The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-02-26

ter Of rc-infrtducfion 10 thr r~sderr cf
the HrwAtp, and which may prove cf
sufficient prcsen, interest 10 render 'hn
.cmewh hat discarise article In any way
readable.
To my repeated inquiries cf the doc
tor as to the news, I have invariably
been answered, "very little, very little
some considerable complaint cf eclds,
with Sigh, tendency to febrile excite
mcut, = few cases Of Group In ehildrcn,
and number Of bad eases Of fever 81 q
typhoid character ~ q reyio" Jsa os ef
The range ef my practice !" and In refer
cncr to politics. he nssarcs me there is
an entire suspension Of all vital emery.
and that The whole body polite I've, IN
parnlyiie state. bot the doctor Is
dcvoice OF hi. profession. The effect Of
dose Of medicine has far greater in
tcresi to him than would discussion
relative to the workings Of any moral
principle and although he occasionally
talked about politics, Il was only TO rem
der more apparent the fact, that while
he did ~sH understand tho "constitu.
iion Of man." ms laid down in the medi.
cal books, he knew but little of the con-
stiiuiion of the United States, or Of Yer
mont. The doctor had In some way
got hold Of the leading current argu-
ments. pro and con, In reference 10 the
new liquor law, and however aniaRon-
islic some Of his principles and argu.
mcnts might appear to others, be found
but little difficulty in rcconcsling them,
almost to his own satisfaction though
could not bu, notice that II required far
more labor on his part to do so. than |,
did to compound any prescription ever
saw him prepare or deal out. But the
doctor was for the Law he knew that
and IL his coaglomcratc mass Of argu-
menis didn't sustain him, the fault could
no, be in the ia'c,--,he pve'cr,pfion was
right, and if il didn't work well, the
fault must be with the patient. Ills
many arguments held with "uncle
Ephraim" during his visits to the Her
mitage, were especially cdifying. and
would have been highly amusing. but
for those awful twingcs.
As Uncle Ephraim may figure some
what largely in these papers hereafter.
Il may be proper for us 10 say something
here in relation TO him. But let IL suf.
fee for the present TO say that al tho
Hermitage Uncle Eph. Is zone Of va
and that be Is rs true friend and rs
pure minded and honesi- hearted man
rs can be found anywhere. lie Is one
who reads for himself No, that he has
read all the books; but whnt he has
read he has made note on !" and pos
sessed as he is with a considerable de-
gree Of penetration, and sort Of intui-
tive knowledge Of "iolks," il is q shrcwd
man that very easily deceivcs Unclo
Epb. II may have been remarked by
most Of my readers, that the most deci-
dedly self-opiniopnted men are those who
In al! eases form their own opinions, and
that other class who invariably beat tho
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