The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-30

nccas ssit7 for uu-sui- o. his trade
since the family are in good e'rcum-
stances. Tispel be'og reported a.
worth from fifteen % twenty thous-
and dollars. Tispel himself. j. p
quiet. mild-msnaer-d man, past mio-
| die age. who aJtsues 70 Eis work,
aad DO from his own ha,f-admis-
sions, Is net altogether ne antocrat
81 the h0u-ehoid Mrs. 1lspel IS
woman OF perhaps sixty years Of sge.
Of decided i0tce OF character. aud
with what appears 70 be singular
Uaonomania The daughter, seven
lteen years Of sge. has, save to
very few, been until latel y a nouen-
tity For The last ten years, though
neither . cripple nor ia danger 0f
death. sue has been IN bed,
4 reporter found VI and Mrs
Tiepel a, sheir h5nie They were
very much aversa ts admitting BIN
t or eoEversiag Hi.h l'n. tu SO .eag.h
+ the woman said
Nv dauEt-er hrs lever IN her
breast she aas aad +; since slc
vas b-ru. She gets So fcom me /
have S., too told Uy husband n
iit beiors wa were married. bat as
does uJt believe T. When my
daughter was very lit,le, l bathed
her with saltpeter water d. you
know whar that ist
Ne"
"Tien you doa', tes. M--l-
"Oh. ] know what It is, CT ecur.c
I meant .aa. 1 did not understand
your use Of IT,
Well, sal.pe;ev water, when you
arc sick as We are, makes YOU strong
and happy. Il does tha. for three
months. Oaly when you ere balaed
10 it, and it makes you feel better
j, makes whoever is wish yea sick.
just ss yea have been. My husband
vas sick when ] ba.bet iB Is. Ate.
three months bathing the s4ipa.at
water makes you feel well % longer,
bat sick II you continue i.
When ny daughter was seven
years cid / bsthed Der 10 more tha.
way, bus gu. hes in bed She has
been there siace. Not IL bed ali the
tine bl- in tba room The reason
Of this is tha, lhe air CT Sun would
kilI her. Sons times the blood goes
to her head / have wrapped ber 10
flannel 10 soep ,hu blood tight and
away from heF head, aad have cu.
o8 lef hsjs and pat on q hood DIX
this Mg husband d5ss not think
she is SICK, and say she should WORK
and 81 Gus, and has made me great
trouble-but must endure that
Does your daughter thiak sae IS
iH?"
"Oh, yes, she knows it,
TIE yisi,or wanted 20 see tbe IT,
valid, bat the old lady's concessions
lad reached their limi.
He next soaght for Mf T.ep..
bus be had disappeared totally Frou
the account Of The policeman sbo
had actually seen the girl, these iar-
thsr fac-s we're 15taiGed
ihe y1acE woman was seven.ec.
years old il april, and has nos been
cut OF the house since she was seven.
She lies il bed yor'ab.e mummy.
With Ls- bair cut sh9g, sud Der heal
e1eas-G 10 Cd enormous hood Her
legs, arms aad body ore wrapped 1
5od flannel, ana De has tae appear
a1c5 ct @ person weighing OF Ieas
tWo hundred pounds. though rather
slight ol igure Her face, from .be
long c5ui1cmens Of years, ha5 So
sumed wonderful wilderness, bur
Otherwise abo does not appear 90 ?.
ILL., She appears from h.r converse
ti-l 60 pos ess intelligence. tLauga
ate seems pst.cst iu beF Situation.
having probably become impressed
Wi,h he5 mJiher's idea that Should
the l.r s..ika h65 90 tAe sUn shed ..s
rays CpJh hlg -he would die S-5
IS nevei Slowed even wEea ous
bed, 10 So st .le table lest an uusz
p5clcd current Of air should reach
her, aGd, part ot lhe tims, when ia
bed she IS Kept between mattresses Oh
feathers Nj iispCi was Interview
cd By the obiceg, agd stated lba. b.
th1ughJ .t5 course pgrsucd by ,te
girl ali wrong thar be had c5u1aJ-
Ted M5s Tiepci's mania iJr ysars,
o1t iH vain he tii DOS know what
90 d. iu the lattgr.