The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-03-04


was presented-why, he was almost demon
Thousands of times has he had it limited to
him that the patient got We'll in spite Of his
medicines and v hen he dies, he is given 10
understand that if he had only understood
the case and grappied with Il more reso-
lutely, :" the man lad been alive To- day." He
has often To hear what remarkable doctors
there are in great cities, bu, is consolei with
the apology, " that We can't expect city things
in the country The d Dsctor drives trusty
and faithful old horse who seems TO know
every house in which is sickness. and knows,
too when the case is urgent and he must
hasten. The carriage, too, is modest, and
age has added TO It's humility. The Doctor
is often told OF the new De- Beiioas in the
next town, and of his splendid horse and
buggy, and how the newspapers had it in
print, that Mr. Taliman lately fell from &
load of hay and produced three or four COM
pound fractures, besides dislOcating the :.eek
but happily Dr.. Bellows was called in, and
the patient is doing we'll" One dark night
the Doctor was seat for 10 ride fifteen miles,
IN great haste. He had never been over the
road. But about l o'clock in the morning,
as he got in among the hills he heard the
echoes Of the church bell-toliing the age oe
lis patient He knew that he was dead, and
when b. reached the house had it more than
limited ;h.t if lie had come quick, he might
have saved the lie of the patient. But as
!; IS. lhev are too much overwhelmed in sor-
raw to think of pay, or even 10 give him a
HI. 4 Eeigabor, over mile of, has bow
rs % compassion. and leads the doctor and
lis horse to las hospitality. l understand
;t-t lie :aia;ly Laye never recovered from
their :, rrow sufficiently 10 pay him. 1t is
only cic ils;2-ce Of multitude CT similar
experiences.
One Of the tri.'s Of the country l,lysician
is, that h. canno, be professionally undeI-
stood. Many look upon him Is necessity
hey c.at do wiihlc; aim.
Taer- Is our friend NJ. Broad. lie is a
farmer He cut scores Of tons OF hay. He
has Il. ,ly helpers. He n.us; be among them
to direct ala! guide. He is q great "prcdu-
cec." AID he respects and hoaors = nat
rust about as he feels that he produces !"
>.m II g-jra-.l. meat. cloth, or tools. He
.-oks n25n ti.-.e doctors as CONSUMERS ="
on. ls-ry lear Farmer Broad is threat
erel N II u,..iars fever; out by having g
doctor .ear vino understands MS constitution,
!: j. h- ap.. up. and ne is saved from long.
Il a-; l....Ir.uu> i'll uf sickness. Now. NJ.
Bro d. "hy can't you undersi and that every
w \. md every day the Doctor saves yo1
from sickness, he adds 10 the products Of
yoIr .aTni ? Just 50 With the ntxt farmer ::
and 50 The doctor, ty healing and preventing
sickness. 5 p.oush:nS. and sowing, AMI rais-
i"s h.y AID com. butter and cheese, poultry
and pig. aid, probably, he is actually
ths sIe4:,st producer = N the whole
town.
Trere is Nr. Smart. the manufacturer.
He has i very large sslai lishmert. He does
business, Personally, with d hundred people
every day-tor be has many hundreds in h;s
nip.oymeI.t. Then The usy:ng, til selling,
the wa;Ch.ls the markets, the letters 10 l.
Eest and answe-ed-wh,, Mr.. Smalt is want
ID * ery~ mere and every moment. But he
sometimes thinks how much he produces =
for the world, ard how little the doctor does
in ;hat .ine, pray yol, Mr.. Smart, 10 re-
member tina, YOU owe years of active lie 70
the carv-an,. >>:l. aad AindGess of De- Care
iui. lie Is producing, through You anl Others
Ike YOU. far more than he could in any Ter
position. Ii Is now ten wears since he re-
moved lumor from man who has been
nag! d, work ever since. Il was wearing
him ont. AMI probably ne had not been alive
now-io say nothing a5cu: his sp.Ferings-
but for this physician.
d.. Careful lives, anG alsays las lived in
a. oll. sm4i hluse. lie his lived comfort
ally. an: nothing more. lie has educated
HI family Veil, and they are an honor 10 him
BIt he has little property. Had he been
pa ! for a. thar ne has done fcT The poor, he
might now ride in his coach. lie sometimes
Amos; thinks that his services have been
poorly compensated. So they have, so far
as money Is concerned. His compensation
/ lies Ia 2 different line. 1t consists in the
consciousness that his life has been one Of
har,! toll and aaxiety-lhal he has ever heen
laboIing in behalf of suffering humanity
that he has done much TO diminish pain and
suffering, and TO add to human life,-;hat he
has been 4 co-yorker, with the mercy OF
God, In behalf OF the sorrowing. He has
been watching a; the incomings Of disease,
and the outgoinss OF life, till We feel that We
must have his pleasant face in The sick room,
and up TO our very death. He must expec;
that when his patient dies, the friends will
feel that If something had been done earle,
or more efficiently, our brother had no,
dieG." He must expect that when the sick
man receivers, It will be his strong const;.
tu,ion,' or his good habits that have
saved .:,D and -nt the auz-pns care and Sl n
of MS physician. But, dear doctor, know
also, that there are many who 10 apprecia,.