South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-09-15

/ TO lawyer whose name was Purnell. He
( treated ME badly, and did not give me G.
nough 10 eat. spied around the kitchen
one day, aud when the cook left shot in.
dipped my hand into the dinner pot aud
pulled out a red hot dumping. The boil
( ing water did not burn and | could eat the
hot dumping without wiukiug so after
dat | often got my dinner dat way. has
/ often got the hot fat off the boiling water
aud drank it. | drink my coffee when II
is boiling, aud IL does not give me half so
much pain as 1t does to drink glass Of cold
water. l always likes it just as hot as |
can get 1t. then Intercepted him as to
The effect heated substances bed up1n his
flesh, and asked him when he handled them
with his hands if he did not suffer more
than when he took them iuwardly, to which
he replied, "No, Boss, often take my iron
out the forge with my hand when red hot"
but it don't burn. Since l was little boy
L have never been afraid to handle fire -
He then stated that often when By himself
he would pick up red hot iron because his
tongs were not handy, and that he never
f,lt any discomfort from it. He felt no
more harm, he said, from handling fire
than stones
could cite great number of instances
beside those already mentioned and give
the names of large number of gentlemen
of high standing who have witnessed the
wonderful doings Of this untutored Afri-
can but | do not deem it necessary. rs
what have stated can be more than au-
thenticated by almost any prominent man
living in this locality. | am thoroughly
| convinced, from personal observation. that
FIRE has no effect whatever upon his flesh.
and | am sustained in that belief by the
united judgment of all gentlemen who have
seen him, including large number of ply
sicians.
This man should be seen and examined
by our scientific men, and the causes and
effects of his remarkable performances du-
y investigated for it is certain that his
power to handle fire does exist in n remark
able degree, and that too, without the aid
of anything save what nature has bestowed.
NE The New Orleans papers and people
are IN great tribulation. a large portion
of tho city is perceptibly sinking in some
places has sunk to depth of seven feet,
and is gradually going on down towards the
Flower regions" The civil engineers and
/
together to find a cause ard a remedy for
The serious disaster but their science
tbrows no light on the subject New Or
leans does not bear very exalted charac
ter for morality. SIdom was DESTROYED
FOR is wickedness and, perhaps, New Or
l"an- j. going to the deuce in a perpen-
dicuInr fashion. General Butler had bet
ter bc sent COR. He saved the CITY once
Perhaps loo can again intcrcede with lie
~amnc majesty to let New Orleaus 90 t.
D. drminionS IN the usual manno.-lS Sat
nrlyy NiyH
Es;' Mr. iIarlce, of Florida, who claims
to have discovered that conclusion will de-
stroy insect and germ life, believes that By
that means cpidemics like yellow fever and
cholera may be prevented, or arrested after
! they have broken out So confident is he
Of the truth Of his theory that he offers to
risk his own life in arresiing the yellow
f5ver now prevalent in Charleston He says
For the city If Charleston | would use
ton of gunpowder every night, for twelve
consecutive nights. | would commence At
nine O'clock, p. NJ using five pounds for
every combustion, ] would order the win
dows Of every house in the city closed, and
| would use small quantities Of powder in
every room and cellar in the city | would
order heavy conclusions in every damp
lane or avenue 10 the city, and, in facr,
would burn out the places most likely to
be infested with animalcules, and, at tie
end Of ten days, / would ask the physicians
to report the health of the city. | think
they woud report not single case Of any
description Of fever in the city, and that il
wouli be as healthy az the mountains"
A SINGULAR HORsE THIEF.-Our real
ers will recoIlect that some months ago .
horse belonging to Mr. James Faruswtr'b,
Of Gilmer county, was stolen, and after a
hard pursuit the thief was over-hauled on
Rich Mountain, where quite n fight ensued,
resulting in the woundlng Of one Of the
pursuers, the escape Of tho thief, and the
recapture Of the horse just as he was
disappearing in the brush the thief cried
out to Mr. Farnsworh that "that horse
shall never do you any good ~ A few
days ago the horse was again stolen, anOth-
CT pursuit Instituted, and the thicf-kuown
20 be the same man-was once more over
hauled. Seeing by the operation Of his
pursuers that he could never get clear with
his booty, he cody drew out his pistol, shot
the horse through the heart and made
good bio escape in the thick underbrush.
a hectic party for this gentleman would
certainly be in order Weston Dem SEP II
IL 4 number OF German residents Of
the city of New York, who previous to the
Frauco-German war lef their country. to e.
wade military duty, md who consequently
at home are regarded az desorter-, had