The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-28
TOUGH STOMACHS.
The Dainty" Things That Some
People Swallow.

A Man Who Lived ON . Peck of Stones >
Day-Eorsisn Bodies That Enter
the Mouth and, Apparently. Dis
appear-Odd Articles OF Diet.
There have been of late an unusual
number Of cases Of people of all ages
and sexes who have shown . dispose
ton to swallow all sorts of foreign bod
les, that in the words of the old lady,
go the wrong way" or are unfit to
receive proper treatment if they 60 the
right
An adventurous sixteen-year-old boy,
Alexander Hibbard, of Milwaukee.
tossed up dollar, and. catching it in
his mouth. pretended to swallow it,
much to the amusement Of his auditors.
The dollar probably got tired of this
treatment and decided to 60 on an ex-
Sloring expedition. In fact, the youth
srned pale. and said: my God. I've
allowed it This was a scene not
city on the bills. SO doctors were
for to make exploring expeditions.
icy forceped and pIobed and sounded,
1t no dollar. The boy is only allowed
&milk diet, and if the coin of our faith
lers doesn't go to the stomach, where .
surgical operation will be necessary, he
viii go to that bourne whence none re-
turn.
A St Louis fellow, not to be outdone.
bet he could put q billiard-ball in his
mouth. He did. but he did not get it
out. He was not aware that the teeth
bend inward, and that q large body
can frequently get in, but not come
out. Surgeons made . slit IN the
cheek, however, and pried the ivory
out The youth won't try that expert
ment again.
sOh, DOCTOR" exclaimed . lady,
rushing into a physician Office, .'come
to my house quick! My little Freddie
has swallowed mouse"
ssOh, well, that's nothing. You 60
back and let him swallow . cat
They tell an amusing story of the
great DR.. Abernethy, the famous Lon
don physic. a, whom = lady sent for in
great distress, saying her little SON had
swallowed some blue. The doctor had
retired. and. mot wishing to be dis
turbed for 90 trivial a matter. he asked
how much the blue was worth. Five
pence" was the reply. .4Oh! Well.
she doesn't want to pay five pounds ia
get i've pennies. does she?''
The late Mr.. Turner, father of Mr..
Jack Turner, the well-known United
States Marshal of this District, came to
his death by swallowing, while asleep,
. portion of . set of false teeth that he
had neglected to remove before retir.
ing.
An actress some years since while
stopping at the Palace Hotel swallowed
piece Of chickcn-bone. She neglected
for : time to have it attended to, and
shortly after died in New York.
Four sorts Of foreign bodies are apt
% intefcede themselves into the aiI
paesages-vegetable, animal, mineral
and mixed. In the country boys and
&irls take to grains Of corn, beans,
melon seeds. pebbles and cherry-stones.
Bits of meat, home and gristle are ire.
quently intruders. One person swal-
lowed = cockle-burr, and Dr. Foote, Of
indiana relates = case where . child
between three and four years Of ags
hed swallowed abrass pen-holder about
three-end-A-half inches in length by
hfee lines In diameter. 1t was found
- the 1eft bronchial tube after death
a6ne months after the accident had
happsned, surrounded by thick matter
Worms have been known to Greer
into To windpipe; hence the import
anoe of the simple advice, shut you
lnfufk. on0oc;nJ1v Rhon aelcas-~ he ri