Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-06-03
Warren, Saturday Morning, June 3, 1926.

wounded men with apphcah ons made
fro.n grass, weeds and herbs, bruised
and formed into poulnces ard the
wounds did remarkably we'll. Biay
not this hint be useful to those enga ged
in frontier wars, or distant expeditions
to savage countries I? We know that
Che Indians do cure very bad wounds,
and we well know that they bave no
apothecariet' hafi and their simpIes ere
entirely derived from the vegetable
Kingdom. :
The char acfer Of Braddock may be
summed up in few words. He was
brave, withoutthe better part, discreet
Iion, and perished in yainIy attempting
to wage the warfare Of the European
lplains, in the wilas Of the new world.
He was the son Of the old General
Braddock, distinguished officer. in the
early part Of the last century. His sis
ter, celebrated for her beauty, her
wealth and her misfortunes, came to an
untimely end. She possessed fortune
Of six thousand year-was fond Of
intrigue, though certainly never crimi-
nal, and having dissipated her fortune
at the gaming table, became reduced to
want, she put an end to her existence,
|by hanging herself IN an embroidered
,girdle.
Her youth, her beauty and misfor.
tunes, rendered her the object Of uni
tyersal pity; and the fate of her broth
er will be the less regretted, when it
is known that he was so destitcte OF bn-
maaity, as when he heard of his sis.
ter's. death, to express himselfb by pun,
tsaying, that she had tied herself up from
play"
| Care fora terrible disorder in tie
naout tn, cont1noniy called SCANDAL.
Take Of good nature one ounce =
Of an herb called by the Indians
sMIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
ono ounce--mix this NTH little
"charily for faiiimgs," and two or
\ three sprigs OF :. KEEP YOUR
'i,rONGUE BETWEEN YOUR
ItlEETH," simmer them together in
vessel made Of clay called circnm-
spcrtion, for a short tinles and it will
be fit for use.
.qpplication,-The symptoms are 4
VIOLENT itching in the TONGUE and
roof Of the mouth, which invariably
takes place when you are with a
kisd Of animals called gossips.--
| When you feel a turn oil it coming
ON, take a icaspoonful Of the above,
/ |ueld It to Your mouth, which YOU
may keep closely shut until YOU get
lone, and YOU will find a complete
lcurc.
Should you apprehend a relapse,
keep a phial about you, and on feel
ing The slightest, symptom, repeat
the dose.-N II. Pat.
! Curious Dnel.-A dispute lately
took place in Paris between a mill
!, tary man and apothecary. The
first insisted upon satisfaction from
. his adversary, and appointed a meet
ing next morning IN the Bois dc
! Boulonge. Tire next morning the
I apothccary waited upon his antago-
Y MIST before the hour appointed, and
: said 10 him with great GOODNESS,
I" You are military. 1 am a mcdi-
r cal man-you understand the use ol
the sword and pistol ain only &C.
e daaintcd with drugs. You are tho
e challenger, therefore l have u right
. to choose my weapons Here arc
IS tsoo piHs--one ia poisoned the otbei
:, is not. Do, you choose one ant
!, J, sw allowit, and will swallow th'
y other. The officer laughed yer,
!. heartily at this proposition; and the!
y sat down to breakfast very goo'
II, friends.
of -
ad Some men spend their lives in an
b, ticipations,in determining to be vast
az iy happy at some period or othci
IL ,t.iea they haze lime. But the pres
ent time has one advantage over ev
C. cry other---it Is our own. Past or
~ y portunities are gone---futdre Ar
-, not to come. 1t has been we'll ot
ts served, that We should treat fdturit