The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-11-02
TIIERuLING PASSION STRONG liz
DEATH, OR TWO YELLOW FEVER
ANECDO'TES

Under this head the N. o. d ella gives o
couple Of instances Of the ruling passion
strong in DEATH One is that Of young
man who. was exemplary in bis morals and
upright in bis dealings, but vety close and
siingy in money malters.G 3i5 ilg4 Et
liz WAS in the last slago of The disease,
and bis physician advised him he could not
survive "a hours. He then asked how
much it would cost TO bury him. The Doc
,or replied about $25. The dying man
started up in bis bed, and raising his hands
as though he was going TO exercise ghost,
exclaimed in the most piiabe tones, "Oh
no, Doctor, don't say that! l can't afford to
pay $a5 to be Luricd Hshighcr than 9th
er people pay, and 4 can't afford t."
So saying, he fell back and wopt. Al
though worth some $4,000, lie could not
pfford to die, because his funeral would cost
him $25. The remarkable part of il is,
that the meanness Of his disposition striking
into his system, drove the fcyer out, and he.
The other case was that Of professed
eamestcr. His physician, an eminent one,
told him he could not live. wuIi .i.5sa-J
500 you really think i am goin' TO die,
Doc ~ said the dyingman. aaatoA uri
'You have not twcniy-four hours to livo,"
replied the Doctor. =.
The dying man, in faint voice, rcqucs-
,he Doctor to hand him n pair of old blue
cetionade troEseis, which were hanging on
,he-buck Of the only chair IN the room.-
'lhe Doctor did SO, and the unfortunate in
valid, plunging his wan, yellow hand into
lls trowscrs' p ckoi, drew forth aisbill, and
informed tho Dncler that she'd bet him
cool IS, and 70 another S. better that he
rouldni dir--hcH be d---d jfhe wouldh.
The Doctor LETT and The man recovered.
Better Than either of the above, which we
find going the rounds Of the press, is an an
ecdoie ofa distinguished member of Con-
gress from Virginia, who vas taken i'll Il,
Washington, and his disease progressing.
his physician expressed apprehensicns tha,
he would not recover. Continuing to'grow
still worse, he sent for friend to whom he
communicated the apprehenslons ofhis phys;-
elan; and the in solGmn manner said:
GssNow, my friend, have "a favor 10 ask
il should die, don't let me be buried al the
expense Of Congress, for by Cd it is un-
constitutional The fear of being buried
a, the expense ofthe government, and there
by causing an infraction of the constitution,
SO worked upon his disease that he fully re-
covered, and still lives 10 guard the constlu-
lion with Jealous Ohio Statesmen.
81 Hoes IN OHro.-The chief clerk of the
Auditors department furnishes the Cincn-
natl Atlas with complete list Of the number
of hogs assessed in the several counties OF
the State of Ohio in the year 1916, and then
value according 10 the assessment, and the
number and value, assessed in eleven coun-
ties (all from which returns have been made
in lS47.) twill be borne in mind that the
assessment is made on all which are six
months old on the frs, of June, and neces-
sar!y embraces nearly all which would be
fattened,the following fall and winter 3
Ia 1916 the whole number was j ,405 ,094
Value of same 23S,s76.
Inthe III counties from which returns Tor
lS47 have been made, the increase over
l646 Is 56,4ls hogs, or about % per cent.
Cleveland Herald. .sss@
A Frenchman meeting an English soldier
with Waterloo medal, began sneeringly 10
animadyert on the British Government for be-
slowing such a trifle, which did net cost
them three francs, gThat is true, to be sure, ,"
replied the soldier; cit did not cost the Eng
lish Government three francs, but il cost The