Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-24

Them very sane buttons, the patch ana the lear,
o, Charlie. farewell, etc.
ssy IL my sim ,ss him Tim ssvesd
Apekes lie. ids me e. e e :. T; mt; ntea field,
He locks h ;nder sicksh begins To cry,
Mat shs aaes W.. sSS i, ii; p and die:
o,chsrisy, farewell, your brothers fell,
III. ess they j spss s's Ions wilder heir,
Bat they grated him into the army.
SURGICAL EAaMiNATiON Of A CON.
SCkiPT.
IFrcm the Bunker Hill Aurora.l
The other day Chief Engineer Dan. Of the
Fire Department, called 1t the Office where /
make shots fer = living, and handed me big
white envelope, notifying me that was draft
Cd and must reR.r, myss! i9 s. examination, At
Now consider il the duty of every citizen
to give his life, if need b., for the defence of his
country, so On the morning Of the avsnttultSsh,
! put ON clean SHIRT and my Sunday clothes,
ard started for Lawrence, to see IL could get
exempted.
Lawrence is situated on the Merrilnac river,
and its principal productions are mud, dust
part what saw, consisted of long, narrow
entry, up one flight of stairs, adorned over
bead with q frescoiDg Of gas meters, and car.
pe.ed with worn out tobacco guilds, and fur
nished with one chair. two setters, and as
many huge, square packing cases, marked 30.
II. D." Scattered around this pala-ial entr ,nce
ing very much like as if they expected to be
exempted by reason of old age, before the young
man with q ferocions moustache should notify
tnern Of their turn: Most Of them, however,
they counted the hours Of delay, the door
would suddenly open, and the tall young man
would single out a man and march him through
the open doorway 70 be seen no more.
Nv and bY-tha. is. after Veral hOUrs wait.
ing-my turn came.
q. John Smith r' shouted the door keeper
"That's me-" says ], and with cheer from
the crowd, 1 entered q large SO uare room where
two persons sat writing az 8 table, and . third,
evidently surgeon, was examining man in
the last stages of nudity.
Que OF the writers at the table, q young man
with curly eyes and blue hair, nodded to me,
and dipping his pen in the ink, commenced
John Smith, what's your namer'
John Smith, J" says l.
w here were you born -
"Podunk. Name
What did your grandmother die OF 80
/" Darned If l know" says I.
.'Call it hapentap,' says he; "a and your
grand father, too ~
~ don't care what you call it, says I, for l
was little riied by his nonsensical question.
Did you ever have boils p says he.
mot a boil -
"Or fits p
"Nary fits
"Or delirium tremens -
No sir. &c u'
"Or ricketts, ~
I'm ricket sou.'' says j, for / though: he
"Did you ever have the measels ~ says he.
Here took off my coat.
"Or the itch p
"Yes .ir,'' l." that ere fist fand I showed a
very large brown one within three inches OF
his nose), has been itching, for the last ten
minutes, to knock your pesky head off, YOU
little mean, low-lived, contemplate whelp,
YOU"
my dear SIR said the mild spoken. gentle.
manly surgeon, laying his hand on my arm;
"calm yourself, pray. Don't let your angry
see what you are made OFF, s,---..y, :, !
So suppressed my anger, and Withdrawing
20 corner, hung my clothes on the floor, and
with the covering nature had gwen, except
about a square inch Of court plaster on my
right shin, where had fallen over a chair, the
night before, feeling tor a match.
Young man" said the surgeon, looking me
straight in the eye, lyon have got the myo.
pia.'
Yes, SIR said 1, sand a goo d one, too
little Bininger, with drop OF Stoughton,
makes q very good eye-opener, of a morningH
d" And there seems to be an amaurotic ten.
ophthalmia."
81 no - SAYS /.
"And thatwhite spot in the lefteye betokens
"I guess you mean in the ear, (" says /, .scause
] went in swimming this morning and got an
ALFRED big bubble in my left ear" and here
0NG UOH TWO OF tQr0c times on
left loot but to no purpose. AS soon as stop
ped, he mounted a chair, and commenced feel.
ing the top OF my head.
Was Your family evertroubled with epilep.
"only the two boys" says I; "when they
catch them, my wife always goes at them with
ane tooth comb, the fst thing
Jumping OF the chair he hit me kick in the
ribs that nearly knocked me over, and before
had time to demonstrate, his arms were round
my neck and his head pressed against my
bosom the eanne way that Sophia Anne does,
when she wants me TO buy her some new bon .
nets and things.
"Just what thought" says he: s'tuberca.
iosis and hsmoptpsis, combined with 2 dsiee,
sis %
Heavens ~ says I, .what's that ,"
land cardiac disease"
No 2 'said !.
"And pendardites %
Thunder - said I.
"Stop talking. Now count after ms-ons ~
"One - said /. dead with fright.
Asthma Two"
TWO" yelled
Exotis OF the right febuls1. Three"
Three J" gasped.
Murder !" said /, " Four"
aConfirmed duodenam Of the right yentri-
Gle. Five"
"oh doctor. ain. yon most through feel
faint ~
Through No. Not halt through. Why
my friend, Pandora's box was nothing to your
chest. You have sphynixiana. and gloriosis,
and conchoilogia, and persifage, and ="
Here my knees trembled: so leaned against
the table for support.
And permanent luxation of the anterior
lobe Of the right phalanx."
My only answer was a deprecatory gesture.
dites."
sank to the floor in utter despair,
Elutriation !' he yelled, for he saw I ras
going fast" and maxillarium and
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