Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-12-03
Staltntott Spectator,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1878.
Wonderful.

WONDERFUL. IL
A gentleman writing from New York
gives wonderful account of a young
girl just now creating a sensation IN
that city. A case of the development
of remarkable genius, or something
more, has recently revealed itself in
girl OF that city, Miss Ida Estelva
Hutchings, daughter of the mathemat-
cal genius, Prof Hutchings, known as
the lightning calculator. This girl who,
owing to delicate health, has never been
able to attend school to any extent,
year and half's tuition probably COM
prising all the instruction she received,
and consequently almost without educa'
ton, has suddenly developed power to
do a thousand things, which she has
never learned. She speaks different lam
guages, both living and dead, produces
beautiful poems, sings like a nightingale
although her voice is said to have
always been weak, and she never re-
ceived any instruction-not only so
prano, but contralto, tenor, and even
bass, and in different languages, and in
manner generally attained only after
years of study, improvising both words
and music, and she recites like queen
Of tragedy.
Her own explanation and that of her
family is, that she is taken possession OF
by spirits. She doesn't go into trance,
but a silent invocation of any of her
familiar spirits is supposed to bring
them. While under their presumable
influence, she also assumes their pecu-
liarities to great extent in appearance.
For instance, as ain Indian, her feat
ures are drawn SO as to look like an alb
origine; as Chinese, her face is trans
formed into the countenance of a Celes-
tial. almond-shaped eyes and all. She
and her friends claim that these mani
festations are of a higher order of spirit
ualism, and they repudiate the regular
spiritualists, who do not believe in
Christianity, which they rigidly main
tain. Her poems, she claims, are in
SEPARATIONS from Poe, Bryant, and others
AS we are not believer in spiritualism
we simply tell the tale as it appears or
the surface, giving her claims, and leav
ing it to others to determine the cause
of the phenomina, which are certainly
remarkable, if what is said Of her hav-
ing no education is true, and, indeed
would be remarkable if she had received
elaborate training.
FATAL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA IN
DELAwARE.-Mr. William Fl. Dobb, &
weii-known citizen of Newcastle, Della
ware. was seized on Saturday morning
as he sat at breakfast, with every symp
tom of hydrophobia. He had been bit
ten by his own dog apout eight or ter
weeks since. which at the time exhibit
ed signs of the disease, and was a
once killed. Mr.. Dobb, after being
bitten, commenced taking elecampant
and milk, which he had learned was {
sure antidote to the poison, but had dis
continued its use, and on Saturday
morning he was seized with the frs
symptom. A physician was immedi-
ately summoned, but the patient grew
rapidly worse. About noon on Sunday
week he began to be delirious; his con
vuisive shudders and tremors increased
in frequency and strength until they
became terrible, and it required severa
men to hold him. At one time he
jumped up out of the bed and, reaching
the window, broke the sash before he
could be restrained. The commissions
went on from bad to worse, until about
2:45 O'Clock Monday morning, wher
death terminated his sufferings. Mr.
Dobb was for ten years superintendent
of the Newcastle Locomotive Company
and during the late war served as SECOND
engineer in the navy.
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WORKING WOMEN.-A New York let
ter writer speaking of DR.. A. T. Bled
soe's daughter, Sarah. says: Another
lady who is making name in literary
circles here, is Mrs. Herriek, formerly
of Baltimore, daughter of DR.. Bledose,
anoted Methodist divine of Virginia
She earns salary of 50, 800 year, on
.Scri5ner's Monthly, where she holds the
positiou of u sort of literary maid of all
work, " being called on, when an emer.
gency arises, whether a scientific article
is wanted. poem, an illustration, OF
even new design for the cover 1t IL
said that this remarkable woman, be-
sides being perfect encyclopedia Of
knowledge and museum of art in her
self, also makes all of her children's
clothes indeed, does what any two doz
ell women are generally able to accom-
piisll suppose an occasional phenom
email woman like her is necessary te
keep up the equilibrium, az there are d
good many women in the world who
don't do anything. Her sister is a sort
OF mathematical machine, amuses her
self calculating eclipses, making alma
f1acs and things.
BAPTIST REvIvAL.-For the past foul
weeks, IA Baptist revival has been in
progress at Liberty, Bedford county. UP
to last Thursday evening, fifty two had
professed conversion, many of whom
were adults
Tie psstor, DR.. Tyree, says that, in
many respects, the meeting is the most
remarkable that he has ever attended
The Bedford Sentinel says ''The
sermons of DR.. Montgomery have been
very clear and logical, and have brought
n.any to reflect upon their prospects for
the future, and turn to the true and liv-
ing God for escape from the penalty OF
SIM"
BREACH OF TRUST.-In May last,
Mr.. Chas G. Harrison of Albemarle
county had colt afflicted with the dis
temper which he entrusted to J. N. Car
roll, an employee OIL his farm, who said
he could cure it. A short time after,