St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-12

| HE JIM JAMS he following Is
said to be an authentic anecdote of Il
well-known artist. This son of genius.
one of the greatest portrait painters of
his day. Was at times such IL votarV of
the bottle that his friends began to fear
that he would he utterly ruined in body
and mind. After one of his periodical
'SpreeS. several of his friends determ-
ined, if possible. to arrest him i'll his
downward course. and so went over to
his studio, carrying i'll a pocket big
rat. for purposes which will he seen. F.
sat painting lazily, returning to his
work after he had greeted his visitors
They took him to task roundly for his
dissipation. declaring that his health
WAS utterly ruined. and that very soon
he would he driven into snakes" 9th
rrwi>e called deliIium tremens. They
pressed the topic. when finally he rose
in passion. and as he did 80 the rat
WAS slipped loose, and went flying
among the half-tinished pictures. E.
gave chase with a cane. calling loudly
for assistance, knowing that if the ami
NAL was not caught it would work mis-
chief with his canvas. Not hearing the
others move. he looked round with as
rtOnishment. and shuddered visihly rs
he saw them looking at him with faces
full of sadness and pity. They tried to
get him to sit down, saying that he'd
get over it pretty soon = but he shook
them of. and went silently back to his
painting. After a few touches he stop
ped and turned round. with all attempt
to laugh that was ineXpressibly painful,
and broke out That was IA good joke
| had on You fellows. / didn't see any
rat
\ good story Is told OF Il street car
scene where u Young man. standing
on the front platform with one foot on
ii trunk, was approached 10y the con
duct"r and his fare demanded. He
quietly passed over his five cents
Conductor / demand twenty live
cents for that trunk.
Young Man (hcsitating) Twenty
five cents. Well. | think | will not pay
it,
{. Then | shall put the trunk off.
\. NJ. lou had better not. OF You
MAY he sorry tor it.
Conductor pulls strap, stops car,
dumps trunk ON the avenue. starts car,
and after going some two squares, ap-
pIoaches the Nunug man. who is still us
calm as Il summer morning. and in ali
angry mood sal>: Now have put Your
trunk of, what are You going to do
about it
Y. VI. vr"ollD Well, | don't propose
To d" anything about it; its no concern
ot mine: it wasn't my trunk
{. tiercely) Then why did you not
tell me 81 -
\. VI. Because You did not ask me,
and told YOU you'd he sorry for it.
At this .juncture Il p"rtlH German
cmergcS from the ear. AMI angrily SAYS:
Mine gott. lou tellcr. where is mine
drunk
Y. NJ. My friend. | think that is
Your trunk down on the avenue there.
Gcrm;m Who puts him of! | bate
the m"nish t" pay him. will see
about dat.
Fhc ear was stopped, and shortly af-
tcrward the conductor WAS seen to come
sweating up with the trunk on his back
IL part of the performance he did not
enjoy half a. we'll as did the passengers
a PHi>I'IAN FRIGHTENED FROM HIS
PRoFE>sIoN. A young Kentucky phy-
sician who had been regularly educ;l-
ted for his profession was called To the
bedside of II patient that he had been
attending with his best care for some
time, but who obstinately grew worse
and worse, until now his end seemed
very near. ''Doctor," said the sick
man, Il am dying / am certain | am
dying, and believe you have killed
me-" The doctor seemed to think We
nv earnestly for a moment or two, and
then quite gravely and seriously replied:
..Nes, see that you are dying; and, on
reflection, | believe that you are right
l believe that ! have killed you; but
have taken my oath that, if God will
forgive me for having unintentiOnally
murdered you, | will never murder an
other-l will never give another dose of
physic professionally as long us live"
And he kept his oath he ut once quit
medicine entirely ; turned his attention
to the study of law; obtained license