The Newtown bee., 1896-03-13
NEW PRESTON.

HIS FRIENDS PRESCRIBED CHEERFULLY.
 George TUmpkina again became n oE- jecG of soiictude and much atteutio, from those of his friends hero who saw
 him most during the latter part of lasl
 week. On Monday, March 2 George &C., cidently stepped through the floor in !. .. Blacks mill, where he was at work,
 and he dropped to the floor below, ahoU eight feet. When Mir Black found hin,
 George was in the ancient attitude O prayer, but the devotion WAS this timA left out. George arose from his hand
 and knees quickly and declared he wa3 not hurt, neither did it stop Jim in work ing. On Tuesday. with Frank Cable. h. uGl0aded 6 large car of Oat~, but ca Wed. n2sday some one told George they be- lieyed he was injured. Another met hiu.
 and asked him how lame he felt. Au-
 other told him he looked pale while an,
 other prescribed liniment, salts, iodine.
 quinine and witch hazel. Before night George seemed to really believe that his
 ribs had been strained. He commenced
 to limp on one limb and when Dr Marcy
 arrived home from his days practice
 George was ready to consult him. On
 Thursday he limped real hard when he
 was sure that some one saw him and he
 had made up his mind that a mistake had
 beeR made in the measurement of distance
 which he fell at the mill and one person
 had told him it was 30 feet and two inches
 instead of eight between floors. On Fri
 day George appeared so lame that it was
 about all he cid was to tell what was
 done to him. On Monday previous he
 had invited 450 to see the aperture
 through which he slipped and compute
 five men over to look and figure at it.
 On Saturday morning George seemed
 open for wholesale treatment. His knee
 had been well painted with iodine.
 Ernest Brown used horse bandage of six yards to wrap his limb from ankle to
 thigh. A capsicum plaster, well saUurat- ed in cayenne pepper, was laid in strips
 on each side and over his knee. A heavy
 cane was procured that he might use in
 his perambulatiOns about the streets while another boy found hin an antique crutch to use under the other arm and make him appear still more feeble. 1 When George got through with his last treatment he could scarcely go at all. | He excited all pity possible in relating his deplorable condition. He declared his oDpafira uos roma hur FEar,r,1y Mo- tin, with whom he boards, declares he ate at dinner two and one-half pounds of 1 corn beef, Il potatoes, four turnips, five | slices of bread and two plates of pudding as dessert. After dinner, he decided not to stir during the afternoon but at ? 30 he | was called out to feed Dr Marcy's horses, who, he was told,no one dare go near but him. While performing his usual chores at T. c. Blacks barn on Saturday after \ noon, his crutch was missing. Soon af- ter he was influenced to consult Dr Marcy, who found his limb much improv- ed. He removed the bandages, plaster, etc., and told him to take good bath, swallow two soda mint powders and go to bed immediately after supper, which be did at about 30 p. m. On Sunday George found his cane missing and before night he seemed able and will ing to stop walking on his toes and put his foot squarely on the ground again, and at present writing, no further general prescription have been proposed or ad- viscd. He seems as nimble and strong and active as of yore. He has truly es. ,aped a serious Illness, caused by the in. auence Of mind on mind and we congra- ;ulate him on his deliyeranee from dire lffiiction. On Saturday his threats were Itrong against the Syndicate who own