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Treatment Of A.iasiIc Cholera.

\ correspondent furuishe. u with the t0
lowing, which, he says, was copied two years
ago from AN Irish newspaper:
Mr. Dane, al eastern Traveller and brienta
list. recommends this treatment for Shoiera.
lie says: While resId ng in Cairo, in Egypt
III Isis. while the cholera was raging there,
| was Informed there w,s an English man III
a small NE. gh,oring village had effected a
speedy aud effective cure in all the eases he
had an opportunity of treating. The pumber
Of case. was sixty-two, and many Of them
very malignant. subsequently learned that
this mode OF treatment had been tactIced
with equal success Ia Spain, Comstat,tlnople
and India. aud was never followed by yphus
or typhoid lever, which proved fatal III many
cases where the chulrr. itself had been sub
ducd by other me MS. Upon applying 70
him | received the tollowln5 directions. !
prlciiccd them in iew cases, which al er-
wards occarred in my house and ei sewhere
with invariable success:
= 1t the patient has vomi,ed the poisonous
matter which Is characteristic ~oi the disease,
AMI resembles rice water, give a Tablespoon
iui ot powdered mustard tn bier of cold
water as an e,ne,ic. Alter the vomiting
(whether produced by the dis ,;,se or the
above meaus IN few minutes give wine
glass iui OF brandy, with ten grains of capsi-
cum Cayenne pepperl stirred up in it. 1h.s
generally Produces almost immediate reiie.,
and, within an hour, rest, perspiiaiion a:id
sleep. In a few cases il was found neces Try
to give lraii dose of brandy and capsicum
after h;tlFan hour more. \ second halt
dose was lever required, but, should 1t be, il
may be given. No other fluid should be
drunk before recovering, to accelerate con
v,escence Ithas b zen Suggested that fifteen
drop, Of the spirit of ammoii, and suipurlc
ether, in equal parts. mty be advantageousIy
gwen three Or iour times during the foilowin.
day.
The above quantity of brady and capsi-
cum Tor any patleni-suiferlng a severe
attack la other cAses two thirds or halt u
that quantity may suffice, as have proven BY
experience"
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An ENPARALLEL CASE.
A Dumb Wona Speaks.
Non h.e Oacihnai, Gazette.
HIVsil Eifc CfiiVIi1lIfIi uuEtttr'
CAMlRtnGR City. Ind An1 l2

CAMDRtPGs Cry, Ind, Aug. lS
+ Ordinarily the ''gitt of Cab IS too well
developed in the female sex, and he that
could stop that unruly member, would be
a.:..iicd as public benetactor; but there is,
like oasis in the desert, an occasional
case where il Is good that q woman be made
To talk.
Such a case having come urder my inn
medi. le observation, and being one no; easi
~ accounted for by medical writers, aud
totally unknown to the NJ D's, | think il
important the particulars should hare public
it,.
About twenty five years ago, Miss Pernclia
Barne!l. who was then, and is now, q resi-
dent oi JackSonburg, iu this county, and ut
the time about fifteen years OF age, while
attending "a camp meeting in this vicinity,
aud III the act OF praying, went INTO a trance
i'll which mood she remained about eleven
days, at the expiration of which time she
WAS attacted with alphonia, and from that
time until yesterday sine could convey ner
thoughts OILY by manipulation, having not
uttered Il syllable durlug the time.
Being conversaut with the facts above
stated, aud having noticed that a soldier who
had lost his speech under the excitement vi Il
great b ,tlle. AID whose Gas. batiit! the skill
Ui the experts ot the army, was made to tclk
by imbiUIng freely OF the a.deut, it WAS Il
source OF much qualification to me to get tn .
consent of the lady to try the experiment, as
il will no doubt, be Il source ot rejOiciug -
her uumeiuus friends. Having procured tor
her !. PIN, of the be3, secdia 0mitqunm, SHE
began to hubble il about ten ociuck, yester-
ddy rI,r .ing and IN AN ordinary time, using
common pari4nce, became beautifully drunk.
Alter lying IN "a cCmatose state for two
hours, at which time she began tJ sober off.
10 the utter astOinshintut OF all present, sac
be yau 10 talk, at first SLOWLY, but afterwards 5
with as much ease as II the gift had never
departed. aud thIs morning continues 10 tail.
as gtIbly II she was an adept IN tde mat
ter. he case causes much surprise in iAIs
part of the c1uatry. and w.li doubt. inter
est number Ot your readers, and mayhap
some one ,imIlary afflicted. NAV, by proper
application. lac relieved. 1t may be well -
state that Ms, IS was, prior 10 her lass .!
speech, troubled with chOera, or commonly
called ST. Nhus dance. Very truly,
SAMUEL II. HUsHoVR.
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Artelllus vVsird.

