The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-12-15
Hew . Scare Cured . Paralytic.

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In q letter received few days since
from . person in New Hampshire occurs
this sentence: "Old Simon Love stop
ped here yesterday on his way home.
He is almost 80, and is hale and hearty.''
And that brought to mind an incident
which happened five-and-twenty years
ago -yes-29 years ago-it was in the
autumn of 1848. The same Simon Love,
then 63 years of age, and living with q
son-in-law on the Grand Intervale Road
under Mote Mountain, had been laid up
for more than q year with what the doc
tors called . specie Of luInbsgo. He
could not arise from his chair without
assistance, nor could he move from
chair to bed without the help of q strong
man, for he was himself very heavy.
There seemed to be b sort Of paralysis
of all the muscles Of the lumbar regions,
and when the pain came it came furi-
ouslv. don't know how many bottles
of liniments and patent unguents had
been rubbed upon the outside, or how
many barrels Of swash he poured down
his throat. He seemed to grow worse
instead of better, and with the prospect
of another hard long winter before him,
he didn't think he should survive it.
Well, one day in early October, while
the pigeons were very plenty, Mr.. Ham,
mond, Loves son-in-law, was fixing his
double barreled gun for shot at them.
He had just cut q piece of India wheat,
not far away. and there the pigeons
would be sure to gather, and he meant
to be ready for them. He had loaded
both barrels heavily, and put on the per-
cussion caps; but as the caps were
slightly small for the tubes he had to
press them on, which he was wont to do
by easing the hammer down upon them.
Old Simon sat by the, fireplace,
bolstered up in his great easy chair, with
padding of pillows and blankets for his
back and cushions for his feet. 3Esl
"Look out, Nathan!'' he cried, as he
saw the double muzzle pointed uncom-
fortably near to him.
"Pooh, Their amt no danger, dad, :"
returned Nathan, pressing the hammer
down upon the cap. a4asa
But the cap was very sensitive one,
and he pressed little too hard, and
Mercy! what crash! and what a
howl! The right barrel of the gun was
discharged with report that shook the
house from ridge-pole to foundation,
and q few of the shot grazed Simon
Loves leg. He, poor man, believed he
was shot dead. He sent forth howl,
loud and long, and leaped to his feet.
"Murder! Murder! Murder! I'm
dead-killed all to pieces. O!Oi
-O!-Murder!" "
And away he leaped out of doors
out into the yard-where he danced up
and down, yelling like mad all the while,
until Nathan and his wife and a hired
man came to his assistance. They got
him into the house, and got him down
into his chair, and after critical examis
nation they found two or three livid lines
upon the calf of his right leg, where a
stray shot had just grazed the skin.
Saint shot?"
"No. Get up and see."
He was up in moment, standing first
upon one leg and then upon the other,
and presently the thought occurred to
him that he had really risen and unaid-
ed. He started off upon q brisk walk,
without pain and without hindrance
He could hardly credit the evidence of
his own senses. He leaped and he
danced; he ran to the well and back
again. E
"Glory, hallelujah! Nathan, I'm a
shock, CONFUSING every nerve and
straining every muscle, had healed him.
and from that time had not another
touch OF the old trouble.-Troy (N. "