The Van Buren press., 1877-10-30
A Uaique Case.


illnington On. C) Star, one of the
most retnarkahle specimens ofhumanity
that has ever been known to inliabit the
earth since the days Of Adam. He Is
colorcd aud goes BY the name Of DR..
George Thomas, and seemed to have lit
eral control OF his entire physical nature,
being able, by the simple exercise Of his
will, nsit were, To change at pleasure
the location of the machinery of his
body; beside which, hs is possessed of
muscle Of consistency Of iron, which he
is capable Of developing to remarkable
degree. For instance, he takes solid
bar OF iron of about three inches in cir
cumfrence and some three or four feet
in length. holding it in one hand, and
bends it by striking it repeatedly across
his disengagcd arm, the blows being
sufficiently vigorous to break the limb of
any ordinary man, but which do not
seem to havethe slightest effect upon his
own, the muscles of which are as hard as
iron itself. He then straightens the bar
in the same manner, He asks you to feel
his pulse in his wrist. and it beats with
the same regularity and power of thst of
an ordinary mortal but by sudden but
almost imperceptible movement ofthe
mucslc of the arm, the pulsaton suddenly
ceases altogether. but in reality removed
from its original position. by the exer
ton of the same power it is then restored
at pleasure to its proper place. He can
also remove his ribs from his side to the
abdominal regions. where they can be
I'll .,.A1., al e..t ,aic
proper places at will while by the cxer
else Of the same power the heart is chan
gct from the left to tile right side OF tho
boky. Two Of our physicians, we learn
examined this remarkable specimen of
humanity. and we're astonished at the ex
traordinary developments which resulted
from Practical test Of the wonderful
powers of the man. One of the physi-
clans placed his ear to the region ofthe
heart, and its beatings were regular and
distinctly notod; but suddenly there was
an entire cessation Of the throbbing, and
on the instant his companion, who had
his ear to the right side of his body, ex
claimed that he could then detect the
beating Of his heart on that side, Ia 81
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The following dialogue is reported as
having taken place between game keep.
er and patient looking through the iron
gate Of a French lunatic asylum: Patient
That's fine horse, what's it worth
Keeper-S500 Paticnt--And what did
that gun cost2 keepor--Sl0O Patient
And those dogs2 Kceper-SS0' be-
lieve. Patient-What have you got in
that game bah? Keeper-A woodooek.
Patient-Well, now, you had better hur-
ry on for il our governor catches a man
who has spent $3.50 to get a woodcock
worth 80 cents he'll have you under lock
and key in no time, tell you.
SEEING THE FOLLY or Ir.--A youth
asked permission Of his mother to go to
ball. She told him it was a bad place
f,r little boys. "Why, mother, didn't
you and father GO to balls when you
were young2 "Yes; but we have seen
the folly of it, said the mother. "Weil,
mother exclaimed the son, 81 want to
see the folly Of it too"
Afarming exchange informs us chow
to tell bad eggs Whensn eggs bad
. man sluesn't want to tell it anything
but he wants to get right away from
it,
No remedy against this consumption
Of the purse; borrowing only fingers and
Ringers it out, but tho disease is incura-
ble.-Shakspearc.
Figaro's "Iron Mask represents a
schoolboy as asking: "Papa, what then
is il that distinguishes civilization from
barbarsm p "Oh. It's quite simple"
replies the parent. Civilization kills its
enemy at six thousand metres with
cannon ball. and harbarism chops Off his
head with sabre" 's''k+
Irish moss is gathered in the bay near
Scituate, Mass The water is clear, and
the "mossers" in their boats can easily
see to gather with long rakes lunches
clinging to the rocks below. the prep
nrntion of the moss for market. consists
simply Of washing and packing Brew
ers use it largely instead of higher priced
isinglass.
When clothes have an unpleasant odor
laid in the gfoids whF speedily remove
it.
Who was the first auctioneer2 Why
abraham; when he put up Isaac, and at
the Lords bid and let hisn go at q sacri-
fee. E t.1a
A boy named Henry Turner, who had
died Of diphtheria, was buried at Orange
burg, Ind. When the funeral procession
left the house. small pet pig tho child
had raised, and had been devotedly at
tachcd to, follow the hearse containing
the remains, Of its friend, and in spite Of
the eiibrts to drive it back. folio wed
the whole distance from the house to
the burial ground seven miles, most of
the way between the hind wheels under
the hearse. tIM H5Itf,8 tfslf# f.
A woman in Polo Pinto, Texas, gave
birth to child on Thursday, and on Sat
urday gave birth to, two more.
W.