The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06

proved the vlctors IN the end, and there
were tears of gratitude in my patients
eyes as he took his leave.
That night. so serious was the panic
amongst the men, that the general of
the brigade consulted with his brother
officers concerning the choosing of fresh
ground; but from the strength of our
position, this was negatived; and the
next morning the men were encouraged
to hunt out our reptile foes, the result
being the exhibition Of four large-sized
rattlesnai1es, whose career Of danger to
man had been brought to a conclusion.
There was no respite for me, though
before many hours had'elapsed, an Irish
man was led in, with strap tightly
fastened round one arm to arrest the
spread Of the poison, while his hand dis
played the customary punctures, and
the sufferer the usual symptoms of pros
tration. In this case, though, the effect
Of the stimulant exhibited was to send
the patient into profound state of I'M
consciousness, which somewhat alarmed
me, from its being contrary effect to
that usually produced-the power of
the poison being such that pint Of
strong whisky did little more than re-
vive the sufferer.
The Irishman was dismissed, cured,
the following morning; but two hours
after, another poor fellow from his com
pany was led in, crying and moaning
like child
% docthor, docthor dearl" he cried,
'isn't cruel to keep the boys here in
such nest Of snakes Tn kilt intire-
ly wild one of the little pisnn bastes wild
a rattletail, e-a SIS such small place
ye hardly can see It. Wirrasthruel
why did lave oule Ireland at all at all?
where there isn's a vinimous haste to
come and devour boy, is he's liver so
hungry"
''There, therel stop that bowling,
my good fellow" said, and let me
look.
" Is it bowling ye call it, docthor
dear, whin the pison's running all
through ye2=- But place be a-looI1in' at
it before Tn kill intirely. There,
docthor, dear, it's thin two small bowls,
jist as if some one had brogged 'em in
wild two pins. o docthor dear, shall ]
die? shall 1 have to be berrid in the
oowld airth- widout bein' dacently
wai1ed2 Ochonel why did come out
at all at ALP"
| "There, confollnd il man, be quietl'
/ exclaimed; and then with little APP
plication Of bandage and lancet, I gave
the poor fellow the stimulant, which lac
seemed to gulp down as if it were SC
much water, until at last insensibility
ensued; and I noted down in my Little
case book that the effect of poison anc
antidote was different upon men of the
Celtic race, and lay down that night
in my tent very quiet and thoughtful
Not a single rattlesnal1e had beer
killed that day, in spite of the most en-
ergetic search; and began to hop,
that the peril would soon be n thing o
the past-the. snakes fleeing from til,
presence of man; but the very mex
morning, directly after leaving the mes
tent, the colonel come to me himself
accompanying another Irishman from
the same company.
g It viii never do, Ellison, the colo
mel said; "I really cannot stand it.
is not just to the men. We must move
for there's a perfect panic amongst tbs
poor fellows"
Don't be uneasy" said, assisting
the stricken man into the hospital-tent
81 fancy the evil is nearly at sn end
mere, uOiu InIs poor Ieuow up, L ex
claimed to couple of the dressers
"Now reach me that bottle. Quick
man; the poor fellow is fainting."
eyes, for heavens sake be quickl
cried the colonel, as his private gave
hollow groan.
mo, no, nor said to my aide
"not that bottle; there's another whiel
1 prepared this morning. That's right
No, never mind lancing the place. Nov
then, hold bis head up n little higher
Does your throat feel CONSTRUCTED
swelled up-my man? Do you thin
you can swallow ?"
"Shure yis, yer homer, just little.
Drink that up, then, every drop,
I said, placing in an assistants hand
tin cup containing about pint of tn
mixture 1 had made ready, NO
then no Ainching-every drop-not
drain left All, would you'll Hold hi
headr'
After the first taste, the unfortunai
! patient slrank back; with my help hi
head and nose were firmly held, and til
whole pint of fluid poured down h
, throat; when, with a howl resemblin
that of a wild beast, he kicked on
sprang up, and then ran out of the ten
to the great establishment of the col,
mel
, What, turned hom@patistl" he sal
: " giving poison to cure poison?"
80 dear, no. That was only pr
o paraiion of aloes, jalap, and tartl
+ emetie. I don't think he will wal
g another dose"
"My dear Ellison, how can you do
, tors be so brutal and callous when fe
g low-creature's life is at stalker"
n "Cool, that, for a eharge-comman'
y ing eolouel of thousand human butte
y ers, replied, laughing. :" You Sc
!, colonel, the fact of the matter is thi
q I've been tricked once too often. The
IS were four genuine coses of snake-bit
which successfully treated with viii
q ky; when the Hibernian element Of Il
e regiment approved 80 Of the doctorin
l. and slammed so successfully, that
g must confess to having been taken i
e BY the way. though, would you like Il
$ last taste of my Irish mixture?"
3, "Confound it, mol"
" The Landladys Complaint.
Ie There's nobody knows that wom'
4 that has the charge of a family go
-e through, but God Almighty that ma
N her. I've known what it was to ha