Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-06-03
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lar good devil. Jus, before they arrived
at the lane that leads to Port Meadow,
Sherrington begins to stagger and look
stuped, and just, as two farmers are withid
light, and clear patch Of grass near Is
band, drops down on his anticaput and:pef-
forms sundry epileptical twislinss, con,or.
tions and groanings, bites furiousiy, ahd
gets up respectable fome at the mouth.
Poor Mossey, not the wisest Of The wise,
entirely forgetting the bet, sings out for
help, lays hold ofone leg, gives the other
to one chaw-bacon, and The head and
shoulders 10 another; and marches him on
al quick time 10 the in6rmary.
Ring, ring goes the bell-down comes
the nurse followed by the resident doctor,
and iu march the bearers in due procession.
Once within the house, these, the eeniot-
tions rapidly increase, and get worse fnd
worse until the patient is deposiredi0n
bed 10 one Of the private rooms. Assfate
would have just as Sherry was thinking Of
letting The cat out of the bag, in walked
Greenwood, the ceverest and most sterh
doctor in the hospital.
"Bad case-bad case, Mr.. Perkins."
"Very, DOCTOR Ia violent kick 'cannot
quiet him. 1.-TWO kicks and bite.t
Humph! place him IN the strait bed?
The Kicking ceased, and Sherringto1
was quietly deposited in a place whore he
could move neither hand nor foot, and, ere
he could speak, found himself in a fix.
| Nurse, said Dr.. Greenwood, fetch VIII
son.
In came the barber, prepared his instru-
ments, and looked delighted atthe PROSE
pect Of curtailHg such whig.
Hang it DOCTOR muttered the patient,
or rather tried to mutter, as tight strap
rather restrained his words, and added
certain indefiniteness to his utrerance, IFS
all hoax i'P<s:-
Poor fellow, poor fellow, evidently de-
lirious. Be quick, Wilson raise bis head,
Mr.. Perkins, .z.s a5sa
And in about FIVE minutes Tom was as
bald as the back Of his hand, and swearing
like drunken trooper. "!s,
Nov, nurse, that plaster said tho cool
doctor: there from the bottom Of the skull
to the nape of the neck" -
And on went the eyer-stieking blister,
whilst compulsory medicine-spoon sedt
good rafting desc down the patients;
throat, aud patient he now was, as quiet
not as lamb. but tiger ihathas missed:
his prey, and begins TO think very sntan
beer Of itself. aa $500 t5+4lGs
On>ihe following morning Sherringtou
I:was dismissed scusea a--congE by.
! The whole medical staff obliged 10 ogshan1
thanks in return, and pocket his ,affrnnt,
bis ten pounds aud lis new wig. He has :
forswom Oxford practice. bolted fos Lone
don, and entered at, whittier hope
his unfortunate illness may not follow and
incapacitate him from. attending these pro!
fessional studies for which he has shown
his attachment in volunteering 10 be blisI
tered and dosed for the good of all practi,
cal jokers.-London Metropolitan for Oct.
The following anecdote was related BY
the late John Adams even 10 the last days
Of his life, with all that good huthor which
was so characteristic of him, and il is PEE
sumed has not yet passed away from the
minds of many who have heard j, from his
own lips: few only ofhis strong expres-
sions are remembered -
"When I was boy, I had to study the
Latin Grammer; but il was dull, and
hatedit. My father was anxious to send
me TO college, apd therefore studied the
grammar till could bear with it no longer;
and going TO my father told him did not
like study, and asked him for some rother
employment. 1t was opposing his wishes
aud he was quick in his answer. .'WelT,
john" said he, "if Latin grammar does
not suit, you may try di'ching, perhaps
that will; my meadow yonder needs q
ditch, and you may put by Latin and tfy
that" This seemed delightful change,
and 10 the meadow went. But [ soon
found dnching harder than Latin. and the
first forenoon was The longest ey6r exp9: j.
rienced: That day ate the bread Of Ia.
bor, and glad was when night came on.
That night made some comparisons he
tween Lailn-grammar and ditchihg, bUt
said not word aboulit. / dug the next
forenoon, and wanted TO return 10 L,a,i1
at dinner; but it was humiia,ing. At
elsn' 'o'l conquered pride, and told my
'alner. one of the severcst trials Of nv life
that if he chose | would 90 back to Luiin
grammer. He was glad of it; and if 1
have since gained any distinction, it has
been owing to the two days labor in that
abominable ditch"
Attack on Castle Roake.-We learn from
Captain Roake, keeper Of the light House
at Tbomas's Point, that in the height Of a
heavy gust of wind which occurred sever
al hours before day on The 26th ult. very
numerous flock Of birds, embracing many
varieties, attracted by the light. flew a.
gainst the lantern and building with sucfi'
violence as Instantly to kill and stun ma
ny hundreds of them. The captain and
his band thus taken unawares. were for,
moment no little astonished, but quickly
seeing the cause Of their surprise. recover
ed their presence Of mind. and proceeded
deliberately to select from anongst .bs
dead and disabled assailants. such as they
knev from experience would made a