Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-04-23

The CREAM oF-LIFE PILL'STRIPPINGS.
-MoLAssEs DoCToR MANN OF Skowhe.
gan, appears before the Somerset Su.
preme Court in the not enyiable position
of State rs. Mann on an indictment as a
common seller:
This is Doctor Mann. u worldwide
known inventor and founder Of the strip
pings and molasses system of medical
practice The Doctor is celebrated also
rs the diScoyerer of the fact that the mur.
derer Coolidge. of Waterville, was alive
and at large on this planet, when judicial
records and all veracous newspapers
pronounced him dead and buried. Doc.
tor Mann loves fame, loves excitement,
loves notoriety, and there is iltlo doubt
that he had rather undergo incarceration
than not 10 be known, remembered and
talked about. This trial ia the doctors
opportunity. The doctor employs no
counsel, and gees in for new system of
legal practice As well as medical.
After tho indictment is read TO him. he
commences parley with the court as to
whether it will be proper, moral and le.
gal for him to plead mot guilty." states
rs n case: 'all the doctors OF Skowhegan
sell rum and alcoholcombined with opium
and camphor, and il they nre not guilty.
then he is moi" His Honor declines 10
give him legal advice, but recommends
him TO call upon some one of the able
bar present to aid him in his Defence
The doctor pleads poverty and Graves
compassion; "hc has no money for wit.
nesses, none for lawyers, ho has 4 wife
and two children, destitute, and without
bread, not a spoonful OF flour in the
house; won't your Honor appoint me a
counsel ?" The clerk calls him again,
ARE you guilty or not guilty" "Ol
course not" But says the doctor, APP
peslin. 10 his Honor, Il have Il motion
which | wish to read.p The Judge de-
cided to heal it; but upon inspection OF
the document it appeared to be motion
to quash, because there was no court,
and Norridgwock was the place where
The court was held and that court has
closedn
Kent j. Have you not changed sides
| thought you wanlod The court here
Mann. think now | would rather be
tried in n better place, among better peo.
pie, and where they have Sunday schools.
Kent j. think you must be tried here.
While the clerk was impanncllng the
jury, the doctor thought he would like
some OF the jurors from the other side ol
the house. They appeared like honest
looking mea. The County Attorney in
troduccd Joaquin, Dulac, Billetdoux,
some OF our foreign population, 10 prove
sales. The doctor was disgusted with
the moral character OF the witnesses
against him, pronouncing them thieves,
common liars, and utterly unworthy OF
belief, prosecuting him from motives Of
malice and revenge. True, he had let
them have medicines prepared with spir-
lis on a plea OF sickness, and one OF the
witnessc. suatched the tumbler away
from him before he could put in his mo-
asses, saying ho preferred it clear.
After the testimony was all ont, the
Judge invited DR.. Mann 10 address the
jury. DR.. Mann said, May it please
your Honor, don't know that | have
anything to say further than this, that
during this session Of court, have dealt
out my medicines, "strippings and mo-
lasses" to the Jurors and TO the people,
with such other medicines rs | have al
ways administered, excepting cider. |
should have administered that but there
was no cider in the market. | should
give cider with some pussywillow bark
and wild cherry bark for the jaundice.
The jury took the case at p. NJ, and
after being out eighty minutes returned q
verdict OF guilty"