The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-04-21

to the left, gazod at hcr-looked to the
rlght-gazed at her again and then en-
claimed, almost with Shrek, Good God :;
there arc two of them ~
| lie SAID no more. His sister dartcd up to
hun. The father and mother ran in with
lights; but the effect had been fatal. lie was
gone.
Nor is this the only case in which have
known the most detrimental results occur
from persons attempting indiscreetly to act
upon the minds of the sick while in Il very
feeble state. Once indeed, the whole med
real men-and they were among the most
famous of their time in the world-helong-
ing to one OF the chief hospitals ofEdinburg,
were at fault in il similar manner The case
was this: a poor woman of Lcith had mar
rlcd sailor, to whom she was very fondly
attached. They had one or two children,
and were i'll by no means good crcumstan-
ces. lhe man went to sea, i'll pursuit of his
usual avocations, and ut the end of two or
three months intelligence was received in
Leith of the loss of the vessel with all on
board. Left in pcnurv, with no means of
supporting her children but her own hard
labor, the poor woman, who was very at
tractivc III appearance, WAS persuaded to
marry man considerably older than her
self, but in very tolerablc circumstances. by
him she had one child; and in the summer
OF the year 1889, she WAS sitting on the
broad, open way, called Lcith walk, with IL
baby on her lap. Suddenly, she hchcld
her first husband walk up the street directly
toward her. The man recognised her in
! Il
she neither answered nor moved. She was
struck with catalcrsy. In this state she
was removed to the Royal iniirnary, and
her case, from the singular circumstances
attending it, excited great interest in the
medical profession in Edinburgh which at
that time numbered among It's professors
the celebrated Cullen, and no less celebrated
Gregory. The tale was related to ME bv
one OF their pupils, who was present, and
-"ho assured me that every thing was done
>.a 'o':''! suggest, till all the or,l;::-
r. exhausted. The
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could be devised of rousln.
some active operation on the body.
| From various Indications, it was iut!rcd
that the poor woman was perfectly sensible,
and ut Il consultation of all the first physic-
ians of the city. the first husband was sent
for and asked iflc was willing to cooper
ate, i'll order to give his poor wife Il chance
of life. lie replied, with deep feeling, that
he WAS willing to lay down his own life, if
it would restore her; that lie was perfectly
satisfied with her conduct; knew that she
acted in ignorance Of his existence, and en-
planned, that having floated to the coast of
Africa upon piece of the wreck, he had
been unable for some years to return to his
native land, or communicate with any one
therein. In these circumstances, it was de-
tcrmincd to act Immediately. The profess
sors grouped themselves around the poor
woman, and the first husband was brought
suddenly to the foot Of the bed, towards
which her eyes were turned, CARRYING the
child by the second husband in his arms. A
moment of silence and suspense succeeded;
but then, she who had lain for so many days
like lying corpse, rose slowly up, and
stretched out her hands to the poor sailor.
llcr lips moved, and with a great effort she
exclaimed, 'Oh, John, Jol,l,-you know
that it was nae my fault.
The effort was too much for her exhausted
frame, she fell back again Immediately, and
in five minutes was 4 corpse indeed.
This story may have been told by Others
before me, for the thing was not done in IL
corner. But | always repeat it, when oc-
casion serves, i'll order to warn people against
an incautious use Of means to which we arc
accustomcdto to attribute less powers than they
really possess.
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it
wherever it is TO be found like fern, it is
the produce of all climates, and like coin
its circulation is not restricted to any partic-
ular class. We are ignorant iii youth, from
idlencss, and we continue so in manhood,
from pride; for pride is less ashamed of be-
ing ignorant, than of being instructed, and
she looks too high to find that, which very
often hes beneath her. Therefore conde-
scend to men of low estate, and he for Wis
dom that which Alcibiadcs was for power.
lie that rings only one bell will hear on
ly one sound and he that lives only with
one class, will see but one scene of the
great drama of life. Mr.. Locke was asked
how he had contryed to accumulate a mine
of knowledge SO rich, yet so extensive and
SO deep. lie replied, that he attributed
what little he knew, to not having been
ashamed to ask forIinformation and 10 the
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