Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-10-13

away the predIsposltlon thereto, TO which Mrs.
Fl. was affected in high degree.
was shaved and DR.. S. applied the blister
with his own hands, which completely cover
ed his head from forehead to occupit.
Let it remain on for two hours, and then
make use of the ordinary dressing, said DIR. S.
If he should not recover during the action of
the blister, don't feel uneasy. Sensibility
will be the result
After we left, the friends stood anxlously a
round the bed upon which the sick man lay;
though the blister began to draw no signs OF
returning consciousness showed themselves,
farther than an occasional low moan, or I'M
easy tossing of the arms. For two hours the
burning parched the tender skin of Mr.. HIS
head and was then removed. 1t had done
good service. Dressings were then applied
repeated and repeated again; but still the sick
man lay in deep stupor.
1t has done no good. Hadn't we better
send for the doctor!' suggested the wife.
Just then the eyes of II. opened, and he
looked with half Supplied surprise from face
to face of the anxious group that surrounded
the bed.
What in the mischief's the matter = he
at length said At the same time feeling a
strange sensation about his head, he placed
his hand rather heavily thereon.
Heavens and earth He was now fully
in his senses. Heavens and earth what ails
my head 2
For mercy's sake keep quiet said the
wife, with glad tears rushing over her face.
Y on have been very i'll. There, there now,
and she spoke soothingly. Don't say
word, but lie very still y
But my head. 1t feels as if scalded.-
Where's my hair Heavens and earth, Sa-
rah. / don't understand this. And my arm!
What's my arm tied up in this way for 2
BE quiet, dear husband, and I'll explain
it all. Oh be very quiet. Four life depends
upon it,
Mr. H. sank back upon the pillow from
which he had risen, and closed his eyes to
think. He put his hand to his head, and felt
it tenderly all over from temple to temple, to
and from nape to forehead.
| is it blister2' he at length asked.
Yes, dear. Y GU have been very i'll. We
feared for your life,' said Mrs. H. affection
ately. There have been two physicians in
attendance.
III. closed his eyes again. His lips moved.
Those nearest were not much edited by the
whispered words that proceeded therefrom.-
| They would have sounded strange in a church,
or to ears polite and refined. After this he
lay for some time quiet.
Threatened with apoplexy, | suppose he
then said, interrogatively.
Yes, DEAR replied his wife. Il found
you lying insensible upon the floor, on happen
ing to come into your room. 1t was most
providential that discovered you when | did,
or you would certainly have died.
II. shut his eyes and muttered something,
with an air of irnpatience. But its meaning
was not understood.
Finding him out of danger, friends and rel
atives retired, and the sick man was left alone
with his family!
Sarah! y he said, why in Heavens name
did you permit the Doctors to butcher me in
this way! I'm laid up for week or two,
and all for nothing
1t was to save your life, dear
TO save the DIP
Hush! There! Do, for Heavens sake!
be quiet. Every thing depends upon it,
With a gesture of Impotence, III. shut his
eyes, teeth and hands, and lay perfectly still
for some time. Then he turned his face to
the wall, muttering in a low, petulant voice,
TOO bad too bad too bad!'
l had not erred in my first, and my last i'm
preston of III. 5 disease, neither had Dr. S.
although he used very extraordinary mode
of treatment. The facts of the We're
these:
III. had weakness. He could not taste of
wine or strong drink without being tempted
into excess. Both himself and friends were
mortified and grieved at this; and they, by
edmonton, and he by good resolutions, tried
to bring about reform. But to see was to
taste, to taste was to fall. AT last his friends
urged him to shut himself up at home for a
certain time, and see iftotal abstinence would
not give him strength. He got on pretty
well for few days, particularly so, as his
coachman kept a well-filled bottle for him in
the carriage house, to which he not unfre-
quently resorted; but too ardent devotion to
this bottle brought on the supposed apoplexy.
DIR. S. was right IN his mode of treating
the disease after all, and did not err in suppc-
sing that it woul Id reach the predisposition.-
The effectual. HI. kept quiet no the
subject, and bore his shaved head upon his
shoulders, with as much philosophy as he
could muster. A wig after the sores made
by the blister had disappeared, concealed the
BARRIERS work until his own hair grew again.
He never ventured on wine or brandy again
for fear of apoplexy.
When the truth leaked out, as leak out such
things always will, the friends of Mr.. H. had
many harty laugh; but they wisely con-
cealed from the object of their merriment the
fact that they knew anything more than ap-
peared OF the cause of his supposed illness.
Day Coop Failures IN New YoRK.-The
Express, of Tuesday evening, says:
s. Within few days several houses in the
dry good trade have spended-some of them
returning very small amount of assets. One
house, IN the silk trade, with liabilities of ST.,
600, shows only SI4,OO of assets. Other par
ties, whose liabilities are SIS. 900. propose to
| pay seventy per cent. One of the houses has
been weakened by branch established out of
| town, and has done little business this an
tumn, and that under much difficulty. An
other OF the suspended houses offers 30 per
cent, In notes secured, payable indefinitely,
while on the part of the other houses, no prop
osition has been made Within the mast few
weeks there has been good deal of activity
among the dry goods men, and more credit is
given than can be afforded by weak or moder-
ately strong houses as financial affairs stand