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THE IIAIR OF THE SAME DOG.
I have often found that there was much truth
in manv old savings, and being told when a boy
by an old sailor that he had been cuied ot the
bite of a dog in the West Indies by an applica
tion of the hair of the same dog, I afterwards
made the application; and propose to relate my
experience in the matter, and leave others to act
as they may think best, under similar circum
stances. When I was about sixteen years old, 1
was tending store in a country town in Massachu
setts ; two large dogs attacked a small dog, and
shook him for some time, and seemed determined
to destroy him, not for “any good or ill he had
done afore them,” except yelping to defend his
master’s premises. lat last ran to them, kicked
one and choked the other oflf. Ihe small dog
lay on his back, and when relieved snapped and
caught my thumb. I pulled it out of his teeth,
and went immediately to the store, washed it in
spirits and wrapped it in salt for some hours, and
then applied rind of salt pork. My thumb con
tinued to swell till I thought it would burst
open, and turned black. Finally a black stripe
was visible up to my shoulder; I then thought I
would try the old sailor’s remedy, and went to
the house where the worried dog belonged, and
told the gentleman’s housekeeper that I had been
bit ten by their dog, and wanted some hair off the
upper part of his head. She called him up, and
cut a lock of hair from the place and gave me.
I immediately bound it round my thumb ; in a
few hours mv thumb began to turn yellow, and
in a few days was perfectly well. The dog when
he inflicted the wound was in a highly excited
and enraged state, and his bite was very poison
ous, as it is well known that that of all enraged
animals is.
About thirty years since I was hunting foxes,
and my dogs having “ holed,” we dug down to
the fox and let the dogs take him out, to learn a
young hound 1 had to stick to the hole. They
hauled him out, and shook him till he was appa
renilvdead ; but the old hunter that was with me,
knowing their tricks, for greater security broke
two of the foxes legs, and struck him on the head
with a hoe, to make sure of him, and then let the
young hound have him. He was cracking his
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bones, when we discovered that there was another
fox in the hole.
I then went and took the supposed dead fox
from the young hound, to let him go into the hole
again, and was carrying him along by the nap
of the neck carelessly, when he made a snap at
my left hand, and struck his tusk through it. It
was a death snap, and the hunter could not get
his jaws open; I told him to hold up the fox, so
that 1 could have the use of my right hand, which
he did, and with my thumb and finger, 1 jammed
his cheeks in between his grinders, so that his
mouth opened and I got my left hand free from
his tusk. The hunter told me I should lose my
hand, if not my life. I told him I was not
alarmed, and that I would risk them both. I im
mediately mingled through the wound till it was
worked out clean, and then applied a stout batting
of the fur of the fox to each side of my hand,
and bound it on with my handkerchief. I had
left my horse and sleigh about a mile from where
we then were, and walked to that place and then
drove him about five miles. W hen I arrived at
home, I found one of the medical professors at
my house ; he asked me what was the matter with
my hand, and I told him. He asked what I had
done forit, and I told him. He asked what 1 was
going to have done forit, and I told him “noth
ing more.” He asked me if 1 was going to risk
my life upon that, and 1 told him I was. “ The
hair of the same dog ? ” he said. Yes, that I
had tried it once, and found it successful, and
should risk it. 1 did not disturb the dressing for
about a week, when it came off and I found my
hand well. The medical professor remarked,
that the philosophy of the thing was in keeping
up an even temperature with the system. The
only way in which I can account for the effect is.
that it is well known a dog perspires through his
hair, and that the hair may have an attraction for
the poison of the dog, or draw it out. I think I
should try it for the bite of a mad dog; but I am
not certain that 1 should risk this application
alone.
Our dogs, when bitten by the rattle snake, used
to dig a hole in the ground and bury the bitten
part, and refuse to eat until they were cured, and
I hence found a poultice of clay and vinegar to
be efficacious in extracting various poisons from
the system, and curing various old sores.— Spirit
of the Times.
