Litchfield enquirer., 1848-02-24
For Ihe EnquiEes.
Goshen, FesEnaEy, ID, lsAs.

&t BaiIov S-The following statement Of E6cls mey be relied upon as StrIctiy true. regret that cannot speak with greater exsc,- nsss respecting fime. but such was the excite men' and sympathy "f all present. Iha, we neglected IO notice that particular.
 on "Wednesday of lest week Mr CeOrv. 6 Brewster of this place was seriously injured and to human view, barely escared most shocking death. The iHjcry was received in ihe following manner s--.ssssgaE
 He had been siding gentleman flom Ezra. mont in transferring load of chairs from run "ers to wheels. The load, consisting of I2s. chs'rs and of course ve,y bulkey. Being re; A Mt B. attempted to bring i, fairly upon ' road, driving the team by the sid. ofihe W
 s"n' aud placing his right hand against ,h 'oad to stesdyit, In starting. the horses were somewhat iractious. and rushed forward with such force that Mr B. could not perfectly con. irOl them. Instead of coming fairly upon the toad, therefore, they brought the near wheels Ot the wagon down slight offset, and cap- sized spon MI B. He was immediately ex,rS. cated and carried to his house, where i, was found that bis bead and lace were badly bruis- ed /; the rlght elbow slightly grased the flesh upon the right knee>pan nearly removed, and the right thigh joint completely discola,ed. leaving the right leg from two to two and A hall inches shorter than the left. Preparation. were made as rapidly as possible to replace the ,o'n'' Dr. Huxby, Ofthis place, being in att tendance from the first. Nearly or quite an hour elapsed before the preparations were completed, during which time, the patien. was in very great gain, which he bore with manly for,itude. It was now proposed that he should be but uNder the influence of Chlc,o- iorm' After asking the opinion of his phvsi- c'a" and also of Dr. Hooker, who was fortrn- ately present with vial of that liouid, MrR desired them to administer it before the orer. atlon' Up to this time, he had not been abls 10 Ae down, or approach horizontal position without the mest excruciating torture. After inhaling the Chloroform about seven minutes during which time he had talked with won- defiul fuency. this speech being as unin,elli, g'ble as 1t was Aaent.) he reclined upon the bed, without giving any signs of pain. In a. bout two minutes, direction was given to the four men appointed for that purpose to draw steadily upon the limb. They accordingly conmsnced, the two next the bedstead hav> ing their knees, and those back of them their feet firmly braced. With this pure hase, they gradually increased the strain until they could rull no harder, and it seemed as ii the whole tacklIng must give way. At this instant the bone slipped into its socke, ~ ith force that was distinctly felt by those engaged n;pulling, and sound heard by all those in the room.- The Chloroform vas now removed from the patient. and cold water applied freely to his head. In two or three minutes he manifested degree of uneasiness, similar 10 that of per- son waking from sound sleep He was asked
 if he was ready to have ..fhat bone set ?"to which he replied !" not yet" Several other questions were now asked in answering which, he showed conclusively that he had been wh l. 'y insensible during the entire operation. He was now told that the bone was in its place, md all was light. He was immediately able to move his limb is any direction and up 10 this time seems to be doing remarkably we'll | According 10 his own statement sfrom about five minutes ater he began to inhale the Chloroiorin, until he was asked whether he was ready, hew as if in sleep. has an in distinct idea of dreaming during that time a>
 ,out the 's sch ,ols." This accords with tho fact. that the word school, was the only word artie ulaled duri ,g his rapid harrangue.
 The time requiredto to bring him under the | influence of tte Chloroform, was much longer than had supposed necessary. This, howev. sr, might be owing, par,lyto the pain he en- lured, and partlyto to the tact, that his upper | lips and nose were so bruised as to cause se. were smarting, if the Chlorolorm was held too 1 pear. His breathing while coming into a state of sensibiity, was much like that of per- son under the inAu-nce of nightmare. and o f course, was far from agreeable to the ear. On the whole. the case may be regarded. perhaps. as the most signal and complete triumph of Chlorolclm m. which hes been witnessed in this region and it is for this reason that have given the circumstances at such length. re- fraih from comment at present.
 Respectfully. yours,
 LAVALETTE PERRIN.