The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-22

! that III these days OF severe mtlitdi Gun
! walton. when even the mistress OF ii
I iags school is supposed to hr able I" tea'
! her pupils about the human form dlvll
such All action should be possible as tn
| bought last ear against a school hi
! thelesS, that this ignorance exists Is plal
| from the fact that the Tradition of ea
wigs creeping into peoples ears, and la
| ing their eggs there. is still fully belle
| ed in by the lower classes: and Il curiol
case came before the writer's notice on
a few years ago. \ village school mi
tresS took her child. which iau brcon
deaf, to have its ears Syringrd. As Il
was leaving. after the disagrceable lit
operation was over. she said very an.
iousll: i suppose. Doctor. the water ".
come out OF hi, head prese nlly.' E.iden
ly she thought that otherwise thel
would be Il certainty of water on til
brain.
But the purpose of this paper is to Civ
three OF four curious cases of deafnes.
caused by grief OF Sudden night. The
are all perfectly true.
\ lady who, just before the Peninsula
war. had been married, head student
and quite Unexpectedly. that her hus
band had been ordered out 10 the seat q
war. So great was her horror, that sh
became instantane0nsly and perfect
deaf, remaining 50 for many months: ant
1t was feared that her case was incurabie
Il SUNDAY morning. The congregation
began 10 slug Il hA mm, and quite suddei.
j. her hearing returned, SO mitch To lac
surprise, that, forgetting where she was
she jumped up and called out: " Why
bless me. | can hear as we'll As ever
could III my life She Ietaincd her pow
ers OF hearing too good old age.
Some years ago, in u country village
which lies between Bath and Bridgcw a
ter, VIC used 10 see an old woman bein.
wheeled along the dusty roads 10y work
house child, i'll a primitive carriage form
ed by putting wheels on one of thos,
heavy, green. wooden teagarden on bar
room chairS--a most cumbrouS and prim
tive coutrivauce. BY the side of til,
chair, occasionally helping to push til,
heavy vehicle, walked an elderly woman
who Looked robust and hale enough: bal
we discovered that she was stone deaf,
aud the invalid sister had to shout at 1t
in Il most eAhausting manner We mad.
the acquaintance of this worthy couple
and one da, the deaf sister told us III,
cause of her privatinn. When ah"ui
twelve years old, she had tAphus tevel
very severely, and at length Tell into =
trance-like faint. which WAS taken by al
Tor death. She was laid in her coffin
being unable to give any sign of lite, bui
hearing quite plainly all that was suing
on. Just as her friends were about I,
close down the coffin lid. from sheer hen
ror she revived, but only to find hcrselI
stone deaf, and she never recovered hci
hearing. Typhus fever so often produces
deafness. that some may attribute this
loss Of hearing to that fearful complaint
but she does not appear to have lost il
until the coffin lid was being closed: ana
nothing in this world can he more tel
rifting and shocking to the nerves, thar
the knowledge that one is being buried
alive.
y poor lady, governess in family, was
standing one day in the hall when one OF
the children of the house, who was slid
ing on the banister. fell over them. ana
was killed at her feet. The poor lad,
from horror, became imme diately per,
lectly deaf.
Perhaps one Of the most curious cas-,
is that of child of seven apparent,
quite strong and healthy, who seems l.
have actually become deaf rom the eff
fects of Nightmare. The story is worth
telling here, if only in the hope that i
may make $ me reader less eager - Dc
,pi>c childish night terrors. How Often
nurses, and even mothers. and those very
lowing and tender ones. Try to Sc"ld =
child out of these night alarms, fuulish
;,s they call them: yet low many are
there If their elders VIII" have not eX'
l,elienccd such terrors?
Thcle bad been a great Fifth Of Ne.
vcmhcr riots IN "nr OF south country
towns. Men in hid""us asks had pa.
trolIcd the usually qnict streets: two cit.
izcnS, who had offended their fellow
course there Was tie regular arrumpani
ment of suuibS and crackers. ard in the
end tremendous Sucet di>tuI bance,
needing the intervention of the police
So alarming and annoying had the dis
tnrbance been to quietly minded citizens,
that it was resolved never to allow q
Fifth of November to he observed az; IL
IN the town; and great WAS the rejoicing
III Gu;ct households over this decision OF
he tnwn-council. \ few days before the
return ut j.e t;tte.u! day, some children
had been p'1yin@ happily together, and.
rs Tar as can be discovered. nothing Lad
been SAID OF done to alarm any Of Item
They went to bed as usual. but had not
been on. in The dark when the Youngest
i little girl. ran Into her c'dcr brother
Dom. and exclaimed: On. | feel st
cant help thinking OF tho
Fiith oi November; and wErn ! SHUT my
eyes, | see those horljd masks, aud
can't get to sleep.
The brother was very gentle and tend
or with her. lie assured her there woulG
be nothing done i'll the town on the NTH
aud carried her back to bed, telling hen
she mist be good, and remain there. and
that no harm would appcn to her. \
few minutes after, she ran back to his
room. again describing her utter terror
she could no; help seeing those dreadful
masks. and she felt $" dieadtully fright
cncd.
Again he took her back t. bed, and
trie to coax her t" steep. With apparent
success: but after little while, she ran
II her mother, eXclaiming, @ mamma,