Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-31
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Ffer7 the Possttt1d s71t,rfIser.
Cholera at HoIas.--A repoft has been eas
rent about tcwn for the week past, that II Il
Cholera is prevailing IN Hollis, aod that !
number cave died not Of tbs disease. w
haze made SOME inquiries Of gentlemen FROM
that place, whose opinions, however, DO no
exactly confirm The truth o! the report Bu&
we learn from Or. Clarke, the physician W.
vis,iad New York during the pTevale6to /,
the eho.eFa IN that city last, summers thai
he visited ;hfee Of the patients at Hollis an
that their cases were strongly marked wild
the symptoms of cholera, and shAt he ha A
not the least doubt that those whe died ha
the cholera.
The patients he saw were attacked u Il
night previous, and they had the same -
appearance, aud ejec,loas OF rice colofea
water. as those he visited in New York; hua
he Considers the disease OF a mlder form
and informs us that il yielded rapidly d
medicine There have been II Cases IN al
this month. 6 Of which have proved fatal i
The remaining cases have been treated al
! cofding to DR.. C.'s directions and the pa
tents are now 'convaiescent. One Of The dc /
ceased persons was troubled with diafrhG, i
about a week previous to bis death. Df5
Clarke does not consider the disease dang9j
Gus, il seasonabIe attention is paid to cal
pre.nonitory symptoms.
| One day last week, a threatening conflsgrs4
| ton ens1ed in sleigh that was ra~sing FROM
| Brunswick TO Portland, filed with psssxnl
gers Among the passengers was lady, whd
! in order to keep her feet warn, had provide
| ed herself with portable stove filed witt
| coals, which she deposited 10 tie straw at u J
bottom Of the sleigh. They had moi driFe3
| Ear before some of The straw came in contact
with The Goals; frigh,ful confasration aaa
| the inevitable Consequence. The lady had
an infant child with her, whose clothes as
wei as her own were instantly in flames; &
I net5lDg but the presence of mind Of a pas.
! senger 10 seizlng Inc child and throwing it M
! to the snow, saved it from seriots injary 4
gentleman with pair Of huge whiskers, has
both unfortunately burnt Oh, Before the ilamet
were eXtinguished, ,he interior OF the sleigh
| was much damaged as well as somc OF tie
( bagsa &c - Bost Atlas
! BJTT0NS.-@h time was-and no,
| long ago-when every man that bought neH
| coat would have felt himself insulted il tbs
laslor had proposed to put OH il an America
| button. The complete success which has At
| tended the efforts of American ingenuity ta
| compete WIN Tie foreign manufacturer IN
! thss article, is now in a fair way To drive hlas
| entirely oat Of the market We were showa
| Gn Saturday one hnudsed different kinds q
/ fancy coat buttons 80 kinds Of plain do ana
! Is kinds Of vest buttons, from the manufae.
/ tory of Messrs. Loavenworths and kendriG1s
I Waterbury, Connecticut. which we hesitate
not to say are equal in point of beauty ara
I onrab:!:tP,.ii not superior, to any that wers
/ ever imported large house in this city
! that two years ago sneescd at the idea q
! tncces>ldi competition, has lately abandoned
/ its foreign mportations, and forwarded al
+ its oTler3 10 Messrs Leayenwcrih and Kend.
+ rick TO be Supplied Native senius needs oss
Y to be encouraged. 10 advance our county
to Tie highest degree OF prosperity III evefy
entetpize s.
! A French minister, some years since, waa
ta4-eA sick. His c0lesgde 20 induce Alsa
/ take the rai dithe presented by the ply sicie
/ said.. take il, ! entreat you I'll be hanar'
/ If j. does rot do goa good" "Iake ii, sde
4 ed the doctor, "$ller tile assurance that MGR
/ sienr has given sou, you may bo convide
I that, one '0dg ~ ot,er, The lenpdy MS
have g21d eject T.