The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-24

himself, took the dead dog and departed.
| He was not seen after that alive. The next
morning his dead body was found near BY.
He was in kueeling position, and IL Is
thought by some that, from TeDorse OF
! conscience because he killed his neighbours
dog, he died in the act Of prayer.
Milton Democrat: Last wednesday John
Morris, an S-year-oId son Of William J.
Morris, was in the cotton field about 200
yards from the house aud undertook 70 cut
open = watermelon. He got down on his
knees by the side Of the melon and put mis-
| knife at the end farthest from him and cut
! into the melon. The knife passed through
| the melon and the point entered
his thigh near the femoral artery. The
blood spouted out and he Immediately
started home, aud got as far as the horse
lot and tainted. HIS father and mother
were both away from home. but some Of
the children found him lying ia tine lot and
carried him into the house, and sent for n
physician DR.. Chandler went and dressed
the wound, which was a small one, and the
boy is now seemingly as well as ever. Dr.
Chandler saws If the cut had been half an
inch higher he would have bled to death.
A dog owned by II. @. Wheatly, the chief
cook of the cOnvslcscent male department
of the state insane asylum at Milledgeville.
demonstrates the wonderful sense Of dumb
brute whore properly trained and managed
He is young pup, Of low stock, and in ap-
pearauce, possesses nothing that would indi-
cate his phenomenal intellect Mr.. Wheatly
took him when only few weeks old, and
began carrying him through a regular
course OF training. He now has him under
complete control as Intelligent as a child.
He sends him on erTauds to any one about
the institution, or to almost any place, the
dog having learned the places by name, and
Obeying every Instruction. He can count
and spell, and invariably. before retiring
for the night, kneelS by the side OF Mr..
Wheatly's bed and says his prayers. He
can climb ladder from the under side,
placed at an angle of thirty degrees, and
performs a number of tricks that require
more mental strength than is usually found
in the canine family.
Madison Advertiser: The negroes in the
northeastern part Of this county are terribly
excited over the Vaccinations and couju-
rations of a voudoo, who made his appear
ance among them about a month ago He
claims several names. Among these appel
lations are DR.. Allen and DR.. Bo Rabbit
AS all like impoSters, he claims wonderful
powers, and has not failed to draw a large
secret following OF the negroes for miles
around, nor has he lacked for subjects on
whom to practice his wonderful
COMPUTATIONS. He has an assistant,
whom he calls his clerk, TO help hlm
carry his valises that contain his roots,
medicines, dancing jacks aud drawing
jacks. They are never seen by any one in
the daytime, aud he practices his tricks
under the cover OF night. His presence
and practice has been kept q profound
secret from the whites until a few days
ago, when the excitement among the ne
groes reached such pitch that little of
the laNRaH HosiAaa hfa eaort.Iav.
practice, he has quantity of tricks to sell
and is quite successful in bringing in the
scads, especially among tho young men.
He has for sale a quantity of the wen
known rabbit foot" with a little
bag attachment, containing his secret
COMPUTATIONS. For these he gets 81 50
Co S5. He also has supply
Of small horse shoe magnets, which
he calls his drawing jack These,
like the rabbit-foot, he exhibits and tells
them as they draw metal. such as knife
blades, needles and the like, they will draw
women to them, draw money from their
employer, or even from another maa's
pocket. These drawing jacks aud rabbit
foots will do anything and every thing;
keep them frolu ever being tricked, and 60
the owner Of one good luck will forever
afterwards be with him. His regular
patients, of course, have all been
"a lShcus anu uS bney gam SLT6nEbl
and health under his practice the
one who who tricked them viii go down.
He is said to be very vulgar, with an oath
to nearly every utterance. Whom he begins
his practice on patient he gets a pot and
fills it with water aud roots and puts it on
the fire to boil. While the water boils be
gets out In the floor and shakes himself and
says: Pm u buzzard Pm a crow, I'm an
eagle, I'm king-hsher," then goes over
lot OF uninteniglble nominations. lie then
makes the patient look into the pot Of boil
ing water until he can soc the one who tricked
him. Tie patient, especially il man with
a portly wife, is visited frequently at night.
The pot with roots and medicines is boiled
and the patient must undergo a thorough
rubbing with the contents of the pot, while
the doctor, doing the rubbing. goes over his
incantations. the doctor and his assistant
never lack for something TO eat, nor do they
fail to fleece their deluded subjects. IL their
patient is too poor to ante up, the hat is
passed around, and, of course, IL is too dan
gerous to incur the displeasure If this won
derful magician.