The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-11-02


/, will will walk around and see it can
distinguish any old friends in the herd Be-
ware, said my informant, how you trust
yourself within the influence ofthese devils.
Oh, my dear sir, tear not whole legion OF
them. / have conquered them often, and
routed whole legions at one pitched battle.
They dare not attempt to distiH their Uaftor
upon me. So marched forward, even to
the centre Of the field of the healthy incura-
bles.
The first man I saw was Of dull, heavy,
visage, square head and shoulders, thick and
clumsy, who looked as if he had taken the
world easy. and had not been disturbed by
trifles, as if he had tempered his nerves to
the happy callousness of an oyster, and the
motions Of his soul to the dull stagnation ofa
mud puddle. There was. however, an un-
natural, and evidently an unusual, express
sion Of hypochondriacal feeling in his face.
and when put the question" Pray, my
friend, from what complaint do you sutfer!'
he turned upon me such look OF calm sui
fering and patient resignation, that felt my
pity mingled with respect.
.Alas my nerves are shattered to pie
ces."
"Really, my dear Sir, should rather
think you suffered from letharge."
10, no: did you ever read Warren on the
Nervous System
"Not l."
"Read it then instantly. It was there
first learnt that all my complaints were OF
the nerves. had scarcely commenced the
pernsal, ere suspected the truth. l de-
ttermined instantly to subject myself to the
test of experiment. seized file, which i
applied with all my power to a handsaw-
the effect was dreadful. felt most inde-
scribable sensation about my tceth,-much
worse than that produced by eating sour ap-
ples. o Sir, my nerves are ruined, and am
undone.
was prevented from holding any farther
discourse with this unlucky specimen OF Sc-
nus irritable, by the appearance of another
of the inhabitants of the region of the blues.
instantly recognized him as an old acquain-
tance, the leader of a band of musicians, IA
nous for his strength and length of wind
He could wind a horn for hours together,
and raise laugh to break the stiffness tor
miles around. He was legitimate descen-
dant of Stentor, host in himself, in mobs
and townmeetings. He approached me eau
tiously, although his athletic form and sim
ewy members seemed to scorn the snail-like
pace of their master. He had on thick
ssdreadnought" coat, buttoned up to his chin.
! Two large silk handkerchiefs were wrap
ned around his face with almost suffocating
| closeness.
4 "Ah, Tom." said I, ~ see you are indeed
grievously afflicted-ths tooth ache and
the ague are indeed matters OF fact, not to
be joked out of existence"
.sMy lungs are affected" said he, in
voice, which to say the least, was quite audi
Bile, even through the quintuple folds of silk.
"They were always e6seting," "said ],
: to all your friends"
.sMy complaints are of a pulmonary ma
ture, and am fast dwindling away in con-
sumption. Look into Buchan's Domestic
/. Medicine, and you will be persuaded can
not long survive
Nonsense, your lungs are now strong e.
nough to stun man."
ii tell you, Sir" said he, tearing away
, the handkerchiefs from his mouth, to give
> free vent to his wrath and his voice, "my
, health is gone, my body is debilitated, (here
ffhc eesticulated most furiously) my voice is
: lost, (rising in loudness) my lungs are dread
: fully affected"
i "And so are my ears" said I, as retreat-
ed. to escape from the deatening explosion
7 of the pulmonary patient.
I saw a man at some distance, whom / at
: first thought was the renowned Ichabod
! Crane, of pedagogical memory-at any rate.
! he might belong to the family OF Cranes,
: Judging from the length OF ms neck. lie mad
a thin, mcagre. hatchet face--pale as par
/, snip. His body looked like musket with a
: coat thrown over it. The radical moisture
. had evaporated, and his whole body pre-
# sented the appearance of bones, covered by
J, thin membrane--in word. as if he had
: lived by cleaning through the whole seven
t years of Pharaoh's famine. observed that
e he frequently applied his hand to his neck,
e which was without any covering, and to his
h temples, and the top Of his head. Surely,
e thought I, this is the victim of consumption,
: He passed me without observing that
a watched him. heard him muttering some
l thing about the tendency of the blood to-
v wards the heart and inundation of the brain.
d My friend, said l, you do but little credit to
your keepers; fear you see but little beet
e and brandy for your rations. Beefand bran
i hy. exclaimed he, in astonishment-why,
l. Sir, should die of an apoplexy in week
|; have escaped for the last ten years by the
e most abstemious living-the tendency of the
% blood is toward the head. Yes and should
e think YOURS had all oozed out of the top.
=, But who comes here, "bloody with spur
is ring. fiery red with speed." mounted on a
d hard trotting horse. and driving as if his on
&c ~ object was to agtate his intestines. Unless
,e nv eyes deceive me, it is fat faced Dick