Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-07

any of tie sym ptoms of bydrophc-
biag"
He never had. HIS wound heal
ed and the sore arm was soon quite
we'll"
SIS your brother still living9"
He is not. He died of typhoid
fever seventeen years after the occur
renee have just told you"
DO you know where that particular
maidstone is?"
ST dc not. I suppose it is still in
hands OF the same family. They
would not part with it, I have heard
for any amount of money. They
never refused the use of it, and never
made any charges for its wonderful
cures"
''Do you remember the name of the
people, or the exact place where they
lived2"
mo, I forgot both, it's so long ago.
The facts. though, l remember very
WE'LL"
BLOOD POISON CURED.
Since the above conversation took
place your correspondent received a
letter from Mr.. TONNES, in which he
reiterates the virtues of his maidstone, ;,
and says:
"Since I saw you last DR.. V. M.
Epps, of ClarkesvIlle, in this county,
had gotten blood poison in his hand
while dissecting q dead body. He
showed me his hand casually. l asked
him to try my maidstone. He did SO,
and applied it to the poisoned hand.
He obtained instant relief. His hand
is well, and he is in no danger from
poison"
GIFT FROM THE sOLDIAN.
Mr.. Townes says that there Is a
tradition IN Southside, Va, which in
vests the headstones here with ex-
traordinary historic interest. Sir Wal
ter Scott, referring to the espousal by
the young Earl of Huntingdon Of
Edith Plantagenet during the Cru
sades relates that the Sedan sent IS
nuptial present the celebra ted tails
man on that occasion. The cures
achieved by means of the talisman
were uhequaled IN success or celebrity
in Europe and Asia. SIT is STILL"
continued Sir Walter SCOTS account,
''in existence. having been btoueathed
by the Earl Of HUNTINGTON to a brave
knight of Scotland. Sir Siman of
the Lee, in whose ancient family it
is still preserved, and although
charmed stones have been dismissed
from the modern pharmacopoeia, it's
virtues are still applied for stopping
blood and for canine madness. Mr..
FOL
and says that friend of his, whose
gncestor was one of the cavaliers sent
to this country by King Charles (and
IN whose family the titles of nobility
still replain), had himself, his ances-
tor Or some member of his family re-
ceived as a parting gift from the fami-
ly of Lockhart the talisruan. 81 have
never seen it, " said Mr.. TONNES, NOR
do believe any person now living or
dead ever saw it since 1t left Scotland.
Perhaps, however, some mem bels of
the family who own it have. Of this
[ do not know. My friend tells me,
and do not doubt it, that by apply
ing the talisman to certain sub
stance it imparts to that substance
the property of extracting poison
from wounds made either by rabid
dog or poisonous reptile or insect.
This is the character of the stone or
substance now In my possession, the
virtues of which are we'll known
throughout the country"
In view of the extraordinary cures
effected by these stones, it is suggest
ed that hydrophobia patients in fu-
ture be first sent to Virginia before
mourning the expense and risk of a
long and tedious sea voyage to France.
Perhaps the madstones, which are
said to still retain their ancient vir-
tues will accomplish in a few mo-
ments that which itmight take weeks
and months of the science of M.
Pasteur TO effect.