Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-12-25
Extraordinary Phenomenon.

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We Intended 10 have gwen seme notice. Of a
most strange and unaccountable phenomenon In
The person Of a Young female, whose parents re-
side IN Leesburgh, il Harrison County. bat find
the following account, in the Lexington Observer.
at which city she Is now on asisit. We may
ado, that the statement corresponds, In its facts.
with the representations of gentlemen, with
whom we have conversed, on whose truth and
correctness, the most implicit reliance may be
placed:
Miss Penelope Stout, a sweet faced. interest
ing llttle girl, with a go"dIy fund OF innocent
mischief sparkling IN her merry eve, who has
known some thirteen m arrived in our CT
y a few days since, and her pretty Iltlie pres
ence has completely defed all the rcsearch-all
the lore and learning, Of our learned Doctors, TO
furnish a satIstactury explanation Of the pheuo-
mena she exhibits. So unIque-sO entirely new
is the disease with which she il afflicted If DIS
ease 1t may be termed, that nothing like 10 il in
the slightest degree, has been recorded, or even
dreamed OF, Ia the widest philosophy. Indeed,
at The first blush, to the man Of letters and sci.
ence, as well as to the most lIIlterate and uuin
formed, the whole afflir would seem 50 utterly
Prcposterous, that any one relating II as It really
CRISIS, runs tue risk Of being pronnunccd, with
out hcsit&ncy, a fool, a knavc, or a, loast-A
HUMBuG,
"Dr. Carson Gihney, a graduate Of Transylva
MN, who has been engaged IN the practice of his
profession daring the last spring aud Summer in
the town If lecsburg, in this State, was called n
bon, four weeks since 10 the house Of hIr. Thorn.
rs II. Sion', n respectable ,nhnUttnnt Of thai place
to sec his daughter, tho young Mss above men
toned. 90 his arrival the Doctor was Informed
that for some days gone, Mss Penelope had been
giving oil from the thumb of her right hand,
quantities of hair, varying in hue and thickness
portions Of 1t occasionally appearing thick and
harsh, and constructed precisely after The manner
OF the brIstles of n hog, then again il would come
long, and soft, and silky and beautiful as The shl-
ming locks tina, shade her own young happy brow.
1t would eInanate most frequently from the end.
about the nail, but often about the l3iufs, leaving
not a single trace on the surface Of The skin 10
tell whence 1t bad come. When grown to a Ger
tain length the hair would drop of. creating at
tunes, no sensation at all, and at Others producing
a feeling of numhness abou, the arm, such Ms Is
produced by the foo, sleeping. Some four or fve
were given off in the course Of a day. They
were from three 10 twenty SIX inches IN length.
1.-The Doctor, after remaining with his interes-
ting little patient, and Witnessing repeatedly, this
most strange and unaccountahle operation Of ma
ture, and being thoroughly satisfied If the truth
of what had been detailed to him, Immediately
informed his professional brethren IN this city Of
the existence Of the case, and sought their ad-
wee and cooperation in fcrre,Ing out and dlscOv-
ering IT possible, the cause Of SO wonderful a phe>
nornenon. They however,, being altogether IN
credulous as TO is existence, made no response to
his communication on the subject. Determined TO
satisfy them and the public here, of the truth Of
his statements, he prevailed upon his patient TO
accompany him 10 this city. Our physicians have
all, or nearly all Of them, seen her, and many Of
them witnessed the growth of the hair-None,
however, attempt, to account for IL.
"IIundreds Of our citizens have already called
on The wonderful littlc stranger, aud her rooms
continue full throughout each day. II deceit or
trickery was aimed at or being practiccd by her,
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for The purpose Of enliching herself. But not.
outstanding the great anxiety in the public mind
TO see her, and the continued rush 10 her quarters.
by all classes of he community, no charge what
ever is made fer admission"
REPUTATION II STATE DEErs-The repudia-
ton of State Debts was FIRST hroached by Colonel
You've, in the Senate of New York. At that
time 1t was little thought that his W nd!Ing doc
,rines would gain a foothold in the country, with
such a deep and universal expression Of abhor-
renee were they received by the People. But
those principles, abominablv and revolutionary as
thew are, have trinmphed in Mississippi! Politi-
cal tenents which were denounced as radical AID
destructive a few years since, by common con-
sent, are now IN the ascendant IN a sovereign
State o! this Union, the citizens Of which have
by n formal vote that the Government is
at liberty to throw aside its obligations, and re-
fuse the payment of its Just debts. What an ex.
is this III HepublIcan America! The peo-
pie of q Commonwealth resorling to a system of
profiigate dishonesty to avoid the fu'fiimen, Of
their contracts. which. If practised By an indi-
vidual, under similar circumstances, would be en-
titled 10 no better name than public robbery,
Can any thing be more disgracefal TO the charac-
ter of our country and &C The age?
Democratic Journal.
Lake Erh-Some important developments
arc mnda IN relation 10 tho water IN axe Erie
md its effec On the New York and Erie Canal.
enlarged. 1t appears that from 1900 to
1914 inclusive, the water had reached It's lowest
stage; 1920 il was feet higher than in lSli-
1920 TO 1888. the water continued to rise,
and reached ! point ) feet / inch higher than in
1870; from 1888. the water has been rectding.
nd in August, ISL, had fallen / feet inches.
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