Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-01-17

! on the growth Of whiskers which betrayed an
/ inclination to stagna,ion.
Bot the visitors were a more horrible tor
meut. Bald men came 70 see me IN droves :
I Trey prosecuted me at home and abroad. II
went to church, the sexton would call me out
during the prayers to see man Ia The Vr'i-
bule. who wished 10 ascertain II NalN'nshAm
merely baihe,l liz head or rubbed the medeine
in with a brush. When went - parry.
some hald-healed niScreant would stop me IN
the midst of the may Il nee To- ask If Wal-ing-
hams hair began to grow in the full of tne
moon or when it WAS new. While WAS be-
ing shaved, some one would bolt into the shop
and insist, AS the barber held me by the nose,
npon knowing whether WaIsn.ham wore veu-
tiIators in his hat. Ii attended fuuee.d, a.
likely as not, hare-headed outla" would
stand by me at the grave, and ask II WalSlnS-
ham ever slept in nightcapS; and more than
ouce | was called ont Of bed at night 10y
wretches who wished 10 learn, before they 'e't
the town, if ] lhoughtit hurt The hair to part
it behind.
1t became unendurabe I issnc'l orders t.
the servants To admit To- the house no man with
A bald head. Bat that ve.y day stranger oh
tanned admission to the pariJr, aud when
went down tn see him. he stepped softly a
round. closed al the doors n,ystsriously, and
asked me- III whisper. II any one c"n'i hear
us. Then he pulled Oft viz, aud handing
ne a microscope Of two hundred damrtcrs he
requested me ioexamine hi, scalp, ani tell blm
il there was any hope | sent him around To
see Wasin.ham; and gloat over the lact
that he bored Walsingham for two hours with
lis badness.
left town that night with my family, and
took vacation fur three ~ four weeks do
not knnw how the Information uf our return
was made public. But there was 4 ring At the
dnnr- hell at six o'clock of the morning alter
got home, and lookug 'ui, SAW ioriy-three
! bald headed men standing Ia irnt IT the d"'r
IN single iilp. Each man held u paper IN lhs
| hand. aud enjoyed himself reading Wal>ing-
! hams certificate, while he stamped his feet
aud blew his hngerS To warm himself
Ia the heat of passion did mediate loading
my shotgun with Doser'S Capillary Pills, aud
! firing a couple uf vulieyS into the ranks of the
enemy; but | thought better oft. had the
crowd dispersed By policeman, and ten !
borrowed Sensenderler's bulldog for le"
DAYS and turned him Loose IN the front yard
The family had to 20 in and out by the back
way to avoid undue sociabiiily on the part oi
Senseuderlcr's dog; but it was Luxurious Ia SIT
at the plr,or window and watch the bali
men march up to the fence, study the tnln'a-
tel animal a,icnively, and then 20 away. .aiicr
concluding that 1t would perhaps lie better. all
things considered, not TO come in aud see me a
bout Pulsifer's remedy.
am sorry now that ever got acquainted
| with W.dsingham. aud sorrier still that eycr
became enthusiastic on the subject of his hair
A bald Wasiugham, know, is less fasclna-
.ng than Walslngham with hair but rilb
o ;han have suffered this misery, would pr :
ia WalSingham without an rye.winker, ~
{ VIZ noush ou him To make camel, isi
neil But shall hardly give another ceiti-
fcale of cure in any event II should see d
iatent-medcine man take n mummy whicl
died the year Joseph was sold into Egypt. az"
dnSe it until it kicked "a us rags aud danced
The polka-maz urka While it whlsilrd the tune
would lie at the stake sooner than acknowl.
edge the miracle on paper. Nalsinghan'
hair winds me mp ~ far ~ medical certificate
are concerned From he Phiiaddpkia To- Day