This gifted youth, WIG announces for mex
| week his farewell night at lrying Hall, New
York, is highly appreciative of the press, and
republshes the following, among other ex
pressions of appreciation he has received
from gifted editorial pens: a.-.
p From the Stea Mechanic
Is a lecturer of about seven comic horse.
power, and eau easily draw sixteen feet OF
water from the eyes Of an average audience.
From the Nor.h American Nurse, New
Haven. ...a.. alr ....t ---a
Must be good for the cholera We should
like to see him properly applied.
FROM the sboygan (Wis.) Bugle of
Liberty. -T :"
ARTEMrs WARp.-This great lecturer call
ed on US O. day, and ordered quite lot Of
job printing. We consider him one of the
greatest lecturers in this country.
From tle Sko~hegan (Mainel Clarion.
** Although his style is diff
ferent from Washingfon Irving's VIC can not
he blind TO the fact that Mr. Iryiug's style is
different from his. bi
~ From the Railway Gazette. }
\ Not dry eye in the audience.
Many could have borrowed money Of him on
tie spot
From the Hoboken Expounder.
No family should be without him.
From tie keokuk Iowa. Banner.
We don't know when we have been more
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The Cattle Plague.

f4Oih tut islhlDn lines, Aug. ,.
We are threatened with one of those
cal.,rnities which Euglismen of these dav.
think they have a right to be exempt nom
We expect cattle plague rs little as we do
a return of the Great Plague OF London. or
the swathlng sickness. ur lOcu>ts, or rivers Of
blood, or showers Of fire. Either our fore
fathers we're not so clean and careful az We
are, or these terrible events were like the
geological commissions by which this visible
came at las, to a safe and healthy equilibrium
of forces. But either the series OF mishaps
has not worn itself out, or We are not so
careful as we ought u be. cattle disease
i, said to be among Us, and W. are warned
of IL possible proportions and consequences
The description reminds one OF the influenza
in the human patient; but it is said TO be
Highly infectious aud generally i.curable. Il
kills Ia two or three davs, or Il week The
origin Of the plagge, i, is said Is infected
uIeign cattle brought to islinCt0n cattle
market; buJ sound cattle coming there have
caught the disease and spread II 20 such an
extent that nearly 1000 are said t. have
>u.f, red within month. There Is no known
remedy or antidote la; unless something BE-
done, it i; possible that the disease NAV
spread over the whole country. aud England
may suffer actual dearth Of ANNA! food.
and the usual consequences Of a lower Diet
on a people accustomed to "a better. \ ,ief-
ciency of animal food viii ten upon the pri, c
Of bread and all other kinds OF iopd and the
poor will always be the greatest sufferers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-09-09

