Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-06

''Shuo shuOu duAlOusly dEOunu tDe Oeu |
upon which the sick man lay but though |
the blister began to draw, no signs Of re-
turning consciousness showed themselves |
further than an occne eionol low moan, or
an uneasy tossing OF the arm. For full |
two hours the burning plaster patched .he
tender skin Of HIS. shorn head, and was
then removed it had done good service.
Dressings were applied, repeated and re>
peated again, but still the sick man lay in
siupor. ut has done no good, hadn't
we better send for the doctor ;" suggested
the wife,
Just then the eyes of H-opened, and
he looked with half stupid sur prise from
face 10 face of the anxious group that
surrounded his bed "What in the mis-.
chief is the mauer!" he at length said.
At the same time, feeling a strange sens
sation abou. the head, he placed his hand
rather heavily, thereon. "Heavens and
earth!' (be was now fully in his senses.)
-"Heavens and earth, what ais my
head!" "For mercy's sake, keep quiet"
said the wife, the glad tears gushing over
her f. e, "You have been i'll there,
now,' and she spoke soothingly, "don'i
say Il word, but lie very still" 'Butm
head. What's The matter with my head?
Ii feels as if scalped. Where's my hair?
Heavens and earth Sarah, don't un>
derstand this. And my arm, what's my
arm tied up in this way for?" "Be quiet
my dear husband and III explain it all.
Oh, be very quiet; your life depends up.
on it.
Mr.. H-sank back upon the pillow
from which he had risen, and closed his
eyes to think. He put his hands to his
head and felt it tenderly all over, from
temple to temple, and from nape to fore
head. sis it a blister?' he a! length
asked. "Yes, dear; you have been very
i'll; we feared for your life,'' sail Mrs.
| H, affeclionalely "there have been
two physicians in attendance"
IL closed his eyes again ; his lips
moved. Those nearest were not much
edited by the whispered words that issued
there from. They would have sounded
very strangely in a church. or to ears po-
lite or refined. After this he lay for some
e time qniet. "Threolened with apoplexy,
supposed" he said interrogatively. "Yes
DEAR" replied his wife 81 found you ly.
J ing insensible upon the floor, on happen
q ing to come into your room. 1t was most
provnental that discovered you when
d did, Of you would certainly have died"
l. H shut his eyes and mutterd some
e thing with an air of irnpatience but its
n meaning was not understood. Finding
d him out of danger, friends and relatives
s. retired, and the sick man was lef! alone
n with his family.
It "Sarah," he said, "why in the name Of
> goodness did you permit the doctors ia
: butcher me up in this way! I'm laid up
l. for q week or two, and all for nothing.
IS "It was to save your life, dear"
IS "Save the devil"
Z "Hush!' there do for mercy's sake be
D. quiet; everything depends upon ~
n With gesture Of impotence, Il
= shut his eyes, teeth and hands. and lay
perfectly still for some minutes. Thel
l. he turned his face to the wall, mutterins
g in low voice, "too bad! too badn'
d had not erred in my first and last i'm.
= pressions of lis disease neither hat
> DR.. S., although he used very oxtraor
a dinary mode oftreatment.
, The facts of the case are these: H
IL had weakness he conld not taste wine
y or strong drink without being tempted in
Is to excess. Both himself and his friend
10 were grived and mortified at this; an
j. they by admonition; and he, by good reso
10 lutions, tried to bring about reform !; bu
H. to see was to taste, and to taste was Il
* fall. At last his friends urged him to shu
le himself up at home for a certain time aut
'r see if total abstinence would not Civ
him strength He got on pretty well 70
le few days particular Y so as his coach
~ man kept we'll filled bottle for him il
ID the carriage house to which he not unfre
m quently resorted but too ardent devc
i; tion to this bottle brought on the suppose
n, appoplexy. DR.. S. was right in his mod
ID oftreating the disease after all, and did M
10 err in saying that il would reach the prt
O. disposition. The cure was elTectual.
s; H kept quiet on the subject and boz
~ his shaved head upon his shoulders wi
as much philosophy as he could music
III A wig, after the sores made by the blst
NJ concealed the BARRIERS work until his ov
a. hair grew again. He never ventured u
9e :e on wine or brandy again for fear of ap
/" plexy. When the truth leaked out,
no t such things always will, the frien
IN of Fi---- had hearty laugh; but th'
'e' wisely concea led from the fact !hot th
r., knew anythi&g more than appeared Of +
H. -, cause of his supposed illness.
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