TRYING TO (UNKNOWN) HIMSELF.
A vtry cleverly- arranged contrivance has been discovered m the woods near St George, N B , by meaus of which an old and eccentric residont named Tuoker intended ending his exUtonco. It had been liotioed that the old man spent the greater part of Mb time m the woods, and a party followed him, He soon stopped beßido an opan grave, which had been c instructed for some special purpose A box had bean placed m it and sp'ings arranged bo that a m.\n could lie down In the box and pull down a board, when the grave would fill with earth, and bushwood arranged for the purpose would cover t.bo mound. The discovery was made jwjt m time to s&va tho man's life, for every detail had been completed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1459, 18 January 1887, Page 3
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134TRYING TO (UNKNOWN) HIMSELF. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1459, 18 January 1887, Page 3
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