Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-05-25
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Dom Piatt on the Legislature,

Ooun 1 lcstb Oh tH6 Legislature, .
The Doctors had a. great supper at
Cincinnati, Tuesday nil ght-the Ameri-
can Medical Association holdingiits ses-
sion there last week. One of the. regular
toasts was, 'sThe Legislature of Ohio -
to which Lieut.. Col. (he repudlates the
GeneraD Donn Piatt was called upon to
respond, He responded in damages
as follows: -
g. The Legislature Of Ohio. 9
The presence of Gen. Dom Piatt, no
bt,7suggested this toast, for he was
Immediately called out. sz He responded
in more than his usual. happy way.
My medicated friends. Great laugh
ter. - l. don't know that ever respond
ed to a call with as much reluctance, I may
say embarrassment, as on the present oc-
casion. In the first placeI was a good
deal worried to know how I came here,
until I happened to think that, as an Of
icer in the late army, I was commits
stoned to kill, and on that ground had a
right to associate with you doctoys.-
(Great laughter.) .-f 81 ,.r f..:- ..f.
But must not say, that in respond
ing at this time / am in no condition to
do'justice to myself or to you. 1t is af-
ter supper, and am too full for utter
ance. Now, my medicated friends, / had
not the 3remotest idea that there, was so
much fun iu you, so much. capacity for
good eating and drinking. My acquain-
tance with the profession has been with
your long, solemn faces, when you would
put a. blister plaster on the. back of my
neck, and say, .'let it remain until it draws
Beautifully" Oaughter) or give me a
dose of medicine, and then stand off and
see what the effect would be. [Increas-
ed laughter But say now in the
words of the good old song, there is
something else in it. l don't know that
you are familiar with it, not being of a
musical turn; but You recollect- '4s-H
Old King Cole the jolly old suul --S''7'i
He called for his wife. he called for his pipe,
And he called for his doctors three );
And every doctor had very long BILL
-faa A very long bill had he = jti.3li@ s1E-
Tweedle decide dee, ~, .-.1 sfee- -,a,
There is none so rare
: q AS can compare Bli' r --I i'i#
With your jolly doctors three: -.T "a -q
That is, when you meet in convention,
and enjoy such sporadical season as on
the present occasion.
| am very happy my medicated friends,
to meet you on the present occaSlon.-
You have done me "a little injustice in
calling me out under the toast, The Leg
tislature ofOhio. / recolect that, get
ting on the cars last winter to go home,
l attempted to get into good society by
taking the hindmost car. The brake
man stopped me saying You can't get
in here" "Why," said ]. -I '.'Why, this
car is reserved for ladies and gentlemen"
Says l, .''My friend, Iqdon't want to in
terfere with your regulation patent screw
and augur line, but | would like TO know
how the devil you found out was a
member of the Ohio Legislature" [Great
laughter.1 And now | have been found
out on the present OCCASION, and been call
ed upon to respond to toast to that hon
orable body.
Well, my medicated friends-(you will
pardon the phrase; ); but, of course, if you
are tinished.doctors you are medicated,
and il you amt you ought to be. We
had great deal to say about you last
winter We had nineteen doctors there,
and that many doctors never could get
along a year without disagrecing. They
disagreed upon everything but the ques-
tion Of eating and drinking, and of course
we had variety of disputes arising oat
,ofsubjeets connected with your honora-
bile profession. We don't try to do you
justice, for, like the Irishman's bird, it is
the last thing you wanted. But 1--WE did
our best to do justice to the other side.
That. neutrality-suspicious. called the
squack,2 2 we went for him, drove him
into quarters, and if.his lite is not immor
tai he would have been dead long ago.
He is still alive among us, and as well as
ever. The Legislature can't kill him..
Gentlemen, in the name of the delegat-
ed stupidity of Ohio, / return you my
thanks for the honor you have. done me
to- night. .a s-e i at lie ~ 81
And the General disappeared amid
roars Of laughter and general. applause.