The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

LITERARY EXTRACTS.

ANGLING DOW, • MAWS THROAT TOZ • &SAKI;
011 LUZON lluscusuagir ii Switnini :—" A Petunni
from Trehorninpejo Kapell," says a physkien at Gent-
kffidevik, in his official report to the Royal Swediah
Sanitary College, " visited me at the beginning of this
year to consult me retarding an unwelcome guest that
had got into his stomach, namely—a snake. During a
journey he had slept one night in a peasant's cottage in
a wicker basket which stood upon the boy, aiid at ence
he woke feeling something which resembled a ookl
body sliding down his throat. Be remembered that he
beg aese some large and half-decayed logsbrought in for
the fire-place, and at once bethought himself twit very
likely a snake might have lain in one of the boles in
these logs, and during the night have omits out to seek
• warmer dwelling by sliding down the aleelZe° oPes
mouth into his stomach. This idea beanie q rooted
with him. Wheel begot home he took Epsom salts and
atom in enormous dome, but the snake, which had at
ones notified its presence by makinp just below the
naval, and bites in the abdomen (i) was not brought to
light. After this the poor sufferer drank at ones half-
is-pllon or more of warm mare's urine, but of Do avail.
Had he had more, he said, he should have drunk more.
Now be had drank • quarter's of nitric add mixed with
three pints of water, but equally unavailing; the snake
only grew mare restive. Next • sort of soup was maids
of thin sour ale and the juice from Johan* pipes which
had not been cleaned for more than • you. Cold
sweating', retaking", and at last vomiting followed, but
the man only got wane. He now tried, assisted by two
Mends, to Elf the snake by squeezing it to death' and
he and his friends continued during nine hours to kneed
away, and the snake really became more quiet for about
24 hours, but that was all. After having drunk aeveral
gunners' of turpentine to no use, an attempt wee made
as angling for it A sort of fish hook was made of hoe
wire and • lump of dough composed of dour, white of
eat treacle, and butter was put on as bait. The book,
fixed to • string, was thni swallowed, and, after about
hall-an-hour a "bite" was felt, and the string was
therefore hauled in, and the patient could distinctly feel
how the snake clung to the book; but, unfortunately,
jitst as it same to the !gorge the snake let go its hold,
and down it sank again into the stomach. The next
attempt was still more unfortunate, as the hook got
fixed in the throat, and it took long, to get it loose
again. It would have been thought that this would
have induced the patient VI OM up any teethes
attempts at angling; but no, a third attempt was made,
and an extra tackle fixed at the hollow part of the book
to be able to get it loose if it should lx again. This
time the snake would not Übe at all; the book
was drawn up bare, and all farther attempts at angling
relinquished. Quite in despair, the fiessant now eon-
sulfa me (the physician spoken of above). I tried to
reason with him, but it was no use • be dung to his
idea, I have since beard that be has consulted both
physicians and others, and was at last obliged to return
home unallevisted. When he got bolos he became ed.
dieted to drink, which seems to have been the only remedy,
which after some time really has cured him." The title
seems ao wonderful that it is difficult to believe it, but
as it Is taken from an official. report of a Swedish
physician there oen be no doubt of its truth.—Botediat
Paper.
Can urn WOMIL—It is not surprising that the eat
should be thought the analogue of woman. Her very
sobriquet of Grimalkin—the grey maiden—intimatee
that she suggested to our ancestors the idea of • fair
spirit esuerjent from the gloom, like the White lady of
Anna Her vagueness of colour, and the laminae**
neer of her eyes in the dark, led the ignorant to con-
ceive that there was something supernatural about the
oat and gave birth to superstitions not yet quite eradi-
cated from the popular mind; and • very disagreeable
impression is undoubtedly made by the weird and uncanny
a of • black cat under certain circumstances.
Adopting
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the more kindly view, Gray, in • charming
poem, familiar to all, terms pass • "nymph ;" and in-
deed what better representative of the grace, sensibility,
witchery, artifice, and malice of the sex can be found
among brutes? The frisky volatility of the kitten, yet
Innocent of blood of mice., irresistibly reminds us of the
wild glee of • girl yet ignorant of the power of her
charms; and the noiseless movements and sedate de-
meanour of the mature Tabby regal the silent activity
and thoughtful composure of the experienced matron.
From this involuntary association of ideas the volatile
girl is spoken of as " • mischievous kitten," the French-
man fondly addressee his spouse am "ma chatte"? and
some persons by a strange mental obliquity vituperate
any obnoxious old woman as "that old cat •
Week.

