The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-29
BATHED IN BLOOD,
OR THE BUTCHER,s STORY.

OR THE BUTCHERS STORY.
REPUTRD NEW CURE FOR PARALYsIs-How
sYLPH-LIKE SAN FRIsCAN TRIED THE
RECIPE.
The Virginia City Enterprise evolves this
About a year ago curious thing happened
here" yesterday remarked a robust and
osy-cheeked butcher, whom we had been
complimenting on his fresh and healthy sp
pesrance. 81 know" continued our butcher
acquaintance 'thst, as rule, men engaged
In my business enjoy good health. and have
fresh, rosy look; but whether dabbling in
blood and breathing and absorbing the
fumes and vapors arising from fresh
meats has anything to do with this, as
you appear to believe, can not say; neither
have ever seen any blood drinking, either
by butchers or others. But, as have said,
a very curious circumstance occurred here
about year ago. generally work in the
maTket-so 1 must get my red cheeks
through what / absorb from the meats
bandle-but about year ago one OF our
butchers took sick, and / filled his place in
the slaue for about six weeks.
mad not been in the slsughter-house long
until one afternoon about o'clock-our
time TO begin killiDg-a carriage drove up.
Two ladies alighted; one known to me as the
wife of the superintendent of one OF our
leading Comstnck mines, and the other a
young lady from San Francisco, as / alter
ward learned. / saw, almost as soon as the
ladies arrived, that the younger one
HAD NO USE OF HER RIGHT ARM.
1t was so completely psrslyzed that she was
obliged TO move 1t about with her left
hand. 1 observed that when she wanted to
put her dead hand into her muf she was
obliged to reach through with her left, get
Il IL g. rLn-
she wanted it, just as though 1t had been
skein of yarn. Well, 1t appears there had
been some understanding about the young
lady coming there, but what she did not q
little surprised some of us the first day she
came. The ladies stood looking on while
we hauled up bullock and knocked him
on the cad. No sooner had the knife been
Withdrawn from the animals throat than
tie young lady suddenly threw off the large
mantle that she wore, and, rushing for
ward, sat down upon the door just at
the bullOck's neck, where torrent OF blood
was gushing. She 'hen barred her right arm
aud thrust it to the shoulder into the gaping
and blood-spouting throat of the animal,
holding it there until the blood had ceased
to flow. We were then killing about thirty
animals every afternoon, and every day
regularly the girl came and thrust her dead
arm into the bleeding throat of one or more
OF them. That girl had great courage, and
was not one OF your over-nice kind, 1 can
tell you. She had coarse dress of some
heavy wooded stuff that she wore for the
purpose, and when the bullock fell, and the
knife had done its work, she at once ran up
and
:. SEATED HERSELF ON THE FLOOR,
as regardless of the blood as If il had been
so much water. There she would hang
across the neck of the beast until il ceased
to bleed. She was so brave that we were all
glad when she got well. remember how
happy she was when she came one day and
showed US that she could begin to open and
close her fingers. From that time forward
she improved rapidly. Soon she could
move her arm, and finally could grasp and
lift things with her hand. think she came
for about three weeks before she was cured.
The last day she came she was quite
bright and merry-mOre so than / had ever
seen her. After putting on her
mantle she thanked us all for
our kindness to her and shook
hands with US, giving us the cured hand,
which, she laughiDgly said, we had
"some right tor We all felt great interest
In Der, but never saw her again. l never
learned her name All know is that she
came Fere from San Francisco. 1 suppose
| might have found out who she was by
asking Mr.. -, but ] didn't know but /
IN ght be considered impertinent. L don't
know whether the cure proved permanent.
Alter the young LADY went away we thought
weshould see many persons there to try the
blood bath, but none have ever come. That
girl was the only one, and never saw any
thing like it before or since.