Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-11-06

=, Bear her cut softly,
/. This idol of ours;
Let her graye-slumber
BE mid tie sweet flowers.
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...-. : A Substitute, CROSS tx aMined.
- '"Wbat's your name r -
-. "Jcbn Smith," says l.
"Where we're you born Z" q.
v s"Podunk. Maine"
.-'ss ''What did your grandmother d. of"
"Blsmed if inow." ssys /. -
"Csll it happen,sp." says hs. "Aud
your grandfather, too"
81 don't care what you call it," says I,
for l was little riled by bis nonseDsical
sqdes'ions. ~.
n "Did you ever have boils 7" says be.
"Not boil"
"Or f's!"
- "Nsry i,.''',
s'Or delirium tremepsr
- "Ne sir-ee."
Tor rickets =
"lii ricket you," says I, for I though,
he meant .oue'bing else.
"Did you ever haze the measles I"
= Bere took If NY coat.
Zoe the ircb y .. ...
ayes SIR" .sid I. "hs' ere 6st (snd I
showed very lsfee brown one within
.ihree inches Of his nose hiss been itching
for the last zen minute. to knock your pes
Ky head fl, you little, mean, low lfed,
coptcmpiibe wh@lp you."
.My dear SIR" said the mil3.spoken,
eenilemaniy Surgeon. laying his hand on
my arm. sea m yourself. | pray. Don''
let your angry passions rise, hu, take fl
your cio'hes, 90 | e.I see What you are
made Of"
SO suppressed my anger, and. With.
drawing to a corner, I hung my clothes
upon the a ,or, and presented myself for
examination, clad only with the covering
nature had e;sen. except about square
inch Of court plaster oo my right chin,
where had fallen overs chair, the night
before, feeling for a match.
"Young man." said the Surgeon, look
Jog me straight in the eye, "you have got
the myopis."
ayes sir" said l, sand good one, too.
"a little Beuinger. with drop Of Slough
ton, makes an excellent eysopener Of .
morning"
"And there seems to be an aromatic
tendency Of the right eye, accompanied
With eptbs'mia."
"Psbawi" !" says I.
i "Aud that white spot in the left eye be.
tokens q cataract" 60
II guess you mean 10 the ear" says |,
WcaIse went IN swimming this morning,
aud got an ai-6red Oig bubble in my left
ear" and here jumped up and down two
or three tim, on my left foot, but 10 no
purpose. As soop az stopped, be noun
led . chair, and commenced feeling the top
of my head.
"Was your family ever troubled with
epilepsy p says be.
"Ooly the two boys. When they catch
them, mS wife goes q. them With 6ne
tooth comb, the 6rst thing"
Jumping of the chair, be hit me kick
iu the ribs that nearly knocked ne over,
and before had time to demonstrate, bis
arms we're round my neck aud his head
pressed against my bosom, the same way
that Sophia Ann does when she wants me
10 buy her some uew bonnets aud things.
aus, what thought" says be. 'tu-
kercuiosis and hemsptss. combined with
defect 10 the s.apulsr membrane and ill.,
cipient phtbysis
"Hssveps % says I, "~hst's tbatf"
"Aud csrdise disease"
"No?" said l.
"A nd pendsrditss !"
"Tbunder !" said |.
"Stop taking. Now count after me
-ope"
"One," said I. dead with fright.
tAstbms. Two"
'fwo," yelled.
'Ezo,us Of the right febular! Three"
s1hree," gssped.
aCoxslgia. -Four"
"siurder :" said. I "Four"
scorfrmed duodenum Of the right ven.
tric,e! Five u
.Ob: doctor, aio, you mos. through !!
Ifsel faint
"Tbrough2 No! Not half through.
Nhy, my friend, Psndorss box wss moth
ing to your chest. You have spby ybixisns,
and giorio-is, aod ccpchoiiogia, and peri
Rage, srd-"
ilere M, kuee. srembled, and 50 I lean
ed sgsiust the table for support.
"Aud peImaneu, iuxeiion of The iuteri.
Or lope oi the right phslsrx."
Ny only ansssr was dsPEeca'ory ges'
ture.
"And ecrofulous disthesis and omDiop.
eii,ies"
,I-ank To the H,or 10 despair.
Authorization r. be yelled, for bs ssw
wasgoing fsst-"ao cd msxiillsr,um and
got exempted.
:. go ILLUSTRATION is frequently more e6sc
- tive thSD argument. Au old PennsyIva
mis- Democrat, who voted for Gov Curtin
undsr,iood its force when be employee
ths folIosine simiIe /: 'To send my son 4
the 9ar to kill Rebels, and to stay 1t bonn
myself TO vote sgaipst the Government, !
Ike shi,cbing . team Of oxea,o one end O
wagon, aud team Of horses to the 9th
or, uhenz the only result will be pullipl
the usgoo to pieces"
.. Eeventy-two tons Of metal were cast .
one beat st the Fort Pitt lion Work
p;,.lw,~ ope dav last va,k