The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-02
Miscellaneous.
From tho Now Monthly Magazine,
PosthmOHS Memoirs Of Myself.
~ HORACE SMITH, EsQ,, AUTHOR oF 'RHAM-
BLETTE HOUSE,, &c, &c,

which 10 speedily and unexpectedly fol-
lowed ila composition, the article presents
singular coincidence of title, aud be,
oomoa invested with deep aud peculiar in.
lereH-ED. N, NJ. MAC,
CHAPTER
'Iou here = exclaimed, IN no worry eour-
'eous tone, ms ! turned round. and saw my
bid friend DR. Linnel quietly seating himself
.by.my bedside. 'Who sent for youP
No onoi was brought hero 10y ono Of the
best and preiiiesI young ladies in all War
wiekshiro--your daughter
Then Sarah has not only taken n very
great liberty, but has disobeyed my poailiyo
orders, as she Inns done more than once late
", For sometime past she has been poster
ing me To send for you, which have con-
danlly refused to do. ! have told her nj lsnst
hundred times, that don't like pbysic, mud
halo doctors.
lam glad to see tina, your nlalady has
not injured your talent ior paying eompli
meniH.'
Nay meant not TO say anything rude or
personal Az n visitnnt or n friend nm al
ways glad to SEQ YOU. Even when you nro
sarcastic and Say sharp things, as you do
sometimes, one cannot bc offended with a
man Who wenrs such bland imporlurablo
smile, aud speaks in 40 sofi voice; bu, as n
writer Of prescriptions, | confess frunky-
ssu know hate nummery-lhat had ruth
er have your room than Your company
When my times come, can die without as
slslnnce Of a doctor
Very likely; but tho question 10, can you
lign Without IL p
why not7 mn sixiy.three, and never
consulted n physician Ia my liIc.
'perhaps you were novepill before -
Never and | am not exactly III now, on
" completely out Of sortr, nH most men are
al this precise lime OF life-weAk aud Ian
guld, aud oil That sort of thing--seedy, ns my
son George calls iii and 80 promised Sarah
thai ! would lie nbed to-day, just TO seq " IL
would recruit mo n blt.'
Your daughter gave you very good ndyice;
and perhaps may bc able to do the snme, ,r
you wifi IHtt INC tho cxuct HuTuru of your Hit-
mcnt, which you eau hardly refuse, now that
You have confessed yourself TO he complete
ly out of soris, and that have come so far
Oh purpose To see you
\ have already told you my complaint;
am sixty-three--my grand climacteric, you
know; nine times soven both of them I'm.
lucky numbers. No one escapes altogether
At tiIis cuufouuricd- period tfuUrpU wf0tB
me on my lnst birthday, tbnt u most danger
ous time was coming, and that | must expect
w N' tpiluuUutulI tftul huUlt IloniItt
but thnt there wns no kind of use IN seeing a
doctor, as the indisposiIion was natural aud
inevitable
4 thought all belief in the 'crilicnl yenr'
had been long since abandoned, except by
The old women who disguise themselves as
Old men. Your son 10 young enough to know
better. BE assured my good friend that
your sickness has no reference whatever to
thus peculiar year ofyour life. Cannot you
assign a5y ouher cause for this sudden change
IN constitution which has hitherto been 30
healthy =
We'll, don't know. have certninly had
agood deal of Worry aud anxiety lately,
Yet few men have been so prosperous.--
lhe world gives you credit for having made
On immense fortune by your contracts with
government
The world says true; b,t wenlth, | find,
cannot always buy health, aud still less hap
-IAHess. | toll you what, doctor,--when fel-
10" has everything to fear and nothing TO
nope, he will sometimes look back with re-
gre' To the careless days when he had every
'lnng TO hope and nothing to fear
Thank Heaven, nm in the former pre-
dIcament, and trust always TO remain so.'
Nay, doctor, you mny get rich when you
get old as have done.'
In o,her words, !, may scrnpe UP money
@nen am TOO old to enjoy it, aud cannot
long retain il. hope the blind goddess will
spare me all such cruel Kindness
Fate has spared you one caaunity-you
nave no children. have only two; bur oh :!
my dear Liunel! words cHEnot tell you how
much disappointment, misery, and vexation,
mey have latterly occasioned me. II there is
one man hate more than another, il is God
Hey Thorpe, of Oakfeld Hall, aud not with
WI many and good rcnSons, exclusive of his
''hg poinpous, superciilous blockhead, as
'ond as Luciier, and us poor ns Job. First,
Se procured me 10 he blackballed at the
county Club, insoleniy declaring that he
could not associate with ci-der0ni nIa,ster.
secondly, his interest with the comnosary-
general, aud certain charges of mulprnclicea
" my parl-for I'm sure the ISLANDERS camG
.a "Oll him-prevented my getting the great
ooITact Tor supplying the cavalry with prov
suuer' ' Ihirdly,he ousted mo from the bor-
usu winch had represented i0f Ave years, /
III'uaIly beating me with my own money, for |
uad Just lent hitn an additional eight thou |
sa'u pounds on the Oakfield estate, which is
~, ~" inortgaged TO it's full value, However,
,I.e'e Is one comfort; if he goes on much
vueer with his hounds and horses, and his
Honl establishment,l hope, one of these fine
tyS 10 loreclose, md ousi him from his
aI'eu m, he old ball, just as he turned me out of
All ~. ,tr.o'oking enough,I confess; but what has
ms "s 10 do with the annoyance you have
req req irom your childreni'
an a,1ueI ons and you shall hear. Thorpe las
''y unnghFer, not unaitrnctive IN person.,