AN ARMLESS MAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1605, 9 July 1887, Page 3

AN ARMLESS MAN.

-♦— There recently died at Potadam, St. Lawrence Connty, New York, Rlchatd Donovan, who was m anno respects one of the moßt remarkable men In northern Nevr York. Twenty years ago, when a boy, Donovan worked m a fl urmlll. One day he wan caught m a belt, and received injuries that necessitated taking eff both arniß at the shoulders. This tnisfottnne did not discourage him and, after recovering his health, he set about earning his livelihood as beat he conld without the uae of hands or armß, Part of the time he had lived alon,o and from the necessity of helping himself ho beoame wonderfully adept m performing all kinds of work, CBing his feet and mouth principally* He owned a horse, of which he took the entire care fastened and unfastened the buckles with his teeth, and drove with the reins <ied around his shoulders. Being m need of a waggon, he bought wheels and axles, and built a box buggy ai)d painted it. He went to the barn one winter day and built a cow j stable, sawing the timber with his feet, i and, with the hammer m one foot and ! holding tli 9 nail with the other, he nailed the boards on as well »s moat men oould do with their hands. He dug a well 12ft deep on a farm In this town, and stoned it; himself. He could move away hay by holding the fork under his obin and letting it rest against his shoulder. He would piok up potatoes m a field as faat as a man could dig them. He could drees himself, get his meals, write his letters, and In fact do almost 'anything that any man with aims could do,