The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-21
4 Trip to the. Maidstone.

# The Gazette. last week. contained notices
50 of the raVages OF mad dogs near Carlln'S
81 SPRINGS. in this and Fairfax Station, i'll
"a alrtaX county. ! he victims at Carlln'S
81 >pr:u.S. Miss Mary Davis, young lady OF
81 bout sixteen years Of age, and Mr.. james
81 Reynold>, who were bitten on Saturday,
Il a 10Th instant, came to town on the Mon
81 DIV following, and started on the Manassas
81 tram That morning for the maidstone in
FauqurT county. They returned on Fri
dn1 r>r anu give the following account Of
ih",r visit:
The stone is owned by Mr.. Uriel Trip
let. Who lives about two miles northwest
al necturtovn. in whose family it has
been IN heirloom for many generations,
Descending from father TO son from time
slmos' inmemorial, being carefully pre-
served By each posSessor as his most
v.iultIe inheritance. It's benefits are dis
h pru>rd q4tuitouSly, the only consideration
Il demanded being a moderate amount tor
81 tine board of the patients. The stone is
sahoU: N inch long and halt an inch thick,
81 aUt resembles in appearance piece OF
n coke. Il has heen applied in innumerable
eases 10 wounds inflicted by snakes and mad
stii9.as. and in no instance has its healing
effect been known to fail i'll fact, its appli-
cat in i regarded by many persons III the
u,i-atnrhood Of Rectortown, and by large
nuM1crs throughout the State and county,
AZ certain and specific preventive OF ny
crv;AoAia. On the same train with the
ta.'.n'> Springs victims, and for the same
Vulpo,e. went little boy, q child OF
NJ. Marshall, who had b"en bitten by
dor at Fairfax Station, and upon
Whm the virus had produced such
al effect that he was sick and would
move about on his hands and tect. OF course
IL toI cd tfsf ftr.t
attention., and he went away apparently
had received was then attended to. She
had been bitten on the first joint of the
litie finger OF the right hand, in the tleshy
part OF which the tooth Of the dog had cut
4 cash, and the wound looked jagged and
lrrltatcd, and the resulting Inflammation
and pain had extended up the arm. The
>caD having been removed with warm
water, the stone was applied to the raw
surface. 10 which it attached itself 50 firmly
that it could not be shaken off for some
minutes. or until il became saturated with
the poison, when il was removed and place q
IN i tumbler oil water, in which it dis
charged the matter it had absorbed, the
virus rising to the surface and coating
il with q greenish skim, interspersed
with brightly shining globules. The stone
being cleaused, its application was repeated
twice with the same result, but when ap-
piled the fourth time it would not adhere,
and ali the poison, it was said, had been
extracted. Mr.. Reynolds's wounds were
Indicted heiore those received by Miss Da-
Vi, tut though the scabs We're removed
ana fresh surfaces presented, as the stone
WoU0 npt aalere to them he is now uncer-
tan whether the scratches on his hand
were made by the dog or by briars.
Mr.. Reynolds and Miss Davis called at the
uaz";e olhce on the evening Of their return,
WIN Mr.. tarl!n, the proprietor of Carlin's
springs, and gave the above account OF their
nslt 10 the famous maidstone. They are
hoth assured OF the efficiently of the means
they have employed, and consequently have
4 no leal> Of hydrophobia.- Ca
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