Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-01-27
STARVED TO DEATH.


For some time past young lady NAM
ed Nellie Magernie has been rooming in
the house of William Allen, carpenter
and builder, No. 50 Fort street. She
has been in very poor health, and has
been in the habit Of taking opium to
alleviate pain from which she was suf-
fering. On Tuesday morning Miss Mag
ernie complained of illness, and did not
come down stairs. In the evening Mr..
Allen went up stairs, knocked at her
door and inquired if she wanted anything
and was answered in the negative Yes
terdav noon the servant employed in Mr..
Aliens house went up to Miss Magernie's
door and tried to get in, but she couldn't
obtain any response from the inside
She told Mr.. Allen. and that gentleman
broke open the door and fond the young
girl extended upon the bed, and almost
in state of nudity, and nearly dead.
Medical assistance was Immediately pro.
cured, but all remedies proved unavail-
ing and she died about four o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
A post mortem examination was held
this morning by Drs. Murphy and Smith.
| The stomach was found to be almost en-
tirely empty, and without particle of
food of any kind in it. The body was
terribly emaciated, and the inference
drawn by the physicians was that the
lady had literally starved to death, the
system being too weak to stand the dose
of opium she had taken. Mrs. Sanborn
and other ladies connected with the Homo
of the Friendless have taken charge of
the remains and will see to their decent
interment.
Miss Magernie was born in Pittsfeld,
Mass, and was about twenty-seven years
Of age Her father was at one time a
wealthy man, but died insolvent, leaving
his daughter, who had received splen-
did education, to the cold charities of
the world She made her way up here
some four or five years ago, and endeav-
ored to earn her living by making vests
for tailoring establishments, but her
want of skill, and high-toned sensitive
disposition prevented her succeeding in
this walk of life, and she tried, and did
for some time succeed in earning pre-
carious living in modelling wax flowers,
an art which she had learned in her
happy youth, when no foreshadowing OF
premonitory warning of the fearful close
of her mortal career clouded her young
life.
Her trunk was UPtuuu UIIIs morning,
and the contents found to be only few
scraps of bread and butter, and frag-
ments of food of the coarsest and plain
est description, such as no stomach in
the condition in which hers must have
|
been could digest. Miss Magernie was
remarkably handsome young woman,
and appeared from her physical conform
alton, to be one who might have reached
a green old age if her lines had fallen
in pleasant places. Deceased was for
time in the employment of the agency of
the Singer Sewing Company in this city,
but i'll health prevented her from attend
inc to her business.-S Paul Despatch
Of January l3.
How DRINKING CAUSES APoPLExf.
1t is the essential nature Of all wines
} and spirits to send an increased amount
{ Of blood to the BRAIN The first effect
: Of taking a glass Of wine or stronger
S form Of alcohol, is to send the blood
5 there faster than common, hence the
S circulation that gives the red face. 1t
e Increases the activity of the brain, and
t it works faster, and so does the tongue.
: But as the blood goes to the brain faster
n than common, it returns faster, and nc
y special harm results But suppose q
d man keeps on drinking, the blood is sent
n to the brain so fast, in such largeHuan
= ties, that in order to make room for il
q the arteries have to enlarge themselves
they increase in size, and in doing Sc
6. they pass against the more yielding fac.
cid veins which carry the blood out Of
= the brain and thus diminish their size
their pores, the result being that the
blood is not only carried to the arterie
of the brain faster than is natural O
healthful. but it IS prevented from leav
ing it as fast as usual; hence, maj
- may drink enough Of brandy or othe
spirits in few hours, OF even minutes
to bring on fatal attack of apoplexy
This is literally being dead drunk
Dir. Hall
" The Adve1iser's Washington specia
re says:
en- The small pox is increasing in Wash
le ington, and the means of carrying
es about the city has just been discovered
be A short time ago well-knOwn lady No
f. ticed filthy looking man enter a stree
r. car and sit down next to her. A fe'
ur days afterward she was attacked wit
varioloid. The day after she had reco'
cred and was about the house as usua
DIS an assistant of DIR Verdi, the health of