The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-01
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ages of fourteen and thirty; some have been
known to have it at the age of sixty. Symp-
toms-Absenceo mind; giving things wrong
names; calling tears nectar, and sighs zephyrs;
gazing on the moon and stars toothache !;
bleeding at the nose; loss of appetite; neglect
of business; a loathing for all things-save
one; blood shot eyes; and a constant desire to
sigh. %E1ects-As strong headache pulse high;
stupidly eloquent eyes; sleeplessness, and al
that sortsof thing. At times, Imagination
bright; bowers of roses, winged cupids, and
buttered peas; and then, again, oceans of des-
pair, racks, tortures and hair-triggered pistols
Chwe-Gets married. If that don't cure you,
your case is hopeless.
TenderIy Bestowed.
In a bale of promiseuous clothing recently
received in Manchester for distribution among
the distressed operatives, from some place,
the name of which is not given, there was
found boys scotch cap. In the cap was
letter, addressed For an orphan or mother
less boy" On opening. the letter a shilling
was found enclosed, aud the following touch-
ing epistle:-" May the youthful wearer of
this cap meet its late owner in heaven. He
was beautiful and good, and was removed by
an accident from this world to better. A
weeping mothers blessing be on the future
wearer of her bright boys cap.-November
twenty-second, 1892 -s.--aaasiss So
Dressing for HsattIe.
Il (1.,.E l ff A 81 -
Wars, = says of 5Collingwood. atfRe battle of
Trrfalgar, that he dressed himself that morn.
ing with peculiar neatness and care, and, in
conversation with some of his officers, recom-
mended themto put on six stockings as he
had done, for" said he, ''if one should get a
shot in the leg, they would be SO much more
manageable for the surgeon" He likewise,
as Nelson had done, visited his decks before
he got into action, and said to his officers
+" Now, gentlemen, let us do something to-day
which the worldmay talk of hereafter"
The kiss. (From tie Fcencb.)
Thanks to my gentle, absent friend,
Kiss YOU in letter send;
But, ah! the thrill ing charm is lost aga
In kisses that arrive by postI 20 f9'
That fruit can ouly taste ful be
When gath-. Ell, melting, from the tree!
Interesting Experiment in Surgery.
A curious and interesting experiment was
lately made at Strasburg to effect the union
of two animals, so that they might, to certain
degree, have a life in common. 1t was, in
deed, producing artifcially what nature pro-
duced spontaneously in those extraordinary
phenomena, the Siamese Twins. Two white i
rats, of the Albino species, were selected for
the experiment, probably as being more man
ageabie than their darker brethren. An in
cision was made on the right side of the one,-
and on the left side efthe other, engaging the :
skin and the cellular tissue under it. The
the two wounds were kept closely
together by sutures and bandages until the
sixth day, when union by tn, first intention
was found to have taken place. They then
walked side by side, being united by feshy
band An ettempt to poison both by the
mouth ofzone did not succeed, but an iniec-
ton thrown into. the jugular. vein of one ami +,
NAL was found to have entered the superfc..
femoral veins of the other, showing clearly
that an intimate vascular union had already
taken place between them. This interesting
experiment may have most important bear
ing on restorative surgery.