Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-06-04
Terrible Sensations Of Ono W hose Eag
Had Been Long Stoned.

Had Been Long Stopped.
''You would be aslonishcd." said .
skilled aurist in one Of the public eye
and ear iniirmaries, ''aL the large num-
ber OF children wno are brought to us
In the course of week to have some
thing removed from their ears that they
have foolishly stuck in them and have
been unable to get out again. have
sometimes disposed of ten such cases
in an afternoon. and have pulled most
everything out of the human ear that
it is possible TO get there-shoo buttons.
pieces of slate pencil, candies and wads
of paper. Four times out Of five the
youngster is old enough to know bet-
ter; but it is habit they fall into, the
same as bitinr their nails or scratching
their heads. Ole boy not IL years old
Is almost 4 weekly visitor here. Well.
said, as saw him como Ia as usual
Yesterday afternoon, what have yor
20, in there this timer .Nawthin' but
a beam he drawled.
but recently met with the most
remarkable case of the kind in twenty
years practice. A young woman of
IS came in SO deaf that could hardly
make her hear by shouting through :
trumpet After removing great
quantity of wax from her ears found
something metallic.
"'What's this | said. have you
been putting something in your carp
"Oh. dear, no, she said, i am not
10 foolish as that
Imagine her surprise when pulled
out smooth, round brass button. with
quite shank to it. This seems to
have been in there great many years,
/ said. 10 my surprise the young wo-
man crouchcd in the corner in undis.
guiscd terror.
oh. doctor, she said, what is that
awful noise?'
ut was nothing but . wagon rumb
ling by, but instantly saw what the
trouble was. Her hearing had become
normal when l removed that button,
and she was frightened and bewil.lered
at the jumbo Of confusing sounds. The
cking OF the clock. chirpiny Of the ca
nary. or dripping Of water distressed
her. and the rustic OF her own silk dress
made her start with fear. I sent one
of the assistants homo with her In .
carriage, and ho said that the clatter
In the street so distracted her that he
was compelled to hold her in her seat
About week afterward she came In
again"
'.And wanted the button put back.
suppose, Interrupted the reporter.
'Oh, no. sho was brimminx over
with happiness, though for . day or
~ - IA 4.
But she told me- about that button.
When I was about eight years old. she
said. i was sent 10 village church in
New England with my grandmother.
The sermon was always long and tire
some, and used ~ amuse myself BY
pulling 1t the brass buttons on my
cloak. Ono Of them came OF ono Sam
day. and ! occupiod myse for . time
with putting il In my car and shaking
Il out again. Suddenly I felt it sinh
away in there and could NOT get Il
ont. Twas afraid 70 tell my grand.
mother 1t the time. an l soon afterward
forgot Il. Al 10 years Of age began
70 grow deaf and have been getting
worse ever since. but never oncl
thought OF that button until you 70
moved Il.
'.Do grown people" asked the rcpor
ter. .'svcr como 10 you with th.ngs =
:heir ears?"
Frequently, bnt in most cases Il Is
through no fault Of their own. ] know
one man. = butcher. who comes A.'rs
regularly in the summer tims TO have
dies removed from his ears. have t.
ken out six at one iimc for him. How
ever they got there don't know. HI
says they ny in; but they don't dy out,
I'm SURE OF that. A man called ms
out Of bod ono night to get Cr0tor
bug out Of his ear. Now. . water bug
will never back. He must either turr
around or 20 straight ahead. This fel
low had crawled Into tho mans ear
and. not finding room enough TO turz
around. went ahead. He was paving
sway with h:s feclers on the drum
causing The poor man fearful agony.'