Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-01-07

any OF TIE symptoms of hydropho-
bial"
He never had. HIS wound heal
ed and the sore arm was soon quite
we'll.
lis your brother still livingi"
"He is not. He died of typhoid
fever seventeen years after the occur
renee l have just told you"
"Doyou know where that particular
maidstone ISL"
81 do not. l 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
hved2"
mo, / forgot both, it's so long ago.
The facts, though, remember very
we'll"
BLOOD POISON CURED.
Since the above conversation took
place your correspondent received a
letter from Mr.. TONNES, il which he
reiterates the virtues of his malstone,
and says:
''Since ! saw you last DR.. Y. M.
Epps, of Gainesville, in this county.
had gotten blood poison in his hand
while dissecting a 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"
A GIFT FROM THE SoLDIAN.
Mr. TONNES 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 as
q nuptial present the celebrated tails
man on that occasion. The cures
achieved by means of the talisman
were unequaled in success or celebrity
in Europe and Asia. 1T is still,
continued Sir Walter SCOTS account,
lin existence. having been bequeathed
by the Earl of Huntington to 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, its
virtues are still applied for stopping
blood and for canine madness" Mr..
Townes then takes up the history,
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 remain), had himself, his ances-
tor or some member of his family re-
ceived as parting gift from the fami-
ly of Lockhart the talisman. II 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 members of
the family who own IL have. OF this
| do not know. Ny friend tells me,
and do not doubt 1t, that by apply
ing the talisman TO a certain sub
stance it imparts 10 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 well known
throughout the country"
In view of the extraordinary cures
effected by these stones, it is suggest
ed that hydrophobia patients in flu
ture be first sent to Virginia before
mourning the expense and risk Of
long and tedious sea voyage to France,
Perhaps the madstones, which are
said to still retain their ancient yir-
tues will accomplish in a few mo-
ments that which it might take weeks
and months of the science of NJ.
Pasteur TO effect.