MARCH 24, 1831.

To-day Sturmhanns from Wolfsgrubenhohe was found dead in Lautergraeben.

His beard was badly singed. The people say that a blue flame which

issued from his mouth was the cause of his death. They explain it thus:

Sturmhanns had been drinking a great quantity of gin, then, as he was

lighting his pipe, his breath had taken fire instead of the tobacco, and

thus the man's soul was burned out of him. There is probably some truth

in the story.

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