ALL ABOUT A NOSE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 297, 6 April 1877, Page 4

ALL ABOUT A NOSE.

Th« following paragraph appears in a. fat* San Franciaco eiehnnge :— *" A new and curious suit has just been coiiHa-nce-d against Br. Lorrta, proprieter of the I Baiomnm B<vths." It appears that ab-ut ■ * month ago a gentleman visited the establishment fortuo purpose of taking «. Turkish bath. K« wa» an otd soldier, who, at the buttle of Gettysburg, rece'tvtrd a sabre cut-across tfi» face, which had neatly mown off almost hiseutiro tiosv>. A Parisian artist, of world-wide, renown, had restored the- pliant Colonel's p rsonat tieauty by constructing for him a proboscis so natural! ami so elegantly Etting that his-most intimate frh-mls supposed tt was real, and that it had grown quite naturally, during Ins trip, to 'Eun>;.>•••. t*ufortunately, however,, there wa-> s f >me rubber and guru in the composition of the artificial nasal organ, of which but the artist had net thought it necessary tt» acquaint the' Colonel, never supposing that he would subject if. t<-* a t-unpenv turn of 18."j<leg. Fahrenheit. . However, the officer in question took his bath, and noticed nothing peculiar until Istcame to-dress himself and took a look in the glassy when he found that the extreme: heat of the ' eallidariutu' hail caused the organ in question to blister alt over, and to bulge <>; i both sides for at least fiatf an inch. It was impossible to detach thestructure,which is so wedded: to* the actual outside that the two bad grown together, and it wilt cost #I,OOO in Paris to h.ve the nose fix.at on again, besides the expense of the trip. The hideous appearance of the poor gentleman can be better imagined than deserib-d, and the worst yet remains to be told, tie was engaged to a beautiful young lady, who has since- gone insane- after seeing him in his altered condition, and alt his associates avoid hi'" when they meet him wn the street. Under these eireumstanc s he has brought a suit against Dr. Lory* a for ftT&.t'XH)' damages done c" his filings, S2OO for the loss of his bride, and 5;0,:.0<-> for the original cost of Ids proboscis, trq> to-'Europe, and repairs to- same."