Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-07

find merrimsnt for himself and others
IN bic own miserles, and who can eat
more fish ct one sitting than any man
ever saw, unless 1t be q large friend
OF mine in Flcksburg, who has been
known to cat up the results of q whole
days successful catch at one meal, In
the woods at Long Lake; q man from
Georgia, whose capacity for every va
rlety OF food 10 absolutely incompre.
heusible, who Is never absent
from the house at the second ringing OF
the bell, who comes home away In the
night and arouses every sleeper by
pounding on the door to awake the
landlord TO let him 10 and then stalks
up stairs with IS much noise as q good
sized regiment might make, and who is
at once forgiven in, the morning for all
this untimely fuss because OF his con.
tinual Aow Of good humor, and bis In.
exbaustlble fund Of jokes and several
others, not one Of whom IL surly
or Objectionable as Is nearly sure 10 be
the case in most parties of this size,
thus making Il present home q real
pleasant one indeed, especially since
the people ". i whom We stay are 50
kind hearted and agreeable. 1t Is a
place | had been hunting, and | hope
there are more such that | do not
know of.
| got quite a complimentary send. of
By the two dailies published here for
my third letter, aud was complimented
BY M Of them giving me nearly a col.
umn's notice, in which | was charac.
terri. d as a TOOL, a liar, a dog, a Sian.
derer, and that worst OF all beings 10 a
Hot Springs leecb, q tramp. The arti-
Gle promised had no money, and that
settled me. | was not wanted In Hot
Springs, or anywhere else for that mat
ter, The notice concluded by saying
that the ouly sembllnce to truth con-
tanned in my letter was that part about
the doctors. But the next day the
clever editor published letter from me
with a remark that he had been con.
yinced | was a better fellow than be
had pictured me the day before.
Oh, the dear doctors, | should
dislike to believe in tie doctrine
OF Bob Ingersoll with reference to
the future habitstion OF bad men
II for no other reason than that an
omission tc provide a warmer place
than Hot Springs tor some Of the ras.
cally quacki here would seem to render
the 81 stem Of rewards and punish.
ments defective, My doctor letter and
subsequent notices fail to picture them
as bad as they are. | am informed the
State Medical Association refuses to
receive any Of them as delrgates to any
Of the meetings of hat body. One OF
them who prosecuted those who we're
guilty OF questionable mean of blow
ing their " horns, Was invited 10 a
seat IN that body during tie recent de.
liberations, which, | think, Is about the
only instance, Of late, where one OF
them has been admitted. Those ex.
PEELED were among the better ones here,
there being many others too worthless
and guilty Of such gross unprofessional
conduct that no body of respectable
physicians could allow their presence
with greater security than they could
invite the rAvsges of q pestilence. One
Of the leading doctors here told me,
last Sunday, that if tor three days |
would stand Ia the vicinity oil his office
and fail TO see a roper carry in a pa
tent TO every doctors office Within
sight Of me, he would give me bis
head for q football. The character Of
those representing the profession may
be inferred from this remark, aud
the fact that near one-half OF The Of
fees here may be seen from the posi-.
ton indicated. The robbing of a poor
fellows money is not always all the
harm done by q long shot, but often be
10 carved and butchered up, or bung-
linVly physiCked till the miracle IL
that the graveyard here is not filed TO
replelion, and so many people leave
here with the breath in them. But the
subject is absolutely inexhaustible and
| drop II again.
As | inlimated before there are the
elements Of prosperity here. This
must always be a noted place, which
Will attract nOste OF visitors, ana when
the people who settle here can feel &c.
cnre In their homes and a pride In the
place beyond a desire to make the most
money out OF those coming here, and
will give some earnest attention to.
wards the enactment and enforcement
Of laws for the protection of visitors
against buukO, cappers and doctors
ropers-the latter the more heinous
Of the two, because in that ca e the life
lie endangered, while 10 the former It IL
not-tben may we expect 10 hear of a
place offering other attractions than
the great healing properties OF the re.
nOwned waters. May the day soou
come. B. II. P.
In The COURSE OF human events the
baey show has reached Waukegan, a
town on the western shore Of
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