The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-20

"Pt1'S 'hI' He WI pass The few brief
days he can give to us without profitable
result. We trust that when he returns to
the wide field in which he is to Labor. he
| Will continue strengthened for those per-
1ormances, which have hitherto made his
labors famous, and crowned his perform,
ances with triumphs.
| Our LATE CAsE.-We, the ssLoca!' of the
| f>ho'atr, have been SIC, sic-that is. onIy so
so. AS the sailor hath it, ssCnder the
hatches; as the backwoodsman hath il
onder the weather. as the Jockey phrases
It, 'OH our tec,!;' dull as ditch-Nater;
'iroHsy as dormouse; dreary as stork in
December; disconsolate as Bermuda tur
tic, nat on his back, and looking up in the
world against his will, without even the
nope OF Mlcawber. What with the weather
the heat, and dust, and drouth; the daily
toll; the nightly thoughts; the keen anx-
lety; the hope deferred that rnaketh the
heart slck-wc have been made sicl-had
Chill had fever; pain in the bones, disquiet
III the BRAIN, and longing to be somewhere
In the w1ldcrness-in some vast coat;e,1itv
OF shade, with one fair spirit for our M;
MISTER. Shall VIC so 20 bed? Shall we take,
physlc? Our excellent hostess insisted on
Phvslc. She was preparing messages for
DIS. Ien1pleton and Lynch; she commend
cd Drs. Irrelevant and Gibhcs; she said.
Let me send fory your friend, Dr.. ChisoJm.',
ana when we stoutly resisted all these
counsels, she rushed to her own medicine
chest, proceeded to compound. a,,a at
length produced pill An absolute boIus-
which, IN the hollow of &saucer, looked out
like black walnut; and that monstrous
thlng she called g bluc pill, and that blue
Pill she insisted we should swallow o,t-
right. We looked at it aghas5, with t, ..ror
ana horror. But We We're so wcaricd. 40
enfeebled, so utterly dreary. done up and
spirltless, that We were about TO yicll, when,
to our great relief, a rap at the door usher
ed IN smart and handsome lool,in,r bov
18th face decidedly Hebrew, Who placed.
pa1ofc US note ana bottle from Melv;n ,k.
Cohcn. His note was brief; unlike the
bottle, which was portly. The writer sim
ply SAID: please acceJt 4 bottle OF NV
choice Heidsick-a new brand, and the very
best IN the country" Heidsick. 1t shoU|d
be G71l-h ade-sicl. Our hide was sufficiently
SICK already, aid TO do US any good, we
must resort to something antagonist for.
remedy. There stood the char6uap,,e-
there the bolls!' We surveyed them both.
Our hostess pleaded the cause Of the dill
n"t the silent Heidsick pleaded it's own
cause, and-gaincd it! It suddenly occurred
to us that acids were good III hot weather
were the best medicines for hot weather
and that we had been strangely obtuse
IN not thinking Of champagne before. It
was not an acid exactly. but it was city
COUSIN. Perhaps champagne cider would
DO better; but the champagne must do. We
took the cider and not the bolus. We shall
let our hostess keep that in reserve for
other patients. We have been better ever
since. The medicine acted like charm.
we have already prescribed it to- every
physician in town, and they have all so far
adopted it as to give nothing but these pills
to their patients. The patients are not
but the doctors are ali in better
spirits than ever. Drink Heidsick, all We
weary ones-drink champagne cider, if you
can do no better-ald go forth better and
wiser men than ye ever were before.
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