The Republican journal., 1873-08-28
A New Kind of Cholera.
From the indianapolis Sentinel, Aug. .

From the indianapolis Sentinel, Aug ..
An evening or two ago a young woman, |
the bride of two weeks and Il boarder at a |
South Tennessee caravansary, where she |
and her husband We're temporarily staying, |
felt IN unusual illness creeping over her
which she was at a loss to account for
She complained to her husband and de-
Scribed fthe symptoms, whereupon the
ncwly-made Benedict became terribly
alarmed, and concluded at once that his
bride of a fortnight was about to fall
victim to the fell destroyer. His wife took
the same view of the case, and felt certain
| that She was experiencing the premonitory
| tWim@es of an attack of cholera in its
| most virulent form + He Immediately set
| Oft in great haste for doctor His wife
was placed in bed in a terrible fright, ex-
| pectin@ that every moment would be her
| last. But the patient was not the only one
! who trembled with fear, for no sooner
had the unfortunate victim been stricken
| down than the news flew through the
house that Mrs. - had the cholera
and was expected to die. Part of the
house was occupied as tenement by sew
eral families, and by the time the news
| got to them she was already dead, accord
mo to the wild rumor, after having had
| awful commissions, and had turned black
as ink in the face The metamorphosis
which that tenement underwent as the
news of the cholera commenced to circu-
late, WAS truly surprising. The boarders,
who had been picking their teeth to dis
lodge the supertuous pieces of beetsteak
remaining from their evening repast, left
a if they had been propelled from cata-
putt, and leaned out with a white look on
their faces as if they felt the approach Of
the deadly disease in their own systems.
The hired help in the kitchen and dining
room gave warning upon the spot, while
tn. colored cook set off for Bucktown,
where She astonished the dusky denizens
of that precinct by horrible stories of half
4 dozen people at her late employers being
in the last agonics Of death from the
cholera nor was She certain but that two
of them had died before she left The
proprietor very sensiblv invested enough
money in disintectants to eat up the profits
Of his business for six months to come
The supply which he laid in would even
di~intec Il hriStle factory, or the reputation
Of congressman. The late peaceful
hosiery was soon rocking like a paper
mill on frosty morning, with chloride of
lime while there cmanated enough of other
0dors to make one believe that a whole
apothecary shop had been uncorked in
the house at once. During this time the
doctor had arrived, and commenced by
mXiouSly examining into the symptoms
Of the supposed cholera case before him.
looking grave and owlish all the while
After asking a number Of questions he
began to smile, and giving a haif-sup-
pressed whistle, told the distracted hus-
band that he thought his wife would be all
right in half an hour or SO. The doctor
then conferred with the landlady, and the
| consequence was that n midwife was soon
brought in to attend the patient.
| The husband in half an hour by the
| clock was as much if not more taken back
| BY being shown a bouncing girl, than he
had been when told of the attack OF cholera
He had been Waiting around on his ear,
to Use the terre expression of the landlord
Like Il frog under 4 harrow but when
he beheld the new arrival he submitted
with remarkable suddeness. His exuber-
ancc oil fear gave way to a deep study,
during which he seemed to come to the
conclusion that the affair though rather
sudden, was all right. In this he seemed
to be confirmed by Il close inspection of
the hair and color of the little strangers
eyes, all of which appeared to be salts
factory 50 that by the time he got over
his surprise, he became highly jubilant,
and when last seen was setting up liquid
refreshments to half a dozen friends, and
remarkin@ he would take some sugar in
his, the same rs the last The news of the
new turn in Mrs. IS disease soon spread
though not half 50 fast as when she was
first taken, and by ten o'clock all the fee
inc borders had returned except a fearful
young chap, who has been quite nervous
about the cholera, and he has not been
heard of since 1t was noticeable that
those Of the borders who had made their
coat tail, stand out at the most acute
angle in their flight were loudest in pro-
| tes-ion- Of not being afraid of the disease
The colored individual who presides at the
kitchen range reappeared the next morn
inc, and said She had only gone to see her
folks in Bucktown, which the landlord says
is quite probable, AS lot of groceries
! disappeared with her in the confusion All
| IS now once more serene on South Tennes-
| see, ard move on quietly as of yore, with
| the exception that there are more boarders
at a house not Il thousand squares from
| Washington street, but the new conner
takes her meals by herself, and not at the
| common table.