Life's Treadmill. —An Englishman once cut his
throat because lie was “tired of buttoning arnd
unbuttoning.” The following is a better use of
the same principle : Our old grandmother used to
say to our old grandfather, “ It’s useless quarrel
ling, my dear; for you know we must make it up
again.” The Irishman who did not eat break
last because at dinner time he would only have
to eat again, was another instance. The fact is,
life is but an endless routine, in which the same
things are done to-day which were done yester
day, and will be followed by the same course to
morrow. We eat, we drink, we work, we sleep—
such is the round of life as far as bodily wants
are concerned. It is the difference of place,
circumstance and accompaniments, which consti
tutes the variety, without which life would indeed
he irksome.
THE TWO BREAKFASTS.
The foundry bell rang and Mathews hastened
home to his breakfast. The first sound that met
his ears, on opening the door ol his house was t e
squealing of the children, while his other senses
were regaled with a bad smell of ashes and steam,
and the sight of his wife, in the act of mopping
up a puddle of brown and white slop, which was
spreading itself over the floor. Iheehaiactei o
poor Mathews’ domestic comforts generally might
have been seen in his wife’s toilet on the morning
in question. Her uncombed hair stickingout un
der the border of a dingy night-cap, her gown
open behind, apron banging by one string, and
boots dirty and unlaced, completed the appeal -
ance of the thorough slattern. Her husband was
up to work regularly at six, but she laid in bed
till the last minute, and then all was hurry to get
breakfast ready in time. On this morning as
usual, she brought down the baby, which, uncom
fortable in its wet nightclothes, lay screaming in
the cradle. A little boy, tired of being left alone
had crawled to the top of the stairs, and their sat
erving in turn.
Mrs. Mathews had made the coffee, and put the
milk on to boil, and had onlyjust run up to smack
the noisy, undressed urchin on the stairs, when
she heard the milk boiling over, and hurrying to
snatch it off the fire, she upset the coffee pot and
was mopping up the wasted beverage as her hus
band entered. She eyed him with an angry frown,
meant to show that she was not afraid; he said
nothing arid looked around. On one side were
the supper things of the night before, on the other
the extinguished fire, in front the table covered
with dust, and the sloppy floor. He turned on his
heel and went to breakfast at a coffee house,
which he had visited so often under similar cir
cumstances, that he looked upon it as a much
more comfortable place than his own house.—
Richard Cooper, also a workman in the same
foundry, went to his breakfast at the same hour.
No sooner did he open the door leading into his
kitchen than a little girl, the picture of cleanliness,
ran for a kiss, and a little boy, not able to crawl,
seemed eager to jump from his mother’s arms.—
Richard’s wife was a tight and trim little body,
always neatly dressed, never looked slatternly
even when at work. The room was clean and
cheerful, breakfast quite ready, the blight coffee
potstood steaming on the hob, and a dish of por
ridge and milk on the table for the children.—
Richard snapped his fingers to the little boy,
kissed the girl, lifted them both into their chairs,
and sat down opposite his wife, looking and feel
ing happy. His half-hour’s visit to his family
every morning, sent him back to his work with
renewed hope and confidence. The secret of his
comfort and good temper lay in his wife’s habit of
early rising, and careful management. — Family
Economist.
What makes Men Fat. —A commercial philoso
pher thus explains the why and the wherefore of
fatness in men: “Have our readers, who ought
to be all students of character, ever observed how
soon after elevation to a county Judgeship, or
member of Congress, their neighbor, who was
before lean and care-worn, begins to grow fat?
to assume a sleekness of look, and a comfortable
portliness of person? Has it ever occurred to
you the cause of this pleasing change ? We can
tell you ; it arises from an assured position in
worldly circumstances, and the good opinion of
men, and the repose of mind therefrom resulting,
which always aid health and digestion, and re
store or impart color to the faded cheek. Here
is motive sufficient and honest for every man to
strive fairly and faithfully to secure character and
competency. There is no physician in this world
(next to a good conscience) like a well-filled purse;
and you cannot fail to notice that, among the
heartiest and healthiest looking of our population
are merchants, well-to-do in their affairs. Men
who can pay a hundred cents on the dollar any
day they are called on, are always bright of eye
and rosy in the gills.”
The Test Question. —A few months since as a
number of gentlemen were grouping around a
corner of one of the great thoroughfares of Lowell,
the conversation turned on the question, whether
the Irish are really more witty than other people
or not. The contest ran high for some time ; and
the parties equally divided, it was agreed to test
the point on the first Irishman that appeared. No
sooner said than done. As if he had been sent
by a special commission, around the corner came
a son of Erin, apparently fresh from the bogs.
