The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-10-16

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The FIAT Contributor " tells this: Since
DR.. Dawson of our city has successfully
accomplished the scientific feat OF trans
fusing blood, all the doctors are crazy to
make the experiment. We hear OF one
who has tried il with the most astonishing
results. His first experiment was in treat
ing man for obesity. lie tEosght there
was too much fat in his blood, and conclu-
ded IL would BE- a good thing to mix VEN
Gus fluid from very lean animal with it,
The best he could do was 10 get "A poor old
broken-dOwn circus horse of Mike Lip
man. whose blood seemed thin enough 10
inhale. almost. The experiment was sue
cessful SO far a. draining the circus horse
OF his gore and shooting il into the patient
was concerned. but the cilcct ON that fat
man is more than the doctor counted on.
His wife went walking with him the first
time he WAS able TO be out, aud a band OF
music passing on the street, he began to
prance around. snort and kick up his heels
Ia the most ridiculous manner. For an
elderly and unwieldy person of three hun
dred pounds. or such matter. 10 behave
in that frisky way on the street. excited
shouts of laughter. although the old man
couldn't help il tor the lite OF him. His
wife don't 90 out walking with him any
more. She says il he Is going 10 play cir
Gus. he can't play il with her.
The nit comes on him every once in a
while now. He has nearly broken his
neck several times trying TO jump the
clothes horse in a hurdle race. He was
caught one day backing up a rickety step
ladder on all-iours. imagining he was Dan
Rice's Excelsior He is perfectly de-
lighted If he can find ,awdust 10 play in.
and he goes around hunting for the clowns
pocket-handkerchief, which instinct tells
him is covered up somewhere about.
They missed him early one morning.
and. alter "A long search. discovered him in
a vacant lot where were the remains of an
old circus ring. He was IN his undershirt
and drawers, and going around that ring
on dead run with the youngest child
astride OF his neck, head hanging down
and yelling like young "painter."
When they tried 70 stop him he reared and
plunged irightfully. and shouted for the
" bail ncrS.'
Discouraging as the result of his first
experiment was. the doctor tried il again.
lie had patient who was constitutiomliy
Eighty, besid.s having some disorder OF
the nerves that kept him twitching con-
tinually. He couldn't slt still two minutes
at lime. but went hopping about here and
there without any apparent cause or rea-
son. sometimes actingas though he wanted
TO fly. =" Here i patient" reflected the
doctor, " who would be benefited by the
OF blood from some animal of
sluggish. inert nature and he finally con-
cludcd thar an elephant would be about the
right sort of an animal for that man To
hitch a suciion-pipe 10. But elephants are
not picked up every day They don't 20
loa.ing around the streets waiting for some
one Ia come along and tap them for their
blood. But it happened that one of old
John Robinson's elephants was sent home
on little vacation. and the doctor obtain
Ell permission To draw on him, which he
did. The PATIENTS veins Were filled with
elephants blood; but what was the conse-
quence. He insists on mingled diet OF
hay and gingerbread. and can'tsleep nights
unless his LEG j. chained to a stake driven
ia the ground. He insists on taking his !
trunk with him wherever he goes. swing
ing il around for contributions of apples. /
peanuts and tobacco quids. His chief de- !
light is TO get dirty red blanket on his |
back. ami gravely walk the streets on all /
fours. He exhibits the utmost timidity i'm /
crossing a bridge. and bellows fearfully If I
he has any doubts about its integrity. His /
friends feel awfully about IL. He was bad |
enosgh when he had the jerks. but now /
they find they have got an elephant on |
their hands.