The pro- perity OF our common country de.
peuds upon the answer To this nluule.IuuS
question, which Is now naturally ahI Lescrv-
edly eng igIug the the attention oil all, both
North and South 1t IS much to be appre
hcnded that the Delegations from such onuih-
err. States as may effect theII rcur eanIzdtion
before the meeting ot Congress Hlii not be
permitted to take their sc ITS. Wha policy, iu
This case. will they plrsue? WebelIeve tnat
they will act ;ely,-reiyiEg upon the re-
tur.,ing seIse OF the Nurtn, whose couserva-
tive uiasses will soon sweep from power the
! radical faction which Is even now faiiiEg to
pieces. They evidently perceive 1 iat III .tley
would reasonably hope ior speedy res.ura-
ton ui tueir rights, they must suatE am PrcsI-
dent JoHNsoS, and strengthen his hands by
all means IN their power against lhe pernici-
GUS inti aeuce which Is being brought u bear
| upon h IN. We cannot better express the
! universal sentiment OF the South than in the
language of enc of its leading organs, which
represents the tone OF the press there with
scarcely a solitary exception, that The people
Ar. wiling To "recoguize the i.lct, whether
rlgit or wrong, ihat III: fortunes Of war and
the act of the central GOvernmellt u has prac
tlcally destroyed tier great Institutions
I'VE have no choice IN this NATTER 1t says
If we ever hope again to exercise the
functions of a sovereign State III we refuse
to co 1t, we only lend Strength to aa unscru'
puious party at the North" All sensible
nen among them see that they m lst do nolh
ing to weaken, but every thing to uphold and
strengthen, The great conservative party
daily Increasing-which will sooh crush out
forever an ors anlzatlon WHICH II pot speedily
hurled from our high places will strip us a
even the semblanee of liberty. They fec
keenly, no doubt, what they regarded as op
preston, anu unjustifiable deprivation l.
rights; but they are willing to blry the pas
and build up the future on the ruins OF thei
said experieDcs.-& Louis Rephbiicon.
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ThousA. he wa. q reeIy.

An incident h,ppened Jew evenings since
at the Catsklll Mountain House. which IS too
rich to De lost. Amoua the eomoanv was
the venerable and Rev. DR. VI Of NV
York. a gentleman whose dress and addres,
distinguish hi'n IS a tiaished gentlman OF the
old school OF manners, courtlv and elegant
lie was III the sitting room. surrounded by a
circle OF friends, and strangers also were
around enjoying the conversation, which was
necessarily tond, be cause the Doctor is un-
fortunately quite hard of hearing.
An elderly clergyman from down East
entered the Parlor, ami drawing chair close
to DR.. ", began to PROFOUND aues ions.
which he was obliged to repeat at the top
OF his voice to make tie Doctor hear.
Il would be glad TO have your views on
the probability OF the return of the rebel
States to the Unirn." salaaH
The Doctor replied that che thought the
Presidents measures were judicious, and
things are working very well.r
.'What do you think pursued the in.
quirer, ''of the expediency of negro suf
irage ?"
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i friend Of oErs had little son. three year:
ofage. very 'rave. and remarkably consider
ate for oHc oi L s years. rs will be pro' ed Is
tie folio NluE cIrC Cumstance: Que dav COW
ran at LIm UnCeTempuiously the chIlC
naturally betook him elf TO his heels Ill:
eide. ir.ther meeting him Is he was rushing
iIto the hOase, inquired the cause Of hi
somewhat hasty movements. The heroic
ciili replied that he wasn't afraid at al
bat he thought he might scare the COW If b,
aid 80
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-09-09

Mn. SAMUEL BowLEs says that Bingham
Young's younger children, as seen III his
school. look sprigh,ly and bright and hand
some and some of his grown up daughters
are conely and clever; but his older sons
give no marked sign of their iathers smart
ness. The Oldest, Brigham, Jr.. is mainly
distinguished for his size and strength. HE
weighs two or three hundred pounds. and is
muscular in proportion. He has now one of
his wives and gone to England. with her on
business p-etailing to the church: The
next son, John, isa poor puny,lookiug fellow
with several wires aud an inordinate love fol
whisky.
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SH.T THE GHOST DOES.

