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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 75, 30 March 1871, Page 2

A Terrible Eide. — Captain M'Arthur, of Kingston, Canada, hnn a fearful mlveniureon the Grand Trunk Kail way recently. Ho got up from his seat in the car, and walked out to the platform when the train was near Lancaster, to find out hownear he was to that station. He overbalanced himself and fell, but managed to save n"is life by catching (he coupling, and there he hung by his arms in a position which ufftfred him very little hope of recovering the platform above, in the one case, and an awful death were he to drop off, in the other. Through his great strength, being of strong muscular power, he held himself up while the train travelled four miles, undergoing the greatest mental as well as bodily suffering tife No one discovered his danger, as it was ■ night and very dark. When his strength was exhausted he prepared for the inevitable plunge, and, with a prayer of despair on his lips, let go his hold. Instant death would have followed in niuty-niue cases out of a hundred, but, providentially, Mr. M'Arthur fell — more dead than alive — into a hollow or excavation in the track. The train passed over safely, and he lay there unconscious, from his injuries and sufferings, for seven hours. After daylight his reason came back. He was unable to walk, but dragged himself on hands and feet to a house far off — some say two miles, — and got that care and assistance which his condition required. His arms and sides were quite blacky from the muscular exertions he was subjected to j his boots and a portion of his trousers were torn off, and his feet lacerated by being dragged along the track. He got a severe injury in the back also by his fall. The Kingston Whig says the doctor hopes to bring him through safely. If you are not particular about the looks, turn your hogs into your orchard, but keep "wire out of their snouts. Let them root to their hearts' content, and mellow- the soil; they are equivalent'to a cultivator, — better in sod ; and they are continual workers. They will meet three important things — they will work the soil, manure it, and destroy the infected fruit.