The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-01-08
SHE MUST HAVE BLOOD.
The Abnormal Appetite Periodical
Iy Developed by q Young Tex.
nm Girl.


an Girl.
A malady of a most remarkable
and distressing nature has recently
attacked the young daughter of
Winthrop Davis, who owns one of
the largest saw mills in the vicinity
of Atlanta, Tey. The young lady
is in her sixteenth year, and when
in her normal health OF an amia-
BILE, rather shrinking disposition,
and possessed of no small claim to
beauty, besides being intelligent
and well advances in her studies.
About three months ago she fell
into a low, melancholy state, and
displayed a singular aversion to all
society, refusing entirely to con.
verse at times and exhibiting a sui
len, angry disposition when ques-
toned or demonstrated with.
All food was rejected for sever
81 days, until a piece of freshly
killed beef was accidentally brought
into her presence, when she threw
herself upon it with all the savage
greediness of q Vanished animal,
end began to tear and rend it with
her teeth, sucking the blood with
relish. Since then, ct periods vary
ing from three to seven days, she
is seized with the same thirst for
blood, and when brought in sight
of it will drink it with avidity, in
spite of all efforts made 70 restrain
her. Such efforts are attended
with danger, tor during these at
tacks she fails to recognize even
the members Of her family, and
will snap and bite at anyone at
tempting to modest her.
Her entire appearance UNDER
goes change, her usually gentle
expression becoming inhumanly
feroclous, her eyes blOodshot and
glaring, while her Jaws snap furi-
ously and she keeps up hideous
snarling and growing. Her face
becomes sJffuscd with blood and
her hair hristleg on her head like
that of an angry animal. Once
a,ia- ed with blood she falls into a
deep sleep, as if from intoxication
and on awaking seems to have no
I remembrance whatever of her sim
gular attack, and Is once more her
quiet lady-like self, only complains
ing of severe headache, which fires
quently exists until her next seiz>
ure.
Physicians who have seen her are
at loss to account for the cause OF
the malady and have up to the pres
ent failed entirely to relieve her. BY
The advice of friends attemps have
been made to keep her from the
sight of blood, but the result is so
distressing that it is now thought
best to allow her to satisfy her un-
patural thirst. Unable to do
otherwise, she attacked her own
flesh, tearing it without any appa-
rent pain and sucking the blood
On another occasion, when seem.
ingly.herself, her attention was att
tracted to q younger brother, who,
having cut his hand. entered the
house for the purpose OF having The
bleeding cash bound up. She in>
SANITY leaped across the room, and
without warning seized the boys
hurt hand in her mouth and bit
him to the bone. 1t wss only after
the greatest difficulty that she
could be made to release HIM, and,
when finally forced to let go, gave
vent TO her rage in hOarse cries or
rather screams, like a wild beast
cheated of its prey.
Mr.. Davis and his wife are per-
sons of education and refinement,
and profess themselves entirely un>
able to account for their daugh-
teE>s peculiar affection, as on both
sides for generations there has new.
er been any intemperance or men
tai disease.-PhIGdelpha Time.
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The Chicago Journal saps that
the people in the wild rush to gel
free lands in the West have settled
too far Leyond the rain belt and
the result will be a turn south,
ward. After admitting that til,
south has cheap lands, good climat,
and everything to induce immi
grafton, the Journal has to get ii
its little fling atthe southern peo
. nla hY declsrin that the nnl,