| Show AN electrified TREE the residents in the vicinity of tenth and shipley atrev to is are agitated over the peculiar actions of an ag aged ed ma maple e tree which stands on te tenth th street street just in front of kel leys saloon small boys approach this tree with mingled feelings of awe and fear the colored people in the vicinity are thoroughly alarmed and look upon the staid old maple with superstition they declare that the tree is conjured and they warn all persons to keep away from it the first man who discovered that this tree who acting strangely w was thomas rhomas H crisson a levelheaded level headed beaded young butchert butcher who holds forth in the second street market one night last week as crisson was walking out tenth teeth street he be chanced to stop in front of the tree to engage in some conversation with A s friend while talking he leaned against the trunk and was surprised to feel a tingling sensation all through his bis back he became alarmed and thought that he had received a stroke of paralysis As he turned around and ana glanced upward he saw numerous bright lights flickering all through the branches of the tree this very strange phenomenon caused him to leave he notified mr kelly that thin thing was the matter with the tree and kelly investigated the matter ache As he placed his hands upon the tree lie felt a sharp sensation idl all through his body he immediately concluded that the tree was waa a very unpleasant neighbor and it was immediately noised through the neighborhood A syndicate of small boys discussing the mandamus case gathered near this tree the other night one of efthem them placed his hands bands against the bark and lie he was almost knocked down he turned and fled leaving the other boys standi standing aghast in antoni astonishment ament A belated belat traveler who had imbibed too much stumbled up against the tree one night he felt the sensation and with a yell started off as fast as his legs could carry him A colored woman carrying a big basket of clothes came in contact with the tree the other morning she was so shocked and surprised that she started off leaving her clothes standing in front of kelly kellys 18 deputy coroner barnhill Barri bill visited the tree one evening for the purpose of holding an inquest on its dead branches As he touched the body of the tree his hand band was so shocked that be concluded the tree was possessed by a demon captain E L rice bice jr of troop B recently gave the tree a military investigation and he be claims it Is charged with electricity city solicitor turner daily passes the tree but he be sayi khe is not alarmed and fears no evil from it through the branches of the tree and touching some of them are fifteen insulated electric wires the insulation has probably become saturated with water and the tree being also wet the electricity has been carried down the tree by the water into the ground As soon as the tree dies the wood will become a non ison cc inductor conductor again the current which passes down the tree is of course not enough to injure a person as the current from the wires themselves would not do that the continuous wet weather has baa saturated the tree otherwise the shocks would not have oe oc cured washington news |