This Gne mans!oh l. deserted Ga dark
nights or at the midnight hour 1t IS avoided,
.n,i the lucih!ss wight who has To pass 1t
walks on tip-toe ihe the CpposinS pIcht Is
used To do on the Peninsula " hen Il soldier In
the cop,e was umwitting;y exposing himself
to Death Means h ave becn heard - come
through the gaping, broken widJws-shreks
lmprecatIori>, solIloquies-aS II inere was
something or somebody in agony-sOmething
or somebody that wanted to die, vet WAS com
mtnde to iive-Ind lights often gl,re out in
the darkness, or pass bv the windows with
such rapIdity is 10 leave a long line of light
behind. Bat the appearances are not by
night alone. but by day also. The o; gies OF
the ghost 90 not disappear, like mountain
miSts, before the sjn. la sunlight well as
by the glimpse of the moon the spirit
walks to the albright even ot those who are
bvid enough 10 enter wit IL the haunted
precincts It's manifestations differ III the
daylime however. A few days ago two
skeptici,l young ladies, learning that the ghost
could be seen at precisely SIX in the morning,
determined to brave ghosty dispIeasure 10y
entering his domain aud Pluc*! 2 Wild
flower or two. They went prUmI e, ~ the
alright OF servants. who were surprised al
uuwOuted early rising-aHd nUw let them tell
thir own tale:
The sun had cot up when we got TO the
gate When we openel it, it creaked on lis
rusty old hinges. and went back again wish
slam after We had passed through. That
frightened Us little bat s;iiI ..we kept On
right throI,ii the tangled hare glass ii the
pain, and The twisted stems of boNwOol. wet
with dew. went around the side OF the house
right t. the back, where there is large
fowrr-bc that hls been growing to weeds,
nj ,r-,yiu.r and ,Fr..1yIftr l,BU14r than | a III
growing old. We went RI INT up 10 The Hover
bed, and Annie was Just pulling spTig Of
ger,,niuln, when there came riPPIng-Such
n rapping-a.t inflow Just over oar heads
ia little shudier aud shower OF tiny peh-
bies-.snd wher--they came from We dliE {
know We were frIgh;c..ei, tell yuu. Bat
we wern't going 10 give mp. 50 We tried to
get :; Hover gam, and then there was a zap
plug again. only quicker and louder than
before shuffilns Ut feet, and grOan We
looked up at the window, bat nothing.
and ineu we ran away as fist as We coIld,
aud | Tell down in the tangled path to the
gate"
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A Sunday school teacher, speaking to his
Children upon the depravity of the human
heart, asked them # they knew one who was
ways good When one of the class prompt
ed bv simple and child ike affection, instant
~ replied, Yes, sir, know one-my
mother" .-.-s
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TERMS OF sULsCRsPTIoN
ADVERTISING RATES:
a Good Old Fashioned Ghost in
EhcnMs fylui:l,

The town of Bristol, Pa, according to the
philadelphia Press correspondent, has a
haunted house, where ghost of the most APP
proved style holds midnight revcl t., the great
pagt.ca.s-s:
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WHO THE GHOST Is.

That l cannot begin 70 tell you. There are
MANY irtimati Jns OF black deeds In that old
house years ago, and fifteen other conjec-
lures as are usually INDUCED IN i'll such cases.
Those who have seen, The ghost. all differ il:
their descriptions of him or her. SO that the
Oldest inhahitaut' cannot fix dnvhn1v, once
in the flesh, bnt now departed. who .ooked
like it The property is said to be owned BY
a lady in your city, who does lot occupy it
because she is AFRAID. She knows not who
the ghost is, only that he or she IS.
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

