The Osceola times., 1886-08-21

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mously. Among the statesmen of the
upper house who thus voted was DE
. WHIT Clinton. When the bill was taken
TO the Assembly, it was referred TO tho
committee of the whole by unanimous
consent, thus relieving DR.. Crous from
the necessity of exhibiting his HYDRO
phoDa patients 10 committee of that
House. On the 18th Of February il was
taken up for consideration. Henry COT
fren, representing the counties of LETTER
son: Lewis and St Lawrence, in the
chair
As soon as the bill was read so its
character could be known, Isaac Sar-
geant one Of the Washington County
members, opened warfare on il bv a
motion thatit be rejected. This opened
uenate on the merits of the measure,
ana from the mitcd record on the sub
Ject 1t is manifest that a sharp contest
was had. The motion to kill was in the
end lost by vote Of l6 to 63. the Speak.
er' Alexander Sheldon, voting with the
majority against summary execution.
Inc opponents of the Job sue
ceeded, however, in having amend.
| mcnis Incorporated, to what effect does
| not appear. 1t was then ordered to
It's third reading by a vote of So to 20
ana was passed by the same vote.
When It reached the Senate for concur
renee in the amendments, the latter
were promptly rejected, and the Assem-.
bly roeeding from them, the bill went
10 the Council of Revision, a body which
at that time acted as sort of third
house II bill was approved hv II.
The Governor signed it; if not. it wa.
rejected. The final record in the As.
sembly, on the motion to rcccde from
the amendments it had put in. the vote
stood 63 for reccding and II against,
me motion to rccede being made by
William W. Van Ness, of Columbia.
James Warner, of the same county.
demanded the ayes and nays OF those
who voted against the bill in the Assem-.
bly,, Nahaniel Pitcher afterward became
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and by the death
of Governor De Witt Clinton he sue
cceded to the acting GoyernorShip. The
Council of Revision, consisting of the
Governor, Lewis Morgan; the Chancel-
lor, John Lansing, jr.; Ambrose Spon-
Ger, Daniel ID. Tompkins. and James
Kent. the great legal light, after delib-
Grating upon the matter for the space of
eight days, approved the bill; and it
still stands As chapter 30 of the laws OF
1906, signed by Lewis Morgan, Gov
ernor; John Broome, President of the
Senate, and Alexander sheldon Speaker
of the Assembly. That was legislative
jobbcry eighty years ago.
The Greene County "crank" seems
to have had some difficulty in getting
bondsmcn to the amount of the $4,000
indemnity for the State provided for in
the act, for it was not till March %,
nearly a month after il was passed. that
he drew the 1000 from the treasury.
1t is to be presumed that the warrant Of
the Comptroller was not drawn for the
money until all the conditions were
compiled with, including the filing OF
written copy of the secret prescription.
No record, however, of the bond has
been discovered, nor is any manuscript
copy of the prescription known to exist
Now for this $1,000 prescriptions As
stated, no written copy of it has been
found in the Comptroller's office. II
would naturally be on file with the war
rant, and lis absence is probably due to
theft. A. the act required it to be pub
lIshed for three weeks "in the several
newspapers printed by printers within
this State search was made in the
files of the Albany Gd.ciic, long since
dead, but in 1906 the leading newspaper
at the capital. There, in the issue of
March 81 the first one after Crous re-
ceivcd hi. money, a copy of the precious
document was found as follows:
a. Take one ounce of the jaw.bone of
dog. burned and pulycriled or pounded to
nuc dust
q Take the false tongue Of a newly-foaled
colt; let that be also dried and pulyerZcd;
and
8J Take one scruple Of the vcrdigrease
which is raised on the surface of old copper
hy layiug iu moist earth; the Coppcrs of
Gruruc l. or II. are the purcst and best. Mix !
these ingredients together. and II the pat eni
= an adult or full grown, take one common
teusuoontul day, and so in proportion for a
child, according to lis age. In one hour after !
take the filings Of une-halt OF Il copper of the |
above kind II II be had. Il not, then Il small in
creased quantity of any bascr metal OF the |
kind, this 10 be taken IN small quantity OF /
water The next morning fasting, or before
eating repeat the same AS before. This, II
compiled with after the biting OF the dog and |
before symptoms Of madness, Will cnectualy |
prevent any appearance of the disorder, but |
II after the symptoms shall appear, n physi- |
cian must Immediately be applied to, TO al.
minister the following, VIZ: three drachms of
the vcrligr asc of the kind b. fore mentioned, !
mixed with half an ounce of Calumcl to hC !
taken at one dose. THIS quantity the physl |
ciuu need not fear to administer, as the re !
action of the venom then dlnused through |
thc Who'll stem OF the patient ncutralle1 !
considerably the powerful quantity of the
med cine. and, secondly, If in four hours
thereafter the patient l. not completely re-
Ii, we'd. administer four grains of pure opium, !
or IN drops of liquid laudnum.
y. B.-The patient must be careful TO avoid
tho use OF mix for several DAYS after taking |
aug " jon, NJ. CRoUs.
Crous lourished for a number OF
wears after his clever transaction with |
the State. He went back 40 his little |
Dutch home in Luncnberg on the llud-
son. dressed upn.cely, and made invest
mcnts in real estate. Instead OF lnJur-
ing his practice as a specialist IN mad
dog bites, the handsome sale OF hls
secret prescription and its publication,
seem to have fairly given it a "boom.
Mr.. Sccly before quoted, who resided,
when a boy, in the same village with the
crank. remembers seeing many people
come 10 his house to he treated for by
drophobia. For years the deluslon
turned in an income to the doctor. lie
finally came into possession OF we'll
known tract OF land in Greene County,
the Round-Top property, consisting OF
spur of the Catsklll mountains. rising