Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-08
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Ben Burton S Dill. 4
Tie spirit of ant eisn b medicine
has ever been a ID ading element, d
feature standing out i'll 4u ph relief as
I'd insure the observation Of all men
If one proposes Heaven as a good
resting place after the Il pills of life,
mother objects and thinks its oppo-
5 te more in harmony with the phys
idlogy of ghosts. We have never
heard Of bat one physieian who had
II pne of it in his composition, and yet
he tontriyed always to have his own
way. Every body ha# heard of Ben
Burton's bill 10 be as good as a bill
Of Ben Burton was tolbe as good as
things generally get to be in this
wicked world. Bon Burton was Il
physician of Buckingham county,
Va lie had the full confidence Of
the entire county. No one thought
Of dying if '0ld Ben could be got
to him The Doctor WAS no Milne
liquor Law man did| not oppose
temperance thought It a mighty
good thing. But he did not, indeed,
oppose any thing I'D just went
along his own way. Often lis way
was every which way but then Ben
was in AIcohol's domihibns where ND
ohe is expected to do any other way
The people all underst TODD him, and
he understood the people, and what
was betterDhe undersd bod their dis
eases, and what was better still he
always cured them 1t is true he
seemed sometimes to 60 it blind in
putting up his pre- kcriptions, but
the people comprehendeH The eye
might be dimmed, bit the nose
'psbaw, there was 10 use talking
Ben knew what was " hat. Now
Ben was the best natuFed man ii tho
world, and. always agrfea with every
body,and yet he was TO torohsl tho
best collector in Virginia. lie never
sued anysbody. At His lastvisit id
amy case. he always left bis bill ILd
never called for paym4 Mt nor sent i
collector Bot hel ne fr went back
until that bill was paid Every body
knew that it would h3yb TO be paid.
and that its time of maturity was
when any one got sick at that house
So instead Of paying it when pre-
SO nteq, it was customary for the payos
to use it as a species "a money. No
money in Buckingham " rs 3 current
as Ben Burtoh's bill. OGen thou
sa nds of dollars of th4nl We re in cir-
cqlation, and when ii was INTENDED
to express an opinionEof the soanh-
dss Of other currency, That wits 10
T bd uneqaiyocal and up1aestionlable,
/ I'd e speaker reached bis climax III tie
plErase, good as Ben Burton S bill.
ISd metimes it occasion4d some dela y
in hunting up the bill before hunting
uH the Doctor, but as it was a nece5-
safy evil, people soon got used to it,
and no one grumbled.
A yag 1T the court house hill Il
wa gerFith an acquaint lance that he
could make Ben Burt pu fatty com
ira diet himself three times between
th4 bal Of the tavern and the bar Of
tho o5ult-house. Ad cdrdingly BID
posted some friends in the neighboI-
hood Of Ben slide Of progfessionfrom
one Of these points to tile other
We say neighborhood. because the
exact line lay not within the area of
a polar, ratiocination. This was be-
fore the day Of railroads, and ground
,inqs were more familiar chan air lines,
while Ben's line was ge1efally a zig
gag line. Beautiful morning this,
Dod tor said the frs man, as the
Doctor passed. Delightful. ravish-
ing, replied the Doct pri without so
much as looking at the sbdaker. "a.
raw. disagreeable morni4g,t Doctor,
said the next 'A1iserablP, wretch d,
repli ed the Doctor. HVe'll have a .
beau tifal day, Doctor, I'd the next. +
sunshiny, said pr B. I'VE T
shall have rain this morniI lg, Doctor,
said the next 'AhiI ton rents, horri- I
9le! added Old Ben, bs h e assembled
he steps of the eodrt-hp use. Tie
oser was greatly provb ked, Ind Worm-
ne himself through 1.-THE crowd, got
n front Of tie Doctor ! nd asked how
lie could contradict Ehlm$elf half
Iozen times that motnlng about the
feather. 4 agree vftlI y ou perfect
=, my friend, said Dr. B., there GER
linly pust have beena c nt "a dictionl'
A writer says that ii L Vital differ I
nee between man and won ban is this, !
ian forever asks for lndreI while We |