Smyrna times., 1865-09-13
A Woman Made TO Talk after Being Mute
TWenty-FiVe Years.

Sam Fl. HOshour writes from Cambridge
City, Ind, Aug. Is, to the Cincinnati Gazette
as follows:
About twenty-five years ago, Miss Parmelia
Barnell, who was then and is now a resident of
JacksonbOrOugh, in this county, and at the
| time about fifteen years of age, while attending
a camp-meeting in this vicinity, and in the act
| OF prayer, went into trance, in which mood
she remained for about eleven days, at the ex-
plration of which time she was attacked with
alphOnia, and from that time until yesterday
| she could convey her thoughts only by manp-
| ulatiOn, having not uttered syllable during
| the time.
Being conversant with the facts above stated,
| and having noticed that soldier who had lost
his speech under the excitement of great bat
tie, and whose case had batied tie * II ST the
experts of the army, was made to talk by i'm
blblng freely of the ardent, it was a source of
much qualification to me to get the consent of
the lady to try the experiment, as it will no
doubt be source of rejoicing to her numerous
friends. Having procured for her pint of
best Secdte antiquum, she began to imbibe it
about ten o clock yesterday morning, and in
ordinary time, using common parlance, become
beautifully drunk
After lying III cOmatOsc state for two hours.
at which time she began to sober off. to the ut
ter astOnishment of all present she began to
talk, at first slowly, but afterwards with as
much ease as if the gift had never departed,
and this morning continues to talk as glihly as
Is she was az adept in the matter The case
causes much surprise in this part of the cOun-
try and will, no doubt, interest a number of
your readers, and mayhap some one similarly
afflicted may, by proper application, be reeV
ed. 1t may be well to state that Miss Is. was,
prior to her loss Of speech, troubled with chO-
rea, OF commonly called St. Nitus dance
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\ WAGGIsH PRIsoNER.-A few days ago,
IN buchanan county, Iowa, a ,leputy sheriff
and two bailffs were taking bank robber
named Rorubacher to Butler Centre, to give
evidence III the case against Pollard for the
same offence. Here is what happened, to the
discontinue OF the officers. At IA certain point
on their Journey, the party saw some wild ducks
IN pond, and 1t was remarked to be fine
shot The deputy hauled out his revolver
cooked, and was about to shoot. when he said :
by the by, Rorubacher, you are a good shot
with pistol, ain you?' 'Ofcourse," said
Rorubacher. Take the revolver, then, and
try your hand at those ducks" Rorubachcr
took the weapon, jumped out of the little wa
gon, and advancing towards the ducks for about
ten or twelve steps, then suddenly wheeled
around and covering them with the pistol told
the deputy and his aids to get out of the wa
gOn, and very quickly, as he intended to take
ride by himself Imagine the 'feelinks' Of
that little crowd as they began to crawl down
out of that wagon, tor the prisoner witness had
their Only pistol in his possession. Having got
them safely into the road, and, mounting the
buggy himself, the facetious prisoner made the
party a speech, and then surrendered his ad-
vantage declaring that he had no wish to use
it, and so ended the affair.