Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-12-17
THE STORY or THE urAs TREE no FABLE.
WEST GEoRGtA, Nov. 97. 1856.


THE STORY or THE urAs TREE no FABLE
WEST GEoRGtA, Nov. 27. 1886.
Mr.. A. b. Squares and H. G. Williams,
while passing through swamp in the north
wet part of the town Of Milton. on Saturday,
Nov. Is, discovered quantity of shrub
known by the name of poison Sumac, and
being unocquainted with the tree, curiosity
led them 10 bring home a piece of this dam
gerous wood, for the purpose Of ascer,ainng
its nature in which one of the men (Wil-
liams) succeeded to his sorrow.
BY Sabbath morning. this little piece Of
wood had become the wonder and terror OF
the place NJ II Steward. of Fairfax, who
had handled the war-like club, was found to
be very badly poisoned this prevented 9TH
crs from exposing themselves. Mr.. Williams.
being the one who brought the stick from the
swamp, was also taken III on Monday, though
he had not handled the tree without gloves.
It is supposed he took the poison from the
gloves with which he handled the sumac.
Those two young men had to endure
week of Intense suffering. and were so badly
swollen and disdgurcd by eruptions of the
skin, that their best friends would not have
known them and though they have got along
exceedingly we'll. under the skillful treatment
of DR.. II. o Bartlett, they are not get free
from the effects of this seemingly dreadful
poison
Two or three others, who examined the
sumac on Saturday evening, were more or
less poisoned.
This real live upas-Troc resembles the
common sumac, but has less top and is minus
the red berries.
Doct. Hathaway, of Checkerbcrry, has had
II Al 4 1
Of which were so inyetcratc as to require
burning out with nitrate of silver. though
believe a solution of the associate of lead is
generally cfcctual.
Yours truly, c. TnoMrsoN.
a DGsrENsArtoN FROM rHE PorE.--The
Washington correspondent Of the Boston
IrareAer has the following relating to dis
pensation granted by the Pope, through Amc-
ricau official influence:
While the papers are full Of comments on
General Cass letter Of refusal to interfere in
the Mortara atiair,on the ground that lit is the
settled policy of the United States to abstain
! from all interference in the internal concerns
of other countries, it may be well to 'venti
] late" a rumor now current in this city. 1t i.
said that the daughter of highly respectable
| family of this city, in which, by the way, the
/ Ex-Prcsident Pierce was quite intimate, took
/ the veil at the Convent in the adjacent city o
Georgetown. and that after a while, she founC
| the vows distasteiul and that bv the persona
| if not official interference of President Pierce
/ Major Lewis Cass. Jr, Minister near the
/ Court of Rome, was induced TO interest him
self in the matter, and by his personal inter
ccsson with the Pope, to obtain "dispensa
ton" which has released the young nun from
her vows, and has allowed her to again ente
the world If this be so, and it has obtaineC
credence among many, it would appear tina
"interventon' can be practced wheneve
there is sufficient occasion for its exercise.
A LOCOMOTIVES LET LoosE.-An engin,
on the Little Miami Railroad was sent GU
from the Cincinnati depot, the other day
after some empty cars, in charge of one o
the depot men, the engineer being gone. HI
had run about half a mile when he saw an
other engine backing down on him revers
ing his engine. he jumped off and ran. Th
engine started for the depot like a rocket
and accidentally, but fortunately, switche,
on a side track, dashed right through tht
eighteen inch wall of the depot, knocking i
down, timbers and all. jumped across tw,
road tracks, one about ten feet below tn
other, and buried itself in a huge coal heap
rs feet from the wall Of the depot 1t j
seldom that a misplaced switch is cause O
, thankfulness, but in this case it was mos
providcntial, for on the main track stood
passenger train, containing one hundred per
sons The force which rent a brick wal
3 inches thch for a circle Of | ) or 20 feet
would have smashed the cars upon the trac
{ into fragments, and fearful destruction G
life and limb must have followed Had tn
I person in charge Of the engine not becom
- frightened, and jumped when he reversed tn
machinery, the accident would have bee
avoided. and the fact eniorces the necessit
of permitting none but experienced men T.
handle machinery which possesses so mueI
power.
StNouIAR DEATH - The Ogdensburg
journal tells a strange story. The enginoc
of the p. NJ. train from Pottsdam, Thurs
day last while crossing "Ioton Bridge,
near Antwerp, observed a singular spectacl
Of a man hanging from ono of the beam
thereof The train was stopped and the mat
o ter looked into. The man had ovidentl
, been dead but little while II was inierre
e that the man while crossing the bridge, wit
r. the strap of his carpet-bag around his neck
I stumbled and fell. lie pitched one SIDE {
q the beam and the bag the other. The ba
n balanced the man, and the strap being stron
i and fast around the neck, there was no hel
. for him, and in this singular position he wa
found. There was no clue about him tina
@ indicated his name or home. He appeared I
q be poor wayiarer, and was probably undc
c the influence Of liquor when he met his mis-
i hap.
FrLrAL REvERENcr ~ FRANKLIN CoUN
. rY--A few days ago, an elderly man, in
> town not a thousand miles north Of Burling
ton, got into am alteration with his wifi
/ when his oldest son intericred, rather rougl
: lly, to put stop TO hi. fathers abuse Ih
. old gentleman, very soon after, took ROY
- and proceeded towards the barn. He was ol
served by younger son, who followed hin
saw him iasten the rope about his neck an
: over beam, and swing off The boy at ono
cut the rope, releasing his father. The eld'
son, learning the circumstance, forthwith gay
his young brother "a sound iIogging On be
r ing demonstrated with for whipping his br,
ther for saving his iathers life he replied ;
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