Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-17
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whole frame-then comes a lull, the fever
abates, delicious calm ensues and the patient
feels quite well. Perhaps he sits down at his
desk and writes short note to come dear
friend, thanking God that he is saved, that all
is over! He rises from his chair, his head reels
one terrible jet from his lips, he endeavors to
reach his bed-staggers- -fals-all is indeed
over--he is dead r. ..altuD ..,8 &c.. ~
Two years ago. during the prevalence of 'he
yellow fever in New Orleans, a disting lis ed
vocalist, man of herculean frame, was att ok
ed, and after the regular course of the svm,,-
toms have detailed, suddenly rose from his
sick bed imagining that he was already con-
valescent, and stepping across the apartment,
sang with intense pathos and power the address
of Edgardo in the graveyard to the mistress of
his heart as the last notes rang through the
room, he fell to the floor a corpse .... .
The same year, and in the same CITY, while
desolation hung over every home, a gay party
of ladies and gentlemen determined if possible
to shake of the spell and drive away the gloom
OF death by the charms of social enioyment-
AS the carriages that bore them swiftly over
the Shell Road to the Lake ratified Along
naught was heard but the merry song and TO-
cund laugh, and the hospital inn once reached
there was luxurious supper provided, and
pleasure ruled the hour Foremost among the
happy guests was radiant bride, in her first
year she was New Yorker, and dazzIinely
superbly beautiful, while the brightness of her
lovely eyes was rivaled only by the brilliance
of her wit. Sprightly, accomplished lovely as
she was, there could be no gloom, no sadness
in her presence her very coming made "a
sunshine in the shady place" So passed the
pleasant evening midnight came and the COM
pany betook themselves again to their carriages
and started for home and as they passed
along the road on their return in that charming
night, there on the right of them, waved the
dark cypress boughs of the cemetery. with
groups of gloomy figures gathered inside and
at the entrance waiting for the dead, and the
ribald jest and oath of the grave diggers pro-
tanng the sanctlty of the scene as they piled
| their work, relatives and friends waiting till
the trench should be followed out for those
they had brought there to bury At last they
| reached the city and saw the town illuminated
as II for some great festival, the red glare baz-
ing from every window and lighting up the skv.
Any stranger coming in would have thought
that some high jubilee was being held there.
some rejoicing for national triumph but the
| lights were only those that beamed from the
windows of the sick chambers Next morning
| the husband, who had been absent from the
city on some brief call of business, returned,
and hurrylng to his home was surprised to find
it hushed and gloomy Meeting a servant as
he was Fastening up stairs, he asked, Where
Is your mistress ?" "She is i'll of the fever.
Sir" In moment he was in her room where
she lay stricken by the pestilence on her bed.
The Doctor, who stood by, answered his first
frantic look and exclamation with such words
as these : Late hours, Sir Rich suppers
and gay company-a quite sufficient prcpara-
tlOn for the yellow fever, Sir ~ "And how,
how has this been z" was the agonized and
even angry rejonder of the husband But as
he spoke he turned toward his wife. There
she lay, her eyes gttering with delirium. Her
once fresh lips scaled and parched, her cheeks
that glowed like roses but last night, sunken
and sallow, and her whole frame writhng in
the tortnreS of the frightful maady. Well, in
! what anguish may be imagined, he watched be-
side her all that dreadful morning Afternoon
came and her fever had abatcd she was bet
ter with rapture he thought she was saved
restored to cheerfulneSS he left his house for a
few moments and went to friend, to whom he
was relating what terrible fright he had I'M
dergone and the happiness he now felt at his
wifes deliverance. While he stood there speak
ing, little boy came running up and said
" Are you not Mr.. -W Yes, that is nv
name" Well, please Sir, your wife's dead"
lie fell senseleSS to the pavement, but was lift
ed up and after due attendance which restored
him to consciousness was conveyed by his friend
to the house of the d ceased There Law the
last remains of his young bride. A coffin was
procured and the body placed within. Ere
night came on he and his friend accompanied
that collin over the same road and to the same
cypress Grove which she had passed in JOYOUS
ness and beauty, the night before. AT the
entrance OF the Cemetery, gentleman asked,
Who is there ~ The name of the dead lady
was pronounced. What, ," he exclaimed, with
great oath, the same who rode along with
us but twenty-fOur hours ago " Yes it was
she, and the person who spoke was one of the
same company That was her her escort and
her burial service.
No scenes can SO develope the character of
man as those which are witnessed during the
ravages of the pestilence it brings out all the
Ievty, sensuality, cOarseness, and brutality of
his nature. 1t brings out all the se6shness of
his character The conventional restraints of
common life are riven as the earthquake riyes
and sunders iron bolts Then the sole princi
pie is every man for himself, God for us all,
and the Devil take the hindmost But, thank
God, it has been reserved for our own chosen
land, for our civilization and our humanity un-
der the Divine auspices Of our holy religion to
bring out also the good that is in man, and to
show him, rich and poor, working helping, and
mnstering side by side on the streets and in
the novels where disease and poverty struggle |
together Need here allude to that profes- |
sion which claims Sucb undivided homage from |
US all-the medical profession. [Great ap-
pause Aye, there are other heroes than
those of the Crimea, other fame untarnished
by tears, and laures not dipped in blood there
have been noble heroes, there, in our smitten