, 1870-05-07

w4tsh! crush The feet At every stride. Here
ylx;: the intennest epitome of woe eSer hun
mn Is business tnuBcn1n.
| ;"What do y0n keep them foz. Doctor :"
as aScurioeisy,r he sstd, "and also Is an !: eyi
dence that hI7e not lived in vain II th
msn who gives + cap Of cold water to one. o
these ittle ones;- expects to be remembered il
Heaven, what NIL they say up there when
a Ills ;"
BE ehowed right here corn which lookct
lilo three silver half dollars that had been 1u1
[ over by q locomotive:
aDidn't that nake him 'oneh,'' be said
"and yet That disagreeable and ungrataful fel
| turned round, and says: II knew you'd 1
charged two dollars ia walked with it half
I century first That corn ought TO have beel
billed, md he fed On it, as it would hev sereet
| with the old flint gtone:
$50 you think there is religious aspect Il
| yeur business, Doctor?H
"Tes; I Ike to think ao- So docs every
body like to think tnat he is necessary ane
comfortable to have rouEd. Yesterday there
was young lady here; whose foot looked 4kt
elin new MOON made out OF lSory, WITH
corn peepiug out behind it like a star. 7 cut i
oil for her, and she said: Oh! Doctor, I fec
az could Ay-' AID the young man whc
came with her asked me to give him the corr
to nut in his watch seal. Tho young Lady says,
oh. pshaw, what for, John 2 and he
replied that he was too jealous to let anybody
else keep it. Said I: Well, my friend, il
you'll find that it isn't. . very handsome jewel.
He took it up, and saw what you can See now,
if YOU want to for. he didn't take the corr -
looked at the little delicste tilament
through the glass, and it iuamed ediately rerolvee
into whole cows hoof, with terraces, spikes,
81 &1,n Hf f1o 10
pyramid tAera was red spot like the crater Of
Volcano.
why" aaid I, is t7nly pi1iug Pelion on
Tie Doctor now took my foot very much as
II be were picking at the flint Of an old
fashioned muskat, and, haTiug moistened ths
cor4, proceeded with three sorts Of kniveB
alternately to quat1y OF TIE capstona. Then
he cut all my nails with q machine Which
seemed to be sort Of Juvenile guillotine. and
having set plaster upon the spot showed mo
th5svSh tAs s,a Sn1s III Ss ~ Mesa %s Canes
6us, and the acho OF it vas like vu1ture's
bite Perhaps pronetheus IVES only d man
with perpetual corn" - ~.
~ don't read mythology no more" be said,
"sluce old Senator McDougau died After
goiDg. on epreo he: aixays sobeted mp; re
come here whether be had any corns or not,
for be Knew he deserved them and he would
talk Persian, Greek, aud Loquols mythology
indifferently. Once poor old Mac told me- that
he had been on great spree and fell into an
!" WHO arc sou 2" said the policeman. :
where did you find moi" said Mac.
u In sewer-"
"Ihen must be Seward !"
81 when ho told mo that anecdote he laughed
SO that nearly cut OF the whole OF bis infef1of
pha1angee."
. fDnt you didn't finish your scriptural ac-
count ct colps-' don't remember that tho
Bible ever mentioned any other sort OF sore
but 4 boil, as in the case Of job"
mol but there are hundreds OF infoxeuces
which arc great comfort to me; for Tn
Methodist IT'S comfort TO ms to believe
that John Duuyan conceived tho P1grim's-
footsore prpgtesB out Of lis own name Tho
whole Bible is full Of the amounting Of feet; Of
The bearing up OF feet BY angels lest they be
dashed agalnst stones; and on the human foot
pended. The Iloman arch was conceived out
Of the instep. Why, in this here foot Of yours,
there arc twenty-ei1. several bones. Look At
my little library, and see how many ingenious
and noble men have written upon the foot.
Here i, is d.; Humphrey 9n TIE HUMAN n 1 Foet
Of zurich, called iWhy The Shoe
Pinches' Hero is Professor Ovens essay to
prove that the human foot is the Last and far
thcat divergence OF mans anatomy from the
nearest animala.s Here is Meycr's model for q
perfect and a scientific Shoe Here is Craiga
pamphlet against high-heelss. We have plenty
"You might add the essa5s Of the Anti
Corn Law League" I suggested, land Eb-
euezer Elliott. But, Doctor, do any Of the
great politicians come here?" ..-
Yes, all OF them. There's q corn cut OF
the little toe Of Grant after Lee's surrender.
It's tho onlv wound bo ever received in the
war: and I've been offered Twenty-Five dollars
fer it. There's ono Of George H. Thomas, n
little fellow, and hero arc the principal scars
Of Sheridan, Mcclellan, Lincoln, tie wAole,
set. It's the only collection in the United
Stctea.n
was now getting down to business, and
put out this question for flyer:
doctor, what sort Of foot has Gtants"
IA solid sort OF edifice," said the doctor.
"He's we'll sot on his astragali, but horseback
riding has given him pigeou-toed tendency.
When he stanlls up and mint thinking, the axes
Of his feet il prolonged, pass through each
other rod ahead Of hiu- He's better officer
q spite against me, SO that 10 don't bear but
one crop OF cozns Fear. When old General
amy, a ho sA' walked 'Du about ~o SO - much, I
devieing strategy, that he bore an entire
now set every si1 weeks. He WEE fruitful as
q tomato vine Some men run as naturally to
chalk az gchonlboy to blackboard Others
are 80 stingy that glove never pinchea than.
But, hear steps, as Of man Gmping in the
next room, md presume it is one OF tho
Penngyivania delegation whose toes the taIin
has eoGaon ans gSns o1o sna sn
xill be preserved for the benefit OF posterity-
GOOD day, sir!"
I came away eor1owfnl]y; for tho Doctor
lad yet great possessions. GATH