Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-22

Remarkable .accidmt-on the 10th
ult Mr.. Wesley johnson, Of this town,
vas on The top ola load of flax piled on
40 ordinary wagon body, with a pitch
fork lying beside him, when the new
ness OF the ground first cause.-the pitch
fork to slide off, the stale of which
stuck into the ground, and then prseipi.
tated him, followed by a part OF the flax,
upon tue tines! The tines which were
small and sharp, entered the lower part
of his breast. and passed quite through
his bodyi Notwithstanding the severity
of the wounds, however, The patient Is
convallescent, and his recovery is con-
fidently expected.
This case being very extraordinary,
we obtained from the attending physl-
clans, a particular description OF it,
"rhe tines entered Che chest. one on the
left side between the 9Th and 18th ribs,
neat their junction with their cartflages;
the other on the right side. among the
cartileges of the false ribs. The wound
on the left side, was about three inches
from the mesfal line; the other about
three quarters Of an inch lower than
that on the left Both tines pusctured
the skin on the back about two inces
below the lowest points OF the shoulder
blades, the pnncture On the right being
about three inchea from the spias, and
the other two. Little fever has followed
and tie wounds appear to be healing
without supuration" The patient was
a healthy young man Of about twenty
five.
There 10 one circumstance connected
with this case, which viii excite a laugh,
and which shews with what inveteracy
superstition fingers among the less eda-
Gated part OF the community. This is,
that, to crafty the feelings Of an hon.
est old gentleman, medicinal prepara-
tons have been applied to the ~pisehfork,
and il has been carefully wrapped up
and deposited in flannel, TO aid ia heal
ing the woundi This method of cure
vas quite fashionable about two hundsed
years ago. aud medica! writer's say II
was attended with great advantages. for
while the surgeon exhausted bis skill on
the instrument. dame n~ature, more skill
fuf, healed the wound.
Statue of Vashingion ON Monday
iasi the Statue Of the Father of his Coun-
try was conveyed from the warehouse it
had remained IN since its arrival, to the
State House, preparatory to its erection
on the pedestal prepared for its perma-
nsnt preservation. We understand that
the arrangement for its public exhibi.
ton, will no, probably be all completed
before the 18Th November, and that 1t
will not be uncovered ill that day.
- Bost. Cent
ViA Duck Shooting-Gentlsmen
who occasionly indulge in this sport,
| inform US, says the Baltimore Ameri
can, that the rivers and creeks empty
! ing into the upper part of the Chesa-
peaks bay, have been ~thrsnged with wild
Ducks 10 an unprecedented degree.
The markets For some days past have
been abundantly supplied with canrass
backs and red heads, at very low rates.
The ,cog 70. shoot IN Dorchssteri-A
lad, living with NJ. Joseph Cation, on
| Taylor's Island, in this county, killed
on the 18th uli. forty eight wiid ducks al
a single shot. LCambridgs Chronicle.
To the Editors OF the National inteihgeneer.
M~EssRs. GALES & SEATor: Aslet'ars
! asking advice and specimens of the Iii.
verwort, are already pouring in from
/! various parts of this and, anc other
States, and l expect, at length, from
every State in the Union, twill be u.ies-
" impossible for me to attend to them
without compensation. / should have
! to neglect professional duties nearer
home, from which !, Of course would
derive emolument, in attending TO those
applications from abroad for nothing
This my situation IN life will not permit
me to do. I have already served the
public considerably in regard to the Ii.
verwort, without fee or reward. can
not consistently do it any longer. and,
therefore. shall expect end require that
every application be accompanied with
five dollars, at least -
THO. p. HEREFORD.
Hsym.rket. Prince William County,
Virginia, November 2, 1897.
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