South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-08-29
SATURDAY. AUGUST %, 1895.
litany of the Episcopal Church, with
apparent ferYor.

early; was called from bed. He apollo
gised handsomely for disturbing me. and
from this period we appeared mutually to
enter into our new acquaintance IN the
capacity of patient and physician. After
{ considerable experience in sick chambers
and death beads, may say, never met
with a character so perfectly original
and unique.-He might sometimes be
comparedt spoiled and fractions child;
but little observation convinced me, that
in the midst of his extreme constitution
al irritablity. petulance, impatience and
sarcasm, there were some noble traits OF
character. Among these was keen
sense Of proprety. And when this was
gently appealed to, there was DISPOSE
ton to be convinced and acknowledge in
discretions. On more than one occasion,
it seemed aroper for the patient to under
etand, that while his physician felt every
disposition to treat him with kindness
and respect, he was not insensible to what
was due to himself. On one occasion,
proposed something for his relief, he pet
ulaatly and positively refused compliance.
| paused, and addressed few words to
him. His good sense predominated; he
i. apologized, and was submissive as an ln-
i FAINT. One evening proposed medical
consultation, leaving the choice to him-
self With an assurance OF entire conf
dence in his medical attendant,h he prompt
ly objected to the proposal, with the re-
mark, ''In multitude of counsel, there is
confusion, it leads to weakness and in
decision, the patient may die while the
doctors are staring at each other" On
parting with him, and especially ct night,
would receive the kindest acknowledge
ments in the most affectionate tones, gen.
orally with the addition, "God bless you
The does bless you-and he will bless
i you."--It seemed as if his disposition to
crticise on the pronunciation OF words
could not be restrained under any cir
cumstances Of bodily suffering or imme.
date danger Of death. The slightest de-
Walton from his standard of proprlety
must be met and corrected. In the aP-
1 plication Of words to convey ideas, he was
extremely exact. He once remarked to
me that although the French was vile
language, yet it was preferable to any
other for treaties and public documents.
because every word was m its exact
place-"no double meaning 1t
stands" The night preceding his death,
passed about two hours in his chamber.
He told me, in plaintive tone, that his
poor John was worn down with fatigue
and compelled to go TO bed. A most at
tentive substitute supplied his place; but
neither he nor | were like John. who
knew where to place his hand on any
thing in large quantity of baggage pre-
pared for an European voyage. The pa
tlent was greatly distressed in breathing,
in consequence of difficult expectoration,
and requested me at my next visit, to
bring instruments for performing the OPP
Grafton of pronchotomy. for he could not
live unless relieved. Yet, in the same
interview, he directed certain newspa--
per to be brought to him. 1t was found
after difficult search. He put on his
spectacles as he sat propped up IN oed,
turned over the paper several times, ex-
amined it carefully, then placed his nm
gers on part he had selected, and han
ded it to me. with request that would
read it,-.~I. was headed Cherokee In I
| the course of my reading, l came to the
word 'omnipotence.' | gave it the full
sound, omnipotence. He checked me IN
stantly--repeating it in accordance to
Walker. offered my reasons for pro-
nouncing it as did. He did not rebut,
| but quickly said, "Pass on" Not long
after, pronounced the word impetus
with the long. He corrected me in
stanty. | hesitated on his criticism
and in an enqniring and doubtful tone re-
peated the word as he pronounced 1t. He
sharply replied. "There can be no doubt
1 ofit." An immediate acknowledgment
of the reader. that he stood corrected APP
peared to satisfy the critic, and the piece
was concluded, / now observed to him,
there was a good deal of sublimity in the
composition. He directly referred me to
the Mosaic account of creation, and re-
/ pea.ed Let there be light. and thsre was
/ light "There is sublimity."
He spoke, in this interview, of the SLAM
ders and lies that had been published a
gainst him in the newspapers Even his
domestic arrangements, his silver cups,
&c. had been noticed, when every one
might know that silver was more econo.
mical than highly finished china or cut
glass. that was liable to be broken.
believe the patient never fully felnquish-
| ed his hold on life, until the day he died. |
1t is true, he had often said he was dying 4
he must decor words to that effect /;
but these were rather to be considered
as the ebullltions of morbdly irritable
mind. The hope of getting off to En. |
rope, still fingered with him. Ia proof
will state, that perhaps on the third day
of my attendance, he informed me that
he intended to go on to New York the
next morning, and wished my bill to be
left at the bar. understood it TO be his
intention to embark at New York for
Europe. Instead of going in the morn,
ing, as he expected, he was SO extremely