The manifestations at night have more of
horror tor susceptible and suprrsiItious minds
and wax nerves, tor darkness invests with
terror what daylight shows even to be quite
usual and commonplace. | Will not enter
into any detailed description Of them, but
give YOU the statement ut AN old farm hand
who, after speaking of the - haunted man.
sion, gave his own experiences
You see.. sir,'' he SAID. wIrile he stopped
his horse (he vas pl0sing at tie time aud
gathered up the reir,-ends in a lump in his
brawney fist you see, sir, | was just the
way | am now; Che wore shirt and muddy
kersey pants tucked into ms boots, and
battered straw hat;) was going down to the
store for the old man. and | had a bit Of Il
aetrle IL nv hand and a big basket siumg
over my shoulder; walked along first rate
Till rot down to tint rlaceH lnudiIug his
head towards the m rlrsion with motion haH
,nuscu ar, half nervous = te!t quecrish
like, and hitched myself up to 90 10y right
an square. 1t was Only aboat nine Z" CLOCK,
or tl,reabputs-mav he 1t mi ght be close to
teu-5ut what should see when | got to the
far end OF the fcuce bat a tall person in white,
with "A brown kind of u haudk -rchief Oh lis
head it had canlle in one Of them
o!,i-f;,shioaed cluhlesIcks. IL walked along
on the tops o: the flowers and b1A-bIsa Ike,
and didu't bend them
All was my Involuntary exclamation,
while assumed air OF grea; interest aud
entire belief
Yes, SIR" said the plourhEan decisively.
Sand it walked right towards me, and the.
go- up aui lett. and that's all | know. CT
And do you really believe in the exist
ence of the ghost?
"Well, guess dor answered he. de
IL !, L. 10 -.1
thes- twenty wears gone =
We dil no; demur, bat left him, and won
dered how anybody in Bucks county could
believe in ghosts at this day. 1t an evi
dence of want OF knowledge. as well o
superstition. But Bristol was old borough
it WAS Democratic county; that explained
the matter-partlGlIv.
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A Nashville paperdells about a "worthy
state senator who was attacked by side
walk and driven TO door step, where he
sat till a late hour awaiting for the pavement
10 rec Jver It's equilibrium.
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BILLS ORDERED FAN

Police service, Justice Harris s3S; John Fulton q
W. Gariner jaiiors tees, t23 80 Team ,ter, Thos
Stack, $l3ov Henry Dugan, SO 5J Patrc rarDer, Sis
Edward Davy, sl5O Joseph Ayers IS; DiyiI Sisk SO
Patrick Lovney, 20 cents Street Labor, John Turner
s. So; Thomas Cakins, IS; Jerry Looney, IS: Denn:
Marphy sil; John Nulty 50; Z. Rudgan, ti50; Denn:
k,ntlrick, s1-5G
Adjourned to Tuesday, Sept. IL, 1865.
X, N. WATERMAN, City Clerk.
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2raffssional Cards.

( lHARLE3 j. BEATTIE, Attorney and
~ Counsellor 1t Law, Pontiac, Livingston county ILL.,
aug 70, 'G5-ly4
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EAGLE MILLS,
AgricusfIraI InlpleIn cnts.

Such as Common 0or4.Hg One IcTgc and raItePLCE
RtrTotcs caltir1ta5s. Horse H0Ley, ~
IN short MI Kind Of heavy farm rs tools His machinery
is all new perfect. and propelled ly an abundant never
f,ill. water t.,wcr Farmeas invited - AID
anime his work whe h,r they wish to p clE-. rnot.
Al Dfg work stsS.
Orders from Distance promptly attended TO 1nf IL
nlem.nt. u,ced ON board c. nal beats or ca-S
JOStPI MAI LH,IEEN
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s4;as1az8 1907 ird rr9a1 = $50
ssa1aae 1aey ~ .7i7-E9 suolI9s z
, 1865-11-14

