Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-11-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
RAMBLING REC0LLECTIoNs
OF wssrERN LIFE AND ApvENrua F..

! RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS
OF WESTERN LIFE AND ADVENTURE.
DIR. w. was native Of the cool old
| Bay State, WHENCE. on finishing 40 ex-
cPllent medical education. he emgrated
II the West. Naturally fond Of wan
dering FIFE, and mt being devnte,lly at
tached to the details Of disgusting pro.
iession, he kept upon the utmost verge
! n civilization. where, if he found NOT
nr"fi:ahle employment, he at least met
with coneenial pursuits il, the spirits of
forest AMI food, and passed. life of in
doleace and quiet. The doctor was an
| eecentr'c-fr the doctor was bachelor.
| and what old bachelor is not ?-and his
manv whinas and oddities furnished con-
tinHal food for merrimpnt amang the
small circle Of acquaintances who could
appreciate bis character. The writer
once met with him. and queerer 'scrit-
| ter'' has seldom crossed his pa.l4. 1T
| was at a frontier gathering, and he doc
tor was regaiing his hearers with the mar
ration of a favorite hear story. and his
I auditory were absorbed in deep atten-
jtion. Among the throng. .i,ov ever. was
IN urchin whose business (indgiifg from
the appearance Of a piece Of paper in bis
hand. and the wini;s and mods which he
| furtlveIv threw ut the doctori seemed to
be ANYTHING but amusement. In short,
he was decidedly dun: and the doctor.
! like many other gentlemen Of leisure be.
fore him, IVES fairly cnrnered. without
\ the ability. but not without the inclina-
tion, to rs ape. The story at length
drew to a close. las even bear stories
sometimes will ard the dun was draw
ing more CLASSIFY to the doctors elbow.
when. suddenly turning upon the aston
( ished boy, the doctor peered into his face
with intense scrutiny. and said. s'Nhat's
! the matter with veur Il I'll c0untenance,
nv lad? don't see much that ais If!
Go home. and tell YOUR father that I'll
be rcnnd and prescribe for it this eve
ning!" 1t IS scarcely necessary to add
that the boy took the hint and made him.
self scarce. to the no small merrment
Of the crowd.
On another occasion. the doctor had
wandered 10 a town on the Missouri, far
Ike purpose OF somewhat rnplenishinc his
usually small sfock If medicines. Loi-
tering about among the crowd upon the
landing, where a steamer was disohar-
eing freight. he was readily taken for
one Of the oilers common to such MIR
ices. Here. my fine fellow" says the
carfain 10 him. ''come this way. and
help us out with This freieht!' "What
will vou give me? says ihe Doctor
ga tram.'' saws the captain. ''if Won
earn It; and if not. q tumble overboard.;'
every weIl,' says the doctor. and aboard
he went. Una moment he was busilv
engaged moving furniture, rolling bar
rels. &c. and evinced share of dsxteri-
tv at the craft truly astonishing. -Anur-
lucky slin from the plank. however. WE'LL
nigh hrouqht hin, overheard, with finp
eocritoire in his arms. s'Hallo. there
fellow.'.' hawled the contain. nv wav Of
e5lmonitinn. snow heave that thing over
board. will von.' sJust Is Won nlesse:"
saws .be doctor and overheard if went.
erro enough! Tie crowd shouted. ard
the dncfnr waikel Of with his hnndsi in
bis pockets. t'vnving rariin~ Glance -
Tho pnrorol hoatman. which MAINLY sad,
''if ron des;no it. III render you the
Same snrricP!"
The r;ro~irr IS = professional a"nc-
dotn Attributed 70 This sinoninr being;
thi rat'ont NAV be supposed TO be ner-
vous la,lv
F,5i,,e:c777n I e.r m longer
cort;a,,n to rrosc-;'>r l,,r vrn. unless YOU
throw . way ti,at filthy rinp! 1
T'r.'enf Why. low. doctor, change
the rob rv"rv iav twn!
Fhustrinr No matter. ~'l,Ho vou, con-
iiruo tn emoke 81 ali. Bes;,les. SEP
Won dn not chance. 4he etnm. That reed.
maaam. is filed with the oil &c tobacco.
deadly ro;Son. the Standardization Of
which IS snfieientsto snRNcste rSirocc-
ros. Ilerrid rractice. mann. Oh, re-
FORM il altogether!
Pafienf -Ta~. y ,cto-. bow von do
talk! Surncse /! sEouM emit smoking,
wha- should Fa for evritement-see-
inc 7 have M ha,v 70 nuss?
pipe'cian = Tre,temepr WHY. mad
an. sharron That nokirg st,ck-. sest
v~rree'f Nv vcrder p;~Siv. and stirun
dc rortere. That viii furnish vol, cut
fe;nnt ovcit"mort. I warrant von.-
Exit doctor in DISGUST. IN O. Pea
gane.
lTer~-. Wheatar. cnr min;s'er.te the
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