Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-25
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Ihea'icni!on Of The uui,llc !,a> Tor some ,ip;e
rasi Ueeh uEiSraliN attiactvd towards Ike dis
aSe called ;iyGrophohiu she terrors OF ihis
a'SeaSe nave long held pOsscssiuu OF the minds
~ men iew instances Of tle savrcS,tuI trent.
nIeh' otit, are 10 be tohnd upoi, rccotd-aud
e'tuthPse few are suppressed ny many TO he OF
dubious authority " W
Ot 'hev various renee which have been civ.
en- 10 the world, from tlie animal ve"eiabic and
mineral kingdoms none appear 80 weIlan,I,en.
tiCaied as The Chinese Snake Stone
onr neighhorhOod has experienced these as
remediesIn this disease for more than 10 wears
Wlthin which period they have been HDuIied IN
,ho"ShndS OF eases, a;tO fW hiCh have Terminated
happily, eXcerI two Instances and these do
not, nor camnntD the smallest degree invaiid,te
their efficacy.
Supported ~ ,heyare by testimony sufficient
TO convince amy unprejudiced mind vel there
are many Who regard them IS only amusing
Tie imagination, with a uiagica! crre,nony
While they pay well for their crcdulity and
therefore, without reflection, thinking it ex-
ceedIng IN the miraculous are for consiyniuo
them 10 meiitcdohlvion"
bul NOW can they combat fact II il impos-
| siDle mat Snri andSs OF intelligent Testimony
so long In existence and daily accunulatius
can he mere crtGulity! Ought VI moi rather
| To consider them as the most CERTAIN remedy
ever discovered III this or any other disease :
ihefe are several in this Aiate by the same
name, very different in their etf+ cts those [
have spoken OF are the Chinese snake Ginrcs
DINER III Caroline BY MIR. Sale They do NOT
| ahswerto the description Of the Rezoar Stone
LIKE many other substances their Mcdus
oPerdhui cannot be accounted for agreeai,iy TO
ue nNeu rnles of science vet we should not
allow blind Incredibly TO tep their .yiutnrv
ehec's confined ia a narrow circle obscuted
tom tie world like the COW pox forbalf "A cen
lhIy anu many other useful discoveries known
only 10 limited extent. Ia vain may ,y.
search IN our valleys aud Hills for Chick yyeed
ahu scu!l-cdp, &C.--theSP are of doubtful cfFi
cdcy, anu the ntIiIfppy patients, case viii not
ADMIT OF delay Where thsSe Snake S,snes
are not WHINE dlstan"'', the English method
appears 10 me Ia be tive next most certain this
I, cutting the wounded part long and frequent
emissions Of water andkee Ing tie wound omen
""d running Tor several months.
yours, Alb.
TO THE EDITOR or THE ENQUIRER.
IdPPahdRH0ck, hHgnst a., ILLS.
DEaH"iN.. Having scenSeseraICpi Z. firatps
punished ~ ytur paper relative to whuf ~ call.
ph t'ie sHdhte Stone, will trouble YOU with y
ledge.
liz the year 1872 q thiukJa dnr came TO nv
housc Iumy absence aud bii two ofinv ne,ror5
Oh NY return | was informed OF The circum
stance, ond immediately applied 10 Or John
bro, ScmiouSh, then living ~ IapldhaunOck ,
who ADVISED me 80 send them TO q stone then
~ the possession ola Nrs. 1ubb. I'D now ia The
possession OF MIR. James X. biCOu q fihis placr
In COM Iiancc wiiii lis request, sent nv reo
pie down, e. whom the stone was applied and
they have never discovered any symptoms of
msdBGsS--Jhe same dog bat I.lan lie p,nu
eriy of the Rev. Nr Syar, who lived ~, ilis
place, aud several dogs Of minc-aIl OF whom
died sad within short time.
Since that have had thiid negro liticp b,
a mad dog, fthat died confined and sent linn
to a similar .tone ~ MIR safes so the county, Of
Caroline and believe he Is wen at.Ihis time.
avn we'll acquainted with Use facts stated by
judge Fleming, respecting tie az. rOesof Col
Winis, and behevet the fellow To " honi ihesi1ne
was applied Is still living.
have seen tie stone which was iu Gle pos
session OF Mr.. James smith Of Richmond be.
tween which and that ia the possession Of Mr..
JAS. r. MCou there is not the smallest resem
blarce. With great respect, / am ytnrs.
JOHN DANGEkFIELD.
u Twenty steamboats,, whose names arc gwen, tfade
TO New orleans tons 3,722.
~ VI Is not worth our pains ia reply to ". c. in the
Augusta Chronicle Of the 9th and 5th.-A writer who
would 50 perfectly misrepfeseb to charge with
" nsria haired against the foremost hero IN America"
Gen. JachsonJ Is unworthy Of an answer.
-------.-.snsusr CEEJ> ~ S1FEEsu7ss.-ss--.--
scONNUEIcATkD.
DlEDJ-In Hanover county, "a the house OF Cant i.
Price, Nr. GEORGE DABNEY, ages 80. after \ dis.
tessiag ilness which he sassiue5 with hsfce fsTti.