Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-12-18


was about to depart, presu1aing H.,
nothing OF the kind would again =
pear; when suddenly, the girl. VII
was walking the floor, turned rornJ
witt smile, when | discoyersd
lump of something Ike black blood ;.
bout as lhic.; and nearly as hlacE :.
tar, near the size of a cherry. ins. ba
low the inner corner of her LETT e,s
which INSTANTLY removed, and Conpl
the skin underneath perfectly clean
smooth and solid. Being assure
MIR. Prince That in few minu
lump Of flesh, and soon after a bone
would follow, we caused her to Sit
dowp, and examined the place with
the incest scrutiny. bot 10 hole or a.
pe,ture could be- discovered. In pre-.
cisely sixteen inmates, lamp of clean
flesh, without any mixture of blood,
suddenly made its experience On he
outside OF the skin, about the size ola
large bear, which Gen. Nicely instant.
y removed, when 10 hole or aperture
IN the skin could be discovered. In SIX
minutes afterwards solid piece ef
bone. near one eight ofsn inch square.
suddeniv made its appearance at the
same place, which Being instantly re.
moved. TO hole or apcr:urein the skin
could be discovered. Precisely four.
teen minutes afterwards "A lump Of
c'ean!fesh, IS large as the end Of a
mans little finger to the first joint, sud
denly appeared a.ihc same place, and
in eight minutes sslterward, a solid
piece ofbone, as thick, s. ahou. .slfthe
length and width of large gram of
corn. when the incest srrutioy could
not discern any opening, or appear
snce Of any aperture from whence
these bones ard Jumps Of flesh pro.
ceeded. Durirg this time Judge
Emmerson ca,nc in. and witnessed
the foregoing facts with equal surprise.
In this way it bss continued up to the
present time: at intervals OF from five
20 twenty minutes. humps Of clean
flesh, sometimes al iuch 10 length and
as thick as mans little finger, and
homes of various sizes, one OF which
! am sredibly informed dropped from
her face on the evening of the 18Th
inst. as large as well grown grain
o. corn. The girl ,emains IN
perfect health, from the most distan!
symptoms of pain, either in the par.
affected or otherwise. She is only :
sensible of slight deefee Of twitch.
ing, oriickling in the flesh, at the in.
slant those emissions take place; the
colour OF the skin at the place is not
changed, nor can any appearance ola
singular kind whatever be observed.
But a most inexplcsble mystery is,
that the Cu;ckness OF vision, or mo.
Their words, THE powers ofdiscernment.
cannot discover the commencement Of
those emissions Of bones or flesh, Tie
first thing the eye car discover, is the
2!ot Of black blood, (which ennis first,
ard oct once in the day. ths lump Of
flesh or the bone, as tte case may be,
proiruded en- the outside of The skin,
which heIng instantly removed, The
ShIu NhoCi tiCdti - % sEHOu1 ~
free from any hole, opening az aper-
ture, which can be discovered by the
sirlciest scrutiny, as the most solid
part of the palm OF a mans hand.
lam aware, gentlemen, that in la
zsrdipg this incredible statement Of
facts before the ruoIc, I l4y myself
Liable to have NV yeracity impcacIicf,
but from those who are ac ouari,d with
mr .i,yustIhave nothing ofear;to those
who are not, can only say, that I
freely allow 10 them. the privilege
which Itook 10 niyself, tina. Of dis
Believing 10 part at beast, until con-
WINGED by occular demonstration -
However, as things are, | cheerfuliy
hazard my reputation by vouching for
the truth ofthe above facts, 10 which
presume more than fly respectable
persons in Gibson. County will freely
testify. Should there be any son Of
Esculspius, " hoocan solve the forcgo
ing mystery, hu will merit the thanks.
and a.lay tie much excited curiostyQt
all who have witnessed, or asserted
10 belief The same .a t.e
r. III. EVANS.
Evansville. Nov. nth, 1928.
P. S. The foregoing statemani is
MADE al ibis early period, in order 81