The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-11-13

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Though favored man is cherished most.
OF all existing breath.
On Him who sees a sparrow fall,
| And feels for all its pain,
No heart need surely fear to call,
Nor ever call in vain.
HOMESPUN EL0QUENCE.
A doctor name Royston had suei
Peter Bennett for bill long overdue
for attending the wife of the latter
Alexander ii. Stephens was on tht
Bennett side, and Robert ToOmbs-
then Senator of the United States
was for Royston. The Doctor proved
the number Of visits, the value accord
ing to local custom, aud his own au.
thority to the medica; practice. Mr.
Stephens told his client that the ply.
sician had made out his case, and there
was nothing wherewith to rebut OF
of. set the claim, the only thing left to
do was TO pay 1t.
I-zE.. No. saidsSP Peter, Il hired you to
speak in my case, and now speak.
Mr.. Stephens told him there was
nothing to say; he had looked out to
see that it was made out, aud it was.
Peter was obstinate, and at last Mr..
stephens told him to make a speech
himself if he thought one could be
made. s1 -' s.-.
sWell,' said Peter Bennett, IF Bob
| by Toombs will not be toe hard on
me. ,-.- f@as
Senator Toombs promised and Pc
ter began. -
Gentlemen Of the jury, you and 1
is plain farmers, aud if we don't stick
together these ere lawyers and doc
tors will get the advantage of us. 1
amt no objection to them in their
proper place s but they Amt farmers,
gentlemen Of the jury. Now. this
man Royston was a new doctor, and l
went for him to come and doctor my
wife's sore leg. iAnd he came and.put
some salve truck onto it, and some
rags, but never done it one bit of good,
gentlemen of the jury. 1 don't be-
lieve he is no doctor no way. There
is doctors that is no doctors, sure an
ough but this man don't earn his
money, and if you send him, as Mrs.
Susan Atkinson did for a negro boy
as was worth 81 goo, he'd just kill him
and wont pay for it.
A;l-,t Tho looto,
did you cure him p asked Peter
with the slow accent of a judge with
a black cap.
AS was saying, gentlemen of the
jury, we farmers, when we sell our
cotton, has got to give vally for mon
sy we ask, and doctors amt none too
good to be put to the same rule. And
I don't believe this Sam Royston is no
doctor, no how.
: The physician again put in his oar
with Look at my diploma If you think
I am no doctor.
tHis diplomat exclaimed the new
fedged orator, with great contempt.
His diploma! Gentlemen, that is big
word for printed sheepskin, and it
didn't make no doctor out of the
sheep as first wore it, nor does it out
of the man as now carries il, and I'll
pint out to ye that he amt no doctor
at all.
The man of medicine was now in
fury, and screamed out: ASK my pa
tients il am no doctor.
. asked my wife, retorted Peter,
aud she said as how she thought you
wasn't. slza.s 70 e..sr
Ask my other PATIENTS said DR..
Roy yston..i e
This seemed to be the straw that
broke the cameps back, for Peter re-
piled, with q look and tone of unut.
terable sadness:
THAT is 3 hard saying. gentlemen
of the jury, and one that requires me
TO die to have po vera as 1 have heard
ceased to be exercised since the Ap6s.
Ties Does he expect me to bring the
Angel Of Gabriel down before the
time and cry aloud. Awake, ye dead,
and tel this court and Jury your opin.
ion of Royston's practice? Am to go
to the tomb ana say to him as is at
last at rest from physic and doctors
bills, Git up, here, you, and state if
you died natural death, or was you
hurried up some by doctors5' He
says, ASK his patients,' and, gentle.
men of the jury, they are all dead
Where is Mrs. Beazly's man Sam ? 60
ask the worms in the graveyard where
he lies. Mr.. Peaks woman 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.. Mitchell2 Now in
glory expressing his opinion ON Roys-
toms doctoring. Where is the baby
gal of Harry Stephens? She Is where
doctors cease from troubling and in
fants are at rest.
Gentlemen of the jury, he has eat
chickens enough at my house to pay
for his salve, and furnished the rags
and don't suppose that he charges
for making of her worse, and even he
don't pretend to charge for curing OF
her; and l am humbly thankful that
he never gave her nothing for her in
nards, as he did his other patients, for
made um all die mighty
sudden. ...
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.