Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-15

| "And has complained ever sincc o
something that dis,urbs his sysiemf'
eyes, DOCTOR"
"c'an he swallow very large pill7
sob, yes, indeed, Ibis Swdilow is a.
large as an Ostrichl"
cts well; have now some hopes. :
1t has often occurred TO me in prac
tice that the very simplest is the most
eiiicacious mode. Alcxandcr's surge.
ry in the case Of the Gordian knot, has
always impressed me with a partiality
for natural operations,--and accord.
! lngly resolved on my plan in this af.
fair by the very PLANES, and most sim.
| pie method.
"Give me something TO cat, some.
thing to eat, exclaimed the poor suffer.
or. 81 shall die of hunger-I feel tho
gnawing here--here--here--ohimy-
oh---oh-ohl"
The poor creature seemed inclined
to be delirlous, and as it required per-
feet composure on his part for the opc.
ration contemplated, ii became neces-
sary TO administer an opiate sufficiently
potent to hull, but not destroy his per.
ceptions.
had previously noted that there
were in this room all the implements in
the inyalld's trade, whether il was in
the wholesale way of business, or in
| the retail famusement--from the load
ed seine 10 the cork float and line.
The patient slept,--or at least APP
peared composed.
"There was small earthen Jug,
containing gentles and other worms,
known TO, and used by, all anglers
with one ofthese baited q small hook,
and then took some new bread, made
an incrustation with it round the hook
and worm, and covered the whole with
flour--that should the poor creature
have any objections to my plan of ope.
ration, he might be deceived with the
idea that he was only swallowing an
ordinary bolus.
The line being fastened, and all
things prepared, | reused him Just suf
ficiently TO make him swallow what he
thought was merely pill, and then
watched with the most painful anxiety
its descent TO the level of its intended
operations.
With the end OF the line twined
round my finger, | stood observing It's
heavy motion, with far more anxiety
than the most thoroughbred angler
watches to tickle trout. II moved 10 |
my sensitive and excited touch, yet so
family that doubted nevertheless what
the last had persuaded me. II moved |
again little better, but very faint still.
| stood over his open mouth with such |
care as if 'twerc my own life instead Of
his | sought to save. Ii moved again,
and more palpably than before, again,
again, and again, until it drew in part
of the line, as though some fish had
taken the bait, then stroye to dive a.
way with it. | gently drew up my
line: it followed the impulse my hand
had given it, and with some degree OF
trouble and danger, drew out large
fat eel, of which there can be but one
opinion concerning its being the identi-
cal realization Of his Serpent-swallow-
/ ing dream, while he slept open mouthed
on the sands of the Sound. When suf-
ficiently recovered to know what had
occurred, though still unconscious Of
its good or 1.-The rather raved, and
called Out,
"What have YOU done with it, Give
it me back, give it me backl"
His frantic ordinations TO have it
restored to its original place, though it
displeased, did not surprise me; have
known some who, after having huge
wen removed from their heads, never
could feel reconciled to its absence, but
stopped their hands four inches, nearly,
before they reached their head, ex-
pecting there TO touch the accustomed
promontory.
"Give it to me again." exclaimed
the poor sufferer, "you shall not take it
from me. | will, will have it''
turned over in my mind all the al
ternatives that presented themselves;
TO refuse him might drive him into mad
ness, to comply would have been to
doom him to the fate | had taken such
pains TO save him from-what was to
be done? but one plan remained inn
mediately babe his wife kill and pre-
pare the eel for cooking; she did so;
the fish was nicely broiled, and when
he raved for it again, it was given him
he eagerly devoured it with the ex-
tremest gusto-become quoted where
he had lately been so disturbed--and
thus was poor sufferer relieved from
his misery, and his valuable life pre-
served-icih hookt--N. y. 1faU.
a Good One.--ln making arrangements
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