The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-02-04

and was then removed; ithad done good SER
yice. Dressings Yev applied, repeated sgain,
but still The sick man lay in = stupor. IL
han done no good hadn't We better send for
the doctor g;suggcsted the wife.
just then the eyes VI h opened, and
he looked with half stupid surprise at the A.
ccs of tho anxious group that surrounded the
bed. What In the mischief Is the matter y
he at length said. At tho same time, feeling
strange sensation about his head, he placed
his hand rather heavily thereon. Heavens
and earth, what ails my head p For Mercy's
sake keep quiet, said the wife. the glad tears
gushing over her face. You have been very
i'll; there, there nowl' and she spoke soothing
~, don't say word, but lie very STILL But
my head! What's tho mntter with my head? |?
II feels As II scaldcd. Where's my hairs--
Heavens and earthl Sarah, i don't understand
this. And my arm, what's my arm tied Zip in
this way f6rf BE quiet, my dear husband
and explain it all Oh, be very quiet
your Hfc depends upon IT,
Mr.. Il sank back upon the pillow from
think. IIc put his hand to his head and felt
II tcndcrly all over from temple to temple
and from napc to forehead. rs Il a blister. y
hc at length nsked. Yes, my dear; you have
been very i'll; wo feared for your iifc,' said
Mrs. H., ailectionatcly; there have been
two physicians in attendance
li---- closed his eyes again; his lips moved
Those nearest were not much edited by the
whispered words that issued thcrefrom They
would have sounded very strangely in church
or TO ears polite and refined. After this he
lay for some time quiet. Threatened with
apoplexy, supposed ho said interrogatiyely
Yes, dear replied his wife. Il found you
lying insensible upon the floor, on happening
N int rN
Dental that discovered you when did, or
yon would certainly have died.
H------ shut his eyes and mnttercd some
thing with m mir Of impatence hut its
meaning was not understood. Finding him
out Of danger, friends and relatives retired
and tho sick man was left alone with his fam.
| ily.
Sarah, he said, why in the namc Of good
ness did you permit the doctors to butcher
mo up in this wayr I'm laid up for week
or two, and all for nothing,
II was to save your life, dcar.'
Save tho devil
quiet; every thing depends upon t.
With gesture of impatience IL shut
his eyes, teeth, and hands, and lay perfectly
still for somc minutes. Then hc turned his
face to the wall, muttcring in q low petulent
voice. too bad too bad =
had not erred in my first md last impress.
sion OF HIS disease neither had DIR. S.. al.
though hc used very extraordinary mode Of
treatment
The facts Of the case wcro thcsc: II--
had weakness he could not taste vino nor
strong drink without being tempted into OK.
cess. Both himself and friends were greycd
and mortified at this; and they. by admoni.
tion, and he, by good resolutions, tried to
bring about reform; but TO SEQ was to taste,
and to tsstc vas to full. AT last his friends
urged him TO shut himself up at homo for q
certain time, and SEQ IL total abstinence would
not give him strength. IIc got on pretty well
| for few days, particularly so as his coach
man kept well.filled bottle for him in the
carriage house, to which he not unfrequently
resorted but o too ardent devotion to this
bottle brought on tho supposed apoplexy. DIR.
). was right in his mode Of treating tho dis.
ease AFTER oil, and did not err in supposing
that 1t would reach tho pre-dispostion. Tho
cure was cfectual
| H. was kept quiet on the subject, and
bore his shaved head upon his shoulders with
as much philosophy MS ho could muster. a
wig after the sores made by tho blister had
disappeared, concealed the barbers work un.
I'll his own hair grew again. lie never ven.
turcd upon wine or brandy again for fear Of
apopexy. When tho truth leaked out, as
leak out such things always will, tho friends
of H. had many q hearty laugh; but they
wisely concealed from the object Of their ncr-
riment the fact that they knew any thing
more. than appeared Of the cause of his sup.
posed illness.
Mr.. Eaton" said Gen jackson, "has
greatly erred in his description of tho Amer.
lean works Of cotton bags There pas not a
single bag Of eottan in ne feid, sir mot one,
l had some siorc-boxcs and sand.hass---
or bags filled with sand, and lhcss were
extended along the lines; but at Tho eioso Of
The action, when tho British surviving Gen.
cnsl Ia command came riding up on an elegant
horse, TO surrender his sword, heard him OK.