Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-06-25
ENTHUSIASTICALLY. a. l. Holgatc

HYpRorHos,A.-Dr. a. l. Holgate
states, ''thirty-iour years ago a favor
lite family dog became rabid. ran thro'
the nursery. biting the trees, SC.
but being of a very playful DISPOSE
ton. the real cause was not observed
it'll about O'Clock in the afternoon.
when he came on gal!op. seized my
iarrn near the elbow. and, with jirk.
ripped it very badly down TO the
wrist, so that it bled very freely. sat.
lurating the sleeve, which was cover
ed with froth from the mouth. He
then sunk his teeth into the fleshy
part of my thigh. so that l could put
|! the end { my finger into the hole, the
mark of which yet carry. My bro
Their then came TO my relief, and the
dog put off. We were about quar-
ter of a mile from home; we fastened
home and gave the alarm, which
caused great excitement in the
neighborhood. NV wounds were
washed with vinegar and salt. A
stranger by the name of Benjamin
Devease, had just moved into the
neighborhood. On being informed of
my case, he and his old lady came up
about dusk in the evening. to inform
nv parents that, if they would give
me tablespoonful Of the juice Of the
common broad-lcaf plantain. once a
day for fifteen days. they might rest
assured it would never hurt me any
more. They enjoined i; with great
force. and their respectable appear
Iance caused us to try 1t. | took it
for about three weeks. and | have
never felt any i'll effects from it,
Ne, the dog was caught and kept un-
til the next day, and was pronounced
by many witnesses to be in the high
est stage of hydrophobia."
! SEARCH AFTER KpD's GoLp-Thrs
dream about Kidd. the old Pirate and Bnc-
lcaneer Of former timcs, having deposited
lhls treasures somewhere among :hc bays
and creeks on the shores of Ling Island
and New England sill we perceive, hannts
1.-The imagination Of some Of our money
!lo7i1g brethren SHOWN East - By the
New Bedford Gazette, we learn that per-
sons persuaded Of this old and eft exp!o-
ded tradition, are actually digging up the
shore on many parts of New England with
tie full beliefthat they may discover kegs
or kettles Of sscreted doubloons. bid
has supplied the imagination Of some nI
our best writers with the materials Of many
ia, .r:ll AGO.. ,hoc, w. T.
vim has irnmorfa lzed the freebooter
But the tradition Of his wealth ha. furnish
led the low ard ignorant Of the roo,,nuni-
Ity, who never read novels, and banker aE
ter nothing but peH, With a stimulus much
more potent upon their cupidity than the
perusal Of any legend, however, tragic q
monstrous, could give Ofpleasare to The
wa,mest enthusiast the New Bedford
! Gazette mentions man who, a few years
Isince, actual ' dug into the mud at New
London at the cost Of $500, with the hope
Of striking on a chest Of doubloons. We
think il reflection on the morals and ed
Iucation of the community that such su-
,persiitpn should continue 20 reign, and
tina. too in New England. considered the
most enlightened and civilized portion Of
our country. The age Of divnation, Of
strolosy, and Of wtchcraft, we had hoped
was past at least there. Among the ne
icessarily less informed backwood settlers
ssuch things might be, and we know 30
far as regards the discovery o. hidden
|sprinss Of water by means Of wi,chhazeI
boughs this ait protested BY certain ne
groes, still exists and is praciised and be-
lieved in Kentucky and in that vicinity.
There may be scientific causes to explain
this last, but the gold hunting mania is a
mere hallucination Of the mind-an IN
ltoxication ofthc reasoning faculties, caus-
ed by an unha.lowed and inordinate pas
sion Tor lucre.-[N. Y. Star.
Grand Hiumiantion-On Friday eve
ming last the town Of Jefferspnsville was
brilliantly illuminated. Candies were
blazing IN all the panes Of all tie windows,
and the bank of the river was ,igl,iensd mp
by numerous burning tar barrels, while
the roaring of cannon announced to those
at distance that great and joyful event
had taken place. MI. Fisehli, who owned
the farm, Of between FIVE and six hun
dred acres Of land, on which the town Of
Jacksonville IS located, had sold out
'sstock, lock and banel,"-for the snug
little sum Of ore hundred and fifteen thou
: IL.