The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-06-02
Doctors Bills.


The folly Of dabhling in medicine is very
plsnsanlly hit or in lhe following humoron,
-w9a'
rtcd Ia n yeyy y, llcnl LAZY, uu,i, beng Of the
same disposition mysslG We made very
prudent couple Some time after ''uI "'"' I''
ngc, my wif,' told me TINT doctors Sul1 N''i'
very high, mud Ms We could not Away OK
pect to Ice free from disease, ehd thought u
best "a purchase some doctors books, and
thus SAID she with n smile, I'VE eau steal
their trade at once 'EI,s ! agreed to, mud
auctions az books, M order 10 buy medical
hooks Ht tho lowest rate. In iiur M less
ihnn twelve utnntls had bought y couple of
'D.pcusuturics.' iiuehaus Family Physlc-
Wu' Two or three trcu'iscs on the Drt of
preserving health, hy different authors scNCn
tlrutisrs on the diseases of children; and div
vrs others of the greatest note. My wife
spout ull the time shr could spnrc from The
economy of her household IN studying them
aud ny suuu as my store Wns closed ia thc ~
cuiHg, cdlijcd myself with u few receipts
from my Dlspcu-ntry, -
"a soon ~ Spring arrived, my dear wife
informed me that she found u positively en-
joined hy some utwr,rt-- ttrrt Ne ti,''-t -N'bI-
low u large duso oicrratp at tnrlnr and htln.
siuur, Ia lac Jake. every evening tur three
weeks, IN muussr,;-lhi tlir whole family
complied with: first myself, WHO being the
head at the family, reckon tirsr my wltr,
my brother Dick, who Hives with ne, my son
aud NV dnugIlcrny negro hoy,uud ti'c srrv-
ant maid. This euro we all went through IN
the entire satisfaction of my wife, who bad
the pleasure 10 find that her medicine had tic
desired effect.
al. al
medical hnuks spread through ul my family,
md scarce day pnsscd hut that some OF
them made use ot some medicine or Other
My-puor brother Dick. after lac had permlS-
sion 10 rrnd my hooks, had ucquircdn defect
cd ctAlnttnuucr, the cause Of which could
not conceive. At last hc broke silence: Broth
err said lac, (supposc | had read more than
HIMSELF feel my puls,- think | have too
much blood; had not better get hed5 You
know that IL too much blood gets into the
head, il produces npopieNy; tirr ryrtt'tett's ct
its appearance says Buchau, arc remarkable
reduces of the face, aud you see ~hat is the
cnse with me rXrctly-, could not hut laugh
urttTHy- tIr WIS indccd red IN Tie face, but
snch rcduuss ns Indicated the very offspring
OF health. Our maid, from an education nj
country school. bad learned to read; she earn
cstly requested her mistress To lcud her
doctor book to read on Sunday nitornonn.--
This reasonable request was granted; hutL
poor creature, being not ot lhc iulrcst com
nlcNion ia the world, she in Il litlc while he
came quite low spirited, and finding my wife
and me alone one evening, she cnTc in, aud
ycnturcd To express herself thus In! mis-
trcss; am concerned and afraid shnll get
the yellnw.jduuders, MS begin to look yellow
in the :urr., Drcrucy prevented me from
smiling tor while, but when shc had. ten
tho room could not but ENJOY laugh. My
negro boy is always eating roasted ouions tor
n cold. mt, ~ he cannot rehd, lie has luckily
escaped every other disorder One nlghi,ns
we we're uhouJ going to bcd, my wife desired
me, ia the most serious nu,nncr, that, II sho
should ever hc taken with n locked jaw, !
should rub her Jaw with musk, MS size was
from comparing the arguments at
u variety of authors that this was the best
remnllxo -l-t..l4 lar that there was no danger
Of such an event, as Ihad DR.. Culcn's word
for it tint it seldom attacked females ;Nudrcd,
tanconviueed That n locked, jaiGea iddy 'cdS
rmd duiS IN te,ris.
"lIllhcrto our family medicines were used
with confidence and satisfaction on all sides.
Iill considered one dny th@trrur fam ly,wlIh=,
out n doctor. had consumed more medicine
In one year than my fathers family used TO do
with the udvice Ola physician in six years -
But one day, when my wife told me she
thought il would I've well TO weigh our food