Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-26

Surgical Examination Of a COnserIPt.
The Other day chief engineer Dean. Of
the Fire Department, called At the ofiee
where make shoes for = living, and hand
ed me big white envelope, notifyieg me
that was drafted, and must report my
self for EXAMINATION AZ lawrence, on the
18th of August.
Nov / consider il she duty of every eitI-
zen 70 give his life, If need be, for the de-
Tense of his country; so 90 the morning
of the eyentful 18Th, put on clean sniFt
and myGSundsy clothes and started Tor
Lawrence, 70 see If could get exempted
Lawrence Is situated on the Aerimse
river, aud its principal productions are
mud, dust and factory girls. The city
proper, ct least thaI PaTt Whist saw
consisted of 3 loSg nsrroE entry up one
flight of siAirs, adorned overhead with
freseoiag Of gas metres, and eaTpeted With
worn out tobacco guilds, aud furnished
with one chair, tEo seitees and As many
huge, square packing cases, marked so
II. Dr. Scattered around this PAlatiAI
ball we're GENE forty or FIFTY e0oseriPtz=
looking very much as II tbeT expeeted 70
be exempted By -eassn-of old age, Before
the young man uiLn 3 feEscisus nBustachs
should notify them Of their tETn. Most Of
them, however, we're doomed 20 diSaPPOini-
ne1t. for while they counted the-hours OF
delay, the door would suddenly open, and
the tall young man would tsisgIe out =
young man asd march him through the
open doorway TO be seen no more
By and by-thst IL, after several hours
Taiting-ny turn came
John Smith shouted The dOOrkeeper-
'sThats me" says /, AID With cheer
from the crowd. entered large square
- 800 4
table, aud third, eTideatIy = surgeon Vas
examining . man in the last stages Of nu-
dity.
One Of the writer's at the table, yonng
man with curly eyes and blue ham, nodded
to me, and dipping bis pen in the ink, com
meneed-
HJohu Smith, what's your Manner
sJohn Smith, says /.
"Where were you born?"
''Podunk, Maine"
''What did your great Grandmother die
''DAssedif know, says L.
"Gah it hsPentsp." says hei land your
grandfather, too 81
al don't care what you call it,n says /,
for was littlsriIed by his nonsensicAl
questions.
fDid you ever have hollis :"
"Not . boil ?"
.or 8tsf"
''Nary ft.'' -5
uOr dsllrium tremens7"
mo stree I"
"0r rickets7"
s'In ricket you," says /, for thought
he meant something else.
"Did you ever have the measles ?" says
he.
Here l took of my coat.
COR the itch 2"
ayes, sir,''-''thst ere Est, land showed
q very large brown one within three inch
es of his nosel has been itching for the
last ten minutes to knock your pesky head
off, you little, mean, low-liTed, contempt
ible Shelp, you
''My dear sir,'' said the mild spoken,
gentlemanly surgeon, laying his hand on
my arm, ''calm yourself, pray. Don't let
your angry passions rise, but take of your
clothes so | can see what you are made
Of"
So 1 suppressed my anger, and with
drawing to corner, hung NY clothes mp
on the floor and presented myself for ex-
animation, clad only with the covering
nature had given, except about square
inch of court plaster on my right shin,
where had fallen over q chair the night
before, feeling for a match.
me straight in the eye, "you have got the
myopia."
little Binniuger, with a drop of Slough
ton, makes and excellent eye-openez Of a
morning"
''And there seems to be an amsurotic
tendency of the right eye. accompanied
with opththalmia."
''Showl" says l.
"And that white spot on the left eye be-
tokens q cataract"
81 guess you mean in the ear" says (;
H'cause went in swimming this morning
and got an ALFRED big bubble in my LEFT
ear" and here jumped down two or three
times on my left foot, but to 70 purpose
As soon as l stopped he mc,unted a chail
and commenced feeling the top of my
head. f4a
epilepsy"
they catch them my wife always goes a
them With a fine tooth comb, the frs
thiug,H
jumping off the chair he hit me kicI
in the ribs that nearly knocked me over
and before had time to remonstrate, hi!
arms were around my neck and his heaC
pressed against my bosom the same way
that Sophia Ann does when she Wantl
me to buy her some new bounets and
things. >H3i
"just what 1 thought" says he's "tuber.
culosis and hemoptpsis, combined with {
defect in the scapular membrane and in
cipieut pthysis ~
"HeaYeus ~ says /, whats that 2"
'And cardiac disease"
''Go u said 1.
HAnd pendardikes ~