Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-03-30

slept with her, did not perceive she was
absent I'LL next morning. when she went
down to the Kitchen, found. her mnt her
stretched out on the right side, with her
head near the CRATE. having the appear
ance OF log Of wood consumed by fire.
without an apparent fame. The inrid
odour and smoke which exhaled from the
body almost snffncated some of the neigh.
bours, who hastened to the girls assist.
ance. The trunk was in some measure
lnclnerated, and resembled heap of Goals
covered with white ashes. The head, the
arms. the legs, and the thighs, had also
participation in the burning. This wo-
man had drank large quantity Of spiritu-
Gus liquor. There was no fire in the
CRATE. and the candle had burned entirely
out IN the candestick, which was close to
her. Besides, there were found near the
consumed body the clothes Of child and
paper screen, which had sustained no
injury. The dress of this woman consist.
ed OF cotton gown.
lie Cat relales another instance, which
occurred in i749. Madame de Boiseon,
eighty years Of age, exceedingly meagre,
who had drank nothing but spirits for sew
eral years. was sitting in her elbow chair
before the fire, while her waiting maid
went out Of the room for few minutes.
On her return, seeing her mistress on
hire, she Immediately gave an alarm, and
some people having come to her assist
Iance, one of them eudeaponred 10 extin-
g,lsh the flames with his hand, but they
adhered to il, as if it had been dipped IN
brandy. Water was thrown on the lady
in abundance. yet the fire appeared more
violent and was not extinguished till The
whole flesh had been consumed. Her
skeleton, exceedingly black, remained Ell.
fire in the chair, which was only little
scOrched.
The combustion is almost always gen.
eral, but sometimes it is partial :ethe feet,
hands, aud top Of the head, are the only
parts that have been preserved. Although
a very large quantity of wood is necessary
for burning corpse, this kind of burning
occurs without infaming the most COM
bustible substances. The presence Of air
is shown not to be necessary; and it is
found that water, instead of extinguishine
the fire, only gives il more activity. When
the flame has disappeared, the combustion
continues within the body.
LOOK AT THIS!
TO the Chairman and Directors ofthe Liver-
pool aud Manchester Rail,uay Company
GENTLEMEN THE result on the ex-
perinents with the I" Novelty" which were
made on Tuesday last by Mr. Vlgnoles, in
order to ascertain the capacity of that En-
CINE, are contained in the accompanying
abstract:
Grounding our proposals upon these results
we submit to the Board the following order,
viz:-"To deliver Locomotive Engines
not exceeding S tons weight. capable of
drawing one hundred tons gross weight at
the rate of fifteen miles an hour on perfectly
clean and level Rails. The consumption Of
| fuel MOTTO exceed one third of pound of
Coke per gross tonper mile 1.-The price ofthe
Engines to be determined by the proportion
Iof work they do, as compared with the per-
Torrance and price of the best Engine on
the road at the time of delivery. M
We have the honour to be-,
Gentlemen,
Your ohedient servants,
(SignedJ BRAiTHWAITE Il ERICKSON.
Liverpool, Feb. LIST, 1880.
PErERsBUReH, Dec. 10. Mr.. Humboldt
in his last journey saw in the government
lof Astracan, variety Of sects Of the Bra
min religion. There was one faqnire Ia
mendicant monk) who since the age Of
fifteen had not quilted the same place,
summer aud winter. lie remains squat
ting in the corner of hut formed Of
wooden boards, aud he abandons the care
of his person to those who from pity vii.
provide for him. Mr.. Humboldt also saw
the Prince Of the KaImncks, Zimeniow
( he also visited a magnificent Thibet tenn
lple, in the neighbourhood Of Syropea, for
the Bramin religion. where thirty monks
seated on silken cushions and in embroi-
dered robes were singing hymn of,hanks
| for the victory gained over the Turks.
The Khan of the horde of the interior
Khirghises, Dichehan Cir, surrounded by
all his pomp. and eighty Sultans, were
present at this ceremony. The travellers
found an esquire Of Dresden, in Saxony
with the Prince of the Kalmucks. M
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