Two oonst•bles stationed at Cloughjordan, county of
35pperar7, were nearly murdered on Saturday evening
by • prisoner. The head-oonstable, with his party,
had arrested several persons at a faction fight in the
afternoon, who were placed in the lock-up of the
station. About eleven o'clock at night the police heard
fighting among the prisoners, and head-eenstable Quinn,
together with sub-constable Territt, took g light and
proceeded to the lock-up. They had scarcely entered
when one of the prisoners, • man named Pierce rushed
at them, knocked the candle from Territt's hand, and,
seising his sword, stabbed the head-constable in a dread-
ful manner through the body, • little above the heart,
and then, turning on Territt, he ran him through twice
in the abdomen. The two °Steen lie in • very pre-
serious eondition, with little, if any, chance of recovery.
On Sunday morning Captain Sterling, of the town
of Moneymore, shot himself in his own bedroom,
deliberately discharging the contents of a loaded gun
into his forehead, drawing the trigger with his foot.
His death was the immediate result. It appears that
Captain Sterling had been a bard drinker until a late
period, when he became • rigid teetotaller. He was
subject to great melancholy. The unfortunate man
leaves • wife and three children, yet young, to mourn
' hie untimely end.
A curious action was tried on Wednesday at the
Croydon Asthma. A Roman Catholic clergyman, Dr.
Melia, was the plaintiff, and claimed damages from
Messrs. Spielman and Neate, solicitors, and Mr. Fish, a
builder, for false imprisonment. Mr. Flab bad contracted
with the plaintiff to build the n•qw Italian church in
Hatton WEIL When the work was completed he made
a claim for £2,800, and was told by the plaintiff's
architect that he was already overpaid. Mr. Fiala
t an action to recover the amount of his claim,
brwahDr. Melia said he should defend. In the course
of the interviews which took place Dr. Melia said
that he should go abroad, meaning, according to his
evidence, that he ahead take a holiday. The defendants,
however' assumed that he was going abroad to avoid
payment of Mr. Fish's claim, and caused him to be
arrested. He was subsequently released on bail, and
brought this action. After a prolonged consideration
the jury returned a verdict for the defendants, on the
ground that they had not been actuated by malice.
Mr. Robert Golding, who was born at Lisburn in 1760, has
died at Lisburn within the peat week. When the French
landed be became a volunteer in the Lisburn company,
in which he remained till it was broken up. In 1796, be
was enz oiled as • yeomen in the Lisburn Royal Infantry,
and served with his corps during the rebellion of '96.
After a long life of civic usefulness he was laid to red
at the venerable age of 103 years.—Bellnd News Letter.
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A watehmakez74 Rienne, in Bwiis;rland, e lover of
the chain, who for want of game had set his dog in
pursuit of a cat, and had torn the animal from a tree in
which it bad taken refuge, and then abandoned it to the
dog, has just been condemned by the tribunal of police
to four days' imprisonment, 501 . fine, 30f. Indemnity to
the owner of the eat, and oats. Public opinion in the
neighbourhood fully ratified the judgment.

