The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-20

teract each other, and both are neutralized.
So that if they do no good, they do no harm;
and that's like setting rogue to watch
rogue. One prevents the other from doing
mischief, and both are rendered harmless
Medical incongruities as easy reconciled as
discords in music, which certain Of our Po-
cts say, are "but harmonies not understood
Came near fetching myself out ts-day at
Mrs. Scroggins'sf Nothing like brass for
getting man out Of a scrape Mind that,
Tim, while learning to be doctor. Miss
Dorothea Catalpa, says I, there's nothing
like decoction of catnip to cure the infuen-
za-Why that's what OUT cats eat, ant it
La now shouldn't ha' thought of such
vulgar thing. Catnep did say, Missf No,
meant dccoctio mentha pulgeii vel eupa-
tori perfoliati, vel lycopi europei,-most
admirable liaphoretics, restoring-suspend-
ed perspration, creating delightful glow
and, with blue pill or two, sweeping
through the prima via, and rester ng health
and regularity to the deranged mechanism OF
the human machine.
(What gander was the man, whoever he
were, who first broke forth into the rhapso-
dy,
aCur morietu, homo, dunn Saliva crescit inhorto."
The antidote which Providence plants at our
door we reject, while the dear-bought, and
far-fetched, from the ultima Thule, and
ssfrom farthest Ind," alone can cure. DR..
C never wrote Latin verse, nor prescribe
ed sage tea, yet made on to live in splendid
house in - Place, and died rlch.)
La, Doctor! how learned you are.
But shan't I be well enough to go to the
Miss IS ball next Thursday night! l
vow will be must go.-Next Thursday
night, let me see. Why yes, ] think you may,
! doc orond dorfnr
You certainly are the cleverest best doctor
knows on.--To-day, Miss is Monday. !
will prepare and send some medicine for you
directly. Call in the evening. and see it it
has been happy in its operation. Repeat 1t
in part tomorrow. Call again in the after
noon, and in the evening to watch its effects,
and observe if it work kindly. During this
must remain in house. Call again ON Wed
nesday, and see if twill answer, provided
the weather be fine, to allow ride in
close coach round the Square, to accustom
yourself, by degrees to breathe the open air.
But mind be sure not to let the windows
down. Will see again how you do on Thurs
day. And l dare say, with proper precau-
tions, you may venture to SO cut in the even
ing to the Miss -'s- But, Miss Dorothea
Catalpa, be sure not to forget the lite pre-
servers. Lie preservers! Why La! Sir
what's thats-Why La! Miss, han't you
heard of Mrs. Cantelo's patent lite preserv-
ers! Why its jacket and pantaloons made
of leather to be wsrn next the skin, that's
all. to keep out the infuenza.--Made Of
Leather! Why that's leatherbreeches? What
but vulgar creatchure would wear such
odious stuff as leather?-But. Miss Doro-
thea Catalpa, 'tis of the delicatest kind OF
white kid laced closely to the shape. with
little bit of whalebone here and there, to sup
ply the place of corscts; and, while it dis
closes imperfectly to the eye feint outline
of the fine oval of the female form, 1t sets otf
a beautiful slender shape to admiration,
la Circassienne, keeps out foggy weather,
and all the noxious exhalations. And, be-
: sides renders it less necessary to dlshgure
beautiful form with cumbrous loads OF f1an.
mel. and dimity, so that one or two folds Of
light drapery are quite sufficient for COM
fort. with Mrs Cantelo's patent life pre-
servers, which adds wonderfully to the grace
and elegance of fine proportions.-La me!
now, if don't ask Ma to send right off to
Mrs Cartelo. and buy me pair. SO use-
ful you know to keep off influenza, fogs, and
noxious exhortations. La! will have them.
i Tim, you dog, as soon as ever you get
NJ. DID get married. Pass the Rubcon at
occ. See what's on t'other side. Find out
for self better than DR.. W can tell you.
| or DIR. &C., with all their natomiss, leatn-
er bundles, and Leghorn wax. There's
Miss Wilhelmina 6 roggins, just about six
teen. She'sthe girl to put your Sleeps eyes
on. Smart as Z steel-trap, she'll do the bu-
siness for you, and make mason OF you.
Never get into full practice, till pass'd
through all the degrees. But you young
kill-deyil, do you think I'll let you marry
one of my patients, without giving me
bond Of indemnity with securities for three
hundred dollars year, for ten years?
THere follows, in the original, quota
ton in Greek, apparently from the "Aphor-
isms'' of Hippocrates, signifyng that ply
sician, who was also a real philosopher, was
one of the most perfect characters on earth.
and that the dignity and usefulness OF the
profession are to be lowered only by the ig-
nnorance of its professors. But, afraid lest
the ladies might think it sayored OF pedant-
ry, and supposing you had no Greek types.
| do not transcribe it..
Here, Tim, Take down the u ,oms-day
hook. Book me these thirty-fve visits. Some
scratched on bits of visiting cards, and some
not. There's Mrs. Greentea--little Mrs.
Fidget-Mr. Hypo--Mr and Mrs. Pepsy--
i Mrs ST. Vitus, who's as bad as one of Cot
ton Mathcr's wtches-Connselor Gormand
Old Whistlebelly, .he wine merchant,
| who has the cholick so badIy but not from