Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1904-12-02
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

many years.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
While Riding on an N. p. Special a
Linton Young Man Meets With a
Distressing Experience.
Postmaster Jones gets into a more
varied assortment OF trouble than Is
recounted of "Chrlstian" in "Pil.
grim's Progress" Several years ago,
when the genial postmaster was an
honest granger, he tried to "chuck" a
wagon.wheel with his budy, the at
tempt resulting in divers and sundry
broken bones. Again, few weeks
ago UP at Boo-Hazelton-a skeered
hoss tromped on the more or less
youthful p. NJ, making his counte-
nance resemble the physiognomy of
an unfortunate who had gone in with
the bundles and dropped out with the
straw. Generally it's "third time and
out" Not So in this case, however.
The "third time" happened last Sat-
urday evening. A prairie fire started
a mile or so north Of town. The Lin
ton ire-Fighters sped to the scene Of
devastation on Il special N. z. train
consisting Of one hand.car. AS they
drew their gunnybags and went in,
the fire saw it had no show and went
out. Then the members OF the fire
brigade boarded their special, the
conductor, engineer, fireman and
brakemen took their accustomed
places, and the train sped homeward
On the wings Of the wind.
"But what's all this fol-de-rol got to
do with Tom and his 'third.time' ac-
cident?" sumo matter-of-fact reader
may ask.
Be patient. You shall hear.
The train was crowded. The p. NJ
sat bowed over with his chin in his
hands and his back under the duflick-
er that they grab hold Of to make mo.
tive power for the train. He was in
deep meditation-wondering what an
illegible word or two could be in the
last postal-card lie had read before he
left the office. AS lie pondered he
bowed his back still more.
Then the aforesaid dullicker that
makes the train 20 took Il hand IN the
"back-bowing" business.
II (! {! /!
[These are flubdubs known in print
shop parlance as ''scare Marks" and
they are inserted to put the reader in
a proper frame of mind for that which
is to comet
AS the duflicker came in collision
with Toms backbone the latter
snapped with u sound like the explo.
sion Of Il giant flrecracker. The at
mospheric disturbance was such that
several passengers were blown from
the train.
Kind and willing hands at once set
to work to pick up the pieces. One
eye, one ear, a hank of hair, a handful
of teeth, a foot, three fingers, Il partly
masticated chew OF tobacco and q
package of postal-cards that the vic
tim had taken along to read at his
leisure were recovered.
The accident occurred a short dis
tance from the unfortunate mans
country home, and there he was til
ken. The misEap having left hin
with his back in the form Of semi
circle, with his feet and head touch
ing to make the other half, he coult
. not conveniently be totcd on q
stretcher. So his sorrowing compan
: ions rolled him home = like hoop
snaix travel.
. Well, the doctor was sent for. HI
came. First he hitched Il horse to tn
remaining ear and another to tn
foot and Strengthened his vic-patienl
, out. Then he recoupled and oiled TIN
backbone; cut threads with pipe-di
and screwed on the foot, glued the ca
. in place and replanted the teeth
{ The fingers he kept as souvenirs q
, the melancholy affair.
The man of medicine asserted tina
his patient would be around In les
than week, and we are happy to /
J. able to say-no extra charge for sui
| scription when we use big words
Q that his asseverations and prognO
e tications proved to be SUBSTANTIAL
1 compatible with the facts.
J. The worst phase Of the case Is tina
r these repeated accidents have mac
i it necessary, as we'll as cheaper, II
v the young victim Of adverse circun
r. stances to employ a physician to men
!. him up and stick him together by til
: year. But doctors services, as we
). as glue, wire and the other vario'
y. appurtenances and belongings used
repairing the wounded all cost got
!. hard cash-or prolnlses-and plen
n OF IT. /,
d They do say, gentle reader = no
4 your ear close, so that none Of Il
: gossips can hear it-that, were 1t n
= for the fact that Tom has big brot
n er Bill who makes all kinds Of mon
= slaughtering yel.ison for the marke
= the Jones family would be in a ha
a n. nj.