Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-27
Extraordinary Cure. A Glpsy Woman
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A correspondent of the Halifax IN. S.
Sun, writing from Bathurst, details an ex-
traordinary circumstance.
: A farmer near the town, which is in
Gloucester county, named James AIul-
lock, was for three years confined to his
bed from extreme emaciation. Medical
assistance was in vain and he fingered
and fingered. until a gypsy woman offered
to cure him for Sl00. The Oiier was ac-
cepted, and younger brother Of the i1va-
lid, named Charles, thus describes her mode
of treatment
(" We went with her to her camp; i'm
mediately after entering we had some
bread and ham, Jim and l both eating
heartily. After dinner the Gypsy said she
wished to speak with me alone. went
into the woods back from the camp, when
she asked me ii | was willing that Jim
should be handcutfed and his feet bound
and to submit altogether to her. said
was not Then, said she, there is no
use wasting words about the matter; if
you don't do so he'll never be cured
asked her to explain herself; L at last con-
sented, thinking to myself, there can be
nothing wrong while L ami here At tea
we had some salt pork fried and good bread.
Next morning, on waking after very
watchful night for never closed my eyes,
1 found Jim tied up. He seemed rather
put out, but the gypsy told him at once
that she had done so because he was to
suffer good deal of pain before being
cured l asssnted to this. He said he
was willing to 90 through with it, since be
had begun, We had breakfast, salt pork
and bread; led jim, and we laughed at
the farce as We considered it. l had no
faith at all in her After breakfast talk
ed with the gypsy, and asked her what she
meant; told her l was no child, and must
either know her plans or would unloose
Jim, and GO home again. She then told
me that she knew that Jim had some living
reptile in him, and that the only way to
cure him was to feed him with salt food
for day or two and then stop him from
drinkin galtogether, when theanimal would
come to seek water. She had cured others,
but must expect 10 see him suffer awful
pain and torture when his water was stop
ed, but it would only be for twenty-four
hours. went to Jim, told him ali, and
asked him if he was willing to undergo it.
Says he, "Charley, that woman has it; I'll
stand it. Well that day passed-salt
pork and bYead, and Jim a very limited
supply of water; the next day the same,
till after dinner, when the water was COM
pletely stopped. Now commenced the work.
He begged and prayed for water; he
howled till he was hoarse; the woman
then gave him drink of what consider
ed water, but what she told me afterward
was salt pork fat melted, with water on
the top; he drank it in few mouthsful,
and in few minutes more he was worse
than ever. He begged me 10 shoot him,
to drown him, to do anything with him,
only not leave him in that state toward
evening he became quite ojlt of his mind;
water and springs were all he raved about.
He lay that way for some time, almost un-
til morning, when he got into high fever.
I got alarmed. and told the gypsy l thought
it had gone far enough; that Jim was too
weak to stand it. She told me l could do
as I liked, but if would leave him two
hours longer l would see whether she or
the doctors we're right. She likewise told
me that if loosed he wonld kill himself
drinking at the first water we met 1
tried her; In about an hour after, she
asked me to drag him to the spring a few
rods away from the camp. We got him
beside it. She laid his head with his lips
almost touching the water; she took up q
birch panikin and commenced lifting up
water and letting it fail just before
his lips He was all this time
quiet as if he was dead; some-
times only he gave slight shiyer, his
mouth wide open, and his eyelids opened
and shut; the white of the eye only was
seen. After about ten minutes she said to
me, Now who's right2 But keep quiet
I leaned over and saw a large green lizard
peeping out of his mouth; if did not seem
as if he wanted to come out, but drew il
self in again 1T will come out again.
says the gipsy. While she was speaking
two lizards glided out of his mouth into
the water, The gypsy quietly killed one
with small stick and | killed the other.
We waited again for FIVE minutes, when
three came out but not together. These
were killed, although one almost escaped
from the water to his mouth ere it was
completely despatched We then waited
nearly an hour longer, but no more made
their appearance The gypsy then said:
there is no more, and proceeded to pour
water on Jims forehead. She did so for
twenty minutes. She then gave him about
a spoonful of water to drink; it actually
hissed in his mouth. She kept him eonfn-
ed that day and half the next before she
let him free, gradually increasing his al
lOWance of water. ....-...