The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-08-11
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OR A DISEASE OF THE HEART. ,
FROM TEE ,rongpoL,o OF A young LAWYER,

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3 OR A DISEASE OF THE HEART. 4,
FROM TER .rongFoLIo OF A YOUNG LAwrER,i
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The days nfmy ,clegkship wereahdedsi
my examination was oyer, was admit
ted; wrote Inyself"Nehemiah IInbbs, A.
,ornry," put upsmy new, brigh, title sign,
and IN my naive village ehegan my pro>
Fessional career No, | did not eittipr;I
arn mis,aken;l | intended TO pursue The
honorable Practice Of the noble profession
10 which | had dedicated ny talents and
leaning, in the place Of my birth, but
never was a lIuer void pcnned Than The
iime-honored pIoSerb, "a prophet has nc
honor in his own coun'iy." 4 believe II
had remained in ,he village Of Green
.B,iar ill my head was white, they would
have thought ofme as un,hiug bu, boy,
and would have feared 10 trust me. Even
after my sign WINS put up, Dobpdy called
mo Mr.. Hubbs; | was still "Ne" with old
and young, aud "Ne" | would have re-
NAMED 10 this day, had remained IN
Green B,iar. IL ..s.n 7~-s. =.
Only one case claimed my attention
during the three months of my patient
continuance in Grec Briar, aher heing
Admitted TO tho blr, and that was the case
of an unjnstly impounded pig: ."feloni-
onsly abstrac,ed, yenr homer, from the
small but secure ,spo, ,n which my client
hid mustinGly deposited him, and mails
ciously driven TO the public enclosure
called a pound, for the vile purpose, doubt
Less, Of compelling my client in his pov>
.er.y and destilu,iup, to ply The enormous
fec which has been demanded of him, 10
order to ex,rica,e the animal from his m.
pleasant position and restore hin TO The
aasota of his family" t-~ t.
BY this mean, The. clients fnmily,,he
pg having none Of hia own; i WAS tig>
urn Of speech undonb'ealy the family not
iuhubiting an lrish cabin, hui still il ronn>
ded riT 'be period, aud sounded weil'o
the, as repeated overland over again my
maiden speech, pacing up and down The
Rror Of my iItIs oflice, In this, my FIRST
easo, | was successful 50 tar as 10 rescue
the impoupded anima! and save my client
from the payment Of an unjust demand;
but i; 5rongh, no silver to my p'cke',neI-
iher, 10 mg surprise, did it seem TO bring
honor TO nv namo. The eloqnence Of
my ch did not TORN the 'hern", as |
fnnjly hoped i, would, Of paragraphs in
the villsge papers, or OF discussion al the
eorncus OF tho s,ree,a,neilher did il bring
10 my Office the rush Of clients for which
each day | vainly made ready. 1t was
plain iha, should never rise TO dissnc-
ton in Green Briar, and 20 came to tho
sudden determination TO remove IRON
tha, pleasant spot, and settle in some
great city where nobody knew or had ev-
or heard Of me; where, above all there
was no, soul TO call me. "Ns."
There was more successful, and soon
had the opportunity of forming a very nd
vantagerus partnership; business increaa>
ed; money began to come in slow at fi'si,
IN, after time moro plen'ltully, and all
ihings seemed prosp9rous iE nv outward
circumstances But alas! MS VIC ara sn
often told politically, there is no swee'
without i,s bitter, no ross without its
thorn; and trouble came TO me in the
shape Of dissase, lnsidious, and slow IN
its approaches q. first, long feared and
suspected, hot at length betraying ilsel
10 plainly, tha, I would blind myself no
. longer to the truth. ,. .
Yes! | was without doubt a victim OI
disease OF the heart; not meiaphorcally
dear reader, for ever had that organ beat
with quicker pulsation at the approach
of Mosal woman; so far as the gen'leI
sex were concerned,I WIS perfect sIoic
but tina, hers was organic disease abon'
nv hesri, could no, doubt, snd il ever
the symptoms disclosed thernse Ives un-
mis,akably, they did SO in my case
There was huuering, palpiia'ion irreg>
ular action, and at longlh psin; | could
!. no, work; life had lost its zes'; the fcal
ol sudden deulh was ever will, me;
could enjoy nothing; if had had any
shing TO leave, or anybody to, leave it to
, I should have made my viii, for I was
quite sure now tha, should drop some
day lifeIess in the sireet,or tbai the morn
ing would soon come, when The power
to rise from my bed would have left me
remained q, my boarding house, and
found no .comfor, in anything but my ci-
ear,snd my dread disease grew worse and
:. worse. As We, had consulted no phy-
sician, partly, think, from The apprehen-
sion Of having my fears confirmed; but as
M sat by my window one day, smoking e9s
asiSa.0psly ms ever, gazing absstt55aaatediy
ACROSS ne ytTA Amy at,aaseon arrest.
cd by a modes, little sign npon an oppo,
site blind--"C. L. Todd, M. D." While
thinking whether OF not j. would be bes
to make Irial Of a -physicion's skill, 9
I sudden iinge and flutier decided me " s,
j would send for Dr., Todd, and know the
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