Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
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BURIED ALIVE

Sensations of a Man Who Felt b
Earth Closing Upon Him.
w. X. Moorehead, a geologist, was
recently buried alive while %excavating
a mound of the mound builders In ohio.
He fell with his head resting a little
above his feet and suffered little be-
yond a sensation of strong compression,
due to the weight of the earth, which
pressed the buttons of his light costume
into the skin and caused his watcn
chain to mark his body.
His thoughts succeeded each other
like flashes of lightning, and relating
to the past, his future, and his honle.
He did not think of his condition., ey-
cept to wonder if he would be able 10
breathe when taken out Of it. He tried
to move his hand, even his finger. but
failed. He could not lift his chest, and
the only part of his body lie could
move was his lower jaw, which the
clodsp permitted to be done. He remrln-
bcred how warm the earth before his
face had become when the breath was
pressed from his lungs, says Science
Siftings.
He kept his mouth shut to exclude
the earth, but after a time it opened in
spite Of him and two pieces Of clay en-
tered and caused him a horrible sensa-
ton in trying to eject them. He felt
that he was lost, and became indiffer-
ent. The workmen who We're digging
him out cleared the earth from his face
and eyes, but when they stopped a lit
tie the pressure on the rest of his body
drove the blood to his head and swelled
the veins so that he was afraid they
would burst. Moreover, he could not
breathe yet, because the thorax WAS
still compressed by the soil.
He never lost Consciousness. and as
the men carried him away he saw a lit
tie wild canary sitting On a spray and
he heard it sing. AS the bird few OF
he fancied that he was flying after It
and perching on n twig or another.
just as it did. The sky seemed a DIFF.
ferent color than usual" it also seemed
grander, and the country more beautl.
ful, and he was much affected by the
wondrous beauty of the spectacle as &c
to shed tears.
A Very Remarkable Coincidence.
X notice that in a certain Office in
New York something occurred in the
way of a rather remarkable coinci.
dence in the matter of Names" said ],
w. Walker Of Philadelphia. "A Ger.
tain X. H. Stone was introduced to
Mr.. kilbourne and to a Mr.. Hoyt.
Whereupon MI. Stone remarked: This
is strange. Here l have been intro
duced by Mr. Kilbourne to Mr.. Hoyt,
while my W name Is Kilburn Hoyt
Stone This reminds ne of q peculiar
combination Of names which found a
place among the chief men of one Of the
leading dailies of New York. The head
man was a Mr.. White; next to him
came Brown, next to him Green, next
to him Black, and fifth came Mr.. Reid.
"A gentleman was once requested to call
to see MI. White. Mr.. White Is not
in said the clerk; perhaps MI. Brown
would do you Yes said the caller, Il
believe he would The clerk asked il
Mr.. Brown was in, but found that he,
too, was out. viii Mr.. Green do your
he asked the caller. The caller thought
Mr.. Green might suit. But Mr.. Green
was not in, neither was Mr.. Black.
Perhaps Mr.. Reid would do YOU said
the clerk. The word Reid was unfor-
tunatcly pronounced as if it were red,
so at least the caller thought. Hither-
TO he looked skeptical as the colors were
called off in their turn. Now he ex-
ploded. What do you take me for?
he asked with anger. In vain did the
clerk assure him that no joke was in
tended to be perpetrated. The caller
would not listen; he turned on his heel,
quit the office, did business with
it again. The Browns and the Whites
were soon removed, and the combina-
ton Of colors has not since been al
lowed to find a place on the staff Of the
paper in question."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.