, 1878-03-23
How a Scare Cured a Pa ralytie,

In letter received few days since from
persol IN New Hampshire occurs this sen-
te,Ice: .-Old Siaion Love stopped here yes
teriay on his way home. He Is almost y22,
and is hale and hearty
And that brought to mind an incident
which happened tse-and-twenty years ago
Yes, twenty chine years as,o-it was IN the
autumn of iSiS The same Simon Love- then
65 years of age, and living with a SON In-iSw
on the Grand In,ervalc road, under Mote
Mountain, had been lald mp for more than
year with what the doctors called \ species
of lumbaso He could not arise from his
chair without assistance, nor could he move
from chair to bed without the help of strong
man. for he Was himself very heavy. There
seemed to be a sort Of psraly lysis Of all tho
muscles OF the lumbar regions, and when the
pain came it came furiousiy. | don't know
how many bottles of hniment and patent un.
guents 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
lie should survive 1t.
Well, one day in early October, while the
pigeons were very plenty, MIR. Hammond.
Loves son-in- law, was ;:xing his double barrel
gun for shot at them. lie had Just cut
piece of India wheat not far away, and there
the pigeons would be sure to gather and he
meant 10 he ready for them. He had loaded
both barrels heavily, and put on the percus-
sion caps; bpt as the caps were slightly small
for the tubes he had 20 press them on, which
he WAS wont to do by easing the hammer
down upon them.
Old Simon, sat by the fireplace, bols.ered
up IN has great easy char, with padding OF
pillows and blankets for his back and cush.
IONS for his feet
Look out, Nathan he cried, as he saw
the double muzzle pointed uncomfortabiy
near to him.
"Pooh. ther' amt no danger, dad" re-
turned Nathan, pressing the hammer down
upon the cap.
But the cap was q 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
riige-pole to foundation, and a few of the
shot grazed Simon Loves leg. He, poor fel.
low, believed he was shot dead. He sent
forth howl, loud and long, and leaped to
his feet
Murder. murder. murder Tn shot
dead-kiiled-shot all to pieces. o! o. o!
Murder"
And away he leaped out of doors into
the yard-where lie danced up AMI down,
yelling Ike mad all the while, until Nathan
and his wife and hirel G.an came to his as
sistance They got him into the house and
got Linn down into his chair, and after criti-
cal examination they found two or three
livid lines upon the cali Of his night leg, where
a stray shot had just grazed the skin
Amt | shot"
+-No. Get up and see"
He was up IN a moment, standing hrst up
on one leg and then upon the other, and
presently the thought occurred to him that
he had really risen. and unaided. He started
off upon brisk walk, without pain and with
out hindrance He could hardly credit the
evidence of his own senses. He leaped and
he danced he ran to the well and back.
GLORY, hallelujah. Nathan, I'm well
man."
And he spoke truly. The terrific shock,
eonvulsIng every nerve and stralning every
muscle, had healed him, and from that time
he never had another single touch of the old
trouble.-Troy Times