Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-09-29

ling plaster parched ihe tender skin o
H--'s sborn head, and was then re-
movcd--i, had done good service. Dress
ings were applied, rePeale5 and repeated
again, but sill the sick man lay ~ q sIu
por.
III has done no good hadn't we bette
send for The doctor suggested the vile.
Jusi lhen The eyes Of H. opened
and he looked with half stupid surprise
from face 10 face Or tho anxious grouf
that surrounded ,he bed
] what in lhe mischief is the maner,' be
! al Length said. All the same lime feeling
strange sensation about his head, he
placed his hand rather heavily thereon
Heavens and earthl'-he was now fully in
his senses-'H Heavens and earth! what ails
my head?'
sFor mercy's sake keep quiet said the
wife, tho glad tears gushing over her face.
you have been very i'll there, there, now,
and she spoke saolhingly, don. say word,
but lie very still '
'Bul my head What is the matter
with my head 1t ieels as if il was scald.
ed. Where's my hair? Heavens and
earth Sarah, do not understand this,
And my arm. what's my arm lied up in
this way forl' -
BE quiet, my dear husband. and IN
explain it all. On, be very quiel; your life
depends upon il.
Mr.. H sank back upon the pillow
from which he had risen. and closed his
eyes 10 think He put his hand to his head
and fell il ienderly all over, from temple
10 temple. and from nape 10 forehead
lis il a blisler?' he at length asked.
Yes, dear; you have been very ill.,
said Mrs. IL, affrclionaley, I'VE feared
for your life; there have been TWO physir
clans in attendance.
H closed his eyes again his lips
moved. Those nearest were not much
edited by the whispered words that issued
therelrom. They would have soun6ed
very strangely in church or 10 ears po.
lite and refined. After this he lay for some
time quiet.
Threatened with apoplexy, ! suppose :?
he said, inlerrogalively.
Yes, DEAR replied his wife. Il found
you lying insensibIe upon the floor, on
happening to come into your room. 1t
was most providenlial that | discovered you
when | did. or you would certainly have
died.
IL shu, his eyes and mu,tered
something with an air of :mpaience; bu'
his meaning was moi understood. Finding
him out of danger, his friends and rela.
lives retired, and The sick man was left alone
with his family.
Sarah he said, why in The name of
goodness did you permit The doctors TO butch
er me up in this way? | am laid up week
or Two. and all for nothing
III was 10 save your life, DEAR
Save the -
Hush there. do, for mercy.s sake, BE-
quiet. Every thing depends upon your
silence
with gesture Of impa.ience, H
shut his eyes, teeth and hands, and lay per.
fectly still for some minutes. Then he
turned his face to The wall, muuerIng in
low, pelulent voice, this is 100 bad 100
bad =
had no. erred in my first and las! i'm
DIR. S., although he used very exlraordina'
ry mode Of treatment. The facts of the
case were these IL had weakness !:
he could not taste wine or strong drink with
out being tempted into excess. Both him
self and friends were mortified and grieved
at this and they, by admonilon, and he by
good resolutions, tried 10 bring about re-
form but TO see, was 10 lasIe, and 10 taste,
10 fall. At last his friends urged him to
shut himself up at home for time, and
see if total abstinence would not give him
strength. He 60, on pretty well for a few
kept a well.flIed boIle for him in the car
riage house, 10 which he not unGequen,ly
reSoned but 100 ardent devotion 10 this
bottle brough. on the supposed apoplexy.
DIR. S. was right in his mode of treating
the disease. after all, and did not err in sup
posing that it would reach the predisposllion
The. cure was effeciual. H KEEP
quiet on The subject and bore his shaved
head on his shoulders with as much phios
opy as he could muster. A wig, after The
sores made by The blister had disappeared
concealed The barber's work until his owr
hair grew again. He never ven,ured or
wine or brandy again, Tor fear Of the appo
plexy.
I When the truth leaked out, as leak ou
such things always will, the friends o
tt had many hearty laugh; bu
they wisely concealed from The objrc. u
their merrimenl The fact thar they knew any
Thing more Than appeared Of the cause o