Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-05-08

severed In opposition 10 flsstkss's advice. he
had known her son to empty the schooi-bas.
kets with his own mouth. TO prevent the con-
sequences
.Soon after this comfortable declaration from
his sclooimastce. the lad was removed TO the
house OF the village doctor, gentleman whose
early career had not been uakke that Of our
hero, where lie was TO be seen sometimes
watering horse, At Others watering med icines,
blue, yellow, and red tivea again he nigh
be npticed, loIliag under an zrple tree, with
Kud'liman's Laten Grammar in his baud, and
. corner ct Dcnman's Midwifery sticking out
Of tee pocket of his coat for his inst ucter
held ii Absured to teach his pupil how to aes-
patch a pslirat regulsrl, from this world, be-
| fore tee knew how TO blag him ieto It,
"ihis kind Of / fe coatiuued Tor twelve
! month, when he suddenly appeared at meet
iag ia loeg coat (sad we'll did it deserve ti'c
| same j oftiAck homespun, with little bootee
board with uncolUred Calf skin, Tor tIe want
of red morocco.
"Soou alter ne was seen .asyiag with dull
razor /; and but three or four months elapsed
before se,erJ elderly ladies' were observed has
| teaiag towards the hoDse pt a poor woman
| ~ tie village, while others we're rinnlag to
and iro, IN great appareat distress Que or two
bo,s were mounted, bsre-baclS, on horses, aud
seat oil at speed in va!ious directions. Several
iutircct questions we're lsit concerning where
lie physicians were bu, aii Iould not do, and
al leugth E.Hat',xn was seea issuing from his
door, viii, very grave air, preceded bya Il tie
whte.hesded boy, who. out OF breath, was
trotting before him. The following day the
Youth appeared in the street, as the highway
MAS cal ed. and the ncighb"ri.ocd was a,tonish-
ed ia observeing how much he had grown
lately. The same week he bought a ncw razor;
and the succeeding Sunday lie entered the
meeting house viii, red silk handkerchief in
has hand, and with an extremely deTure coun-
tenance. In the evening he called upon young
woman OF his own class in life, for there we're no
Others TO be found, and, when he was left alone
with the fir, he was called, for the first time in
his life, Doctor Todd, by her prudent mother.
The ice once broken IN this manner, Elnathan
was greeted from every mouth With his official
appc!ston.
"Another year was passed under the super.
intendence of the same master. during which
tie young physician had the credit OF "riding
with the old DOCTOR although they were gene
rally observed TO travel different roads. At
the end Of that period, DR.. Todd attained his
legal majority He then took q jaunt to
Boston to purchase medicines, and, as some
minated, to walk the hospital; we know not
how the latter might have been, but if true.
he soon walked through it, for hereturred with.
in fortnight, bringing with him suspi-
cious looking box, that smelt strongly Of
birthstone.
"The next Sunday he was married; and the
following morning he entered one horse sleigh
with his bride, having before him the box We
have mentioned. with another filled with home
made household linen, aPaper covered trunk.
with red umbrella lashed to it, pair Of quite
new saddle bags. and bandbox. The next in
telligence that his friends received Of the Bride
and bridegroom was, that the latter was settled
III the new countries, and well to do as doctor,
in Templetown, in York state"