The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-05-12

gan I'D give MIN Ill auultiUu tO IOuT vi
Tartar Emetlc and fifteen of lpecac-dose
after dose of Sulphate Of Zine the fact
was, the Deacon's stomach had been SO
completely tanned, that ii now resembled II
leather apron more than any thing else, and
the reason why ii rejected the cider was
because it had at last ceased to make any
imbresson--aiier while, however, the
combined forces began To operate, and the
way They operated when they gotoat il, want
any ways slow, assure you. The Deacon
l''swow'd'' his stomach would come out Of
his mouth if he had To WON'T again--upon
which Jemima ran for, the swill- pail, the
idea of loosiug has stomach seemed TO affect
the Deacon hugely suppose he couldn't
bel Up thinking, he >houidn't-in case he did
have any place 10 put his cider-he didn't
do 1t though no, no-a Pillicohy would new
| er let man suffer that like Of that. gave
him Immediately some OF my antI-spa>lnodio
drops, aud soon succeeded in stopping all
upward tendencies--to lie sure, the opium
made him have fit by determining the
blood to the head, the brain beng already
terribly excited, but didn't mind that for
was - death on fits
My celebrated anti-tit mixture had long
been wanting To try on grown person."
and here was fine chance. ! accordingly
s. put ii to hn'' In short order and in less
than four hours had the satisfaction of see
| ing the Deacon himself again, only more
so--that is he was particularly stupid for Il
| day or TWO. The usual amount OF cathart-
| les being given, and the clustering, letching
and dosing, 81 made and provided IL such
Cases." the Deacon was in very comfort
able fever, and all ] had 70 do MRS to give
a hllie fever drops" once in two hours TO
! keep down the fever, Il blue Pill night and
morning to keep the liver in order, an OPP
ate TO make him sleep, ga dose of physlc"
every other day to counterfeit the opium,
with all occasional bowl Of vaIerain tea to
quiet The nerves in the day time, with now
and then Il little of my anli-spas,i.ttc
mixture" to keep off the fits. These, with
IA few lrihing " arb teas" were ali he had to
take and every thing went on nicely. The
Deacon hadn't much time 10 grunlle, 10.
he had to "assist nature" in throwing of
the fever about once in ten minutes, and
during the rest of the time was hard at
work getting the taste out Of his mouth
JeuIlnra limited to me one day that she
should think her fathers " nature must be
a good one, or it would rebel at such s. as
sIstance." | merely remarked that her
thuug hts--beng il womai,--could not be
worth much III the premises, aud politely
suggested that she had better mind her knit
ting, she might possibly drop a stitch, and
leave such ahSlrusitles to the learned pro-
LESSONS.
Every thing went on well, | say, till about
the tenth day OF the fever, when, as luck
would have II, the blue pils. which were
only designed To quicken, or touch up the
liver, took IL turn, aud touched he inoit.l /,
thar is, made the mouth sore. Ttis alarm
ed ne at first, for we'll knew, that in the
iDeacou's terrible Celebrated condition. sail
vatiou would be any thing hat the = saliva
. tom that Mrs. =. called it: and | feared
that ii it was known To be the effect Of thusc
dear innocent looking pills, there y oulti GER
tainly be a tou>e. | therefore, like The nils.
kept dark" and le, the notion prevail that
ii Was the =. calker,' which owing to The
''resky humor," had now gone into his
mouth!
Poor Deacon Whatever his private
opinion might be, he cou,.n't il he would.
dissent from the one adopted ;t> bv common
consent 10y Us al!--ior Tie simple reason,
that he couldn't speak bis tongue being
swollen by the caiIker, 10 twice It's natural
size, and 80 Ct vered with what the lMacbeths
would have called the - dal.l,iIg >pot.'' or
sores calIker sores"-Ihac he had, poor
fellow, as much he could possibly DO to
get his mouth sufficiently wide to let the
saliva run out, which formed al fearful
rate, especially for " c,nker.''
! Poor Deacon! the - cauker," which made
him so = down IN The mouth" wouldn't let
HIM "cone up and he died. Mrs. =. and
/ conso!ed ourselves, with the consciousness
of . having done every thing we could for
him. had given hIuI every thing known
: IN ne
from arsenic 10 sar>aparila and duck
root' inclusive. and had not let opportunity
escape me ct assisting the recuperative
lpower' 10 rid herself Of The hunor by fore
tiug down some ,nce medicine but somehow
the ungrateiul uaiie--daine nature-didu't
seem 10 understand my intentions, at least
she seemed To turn up her nose at my nedi-
lcines, DIS though they came with unirlendy
Intent to dethrope her, and take the com
lnaiiti, where as can aver, they were sent
in the most friendly spirit Imaginable, they
might To he sure. they took upon themselves
airs, after getting iuto the stomach, but then
that was not unusual, and allowances must
be made tor I" first appearances"-b then
never mind, it Amt the first tnic have been
unappreciated or tnisunderstood-''r epulD-
lies are ungratetul,' internal as web as ex-
ternal.s The Deacon was buried under
arms, that is, he was escorted to the grave
by the " Ragged Hill Te-Totaers," many
of whom belonged TO the Bare-F ooted
Rangers of the neighborhood, and had
qaite military air, and the minister at the
funeral, said, " another dispensation of Di-
vine Providence has called Us together this
afternoon"-at this. jeff. Hall, a loafing, but
rather " cute chap" snickered, not loudly
but deeply; asked him afierward, what
he meant by laughing over the body of a
Deacon, above all things. "Why,'' says
he, 81 couldn't help it, when Parson Let
thensleep come to talk about the {. dispen-
sation of Divine Providence' IN the case OF
fhe Deacon who every hodv knou-S d,.a