Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-25
An Editor with the small Pox,
IFrom lho Quincy Ilorald.

| II may not be generally known, but it is
nevertheless true, that editors, like other peo
pie, are subject to all the infrmties Of the
flesh, The editor OF this paper has Just got
out after confinement of nearly two weeks
with that most dreaded and most loathsome
uf all dlseases--the small pox. The first
question the reader is ready to ask is how did
he get it2 That is Just what he doesn't know.
| lie has no more idea where or how he got IT,
than you are where or how you arc to get rid
OF the draft. He got it, and that is all there
| is of it. That he got II from somebody, he
hhs no doubt He is also satisfied that the
somebody that gave it to him. whoever it was,
was a mean slingy cuss, He was stingy be-.
cause he gave him so little OF it, II he had
been a liberal, generous, whoesouled fellow
he would have given us enough while he
was about it, to have lasted us a month.
Well how did you get rid of it2--that is the
next question the reader is ready TO ask
Why, we stayed in the house and drank lager
beer. We had no doctor and took no medi.
cine. lt we had had a dector and taken his
medicine, there is no telling what would have
been the result AS it was we got along nice.
.ly. OF one thing we thought we had a right
to complain. We thought we had great
many friends in this city and throughout the
heighboring county. Yet during our con.
finement but three persons came to see u.s.
These we're, T. w, Goodwyn, Oliver Gerry,
and Oliver Hinchmsn. We feel under many
obligations 10 them, and when they get the
small pox we u go TO see them The rest Of
you can have the small pox as much as you
please, and we wont disturb you. The next
question you are ready to ask, we suppose,
rs, how did you feel2 Well, we felt all over
in spots--and the spots we're about as b ig as
a pea. They ornamented our person for
about nine days, and then left for parts un-
known. When the Institution had departed,
and there we're no more signs of 1t about ns,
not even marks or mortal remains Of it, we
left our prison and started up street When
we started we supposed We we're personally
ACC quainted With almost everybody 10 |
town We soon found our mistake. =
We met on the street more than a hun.
dred familiar faces-iaces that we had
known intimately and well for many years
past-but they didn't know us-that is to say, |
they didn't want to. They had heard we
had the small pox, aud thatlwas enough nj
was all right, however. We didn't lose any
thing in the long run, for among those we
met on the street we recognized the familiar
faces Of quite a number of fellows that We
never met before but what they wanted to
borrow dollar, Nary fellow wanted to Dor
row dollar of us yesterday. They seemed
70 have suspicion that our pocketbook bad |
the smal pox too We hope they'll remain
OF that opinion So we go. Such a life II
There are some things funny about it, aud
there are some things again not quite SO fun
ny We have thus briefly detailed our little
experience with the small pox, in the hope
that it may be of some profit 70 some Of our
readers. Many Of our readers we regret to
say, will yet suffer from the same oa,hsome
disease. We trust they may fare no worse
than we did. .a