South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-09-05
SATURDAY.. SEPTEMBER s, 1885,

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AT this moment the MAJORS companion
came up with the two scalps.
'Tom,' says the major, have you
got knife1'
iYes.'
sThen cut this red DPS throat
sOn, no, Major says Tom, give the
fellow fair play chance for his
life.'
you id rascal, ives the angry re-
ply, scut his throa. quickly. Don't you
see him biting me r
SWELL, Major, bite him too. Two to
| one amt fair. But if he masters you,
III give him round aftet wards
you internal villain, If you don't cut
his throat in one minute IN cut yours
But il was not until these threaten
ings were repeated over and over again,
| that Tom would consent to do this act
| for his commander, which he finally
did with sullen air, as lift was great
piece of imposition on his enemy. He
very leisureIy drew his knife across the
Indians throat, and as leisurely wiped
it, and consigned it to its proper place,
muttering all the while against his Off
Ger, who no doubt carried him through
regular course of drilling afterwards,
and impressed upon his mind the ne
cessity of quickly obeyiug ga order.
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INsANITy.-Tkere is no end TO the
false impressions and decisions with
which the mind may be affected. A
physician Yves once called to see man
laboriug uader the fancy that he was
converted into o teapot. And when
the physician endeavored to ridicule
him ont of the idea, he indignantly re-
piled, III am teapot" and forming
semi-circle with one arm by placing
his hand upon his hip, he said. "there is
the de-" and thursting out the other
arm, '',here is the spout" Men have
believed themselves converted into bar.
rels rolled along the street. One case
is recorded of man who believed
himself clock, and would stand for
hours at the head of the stairs, clicking
with his tongue. A respectable trades
man in England even fsncied himself
metamorphosed into seven ahilling
piece, and took the pcrcauiion in re-
questiag a particular favor Of his
friends, that if his wife should present
him in payment, they would not give
change for him. Some have supposed
that many knights were engaged in
battle with them. A sea captain in
Philadelphia, believed for many years
that he had half wolf in bis liver
A mailman in the Pennsylvania hos.
pital believed that he was once calf,
and mentioned the name Of the butcher
who killed him, and the stall in the
Philadelphia market on which bis flesh
was sold, previously to his animating
his present body. One man believes
his legs to be butter and with the great.
est caution avoids the fire; another
imagines them 10 be made of glass, and
with extreme care wraps them up, and
guards them in wooden boxes when he
goes out to ride. A prince Of Bour.
bon often supposed himself to be
plant, and taking bis stand in the gar.
den, would insist upon being watered
in common with the plants around
him. A French gentleman imagined
himself to be dead, and refused TO eat.
To prevent his dying Of starvation,
two persons were introduced to him 10
the character of illustrious dead, like
himself, and they invited him after
some conversation respecting the world
Of shades !; to dine with another dislin-
guished but deceased person, Marshall
Turenne. The lunatic accepted this
polite invitation, and made q very
hearty dinner. Every day, while his
fancy prevailed, it was necessary to in
yite him to the table of some ghost of
rank andreputation. Yet in the other
common affairs of life the gentleman
was not incapacitated from attending to
his own interests.
Prosperity Of the West.-The fol-
lowing extract of a letter from young
lady lately removed TO the West, will
give our readers some idea of the as.
tonishing prosperity of that section OF
our fair country: "Since my husband
and self, with our COW, sow, dog and
! cat, came to this part, we have been
highly prospered our pig has increased
five fold, our dog three fold, our cat
six fold, our COW has a beautiful little
companion, and 'slast, though not least
in our affections, I have presented my