Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-17
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Al Remarkable Case.

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The following article is indeed what
the caption Indicates, a most remarkable
case. We conclude it must be true.
- from the fact that there are 90 mans
Ga A4Pefsonss of known truth and veracity.
who testify to the authenticity of the
statement:
- Some time ago, farmer, living
MI near iii Passo, had o daughter about
fen years old. While playing with tbe
cat one day the animal turned and M
her on the arm. The cat acting queer,
NA : ~ ~ vas kiiIed. Several days passed,
healed. One day chile at The table.
L. she attempted to drink water, and was
seized with convnlsions giving unuis-
table signs OF hydrophobia Her Iather
r4s'- came 70 this city and pri5cured some
medicine for her from % physician.
Hurrying home, he found his daughter
lying on 0 lounge, evidently In great
pain. mos having been ableto swallow
anything anee her first commissions. |
- A. soon as she saw her father she climb.
cd into his arms with the exclamation j. l
81 tFGther, I've seen Mary"
Dc Mary was an infant sister who had |
ysnst "a died several years before. solicit
e 4 .ssii Her father, thinking her mind was
II wandering, attempted to quiet her, but /
ahe still assisted that she had seen her /
little sister, and that Mary said if she |
q Il tock4a teaapoonfnl of nitric acid and |
sweet oil she would get we'll. Her father
q II told her to lie down and he would fix the
aa5 medicine he got from town. She pres
II emily got up again, exclaimine:
Eaa. hAe ~father, Mary says / must take the Il
1, Il acid now If want to get well; do give
il TO me- i.ea 49, .Iis ia ese..s
.asfAa On his refusing she again lay down on
ne lonnge' Presently she got up a third
SF1tEsr, r mus. have IT. mary says 7
unst,9 sud-that must be bled in my
Ysgmouth"s sfk4 aMH III
Ter father told her to keep still. Ia
short time she screamed ont that her
tooth bart her. Affer an interval Of
AFhA1 half o minute she cried out again, and
~sis soon after ran up to her father crying:
MARY says / must have my tooth
pulled &C the same moment the tooth
Ia sound one) dropped on the floor The !
little girl says: tFV0 /.
.sa.a4Ga. "See, father, Mary has pulled 1t, now
do get the acid 'iss.q rgasss'ls,s
The astonished father finally got l.
sasa feaspocnfnl of acid, and mixing Ii with
somesaWeet oil gave it TO her, lPreyi-
ousy, az we have stated, she bad been
uGable 70 swallow, but she drank the
mixture down without any trouble, and !
returning to the lounge lay down, SAYING
tnaf all she bad to do waa to keep still. ~
Mary said she would get well. HerI
father prepared the medicine he had A
Al. obtained from the physician, and an
y prnarniug the lounge told her that aba
must also take CHS. She at fret posi-. v
lively refused, saying that Mary said ifh ]
she did 1t would kill her. But on her
= father urging her, abe replied that If he
commanded her 10 drink it she would do
. ~ hut ahe could never forgive him, for
would iii her. Finally after much :,
persuasion, she took the medicine. She 8
remained qniet for few moments, and
then standing up said:
Re4aE am dying, father; Mary says n
- shall soon be with her ~ = sATs IrI III
She called the neighbors around her. WIN
many OF whom were present to witness i i
the extraordinary scene, and bid them
all good bye.
Kiss me, mother" she says, g ann n :
81 dying. Turning TO her father, she bid -,
him good bye, and then added: - I
Mary says must forgive you, faith -
= - !. before q IRE Due, do forgive you. You :.
She then asked to be laid on the pIl
lounge, and crossing her arms in frnnf r.
of her, breathed her last in a few min q,
utes. 80 ~ ~
The truth of this statement ia vouehed | =, I
Tor bE many and reliable Witnesses Our r Ha
informant last week saw and talked with
the father, who related the circumstances
"a Is 20 him, and said the tears coursed down =
the old mans face during the recital
Af has driven bis wife almost distracted,
and the sight Of the farm and house be.
come 90 dreadful to him that he has now a
sold out and ia about to remove farther
west NJ heiieye these facts can be
luiy snbstantiated.-PsOri Transcript