Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-04-10
fenacitY Of Lie,

Among the lower animals this faculty IS
the niost, remarkable in the polEpi; they may
be poinded in q mortar, split up, turned IN
side out like a glove. and divided into parts.
without injury to life; fire alone is fatal to
them. 1t is now about ahundred years since
Trembly made US acquainted with these AMI
mails and first discovered their indestrnclbi6-
ty, L has subsequently been, taken ip sby
other natural historians. who have followed
up these experiments, and have even gone SO
far as to produce monsters BY grating. If
they be turned inside out, they attempt to re-
place themselves, and if unsuccessfuIly, The
outer surface assumes the properties and pow
ers of the inner, and the reverse If the effort
be partially successful only, the part turbed
back disappears in twenty four hours in that
part Of the body il embraces. in such man
ner that the arms which projected behind ats
nov fxed in tic centre Of Tie body the 5rie-
Einal opening also disafpeats, aud IN the ttpoA
of feelers a new mouth is formed 70 which
new feelers attach themselves. snd this new
mouth feeds Immediately. The healed ex-
tremity elohgates iiaeH. into tail Of which
the animal has now two, If two polypi Be
passed into one another like tubes, and piere-
ed through with bristle, the inner one works
its way through the other and comes forth
again 10 few days; IN, some Instances. how
ever, they grew together. and ihen double
roS Of feelers surround the mouth. -
@If they mutilated, the divided parts grow
together again, and even pieces of two sepa-
rate individuals win unite into one, =
Some insects viii live long time after the
loss Of some important portion Of their bodies.
A Carabus granulatus has been seen 70 run,
EWiiheut head; and a carccris, deprived Of
| It's head at the moment il was inserting itself
into the cell of bee. TO deposit its eggs. con-
tinued its attempts, and turned back to it afteT
it was placed in an opposite direction, Crick-
cts VIII live for couple Of days without heads.
and will linger for several hours when depriy-
ed of their entrails; and wasps will attempt 10
| sting after their bodies are divided. - -.
ss Ascending higher inthe animal world, We
| find that reptiles, and many species Of fish can
endure the most violent. Injuries Eels are
IproyerbalIy difficult to kil; and The shark
preserves its vitality after every. caueliG has
been heaped upon II; ~ a. -. -. -
'The tenacious power Of life in the Hogis
beyond. measure extraordinary; it is neither
affected by the exhaustion Of an air-pump, net
destroyed when frozen into a solid mass The
Triton cristatus has power Of repfod ducihg parts
and joints of which i has been deprived. and
and even an eye. the tiii1 and feet have been
known to replace themselves six times IN the
course of one summer, so that 6s7,new bones
were reproduced, 1.-THE sSaIamapdra maeu-
lata he deprived ofits head, the trunk remains
standing on lis feet, and turns on being tote
ed Tortoises, from which the brain has been
distracted. wapder about for months with
closed eyes, feeling their way, and have sur;
viyed for twenty three days yithoat q head
ra-oa7l a5 5 49, bss
The following is about as cool as ii IS impu-
dent, and for Il the fellow deserves something
handsome; but if he gels H. We much mistake
the general good sense and taste Of womcn.-
The last sentence should consigd him TO ever
Lasting bachclorship; andi willi
"a Wire WANTEp.-Op6 Janles HAYS ad-
vcrtses in the Richmond Palladium for Il wife