The Shasta courier., 1869-02-27

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oenslbllity will be restored soon after"
| did not call again, but heard from DR..
S. the result
After we left, the friends stood anxiouslv
around the bed upon which the sick man
lay, but though the blister began to draw
no signs of returning consciousness showed
themselves, further than an occasional low
moan, or an ugly tossing of the arms. For
full two hours was the plaster burning the
tender skin of Mr.. HIS shorn head, and
was then removed. 1t had done good ser
vice. Dressings were then applied; and
again repeated, but still the sick man lay
in deep stupor.
1t has done no good hadn't we better
send for the doctor p suggested the wife
Just then the eye of HI. opened, and h,
looked with half stupid surprise from fac,
to face of the anxious group that surround
ed the bed
What the mischief's the matter?' h
said at length. At the same time feeling
a strange sensation in his head, he placed
his hand rather heavily thereon. Heavens
and EARTH He was fully in his senses
"Heavens and earth what ails my
head? 7" For mercy's sake keep quiet,
said the wife, the glad tears rushing ovel
her face. "You have been very ILL., There
there, now p and she spoke soothingly.-
" Don't say word, but lie very still"
"But my head What's the matter
with my head 1t feels as if scalded.-
Where's my hair? Heavens and earth
Sarah, l don't understand this. Whats
my arm tied in this way for?"
Be quiet, my dear dear husband, aud
I'll explain all. Oh, be very quiet Youl
life depends upon it,
Mr.. II. sank back upon his pillow, from
which he had risen, and closed his eyes tc
think. He put his hand to his head aud
felt it tenderly from nape to forehead
:" Is it blister p he at length asked.
Yes, dear, you have been very i'll. We
feared for your life" said Mrs S. affection
ately. "There have been two physicians
in attendance"
I'll. closed his eyes again. His lips
moved. Those nearest to him were not
much edited by the whispered words that
issued therefrom. They would have sound
ed very strangely in church, or to ears
polite and refined. After this he lay fol
some time very quiet
"Threatened with apoplexy, I suppose p
he then said, interrogatively.
Yes, DEAR" replied his wife; +" l found
you lying insensible on the floor on happen
ing to come into your room 1t was most
providential that discovered you as | did
or you would certainly have died"
IL. shut his eyes and muttered something
with an air of impatience but its meaning
was not understood.
Finding him out of danger, friends and
relatives retired, and the sick man was lett
alone with his family
"Sarahv' he said, why in heaven s
name did you permit the doctors to butch
er me in this way? am laid up for a
week or two, and all for nothing"
" 1t was too save your, life, dear"
Save"
"H-u-s-h There, do for heavens sake
keep quiet everything depends upon it"
With a gesture of impatience, Mr. H.
shut his eyes, teeth and hands, and lay per-
fectly still for some moments. Then he
turned his face to the wall, muttered in a
low, petulant voice:
'' Too bad !. too bad too bad p
l had not erred in my first and last i'm
preston of Mr. H. disease; neither had
Dr. s., although he had used very ex-
traordlnary mode of treatment. The facts
of the case are these: aesm waar~x
Ill. had weakness. He couldn't taste
wine or strong drink without being tempted
into excess Both himself and friends
were mortified and grieved at this; and
they, by admonition, and he by good reso-
lutions, tried to bring about reform. But
to see was to taste; and to taste was to fall
At last his friends urged him to shut him
self up at home for certain time, and see
if total abstinence would not give him
strength. He got on pretty well for few
days, particularly so as his coachman kept
a we'll filled bottle for him in the carriage
house, to which he not unfrequently re-
sorted but too ardent devotion to his
bottle brought on his supposed apoplexy
DR.. S. was right in his mode of treating
the disease after all, and did not err in
supposing that it would reach the predis-
position. The cure was eifectual. FL.
kept quiet on the subject, and bore his
shaved head on his shoulders with as much
philosophy as he could muster. A wig,
after the sores made by the blister had dis
appeared, concealed the BARRIERS work un-
til his own hair grew out again. He never
ventured upon wine or brandy again, for
fear of apoplexy.
When the truth leaked out, as such
things always will, the friends of Mr.. HI.
had many hearty laugh; but they wisely
concealed from the object of their merri-
ment the fact that they knew anything
more than appeared of the supposed illness
In the south of France shepherds dog,
left in charge of flock of sheep and a boy
three years old, was surprised by large
wolf The dog fought desperately, but
was disabled by having his leg broken
His owner amputated the limb, and now
the faithful dog, with three sounds legs
and wooden one, is almost as active as
ever, and trots his ten miles without grum-
bling.