lF anybody should find the incidents of the following story hard to be-
leve, | shall set the reproach down to the dscredit of our modern novel
lists, who are fast educating the public into a foolish undertaking of reaEt
ty. They imagine occurrences wonderfully inferior in boldness and spirit
to actual events and still, by the superstition surrounding printers
types, impose them upon dull readers as daring conceptions. The result
is, that if one relates a bit of real ie its superiority to fiction becomes a
drawback, and actual occurrences are dsbeieved because they so ex-
ceed the utmost of what the slow wits can imagine. / will endeavour,
as far as | honestly can, to keep this astonishing narrative down to the
level of ordinary romance, but in the many instances where it may ne
cessariy rise above those limits, the reader ought to make an effort.
Big Tom Treddock was-now, alas, too many years agony
schoolcompanion; and when we separated at the gates of that institution,
it was with a mutual understanding that it was his destiny to enter the
army, with a view tc becoming a feld-marshal in an unusually short
period of time but, strange to say, he had, instead, quietly married a
second-cousin, and subsequently settled down in one of the eastern coun-
ties, at a place called Red Hill Grange, and there betaken himself to
practising gentemanfarmng on a rather large scale. He had often
written me pressing invitations to visit him at his farm and by way, I
suppose, of special temptation, greatly occupied his lively epistles with
exciting accounts of the phntfulness of game, which I thought slightly
inconsistent with the other descriptions given of heavy crops. But if he
had become an enthusiast on the subject Of artificial composts, and was
recklessly sinking a mint of money in steam-ploughs, I knew he would
also retain a liking for seeing a partridge on the wing SO, possibly, there
was a chance of getting a shot or two after all. Besides, I was a little
curious to know how Treddock had settled down into married life. [
had gone with him, in bygone years, to the dentists, and learned from
his facial contortions what it was to have teeth drawn; when shampoo
, 1865-11-14

ing was first introduced, I had witnessed his heroic resignation in the
awful hands of the operator; [ had, in a word, profted by his example
in q variety of ways, for he was two years my senior why, then, should
l not behold what change the marital state had worked upon him2 I
wrote IN answer to his last invitation, saying that he might look out for
me at the village railway station on the following Thursday, by the
of course, left plenty of time for a line from him in reply. No note, how
ever, came. But l did not attach much Importance to that fact, for [
knew that when he asked me to visit him he really meant it; and as he
was not at all a formal kind of person, the idea of asserting to any pro-
posed arrangement might never have occurred to him. / also had g.
slight prior acquaintance with his wife, and / did not think that any
difficulty had arisen in that quarter. Thursday morning accordingly
found me leaving town in an early train, booked for Red Hill station,
indulging a pleasant conviction in my mind, as we whned along, that
Tom Treddocks handsome red face would be about the first sight 7
should see on the platform. But a second disappointment awaited me,
for on aHghtng at the little country station to which, it seemed, 7 was
the only passenger, | neither found my friend nor any one representing
him.
% yes said the dapper station-master, lowering the telegraph signal
as the Whzzing train again got into motion 'he knew Mr.. Treddock very
we'll. I meant MI. Treddock at the Grange, for they had but one gen
tleman of that name; and he and all the rest about there wished there
were more like him. At least, everybody did but some COMPOUNDED rs-
cal who had taken a spite against him for nothing; but it was to be hop
ed it would soon be found out who the villain was
/ asked for an explanadOn-What this latter rather mysterious state
ment meant.
For the last three or four days. answered my companion, carefully
wrapping up a sgnalfag he held in his hand, all kind of damage has
been done about the farm, and they can't find out who it Ii does it,
They keep a good watch, but its of no use somehow, they can't light
on the rascal. Very likely he added, that is the reason MI. Treddock
hasn't come down to the station to meet you, if he was expecting you,
No doubt, that was the reason [ said; land very sorry I was to
hear it; for l felt sure my friend had done nothing to merit treatment Of
that kind
1T was quite the other way the statonmaster replied; and he
went on to give Treddock a most eu1ogstc character as he walked along
by my side, kindly insisting on accompanying me past a certain turn in
the road, from whence, he said, I could see the stacks belonging to the
Grange on the crest of the hill. By and by, they came into view, and I
protested against my companion going any further.