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Mat Morgan,

VIM WAC CURED OF The CHOLERA BY A FRIGHT
We have heard Of several persons whose fea
OF cholera invited its attack. We know of n,
one, except il be Mat Morgan, from whom fea
banlshed It. Mat was gardener, groom, anC
I man OF all work, 10 amerchanl up town. and al
honest fellow he Was-and is. for that matter
aud most assIduOus in the discharge Of his muI.
Hilarious yocaIlons. Atearly morning, he nigh
be heard as he cultivated his vegetables, sing
ing high fauting' song Of some twenty.onC
verses. And then at evening when he brushed
the 'boss's' horse, he might be heard whisdina
IN tones Of thrilling pathos, the Colleen da.
scruithen amo,' or the Black Bird Mat wa.
taken suddenly i'll on the wenly.frsl Of las
month with cramps in his stomach, and he tho
that his whlsIIing and singing were all over with
| hin.
Oh! ah! een said he running into the house
ol his employer, who happened al the time 10
be IN his office; oh! ah! eel he repeated cas-
ping his hands over his abdomen.
why, what's the matter Mauhcw' said the
wife Of his employer.
'Oh, murlher madam! I'm kilt intircly.
feel me bowels tumbin' in me belly like cels in
"A barrel. I've got the cholera morbus. OH
ah there it's againH
We'll, then, Matthew said his MISTRESS
Sampson has the buggy at the door, get into it
and he will drive you right off 10 the Charity
Hospital, for am told thai the cholera patients
have the very best nursing and medical attend.
ance there
Mat did as she bid him and he was soon in
the Charity Hospital. As soon as he went in,
some medicine was administered to him, which
alIevlaled in some measure his pain. He then
looked about him, and sooh 10 say, he did noG
like the appearance of things in his ward over
well. Some poor fellows were wrilhiug in pain
Others, prostrated by the disease, were as still as
If death had already set his seal on their lips;
and others were breathing as men do when life
is about to depart from them. Now some poor
fellow was carried in, cold and livid--a strong
ly marked case Of the disease--now the porler's
bell tolled fitully, and two men entered, and
rolling corpse out Of the bed where il lay, car
rled it between them down stairs. 1t was too
much for poor Mat; up he bounced from his
bed, and thrust himself into his clothes, and in
twenty minutes was back to the house Of his
employer, whom he found within, before him.
Why, Mat, said his employer, i thought you
were at the hospital
so was, said Mat.
And why did you not remain therc!' said his
employer. Surely you are not well ycl.'
Never was better in. me life SIR said Mat
BE Cor, half an hour in that establishment ought
to kill or cure any one!'
How so!' asked his employer.
20, there such mortal sights there said Mat
81 was not well laid in my bed when heerd
the bell; it was not a natural ring ather. but
kind Of growl, like the bark of sperriI that
w'd asShume the shape Of dog in the church
yard
What's that!--fre, is it! says |. TO an old
fellow that was tyn' BIT Of paper with my
name on il TO the bed-post.
mo. it's the death belI,' sez he. No. 70 is to
be taken 10 the dead house.
what for" sezl |.
TO be dissecIed,' sez he.
'What! like pork pig sez |, divided at the
iontsl'
Just so,' sez he.
'And what's that iorl' sez l..
'For the benefit of science, sez he.
'And sure enough, a couple Of fellows came
in, and very unconsarnedy they rolled 20 into
heir hand. barrow, and carried him off,.
There it is agin,' sez |.
'Ys, sez he IFS 78's turn
'And does he go 10 the dead,house too!' sez
'Of course he does,' sez he; where else I'D
you have him go!'
And ye have no wakes here!' sez |.
No, nor funerals ether sez he.
Nor, no cryin' over the corPse!' sez |.
No. that's vulgar sez he; nobody does that
Dut the Irish
%. murher!' sez |; 'and ye call this a Chris
ian country; but you won't catch me dyin' nor
ivin' here long either, oud boy, sez |. When
die, want 10 drop off some how that they'll
Jury me dacent;' and with that jumped up and
lad my clothes on in a jiffy, and Here | am as
veil cured of the cholera as if had swallowed
IN apothecary's shop
'And what cured you so efectuaIly, Mat!'
aid his employer.
well, 10 tell you the truth said Mat, devil
hing did it bat the fright.-N. o. Delta.