Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-04-19


ing up of old William and Mary by an ndig-
enous plague? In case you should 60 Tar
enough west Ito Montgomery or Wythe) to
avoid autumna disease, you must countu
on dying the first time that circumstances
oblige you to spend that season at home
There never was complaint Of sickness at
Warner Hall until the last Warner introdu-
ced the rum fever. The notion ofill health
has been pretext to cover the love of CAD
ding and gossipping and for winter cli-
mate, and spring especially, (not to mention
roads, there is no comparison.
Pray mention Mrs. V. Bibber's lowest
price for her estate, and John Tabbs also,
if practicable.
.4dieu my children.
J R., of Roanoke.
To JOHN RANDOLPH BRYAN, Esq
Drc -mber 80, 1880. The weather has
been very cold, (150 of Fahrenheit) but 1t
has moderated see that the New York
packet, of the 1st of this month, has arrived.
Papers of the date are in town received
letter from w. Leigh, of the 21st of No.
vember, which must have come by 1t. J
have been more and more unwell the last
three days.
LONDON, December 30, 1880.
ROMANTIC TNciDENT-THE LOST HAND
"A paper printed at Elizabethtown, New
jersey, gave an account last fall OF grlev-
Gus misfortune to young girl Is years old
named Meta Taylor. She was running to
cross the railroad track, when she stumbled
and fell. Just at that moment the cars oil
the New Brunswick road came up. and the
locomotive cut off her left hand which lay
over the rail. In the confusion OF the mo-
ment the hand was not picked up; and H.
nally, when it was looked for, it could not
be found It was feared some animal had
carried it off, and this thought was very
distressing to the mother of the girl as well
as 10 Meta herself. Last week the losthand
was recovered as follow: Ayoung man
from Elizabethtown happened to call on
friend Of his at boarding house IN Eighth
street, New York. On the shelf III the
room h, saw glass jar with apretty little
hand suspended in it, preserved In spirits.
| 1t had ring on the third finger. and was
in every respect ladylike looking hand.
He thought al once ofthe lost hand in Eliza
bethtown, but he did not suspect that this
was The one. On asking his friend whose
hand it was, he was told It came from the
Medical College, as his roommate was
medical student. The young man thought
no more of the matter until he got home,
when he mentioned what he had seem
His sister told him that Meta Taylor's lost
hand had ring on the third finger, which
she decribed. This ring was exactly like
that on the hand IN the jar. The sequel
NAV be told in few words. Meta Taylor
came over to New York along with her
mother and the young man above alluded
to. Proceeding at once 10 the house IN
Eighth street. she recognized the preserved
hand IN the jar as her long lost member
The student gave it up very cheeriulIy,
assuring the young girl that he had bought
it of person who supplied bodies to the
Medical College. tits suspected, however,
that he stole the hand himself, as he was
known to have been down at New Bruins
wick about the time the hand was cu: off,
and was PROBABLY passenger in the cars
that very day. Altogether this is the most
singular case we ever recorded. Noprose-
cution of the young student will be made
as both parties separated on the most friend
" terms after the hand was given up to its
fair owner.