Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-04-29
From the Flag Of our Union.
TIE HYPOCHONDRIAC,
BIZ FALcoSBRIDGE.
The Man who swallowed the Snakes.

Have you ever seen hypochondriacl-
Did ever concelt get into your own nOddle
ar stomach, OF which you found the ntmosr
difficulty TO relieve yourse!n | candidIy
confess that have been haunted often. MOI
by 'gobEns damhed' exactly, bu. by equally
nonsensieal notions, Suspicions Of designs
against yonf Tile or reputation, are a species
ot hypochoodiac; jealousy is 4 strong sym.
pon-out when you get into the notion
tnat you are tea-kett,e, ard begin to boil,
or pair ot bellows, and strut around putting
aud snorting like juvenile Boreas; OF fancy
you're an old hen, and 90 TO a nest ia the
corner and determine to mach out a brood
oiyoung he-biddfes and she bddies, the
YOU aIe gone case-a hypochood.ac b
full blossom.
IL appears 20 me that hypochondrid rs dy-
ing out--l seldom hear oft anywhere. True,
II Is maIady rarely affecting a very inteli-
gent community, hence It is not much known
10 this part OF the county. Webster SAYS.
hypOchondria is a combination of melancholy
aud dyspepsia. consisting in gloomy ideas of
life, detected spirits and indispositlon to ac.
tiviy. DR.. Cullen, a famed medical man m
England, has published a very interesting
treatise on the subject, and cites some strange
" 'hS VI iulUu, WuGU ITeQl5
posed to or iaboring under this same disease
People fancy themselves all manner Of mat.
ters aud things, animate and Illuminate, and
very little, short of stratdgem or accident, ev.
er fec'aims the confirmed hypochonduac -
Excessive study, says Cullen, confinement,
gHei, or great mental conflicts or agitatio u.s.
cause II, and it is hard TO cu,e. heard of
woman who, though in great measure
rational on all other matters, and enjoying
hrst-ra'e bodily Vigor ofhealh. believed her
sell to be great glass ornament for several
years this queer delusion kept uppermust in
the wOman's mind, when fscetinus old fell
low one day advised the husband Of plan
TO cure her al once. The woman conceiv
ing herself TO be all glass, and brittle as pipe
stem, insisted on--and raised old scratch if
they did not-handle her as careful as puff
paste. The husband was advised one day TO
go up behind her, as she sat in corner on
high chair, and upset her, heels over head
and smash her all TO piecesl The husband
did so-that is, he gave his wife gtaud and
lofty tumble, which, though il did not quite
demolIsh her, II so enraged her that she
Jumped up. and seiziug the poker, liked to
nave smashed her husbands head A cure
was happily effected; the woman abandoning
the idea OF her being an oruament--at least
glass one-returned 10 her domestic du.
ties, and lived long and happy. have my
sell seen some very funny cases, as we'll as
more grave ones, Of this hypochoudria.
was sitting,-country fashion,-on the
Top oi the counter in a store, in the lower
part oi Delaware, al a town called Milton,
some years ago, when very odd.looking
genus came in and began to cut all sorts Of
oldoes-he was as merry as a piper.
wen, Johnson, how about them max es T.
says the storekeeper.
20 they're all out and gone,' says the COM
&c chap.
Feel FIRST rate again, ehl' continued the
storekeeper.
'Fine as silk, sir; never felt better in nv
born days. Cuss the snakes they like 10
have killed me clean or responded the mer
ryman, who then took some goods be wan
ted aud left the store.
Whats tina, about the snakesr quoth |,
TO the sterekeeper.
%, why I'll tell you--ha! har said he,
setting himself on the counter.
THAT teller, Johnson, about two years ago,
went to camp -meetin,' and tried his hard
est TO get religion--hc had a haukerin' that
way for long spell. Well. sure enough,
he cum back homo chock full Of glory and
religion, and cut round here queer enough.
Folks thought he'd got out OF his head, clean
crazy, Well, sir one night Johnson went
out into big woods here in the neighbor-
hood, and after going on there spell, he
laid down aud got TO sleep; after a while he
walked up. and came pitehin' home for dear
life, snd sworo by all that was COED, bad, and