The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-25

esaauln. lnr pHrxenllssn aid Srrnriy. take
something whlrh you may think sertire.
able dirnenly.''
AZ" Erplled he husband; :. hns lie Il.
50 Told me lllal nahs,dy bnI himstlf fnuld
irli Mlial tn give me ll,al Nnnlh In any
gond ; and Il,sE.lare. II | lin,l myself II.
lacked according 10 The predirlinn. IN v i'll
br in sain Iar ME IN attempt any remedy
rum my own prescription. Or from any
person hnI liiInssll."
From this mnmeni he hogan 10 he rerv
uneasy in mind. and consequently his dis.
Orier commenced: and as ahnul seven mr.
eight n'elork wa> ibe time The Doctor had
fixed Esr his lowness Of spirits 10 begin,
he was very impatient 10 see what allera-
linn would. appear N that time: aud very
soon alter he was So extremely III lhal lie
ennld nnt 81 mp any lnngrr. 80 that IN b, d
he went; and his disiemper increasing
the next day as DR.. de Rrlourgnac had
f"reiold. his appetite was whulis list. anil
The noise &C his Illness spread over ihe
whole inwn. I" the great credit aud honar
of the mourIebank baron; and although
Mr.. Stevens WAS very INV illing To send
for him. learins ll'a. il might tend io les.
zen his own reputation in future. vet he
was persuaded thai alI the medirine in lie
w"rld. without his assistance, would be
tsnaVailing.
So that, on the next day, fever ensn.
ing (wlIirh was inc. table with \ man of
such notions by the advice of his wife
and some friends, he At last sen, for Dr..
lie ReIonrgnac. who, being come. took nn
noiire of ever having seen his patient he.
FIRE. fell his pulse, asked such questions
rs he illonghl proper, told lha. his disease
was of very dangerous nature. that lie
had moi fonnd any physician in England
who knew how In manage ii properly,
but that still he had hopes Of being able 10
recover him in few days, as he had been
called in time that. il he cured him, he
would have forty gnineas fur his medi
zines and attendance, and that If he did
not succeed, he was willing 10 forfeit a
thousand.
To these terms the apolhecary gladly
consented, and the doctor went home to
prepare something TO relieve lin. We
may suppose any simple thing would DO
/ for The cure was 10 be effected, not BY The
medicine. hnl by lha pi,ys;eian. ssss-
From this moment he hogan 10 amend
apace. 50 that. in short. The cure was per-
lected in four or five days, and the doctor
not only received The stipulated reward,
but was exiolled in an extraordinary man
ner.
After Mr.. Stevens was quite well ~
gain. he was very anxious to know by
what rule or method an approaching dis
temper could be found out. and how the
cure was 10 be worked. lie thought, il
he could by any means obtain this secret,
he should be happy, and then he able TO
vie with any Of his professional competi
tnrs in England. So after he had made a
proposal to The doctor for the purchase of
the serret, and had taken great deal Of
pains abonl il, he n, last agreed with him
To he taught this occul, science for hun
lred guineas. And when, 10 his great
joy, The bargain was struck and the money
paid, the mun.ebank baron gave him a
paper, neatly folded and sealed, which, as
he said, contained the whole art and nys-
terry.
The apoihecary. with great Impotence,
broke the seal. and, TO his great surprise,
found the paper contained nothing but the
identical noslrum, in his own handwriting,
which he had formerly sold to MIR 1'ur-
ner, being only" tontei ran kill! and
conctH cul cnre!'
He remained some time as if stunned,
till The doctor burst into fiji OF laughter,
and discovering himself, asked him whe.
Their he did not approve Of the secret
The apothecary was obliged to be salts
fed, finding that by his own documents
he had been diseased and restored. And
Monsieur lie Baron Reiourgnac, now DIR.
Turner, by following his masters advice.
when his father purchased the secret, not
only recovered the principal, but four
times as much in addition, besides his fee;
and had the pleasure OF returning the com.
pliment 10 his old master, by properly
trying this most excellent noslrum. and
experlmentally proving il TO be infallibe.
A Beautiful Thought.-How few
form conception Of The original dignity
of their nature, or the exalted design Of
their creation. Regarding themselves
. only as creature OF time, endowed mere
" with animal passions and intellectual
faculties, their projects, aims and expec'
; ta,ions are eircumsrribed by the narrow
outline of human life. They forget that
+ instability and decay are written as with
"A sunbeam. upon all earthly objects thai
. this world, with all its pageantry and pomT
and power. is crumblng into dust-iha
, this life is scarcely deserving of 4 single
! thought, accepting as il forms the introduce
ZION to another, and he alone acts pru
, dent part, who frames his plans with d.
rect rpfetence to that future and endles:
, state of being. Sin has so blinded thu