Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-09-22

her map Of the porh. To US, youngsters,
II was puzzling as awful as the EGYPTIAN
hieroglyphics but she needed no key, no
Rosetta Stone" TO facilitate her acuuain-
lance with the subject. She had each scar
and discolora,ion chronologically arranged.
Here were the marks Of setons there she
had been cupped those were the memor-
ais of tartar emetic plasters, or the indenta-
tons Of issues. Aunt Becky had qiii at
description she was perfectly familiar with
this, her book Of life. Each scar was to
her the heading Of new chapter. She
would run through the index as perseyer-
lngly as pedlet describes the wares hid in
his trunk
Mother used to say | was healthy
enough when | was baby, but haven't
seen well day since, notwithstanding
have tried everything. None ofih doctors
seem to understand my case DIR. Bilious
thought my liver was affected, and kept
doctorIng me for theL epd spb, the sights
Of stuff | did swallow DR.. Gastric. as
soon as he came, said hadn't mite more
bile than he had ; that my stomach was
what allied me. He tried his best why,
be said he had gwen me medicine enough
TO XII, three ordinary folks, but 1t didn't
have mite OF effect upon me When the
new doctor settled down at the Mills,
tired him, for he seemed to cure everything
He SAID my lungs was what was the matter :;
that one was entirely gone, aud the other
was as big as two ought 10 be- He pot
on those tartar emeiic paslers, aud used
to rub ny side with Croton oil every night
and morning but, after all, didn't see
but that had as much pain as before, only
1t seemed to get around into my back
That set me TO thinking whether or no 1t
mighin'l be the spine complaint" sent
for DIR. Vertebra right of, aud he said, as
soon as he saw 1t, that my back bone was
as crooked as the letter S. lie put in those
se,ons where you see the scars. | don't
think, however, that he helped me as much
as the other back-doclor did | had alter
him. He took out all the setous, and lust
put on sort of jacket made out OF brass
aud that seemed To give me more support
than anything else. Cupplug, too, helped
me some, aud always keep an issue open
in my arm. | have doctoted my blood con-
siderable. paid thrty-uine dollars for
sarsparila all at one timen
Ihny-nine dollars, indeed Poor Aunt
Becky Three thousand time hundred
would be short estimate for the money
she had offered up on the shrine OF her ZEN
Ioyment." Yet Becky SESSION was mortal,
alter all. She made a mistake; a thing
she was never known to do before. Tins
rs how II happened, she thought she would
take spoonful or so OF salts Just TO cleanse
her stomach, aud, by some mischdnce took
oxalIc acid Instead. Before the doctor
got to her, she was too far gone nothing
could save her. Why" SAID the doctor
II was old DR.. Slowly they sent for"
might have come sooner but she has sent
Tor me 50 ohen, aud always told me she
shouldn't live, that thought she was ouly
crying wolf as usual.
They iFeld an inquest upon Aunt Becky
aud twelve men OF acute penetration de-
clded that she died from mere accident +;
but, IT had been consulted. should have
SAID, death from the enj,ymenl Of misera.
bic health.