Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-01-17

tors had long prescribed unavalingly, sud-
denly sprang to her feet, donned travelling
attire, and lost the last sign of her sickness
in long and arduous journey, upon mis-
taken information that her temporarily alb
sent husband had eloped with more
healthy woman A recent novelist, having
occasion to restore the shattered health OF
fictitious invalid character by the curative
shock, recalls the experience of certain
old New Yorker, now living, who recover
ed instantaneously from very tedious
and dangerous attack of inflammatory
rheumatism through the tremendous activ-
ity and alarm induced in him by the fall OF
lighted lamp. upon the combustible I'M
ment with which his wife was Amounting
his tortured limbs. Indeed, the writers oil
romance have employed precedented treat
ment of this order ON several occasions, as
witness the partly unparalleled NJ. Noirtier
of "Monte Cristo," and the Mrs. Clennam
of Little Dorrit." What all this preface
leads to, however, in lately current social
news, is the instance of cure of the kind
said to have been at Saginaw, in Michigan,
last week, under the following rather pite-
Gus circumstances: As the local Courier
asserts, there arrived in that town, some
ten days ago, from successful numbering
speculation on the adjacent waters, gen
teman of equally respectable. dress aud adj
dress, who, finding himself broken in
health by the undue exertion and exposure
| of his recent business avocation, took To
| his bed in the hotel and sent for physi-
clan. The latter at first believed him to be
suffering from a.light miasmatic fever; but
perceiving that the disease, instead of yield
ing to the treatment, grew rapidly more
and more serious, thought 1t his duty to
express some apprehension in the matter,
and advised his patient TO have.his family
notified of his situation. The invalid SEEM
ed quite conscious of his peril, and, after
some silent thought on the subject, begged
| the good doctor to send word thereof to a
young lady living in Romeo, same State,
who, ofsall his dear ones within practicable
reach, might be most entitled TO the mourn
full attention. Without actually saying that
Miss P, the young lady in question,
was his betrothed, the sick man lett his
medical friend to understand that the news
of his sad condition should be impaired to
her with caution proportionate to the pre-
sumable sensibility of very tender feel
ing, and, accordingly, when the volunteer
scribe undertook his postal mission, it was
with keen sense of the necessity for max
ing his note as devoid of rude alarm as pos
sible. Writing that Mr.. d, his patient
while not, perhaps, in immediate danger,
was sufficiently indisposed to think plain
lively of the absent ones most dear to him
and wish the one not least dear to know
that it was not in the physical anguish OF
his sickness among strangers to make him
forget her, the obliging man of medicine
despatched the consderate missive to Miss
p, and then counseled the sufferer tC
keep his soul in patience until loving am
swer, or perhaps the lady herself, should
arrive. The coveted reply was To he ad
dressed TO the doctor in the room of his pa
tient, and when, on the following after
noon, it came promptly to hand, the former
read it as though it had been the most sur
prisng thing in his life, and with an i'm
pulse more natural than professional thrus
it into the burning hands of the eager Mr.
D. 1t was short and unmistakable
doctor -: care nothing for that Mr.
D, nor to hear from him. You will
please tell him to send no more word. Mis-
p. n. B.-Kill him. No sooner haC
the enfeebled invalid at deaths door re
ceived the shock, than, with truly re
markabl lie expression of countenance, bu
without word, he arose deliberately frou
his bed, as deliberately resumed his Gus
tomary attire, and had recourse to his peck
et-book. Fascinated by the strong gaz
kept upon him all through these abrupt,
convalescent proceedings, the doctor coulC
only stare feebly in turn, make pretenc
of scratching his head, and helplessly re
ceived the handsome fee finally placed il
his hand. He did manage to stammer
"Ain't you taking it too-isn't this l-l-lt
tie imprudent?" Whereunto, after grasp
ing his carpet-bag, Mr.. D. replied will
frightfully CHASTITY smile, "Pm cured =
and Immediately slalked away, thor
oughly convalescent, from physician
room, hotel and town.-The Uorid, Dec
Goth.