State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-08-13

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lchargel hear II, @ We doctoEsg- eipI, S
IpenCe a-week for medicine and attendafSc8.
4 was plain be did not want to make . for.
tune; and yet. even al his rate. such were
the Immense number who locked 10 him. he
Ibid make q fortune. The rich, il is true,
who received benefit from him, often made
him handsome presents; bnt If they made
these before they left, they got no better at.
Tendance than they would have done without
for il was his principle to do all that his
1ast could for every one; and, If the poor
never paid him, as many never did, he never
asked them for III ihe5 staid a. long IS they
3pleaaed3 and they tNent when. they pleased.
They bad lodgings in the cottages Of the
villages and believe that 1t was owing to
1.-THE need Of lodgings that the village itself
lspfang Up. There was a Subscription. box
kept to help such Of the poof as could not
help themselves; and when John Taylor
i heard Of any cases Of great need amongst
/ them, he would carry round the box himself
amongst the more aff1uent Of his patients, and
coutribute Literally too. 1t was no wonder
4 that such numbers fastened to the Whit.
worth Doctor. The medical men Of the
Ineighborhood, of course; exerted all their
influence against the spread of John faylor's
Iextralrdinary reputation, and carefully trum.
/ peted about all the cases in which they could
!. learn that he had been unsuccessful; and no
doubt there were plenty of. these, especially
q as almost every patient who went to him hid
y been under the hands Of regular practition-
4 er till his faith had failed, and great pro.
!, Iportion Of them were such as had been dis
} missed from hospitals and infrmaTies as in
! lcurable. But John Taylor cared for none
of these things. 1t was bis daily delight to
} ldpride the skill of the medical men of the
: country; and sure enough, he had always be
|. fore him plenty of instances of signal failures
on their part. s'Ay," he used to say, as he
sat dressing his patients, and looking round
him on perhaps such group Of cripples and
|, I1nvalids as no in6rinary in England contain.
ed, sthe doctors call me quack and h9rse
! doctori but who have been doctoring you, !
s. Weaaer1 What makes you allcome to Whit
worth, ehl il ron have good doctors 4 hOmel
Ill should like to know that. Can any one
tell me that And then be would laugh,
. and tell them what had passed between him.
Iself and some Of the neighboring doctors
i issA famous doctor of Manchester" said he,
: on one occasion, and naming leading ply.
fslcian, "nlet me the other day, as was going
along the street. well, John Taylor said
he, you go on killing as usual, | suppose.
Az replied /, to humor the man, sbuI at a
somewhat cheaper rate than thou dOst -
!, That John did some signal cures there can
D be no Question 1t is probable that his clear,
strong head, and an intuitiYe turn for sur
gerV, gave precise knowledge Of what his
4 rugs and applications could effect, and that
n - ,knksr
! scientific hands dare not have undertaken
: knew LADY we'll who had been gwen ut
by the ablest surgeons of heI neighbOrhood
Her complaint was cancer in her breast
Though living a hundred miles from Whit
) worth, she resolved as last resource, to &C
10 John Taylor. When John examined tbs
: breast, he looked at her and sald-"What ar
, thou come here for, wuman!" The lady
J. VINO was a woman of dauntless heart, replied
: ITO be cured, to be cured" .Cured!" sale
2 John in stern voice; not all the doctors il
: England can cure thee; thou may go HON,
$ and hle!" Il tell you, John Taylor, repliet
:, the lady, 81 shall do no such thing. leans
; here to see whether you were as much Gle
. vefer than 0thec men as your are represent
3 ed. Try your hand, John Taylor, on NEE
= You think am afraid Of being hurt, but yol
" are mistaken: lean bear what you can infllct
s and saw try your hand; let il be kill or cure
= I can bat die at last" tThou art a brav
= lass, replied John, in evident surprise: s'the
:. will try, and God prosper Us both!" Th
!. IIady remained there aix months, and dhfin
!, that period she suffered as much as it wa
s possible for any human creature 20 bear; bu
8 lsIIe came home sound Wgmany and lire
j Thirty years afterwards. I have often ga
! when boy, and heard her tell what ha
$ passed at Whitworth. DR.. John, as he va
salled, had iheE two sons grown up, who q.
), sisted him, George and James. George ws
: married. and AIRS. George acted as the con
s FOUNDER Of the medicines, and the lady VIII
! q seemed herself to catch the spirit Of ii
], place, used to help her. The principal (,
s, Imedies used were, diet-drink to purify th
s blood, an active caustic, called BY the apprt
s pirate name of "Keen,"n with which the
s. eradicated cancers. spirsuous fiHImen
- lcalled "Whitwe-th Red Bottle;" a blac
= salye; snuff Of wondrous virtue for Il
j head; and bIisters All these Mrs. Georg
j, and the lady found abundant occupation
). preparing, and in the most primitive naanne
They used 10 boil whole kettle Of mgr
S, dients for the black salte; then mop the fiou
- - and ding the saIye out upon i While i WI
& wet; otter which they cut i into pUrtioI
y and rolled il into little sticks. They mao
= diet-drinks 81 gallons: and made pills BY &
- = fEousald. 81. John was not only sought
= patients OF high RINK at Whitworth, but
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