“Good day friend!” said one of the company,
“ Good day! and the top o’ the morning to
your honor inter the bargain I” returned Pat, draw
ing up.
“ I should like to ask you a question,” pursued
the other.
“ True for you, and isn’t that same jest what I
expected all the way till I cum fornenst ye?”
“ Listen, friend ; for the question is a very im
portant one. It is this : If the devil should be
told he might have one of us, which one would he
choose first!”
“ Why me, to be sure,” responded Pat.
“ Ay, and why so ?”
“He knows he could get either of you any
time!” The club adjourned sine die.
A Frenchman, wishing to tell a fat lady that
she was very considerate, said, “ Madame, you
are verv considerable,”
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BLAKE’S PATENT,
FIRE-PROOF PAINT, FROM OHIO.
THIS Singular and valuable Substance is sold in fine powder,
then mixed with linseed oil to the consistency of thick paint,
and applied with a brush, and after an exposure of a few months to
the atmosphere, this coating becomes a perfect slate or coat of mail
protecting whatever is covered from the action of the weather and
fiom fire.
It is a mineral substance, and has been found upon analyzation
by Dr. Chilton, of the city of New York, to consist of larger pro
portions of Silicia Alumine, Prot. Oxide of Iron and Magnesia,
with lesser of Lime and Carbon. It is used extensively for cover
ing roofs of either shingles, matched boards, tin, zinc,sheet iron or
thick paper, if your shingles have been on for years, you have only
to sweep off themossand lint, with a stiff broom, and coyer with
two or three good coats, and in a few months you have a perfect slate
roof, impervious to the action of the weather and fire. There is
nothing equal to itfor steamboats and car decks, forall kinds ot iron,
it forms a coating nearly as hard as the iron itself, and never cleaves
off It should be used for everything that you wish to protect from
fire and weather.
In some places a spurious article has been sold as the genuine,
therefore purchasers should be careful to buy of authorized Agents.
Every Bbl. is marked BLAKE’S FIRE PROOF’ PAINT.
The above Paint is for sale by C. A. L. LAMAR
sept 13 ts Savannah, Ga.
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING.
TO the Merchants of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama and Florida.—The subscribers having established a
house in this city for the sale of READY MADE CLOTHING in
connection with an extensive Manufacturing establishment in New
ark, N. J., where one of the firm gives his personal attention en
tirely to the rnanufarture, while the other devotes himself to the
receipt and sale of the same in Savannah. Possessing these advan
tages, we flatter ourselves that we can compete with any establish
ment in the United States in Price, style and workmanship. We
are now receiving our Fall and Winter supply, to which we invite
the attention of merchants, planters, and the public in general,
sept 6 PIERSON & HEIDT.
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING.
JUST received per brig Clinton, a splendid assortment of Tweed
Coats, Frocks and Sacks, fancy Cass. Pants, fancy Silk and
Cas. Vests, together with a large assoitmpnt of Twilled (Roth
Pants and Jackets, Satinet Pants and Jackets, Corduroy Pants,
Beaver Coats, Sacks, Blanket and Flushing Coats and Over-Sacks
For sale, very low, wholesale and retail, at No. 10 Whitaker-street.
sept 6 PIERSON & HEIDT
R. S. HARDWICK & COOKE,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Savannah. Ga.
THE Undersigned have associated themselves, under the above
style, in the business above specified. Mr. Hardwick is a
Planter of Hancock county, and, of course s identified infeelingand
interest with his brother Planters. Mr. Cooke is a citizen of Sa
vannah, and is thoroughly acquainted with all the branches of the
Commission Business.
We are prepared to make liberal advances on produce instore.,
and will fill orders for Plantation and Family Supplies with scrupu
lous care.
We are mutually bound not to speculate in Cotton or any other
article of Merchandise.
We respectfully solicit patronage and pledge ourselves to deserve
it by faithful attention to the business entrusted to us.
R. S. HARDWICK,
aug 23 J* G. COOKE.
Dentistry.
