Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-11-25
From tbs Portfolio Of Lawyer.
a DISEASED HEART CURED.

The days of my clerkship were ended; i;
nv examination was over; was admitted
to The practice Of the law; wrote myself
"Nehemiah Hubbs, attorney" pu. up my
bright little sign, and in my native village
began my professional career. No, did not
eithsr. am mistaken. intended to pur.
sue the honorable profession to which had
dedicated my talents and learning, in the
place CT my birth; but never was stuer
word penned than the timc-honoted proverb,
IA prophet has no honor in his own coun'
try.n believe il had remained in the
village of Green Briar till my head vas
white, they would have thought Of me as
nothing bu. q boy, and would have feared
to ,rus. me. Even after my sign was put
up, nobody called me Air. Hubs; it was
still 'Ne.' with old and young, and 'Ne.' |
W ould have remained TO this day, had re.
mained in Green Briar. Only one case
claimed my attention during three months oil
patient continuance in Green Briar, after be-
ing admitted to the bar, and that was the
case of an unjus.ly impounded pig, "teIo-
niously distracted, your honor, from the
small but secure spot in which my client
had trustingly deposited him, and malicious
ly driven TO the public encl osute called a
pond, for the vile purpose, doubtless; OF
compelling my client, in his poverty and
destitution, to pay the enormous fee that has
been demanded Of him, in order to extricate
the animal from his unpleasant position,and
restore him to the bosom Of his family.'-
By this meant the clients family, the pig
having none of his own; it was figure OF
speech, undoubtedly, the family not inhab-
iting an Irish Cabin; but still rounded off
the period, and sounded we'll to mo as re-
peated over and over again my maiden speech
pacing up and down the floor at my little ol-
flee. In this, my first case, was success
full, so Car as to rescne the impounded ami
nal, and save my client from tho payment
Of an unjust demand; but it brought no sill
yer TO my pockes-neither, to my surprise,
did it briug hoaos to my namo. The olo'
ouence Of my speech did not form the theme,
as proudly hoped it would, of paragraphs
in the village papers, ref discussion at the
corners Of tho streets; neither did it bring
10 nv office the rush Of clients for which
daily vuinly made ready. TWAS plain thai
I should never raise to distinction in Green
Briar, and SO came to the sudden de,erml'
nation to remove from that pleasant spot
and settle in some city where nobody knew
or heard Of me; and where, above all, there
was not soul TO call me 'Nc.'
There I was more successful, and soon hat
the opportunity Of forming a very adrania
reous partnership; business increased mo
ney began to come in, slow at first, but afse
time more plsnti(ully, and all things seem
ed prosperous in my outward circumstances
But alas as we are SO often told POLITICALLY
there is no sweet without its bitter, no ros
without It's thorn; anil trouble came TO m
in the shape Of disease, insidious, and sloy
in its approaches a. first, long feared and sus
pec,cd, bu. OF length betrayed itself so plain
ly, thu. could blind myself no longer to I'll
truth. Yes! I WIS, withou, doubt, vic,ir
to tho disease Of the heart; rot me'aphoE
cally, dear reader, for neret had the Orga
beat with a quicker pulsation 1.-THE app'oac
Of mortal woman; SO far as the gentle Sc
was concerned ! was perfect stole; bu
thu. there was organic disease about m
heart, | could not doubt, and il ever tn
symptoms disclosed themselves uA!nis!aAs