The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-23
cArcmNo-B MANS IN rHr MOUTH,

CATCHING BALLS IN THE MOUTH.
The Mem OdsaHfPieagHae, nne II whose
editors wAs- mi eyewitness Of nlost Of the
lcne'us bsuies ia Mexico, coIdes paragraph
ia relation to man 10 tRAsi Dix6eld, Me,
Who was shot Ia tlia mouth during the last
war Will GreAt1Bdtain, and appends 10 il
lhuIklloaip g nslaiioa
we can rInie' nIincdrnt even more
ytauFs than tlria. A. the siege If Monterey
iuisiG, and while Gen, Works troops we're
aIyandug 10 slom the sndl fort known rs
y, sold,da % nnn nanied Waters, an excel
lenl soldier, hcloueng'to Capt lien Mccall
iorhs HHnW-rs ratphi large grape shot d.
pari, ,u BIZ mouth, Il was 6ily The Size Of
q ben's ugg, was rough, uneven ia shape sad
IN Il. conr.o completely carrird ont the fur
,m,,rr front teeth Of The ranger and Pnrt OF
t,. law. cut Oh Tho inur lower teeth a. With
a rLisel.spli his lQngne ~ twain carried
lwny hiF palate, Wrnl iLroNt'' 70 iho I'lch q.
bi- l,od md striking tendon Glanced down
ant lols,.l under the skin IN he shoulder
b,dc, vhrrc IL Wa oStracled by surgeon
oud -pGiy placed iu the pocket Of Waters hr
future reference.
N0man drought The wounded ranger could
G,c- h, could swallow neither food nor wa
trr. W. s,w him iva nights afterwards
,n room in tho bishops Palace, which had
Il .co ronycriw into hospital, sitting lolt
UPRIGHT amorq the wounded nna The DYING
,,,r t,p nature ~ his terrible hurt was such
hnt Ic could not lic down without "uhuoa'-
-nq. rs Crc Wa swollen 10 moro thnu iwi'"
IL ordinary sizc--hc was spccchlo's'ol 'ourSe
hi- want. were only madc known hymcan'
Ola pircc NJ broken slate and pencil npd he"
vn, slowly oppyiUg = WgI T0ng9 70 M
m6uth cudgayoring ln extract molfture'whl'h
mi,jh o.,rncl, thc fycr and intolcrabc thirsi
rna,r which he wa ,u1wipq IS his side
h,y vounq Thomas ~ MARYLAND, memhor
90 ih, .su,c company Who was morrlly
vonndcd lhe morning amer, and wbe was
nov. diving. Wounded men, slraob tlmt ~
rornoon IN Worth advance upon the Grand
Plass. ven constantly buipg hrpns4i Ia, to
sbroronF were ahrarfitiiig aud AlreAin9 d'e
burt. ortt5cripTcd ~lJicS y pale and
sirkb light aud The groap7 of those 10 gr''v'
rl. min mldrd new horror 10 a scene which
wa. NJ uc-t rriqbto, We rrcollc"t pcrlecdy
.,tla poor fellow, struck IN both legs hy al
pc,pc shot while advancing UP one Of ih"
streets. H., WIS b,wehf lu,iily AFTER one of .
h,s limbs hadshccn rrpulaied that the ol'"r
ndqht hc sparcd bio, on which 10 hohhlc 'hro'
tho world. Poor Thomas a. gallant spirit
n. r,vr lited Gudly hrcnihcd his last we
Drought Mates . fresh emp Of water with
Which ~ ladiSreD hi, w.undt aad then loll
,lsroin, ~ catch an hour. sle,tf lat the rec .
election. or that terrible night viii not soon
hecdaccd from MY mcmoy' ..g'
The sl,oyc Incident. occurred on the night
at the 2ad md morning OF the Gath Scptcn'-
her isaG. During the cnrlS part Of the
mouth Of 1'EiB1mFy- fotDwiIgy widie passing
into the old 81. Charles, in this city. We we're
aecosted will strange y0iCp by n fiury fuot'
;n, man who seemed extrciholy glad To- 500
~, although he had most singular and I'M
accountable mo,le Of expressing himself We
rccollrctcd the eye 0s one we had bcon faml-
lar with, but tho lower features Of the face,
although 10 no way disdgurcd, for the life Of
us We could not make out. E. -9DsA,
HwKy, don't rou know me-? in n mumbling
iisriff itssli-tiei -aI.s 4aad- nlanneE--aaia Tho
MN. still shaking our baud vigorously; I'm /
Water ,r
d, Aud Matters IL Mas, Ia reality, lacking rs
wrll and as healthy az ever, AMI without
showing the least outward sign that he had
ever caught a grOp1 shot in his mouth. A
luSuriant growth Of moustachios completely /
covss,d his upper lip, and concealed any scar
tue iron missile might have made; an impcr-
nj on klsundcr lip hid any appearance of a
wound at that point; and with the exception .
'orhis speech, there was nothing TO show Abnt
he had over received the slightest iniury n
lppt Che face. lIisitouguc, which was tori
bly, ,hateGed, was still partially benumbcd I
rendering articulation both difficult and tire .
some; but he assured MS hc was every day |
rvaiuing more anI moro the use of and in .
his own words he was soon to DO just MS COOL I
az new"
MoRr INcrNDrNRTsM -itwill be remcm- (
bcrc,t that about year ago,thc house Of Hen :
~ TIuhb5r,l Jr. Of Gbpriostown was coDsum-
cd by FIRE, supposed to have been set by Wm. .
a. Howard now in the State Prison for an
other offence Of fhe hhL Ad,iccs from
CharlcsowA bring us the intelligence that
barn, carriage house aud wood she'd belong
ine'to MriIIubDarl, were destroyed by Ere
on Sunday night last. together with his car
riage ! and two yaLid,lehorse This FRO Is
hso bcIievGdto be the,work Of an nccudiary
and we learn that brother of Wm. \. How
ard Inns been arrested on suspicion Of being
the Individual who set the fire.
$3.50 -
HILL. CHANDLER & co.