DR. PANCOST has removed to Bryan street, East side Mon
ument square, near the State bank, where he may be found
at all hours, night or day, fully prepared to wait upon his friends and
the public generally.
N. B. Artificial teeth inserted fiom one to a whole set, and in
sured to give satisfaction to the wearer.
N- B. Charges greatly reduced. 6mo aug J)
Slaves.
PERSONS in the country desirous of engaging in getting out
Staves, are informed that the preparation required for foreign
export is as follows :
To be made either out of White Oak or Water Oak Trees.
Length, from 42 to 44 inches.
Breadth, not less than 4 or more than 7 inches
Thickness, not less than I or more than 2p inches on the thinest
part of the thinest edge.
The back and edge of the Stave should be dressed down to the
same thickness—should have a clear cleft or split, and be free from
knots, crooks, and worm-holes.
Staves prepared in conformity with this specification will be re
ceived at the full market price during the ensuing autumn and
winter. Present value, thirty-five dollars per one thousand pieces.
Aug 2 ANDRT.VV LOW Sc CO.
Notice.
THE Firm of GEORGE &, HOGARTH, Savannah, Ga., and of
Jacksonville, Fla., is this day dissolved
The Concern in Savannah will hencefoith be conducted by John
A. George only.
With many thanks for past Patronage, the Subscriber would be
most happy to see all his friends and the public generally at the Old
Stand, No. 80 St. Julian-street, where their orders will meet with
prompt attention. JOHN A GEORGE.
aug 3 I2mo
ALFRED HAYWOOD,
CORNER BRYAN AND BARNARD STREETS, MARKET SQUARE,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
Dealer in choice fruits, candies, nuts,
FIRST QUALITY ORANGES, LEMONS, APPLES
AND POTATOES —WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
First quality Thunderbolt Oysters, Fish, &,c. Newark refined
Champaigne Cider, and Albany Cream Ale, by the bbl.
ID 3 Orders from the Country, accompanied by the cash, or City
reference, punctually attended to. aug 9
JAMES SULLlVAN,—Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of
TIN WARE,—Worker of Sheet Iron, Copper and ~inc,and
dealer in Japanned, Britannia and planished Ware, also in all kinds
of STOVES. Some of the best and most approved patterns of
COOKING STOVES will be kept on hand duiing the season, as
well as a variety of other Stoves Stove work of all kinds will be
promptly attended to. Bathing tubs and Pans, also Hand Shower
Baths for sale. All orders for Tin Ware are solicited. Cashpur
chasers will be supplied at prices as low as they can buy in New
York or anywhere
Aug 2 No. 12 Whitaker-sf reet, near Bay.
PAINT AND OIL STORK, west
square. JOHN G. F ALLIGANT invites his friends and
the public generally, both from town and country, to call and ex
amine his stock before they purchase. Every article is selected by
himself and will be warranted of the best quality, and he will sell
at low prices and on accommodating terms. Aug 2
WHITE LEAD.—IO,OOO LBS. Atlantic White Lead, war
ianted pure ; 4000 English do. do. do. For sale by
J. G. FALLIGANT.
WINDOW SASHES AND BLINDS.— 000 lights, rt by 10
Sash; 2000 do JO by 12 do; 1000 do assorted sizes; 100
pair Venetian Blinds, assorted sizes. For sale by
Aug 2 J G. FALLIGANT.
Wimlow Glass.
BOXES American and French Window Glass, from
VFv” 7x9 to 16x18 ; do. do. do. Coach and Picture do.
rom 162x18 to 36x44. For sale bv
Aug 2 “ J. G. FALLIGANT-
Turpentine.
“1 /"i BARRELS City Distilled, for sale by
1U Aug 2 J. G. FALLIGANT.
EASTERN HAY.
“I AA Bundles Eastern HAY. For sale by
ALrU S. C. DUNNING,
se Pt 6 4 Whitaker-st.
SITUATION WANTED,
4S a CLERK or BOOKKEEPER, by a young man. Good
xjl reference can be given to any person needing his services.
Apply at this Office, y ° 9e p t jg
HOWARD HOUSE,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
WE are gratified to inform the public, and especially travels
from the low country, that the Howard House hav
passed into our agency, we are determined to do away with
complaints that Marietta does not afford the requisite convenient; *
by which visiters would be induced to sojourn in this delightful 64
cality.
