The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-07-09

more active, energetic, business and hon
est man does not live than Gen.. HARRI-
son. The; country now look to him with
the same confidence of success as they
did when he took command of the army
and drove from our land the savage Indi-s
ans and the British foe" aslgf aaia as
i From the Boston Journal. u. s.
CURIOSITY BAFFLED-Dr. kittredge,
who fourished in AnJover, and who was
in the zenith of his reputation, nearly
half a century ago, was celebrated for his
skill in practical surgery, and was re-
markedly expert and successful as an OPP
orator; in consequence OF which-a good
surgeon being more rare in those days
than at the present time--lhe field of his
practice was very. ve--and he was
often sent for post-haste, from distance.
of many miles, to perform a difficult OPP
Grafton. h@ 81 ~ a1
i happened that gentleman residing
in town in Rockingham County, N. H.s
was thrown from his chaise by an unruly $
horse, and had the misfortune to dislocate.
his shoulder. All the physicians in the
.neighborhood were sent for, and with
faces of becoming longitude, fastened to
his assistance. They attempted to re-
duce the dislocation, but in, They
pulled, and twisted, and jerked, and
screwed the poor mans arm, until he
tainted in agony-but the arm was OBJ
stinate, and the, bone would not slip into
its socket, in spite of all their efforts
/ The case looked serious-and SO did
the surgeons. They consulted together
uponswhat was best.to be done.s Some
one suggested the idea of sending for DE-
Kittredge, and the suggestion was adopt
ed. and an express was despatched for
the Doctor. At the time he was ex
pected to arrive, the poor fellow was
broughtsinto the front room, placed in
an easy chair, his arm was, barred, the
infexible joint well oiled, and bandages,
rollers, and straps, in abundance, for the
purpose of giving the patient another
pull long pull,a strong pull, and a
pull altogether The patient beheld all
these preparations with blanched cheek,
and trembling heart--and in an unen-
viable state of nervous anxiety, awaited
the arrival of the celebrated surgeon.
it, When DIR. Kittredge came, the room
was well filled with anxious and curious
spectators, who were desnous to learn the
nature of the Doctors plan for reducing a
dislocation--but, in compliance with
spirit of .oddity, which he always cherish
ed and which is not unfrequently the
companion although disagreeable one,
sometimes of superior minds, he resoly-
to disappoint them. "Nes-a ~
He greeted his brethren Of the pill box
and lancet, civilly but distanly-walked
upto the patient, and, apparently in the
most cursory5 manner, examined the state
of his shoulder-and while he was .sthe
cynosure of every eye" all were
anxiously awaiting the next scene in the
drama. he took his bandanna kerchief
from his pocket, and apparently engaged
in deep thought, he paced the room to and
fro-played with his skerchief, and finally
rolled it up into the shape of bali. Sud-
denly he rushed to one of the front win
dows, apparently very much surprised,
and loudly exclaimed "G Good Heavens!
what do behold!'' az @i go
The doctors, and byslanders of every i
description, sprung forward to the VIM
dows, eager to see the wonderful sight
all but the patient, who sat wondering in
his chair-they strained their eyes, until 81
those visualor threatened to start from
the Sockets but saw nothing worth look
ing at; nothing beyond the usual routine
of a country life. They heard sudden
noise behind them like the report of a
pocket-pistol, the sound Of a pop.gun, or
the smack of a coachman's whip. They
faced 10 the right about, and looked at the
patient. A smile of pleasure lighted up
his pallid features, while the Doctors
were distorted with grin of triumph.
He had completely out-generalled them.
While attracted by his exclamation, they
were, one and all, gazing from the win
dows, he approached the patient, lifted
his arm, applied his kerchiefto the hollow
as a sort of fulerum-gave the, arm sud-
den wrench and a pull secu'aduna arte1n,
and the bone slipped into the socket with
a loud report. No one saw him do it ex-
cent the patient-and he was SO COM
pletely taken aback, that he was unable 10
describe the process.
BAD News FROM FLoRIDA.--.The ST b
Augustine News, of the 29th ult. says:--
There is rumor in town, and generally
credited, that the Indians made an attack
on one Of the Alachua settlements on Sum
day night last, killing thirteen families,
and garrison Of six men. The attack was
made atnight, and represented as conf
plete surprise.