The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-09-18
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The word, big man, standing six feet ir
bis stockings, aud exceeding In portliBcs'
the dimensions Of most men Il was ever
ms fortune 20 see. No tailor could make
clothes SO large a. h's person; and vest
sud ifowcrs and coat were alike unequal
20 his uccds-balf the buttous of, and
the other baif worn to the bone with the
bard work they had 10 do; for Mr. Sam.
uel +, J. T. Throckmoron pufFed out
through every opening Of bis yestmenls,
Tie was a bnff, rough old man, aud often
boas,ed that he had never been sick day
IN bis life, aud that Ia fact there was no
necessity that any one should be sick-a
little caution was a sure preventative,
But Mr.. Samuel 7. J. r. Throckmorion
gave himself more credit than he deserv-
ed. II was a constitutional ability that
resisted the encroachmcnts Of disease
and no especial caution on the part Of the
above mentioned gentleman. Ills habit
was 10 drink a pint or more of whisky
every day, % eat as much roast beef and
plum pudding as his stomach could make
room for, and, In short, to indulge his
appetite in every way to an unlimited
extent. He never exercised on foot--that
was beneath his dignity; and as be NOV
ed from place 10 place, dozed iu a coach
as plethoric as himself His boots had
always Sit Ia the instcp, aud one or
two smaller ioopholes about the toes his
gloves were sltted half the length of his
fingers, and covered but half the back OF
his baud, aud bis hat, forever small aud
stuck on the back Of bis head, and half a
dozen aperlures in The crown for the ad-
mission Of air; aud this last was the only
precautionary measure which Mr.. Sam
uel p, j. Il. Throckmorton was ever
known to practice.
Naturally, as inumated, he was a man
of iron constitution; aud never having
been exposed TO hardships, he had resist
ed TO an unusual degree, mp TO his six.
tieth year, the natural wear and tear of
life.
said be was big in every sense of the
word-big, personally, as have dcscrib-
ed. Then he was master Of big fortune,
aud was, in his own estimation, and in
that of his neigbbors, big in Importance.
When the new turnpike was made, the
judgment Of all lesser stockholders yield
ed to his; and crook, which took in va
rious hills and holows, was made, great
ly to the detriment of the general inter-
est, to avoid the barn Of Mr.. Samuel p.
j. 7. Throckmorton. And everybody
said II was right TO make the aforesaid
crook-it gave variety and added to the
romance of the scenery. Bnt when the
surveyor struck through the snug little
house of Soloman Delver--a poor man
employed by the turnpike company to
break stone-nobody thought it would
add anything to the romance Of the seem
cry to make another crook, and Solomon
Delivers house was razed down.
When a new schoolmaster came, and
after a deliberative council, which was
all sham, the trustees laid the case be-
fore Mr.. Samuel 7. j. 7. Throckmorton,
who had no children to be educated, and
would not have been supposed to feel so
lively an interest in school matters as men
who had children; nevertheless, blind,
careless decision was the law. In reality,
this man was the despot of little king
dom; and great was the CONSERVATION
which ran through the neighborhood,
when it was rumored that Samuel 7. j.
+. Throckmorton was very III, aud had
sent fifty miles for very eminent sur
geon to visit him--a man who, in the or
dinary practice OF medicine, was of very
little repute
When our modest and really excellent
village doctor thrust his thumbs into his
vest pockets, little consequentially it is
true, and said Mr.. Throckmorton might
die while the great surgeon was coming,
and that, unless he had a limb to be am
putated, the movement was very unfor-
tuuate one, everybody said that our little
doctor was great fool and wanted TO be
physician to Mr. Samuel r. j. Throck-
morton.
Now the great man, as he had often
boasied had never been sick, and having
by INDUCING too freely at the table,
brought on an attack Of indigestion and
headache, which a little abstinence and
some exercise would have cured, be tum-
bled himself iuto bed and smothered in
blankets, and hayiag hot bricks at his
bead aud his feet, sought by partaking
liberally Of all coufections and condi-
ments TO restore the tone Of bis stomach
Mrs. Throckmorton was little, fidgi-
ty, nervous woman, who bad bat little
Judgment or understanding, and having
been all her life accustomed to rely with
implicit confidence on the wisdom Of her
husband, did so now that his Illness quite
unbalanced bis usual perceptions aud
conceptions, for Sir. Thr0ckmorton was
not a man TO endure a headache calmly.
Bnsily the little woman ran up and
down stairs bringing whatever he requir-
ed without question or hesilancy--now
bot soup, and now cider Or whisky, now
a mustard plaster, aud now the contents
of some old bottle ot medicine, originally
designed 70 remedy, 30 enc knew what
UHder bic desutoty treatment, tie pa
tient grew worse daring the fret day /;
and when night came, was frighcned
iuto believing himself greatly worst than
lie really was
Q Sails Ann sally Ami was BE con-
.tsut sppesl lie had puaetiliausly t,f
then said Mrs. Throckmorton or Anna.