The Howard House is now renovated, and accommodations pr f ,
pared which cannot tail to please. Ihe chambers are pleasant, and
conveniently furnished. The table will be amply supplied wjR.
every luxury the country affords. Attentive servants ate engaa e ,j !
In short, if agreeable quarters, a well spread table, cleanliness and
attention, joined with moderate charges, can please, we assure on
patrons that they will be found at the Howard House.
sep 6 DIX FLETCHER.
Swill, Dcnslow & Webster.
DEALERS in Groceries Provisions, Foreign
and Domestic Liquors, Oil, Gunpowder, Shot Printing
and wrapping Paper. Corner of Bay and
Savannah, Georgia.
EDWARD SWIFT, ALLEN A. DENSLOW, JOSEPH W. WEBSTKr
July 25
A CARO.
THE undersigned having re-opened, with a
entire New Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and
FANCY ARTICLES, at No. 139 (South side) BrougJjfon
streot, (formerly Walkers Marble is now ready to
furnish any thing in his line, at the shortest notice. SODA
WATER, made in his own peculiar way, sent to any part of
the city, and always to be hud at the store, in the highest state
of perfection.
Prescriptions put up with care and despatch.
The subscriber having served the public long and faithfully,
respectfully solicits a share of their patronage.
apr 26 THOS. RYERSON.
Summer ESdrent oia the Sails.
AT MONTGOMERY,
TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH.
A BONAUD respectfully informs bis friends
1 1 a and the public generally, that from the 21st inst., he will
be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom he promises
good attendance on accommodating terms, having good and
intelligent servants. Persons may lie accommodated for board
per week, month or day, at the following rates, viz:
Board and Lodging, per week, $5 00
Do. do. per day 1 50
Horses well fed and attended to for 50 cents per day.
N. B. During the season there is an abundance of Fruit
on the place; and the table will also be provided with all kinds
of fish that the river will afford. apr 26
To the Planters and Farmers of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tenn
essee and Florida,
[ AM THE AUTHORIZED AGENT for the
1 sale and purchase of the CAM ELINA S ATI VA or
GOLD OF PLEASURE SEED, a native of Siberia.
I am now ready to fill all orders for the seed, and being au
thorized by the Company to purchase the same, I will pay the
highest market price for all that may be shipped to me in
Savannah. WM. HUMPHREYS, Jr.,
may 31 Agent for the Company of New York.
&fltiialiofii WaiiU’cfl.
A \OUNG MAN, as Clerk or Book keeper,
good references can be given to any person needing
services. Apply at this office. may 31
tJLOTH 11\ ©.
T)IEIuSON & HEIDT offer for sale Clothing,
X Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices. No. 10
Whitaker-street. apr 26
To she Public.
THE Subscriber, having entered extensively
into the making of BRICK of a superior quality to any
manufactured in this city, is prepared to fill orders at the short
est notice, and as low as any establishment of the kind in or
near Savannah. WM. H. LLOYD.
June 21
ROBERT N. ADAMS,
CABINET-MAKER AND UNDERTAKER,
No. 93 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.,
IS prepared to execute all orders in his line at
the lowest prices, with dispatch. Orders from the country
promptly attended to. Ready-made coffins always on hand,
and made to order at short notice,
june 28 3mo
Itl. /%. Cohen.
(Late of the firm of S. Solomons <Jj‘ Cos.)
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT.
SAVANNAH, ga.
Agent for steam packets H. L. Cook and Ivanhoe.
may 10
MARSH &c WEBSTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
175 Bay-Street—Up-Stairs.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Molford Marsh. Andrew M. Webster
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Os all kinds, executed at thl Office, with ncaineM and
despatch.
HAYING lately put our Office in complete order
and made large additions to it, we have now the most ex
tensive Job Printing Office in the City and are prepared to
execute all kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
with nearness and despatch, and on the most accomodating
terms. Office 102 Bryan-street, entrance on Bay Lane.
Savannah, March 22d, 1849. EDWARD J.‘ PURSE.
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
A WEEKLY SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY. BY
EDWA ltD J. PURSE.
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