The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-10-28
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TIM FLANTGAN'S GHOST.
A Story Of the Charity RospiiaL.-Fouad

Cd on feet.
There is strong prejudice call It wi
gar if you wiil--agansi the dissection OF
human bodies. However much the prac
tice may snbserye the cause Of science,
but few are williag iha. The corpse Of their
friend should be subjected 10 the operation
of the scalpel. The march Of intellect aust
be onward, uninterrupted 10 its course, for
another ceatury at least, ere people alto.
getheE diVeai themselves ofthose old fashion
ed scruples. We Ike 10 have The bones Of
those We loved in lie quietly Inferred ID
deaih-we prefer 10 have them reposing
hereath the green sward Of the most ham
Die grave yard, though 20 carved stone or
scul piuEed monument marks the spot, than
to see them grazing the lecture room Of The
mos. celebrated surgical institution, aud
used as al anatomical 4 D c, far the study
and of some embryo Sir Ashley Cooper.
Il vas this leetDs-commended 10 oul
opinion as il ia--w hich give rise 10 a ra,h
er ludcrous scene al the Charity Hospiia
on an evening Of 'Ae past week.
A wag, who knew an lrishnan 10 he SICK
ia The hospital, end who S.s determined 10
have a joke at tie expense of poor Patrick 5
wile's feelinss-which we're as surcharged
With loye---gure and yT'uous laye-for
tia, SICK, pennlless husband, as though hon
or and wealth were his, and SIC ba-ted ia
the sunshine Of 10th.
Here is a copy csrJ2tin at litera.in, tie
Latter be sent her:
"CHARiTY HosrTrAL,
Thursday E,eaiug, 4 o'clock.
"DRAR PKGGY Il Gjet tbs u,5raiu al
iia O'Clock. Ii you don't crzl and take nc
away Out Of this, these balcherin', c4aibai
doethors = I'll cat tue up il otis while you'd
be fryin' a kefren, and ,hey'A Do il as uo
coasaEned as you'd carve a ST. Martin
goose. Peggy, a colleen, you know n3le
Of the family leer died without dacir. 70.
neral, BARN ule brother Terry. and lie di34l
die at al, at all. l5r he vas kilt IN The f.lI
ST battle, Gghtlu' the Fsiach so, a cushla,
tell all the bays I'm det sell the furniture
TO get heaFse and lei me have 40 iliiganl
funeral. %, BidJy bury ne dacia,.
Yours. tHl death does Us part.
/" TN FLAaIeAS."
"P. S. Hurry, or tie docihors vii
have the, and they'll cut ne up IN bits /:
iecthut on me body-jusl as Tom IloraD
the school master, used 10 CIT up a prayige
when he'd be leeihurin' Oh algebra aad ex
plsinin' the SIDES and angles Of paral!elo
gram. Tie 19cihors Hurry
TT"
Poor Peggy opened tie letter, saw thc
announcement oi i'lms death, and read, Der
eyes sufused in tears, bis oyiog Injunction
10 her to save Min from the scaipei of tba
surgeons. Withhold oaee psreelvlgg tie
absardty il contained, or s!oppiug to cri.s
cise IFS incougFanies, she ran 70 lie Under
takers; hired hearse aud carriage, and,
accompanied by couple Of Tins friends
on horseback, hurried on TO the Hospital
Having arrived there, Peggy, 10 tha: plain.
tive funeral cry--haif melody and hall
mourning to the peasantry Of her
sex in the West Of Ireland, LEANED out as
she Jeff the carriage:
so thin, Tin, Tin, wick o.machrec, Why did
you die
And leave me in flrEsign land, without fria@
Sure, wbsa you were BY me side didut fear TIE
fayyeF;
Bot now Tat you're gone who's 70 proleo, noe at
all, ., ailn
What's the matter, my good woman n
says The gentleman aho oGiciates as clerk
Of the Hospital "whars the matter ~
Poor Blddy needed not what he said
She had Iost--so size iAoUgL,-ber Tim;
aud her mind was TOO fall Of grief 10 enter.
tain thought that was DOT Of hlm.
Ose Of Time equestrian frieuds, toycy.
or, replied IN o slfIy toac---'t She waais
the body Of her dead husbaad, end She uns
have il too. Don't thi0h you're gain to
lsrn The art oft li1' people and caui1 or
limbs upon bin, tho aa did die il tie Char
iiy Hospital.
"Pfay, what's his name p Inquired TIC
clerk.
HIS name was Tim flanagan; but he's
oeas n9w-,be Lord be good to bis so8l