The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-07-06

IuioPuooI" nun ldhluS pace anu lhlOI III
alton on this and si1lar subjects can nc
be 100 widely spread or made known.
HydrophObia--COpy from my Notes.
The virus of rabid animals is slower il
circulating through the system than an.
other poison, and out of twenty person
bitten, perhaps not more than one will
receive the Injection, which is communi
Gated by the Shiny matter on the teeth
which matter must be inserted in tn,
wound il order TO communicate the dis
ease. Externally IL does no harm. The
reason of SO large IA proportion of bitter
animals escaping is; that rabld animals
bite at every bush. or other substance
coming in their way. by which mean:
the teeth are Invested of the poisonous
matter, and a wound made il such case
is no worse than one made by sound
animal nay, when the poison is received
The wound appears to heal more readily
and kindly. A wound received through
thick clothing is not so dangerous as one
Inflicted Oh the naked skin, for this most
obvious reason, the clothing divpstiug the
teeth of :he poison. The poison is Sc
cre'el from the salivary glands; this fall
ing on the teeth is inserted by them in
the wound, made in the act of biting.
do not believe that one solitary cure
has ever Seen made on a subject where
the disease was comp IeteIy developed. -
Possibl Y it might be arrested if the instant
the symptoms appeare the largest adnis-
sIbIe dose of corrosive snblinate were
administered, say two grains, in spoon
ful of spirits, giving next day dose Of
salts. repeating each of these doses three
times in six days, each every other day.
ExciSion can not with safety be performed
except by a surgeon, and to have any good
effect it must be promptly done, and then
we would lacerate and cripple twenty
persons 20 save one; and after all ii is
mere preventive cure which may be ef-
fecled by any person in much easier and
safer way as you will presently see.
Any person receiving the virus. will
evince it, sooner or later, and always be.
fore any symptoms of madness occur, by
little puslu!es rising on the under part OF
the tongue, generally in six to nine days.
but some times later. These pustules
contain the hydrophobic poison they are
to be opened with a sharp pointed instru-
men', and the matter spit out; they are
too tough to break of themselves, and if
not opened and discharged, the mater will
be e,absorbed, and it is this real s)rption
which causes the dreadful disease. This,
then, is the grand thing you have to do
examine the tongue Of the bitten person
two or three times day, and as soon as
any pustuIes are discovered, open them,
and make the person spit out the matter
washing the mouth afterwards with salt
and water.
A TERRrric WATER-sroUr IN Mis-
soURI.--From the Hannibal Journal, we
learn that on the 29th, storm occurred
at that place and vicinity, such as is not
witnessed twice in a lifetime. For near
ly three weeks there had been no rain
the lat two days had been oppre ,sively
sul'ry, when, between 9 and O'Clock
in the afternoon, the clouds gathered
in "a way betokening speedy and
heavy ran In short time the rain
came up, mingled with the largest hail
stones ever seen. The editor gathered
several of the larges, one of which
measured over five inches in circumler-
encc. The rain fell in torrents, or ral-
er in complete waterspout, deluging
the land, tearing up the earth, and de-
the crops. The fury of the
storm, however, was spent upon tract
Of land nine miles from Hannibal, at the
intersection of the roads leading to Shell
byville, and from Palmyra to New Lon
don. There it assumed ,he appearance
of tornado, and for the space of a
mile in length, by two or three hun
dred yards in breadth, made a clean
sweep, tearing up trees and destroy
ing everything with fearful power
and violence. Those who have Wis
tied the spot, say that language is
not adequate to convey ar idea of
the destruction it produced. Over
300 panels of fence was torn down,
or rather UP-eVen the bottom la'lS
were torn out of the ground, and
carried to a great distance. Mr..
Gash's corner stone, weighing about
twenty pounds, was carried 40 yds,
into his neighbor, Mr.. Browns field.
The trees look as though scorched
by fire, so completely are they di-
vested Of foliage.-Emancipator and
Free American.
MANUTACTURING BREATH.--ln div
ing beII recently, Col. Payere, o! London,
went down to the bed of he Thames, and
remained seven hours, cut off from all com
municalion with the upper air, without
experiencing any OF the unpleasant effects
usually attendant upon such experiments.
He took down in the boat with him, says
the London Times, two chemical sub