Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-18
NUPTIAL HAPPINESS.

II seems he did not live happily With hi.
FIRST wife, and had cat that was great
favorite When he returned home one
day. and was going into his library. the
feeling OF previous domestic feud not
having subsidized on either part. on open
ing the room door something bobbed for
chilly on his face. Upon examination he
found that his favorite cat had been han
ged and placed in that situation to annoy
him Upon discovering this, he suddenly
fastened to the portrait of his wife and
cut the throat, exclaiming; .thus would
serve the original, if the law would permit
me-" This reminds US of a sguabble A
tradesman and his wife had bitter quar-
rel. In order to appease their fury, they
threw all their portable furniture out of
the window. The wife then drew the bed
to the window, ripped the ticking, and set
all the feathers afloat in the open air. then
rushing to the banisters Of the stairs, and
breaking her arm upon them with an in
sane energy, exclaimed "Now YOU
|scoundrel. you must pay for a surgeon"
Passage Of .Muskst Bullets through the
human bodg.-A number OF curious cases
Of the progress of musket balls from the
place where they were first lodged, have
been observed by military surgeons We
have heard of very remarkable case
where the musket ball struck the forhead
above the nose, and having divided into
two halves, one half went round beneath
the skin, on the right side and the other on
the left. advancing in contact with the
skull We do not ask our readers TO be-
lleve the poetcal edition of this fact, that
the two half bullets met gain behind, af
ter having performed the circuit of the
head IN opposite directions, s., advancing
with slightly diminished force. united,
and killed an unfortunate man who stood
IN their way, but the fact or splitting Of the
bullet and the advance of each half 10 op
poslte directions is unquestionable The
singular progress Of musket bullet from
the forehead to the throat. has been recor-
ded by DR. Fielding At the first battle
OF Newhury in the time of the civil wars,
a medical gentleman was shot near the
right eye. The skull was fractured at the
place. but though the surgeon could see
Tue pulsation Of the brain beneath the
wound, yet the bullet had turned to one
side; and could not be discovered. Nari.
Gus bones were discharged from the
wound, the mouth, and The nos,riaIs At
the time Of the second battle OF Newbury.
the wound healed, and could not be kept
open; but about twelve years afterwards,
when the doctor was riding in cold dark
night, ne felt pain on the left side of hi.
head, about the "almonds of the ear.",
which occasloned partial deafness Hav |
ing stopped bis ear with wool, be was sur |
prised one day, in March 1910, by a sud ,
den puf or crack in his ear, when all that
side of his cheek hung as ifit had been
Paralytlc. and hard knot was felt under
the ear. Various tumors now appeared
about the throat, and in August 1879 the
bullet was taken out Of the throat near
the Ponum .4ddmi. - Faser's .Magasine.
Natural Curiosity 1t is very surnr;s-
ne that two of the greatest curiosities in
he world, are yet scarcely known to ge
'graphers and naturalists.--The one is a
beautiful water fall in Franklin county.
he other stupendous precipice in Pen.
1leton district, 5. c They are both faint
], mentioned in Morse Geography. The
iuscoa falls are much larger than the
ans OF Niagara. The column of water 10
propelled beautifully over perpendicular
ocE' and when the stream is full it passes
'ver without being broken. All the pris
matte effect seen at Niagara, illustrates the
pray OF Tuccea.-> The table mountain in
Pendieton district, S. C. is a precpice of
90 feet. Many persons reside within five
niles of this grand spectacle who have
ever had curiosity enough to visit il. II