, 1864-07-28

EXTH HA0EsEINLtsY AFFAIR.
HOW tslrAT Woman CoaXcd Lizards
from q Mans Stomach,
Correspondence of the Halifax IN. 81 Sun,
EATurEsT E.alceztet .Inlx 1874

Correspondence of the Halifax q. s. suu.
EA7urnsT, Gloucester, July !, 1864.
a circumstance Of an extr ordinary nature
having happened in this community, / t.he
the liberty OF brinsin: it before The tuulc
through the medium Of our journal:
a turner IN this county, james Muiock, Of
tie flat lands, has bccn for some three yesrs
abd halt confined to his bed through weak-
ness proceeding from emactation; the cause
OF his tlckueEs was unknown, and the symp.
touss bore no resemblance TO anr ottar ils.
eases that hss appeared in this community
AZ! the doctors have prescribed for him, aud
all With the same result-complete taiture.
who bas been telling fortunes for some time
past, offered to cnre him for 500, the sun
to be left In the hands of Mr.. Fercuson. who
was to be the 1adge Of the cure; Mulock was
to put himeelt completely in her hands, and
leave his home for one week. he did 50, al
though his wife demurred to the arrange
mcnt, and tried to persuade him from 1t +; be,
however, persisted, md went with her, &C.
companicd by his yrunger brother, Canrles,
anc now We may Us well tuke the storf OF
tie latter:
We went with her to her camp; immedi-
afelE nttcr entering we found some bread and
hum, Jim and both eating. heartily. After
me alone. I went into the woods, back
from tie emp, when she at once asked the
III was willing that Jim should be hand
cuf1ed ane he bound, and to submit altoge.u-
erto her. 1said | nas not Then said she,
TITS 30 use wasting words abo 1t the nat.
ter, if you don't do 50 he'll never be cured"
asked her to explain herself; she said she
would not Int last consented, thinking to
myself there can be nothing wrong while
'8m here. At teu We had some salt pork
fried, and good bread. Next morning. on
Tuking alter very watclfui light, for ney-
CT closed ny eyes, ! found Jim tied up. lie
,old him at cree tt u ste had donssa becapse
le was to suffer good deal OF pail before
being cured. asEented to this. He said he
was willing to 90 through with it siuca he had
begun. We had breakfast, eaIt pork and
bread; I fed Jim, and NC laughed Ut the farce
as We col sfdered it. had no faith ut all in
her. After breakfast ! talked with the gips-,
aud asked her What she meant; told her
was 10 child, and must either know her
plans or would unlooee jim aud 70 home
agatn. She then tolG me she knew jim bad
some living rephl- in hiu, aud th 1t the only
way to cure LIN was to fred him with salt
tood for day or two, aud then stop lin, from
drinking altogether, when the animRl would
come cut to seek water.
She had cured others, hut must expect to
see him suffer awfal pain and torture when
his water was stopped, but 1t would only be
for twenty-four or thirty hours b Went to
a 1 ela him n1 a fna ss1sd sks bd him Il be xas
that woman has it; Til stand it." Well,
1llat day paEfed--selt pork and bread, and
dim very limited supply of water; the next
day the came, ill after dinner, when the water
Was completely stopped. Now commenced
Tue work: !91e Me begged and prayed for water;
tlcn gave him q drink OF what / considered
water, but which she told me after was salt
pork tat, melted, with water on the top: he
dunk In q few mouthfuls, and In few min
utes mOIeb be Has WoIRc thai cyer. lie begged
me- to shoot him, to drown him, to d. any
thing with him, only not leave him in that
ttafe; toward evening be became quite ont
Of Lis mind; water and springs was all be
rayed about. He lay that way Tor sometime,
almost until morning, VIII. II be got into ahtef
tIycr. got alarmcd, and told the gipsY I
thonght il had gone far enough; tnhI Jim
WIS TOO weak TO Stand 1t. She told me
could do as liked, but II / would leave him
two hours longer would see whether she or
the doctors were right. She likewise told
me that If loos.d he would kill himself
triLkipg ut the first water We met;
tried her. : In about an hour after she asked
me to drag lin to the spring, n few rods
aWay from the camp. We got him
beside It. She laid his head with his lips al
most touching the water; she>took up
birch panikin, and commenced lifting up
water and letting 1t fall just before bis lips.
He vas all this time quiet as If be was dead;
sometimes only he gre slight shlvtr, his
mouth WIDE open and his eyeltds opened and
shut; The white OF the eye only was seen.
After about ten minutes, che said to me-,
"Now ehosc right? But keep qnlet-" I
ltaned over and saw large greer lizard
pc.ping out Of his mouth; it did not seem
rs ii it wanted to come out, but drew itstlfin
again. q It will come out again." said the
gipsy. While she was speaking two lizards
elided out Of his mouth into the water; the
CipsT quietly killed ole with small stick,
and I tie other. Wo waited again for fivo
minutes when three came out but not togeth-
er; these we killed although oue almost e.
caped from the water to his mouth ere It WAS
completely dispatched We then waited
nearly m hour lopgsr but no more made
There no more" and proceeded to pour
water on Jim's forehead. She did 80 twenty
minutes; She then, gave him about spoon.
fnl Of water to drink; ttactually hisscd IN
his mouth She kept him confined that day
aud half the pext before ahe let him free,
gradually pcrea Ing hia al'owanca Of water.
Such Il the story told By Mr. Charlcs Mu-
lock, end although nm not personally &C,
qusin.ed Wl.h the genuemau, an informed