Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1882 — Work of the Whiping Post. [ARTICLE]

Work of the Whiping Post.

Toronto (Ont.) Globe. , James Coulter.for attempting to outrage Miss Campbell at Ktngnon last month, and who, for this outrage was sentenced to two years in Central Prison, and fdrty-elght lashes with the cat-’o-nine-tails, received the first installmen whipping to-day. The prisoner “was stripped and placed on ' the triangle. He snowed considerable terror at the approaching punishment One of the guards bared his aims, and taking hold of: the instfrument of torture, he swung ijt around bis head afid bringing it dowii With great force over the prisoner’s bare back, who roared with terror and pain, and implored the doctor to have menjy on nim. His ories were unheeded, and again and again the blows fell with redoubled ■ force, while the victim continued his. cries lor mercy. After the flogging was fever the prisoner’s back was tom and bleeding, and ho was taken to the prison hospital,where a cloth saturated with oil was placed over his back. He will receive the balance of the flogging. _ Ip nine months: ' ■ • :; - Resonance in puunu nans can bo . modified or prevented by stretching wires across the ceiling so that the vibrations are absorbed, conveyed from one wire to another, and spread over . the building.