Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-11-10
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CURIOSITY NEARLY KILLS IS
Curiosity nearly cost the life Of 3.
wear old Calvin Wilkinson. of l23 Mul.
berry street. Harrisburg. when ho got
hold " the family coal oil can and
drank a quantity just TO see how coal
oil tasted. It evidently did not taste
very we'll SO he told his parents all
- about it. They hustled him over to the
hospital disreusary whore mustard
water was administered and his life
was saved.
LEISURELY DEER-S. NJ. Kelsey,
If Lock Haven, had an odd experience
recently while in the orchard of his
brother at Haneyville, Clinton cOuu.
tv. He was picking apples when his
attention was attracted by strange
noise in the bushes. suddenly doe
leaped TO its feet and stood gazing at
him. Then fawn followed and took
its stand by the side of the doe Last
but not least large buck was aroused
and when it saw Mr.. Kelsey started
ieisurely away, followed by another
fawn. The quartet passed along the
fence for some distance, did not ap-
pear to be at all frightened and final
ly disappeared in the woods.
NARROW ESCAPE-Peter Biting,
of Newport, had remarkable escape
from serious injury a few days ago
He was driving over the tracks of "A
siding at that place and tIainmen did
not notice his approach and started a
car in on the siding. 1t struck the
wagon on which Mr.. Biting was driv-
ing and he was thrown out and under
the car. The horse was also caught
and dragged for about thirty feet when
the car left the track. Mr.. Biting
managed to free himself from the
wreckage and was taken to the office
of physician, where it was found
that he had escaped with a few slight
injuries. The horse also escaped, but
the wagon was demolished
TOUCHED MULES TENDER
SPOT-Luther Bowser, son of Andrew
Bowser, of Henderson township, Hunt
ingdon county, was kicked by mule
and rendered unconscious. The boy
was driving the animal and touched
it on a tender spot, with the result
that the lad was kicked on the head
and the physician who was summoned
found it necessary to put in number
Of stitches in closing the wound.
SOMEECOMMOTION.-Some COM
motion was caused in the home of
Street Commissioner John G. Reed, Of
West Chester. by an explosion in a
cook stove which tore the stove to
pieces and caused much damage to the
kitchen. The explosion is attributed
TO a dynamite cap left in the coal at
the mines.
CHEAPEST PAYS BEST. AT the
meeting of the executive committee of
the Allentown fair, the statement of
the officers, showed that the profits
for this years exhibition amounted
to 81, 3SS 1t is said that no other fair
in the world which charges only %
cents admission is so prosperous.
OLD FREIGHTER DEAD-George
Geigley, the oldest inhabitant of Birds
boro. is dead of gangrene at the age
of 92 years. He was one of the few
survivors of the Conestoga wagon
freighteIs who hauled goods between
the east and the west before the rail
road came.
NEED THE BRUSHES. .-Examina-
tion made by the Reading Dental So
ciety, has disclosed that only /, $40
Reading school children use tooth
brushes ont of s, 925 examined between
the ages of and II. Those had more
than 52, 600 cavities to be filled up.
DARED TO DEATH-Several boys
whose homes are in Columbia were
daring each other to touch a broken
electric light wire dangling from
pole when Daniel Laudenberger, aged
years, jumped and grabbed it with
firm hold. He was killed instantly and
his body could not he released until
the power had been turned off.
NEVER HAVE MOVED. MIR. ard
Mrs. Jacob L. Bower. of Birdsboro.
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary in the Bower homestead.
where they began housekeeping so
years ago, and which has been in pos
session of the Bower family for 1873
years.
"YOU BET''-The Pottstown High
School Literary society debated the
question Resolved That corporal
punishment should be abolished" and
the affirmative side won with whoop.
GROWING BIG ONES. John Con-
rad of Pottstown is exhibiting three
pumpkins, weighing 157, l03 and 76