Fulton County PA Archives News.....Son of Benjamin Garland November 2, 1899
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The Fulton County News. (McConnellsburg, Pa.) November 2, 1899
On Tuesday a sixteen-year-old son of Benjamin Garland, of Belfast township, was
cleaning his gun preparatory to knocking the eyes out of a big gobbler. In some way
the ramrod, with the wiper attached, became fast in the barrel of the gun. The young
man thought of at least one way to dislodge the stubborn obstacle, and that was to
put a charge of powder in through the pivot and shoot it out. This he did, and he
loosened the ramrod, but he spoiled the gun badly, besides blowing off the end of
the second finger of his left hand. Dr. Swartzwelder was called, and he amputated
the finger at the second joint.

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