Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-11
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imal's claws, and in moment the largest
apparent, portion Of the lady was being bi,
through and through and torn pieces with
horriflc violence. A board was instantly
slipped between the sufferers back and
the cage, and The remainder Of her person
separated from the fragments which could
not be extricated ftom the grasp Of the wild
beast, but 10 the surprise ofthe terrified
spectators, ii resulted in a discovery that
the lady herselihad not lost single drop
of blood nor sustained the east bodily in.
Jury, in the mas,ication Home Journal.
Melancholy End.-Young Semmes,
who some years since shot Professor Davis
at The Virginia University, brought his life
TO an end by his own hand, the morning
of the 9th instant, at the house Of his
brother in Washington. Georgia. He
shot himself with pistol, the ball en,e.
ring the left eye and penetrating the brain
and fingered in stale Of total insenslbili!y
from about Z o'clock, A. NJ, when the
family was called to his room by the
report Of pistol, J until half past l, P. Nj.
ofthe same day. When his room was
entered, he was found in a chair, placed
at table. A pistol was lying across his
lap, and on the table was an open razor.
On the table was also found nole, stating,
in The form Of certificate, dated July 9th,
1917, that his death was occasioned by
himself, and was brought about either by
pistol or razor.
Cur. for the Raltlesnake's Bite.-In the
year 1850, slave in South Carolina dis
covered remedy for the bite Of The rat
llesnake, for which The Legislature of the
State obtained his freedom, and granted
him one hundred pounds in IN uonsy. His
remedy is as follows:-
Take Of the roots Of Plnnlane or Hoar-
hound lin summer, roofs aud branches
togelher,) a sufficient quantity, bruiae
them in a mortar, and squeeze out The
juice, Of which give as soon as possible,one
large spoonful, if it is swelled, you must
force il down the throat This generally
will cure; but if patient fuds no relief
in an. hour after. you may give another
spoonful, which never has failedt But if
The roots are dried. they must be mois-
tened with little water. To the wound
may be applied "a leaf Of good tobacco,
mdistened will rum. s. .s.S;s ..i,s..ss.
The; N aeon fesseng aaks Adm
;as a simple and effective remed for ite
sbite.6f that veIomous reptile: .A pisceSof
The size sofz "a ckory nui, dissoly we'd IN
IS sufficient. II 6as been tried many.
times. on;men aud dogs, and they have
invariably recovered. 4 ,l....s
Antidute lor the Gle ofa Rattle Snake,
An intelligent lady from Tioga county,
Pa, informs US that the settlers in that
section Of the country care liule for the bite
ofa raltleslesuake.-She stales that piece
Of common indigo, made into paste with
spirits OF Compton and applied to the
wound, will prevent any serious conse.
quences occurring. and in fact al once
neutraize the poison.
Plant Trees.-Gerard, a quaint bu,
earnest writer. who fourished long since,
gave. his fellow men the following good
advice. II is as good and applicable now
as then:
"Forward." says he, ''in the name of
God, graft, sci, plant and nourish up trees
in every corner Of your ground the labor
is small, the cost is nothing, The COM
modify is great; yourselves shall have
plenty the poor shall have somewhat in
time Of want, to relive their necessity and
God shall reward your good minds and
In village Of Pitou peasants wife,
after long illness, fell into lethargy.
She was thought dead, and being only
wrapped in iueu, as was customary among
the poor. was carried 10 the place ofinter-
ment. On the way thither, IN passing
some briers, the body got scratched, and
bed prolusely, which caused her TO revive.
Fourteen years after they took her Sc.
cond time to lie buried, when the husband
exclaimed, '"For Heavens sake, take care
of the briers ~
Female Loquacity-Jean Paul says,lha'
a lady officer, il she wanted to give the
word halt to her troops, would do il some.
what in this wisc-"You soldiers, oil Of
you now mind, order you as soon as |
have finished speaking. 10 stand still, eve
~ one of you, on the spot, whore you hap.
pen to be; don't you hear me ? halt,
say all of you!'
/" The World must be Peopled."-Tho
wife of Mr.. William Tinker, fisherman
iu New Y ork, presented him, on Thurs.
day, with three little female Ifnkers.-
Mrs. Dunn, Of Detroit, recently presented
her loved and loving lord with Mree little
Dunr,s. Mrs. B. F. Cannon, of New Sa-
lem, on Tuesday night. presented her hus.
band with foar small Canons.
AN may Learn.-A little girl went 10
the study of learned philosopher for fire.
But YOU have nothing to carry it in,' said
he, The girl took up some cold ashes in
bor bapd and nlacod rho live co9la uDon