, 1859-01-21

| hair thin, his eye dull and lanEuld. lie died
at Eoaeld, in April, 1881.
He died TRANQUILITY, not struggling With
death, but like beaten player who calmly
| aTows bimself beaten. l. there anybody in
the room I" he said to bis servant. "No,
tir,"-then softly went the worn out head on
The pillow, and tbe great man died.
aberne:hy WAS benevolent, and thought it
no merit to be 80. To poor students he wa5
| kind and considerctc-on one occasion, al
| first Interview, giTlng young aspllant
| free ticket to al1 lis lectures. His much.
abused roughness vas Tue result Of an itrlta-
| bic, settled hatred Of eneering. fatteriDg peo-
| pie, fools. and hypocrites- He became nei- =
! tier Sour nor cynical, but chronically in arms
| against affectation and deception. He had
no time for such fooleries, and 20 get hla foot
on them es mere vermin Of the mind.
| Smooth, foolish people, who. Lad never rough
the tinGel1td society -mask. But his rough
| ness vas considcrate, wise, and often studied
for sanatoly purposes
For Instance, to AleFnethy, always in
| grumbling fret at "a parcel Of people who
came to me with nothing the NATTER" enters
one cay ribanded, aimperlog, silly gentle
" man with red.nosed, silly. tishtlactd
daughter. John looks, with pulling mouth,
just glance Of contempt, and says, "Why,
madam, 10 you know there are more than
thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath
thar belt Of your daughters ?-so home and
cut H." Out boun.es cnraged, silly motber
aud popping, foolish daughter, almost too
much offended to remember the well-earned
fee. Give Nature fair play, o ye daughters!
aud there will be less consumption and fewer
red noses from tight lacins.
A miserable, peevfsh invalid, ailing and
querulous, says to him, F" OF, Mr. Abernethy.
have something dreadful the matter with
this arm. There ughl' (twisting his own
elbow that gives 1ue intense pain (making
face.)
*'Bah!'' eays Bear poctoc "waat q fool
you must be 10 do it, tlen"'
0ta]l sham, pulling patients he had spe.
eial horror. One mat0de imogiaairc be told to
eat oy6terf-shells and all; another, any thing
in the house but the bellows and ptker.
"0h. Mrs- GEun1y, that dreadful mani
At lecture be never used notes and never
hesltated. II he wanted attention he paused
for secon6 or two. He WIS very impatient
Of interruption, and Il chance knock at tie
door OF the theatre often put hin out. On one
| occasion the great Prince Esterhazy, who
scattered diamonds where he walked, came 10
| see him. Abernetby was at lecture aud not
visible. The Prince waited, fuming. lie rang
| and called. Three times ~ the Psinceu was
announced by the servants, who we're more
afraid Of Aberncthy than even tic great Hun
] garian Prinee. 1t WAS Just Scylla and Char
ibdis over again. At the third announcement
y black cloud gathers on Aherne1hy's brons,
be slammed bis book to and said:
al will come to the Prince ~
or. iAogt uetpy, salo Tue F!lnce: 10 5ea
4no" w., %ng Dl;a an1 ~ nase peen Keeping here'
'su ~! f51ace ', Es!crnaz5. =,
| ,-,t'! 1uo l, easu ~! 'ne uoc.or' a'u 1o4a 40
st " a.! .uss - - nl5 Ian 'aA:s. 'ahes,
in4a nUn tn tne ia aians ~. Goo nne, surrey re-
naae ~ iooaa piesuo''n9 upon 'ne fnisar ae-
c34ens ol 1aak.
Nnen s'udent Sas laushlns, or chipping
lne uesh' Ut was otner"lse iuatlenl!ve. -4oef-
netAy "on'1 n2 LIE olcauln: eye Gu nun, anu
fay-
tne leclure' nlr' Is not interesting to
| you' sna4l oee ol you 70 "alh oul.
Notnlug cou!9 make him mss lecture. We
He nee,u neue ~ ~ ene 10y LIS aausaIer mar
fle1' oh another occasion be was bcin. led
With great reluctance across the hospital
square, Just ut two o'clock, to an important
consultation. Suddenly tue staunch man
let Us not. US enemies, call him ps-leadcd-
stoFpea, drew Out ILLS arm from .lat of his
bland snarer's and growing, "No, sir; I'll
be ID if doE' strobe off to the lecture
I &"NNNA~% AA1NS Eau EAE.
mics. 4 Colonel comes to Abernethy:
"Show 1nc your tongue. All! that's bad
enough"
You're right Ithere," sail tie Colonel,
wishing to bc familiar aud tashlonab}y gay.
| We'll, man. said AberRethy, don't
require to be told that.'
Sometimes our rough. honest man got as
good as he gave, AID was rather pleased with
tue rebuff lowering bis foil, if ne may Use a
metaphor taken from the schools, to acknowl-
edge pa|pable hit. 4 gentleman came 10
him with ex"ruclating neuralgia pains in his
shoulder. Abernethy vas unusually rough
aud imp ,tient:
'Well, know nothing about it,' be bal kcd
out, before the patient bad half told bis symp-
toms, The sick Wit retorted:
~ don't know Low you should but if you
will hare patience til tell you, ucrl1aps
then Iou may"
Abcrnethy at once said:
"Sit down. and gave himself III with kind
patience Us q l1s:elter. Occasionally Eeyercr
rcpar1ecs were given him. A latly to whon
he Was bluut grew rebellious. She saia:
II have heard Of your rudcuess before !
came, but hardly expected this."
Abernethy answered nothing, but went Gu
at his books aud haud:l her the prrstriptloa.
'sNhat am to do with tllls?'' she said.
saas tAns 5on ihG P4t ~ ~ hue Ale, IL
you please" gro~}ed the bear.
The lady, high tempered or bad tempered
Or hurt, laid tlr ire on tue table, and threw
the prescription, rolled up into an angry
pill, into the fire. Abernctby followed bel
lrto the hlit, pressing her to take back tht
fec or Nalt for aaather prescription. She
incxorable, huftd into hcr carrlage and
/ drov. of: People were generally too sore
, or too dull to feel the warm hand under this
rough glove. They took it for inso1cnt, hart
!; brutality. The slightest reaction brough
I up his real klndiness. One day lady III
} knew was exceedingly hurt By lis abrupt
ncss, and burst into tears. lie Instantly be
come kind aud patient as nurse, aud tn
lady left pleased aud forgiVlns. THIS rougl
man, too. gave people another reason 70
!, abusing hin. He bod hasty way Of telli0
men severe truths. To fo1-hulter bis frs
/ words we're: .
. "Why, sir, you driuk good dealt"
HSuppyse | du,* answrred tue destroYe
7 | Of vermin, "wLat tue devil is that to you !?
! 4 literary man told him his stomach va
r out Of order.
l aye" said john, Z" I see that by you
{ nose.'
E He was fierce and dreadful e1poser {
I shane. a smooth man called upon him in
!; cese Of aneurism. Smooth man called it pu
! satin. tumor, and had put on expensig
I plaster.
2 "H'bat is thls!" says rough man.
"Oh, that-that is a plaster" lisrs smoot