Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-17
A CURIOUS cANDLEsT,ck.
Novel Use That Was Made of an Oman
-f Barrel of Gunpowder


Historical students, when called r,o, :,
criticise relations of events. esnec,a1 liz
chosc 6hat seem in themselves unlikely
sn'hG are recorded to have happened in the
hvcs OF persons whose careers are senarot
Gu by long period of time, when the said
events have very striking similarity ho,
tween chem, are won't to regard the first
narrative as the prototype and the latter
as d case OF tra'isference. Sometimes this
hoy w she correct view to take, but it is
commonly dangerous proceeding to in
sAst upon. An example has occurred ia
Hne recently which illustrates this.
AZ ft;ist Bu5terwick, a village on the
oanks OF the Trent, some eight miles
| northwest OF this place, there lived In the
1nlodie OF the century shopkcepcr named
marshall. de was u general dealer. SIM.
plying nearly all the wants Of his neigh.
pors. ABOVE this mans aAhp and adioin-
lug oiohouscs was long chamber, open
TO the roof, in which he kept such stores
as ne had not room for In his some,vhn.
small shop. Among other things this
.uoiii contained a mangle, which was at
uhe service OF such of tho women of tho
Town us made him q small payment
ohe WINTER evening several women were
engaged in n,angling when one of them
shocked down their solitary cundlesticl,
ana, being probably of earthenware- II
Vas broken Work for the night was near.
~ over 1t did not seem worth while ~
fetch another, SO one of the women t,oIS
Ihe SILL burning cantilo-hanni1v It w.
ho1 very short onc--nnd stuck II into
some Dl'ick, dusty looking stuff which she
nau hotlced III IL barrel standing near
soooh, however, one of these good DANES
hao occasion TO descend into the shon and |
enconntering Marshall there, naturally hes
gan 10 apologize for the candlestick hav.
ing suffered 1
We may conceive what was tho shop.
Aeepers horror when he heard what was
inc substitute that had been found. for ha
knew at once that the candle was stand.
ing IN u cask OF gunpowtler. He rnsbo,3
=, Wy s.alrs ana was just in time. He mad,
cup with his two hands, " as he sai.1
80 1hiit no sparks could get to the pow
DER, and drew the candle calmly ont
"'thoue utterlng sound. His words AFT
erwArd When all danger was over were. I
,'t'Hc peeil toid, OF u kind not uncommonly
. .l., on BOARD OF Reels and coal barges
Oh our rivers, but such as are discouraoe,l
elsewhere
marshall told me OF this very soon after
, ~ occurred Tho date l am unable to FIX
o.lt nm sure that it was before the YEAR
1904. In the year 1861 ''The Depositiona /
from the Castle OF York ~ In tha Sou
,hteefth Century were published by the
our'ees society. In a note in this work by
Us editor, the late Canon Raine, the foi.
owing passage occurs. The parallelis1n ,
,c5Weea the two narratives as to the wnv :
ne candle was removed from danger IL
Tery striking: $50
!, Newcastle had a very narrow escanaI
bot 1854 An apprentices pf,inp ~, Ii
,arreIs 5or g,1npoWsd Ger and ihuch coInbusti- I
lie material thoughtlessly stuck the can
lie into u barrel, of which the head had
,ecn knocked off, to serve for candle
tick. he saw the danger and fled.
aborer ran into the loft, and, joining both
lis hands together, drew the candle softly
Up between his middlemost fingers, SO
hat if any snuff had dropped it must have
allen into the hollow Of the mans hand. :"
Notes and Queries.