The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-11

his perverted views His snappish eager
! ness reminds me OF the unfortunate poodle
; who has received a DAD Of turpenspc unde,
} his tail, by the we'll aimed hand Of mschie.
, vvus urchin.
He is even snnppish at me for having ex.
hbited a case OF Instruments. After auotinp
Shakespeare, he breaks forth in pitiful
strain: THE Dr.. cruelty hung up before nv
affrighted eyes all the dread implements OF
surgical torture. It was positively cruel.
Naturally timid as to surgical operations.
my terrified iancy saw fearful visions by day,
and in my broken sleep what dreams did
come, IL of-a savage looking set
OF knives and saws displayed to the ave-
struck people at our Co. Fair, as a part of
Dr. Estep's hrfnOry Of torture"
Poor Leander : I pity him-and almos re-
get J was induced, by some of my profess
slonal brethren, to lay before his hysterical
person such dread array Of savage looking
Instruments. Little did think of produ.
/ cling such fearful visions by day, or noctur-
nal halucinatons. (Hope there will be no
hair lips and split noses as the result.) If
those apparitions continue to trouble him.
| it might be well for him, (as he is an imagi-
native beiDg,) to consult the Spirit Rappers
about his case, If he can find any, if he can
not find them, and DR.. Gunn.that he speaks of
so often, fails 70 teach him cure he so'ld do
well TO get copy Of old Billy McConne,the
witch doctor;on the l23th page he will find
sovereign balm for his maiady. Old Billy
is death on Mysteries
When his paroxysm Of fearful visions had
somewhat subsded and partially regaining
his normal state OF mind,-he compares him
self, through previous communication, to
/ IA
Perhaps the comparison is as apt as he
could get. if he had hunted Shakespeare all
through. As onr readers might wish to
know what that disease was that caused the
Doctor to say, "this disease is beyond nv
practice we will inform them. The Lady
was insane. (whether dread array Of finstSu-
ments was the cause cannot say. she was
seen to rise from her bed unlock her closet,
take forth paper, write upon it. read it. after
wards seal it, and again return TO bed, get all
this in most profound sleep. This appears
to have been the case with Leinder will
give some Of her ideas. - show how closely
they compare with Mr.. Mitchell Lady
Macbeth, had, by gcntlewoman been con-
Quoted into the Doctors presence, when she
breaks forth in the following strain: "Out
damned spot! out, | say-onc, two. Why
then 'tis timc to DO il. Hellis murky,-fe
NY lord, lie, soldier aud afraid. What
need we fearl Who knows it, when none
can call our power II account,-yet who
would have thought the old man had 81
much blood in him!'
This was sufficient t, show the Doctor
the true character Of the dread malady, and
cause him to declare. This disease is be-
yUnd my Practice"
When consulted further about the case,
he declared OF her, as | will Of Leander-
that more needs he the divine than the
physician.
The Lady's husbanL-not willing the
Doctor should quit the case SO, feelingly asks
after his lady--''How does your patient,
Dottor!"
"Not so sick. my lord, as she is troubled
with thick coming iuncies, that keep her
from rest" Macbeth says: "Cure her of
that The Doctor replies: Therein the
patient must minister t. HIMSELF Where
in Macbeth did then as does Leander now
fly in rage, and exclaim, Throw physic to
the dogs, III none OF it,"
His phren2y vas much increased by somo
of the gentlemen who signed his certificate.
declaring 10 him that the decision was char
acterizcd by tlagrant outrage, monstrous
injustice. 1t was on the authority Of these
opinions, that Leander was thrown into an
awful rage, like stirring up hyena with a
crowbar.
Iihe should 20 of during one Of his fits of
anger, his friends should hold these men re-
sponsi0le for the damage done. They may
not. however have intended to harm Mr..
Mitchell, but merely wished, through him 10
give me castigation for being successful
over some Of them, Tor best dri-
wing horses, disappointing their u.biton
Verify it is some "hat dangerous to be sue
cessful competitor at one of those Fairs, as
we may call up (mlny days hence,) some of
our disappointed friends, and they pounce
on TO us like a set of desperadocs, and if we
should merely unfold a case Of instruments,
(by request oil some Of our friends) to fill
vacancy on the table, some unfortunate fell
low mortal might perhaps be annoyed all his
life, with the imaginary sight of glitterng
knives and saws. Happily for Leander he
did not discover the Adjuster exhibited by DR..
WEST. Had his eyes behell that most
powerful of all instruments, for reducing and
adjusting dislrcutons ant tractures,-every
JOINT his would, in his phrenzied imagina-
ten, have been torn asunaer long ago. For
tunate escape indeed
He here seems to have lost sight OF those
dread Instruments; but another tit is on him.
He mounts the statements made by Smith
and Mulonce,--commencing with another
quotation from SbakeSje7re; handles them
"gingerIy," Gas he calls it, III harrangue of
four dozen lines or more; then with an nr
ofvctory, appears to make him feel
good all over again, he says: 81 dismiss
those worthless, selfcunvicted by their own
palpable contradictions"
Growing calm for a moment, he again
brings forward the Cutting Boz man. Hear
him: II see in DR.. Estep's reply of the
3Jth, that om charged with not wanting to
do Mitchell justice, because | said he had
misrepresented Emry's Cutting Box. Such
is utterly false. My co-commttee-men have
msrepresented me in every respect"
There is denial of all they said. Now
look at his admission in the next sentence:
"There was nothing said about the CUT
ting Box at any time, exceptin Jest" Well,
confess that is the greatest way Of sneak
ing out of a dilemma have seen for some
time. A fit subject that Joel, for thee to jest
about; thee must be very humorous man.
"How has the ass broke the wall that thou
art out of the city again" What | said in
my certificate of the 9th ult., | must state
under any circumstances. | should not
doubt that Joel, and ilyou should be called
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