Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-08

lated OF the amazing influence which the ln-
animation possesses, not only over the feelings,
but mon The actual state and functions of the
bodily organization. Perhaps the power which
a morrill, imagination may exercise over the
b,dy. was never more strikingly Illustrated
than in the well known case Of Lord Litteton,
a dissolute young n%ohleman, OF extraordinary
genius an,lA talent. The story has often been
toll. Lord l,ittleton one night saw in a dream,
a Young lady, who told him that on a Satui-
day evening, at ten O'Clock he certainly would
die. This he related TO some of his most init
male acquaintance, and invited a number Of
them to pass the appointed evening with him,
and witness the falsehood of the prediction.-
They did 50 the evening came, and he en-
deavored to make himself merry as the hour
approached, but il had fastened on his imagin-
alton With a frmer bold than he was aware Of;
Just before ten, he complained of being indis-
Iu,sed, and proposed to retire, and died in the
act Of getting into bed A clergyman, who
then lived near Hagley, has said that a DR..
johnson, of whom L.illleton speaks in very
high terms in one OF his letteIs. as a physician
ia his neighhorhood, told him that had he
been sent for in season, he could have saved
him.
The following well authenticated tale was
originally published in the "Z~oocomia," and
was subsequently versiied by the poet Words
worth
ga young farmer in Warwickshire, finding
his hedges broken, and the sticks carried away
during a frosty season, determined To watch
for the thief. He lay many cold hours under
a hay-stack, and at length an old woman, like
a witch in a play, approached and began to
pull up the hedge he waited till she had tied
her bundle of sticks, anil was carrying them
off, that he might convict her of theft, aud
then s%pringing from his concealment, he seized
his prey with violent threats. After some al
tercatinn, in which her load was left on the
ground, she kneeIed upon The bundle Of sticks,
and raising her hands to heaven, beneath The
bright moon, then at the full, spoke to the
farmer, already shivering with cold, "Heav-
en- grant that thou nayest never know again
the blessing TO be warm ~ He complained OF
cold all the next day, and wore an upper coat,
and in a few days another, and in a fortnight
t,ok to his he'd, always saying nothing made
him warm he covered himself with very
many blankets, and had a seive over his face
as he lay. From this one insane idea, he kept
his bed above twenty years, for fear Of the
cold air, I'LL at length he died."
FiIiaI Loue.-It is mentioned by Miss Par
doe, that ga beautiful feature in the character
of Turks, is reverence for the mother. Their
wives may advise or reprimand unheeded, but
their mpther is an oracle, consulted, conhdcd
in, listened to with respect or Differences, hon
ored TO the latest hour, and remembered with
affection and regard even beyond the grave"
ssNVives may die" say they, Sand w can re-
place Them, children may perish, aud others
may be born TO US, but who shall restore the
mother when she passes away, and is seen no
mofe?" =
SCARLET FEvER.-We find the following
communication in the Charleston Mercury
of a late date
ST. HELENA, Feb. 8, 1914.
Dear Sir: Believing it TO be a duty
highly incumbent on me TO give publicity to
the treatment | found most speedy and ef-
fcctual in the cure Of that most awful COM
plant the Scarlet Fever, / have taken the
liberty to beg you to give it a place in your
valuable paper. The manner. or the way it
was brought in my family, | am at a loss TO
account for.
About the 18th Of January, several Of my
negroes were taken with a violent sore
throat, pain in the head, and fever, swelling
Of the glands Of the neck, and behind the
ear. then did not know what the disease
was and from its rapid progress to terni-
natinn. il caused me to be much alarmed
on the first day it was a simple sore throat ;
in twelve hours after the sore throat COM
menced, there was pain in the head, and be-
fore twenty-four hours, hot fever and swell
ing Of the glands and neck almost to sufio-
cation. | had but little medicine on the
plantation, with the exception Of JaIap, of
this | gave very large doses its effect was
astonishing, attacking the disease at every
pore, and in two or three days e~ffecting a
cure; the dose was repeated every day until
the cure was effected. Strong red pepper
tea was given in the interval (at night and
sometimes throughout the day. from a tea
cup full to a pint, according TO age this was
given to the sore throat. | did not know
what the disease was until it got in my fam
iIy, when it then showed itself by the
Scarlet eruptions making their appearance,
which could not be seen on the negroes
With my children, as soon as they COM
planned Of the sore throat, / gave them a full
dose Of Jaiap /; and had no farther trouble
with it, as the disease was stopped here, and
never went further the next day gave a
small dose to prevent the return, Of which ]
was afraid. From this simple treatment the
disease yielded so readily, that l considered
it a trihing complaint, and started for
Charleston, telling Mrs. Chaplin, if any of
the other children were attacked with it !;
TO pursue the same treatment. In my alb
sence, my two youngest children were at
tackled with it; the symptoms being rather
more violent, she sent for the doctor, who
came and gave an emetic; their Threats began
to swell much after the operation of the e.
metic, calomel was given, which rapidly in
creased the disease, nearly to sufiocation,
dreadful sore mouth, with great difficulty of
swallowing. When | returned home found
them in this state, with two doctors attending