Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — LIGHTNING STEALS TEETH [ARTICLE]

LIGHTNING STEALS TEETH

jersey man Won’t Sing Any More When a Frisky Bolt is Reported Near. Pitney, N. J. —The next time Walter Campbell of No. 136 South Broadway sees a bolt of lightning trekking for him he will not await its coming with complacency. He will bolt for door or window, or even tuck himself in the chimney place. The reason for this Is that recently Campbell, who had gone into his home after dealing death to bugs on hifa potatoes, sat down in an armchair and began singing. Te was reaching to note when he lost consciousness. when he regained It he found that three teeth in his mouth were not where they had been. He recalled a streak of lightning that had come unannounced through the door, that had struck his teeth and then darted for the door as if it had been playing tag with him. He could not account for the lost teeth, except on the theory that the lightning either had burned them to a liquid, had swallowed, or taken them out the window with it Neighbors who had seen the freak of the lightning hurried to the house, expecting to find Campbell dead. He was alive and hopeful, but resolute that never again should lightning find him singing except through clenched teeth.