The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-07-19
The Wonderful Mad Stone


the substance is known as the Pouto stone
from the fact that DR.. Ponto nong since
dead J, resident Of tho region where fhS
late discovery was made, was the ,frstI to-
use ii, and from him sill the known speci-
mems have como. The instances where lnS
Ponto stone has cured and prevented hy-,
drophobia ore very numerous, but IL was
never tried for any other poison. This
much of premise, end come to my history
hrst saying that the parties not knowing.
exactly now to proceed, do not feel at
liberty to give names in FULL and therefore
use Initial letters.
"About six weeks ago n Mr.. G., a resident
of Halifax, came to DryM. and said he had
found something that lopked like the, Ponto
stone, and producing dozen pieces wished
the doctor 10 experiment with them! The
doctor was skeptiosl, but,to accommodate his,
friend, undertook TO comply with his desire.
For some time no opportunity for expert
nent was presented--mad dogs fortunate-s
ly not being plentiful at any time or in any
place. and very scarce indeed in Virginia
so early in the summer, AT last, about ten
days ,ago,a negro on the doctor place load
ing corn shucks, gathered up In one armful
huge copperhead snake which Bit him on
the arm, just above,th wrist. The negro
yelled OF course, but stopping only to tie
the elbow, started on the run for the doctor.
The distance Was not very great, but by the
time he arrived the arm had greatly swollen,
thus showing the poison 10 be very yirulent:p y
DR.. NJ. resolved on trying the stone, and ap-
piled it, following the directions in the use
of the Ponto, stone. In the present in.
stance the stone clung to the negro's arm
with wonderful tenacity for few minutes
and then fell off, the swelling, meantime,
sensibly Decreasing. ! It. was then put in
akcwarnr water, and tho poison mas ydis-
tinctly seento exudc from it. Beirg, taken
out of the water and thoroughly dried il
was again applied and again adhered, but
not so long as before nor with the sameter-
rible grip, but when II came off all the poi &
son in the negro's veins came with II, or at
lenst the man came back to work at once,
and within an hour Of the time he was bit
ten, and has showed no signs Of the virus,
since. '- ""''" hsSPt"
'It was thus satisfactorily established To-
DR.. NJ. that the stone would extract the poi-
son Of snake. and it instantly occurrel$to,
him that II II was an antidote for one kind.
of poison it was for another, and he pursued
| his experiments further.
~ have spoken of the thing as q stone,
but it is nothing ofthe sort, being eyidentiy
! vegetable and not mineral substance.
| 1t il found in small pieces, and Is OF three
colors---a jet black and two shades Of dipgy+
white have two pieces now before me-
one murky white, an inch ind half lohg,t
half An inch wido and on eigl.tkaof an {ihcip;
in thickness; tho other jet, black and Of the.5
same dimensions, except being a little wider.
al may mention, in conclusion, that
pieces ofthe stone have been placed I'm thet
hands Of an eminent New York chemist dn-,
ring the past weekfor the purpose Or ana
lysis. and of experimenting I'M the large
hospitals of the oity."---Cor, ~, y, Times.
A TnRMENDoys STRAIE.--1Fhe ,drains OF
specie to Europe in large quantities. may
now be assumed to be over. Sixty millions
/ Of dollars at least went over tbe water with
in the last sixty days, of which the greater
part was taken away in May Ai,d June
Specie is now, comihgin from CALIFORNIA;
and the weekly transports TO Europe have
fhllen TO the old average. If war breaks otit
on the Continent there 'soonmust be D turn
in tho tide, MS there will be n brisk mari ct
tor American provisions and other indispen.
sables for The comfort Of the people wholafoN
lighting. Our cotton crop will be coming
forward before long, and whether IL i'd
great or smalf,it mltst,y command faR good
price. Il is q matter of eongrat,let ionithsb,
the United States have stood the greatest
strain ever made upon them with SO much
ense, for when we look OF the suddenness of
the demand, and the enormous sum, that
| twas'required, The spbjeotis stastling in
magnitude. and the esse with which, We met.
the requirements must be tastoniBhing to
ourselves. ~ "t.'A ~ apIhtHd9 efs40
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| MANAGEMENr pF AsrABAdus, ~ Tka
secret d growing asparagas 'ssfat&caa ssfat&cas 81 .,ill,
'lyIsesms todconsist in having a g95a
mellow soil, well drained, enriched with
well Yptttedl masnpres tl.e 4ppIeatisne ei
salt or brine from time TO time, Keeping
iths Beds free of weeds, and mdicbinS IN
|ialpso last3 pro,ect ffomSfr6sts,s and 1eet
sa, carly starr of,hefglsats dhps springsaa-
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