The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-08-06

DR.. Dosewell. (shrugging up his shoul-
ders.) Sir. It's no use arguing; the things
against common sense. In short, it is my
| firm belief that it isis complete
DIR. Morgan.-'A complete what?'
DR.. Dosewell, provoked to the utmost
--'Humhugr
DR.. Morgan.-'Humbug! Cott in Heav-
You old
DR.. Dosewell. old what, sir?'
DR.. Morgan, (at home in series Of
alliteral vowels, which none but GYM
brian could have uttered without gasp
ing. g.)-'Old allopathical anthropophag-
ite!'
DR.. Dosewell. (starting up, seizing by
the back the chair on which he had sat,
and bringing it down violently on its
four legs)--
SIR
DR.. Morgan. (imitating the action
with his own chair. )--'Sir'
DR.. Dose ell.-'You're abusive
DIR. Morgan. impairment
DIR. Dosewell. ll.-'Sir!'
DR.. Morgan.-Sirr
The two rivals fronted each other,
They were both athletic men, and fiery
men. DR.. Dosewell was the taller. but
DR.. Morgan was the stouter. DIR. Dose
we'll on the mothers side was Irish; but
DR.. Morgan on both sides was Welsh.
All things considered, would have back
ed DR.. Morgan if it had come to blows.
But. luckily for the honor Of science,
here the chambernaid knocked at the
door. and said, The coach is coming, sir.
DR. Morgan recovered his temper and
his manners at that announcements. DIR.
Dosewell,' said he, i have been too hot
APOLOGIZE
'Dr. Morgan answered the allopathist,
Il forgot myself. Your hand, sir
DR.. M.--'We are both devoted TO human
ity. though with different opinions. We
should respect each other
DR.. D.-'Where look for liberty, If
men of science are liberal to their bre-
thren?'
DR.. NJ, (aside). 'The old hypocrite!
He would pound me in mortar if the
law wonld let him.
Dr. D.. (aside). 'The wretched char
latan! | should like to pound him in a
mortar
DR.. NJ. Goodbye, my esteemed and
worthy bro ther.'
DR.. d. My excellent friend, good bye
DIR. NJ. (returnins in haste). Il forgot,
| don't think our poor patient is very
rich. | confide him to your disin terest-
ed benevolence.' (hurries away.)
DR.. D., Tin a rage.) Seven miles at
six o'clock in the morning. and perhaps
done out of my fee! Quack William
4 Leper.-The following account of
leper. from the pen Of Mr.. Counter,
l,:e traveller in the East, will afford our
readers pretty correct notion of the ap-
pearance of the sufferers by that strange
disease
Zone evening. while strolling along
the seashore, saw such an extraordina-
ry object before me, that could not take
my eyes off of it. 1t was a man, whose
clothing, like that of all the lower orders
Of India, was piece of cloth wrapped
around the body. from the waist down
ward. His skin was perfectly white. and
seemed glazing. as scared with hot iron.
His head was uncovered, and his hair
which was precisely the same color as
the skin. hung known III long trips upon
his lean and withered shoulders His
eyes, with the exception of the balls, were
dull, murky red, and kept them fixed
on the ground, as if it were painful for
them to look up, which l found to be
the case. He walked slowly and feebly,
and he was SO frightfully thin that he
seemed to stand before me living skele-
ton. moved towards him. but he walked
farther from me, beseeching me to give
the smallest trifie to miserable old man
an outcast from his friends. He told me
not to come near TO polluted creature.
for whom no one felt pity. He told me
he had, during many years, suffered dread
fully from the leprosy. and though he
was now cured. the corpse like whlteness
of his skin gave unmistaks BILE evidence
tina: he had once been leper.'
TIE Difer>neG-When rakish youth
goes astray, friends gather around him in
order to restore him TO the path of virtue
Gentleness and kindness are lavlshed up.
on him to win him back. to innocence and
peace. No one would suspect that he
had ever sinned. But, when poor con-
fiding girl is betrayed. she receives the
brand of society and is henceforth driven
from the way of virtue. The betrayer is
honored. respected, esteemed; but his ru-
ined, heart broken victim knows that
there is no peace for her this side of the
cold and solitary grave. Society has no
helping hand for her, no smile of peace,
no wire of forcirpecs Tbaso q - o..,L