The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-11-12
DIR. CHzsoLM'S "EYE-SNoP."
THE ESTABLISHMENT As DESCRIBED
BY BILL ARP. TIE GEORGIA ElNo'
RlST.

the famous "Eye-shop o1 Df. D.. >.
Chisolm, formerly Of Charleston,
but now one Of the most distln-
gui>hed specialists Of the Monu-
mental City: .
We found the Doctor up to his
eyebrows in eyes. There was
two rooms fail Of patients, and
not 4 second eye among EN-
Thinks l TO myself, il this is his
daily bisness, there's more sick
eyed people in the world than
ever dreamed of. After 4 little
while the Gcnrul was led TO
room in the hospital where he
washed the travel off and dressed
himself in new suit Of clothes,
and got the hang Of the room by
feelin' all around ior the buro and
the bed and the fireplace and the
winders. We then went down 10
interview the Doctor, who had
purity we'll gone through the eye
bisncss for that day. After maxim
his pleasant acquaintance he took
the Gcnrul into a room as dark as
Afriky and throwd locomotive
head light into his cye-balls. In
a minute or so he remarked, "all
right Genru!, I'll send you home
without . guide in two weeks
He then showed me an eye as big
as a kokynut, which J. suppose
cum all the way down from old
Cog Or Maygos, and he took it all
to pieces and explained the con-
Germ to my entire satisfaction. he
showd me tho irish and the pupil
and the catalinc lens, and the con-
junktion, aud the skyrokct, and
the victorious humor, and the eme
canal, and corny copia and the
cataract. always thought that
the cataract WAS somcthin' CROWN
on the outside, and that he sed
the eycbai! was u room, and the
pupil was winder, and the seein'
was done from inside the room,
and the cataract VAS . curtain
that got i'll betwixt the organ Of
sight and the winder, aud he had
to 60 into the room with a knife
and cut away the curtain and then
the sight Was restored. Since
these explanations l hav had a
very high rcspekt for my eyes and
for sience too. l learned the
whale business as we'll in 20 min
cts as if | had studied eyes for a
year, and I've seriously thought
it my duty to open an eyeshop al
home Just. for tho sake Of sui.
ferin' humanity. The Doktcr re.
marked that some folks learned g
heap quicker than others, and ]
thought at the time he was allud.
in TO me. Eyes, 1 think is my
specialty-my fort. I've always
had a mekanikul eye and my mo.
thcr says I cut my oyo-teeth cas-
ier than any OF the boys.
Noxt mornin he set the GcnruI
up in big barber's chair, and te
chin a spring it laid down with
him just like it had sense, and The
Doktor proppcd his lids open with
parcel Of small wire crowbars
and he tod the Genral to look
down all the time. Then he cut
into his eyc-ball with about as
much Indifference as he would
have cut into the eye of 8 potatcr
and as the General finched ht
told him to look down. The Gen
eral says, II am looking down.
"No you are not" says Doktor
~ tell you l am" says the Gener
al. The Doktcr cut away a lick
OR two and says: General if you
don't look down your eye will bt
ruined" "Im looking down all
oan," gays the General. I've lost
control OF my optic nerve. l be
licve you would expect a man tt
look down if you was cuttin hi.
head off. The Doktor says, al
have to give you chlorotorm." y
The General says, II won't take
t-go on with your batchcring.'
"WelI, it was perhaps the funnicst
quarrel you ever heard; but the
doklor went on; and thrown
down his knife, he took another
little instrument and dug round
inside that eye-ball like he was
picking the goodies out Of q hick
orynut. Then he took sum bull
dog pinchers and pulled that cata
racl ont shore. He took the curtai,
from behind that window in q iia
ey, and then turned the genera
over to tho tender care of Mrs
Bryan and Miss Banks, sisters anc
ladies of Charleston, who have
charge Of the hospital. THEN
kindness and attention to the dok.
tors patients is equalled only
by their refinement of manners
and their Confedrit independence.
Born rich and raised rich, they did
not hesitate as to their duty when
the crash of the war wiped out
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