The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-05-19
Sad Effects Of Lightning.

we are iHueDleu, says lhe &O1Co CIttzen,
20 Mr.. y. b. Head, of Prairie City, for
the following communication
On the night of the 22d ut., during e
segere thunder storm, the house occupied
Ssasby Abraham Minich, one mile north Of
Prairie City, was struck by lightning while
the family were seated around the FIRE.
,ssipa Immanuel Miuich was instantly killed, the
sol fuid striking him on the head, mangling
I's'z 1t in q shocking manner Abraham was
- also knocked down, his right ear was sew
az =. cred from his head, aud he was burnt and
= ! bruised so there is no hope of his recove-
,sa = w. - One of span of horses hitched to
- q wagon at q distance of twenty PAGES
from the house was instantly killed. -
ssssls Abraham's wife aud little girl aboui
= - ten years of age was also stunned, aud
when the woman became conscious, she
So, discovered the clothes Of her husband and
brother ,o be on fire She crawIed to
Sci sthem and extinguished the flames, and re
lpaiued with them until morning, before
- :, any Of the neighbors knew anything of
the occurrence III ;
sw@p= ANorHER.-The house of John Null
ford, in Grundy County, Missouri, was
-...i struck by lightning last week, and his
,rgs. eldest daughter, Mary, fourteen years old,
is4 ,ss killed. Mrs Milford was sitting in one
a. 81 corner of the room holding her child in
= !. :, 80 her arms when the fluid descended She
- was struck and severely burnt on the face,
and the infant was thrown from her arms
Iiia and badly burnt on the hip Mary was
rocking o cradle containing another child
when she was struck aud instantly killed
y as7c The child in the cradle was no, hurt.
= baa a. Foor TORTUHING In CHINA.-I saw the
5 oido~commenceinent Of the second operation
~ sh.a torture under which sickly children fire.
. quently die, The sole of the foot was now
sszJ curved into the shape of bow, the great
.sAp toe and the heel being brought together a,
near rs possible Take aju]ube aud dou
bie 1t till two points of the iozenge nearly
a0sJ meet, and you will see what mean. This
~, ~ ia done very gradually. The bandage il
! - = never slackened; month by month it il
y ~ drawn tighter; the foot enhames and sweis
2 a. but the tender mamma perseveres; as th'
= 'S' bones and tendohs accommodate themselve
to the position constrained by the bandage
so it is drawn tighter. At hast the bal
~ of the natural foot fits into the halow o
90 the sole the root OF the great toe is bro
into contact with the heel. The foot is
Gao shapeless lamp The instep is where th
'i'.s ankle was, and oil that is left to go int,
the slipper and to tread the ground is tn
~ ball Of the great toe and the heel Fhi
g aps is the small foot OF the Chinese woman
,1a1 O bit Of toe and a bit of heel, with mark
, - r' like cicatrice left after huge cut, run
ing mp between them. Two ofthe girls wer
yet suffering great pain, and their fee
were hot and infamed, but in the eldest th
operation was complete. She had a,
,frsas tanned to the position of small-foote
~ woman, and her feet were quite cool. ha
q! go nocorns, andswere not tender to the touch
y. - One of the mammas, influenced perhap
"a ls by a little Literally in the article of ric
ig,.t. money, intrusted me with Chinese mys
tere ds toilette Sometimes it seem,
',1SA when woman is expected to do har
wo:k, her toe and heel are not drawn s.
IN = tightly together as TO produce the tru
"small foot" To disguise this imper
fection upon her marriage day she has re
course to art A piece OF cork, shapes
Ike an inverted sugar loaf is Strapped q
20 he. foot, ard TIE sinai, par1 goes int
t-g slipper, aud pGsses for her foot
Taas I.fc we poor G44!. deceived - CvI
reSpendenc@gem %0ngfos.