North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-26

CATCHING BULLETS IN THE Mouth. There is
man now living in East Dixfeld, Oxford county, Me
who actually caught in his mouth ball discharge
from musket. He was at the battle of Bridgewa
ter in the of 1912, and while biting of the en-
of cartridge, for the purpose OF loading his CUR
was struck by ball, which entered the left side
his face, knock eight of his teeth, cut OF the en-
of his tongue and passed into his throat. He raise
IT, 10 the hospital staid out the remainder OF nj
enlistment and returned home with the bullet in hi
pocket. ErchanSe Fdper'
We can relate an incident even more strange ma
this. At the siege of Monterey in 1916, and VIM
Gen. W orth's troops were advancing TO storm n, IN
small fort known as LA Soldada, man hdn'eu %
tiers, an excellent soldier belonging 10 CaP'; ~ -;
Mc(ulIoch's Rangers, caught a large grdPc 0hoI y,
rectIy in his mouth. 1t was fully the size o! an men
egg, was rough, uneven in shape, ana III us cTu'
completely carried the four upper rom eet,
the ranger and part of the Jaw, en o in twain
ried a,vav his paIaie through to lhe oack OF Ms
head. and striking tendon glanced down and lodged
under the skin on the shoulder blade, where 1t was
extracted by surgeon and safely Placed In the PocA
at of Walters for future reference. ~
No man thought the wounded ranger could hVe-
b couId swallow neither food water. We saw
him two nights afterwards In room In the blshoP
palace which had been converted into hospital slit
inc bolt upright among the wounded and dying, foI
the nature of his terrible hurt was such that he coulu
rot lie down without suffocaiing. His face was
swollen TO more than twice its ordinary size, he was
speechess of course, his wants were only made
known by of piece of broken slate and PEN
Gil, and he slowly applying wet sponge to his
mouth, endeavoring to extract ls!ure which MIN.
ouencl the fever and intolerable thirst under which
he was suffering. By his side lay young Thomas, OF
Mary land, member of the same company, who was
now dying. Wounded men, struck that afternoon In
advance upon the Grand Plaza, were
being brought in, the surgeons were
ampu,ating and dressing the hurts OF the crippled
soldiers by pale and sickly candle light, and the
of those in grieVous pain added new horror to
a scene which was at best frightful. We recoilect
u,aIIa n v
grape shot while adv ancng up of the Streets lie
was begging Justify, after one OF his legs had been
amputaed, that the other might be spared him on
which TO hobble through the world. Poor Thomas,
IS gallant spirit as ever lived, finally breahed his
asi. We brought Waters fresh cup of water, with
which TO moisten his wounds. and then lett the room
catch hours sleep; but the recolieclons OF that
terrible night will not soon be etfaced from our
memory.
The above incidents occurred OH the night OF the
23d and morning of the 24th September, 1916. Dur
ng the early part of the month of February follow
ng, while passing into the old st. Charles in this
;Ity, were accosted with strange voice by fine
ooking man, who seemed extremely glad to see us,
Though he had most singular and unaccountable
node of expressing himself. We recoected the eye
IS one we had been familiar with, but the lower fea-
of the face, although in no way dlshgured, for
he life of US we could not make out.
"Why, don't you know me ~ in a mumbling half
ndstinct and forced manner said the man. still Shak
ng our hand vigorously; " Pm Walters
And Walters It was, in reality, looking well and
IS healthy ever, and without showing the least
outward sign that he had ever caught grape shot
n his mouth. A luxuriant growth of mustachios
ompletely covered his upper lip. and concealed any
car the iron missile might have made an imperial
n his under lip hid any appearance OF wound at !
points and with the exception of his speech there
vas nothing to show that he had received the
lightest injury about the face. HIS tongue, which
Ias terribly shattered, still partially benumbed,
endering articulat both difficult and tiresome buI
e assured US he was every day gaining more and
lore the use of it, and in his own words he soon
} be just good as new"
1t is needless say that truly rejoiced to
&c him-to meet one we had never expected to en-
ounter again in such excellent plight. Any one who
'uld have seen him sitting in that apartment of the
shop's Palace, his face swollen, and with gravi-
of countenance which would have been ludcrous
zen TO the causing of laughter had it not been for
is precarious situation and the heart-rending
enes around, would have been equally as much as
nished and reoiced We were, again so unex-
'ctedly behoding him. ". o. Picayune.