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A Woman Made to Talk after Being Mute
Twenty-Five Years.


CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND, August IS.
EDS. GAZETTE Ordinarily the gift ofgab"
is too well developed III the female sex, and
he that could be so fortunate as to devise
some means to stop that unruly member,
would be hailed as public benefactor; but
there is, like an oasis in the desert, an occa-
sionaI case where it is good that woman be
mado to talk.
Such case having come under my imme-
diate observation, ana being one not easily
accounted for by medical writers, and totally
unknown to the NJ D's., I think it important
the particulars should have publicity.
About twenty-five years ago, Miss Perme-
LA Barnell, who was then, and is now, a res
ident of Jacksonburgh, in this county, and at
the time about fifteen years Of age, while at
tending a camp meeting in this vicinity, and
in the act of prayer, went into trance, in
which mood she remained or about eleven
days at the expiration Of which time she was
attacked with alphonia, and from that time
until yesterday she could convey her thoughts
only by manipulation, having not uttered-a
syllable during the time. Being conversapt
with the facts above stated, and having no
ticed that a soldier who had lost his speech
under the excitement Of a great battle, and
whose case had bafled the skill of the experts
of the army, was made to talk by imbibing
freely Of the ardent, it was source Of much
qualification to me to get the consentof the
consent of the lady to try the experiment, as
it will no doubt be a source Of rejoicing to
her numerous friends. Having procured for
her q pint of best seoqle antigaaaua she began
to imbibe it about ten o'clock yesterday
morning, and in ordinary time, using common
parlance, became beautifully drunk. After
lying in a comatose state for two hours, at
which time she began to sober of, to the ut
ter astonishment of all present, she began tc
talk, at frst slowly, bat afterwards with as
much ease as if the gift had never departed
and this morning continues to talk a glibly as
if she was an adept in the matter. The case
causes much surprise in this part of the coun-
try, and viii nc doubt interest a number O
your readers, and mayhap some one similarly
afflicted may, by proper application, be re.
lieved. It may be well to state that Miss B
was, prior to her loss of speech, troubled
with chorea, or commonly called Saint Vitus
Dance.
Very truly, SAMUEL H. HosHoUn.
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What Mrs. GrundY Saws.

As a sample of the sharp things said IN
number tour Of the new comic paper, we pre-
sent the following:
Fish SAUoE-Although it is well known
that llr. Barnum's Aqnaria contained fishes
Of all sorts and sizes, from the largest to the
smallest, yet it is a well aScertained fact that
there was no Small Fry there, from the mo-
ment the flames reached the vitals OF the
Museum.
Our Rural Contributor writes us word that
he has enlarged his establishment, and now
keeps head Of oxen, a head of hen. and
several head Of cabbage, while he Is trying
also to keep ahead Of the times.
New DEFINITIoNs.-Loyal yalty-The tea age
drink. Pontoons-Current Overtures. Ode
(owed) to Freedom-The National Debt
Railway Dividends-Legs, arms. trunks. &c.
Negro Emancipation -IIaking,a Man his own
Master, with nobody to serve him. Light
EXpenses-Gas Bills, Bears Grease. IT'S
Grease, but living Grease no more.
A Practical JOKE OF UNCLE SAMs-It
must be conceded that Uncle Sam was guilty
of practical joke in carrying out his deter
mination to subdue the rebellious South: for
be now declares that he has not at all ex-
ceeded his purpose of conqus,tny Peace
notwithstanding he has got back The ,ghols of
it,
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all Sorts Of d5Uu0 9lra0ing,
100 Much "no ~

