The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-01
| SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL. OPERATION

head. The blade broke of: leaving an inch
and a quarter OF its length buried out of
sight in the substance of the head. This
eventually passed into the brain. An appli-
cation to several eminent surgeons in New
York and elsewhere failed to bring relief
The case was at last brought to the attention
OF DIR. Middleton Goldsmith, of Castleton
Medical College, who lately succeeded, by a
delicate operation, in removing the blade AZ
ter the removal the brain could be distinctly
felt at the bottom of the cavity. The hear
ing, which had been impaired was entirely re-
stored, and the boy is now as good as new
Niddlcbury Register.
ACCIDENT.-A son of L. ID. Smell, of Cav
endish, some Is or IL years of age, loaded a
gun quite heavily on Sunday afternoon last,
for the purpose of shooting hawk which had
alightcd in pasture near the house; but
not succeeding i'll getting shot at the game,
undertook to draw the charge In doing this
he broke off the wormcr from the rod. and
then stepped to a rock near by, and turning
the gun muzzlc down, began churning it on
the stone tor the purpose of Earring out the
charge. Not having removed the cap, the
'"sequence was an explosion took place, Sc
~ounding him in the legs and lower
abdomen, by the rebound of the
ut. DIR. Harlow was Immediately
although the wounds are severe,
1T consider them dangerouS-B. l..
Cool WNrHR-The following simple
ln,lhod, Ii is said, will keep water almost as
Geld as ice Let the Jar, pitcher or vessel
used for water, be surrounded with ore or
more folds Of cotton, to be constantly wet
The evaporation of the water will carry off
the heat rom the inside and reduce it to a
freezing point. In India and other climcs.
where ice cannot be procured, this is common.
! Let every mechanic and laborcr have at His
place Of employment two pitchers thus pro-
vidcl and with lids or covers. one to contain
fresh water for drinking. the other for
evaporation. ard he can always have a sup
ply of cold water i'll warm weather. Auv
person can te>, this by dipping finger in
water, ard holding it in the air on warm
day after doing this three or four times he
will ti"d lis Iiu-I: Internationally cold.
/ WHAT NEXT notwithstanding the Dor
ers have been eating up the fruit trees at il
great ra;e for the last few years, and the
worms destroying ali they possibly could in
the line OF garden sauce. there is HOW anoth-
cr animal making his appearance among the
potatoes. y gentleman OF this village show
ed US. a day or two since, potatoc top which
had some eight or ten of these worms upon
it, the largest one measuring over an inch III
length. They are sure death to thr potatoes:
as they cntirol !: Kill the tops. thus preventing
the potatoc from Gro.iag. This gentleman
says he ha, trc! Hearly everything to DESTROY
these creatures III the garden. bat thus far
without the !ea>; effect. What, may We no.
ask, viii rex, visit us. to destroy our garden
and other crops ?--H
- \ correspondent writing from DorSc,
says, that few evenings since. Miss Fran
ces Kelley WAS attacked by two >ilanou>
ru:ans. in the highway. She Tough, Gr>pcr-
atey to escape from them. but Was finally
ovrrpowcred. and had not 4 team happened
along just at this time there is no knowing
what this lad, would have been compelled to
suffer from the hands of these scoun,lrcl>.
perhaps her very life would have been taken.
as they were armed with large bowie knives
Upon the approach of the team they made
good their escape, and have not, as yet. been
found-W.
DEATH from THE IiEAr.-We learn that
two men. who were laboriny in the hay field
i'll Poultney. on Thursday Of last week. lost
their lives from the excessive hcat-Beu-
HHJ'"H i'tHWi.
NARROW EEcArE.-On Friday last. while
coal team was passing over the bridge near
the Stave and Faucet mandatory Of Mcssrs.
{. !. Parker & Co., in Stanford, the bridge.
together with the team and driver fell with Il
~'aondous crash, a distance Of some twenty
-3ore, striking upon solid ledge of
range to say the driver and team
cir pcrilous situation, very little !
as was surely miraculous es-
mi. CURE FOR DYStNTERY.-.An cid /
..-.., handed us the following simple receipt
ior publication. 1t has been practised in
his family for many years, with uniform sue
cess, even in the most alarming stages of the
complaint Take Indian corn. roasted and
ground in the manner Of coffee, Tor coarse |
meal browncd,) and boil in a sufficient guam |
tity of water to produce strong liquid like
coffee, and drink a teacup full, warm, two or
three times day. One days practise, it is
said, will ordinarily effect a cure.-.uieiale- /
torn Republican.
ASSAULT AND BATTEnY.-Mr. George Y.
Cook, of this village, was taken before JUS
ticc Guild on Tuesday last. charged with an
assault upon the person of Mr.. Isaac Clark,
while the latter was intoxicated lie made
no defence, and was fined seven dollars and |