Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-12-04
HALLS LUNG E3ERclsE-AN uNrc5yUN-
ATE MISREPRESENTATION.

| The original cause of all the trou
! bic was the following paragraph fton,
Halls Journal Of Health
/ Step ont into the purest air you car
! find, stand perfsstg erect with the
/ head up and the s&onlders back, ane
then, fixing the lips as though you were
going to whistle draw the air, no'
though the nostrils. but through the
lips into the lungs When the chest i,
about half full, gradually raise ths
arms keeping them extended, Will
the palms of the hands down as yor
tsuck in the air: SO as to bring them
over the head just AS the lungs are quite
full. Then dropthe thumbs inward
and after gently forcing the axms back
ward and the chest open, reverse the
process by which YOU draw your breath
till the lungs are empty, This process
should be repeated three or four times
Immediately after bathing, and also
several times through the day
Hall said this was a good way to
expand the chest and keep the lungs
sound; so learned the instructions by
heart, and went out into my back yard
in Beverly to practice. Upon the first
morning, while [ was going through
with the exercises, l noticed my next
door neighbor (Fisher) watching me
cmiously. Before | had finished look
of alarm overspread his countenance.
and he ran into the house. Presently
| he returned with Mrs. Fisher and his
| mother in-law, and the three stood look
ing at me as if they expected / would
| have severe paroxysm and climb sud
denly over the fence and eudeayor to
annihilate the whole Fisher family.
The next day Fishers hired girl told
our hi ed girl that Mr.. Fisher had for
hidden his children to come to my
house, and had warned them to rua
home whenever they saw me coming
down the street, because raving maniacs
always enjoyed butchering young chill
dren. On the following morning,
while ] was going through Halls dis
cipline, Mr.. Fisher came out armed
! with heavy club, and leaned over the
fence in such position that he could
run if became dangerous.
He said he wanted to advertise me
as a friend to 60 to al asylum. He
had known much worse cases than
mine to be cured, and it wasn't kind to
my family for me to remain at large.
Would | object, for instance, Il he Jun
ped over the fence and fitting me with
strait Jacket, and chained me to the
pump while he went for the doctor?
l told him if he bothered nla with
any ofhis foolery, I would kick him
out Of the State Of New Jersey. lie i'm
mediately left, and started out to alarm
the town.
The next morning when came out
into the yard to practice { was surpris
ed to see several hundred bows and men
roostlng in long row's upon the fence
and upon the roof Of the COW stables
and swarming i'll the trees. As came
forward there were suppressed cxcla-,
nations: That's him. Here he
comes| ''Dangerous-looling custo-
mer!' "Wild look about the eyes.
hasn't hes" &C., &c, while several
small boys contributed to the excite
ment by whistling on their fingers aud
fighting for places Oil the fence.
1t was severe ordeal, but | made
up my mind to so through with the
exercise and prove that ! was superior
to ridiculous popular opinion. When
began to draw in my breath the
crowd shouted, ''Look at him now !
gasping for BREATH And when |
raised my arms, as if intended to make
dash for the fence, two or three men
slid down on the other side hurrietily.
and contented themselves by locking
though knot holes. I was just drop
ping my thumbs inward" according to
Halls directions, when there Was a
commotion among the spectators on
| the fence, aud a shout from several boys
that ''They are comipg!" Presently The
gate opened and in came Fisher With
three police and a surgeon. The police
men walked up very calmly until they
were close to me, when they suddenly
seized me and pinioned my arms.
asked Indignantly what was the
meaning of this outrageous conduct.
The policemen said it would be bet
ter to come along quietly, and there
would be no trouble.
"But want to know what you mean
by entering my yard and interfering
with me while am exercising for my
health?"
Exercising for his health said Fish
er, with a sigh; ''his mind is entirely
gone.
TIE three policemen and the doctor
smiled ghastly smiles, nodded myster
iously, and tapped their toreheads with
| fhair fnrofi nc.ors