The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-03-04
HEREDITARY Descent.

The Columbus aliss.) llueA 10 sfespon-
sible for the following: 1i r.
Our friend B. furnishes US the following
as an actual incident of the late war:
During the war, became acquainted
with young NJ. d., who, through the in
fuence Of friends, sought and obtained a.
surgeons place on board United States
war vessel. Although never having done
sday's practice, or been honored with the
frstacasep in his life, he entered on the
duties Of the very responsible position with
dignity known only 70 the profession.
Pills had an idea that sail and singular
the diseases incident to our poor mortal-
ty, could and should be traced to the laws
Of hereditary descent. Not long alter his
installment, some part of the vessels ma
chinery burst and blew a fragmentof spar
about two feet long through the abdomen
of q poor sailor, leaving six inches projec-
ting from the front and rear. OF his body.
Cur M. D. was Immediately summoned to
the case, and found the man lying on his
side and suffering mostacute agony.
Consuming several minutes in feeling
the patients pulse and examining his
tongue, Pills opened o conversation VT
Al suppose you experience great d Ii1 ta
tyin attempting TO lie on your back !"
Pstient-"O Lord yes, doctor, cant
lie on my back a. all?" 49,.
You cannot lie on your face either, Ell I"
a0f course not. doctor. Can't you pull
this stick out and make haste, for Gods
sake? Oh !"
"Please keep quite until / get through
with the examination. You are compell-
ed, + presume, to lie either on one side or
the other!" ~ s.ii g l'
aCertainly! But do something for me
right away, if you cam 81 ~
"Did your father ormotber your grand
father or grandmother, any ofyour uncles
Or aunts, or near relatives, ever have %
splinter stuck, through, them this way?"
aNot as / know Of, doctor. Bnt the
ID take you and alb your set If you
are geing to get this thing out of me, DO it
at once. 0-hw 80
"Well, my dear sir, It is evident that
your disease is not hereditary. ] am very
serry for you, but / cannot do anything;
because, if / should pull ont that stick, !y
would bleed to death in Eve minutes; and
ifIleave it there, you may live perhaps an
honrl'' 3tf " tss9t ~ ,.ls
So saying, our hero turned on his heels
and walked away, leaving the unfortunate
sufferer to his doom.
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nGy% One of our most enterprising
young merchants, says the Baton Rouge
Advocate, forwartleda fifty cent stamp TO
oneofthe genitlses who advertise to send
areceipt for the manufacture ola small small
fortune upon reception Of half q dollar
through the MALL The reply set his teeth
on edge. It was in doggerel and closed as
follows: Il
y" Borrow enough at q swoop, rs
's3. You sweet niEeompoop, s.
From all Of your friends ~ I" /
s To answer. your ends. 81
u they haye noming TO loan you,
Then write again. d--n you, II
,l1 And the next stamps you send
q See that they're not ragged ends, :
e And your fortunes we'll mend" 1', !, !
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re- A negro in the Arkansas eonyen-
tioh said the other day "Give us a chance
ofcighteen hundred years, like the white
man, and we will show you what we can
do.p We are decidedly In favor of giving
the freedmen every proper opportunity
still, isthe race cannot even get q ichance
iaeighteen hundred years, without begging
for it,we do not see how it can be saIppos.
edthat much good would come of,relieuine
its pauperism in that respect. Ii the.whits
race has9had the chance OF eighteen. cen
turtles, NC are not aware that it got thu
blessing by asking for it. II Besides. Africf
has had oil the time and opportunity thai
any other country ever enjoyed and mor'
teO,laecording to Sir Samuel Baker anC
Others. who saythatsthel home Of the Negro
sEarmed, with a population as savage al
thspresent inhabitants arei long beforeth.
white man was invented. efat 81 4.i.
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