The sun

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Itself In his letter to the vicar. It said

"Good-by. You will find within the

two bankbooks." Among tho sexton's

Wooden Cannon

A"

ono familiar with modern

eapons of war and tho high

explosives used In them would

naturally suppose a wooden cannon of

little or no use.

Wooden ennnons have been used

with considerable success in Cuba,

Hayti and tho Dominican Ilcpubllc.

"The wood used Is very tough, having

a twisted grain that curls about the

log In such way that to split the tim

ber "with tho ordinary means Is almost

Impossible.

The best trees oro selected and n

piece of tho log live or six feet In

length and about one foot In diameter

Is cut. After tho bark has been re

moved nnd the log made perfectly

round, It Is swung up on a crude truss

and a hole Is burned Into It from ono

end. The log Is wound with fresh raw

hide, vWilch shrinks and hardeiip

When tho cannon Is covered another

layer Is wound on after certain treat

ment, nnd this Is continued until the

welpon has Increased several Inches

ln diameter.

Then tho weapon Is treated to a hot

blast, which tends further to contract

duties had been the earn of the vies"

bankbooks.

"I never heard Sexton Waltor utter

a despondent word until last week,"

said the vicar. "Then ho said that th

monotony nnd loneliness of the lif

wero getting on his nerves, and that f

ho regretted he was too old to find

other occupation."

A shadow falls upon the deputy's

face when he refers briefly to tltst

tragedy of St Paul's belfry. Thero is

a new sexton now, a young man; tout

the deputy says that he. Faithful Paul,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The sun. (1919). New York [N.Y.], 1919-02-23. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030431/1919-02-23/ed-1/?sp=69

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The sun, 1919-02-23.