The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18

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England. must indeed have been born
under an unlucky star, if one may
judge from the following recital of his
catastrophes, as given in an English
newspaper in connection with the story
of his death:
/. Picked up for dead in 1869 after
the wheel of his cart had passed over
his head. Was carried to a morgue
| VIXEN he came to and finally recover
ed
2 Cancer on the lip which had to be
cut away.
3. Two fingers cut off in an apple
grinding mill
l. Loss of right eye through the
prick of a thorn
3. Loss of right arm through the slip
ping of a reaping hook.
Finally, this much afflicted man was
knocked down by a train and killed
He left widow who is totally blind,
Mr.. Lawson TAFT Che never called him
self doctOr) who died a few days ago
in London, was one of the most re-
markable surgeons Great Britain has
produced in q, generation. -. His fame
was worldwide and the practice he en-
joyed as a specialist in abdominal sur
gerry was extraordinary in its scope. In
| appearance he was anything but dis
| tinguished," as that term is popularity
understood, and one might see him on
! the street or in railroad car and never
suspect him for anything but prosper
Gus country grocer or a successful deal
er in cattle The writer recalls a re-
marSable action at law which was tried
| in the city Of Liverpool in 1856, in
! which Lawson TAFT was a central fig
ure. The suit was brought by a we'll
/ known citizen to recover damages from
| a Dr. Steele for the illegal (as he al
! leged) performance of an operation
upon his wife. The case was remark
! able because Of the array of medical
1 and surgical experts that figured in it,
Some 70 doctors, all of them said to be
! leaders in their respective localities,
| testified in the suit, and the number
was about evenly divided for the plain
| tiff and for the defendant During the
! progress of the trial, which lasted three
| days, the appearance of a layman seated
among the wigged and gowned queens
| counsel attracted a good deal of atten-
| ton He was a short, stout, florid
man, with a large head, sleepy eyes,
| bushy side whiskers and plentiful black
! hair brushed carelessly from one side
| He wore a white wooden suit and his
neck was decorated by a bright blue
/ tie, or cravat, which with the white
suit, made rather a striking combina-
| ton. A good many people, who did
not know the man Che was a resident
of Birmingham and had come on to
| Liverpool for the triaD made up their
| minds he was some intruder within the
| bar enclosure, and that the barristers
were too polite to order him out. But
! they changed their minds when the
supposed intruder's name. Mr. Law
/ he CT
up to the witness stand. 1t took the
| counsel who began his examination,
| some minutes to read off his degrees.
| the medical societies of which he was
| either the head or a leader and the
works on surgery of which he was the
author. His testimony delighted the
| Judge and Jury as well as all who heard
/ it. Latin phrases he dispensed with
altogether in his descriptions Of the OPP
Grafton under consideration, and the
| causes Of the disease which made it
necessary.
His evidence captured the jury and
! shortly after he left the stand, hav-
| ing been cordially thanked by the
court for his lucid explanations the
foreman intimated to the judge that
| he and his colleagues had made up
! their minds and the case concluded
prematurely, with a verdict in favor
! of the defendant.
Mr. TAFT was in his 55th year when
he died.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal, COM
menting on the forthcoming interna-
! tional yacht race, says: "Sir Thomas
! Lipton's mysterious racing yacht will
| be known to nautical historians as the
! Shamrock OF course the knight is
! quite entitled to adopt a name which
brings Ireland to the mind but the
white, or green, letters Included in the
word Shamrock will be the only thing
| Irish about her and if the American
/ cup is brought back there will be no
reason why Irishmen should shout and
/ cheer, The yacht. was built on the
/ Thames by English workmen. Near
| ly half of its crew comes from the
! COlne. The west Of Scotland provides
a commander and p men, while six
| other sailors come from EXmOuth and
Southampton. It must not be taken
| that we are keenlY disappointed at all.
| The winning Of a hundred American
! cups by a yacht as Irish in every res
pect as the Galtee mountains or the
| Hill of Howth would not be of the
| slightest practical service to the Coun-
| try. But whether the Shamrock wins
| or loses, let it be understood that the
| victory or defeat will be entirely Bri-
| fish"
The London committee in charge OF
| the arrangement for the celebration OF
/ the 1000th anniversary Of the death of
| King Alfred the Great, which occurs
next year, has decided to raise a fund
| for the erection of a statue of the king
and the Establishment of a museum uf
early English history in the city Of
! Winchester, where Alfred had his royal
/ residence and where his bones are bu-
ried.
c. O'ConneH Calvin.
The Boston Store received yesterday
a large invoice of Fir Balsam direct
from eastern Maine which they are
manufacturing into Pine Pillows. This
is the first time in Worcester THAI
| these pillows have been made up frAsh
within a few days from the time Bal
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