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Show A HUMOROUS SUICIDE. j He Takes the Spook Route to Cheat HL r. Misery and Mr. Trouble. Bangor, Maine. Feb. 18. CharleB D. French, a peddler and a hermit, at Orono. blew the top of his head otf today. to-day. He left the following letter: '"To the Curious; 3:15 p. m. February 17. 1894 In two hours I shall be dead, shot through the head with a big charge of lead (no poetry intended,) and be on the spook route to kingdom come. Disease and poverty are the causes. However, no one knows that I am in a destitute condition; but I am, just the same. Burn, boil, bake, bury or send my carcass to the phosphate factory, just as the humor strikes you. I'm weak, faint and hungry ; but 1 know how to cancel all my engagements engage-ments with Mr. Trouble and Mr. Misery. "Yours respectfully, "Charles 1). French." |
