Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-08

Q.-And did you know that market
wagons, wood wagons, people on horse
back and in buggies were coming into
town all the time2
A.-Certainly l did; but so long as
they did not interfere with any of my
orders, if they were fools enough to go
into town l did not care.
Q-Well, doctor, you first say you
are afraid of the germs or spores being
preserved next you say that the
bringing of cotton into town will bring
people in to handle it, and yet you let
July and August go by and wait until
the 29th of September, and within
few weeks of the natural end of the
fever; and then on the Goth of Sep
tember you telegraph to johnson the
greatest vigilance is now necessary
(since Galloway's injunction) to pre-
vent the spread of the fever; and the
people ought now (since Galloway's
injunction) to he warned of the great
danger of going into town. Now, do
you think any man outside a lunatic
asylum will believe in your sincerity
in telegraphing such contemplate
twaddle as this?
A.-There is no telling what you
can get those Memphis people to be-
lieve.
Dwell, doctor, in regard to the
permits, does it not seem little
strange that people in and around
Memphis have to get passes from Mr..
johnson to go out and in, who, only
few years back, claimed British pro-
lection to keep from doing service for
this government
! A.-Well, that does look a little
funny; but it is none of my business,
you know.
| Dwell, doctor, you have virtual
ly abandoned your position about the
germs and spores, and your attempt at
this late day to keep people from com
ing into town, pretending it is for
their own welfare, is too transparent a
subterfuge to gull school boy. Now
a great many would like to know the
true inwardness of the whole affair.
This order No. 6, that you have
brought forth, doctor, is a horrid
monstrosity, and we would like to
know how you conceived such thing
and when you were impregnated.
How long were you en- ciente with it =?
Did you carry it for long time, like
the larger quadrupeds, or only short
time, like a rabbit2 Did it come at
: full term or is it an abortion? What
obstetrician did you have? Were you
in sore pain and great travail? We
5 know the edict uttered against woman
in the hoary ages of the past, but We
: know but little of your sex under
: similar conditions, and eve therefore
pray you to enlighten US. What med
G icinal aqua vitae did they make you
drink? With what auriferous cathol
t icon did they produce an@sthesia
e How long did they allow you for puri
fcation? Did you follow the ole
r Jewish rule; or did you do just al
you id please about it? Did yor
have a wet nurse, or did you nurse il
y yourself, or bring it up on bottle
Did it have the summer complaint
and hard time in teething; and were
n you allowed an independent supply o
soothing syrup? Tell us all about it
}. doctor, from its earliest inception
], down to the present moment.
d A.-You cannot expect me to Civ,
a you the information for which you
v ask, for no court can compel man t.
r give testimony that will criminatC
It himself.
e You are a brave little man, doc
tor; take a seat, pull down you
vest and wipe off your chin but per
# nit me to tell you, doctor, before thi
G interview closes, that you occupy
7 very unenviable position in the eye,
of the people of Memphis, and i
n upon reflection hereafter you cal
r think of anything that will make you
n conduct seem consistent, or justifabl
: to them, they will be glad at any tim,
v to hear from, and to justify you if yol
u can convince them, that they hav,
}, wronged you; but although in futur
you may be led to deny the paternity
of this horrid thing, aud to brand i
b with the mark of illegitimacy, still
g you can never abrogate or destroy tn
relationship. In all future years yo1
y will be known as No. 6 Plunket; !;
l. and away in the misty future, whel
: age shall have bent your form au,
S time shall have faded the bloom Of
It your cheek and dimmed the luster o
a your sparkling eye, even then, whel
;, looking back Ger the past-baek o..
e the past darkened by long shadows
even then you will see this horrid off
is spring of yours, all covered with long
legged spores and google. eyed germs
! and in your waking moments, in tn