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IitLANCHOLT DEATH Or _ SKI 113001114)113 OF
Cnicnorren.—Dr. Lankester held an inqueet at the
Middlesex Hospital on the body of William Milton
Bridger, Esq., Recorder of Chichester, and magistrate of
Bradford Avon, who was killed on Wednesday night in
Regent-street. The dammed gentleman was • member
of the United University Club, wipers he dined on
the seine evening. He walked up Regent-street,
and when at Argyll-place one of Chaplin and
Horne's vans turned into the place, and knocked
the deceased down, and be was killed on the
spot. Mr. Bridger, it appeared, was very deaf,
and the driver called out to him, and did all
he could to prevent the oxidant. Two gentlemen
who were crossing the road were examined, and Meted
that the occurrence was purely accidental, and the
police gave similar evidence. Mr. Humphries
(Humphries and Morgan) appeared for Meseta Chaplin
and Horne. He said the driver, Combe, had been ill
'roan excitement since the occurrence. Combs was
called forward and made a statement. He
was going slowly, mid did all be could to prevent the
accident. The Coroner said It was for the jury to say
whether the carman was to blame. A verdkt " Ae-
cidental deeth" was retorned. The jury exonerated
the carmen from all blame.

81710117 S lts Cuitiu,o IL —The Armourer-Bergeant,
4th Dragoon GPM*, sh the Curragh of Kildare, com-
mitted suicide on Friday. He loaded • carbine in his
shop, and deliberately fired it into hie month, motile-
=.d
himself in • @hooking manner. No reason sea bs
for the act.
TIML—A quaint writer remarks that the human
race is divided into two olasses—thoes who g'it-head and
do something, and those who lit still and inquire, "Why
wasn't it done the other way?
A COllOO5 Witt= —Men sometimes devise
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subjects on which tto risk their money in • be.ganC
Monday a party of four, consisting of Mr. Crockett. •
lion tamer, Mr. Ariel, his eitoretary, Mr. Cooke, the
leaps? at the circus, and a M. B=Eiritrof the Bair
nolles, visited the Column of the Paris, and on
the spur of the moment Mr. Cooke laid . Crockett a
wager of £2O (5001.) that he could not find • man in Paris
who could eury bim (Kr. Cooke) on his back from the
entrance to the top of the column without resting by the
way, and without aid from the side railings. The secre-
tary undertook to attempt the feat. U. Bellthash being
named referee. The task was ultimately undertaken,
and fairly accomplished. Mr. Cooke weigh', 11 dope
10Ibs., and Mr. Davies Scion. 4lbs. '
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DIM A CAMS OF CONICIUTIOII.—ETCRy species of
dust must prove injurious. Workers in those factories
where tools are ground and polished soon die of pulmo-
nary disease,. The dust of cotton and woollen factories,
that of the street, and that which is constantly rising
from our carpets, are all mischievous. it. Beecestoo,
ons
aw°harcoalthelaithemstgre.T.:ro,tiao,l,l:4ttlbyriAlw:rit:tai.hEe;w::::s4laeampert
_,oool;ertr
ofineeeP:i.baithes:::;
with mineral' dust, 30 ; dust from animal matter, as
ong
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consumption among p....a breathing the kinds of dUst
named was 24 per 1,003, or 240 per cent. In com-
munities where many dints ware made there was great
mortality from consumption, the average length of time
being only nineteen years. Bakers and millers aro well
known to be liable to oonsumption.
ku,slcsu Wm= is BEILIIMOHAx.—A short time
deco a married ma..named Thomas Jelferme, a We":
founder, living at -plaestoreallir
'gingham, was killed by • nsigb
Hignett, a workmen in a tobasso tosaufeekei—ii"
min, who bad formerly been cm coed terms. had WAY
quarrelled, sad oe Sunday darts( row be-
tween Hignett and him wife7".Msoa umy foolishly
Interfered. Illges••• Wain" •b• don.'" tUS it he
sumo near bo would "make it wane for him." Jeffer-
son, who ares to have boot suited by drink, ,
diseeprdoditbreat, and approashed Hignett. The I
latter Ora struck him savagely wait • poker amem Use '
bead mad aboulism. Jammu fell to tie ground badly
wounded. Es Ire to the boopital, OAFS he
shortly afterwards Bigwig has boos apprehamistl
on Ike amp. I widow is WI whit Sae
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