Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-11-26

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much butchers beef as ever, I'm inclined
TO think that their favorite pills are no.
; injuring them much. Perhaps, however
the mischief is being done by slow decay
1t is certain that Mrs. Jones grows thinnel
, and palcr yearly, nor do 1 see that th'
nerves of the dear sufferer improve, will
. all her pulsatilla. But to my story.
My wife was still doubtful whether II
turn Homoepathist or cling to the old
school, at the time that Harry, our fourth
and youngest, was born. On similar aus
: p;cious occasions she had been accustomed
to employ her mothers family physician
partly because he had presided at her own
" first appearance" on this sublunary
sphere, and partly because DR.. Moses was
regarded as infallible by nine-tenths of the
married ladies of the town. But latterly,
in other ailments, she had been consulting
a Homeopathic physician. However, pre-
cedent carried the day; and DR.. Moses,
as usual, was summoned
/ Things went charmingly for more than
fortnight. The splendid bays of DR..
Moses, which had at first, stopped daily at
our door, began to make their appearance
only occasionally; and, in fact, my wife
considered herself well, and dressed accor-
dinghy, each day, in her most becoming
cap and wrapper, in order to see company.
She was in the full tide Of receiving visits,
and hearing all the latest gossip, and, in
general, enjoying herself excessively, as
well as looking remarkably well in conse-
quence, when our second youngest, little
Mary, fell i'll, and it was feared of the
scarlet fever.
For once in my life 1 now ventured to
interfere in the choice of a physician.
Il think, my DEAR" said, - that you
had better let DR.. Moses prescribe, He
hates Homepathist, you know, as he
hates poison. Our darling is not every i'll,
and if the disease is taken in time"
How you do talk, Jones' - interrupted
my wife. ''If there's anything the Ho-
mepathists are sovereign in, its in scarlet
fever. Mind, l don't say they're best in
all diseases in some disorders the old
school, perhaps, is superior; but in scarlet
fever, or sore-throats of any kind, they're
working wonders"
"But if DIR, Moses hears Oft"
"He can't hear of it. Mary shall be
kept up in the nursery; and let me catch
either of the girls telling
1t was Of no use to demonstrate, or, if
it had been, my wife's nerves in her then
delicate state of health, could not have
endured such shock. l said no more,
and DR. Dilution was summoned /
The disease proved to be scarlatina of
a mild type, and the patient was already
nearly well, when Mrs Jones was attacked
by headache A headache was one of the
ailments for which, in her opinion, Home
pathy was Sovereign" and accordingly,
when Or. Dilution paid his morning visit
to Mary, she sent for him to give her some
thing for her head.
In the afternoon the headache, though
better, was still annoying and Dr. Dilu-
ton was again applied to. He had just
administered few pellets, clasped his
pocket-case Of medicines, and gained the
hall in his retreat, when the front door
opened and DR., Moses appeared.
The two physicians knew each other by
sight, though they were not on speaking
terms. But, at thus meeting face to face,
civility required some mutual courtesies.
DR.. Moses contented himself with cold
nod and a glance Of infinite disdain the
younger practitioner, however, who was
quite willing to share where the other
wished to monopolize, thought this good
to concilitate, and bowling low,
said, blandly,
81 have just left our patient, doctor. A
slight nervous arrangement, nothing more
Will be better in the morning, as l think
you will say"
DR.. Moses paused, turned around, and
the speaker from head to foot,
with his eyes, said,
Our patien Pray explain yourself,
sir"
And, as be spoke, he drew himself up,
ike another autocrat, and gazed superbly
lown on DR.. Dilution.
"les, doctor, our patient replied the
after, still more conciliatingly, Mrs. ,
Jones"
Mrs. Jones?" ;
"Certainly, doctor'' t
"Mrs. Smith Jones ?"
"Yes, doctor"
"The lady of the house ?" !
"Of course, doctor"
The eyes of DR.. Moses flashed fire. His f
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