Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-13
THe V.,LOF FLESH.
THE FAAI OF Flesh
Particulars of tn Wonderful Phe.
smenon IN Bath Cs esy. s
% q Reliable Infer aant A FRO

writing from Mt Sterling Eyn. %, sun q
| sa, poSsent monh, mentioned the ocS,
raj 90, most wonderful phenomenon A.
| natn county, seventeen miles east 81 the
| terminus OF the Louisville Cinciunau anS
| LeNln gton railroad. The corraSpr,,..,,, -
Is,e1 tnat shower OF desh fell from a clear
| SKY IN broad day light during the afternoon
| OF March 3; that the sun was shining nj tbs
| time, ana after the appearance OF the fssh
| LOGS arc chlckens appeared ana devoured ~
| Inc Isct OF The Phenomenon thus ma A.
! known has produced considerable Interest An
the country, especially among sctentinr
sSuls, VINO seem never 70 have heard OF 3
Ike occurrence.
Lsst evening q representative of the
Courier Journal visited Capt. J. N. Bent oi
Mt. Sterling, whom he found at the Willard
hotel Capt. Bent is the gentleman who rrSi
non through the Courier~JoCrnal. LAST eve
ming be exhibited specimens OF the nesh 20
coed with them to the residence OF Professor
j. Lawrence smith. The gentleman agreed,
and Ihither they went
Al Prof Smiths Captain Bent and the re
flesh and It's fall.
when did the phenomenon take placer
asked the reporter.
1.-TWO O'Clock last Friday, March s."
ain Bath county, near Harry GuTs Mud.
lick sulphur springs, which are. 1 thiuk
about seventeen miles east OF Mount Ster-
ling"
"DId you witness the occurrence"
mo, sir; my inform siion first came from
Jnuge bay, Of Menifee, perfectly reliable
gentlemen. Hundreds are willing 20 attest
the truth OF the matter with Aft iaVits."
"Wil you please 20 relate TO me all Won
Know In relation 10 the phenomenon
"Well, sir, as nearly as can ascertain, the
occurrence took place about ? O'Clock in the
afternoon. The day had been pleasant, aud
at The hour mentioned the heavens were
clear and beautiful. The sun was shining
brightly, and, except a few light clouds
notnlng unusual was visible 10 the naked eye
In the appearance of the horizon. The wife
OF armer Crouch, whose place Is near Mud
lick springs, was standing In her doorway,
and, observing particles of a peculiar aud
unusual kind descending from a clear sky.
called Others 10 witness the startling phe-
nomenon. The fail of the flakes TASTED
about ten minutes They came down in
scattering showers aud settled down on a
place on Mr.. COUGHS farm, probably 100 by
200 yards In extent After the fall the people
collected around the ground thus covered aud
examined what had so mysteriously de-
seemed from the heavens. the flakes were
from the Size of a pea 20 that OF a human
finger, and rather thin. Tney were Of regular
flesh color, and, In touching trees aud fences
LEFT mark similar 10 that OF blood IN its sec
ondary condition. The flesh was somewhat
like mutton In appearance"
"Was any OF IL eaten?" asked the reporter
Eyes, sir; by the hogs and chickens winch
gathered in large mum bers, and de vourei the
flakes with evident relish. A butcher of Nj.
Sterling was In Bath county al the time a nd
shaved OFF piece of the flesh with his knife.
He roasted IL and said the substance was
palatable, but was not able 70 tell from what
animal II came"
"what evidence have you of the authen-
lefty OF all this?" inquired DIR. Smith.
"There is no doubt OF IL, sir. Harry Gill,
OF Mudlick Springs, who Is a gentleman OF
very high reputation, and hundred Others,
| Will furnish affidavits II necessary"
"What of the condition of the heavens
during the fall of the fakes?" said the re-
| porter.
"The heavens underwent no change. SIR
| show 90 the people take it2"
| the people, after IL was noised abroad
Hooked around In dozens and gathered con.
| siderable of the flesh"
"Did decomposition affect the particle.
| after they had fallen?" asked Prof Smith.
| 81 think so, sir" was Captain Bent's re
| joinder.
What have you 10 say Of the flesh, doc.
| tori" inquired the reporter of Prof Smith
| "All can say TO night is that IL seems u
| be OF an animal nature. To morrow / will
examine and be able to speak further con
| cerDingit."
The particles brought by Captain Bent
| who is retired lawyer and respected citizen
and had changed from their original appear
| ance TO q dull red and white hue, and were
| somewhat withered. Prof Smith will SUD
init The specimens TO most careful examI'
| nation to-day. Certainly the phenomenal
| was one of the most wonderful ever known
| and doubtless will occupy the attention O.
| the world of science Tor some time u come
| LOUISVILLE C0tfter- journal, March lin.
How the French DO IL.
| The French butcher separates the bones
| from his steaks, and places them where
they will do the most good. The nou Sewife
| orders just enough for each peasou and no
drops In, somebody quietly retires and the
| extra cup is so provided, but nothing extra
by carelessness OF Intention. When the Dot
has boiled, the handful OF charcoal in the
little range is extinguished, and waits for
another time. No roaring cook stoves and
red-hot covers all day long for no purpose
but waste. The egg laid to day costs a little
| are nicely estimated, and the smallest sur
| plus is carefully saved. A thousand little
economies are practiced, and IL is respecta-
Ole 10 practice them. Cooking Is an eco
Domical as well as a sanitary aud gus tatory
| science. A French cook will make franc
| 60 as far as an American housewife will
the smarscsS Sh Rr, ao% ma nt Iarener tnan
| would probably be greatly astonished, could
| the computation be made how much OF
tne financial, recuperative power OF France
is owing TO her soups and her cheap food;
better living, after all, than the heavy bread
| and greasy failures OF our culinary Ignorance
The French mans or woman's financial con.
science VIII not permit waste, or exceed ne
the income, no matter how small. The Paris
workman saves something every day out o
his little wages, despite all the city entice-
ments, and by and by is apt TO 90 back TO his
native village and purchase his little plot
and live on Ii cOntented, never poor enou "a
to be insolvent. With French economy, we
| uOt OILY DC IQdQ France. Du
our rapidly accommodating material resources
would help to build q national prosperity
and renown that France with her antece-
| dents and incumb rances can never emulate
| The wants OF our financial future aud our
national honesty is-not more greenbac<s,
but-more economy.-tSprfaQfeid Republican,
| DISCUSSION ON DIPHTHERIA.-Att the
| Academy of Medicine last evening the dis.
| cussion on diphtheria was renewed by DR.
| w. Robinson and DR.. j. Lewis Smith. Toe
| former treated principally OF the inoculatIve
powers OF the poison and held that diph Tn erl a
was an tnoculative disease, copable of being
transmitted, and that physicians should
therefore be careful OF abrasions on the
| hands. He alluded to the germ theory, aud
| said that IL was an error to apply that theory
| TO the disease. Prof Chandler said It was
| true that the microscope was not capable OF
| solving the question, but IL the microscope
failed in positive proof, IL did not necessarily
| prove negative. DR.. Smith alluded TO the
| great diversity OF types of the disease and
| 10 the fact that the best known remedies
| were powerless against the worst type OF
| cases. He gave an account OF the modes iu
which the disease affects the system and
destroys life, and said that the Inflammation
| OF the larynx or obstruction OF entrance OF
| air to the lungs, was the cause OF one-halI
| the deaths.-lM Y. Times, 10Th