIery that was doing heavy bnsi-
/. ground. " 'ne iair
,'he men tried the machine. and ,
gOpd -natured dispute as IN tvbo 49,.
Ghe best man arose between tbo.,
'Uweil,s friend claimed that he could
lolu the most electricity, and be
sverTeu IN TO prove it. He sent the
neeGle around the dial to the s00
marx. Powell pulled of his coat "a
olutched the handles. The onorotn.
sent stream OF electricity into bin,
Chst TOOK the crook out OF his olba,.I
ana caused him to stand on tiDton
otlIL Powell called for mora "a %
IT. The needle swung around go soS
! PoA-lV'' ana al, yet Powell howled for
more Ihe charge was sent into
MN MN, and leaping into the airbo
came down fiat on his back. He boJ
Put the needte up to the 41O marlS
UuC nearly killed himself doing -
a ne was dazed for several bours bmt
right. apparently all
IN loss than six months after hi.
experience there was trouble IN tLS -o
owen mouse. Mrs Powell left bas
husband and refused to live with him
sny longer She said that he vas
kIhd TO her, but there was somo+b;sS
ABOUT the man that repelled berSA
40 strange n"--or whatever a.
seemed to DO growing on him WAY
toweil told his father.in.iaw e..
10 nSan = felt like himself since the
tIay t9at he tried his hand at the
oIgc ''jI tnachlne' He said that he
ouian't blame his wife, and be mad
~ snort 70 reclaim her. II was
vlaent that Powell's nerves bod
Cmehow' been seriously affectoJ
.@Pert medical advice was tsLon
= nT good deal Of money was snent
Lo"ell In searching for a nuro
" 4SsP e gpS nc purpose. PgtJP, The strange
ecame so strong that thu, fG29llK
lrank from his touch.
finally Mrs Powell was induced 70
'Iuen 10 her husbands house, bnt
10 Two occupied separate anart'
ents They lived in this way tor
zee years then Powell left, ana
% uS ms residence In a house that
!. sSS+ sGSF+ tSS noG Gtridge Run. -
y >. N.1stI,a ered gre&ster, 4gd
RS rs Ca g II ,ttA1---SSpr6e cne
.he7 Ns 4 r. ! R66oof5 IN 15fbs,--
-esT-E -hS1-- tho HpHR OF
FASTING weatner buu Line O1/ q tree
lear the road SO that the farmers
ould get an idea what thS weather
vas going to be without di$turbine
linn.
During the time that Powell suf-
ers pain medicine has no effect on
lin, The most powerful sedative
to him is as so much
water The only relief that he gets
s by laying his hands on cats, and
10 has surrounded himself with these
.nimals, that appear to be warmly
.ttsched to him. When he feels a
pell OF suffering coming on he takes
o stroking the CATS and by this
means his suffering is greatly les.
ened.