St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-16
How the French Bring IA Drowned
Man Back to Life.

The author of The French at Home"
-iN> that III his walk one morning. he
>Iw Il man pulled out of the water. APP
parcntlN drowned. He Wa> LAID ON the
right side, the face turned toward the
ground. and the ANS gently opened tn
facilitate the escape OF water. Several
times the head WAS placed little lower
than the rest OF the body for the same
purpose. but only for Il few seconds at
Il time. In tn" mean while. there WIS
Il regular manipulating" process t" in
duce breathing. which consisted in
pressing the abdomen, stomach and
sides OF the chest. but softly. The eff
forts were without effect the man
looked a. if he had seen the last OF
earth. Then the PROSTATE figure, Wa
carried To the nearest station for the
rescue al the ,lIoWnrd. Here the man
was stripped and wiped dry. and he
Wa>, laid. TUNED on the side. between
two blankets on a straw mattress: the
manipulating pror,'>> Was resumed. " Ia
intervals oi about Il quarter OF Il minute
bctWccn each pressure ut the body the
pressure being repeated fifteen ortWcntN
times followed 10y Il suspension of ten
minutes. Twenty minutes were PASSED
III this way. whcn Il phN >icam employ ed
on this kind of service appeared and
took change of the ease. \ Warming
pan filled with hot water WAS PASSED
over the body outside of the blanket.
particularly over the pit of the >tom-
ach and the sides of the chest. This
was altcInared with Il gentle friction OF
hot woolrn mittrn> and the naked
hands. and the SolcS of The feet and
palms of the hands were vigorously
rubbed. An operator hrcathed into he
mouth of the man 10y means of Il tube.
The efforts also proving in vain. the
physician had recourse to the introduce
ton of tobacco smoke into the mites
tines. In about ten minutes the man
gave Il feeble sign of life. whereupon all
mani pulation was discontinued lest it
should interfere with the natural move
mcnt. Soon he showed desire tn
Nomit, which WAS assisted 10y Il feather
introduced into the throat How Ion"
the whole process lasted is not stated
but the reader will see that it WAS
lengthy. y few days after. the writer
attended the ball, and among the most
lively dancers he SAW the drowned man.
The latest Cardiff giant story. comes
from SanduSkN. O.. near which, il is
said. Il pctrlted man of gigantic size.
has been found i'll Il newly discovered
cave, 400 feet below the surface.
The corner stone of the new Catholic
church ut Newport. will he blessed ON
the Eth inst. ut > o'clock D. m, bV IliS
Luld~lip. l.. DE Goesbriand, Bishop OF
Burlington. There will he sermons de
lIVcrcd on that occasion both in French
and English. The ceremony will take
place on the church lot, Pleasant street
In the Orange County Court. on Mon
day. Charles Leet. indicted for bigamy.
was fined $500. He is ~ years old and
claimed that he supposed himself di-
Vorced from an insane wife. now sup
ported by the town of NcwburV, sub
Sequently marrying another wife and
residing at Franconia. y. H., whence
he voluntarily came to the court foi
trial. He must remain in Jail until his
fine is paid.
\ shocking accident took place at the
rolling mill, ut 81. Adams. Saturday
afternoon. \. Mr.. Bullett. of North
Fairfax. ii deaf man. while standing ON
the track WAS run over bN the locomo-
tive Vermont and his body cut com
plctcly in two. The unfortunate man
fingered but Il few moments. The re-
mains were placed III box. and con
veyed to his home.
A sudden death occurred in Crafts
bury. On the night of June Il. Willis
Norlhrop went for his COW not far from
the village. He had turned the COW
from the pasture and from appearance.
sat down beside the road. soon after he
was found inSen>il,le. and expired at
midnight. He was in usual health. had
been heeing corn. and ate hearty sup
pei. His age was about 81