The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-03-14
A CLIENTS SPEECH.

A doctor named ROyston had sued
Peter Bennett for his bill, long over
due, for attending the wife Of the
latter. Alex. H. stephens was on the
Bennett side, and Robert Toombs, then
Senator of the United States, was for
DR.. Royston. The doctor proved his
number of visits, their value accord.
ing to local custom and; his own au.
thority to do medical practice. Mr..
Stephens told his client that the physi-
clan had made out his case, and as
there was nothing wherewith to rebut
or Offset the claim, the only thing left
to do was to pay it.
No. said Peter; Il hired you to
speak in my case, and now speak,
Mr.. Stephens told him there was
nothing to say he had looked on to
see that it was made ont, and it was.
Peter was obstinate, and at last Mr..
Stephens told him to make a speech
himself if he thought Que could be
made.
lI13 o01u 4 CICl OCuuCSsS ~ AsOOOy
Toombs won't be too hard on me.
Senator Toombs promised, and
Peter began:
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: You
and is plain farmers, and if we don't
stick together these ere lawyers and
doctors will get the advantage of us.
l amt no lawyer nor doctor, and
amt no objections to them in their
proper place; but they amt farmers,
gentlemen of the jury.
Now, this man Roysten was q new
doctor, and I went for hfsn to come
and doctor my wife's sore leg. And
he C me and put some salve truck onto
it and some rags, but never done il one
bit of good. gentlemen of the jury. L
don't believe he is no doctor, no way.
There is doctors as is doctors sure
enough, but this man don't earn -hia-
money, and if you send for him ~
Mrs. Sarah Atkinson did. for . negro
boy as was worth $1,000. he just kills
him, and wants pay for it,
L don't, thundered the doctor.
Did you cure him p asked Peter,
with the slow accents of q Judge with
the black cap on.
The doctor was silent, and Peter
proceeded:
AS was sayin', gentlemen of the
jury, we farmers when we SELF our
cotton has to give vally for the money
VIC ask, and doctors ain't none too
good to be put on the same rule. And
I don't believe this Sam Royston is no
doctor nohow.'
The physician again put in his oar
with:
Look at my diploma if you think I
am NO doctor.'
His diplomat = exclaimed the new
fledged orator, with great contempt.
His diploma! gentlemen, that is
big word for printed sheep-skin, and
it didn't make no doctor of the sheep
as first wore it. A good newspaper
has more in it, and pint ont to you
that he amt no doctor at ALL
The man of medicine was now in .
fury, and screamed out: ASK my pa
tients if 1 am not doctorY
Il asked my wife, retorted Peter,
an she said as how she thought you
wasn't
ASK my other patients, said DR..
Royston.
This seemed to be the straw that
broke the camel's back, for Peter re-
piled with look and tone Of unutter-
able sadness: 'That is hard saying,
gentlemen of the jury, and one as re-
quires me to say hard and bitter things.
To die or to have power as I've hearn
tell ceased to be exercised since the
| Apostles. Does he expect me to bring
the Angel Gabriel down to toot his
horn before his time and cry aloud.
| Awake, We dead, and tell this court
and jury your opinion of Royston's
practice?' Am l to go to the lonely
churchyard and rap on the silent tomb
and say to 'um as is at last at rest from
physic and doctor bills, Git up here.
you, and state if you died . natural
death, or was hurried up by some doc
tor?' He says ask his patients, and
gentlemen of the jury they are all
dead! Where Is Mrs. Beazles's man
Sam Go ask the worms in the grave
yard where he lies. Mr.. Peake's wo-
man Sarah was attended by him, and
her funeral was appointed and he had
the corpse ready. Where is that likely
Bill as belonged to Mr.. Mitchell 7
Now in glory expressing his opinion
of Royston's doctorin'. Where is that
baby gal OF Harry Stephens's2 She
are where the doctors cease from
troubling and the infants are at rest.
Gentlemen of the jury, he has et
chicken enough at my house to pay
for his salve, and furnished the rags,
and 1 don't suppose he charges for
making her worse, and even he don't
pretent to charge for curin' OF her, and
l am humbly thankful that he never
give her nothin' for her inwards, as
he did his other patients, for some
thing made um all die mighty sud
den
Here the applause made the speaker
sit down in great confusion, and in
spite Of logical restatement of the
: case by Senator Toombs the doctor
lost and Peter Bennett won.
WHAT THE MIcROsCOPE RE.
vEALS.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees
with the branches, leaves aud fruit.