The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-06-27

ABOUT the house. can't cradle nor any sch
hard work,--snd think any man that's got the
consumption and can't do days work shouldn't
90 to war.
SuhG.-'Tis hard matter know, but in
seasons Of war--in perllous emergencies, the
country expects every patriot 10 do his duty.
RI MIL.--Well, Doctor, xoudsbe a first rate
patriot too # was able, but alni able.
!, couldn't stand the wear and tear Of war, 4 ex.
Ipect 10 drop of with the consumption one Of
: t6ese days. can feel my liver is about eat 40
with II, and so what's the use to take me awsv
Ion to die among the wild Tesicans.
SURG My friend, I'm really sorry for you-.
but are you aborlng under the effects OF con-
symptoms
MIL.-To be cure am there he puts his hand
upon has chest, and raises and artificial cough,
eounteJe'ting symptoms Of great paia) just ex.
anime me, Doctor If you had half the pain
sufter, you'd give me certificate quick.
Here the Surgeon approaches The consunsp,ius
Militia Man ard examines and questions him,
on rarious points as ol!oDs:
SuRG--WelI, Sir, your pulse beats rapid, and
indicates high fever.
MrL.--Yes sir, but faint half so high now as
Ills sometimes. Sometimes | feel as no, as if
was IN a pot of bin' water.
SURc.-How often are you troubled with this
fever!
MIL More or iess every day, it's great
deal worse this hot wearher. ini@w then could
stand 1t IN Texico where they say yoS csnl
BAKE eggs, and other victuals in the Sun. without
either Kettle or wateri | wouldn't go there, for /
all The sll the niggers and land 10 boot, because,
Doctor, couldn't stand it.
SURG You say yoUr liver is nearly destroy
cd with consumption, what 10 the state of your
bowels,
MrL.-Oh, dreadfully out of order, Doctor
have to take two smashin' doses of Its every
Jay to keep me rgat, and every night when
ay down I'm IN horrible pain, feel as though
zen thousand btiCk were piled on the top Of me
ron over from one side to tother and never get {
any sleep till after midnight. Oh, Doctor
o'ctor you don't know what misery | suffer. {
sURG Anything wrong abou. your head a
NIL oh yes, Doctor; my head ain, much f
'etter than no head at at. My brain seems to b
20 eggs led ss. SO Rtase---I~hAaa sii,
VI headache and then agin SIGH dizzy fits -- b
why, Doctor, every mornin' when i get up. u
bese Dizzy spells come on, and have 10 clinch p
old of the bed post TO keep from failin' down. to
tay IN the house and never do nothin' till after Gil
reakfast.
surG.-Do you ever dream any during the gu
ightt loo
MIL Yes. have frightfai dreams. | see IN
evils and witches danc'n' co;iIIious like all ma. eF
IT.; Oh, what droII capers they do cut up. all
pose these dreams are caused by my brain ~
elm out Of ordet. 6't
SURG NO doubt of that but as to your lungs, Y. y.
GU seem to be troubled with bad cough, do -
GU throw up any matter?
MIL. more than quart every day, il ey
ometmes almost slrangles me. Oh. oh
raising a cough isc
SURG.-Do you raise any blood pa
MIL Yes. great deal. III
SURG. Perhaps it proceeds from your nose, 81
you are subject to bleeding al tho nose. -
Milne no Doctor, my nose never bIeeds,
his blood cones right straight up from my
yer, aud l's as fresh as il it was taken from a
og. raise it by mouthfus so you see, Doc ~
Or, can't stand it long at this rate aud 'twoud r.
e nonsense to send dyn' man like me away u'
# to fight them say age SpauiaFd Uiggers. III
oud fight, Doctor, would, aint no coward nI
Y natur' XII
SUICIDE you have any sweats or cold -, ~
hisl s sa
NIL Yes, have both, terrible spells have te,
~. "hen get up 10 the moran tAe oed tin
othes are as wet as If they was soaked in a at
ash tub, and then sgin, the cold chis come on, be
nd feel as If was kivared all over with coat ey
ice. Oh, Doctor you don's know what
cky cretur | au ; il you did, who wouId'n, aek =.
- ult
SuRG.-Your eye.sigh, is good, is !. not? tee
NIL NO. a. all Doctor I'm very near. ed
GIFTED. When the sun shines il dazzles my
res. and in I'll 1y thor | rant froyn pnp
I'd OF the gun to the other, so you see | would ~,
of no kind of use in war. I'd be as likely TO g.,
~ ."1 sears Is '"e meA'CauS' ~" you tig
= wa
SuRG.-Are any Of your bones dislocaied' tor
ML.--Yes, sir, they are, there's hardly str
und bone in my body, the fore finger on my we
yht hand is out of join, and very weak, so that on
amt shoot off a gun, and these fits spoke of
e so orfu hard that they have unjointed three pas
my ribs, and then sgln, broke my breast 81;
mes four years ago by falhn' off horse, in ant
rec pieces, and, Doctor, my bones never heal bot
. when they break once. The night air is bad Sh
: me, (hsrs he eoughed tremendously | never ion
out in the night air. | don't get my fee, hoi
ct, if did, my toe would swell up so big thai sw,
couldn't get my boot on for week. haint ant
appetite-~I cant eat nothin' but delicate Sh,
tails, and furthermore, Doctor, have dread ia
pain across the kidneys and in the spine--lt her
lrts through my hull body like sharp arrows
even years ago took the fever and ague, and
hangs on to me yet, and will TIL die. Oh, &c
octor, I'm all pain and misery from the top Of 10
y brains to the ,eud Of my toes, and do you leo
INK it's right, Doctor, TO send poor, miserable ant
III dead skeleton like me 10 fight the Mex. not
ms besides, Doctor, I'm Whig--ths war is sta
gin my principles, the Lokes made the war; of