The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-31
MISS TODD, II. D.,
Or. q Disease Of the Heart. ~
From the Portfolio cfa Young LG1oycr

! MY, Fdt UP NY ht", u SHU li''-N H'S"
and in a native village began my profess
sional career. No, | did not either; [
AN mistaken; l intended to pursue the
honorable practice Of the noble profession
to which | had dedicated my talents and
learning, in the place Of my birth, but
never was truer word pcnned than the
time -honored proverb-'A prophet has
no honor in his own country [ believe
if [ had remained in the village of Green
Briar till my head was white, they would
have thought Of me as nothing but boy,
and would have feared to trust me- T.
ven after my sign was put up, nobody
called me Mr., Hubs; | was still Ne
with the old and young and Ne l would
have remained in Green Briar.
Only one case claimed my attention
during the three months Of my patient
continuance in Green Briar, after being
admitted to tie bar, and that was the case
Of an unjustly impounded pig; felonious-
ly distracted, your honor, from the small
but secure spot in which my client had
trustingly deposited him, and maliciOusly
driven to the public enclosure called
pound, for the vile purpose, doubtless, of
compelling my client in his poverty and
destitution, to pay the enormous fee which
has been demanded of him, in order to
eNtricate tie animal from his unpleasant
position and restore him to the bosom Of
his family!
BY this l meant the clients family, the
pig having none of his own; it was a f.-
ure Of speech undoubtedly, the family
not inLabiting an Irish cabin, but stillit
rounded of the period, and sounded well
to me, as | repeated over and over again
my maiden speech, pacing up and down
the floor of my little Office. In this, my
first case, ! was successful so far as to
rescue the impounded animal and save
my client from the payment Of an unjust
demand, but it brought no silver to nay
pocket, neither, to my surprise, did il
seem to bring honor to my name. The
eloquence Of my spc ech did not form the
theme, as l fondIy hoped it would, Of
paragrahs in the village papers, OF Of
discussion at the corners Of the street,
neither did it bring to my Office the rush
Of clients for which each day I vainIy
made ready. It was plain that should
never rise to distinction il Green Briar,
and so I came to tie sudden dctermina
ton to remove from that pleasant spot,
and settle in some great city where no.
body knew or had ever heard Of me
where, above all, there was not soul to
call NE Ne
There l was more successful, and soon
had the opportunity of forming very
advantageous partnership; business in
creased; monsy began to come in, slow
at first, but after time more pIentltuliy,
and all things seemed prosperous in my
outward circumstances. Bat alas as
We are 50 often told POLITICALLY, there is
DO sweet without Its bitter, no rose with
out its thorn and trouble came to me in
the shape of disease, iusidious and slow
in its approaches at first, long feared and
expected, but at length betraying itself so
plainly, that ! could blind myself no long
er to the truth
Yes l was without doubt a victim Of
disease Of the heart; not metaphorically,
dear reader, for never had that organ
beat with quicker pulsation at the ap-
proaoh Of mortal woman; SO far as the
gentle sex was concerned, was perfect
stole; but that there was org@~ic disease
about my heart, | could not doubt, and
if ever the symptoms disclosed themselves
unmjstaEably, they did 50 in my case
There was Huttering, palptation, irregu-
lar action, and at lcDgth, pain; / could
not work; life had lost its zast; the fear
Of sudden death was ever with me; l could
enjoy nothing. IF had anything to leave
or any body to leave it to, / should have
made my will, for I was quite sure now
that | should either drop some day life
less in the street, OR that the morning
would soon come, when the power to rise
from my bed would have left me.
remained at my boarding house, and
found DO comfort in anything but my cl-
gar, and my dread disease grew worse
and worse. As yet had consulted no
physician, partly, | think, from the ap-