]
THE first flowing well ever struck was on
the McElhenny, or Funk farm, and was
known as the Funk well. Funk was a poor
man when the well was sunk. In was struck
June 1861, and commenced flowing, to the
astonishment of all the oil-borers in the neigh
borhood, at the rate of two hundred and IF
ty barrels day. Such q prodigal supply Of
grease upset all calculations, but it was conf
IDENTIFY predicted that the supply would soon
stop. It was an Oil Creek humbug and those
who had no direct interest in the prosperity
of the we'll looked day after day to see the
stream stop. But ike the old woman who
sat down by the river side to let the water
run itself out that she might cross dry-shod,
they waited in vain. The oil continued flow
ing, with little variation, for fifteen months,
and then stopped, but not before Funk be-
came eich man. But long before the Funk
well had given out, the wonder in regard to
it was overshadowed by a new sensation
Down on the Tar farm, the Phillips well burst
forth with a stream of two thousand barrels
daily. Not to be outdone by the territory
down the creek, the McElhenny track saw
the Tarr farm, and went it a thousand better.
The Empire well, close to the Funk sudden
ly burst forth with its three thousand barrels
daily, a igure which subsequent flowing
wells endeavored to equal. The owners
were bewildered. It was truly too much Of
+ good thing. The true value of the petrole-
um had not yet been discovered; and the
f market for it was limited. Foreigners would
T have nothing to do with the nasty, greasy,
combustible thing. Our own people were
divided in opinion. Some thought it dan
gerous thing to be handled at arms length
i while others set it down a humbug in some
e way or other, ofwhich the community should
d keep as shy as possible. The supply was al
ready in advance of the demand, and the ad-
0 dition OF three thousand barrels day was
monstrous and not to be endured The price
. fell to twenty cents barrel, then to fifteen
then to ten. Coopers would sell barrels fol
cash only, and refused to take their pay IL
{ oil, or in drafts on oil shipments. Finally, il
t was impossible to obtain barrels on any terms
: for all the coopors in the surrounding country
!. could not make barrels as fast as the Empire
6 could Gil them. The owners were in despair
and tried to choke off their confounded well
y but it would not be choked They then bull
dam around it, and covered the soil will
grease, but the oil refused to be damned, ant
and rushed into the stream, making Oil CreeE
t literally worthy of its name. For nearly Z
. year it flowed, and tten dropped to pump
ing well yielding about hundred barrels
Lately it stopped, but onthe application ofar
air pump it revived, and now runs about fifty
barrels daily.-De,ricE and Drill
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"a Abraham Grove and Sarah Jane Grove Of the State
OF Missouri viii take notice that Nancy Frank of the
County Of Champaign in the State Of Ohio did the
Sh day OfAuCUst 1865 lie her petition in the Court
utCCmmon Pleas within and for Champaign County,
OHIO, against the said Abraham Grove Sarah Jane
Grove, aud others hers and deysers Of Martin Frank,
decd delts setting forth that she is the widow Of
Martin Frank, late Of said county, who died on the
day Of July ts6J Seized OF the following lands in
Champaign County Ohio, to-wtt:
list. North s of South West quarter and IS of
the West end Of the North = Of South East quarter
Soc p Town Range l., 95 acres.
I'd. 90 acres out of North East quarter Of Sec >,
Town. . Range II.
Sd. The North West quarter Of Sec. s5 Town. /
Range II. 100 acres.
18th. The South West quarter OF Sec 36 Town.
Range H. 10Jacres and Il acres ont of the East 3 Of
said Sec 81 except the undivided Onofth of 63 acres
Ofsaid two last named tracts.
9TH. Lot no. II in the town Of St. Paris.
And praying the decree and assignment, to her, Of
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County Ohio, of which the said Martin Frank died
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sigRmCnt Of said dover will be taken.
NANCY FRANK, by
YCUSG LEEDON s. CHANCE Attys.
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A Record Worth Preserving.

Pennsylvania as,'never devoted that atten-
ton to her local resources and interests which
distinguish other States, and which often
gives lesser Commonwealths an advantage
over States rich in all the material of labor
and resources. Most Of the States have sta
tistical bureaus, III which a faithful record is
preserved Of their resources, OF the capacity
OF the people in the different portions there
of for taxation. and Of the extent of the wealth
ofsuch States at large. The business reader
will at once see the advantage which such
records give the States where they are pre-
served. We now see that the tates. thus
careful of the record of their natural wealth
are exhibiting a like respect for the records
Of those who went forth to do battle, and if
need be, die IN defence Of the National hon
or and safety. The record to which we al
tude is kept by the clerk of the court in the
different counties In the Western States, and
is u faithful histor5 of the enlistment com
pany and regiment, if killed, in what battle,
with the date thereof, and the honorable
discharge Of each soldier surviving, who was
a citizen of such counties, respectively.
Such a record does not involve much labor
The friends of those who perish in battle are
expected to furnish the clerks in question
with the necessary information, while the
soldiers who survive and have been honora-
discharges to secure a place on the records
where the history of their services will be
preserved for the respect and the gratitude
Of future generations.
We are not aware that such record is
preserved in any of the counties in this
State. Its usefulness and justice, however,
commends it~elf at once to the Judgment OF
all who have any pride in local history, or
who have any appreciation Of the valor Of
those tOwhose labor we are indebted for
home and Government. We commend
the subject, therefore, to the clerks of courts
N different counties throughout this State
Aside from It's historical value is established
the true extent of the warlike services of
ness value in disposing of litigations likely to
occur in a hundred shapes in connection
with those who perished in the war for the
MON
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Resources of the Mormons.

