Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-08-03
More Hush Money Wanted

Under this head the last number Of the
Augusta Age makes some very Unjust re.
marks in reference to the Amerieaa and
oursell, and then after copying our CON-
menis upon the last resolution passed by
the American party OF kennebec county,
puts construction upon our language
wholly unwarrantab.c. 1t even goes so
TAR as 10 Charge US with a renewal Of
hostiiiies against Mr. Morrill,, when
there is not one word, syllable, letter or
character, either in the article copied by
the -ige or any other article IN the Amer
can which was intended as an aIuslon to
Mr. Morrill, either for or against, or that
will bear any such construction.
We were speaking Of the American
party Of Name, and oil the iolngs of some
OF the leaders, not Of Gov. Morrill,
" fai W said about, certain appein ment
had reference TO something tina, even at
this moment, we doubt if Mr. Morrill,
knows anything more about than do the
editors OF the Age, and that is Just moth.
ing at all. We would therefore suggest
to the Age the proprIey of minding its
own business, and not be interfering
where It's services are not wanted This
otticiousness on the pan of the 3set re-
minds US OF an anecdote we heard a
number of years since, and as we never
/ learned who the forward boy" was, we
concluded it must have been the ofiicious
editor who has so kindly volunteered to
put construction upon our language
/ Ii seems that forward boy, aged about
fourteen, and in fac, the young gentle
man ri'h whom his parents resided, was
one day present al the consultation oil
some physicians on the case Of his mother
As most of the language was wholly
unin,lligi5e To him, young hopeful was
compelled to SIT in silence much longer
Ihan vas agreeable to his offs Ious nature,
before he could understand enough of the
subject under consideration to volunteer
an opinion. At length he caught The
words bile, hepatlc duct" &c aud with
coun'enanee frightening up young hope.
full interrupted aud somew hat astonishe d
The learned doctors by saying
jus so; | had bile on my arm, and
Jest cause spit ia Patrick. face he s'u
me iarnal dncklng in the pond and hi,
the bile on log and JUS sqmpshcd the
CUTS right on, on i, ~
Having thus delivered himself, the
forward boy was about entering upon a
logical deduction from metaphysical
disquisllon of all boils since the DAYS OF
job, but was told that bis interference
was not needed, that lie did not under
stand the discussion and had better 90
oot and aIause himself by taking mud
cakes. We repea, this advice to the
meddIing editor Of tie Age, and if he is
actually lha, forward boy" OF course
this advice Is not new To him
" We notice that DR.. Clay, in his
"Nedicai RamLir,". after commenting
upon the article which appeared in the
american few weeks since headed
"AIopa,hy rs. Homeopathy" refers to
the statistics OF the hospitals in Europe
of these two systems. Ii the DR.. will be
kind enough to inform US what those
statistics are, We will lay them before
our readers, no matter which system ma Y
suffer thereby. We believe the present
TO be an age OF progress-yet how can
the common people advance without be-
ing first informed ? And how can they
BE- informed unless The Doctors will turn
teachers
We confess to prejudice against all
kinds and systems Of doctorlng and medl.
cine. Hence we should like to have the
subject fairly discussed. We believe.
too, tina. oue readers nigh. profit by a
persual Of the pros and cons OF the vari-
Gus systems. Certainly life and health
are above all things the NEST important;
yet whether 1t is our ignorance, or a fix.
ed fact, IL seems TO MS that mankind
generally pay less auenlion to,hese particu.
lars man any other. They seem content
to trust everything blindly to the Doctor,
without single inquiry as 10 the Why or
wherefore The common newspaper
generally lodges the question, and for hire
puts alike the murderous qnack and des.
CRYING physician No wondsnthen, tina.
the people are so ignorant abou, doctors
and medicines.
A city editor says that man in New
York got himself into trouble by marry
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