The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-07-14

season. w nat paris mpuSnt you coue
from Doctor" / am no Doctor said L.
You amt no Doctor" said he" fool
who, will you, Doctor Don't tell me
no man could ever give me such dost a,
that distance. without being first rate
Doctor: what parts did you gil your Doc
tors larnin in, Doctor" tell you, | amt
no Doctor, said IL never had any Doc.
tors larnin, as you call it. "Did you
never study Doctors means, Doctor, no
where Z" Never said 1. WE'LL" says
he, where does your six brothers live,
what's older than YOU" never had six
brothers, said /. "lou never" said he
"iust as shure as you are DR.. Henry, you
had 'em-and you are the seventh son, and
natural Doctor--now Doctor, amt you 7"
( | tell you Sir, again, am no Doctor, peith,
er naturally or tic,ltiously-l am no sew.
en,h son-l know nothing about Medicine.
! After musing awhile, well, says he, II
/ this don't bea, all nalur-he liked 10 puke
me TO death, at the distance Of twenty
yards, of hand, and vet he Amt no Doctor
we'll well-well!" Look here Doc.
tor, " said be, turning suddenly round, "ain't
you the inventor of "Henry's Bliters,
what's advertised in the Standard for sale
at b. b. Smitk's East. Cheap, Fayetteville
Street, Raleigh City q Yes, answered |,
| am, but that don't make me Doctor
Why" says be, call medicines are made
by the Doctors, or by The Quacks, and you
amt no QUack | know? Well, said |, |
amt no Doctor, know. " Well" replied
he "tbis seems almighty queer to ire Doc
tor, but it may be so good bye Doctor,
and look out for li!t from me at the lee.
iion."
Billy. You must have given him an
awful dose to make him believe you we're a
Doctor, in spite of yourself.
Pa. There was another fellow that
pestered me rather worse than any Of them.
| noticed him in the crowd, while speaking.
He seemed to be in ectasies, and after
got through, he came up 10 ne, wrigging
screwiug, grlnning and Cycling. Well
Mister, says he, if YOU amt the beatenes.
man tina, ever seed. dad rattle my old hide.
By solly, | thought should laugh myself
to death. lfyou amt ,olher sort Of a man
| know nothing about it; and if | had
known i, was you, If | hadn't brought Polly
and the children TO see the fun dad rattle me-
We amt had such fun here before, since
the Circus was along; and dad.rallle my
hide, i! you amt pretty near up TO that fell
low for fun, what wore the sharp crowned
hal, with a calico face, and had quilted
breeches on. lie was the devil out right
aud no mlstake-hIs breeches had as many
rings on EN- as a Coon's tail-he id OF
his head, and on the horse 8 tail, full speed
and then jump'd up aud shot one Of thu
tother fellows with his leg, dead as her
ring. Oh but he was the boy. Don
talk-you might alters smell brimston,
when he was about he bea, every thin!
for fun that ever came along these parts
and you are next to him Mister when d.
you show here again, for dad rattle ny
hide, il Polly and The children shan't come.
told him, I'D let him know, and slipped
away from him as easily as could, as BIZ
rigmlrole bad caused a good deal Of laugh
ter around me, and rather at my expense.
Billy. Well, what variety of charac.
iers a Candidate meets with. What dis.
gusted the Quaker and the Squire, came
near puklng one, and laughing another to
death.
+ Pat. That's a fact To tell you the
truth, was glad to get away from thai
Orange am done with IT. You NAV pc
ahead there If you can do any good, for
don't think can, and wish | hadn't gone
there.
Billy. | believe it would have been al
well. Well, here, We are at home again
let's go IN. But who is that coming
with such stride, this way
Pat. Why, bless my life, don't you
know Short Tom. He must have some
important tldIngs, and is in haste to commu.
nicate them. 10, Cousin Billy, in.
ARIEL.