A Utah correspondent of the Springfield
Repubttcan gives very fattering account
OF the agricultural and industrial resources
of Utah territory, under the rule of the
Mormons: The policy of the Mormon
leaders has been TO contine this people TO ag-
riculture; to develop selt-sustaining rural
population, quiet, frugal, industrious, scat
tered in small villages, and so manageable
by the church organization. So far this
policy has been admirably successful al it
has created an industry and a production
here in the centre of the western half of our
continent, of immense Importance and val
ue to the future growth of the region. 4
few OF the simpler manufactures have been
introduced Of late but these are not in con-
iilct with the general policy. There are
three cotton mills, confined to cotton
yarns, however, almost exclusively, and one
woolen mill. Probably there are hundred
Touring mills III the territory also. Flour,
the grains, butter, bacon, dried peaches,
home made socks and yarns, these are the
chief articles produced in excess and sold to
emigrants and for mining regions in the
north Probably two hundred thousand
pounds of dried peaches were sold for Idaho
and Montana last year. Hides are plenty
there is coed tannery here and also aman-
ufactory OF boots and shoes. Cotton grows
abundantly III the southern settlements; and
experiments with flax, the mulberry tree
and the silk worm are all successful.
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Trouble Among the Oherokees.

The St. Louis Dispatch of August 4th
says that there were loyal as well as rebel
Indians among the Cherokees, and the di-
vision is causing some trouble since the war
is ended.
A few days ago body of about one hun
dred rebel Cherokees, fully armed, came to
Fort Gibson, under the parole which they
had received from Colonel Campbell, to see
what arrangement could be made with the
loyal part of the tribe in regard to their
own return. During the war many houses
and farms were destroyed, and tie loyal In
dians, remaining masters of the situation,
possessed themselves of the enemys proper
ty and farms III place of their own which
had been destroyed. The rebel delegation.
under the treaty entered into with Colonel
Campbell, demand restitution of their prop
erty and restoration of their former rights
and privileges. The loyal Indians ..ssem-
bled at the same time in council at Talequah,
their capital and utterly refused to haveany
thing TO do with them, or grant their re-
quest. Here the matter stands, and there is
a far prospect of new and serious difficult
ties arising between the hostile parties, not
only among the Cherokees, but other tribes
also who are in similar positions, and which
will take all the tact and authority of gov
ernmeDt to settle satisfactorily to heinterest
Of all concerned.
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Mammoth Cigar for Grant.

A correspondent relates the following
incident of Lieutenant General GRANT S
passage through Brunswick, Maine: An
old man-an inveterate smoker-had learn
ed that the General sometimes, in fact fre-
quently, smokes, set his genious to work to
obtain an interview with him. a cigar oc-
cured to him as the best pass within the
guarded circle, and he therefore, upon hear
ing that he was coming, obtained one up
wards of foot in length When the Gen
eral came the old fellow rushed pell-mell in
to the crowd, and dispensing with all forms
Of etiquette, drew his mammoth Havana,
and politely but roguishly presented it to
the General, expressing the hope that he
might enjoy a long and pleasant smoke.
This act was of course the signal for great
laughter on the part of the crowd, and none
joined in it more heartily than the General
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Several citizens of secession sympathies at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, recently visited
Major General John W. Geary, at his beu-
tiful residence at Cumberland on the west
banks of the Susquehannah, and were ex-
tended the courtesies of the Pennsylvania
soldier. During conversation that ensued
the aforesaid citizens ventilated themselves
on the subject of the negro; they denounc-
ed emancipation as a usurpation the
rights of the South were largely decant-
ed upon and violent expressions used. Gen
traitors for saying less than you have just
uttered against your country" and he or
dered the individuals to leave his premises
forthwith
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Andrew Johnson's Memory.

1t is but short time since distinguish
ed Senator called upon the President A
delegation of Conservatives had just left him.
Turning to the Senator, he said: Il won
der if those persons, who but now passed
out, immagined that had forgot the power
and the party to which [ owe my elevation.
There was not man in that delegation that
would mt have united in offering reward
for my seal few years ago, and now they
talk to me as if owed everything to them.
| guess they'll find | have a memory"
A we'll known editor of a prominent
Northern journal said to the President
THE Democracy say you will yet be found
with them. That you have always been
good Democrat, and will always SO remain.
DO they" responded Mr.. johnson.
"Well, sir, YOU are at liberty to tell all such
gentlemen that, while, as President, shall
endeavor to drop any partisan character, l
certainly am not prepared to do more than
to pray for those who despitefully use me-
l think they stand in need of prayers, and
it S all [ can do for them"