The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20
"BE JUST AND FEAR NOT!
RICHMOND,

Francafurti at Me9num. typis ct i'm
pensis, Johannis Phillip Andre, An
no MDCCXIl." 1t would seem that
with such a title as that the work
could not live 163 years, as it has. To
persons interested in the development
of the world, "Churchill's Voyages"
are very interesting. These were coll
lected by the Churchills from the
works Of various authors. and in De-
cember, 100, William III. granted
the publishers copyright papers. The
volumes In the library were printed
by the assignees of the Churchills in
1744. A large volume bearing the
date of 1888 contains the works of
Thucyiides in the Greek, with Latin
notes and explanations. There arc
shelves and shelves full of magazines
of all sorts and dates, among them
the North American Review from
1915 to 1S41, the Edinburg Review
from 1903 to 1851. and the files of
Harper since its first appearance,
minus a few volumes stolen by some
one OF course, the works Of ah the
standard authors of this century, and
many of the last. find a place in the
library, and it will surprise many to
know that the much abused Patent
Office Reports are called for more fire.
quently than almost any works in the
library.
LIVING ON AIR.
In glancing over the works the wri-
ter came across the Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of
London for the year 1777. In that
volume is detailed the history of a
fasting woman who puts to shame all
modern imitators. Let them hide
their heads in shame, if they can live
on nothing for but few months or
year. This case is reported by DIR.
James Mckenzie and certified to by
half a dozen responsible aud we'll
known persons in that day and neigh
borhood. and occurred in Scotland,
where to be sure almost everything
is remarkable. The account sets forth
that Janet Macleod, of the parish Of
Kincardine aud the shire of Ross, had
an epileptic fit in the 10th year of her
age and this attack was followed by
fever. in consequence of which she
lost the power of using the muscles of
her eyelids and was compelled when
she wanted to see anything to prop
them open with her finger, though
she seemed otherwise to be in good
health. At Whitsuntide. in the year
1868, she refused food and drink, and
her jaws became locked together. A
horn spoon was used to force them
open and little thin Cruel put into
her mouth, but she did not swallow it
and it all ran out of the corners of
her mouth. During four years the
family never knew her to swallow a
bit of food or drink, except pint of
water, which she drank at one time,
but evidently did not like it, for she
never rereated the experiment. DIR.
Mckenzie examined her and found
that she bad as healthy an appear
ance, her skin was as soft and her
limbs as round and plump as though
she was taking her three meals a day
One peculiarly happy thought Of hers
was not to say anything or worry the
family, as sick people usually do. A
queer circumstance of her malady was
the fact that she could not lie on her
back, and if put in that position would
Immediately roll over onto her side,
but not by her own volitiOn, for she
was unable to move. AT the end of
this little resting and cheap boarding
spell of four years she became well
enough to move about the house and
eat about as much as is ordinarily re-
quired for the support of child two
years old All!
In all there is much in the library
to interest one who has the time to
visit, and it is of late becoming better
known than in former years, when it
was under the charge of less agreeable
persons than Mr.. l.. Dalton, the pres
ent librarian, and Miss Maggie Fitz-
gibon, his assistant, who endeavOr to
entertain all visitors and make the
place pleasant one.