Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-11
Medical Troperties of the Onion.

our domestic vegetables. it is a power
ful diureic, and is said, as such, to have
been successfully used as a specific in
dropsy, gout, gravel, lumbago, and gen.
orally ~ all affections Ct the kidneys
and urinary organs. AS an instance of
its efficacy in drops, we shall relate a
circumstance which came within our OBJ
servation few years since. We were
travelit q through one Of the middle de.
partments Of France, in company with
very eminent counselor and member Of
the Partisan bar, who had turned his at
tention 10 discovering the medicinal
properties Of simples, in illustration of a
favo.ite theory Of his, that all the all.
ments which afflict mankind NAV be re.
moved by remedies from the vegetable
kingdom, to the utter exclusion OF all
mineral substances.
One day we stopped and claimed the
privileges of hospitality at a beautiful
chateau belonging to distant relative
OF our friend. We were most kindly re-
ceived by the lord of the mansion, a fine
looking, middle-aged man, who, with
tears in his eyes, informed us that his
lady, whom our friend described as a
most gentle, kind.hearted and noble.
minded dame, was dying Of dropsy, all
the medical men in the neighborhood
having stated that nothing more could
be done for her. "That remains to bu
seen," SAID our medical friend, hastily
81 must see her forthwith" and lie pro-
ceeded 10 her bed chamber, dragging us
with him-a circumstance which will
create no surprise in those acquainted
with the manner of the French. The
lady was alarmingly i'll, and had swollen
to an enormous size; she had been tap
ped once before, but on the present oc-
casion had absolutely refused that mode
of relief.
The Partisan lawyer, nothing daunied,
called for some white onions. Having
peeled sufficient quantity he filled with
them pppkin, or coarse ca ern mug,
holding about three pints. Having pu;
in as many onions as the vessel would
contain, he filled this with cold water,
covered it, and sat it in tie midst of the
warm cmbers where the water would
simmer with very little ebution. lie let
th" onions stew until thew were reduced
to pul q the water to b is ,rig:nal
quantity-a process which required three
or four hours, as the vessel was kept
closely covered and the fire slow. He
strained the liquor into linen bag,
carefully pressing every drop of juice
from the pulp. Having extracted the
liquor, he carefully weighed il, and then,
gently over the fire, but without boiling,
dissolved in it lis own weight of coarse
brown sugar
OF this syrup he gave his patient two
table-spoonsful every two hours-a fresh
quantity being made, 50 as to keep up
constant supply. In a day or two, the
lady felt better, and In about six weeks,
during which time We remained at the
chateau as guests, she was able to walk
with us about the grounds. We had oc-
casion to visit our kind host about six
m lnths after our former visit, and found
his lady enjoying excellent health, and
valuing her Cousins onion syrup as a
specific for all the complaints which
''tlesh is heir to."-COr. Eng. Mag.
A TuRILLING INCIDENr.-The Chicago
JOuWH says that one of the most thrill
ing and painful little incidents of the
contlagraiiOii Oh the west side was as
follows:
A couple of families, the heads of
which were teamsters, living near the
! lake shore, not far from the water works,
stuck lo their homes till the last mo-
ment, in tie hope of saving portion of
their effects. They were cut off by the
fl lmes, however, and compelled To flee
as they could, but the only direction IN
which they could go was into the lake.
The men succeeded in getting their
teams hitched up, and hastily putting
themselves and families on the truck
wagons, they drove into the lake as far
as possible without drowning. Thi.
was at six o'clock on Monday morning
There they were obliged 10 remain
through the hve;long day, scorUhed by
the heat almost be yond the power of Ell
durance, and obliged to dive into the
water at FREQUENT intervals, to keep from
being consumed. AT six o'clock in the
evening, small tug approached the
group Ut sufferers; aid took away tn,
women and children, but could not taxi
the men. The husbands and fathers
were left there for twelve houfs longer
and finally, on Wednesday morning wer,
rescued by another boat. All OF th'
party found each other at last, at th'
houses of friends on the west side, bu
the sufferings atid exposure of tn
weaker ones may yet terminate fatally
REAL ESTATE TITLEs.- One of th
most seriots losses OF the Chicago fire i
the destruction of the real estate record
which are hopelessly gone. The Jourma
says in regard TO this
All the records OF deeds and mort
cages are destroyed. This includes al
the real estate not only in Chicago, bu
IN Coook county, with it's numerous sub
urban towns. Fortdnately the abstract
of title in the Office of Shortall &c Hoard
Conveyancers, are known to be safe
There is great hope that when the vault
are Opened at the other abstract offices
the record books which are intended L
be perfect copies of every real estat
transfer in the codnty are Safe. Their
are several OF them, and it would b
strange if some of them beside the on
already examined, are not safe: A lead