The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-11-17

ing thewound, warm a. peice of iron in
the fire apd apply II deeply 10 said. wou ouhd.
Mind that the piece of iron is oily. heated
so asto be able 10 canisrize hat It :is;not 2
rcd hot.% y =:
These;precautions being weU observed
are s1ficientto preserve from the horrill
effects of ahydraphohia, and every one
should Keep them in their mind. Z. ~.
+ MIRACULOUS REcoFERg.-ItisS isSstatedin
the Baltimore American> that Al john
Dougherty, " ho5 was Observation-Disclosures
some time since,b by 6eing. crushed between
"a car and the side walEofahe1 ticket dfiee,5
at the Railroad depot has recovered sd as.
to be enabled 10 leave for his home q I
Lancaster, Pa. The lcaseeof Mr. Donggh-5
erty is remarkable instance Of escape
from the rcry jaws OF ofdeatlk His reccols
lection .ofuhe sensations experienced du-
ring; the accident is, dislinel,sand fearful
indeed. His first expectation was tl,atlhe 81
car would be stopped; ;but it continued To-
advance, and Thus increasedthe pressure;
those parts OF his dy.which were the
most prominent being The first 10 feeE tn the
effects 0flhes crush. In momenl.or two
he felt his ribs giving way-7-and to this
succeeded the terrible sensation connected
with the: violent sinjection Of the blooe
from:tHe body to The head, which felt to
Mm.like burning megslddenly passing
|fromthe lattento the former. AT this IN o
ment he became senseless, and the ca T was s
thereafter stopped and reno
we'd backward for his release-the body
falling The ground as that Of dead N an. ar
His return to reanimation he described as
though he were under the affect nf:an un-
pleasant dream from which he felt con-
scions, he would berelieyl when he awoke.
To those who saw him after the accident
f il appeared impossible that he could sur sur;
viye--and yet, through kind Providence, Len g,
and the skill anskpnwearied Afternoons OF
Dr.. Dunbar, his principal PhysIlcllan,l yI,l' = sne e
has beenrestored to lile.H gIs II. i.s y:
VEGETABLE SERPRNT.-No. curiosity OF
the vegetable world, that we. ever saw,
eoualled that shewn us: few days ago. at
the store of Messrs. Hogan g. Lyon in this
city, 1t was a vegetable, resembling the
gourd or squash:species, s feet 5 inches
long and 63-4 i'm circumference, at the
largest swell. 1t was green. except the
ten greyish horizontal stripes that, run
|taperingly from the head TO the iail; and
had the exact. appearance of snake
lof that size. even the contortions and
Jumps OF The body, with the curled2 apd
sharpened end. We understand that il
/ grew suspended from a. post, which ac-
Icounls for its general straightness, bulthat
Eoiher getables on the same vine, that
rested on The ground, assumed curling at
Etiludes, viii, head erect, asifto strike. II
wasraised inthe garden ofL.G. McMilian
ESQ, of Elyton, Jefferson County, and rs is
said 10 resemble in its interior, with PEI,
fecttexactness, the organization OF a snake:
Hundreds of persons have seen 1t, anu MI al all
express their wonder at this serpentIne
freak ofna,ure-Tuscaloosa Mo1titor.
s1cK HEAD AcHE.-It is said that
three or four drops of nitric acid dissolved
in cold water and drank ,sisa a sure remedy
for sick head ache, when itarises from a
want of acid inlhe stomach.- g
"A man full dfest is aman strapped,
Strengthened, -buckramed;s stifened, lslutt.
ed, and slWadded, within anfinch of imtno: