Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-06-12
NUMBER Al.
Value Of a Parrots Lee,


The caprice # Fortune towards those vb,
co"r, her, and tho hunllii,ron. she sometime,
impose as conditions Of success, are rn,her
oddly ilnStra cd in the following history, which
all old English physician gave recently, of his
per>o'H' 'xrst'cncc long time ago."
i bad completed my studies, and taken my
diploma, when found myself in the great sea
81 Lohioh wI'h twenty pounds in my rocket.
took The l'wcr part Of house in an obscure
Nft'' AZ We back vi aH uristocrntic square, and
lana cut ten pounds III furniture fixtures. and
'tnS'' fcsrr'luI the ether ten t. pay wy half
year srrnt. The first week | sold few nen-
MES worth Of rhnharh and maancsln. and lived
On bread and milk. The urN, week vos no
better r--unr the ncXi; and as the month ,vn.
coming to a close, | wa, determined 70 shin, mr.,
-hop ana 20 rs an assistant, when n servant
calac IN Tor shllilug's worth of the hes, may
'ne'ia nhd some smelling salt, and took NV
card. Next day hc called again, and bonrL,
some powdered starch, and had b.. of talk
dny "r SO after had just cleaned my ulaco
nil s"H, When III came, IN II hurry, my lew
friend, the livery servant. lie ,aid hi. mis-.
iress wished to see me as soon as possible. o,
something very pressing. asked him if mus.
20 ns was?
Put on your Sunday coat said lie. AN! 20
with me
ven, with him to crca, house in nor,-
man sqnlre, ana WAS shown up stairs into
splendid drawing room. a midde.agcd lady.
OF much suovity and grac;ousne,s, soon entered
and apologize ID TO me, bu. hoped, from what her
servant said oi tn", should no, le offended.
i Thought she !i:tlc knew my feeling, TO i'm
agln" should b. offended at bein, sent for.
ana assured hei J should be most h,ppy to rem
"cr any service IN my power.
she told mr She had fworite parrot that
had broken It's leg, and she had asked tho doc
tor who attended her to help to set it, and ho
had i,ii himself iusuI,rl at being called bird.
doctor. She suid she had no intention TO insult
hIm, and only wished for Information whot 10
DO. She tolA the if would set her birds leg.
ani charge her the same ~ for setting her own.
were It broken, she would bo most happy TO
employ me.
i thought the terms proposed too liberal, but
She insisted "n no less, and consented. Some
slips OF whalrbour and little tape enabled us
I" set the creatures leg, and attended my first
patient with al assdu,y and carelulne., which
Lave not sinc" surpassed. a fortnght's ser.
vices were rendered, and my patient restored.
me lady now Insisted on my making out my
bill agans, her | did so, and charged her
what she had lid mr--the usual sum Tor setting
her. II was ten guineas. She thanked me.
and presented tho with .won,y-saving tha, the
either ten were for my modesty, ci,iity, and
Kindness. She then remarked, that she had
had an opportunity Of making my acquaintance
ana "s'reming my abilities, hnd, if agreeable to
me, she would engage Ms her family physi.
rlan, Tor her former doctor had had many hum
drri pounds from her, and might have shown a
little Kindness 10 her bird, but as she had made
his i'r'no', he could do without her patronage,
ana she preferred 10 give II where it was ap.
pr'cihed hnd was ssrviceab'e. | flushed, and
nnhcsia'Ingly informed her that my residence
ana position were not equal 10 the station she
was gong To pn' me in. She told mo all that
word be- bclcred, and ,ho .nw was deserving
oi II. She bllc mo look ont for n better resi-
d'nce, Hnl promised she would help me to the
necessary furniture and fittings. She told
me the amount for medical attendance on her.
self and her household WI. never less than
rgliy or hundred pounds year, and that
she could srcur" several families. | took a
houS" (; sh" did all that she promised md laid
tue sure foundation for ny future prospec,..--
she was nay consan: friend until she died, and
left IN" something handsome in her will have
retired from business, and my fortune oil arose
from setting that poor parrots leg
The New York Express has the following
Int at the consistency o; the Washington IN
ION which, ii Is regretted by many OF its own
party, is giving aid and comfar, to the faction
i>'s oi The North, by TIE abuse j, is in the hab-
II daily Of pouring out on the President md
o'her sl,unch Union Wing men,
The Washington Union, very fond q, times Of
holding up the Wing party to scorn, as an Ab-
clifton party, publishes letter from New
York correspondent, warmly urging MI immedi-
ate nuon of the llnnkers and the Blrnburners,
(A5ollioulsts) here in Wow of The approach
Of the next Presidential Election. THIS is
iair specimen Of the "Icn,ral Org"n's' ccn.is-
icucy. likeep' crying out Seward! Seward !!
all tie while; but sc hear nothing ofla,e about
an Barren.
NEW tnuYrr2TUir. Counterfeit five
dollar note, ON Clinton Bank of Columbus
Ohio, have made their appearance. The
following description OF it wc find in Bad
Icy's bc,crlor Tor June.
\iaucl,c, horned cattle, &c. The cngra-
wing i, coarSer than the genuine. The dies
by which .hc figures five are surrounded,
are dark, coarse and rough. Detect by tho
line upon which the date is written; the
line or date is on a level with the horses
forward foot, willis, in the genuine it is
about onc-cigh,h oi an inch below
rGrrAnArioY ron WAn-Mr VIM l.. Yam.
ory, the lending srrrssions' of Alabama, stated
At the meeting of the southern Rights Clubs Of