The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-27
Catching Hu.lety In tho Mouth

There is living in East Dxhed, OXFORD
county, Maine, who actually caught IN his mouth a ball
discharged from a musket lie was at the battle Of
Brdgewaer. in the war Of 1884, and, while biting oil
the end OF cartridge for the purpose oil loading his gun
struck by ball. which entered the left side OF hi.
face, knocked out eigh, of his teeth of the end Of
his tongue, and passed into his throat lie raised il
the hospital, stay ed out the remainder OF his
sment and returned home with the bullet in his pocket
lEroadnge paper
The New Orleans Picayune, one OF whose editors
an winners OF most OF the leading battles in Mexico
copies the foregoing paragraph, and appeuds 10 IL the fol-
lowing relation
We can relate incident even more strange than this
AT the sisle of Monterey, in 1915, and while General
Worhs troops were advancing 10 storm the small for
known as La Soldada, man named Waters, an excel
eni soldier, belonging 10 Captain Ben McCuoch',
Rangers caught large grapesho directly IN his MOUTH
II was fully The size OF hens egg, was rough, uneven
in shape, and in lis meely carried out The four
upper front teeth OF The ranger aud part OF the j,w
cut oil the Tour lower teeth with ehlsel, -pllt has
tongue IN twain, carried away his palate went through "a
the back-of his head, and, striking tendon glanced
down, and logged under the skin on the shoulder blade
where II extracted by surgeon, and safely placed IN
the pocket OF Waters Tor luture reference.
No thought the wounded ranger could live he
could swallow neither food nor water. We saw him
two nights afterwards in room in the Bishops Palace,
which had been converted into hospital sitting bolt
upright among the wounded and dying for the nature OF
this terrible hurt such that he could not lie down
without sutoca,lng His face was swollen 10 more than
IT. ordinary size he was speechless, OF course He
broken slate aud pencil and he was slowly applying q
wet sponge TO his mouth endeavoring 10 extract mos
ture which might quench the fever and Noticeable thirst
under which he was suffering
The above incident occurred the night OF the 23d
or morning OF The 2lh September, 1916. Daring the
early part OF the month OF February following, while
passing into The old 81 Charles IN this city, we were
cosied with strange voice by hne-looking man, who
seemed extremely glad 70 although he had mos
singular and unsccounable mode OF expressing himself
We recnlecied the EYE we had been familiar with
hut the lower features OF the face, though ~ no way
disfgured, for the lite OF Us could no, make out.
Why, don't Sou knos me = ~ mnmbllhg, bali IN.
distinct and forced amer, sail The still shaking
our hand vigorously. /" am Waiers"
And Waters II was IN reality, hooking well and a.
heaihy ever, AMI without showls The least outward
sgn at he hal causht grspeshot in his mouth.
Iuxnriant gtowtb OF mustaches completely covered
his upper lip, and concealed any the iron missile
might have made an imperial on his under lip hid any
appearance OF wound al that point and, with the
cepl,on OF his speech, here nothing show that he
had received The slightest injury about the face
,- tongue, which wa. terribly shattered, wac stll par
usly benumped rendering articulation both difficult and
uesome but he assured ns that he every day gain
ng and The OF IT, and, in his words,
be was soon TO be just as good as new"