Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-04-04
REDUCING A SWELLING.

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5 REDUCING A SWELLING.
The case we are about 10 relate hsppen-
| ed In the practice of an old pbysieian OF
our acquaintance 1t Illustrates the ludi-
crous manner The power Of the Imagination
has il coniuring up phantolns of disease,
which vanish into the air when the trash
becomes known
Deacon b was very good man,
aud a very fair farmer Being constiiu-
tionally sensitive to the cold, 1t was his Gus
tom in cold weather to wear two pairs of
| thick wooden stockings at The sane time,
having of course Two stockings on each
foot
One day be was startled on putting on
/ his second loot, 10 discover that it was
/ quite impossible 70 get it oh. This was
the more remarkable since he Lad found no
difficulty 10 getting on he other. ID alarm
| he pulled eff The first, and perceived at
nnce that one foot appeared much smaller
than the other.
To an arprehensire man like Deacon b.
this was sufficiently alarming.
Ee concluded at once that be had been
bitten in the foot, perhaps By a rastlesnake,
and ibis was the cause Of It's swelling SO
frightfu!ly.
Run qrick for the doctcr,' said he,
groaning with apprehension. Il am afraid
it's all over with NE. Tell him 10 como
Immediately Its matter Of life and
death
Catching her husband alarm, the good
wife hasteped With all speed 10 the doctor,
and told HIN thar her roar husband was in
. drsAafai slates -u.ssH niigalt not Be alive.
when they cot back.
OF course the doctor made all haste to
the deacon,s dwelling, and on arriving there
found the poor man Surveying his doomed
limb in most woe-begone manner
Doctor said he, ! have sent for you,
though dou'tex expect you can do me much
muci, good I'm afraid it is all over with
ne
| WHAT'S the NATTER inquired the dec
! tor.
| Just look a, that foot, doctor. See how
| it is swelIed. 1t is nearly twice as large
as ttc other, and lis keeping on swelling.
While my wife was gone ! have watchedit
grow larger.
This was undoubtedly a fgmept Of the
! Deacon's imagination, for certainly the limb
was not particle larger than it was when
his wife departed.
IIet me see it, said the doctor.
He pressed upon the sWelled limb, and
thought it felt rather peculiar.
lean form no opinion Of it until the
stockings ara stripped Of
/ He accordingly proceeded With great
eare to pall off the first stocking.
4 always wear two,' exclaimed the dea-
con, as be marked the doctors look Of SUR
prise.
sAnd how many nloref queried tie lat
| ter, as after taking Of two, one vas found
remaining.
Alight flashed across the Deacon's dar-
kened mind, az snatchins the limb from the
doctor, he hastily proceeded to undress the
other foet-
Il was as he anticipated. The two pairs
Of stockings had been uneqaally distribu-
ted--one had been placed on one foot and
| three 90 the other. Hence the increased
size Of the latter.
4 Tie good man was so elated At this won-
derful escape from danger that be ordered
up bottle Of his best carrant wine, n
which he drank so many healths that he be-
came little oblivious.
4 fellow ont west being asked what
made eiiia bald, replied that the girls pulled
Z lis iiais oafPalling him into the windows.
II Ig+s Old age il coming on me rapidly
4 as the ureliin said when he was stealing ap-
| pies from an old mans garden, aud saw the
1 owner coming fariously With j cuwhide in
! his hand.
i The welsh have j saying that il o
woman was as quick With her feet as with
4 her tongue she would catch Lightning
enough to kinlis the fires in the morning
IN Englishluan paying an IRISH
shoe bleck with rudness-a dirty urchin.
but wit, said:-.sNiy homer, ssl the pciish
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