Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-15
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Pair OF Eyes starts Them-Two OF Them
Relate Incidents About Severed Limbs
That One viii Take with n Sack Of Salt
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his colleagues sitting around the lobby at
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The first speaker cast his eyes upon his
newspaper and read as follows:
CHIcKAMAuGA, Tenn.-A wonderful case that
has greatly puzzled local doctors has just been
published About ten years ago Thomas jim
gle aweii 10 DO farmer was suddenly snltten
W., Ss4, - ~ SUI, a. nor
LEAVING n stnmn of ench ontic ncrvo IN thn
socket The moor farmer was disconsolnto at
first, but finally became reconciled to his af-
Fiction. One day last month he told his wife
that he Thought he could distinguish the glare
Oh tne lamp. lnVos.lgll'ioh proved tnao now
80, ST; .i plu
GRADUALLY imnroved no his Second sot of ori',
have developed, and the physicians who ha,
investigated the case have no doubt whatever
that he will be able to see as perfectly as be-
fore
This is great country" said drum
mer Mt the conclusion of the reading. "A
glorious country! The cffetc monarchies
of Europe couldn't begin to show such
marvellous case. y
Il don't believe word of 1t, " said an
| other. 1t Is nothing but newspaper
fake.
Not so sure about that, said com
mercial tourist from Chicago, for know
of case somewhat similar, the truth of
which 1 can guarantee An uncle of mine
was crossing Wabash avenue some five
years ago when he fell right under cable
car, and before you could say Jack Rob
inson his right leg was cut off three inches
below the knee. He lay for three months
IN the hospital ana when he was able to
mobile ABOUT on a wooden peg he sued the
railway company Ior %o,oUo damages. me
company palu the amount aIter consider
aDle ntlgation' one uay my uncle deter
mined TO get now ana improved artlii-
clal leg, out When ne went TO remove tho
old pin, which had served MN as tem-
, porary makeshltt, ne tuunu IL mad grown
tlght 10 the Dohe' III Iact' tno nesh OF the
stump was beginning 10 grow over tne
WOOD, ana the doctors salo IL would nave
TO ne anputateo ABOVE the Knee TO remove
IL. he refused 10 submit 10 incorporation.
10 MS surprise ne louhu tnaU Ine nesh was
gradually growing DOWNWARD assuming
the shape OF the orlglnal leg' IN the course
ot year MS llmD was entlrely restored
the WOODEN stump taxing the place OF the
original homes. Inc ioot began 10 form,
a little club rooted Ills true, but perfect
enough TO Kick with' ana ne now goes
about as. gracefully as you or l.
nat Is really marvellous, salu one OF
MS audience.
Yes, SAID the veraclous narrator from
Chlcago' the strange part OF IL Is that the
railroad company sueu MN lor inc recoV-
cry OF the Ho,ooo, claiming that, as the leg
was restoreu' they Wero ho1 llaole TO ualn-
ages
Great Indignation was expressed at such
smallness, after which gentleman from
Rochester took the floor. Said he:
Il can tell you stranger tale than
that, which know to be absolutely true.
sam Revere, friend of mine, was bitten
in the arm right above the wrist by rat
tlesnake last summer in the Rocky noun
tains. With great presence of mind he
fastened strap above the wound, and by
pulling hard managed to stop the circula-
ton of the poisoned blood. Then he
jumped on his burro and galloped to town
to see doctor 1t was high timel The
hand and wrist were swollen to twice
their natural size and were almost black.
The doctor reached for his knife and in
stantly amputated the arm at the elbow.
1t was the only way of saving Sans life.
felt sorry for the poor fellow, as he was
engaged to be married, and that was the
arm he did most of his hugging with.
Well, Sam recovered, but though his low
I er arm was gone he complained of feeling
an uncomfortable sensation where his
and still this impression chung TO him.
He felt terrible pressure between the ell
hnVV and wrist Qf the IN iSSinU arm and nt