The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-01-10

People now come hundreds of miles
20 view the spot ! have referred to this
accident before. and probably by refer
ring to it again now those few who
die believe it will 60 over to the ma
jority, but can prove it by two physi-
clans, both of whom set my leg, and a
third physician who reset it about q
week later when my bed fell down.
Twas placed on a cheap bed and an
extension put on the leg-that is, a
piece Of adhesive plaster was put on the
sole of the foot, and to this cord was
attached which passed up over the foot
Of the bed and over pulley to a couple
Of fiat irons which kept my limb pulled
out to it's full capacity all the time
when the bone was knitting. One day
heaved a sigh, and as did so the bed
fell with loud report, leaving my foot
in the air.
Gosh, how it hurt!
A nurse and my fond wife were there,
but they could not pull me out from the
chaos of bed and shattered legs. All
they could do was to wiring their hands
and put cologne on my brow.
It was one of the saddest situations 1
ever accepted. Finally my wife, who
is woman of quick intelligence, sug
gested that I could be slowly elevated
by an educational process She got two
sets of cyclopedia and some of my OWL
literary works, and with these she man
aged to build up under my giant frame
as went up OH one elbow at time, 81
that when the doctor came was rest
ing, white and faint, with a work or
phrenology under my head and big
octave on numbering in the northwes
under my lumbar region.
The cyclone is very quick movement
of disturbed air in various directions
and is injurious to animal life. It is, al
I may say, in almost every case, acute
disturbance of aerial particles resulting
from inflamed climate.
The careful student of atmosphere,
phenomena notices at first small clout
about the size of a mans hand, bu
very soon it assumes the size and black
ness Of threatened tariff legislation, ani
before one can find the key to his cy
clone cellar he is twisted so that HI
looks at the future over his shoulder
blades and tears of anguish roll dow1
over his eyebrows into his ears.
When l rose on my good leg to go t.
the assistance of my brother, the sharl
bones of the tibia and fibia cut through
the lacerated flesh, and also spoiled I
comparatively new pair of pantaloons
The green leaves of the forest had beer
whipped to a mucilage by the wind ant
hail and plastered over fences, house
and even horses. Our horse was hang
ing by his breeching from lonely tree
plastered with green, and the blood wa
all rushing to his head. moaned ant
sank into a pool of mud, hail and rain
water.
My patience, how my leg did ach
mel :
Help was miles away, but busy re
lieving the distress of the injured an
comforting the bereft or searching 70
the dead at Clear Lake. 1t was mem
orable night. lay on my back looking
up at the alternate cloud rack and tn
cold, unsympathetic planets. Now an
then it would rain some more on m
upturned spectacles. Nothing is NOR
annoying than spectacles in a'cyclone.
My brother paced the torn and di
sheveled road near me, almost craze
by the fear that his family had bee
killed during his absence. Finally
foot passenger came by OH his way t
the village, and we sent for relief. l ask
ed for stretcher, physician, rubbe
blanket, bottle of moxie and All even
ing paper.
The accident occurred as the whistl
blew for o'clock, and it was midnigh
when relief came. I can recall the Gil
cumstances almost without effort.
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