Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-03-19
Charity and Health.

A rich Dutchman had an only daughter,
whom he loved above all, but his love to
her was unreasonable. All she wished in
the line of dresses, jewels, and enjoyments
generally, were procured for her immedi
ately, aud if those things could not be found
in Europe they were got from India. Her
room was luxuriously ornamented and full
of rare flowers and plants which princely
conservatories might have coveted. And
STILL in the midst of that opuence, the
young girl was dying away. For long
time she had not breathed any fresh air, as
she thought the least wind would be fatal
TO her health. Sometimes, however, in fine
weather, at the middle of the day. she
would venture TO take ride in a closed car
riage but courage was extinct with her,
and every day her disease assumed new
forms. Her whinis were incessant, without
her receiving any comfort from their graft
fication. What she wished and got the day
before was burden to her the following
day. She often spoke of death, but that
subject filled her with terror The most
prominent physicians had attempted to re-
store her TO health, but in vain and al
though the father would fan have given
his weight in gold to a successful physician,
art remained useless, and the daughter was
slowly perishing.
In the same city there was physician
whose practice was almost exclusively among
the poor, whom he attended with an indie
fatigable devotion. Many rich people looked
upon him with disdain and did not like him,
because he was very severe on their indo
lence aud vices. Still, now and then, the
rumor of some extraordinary cure by him
went the round Of the city. His treatment
was, people said, rather singular, and his pre-
scriptions peremptory. When he was pointed
out to the afflicted father as last resource,
the latter shook his head; still, his distress
led him to give his consent to the calling of
the physician of the poor. He spoke to him
enthusiastically of the disease of his daugh-
ter; told him what sorts of treatment she
had been subjected to; showed him whole
package of prescriptions ordered by the
medical advisers, and led him to his daugh-
ter. The physician examined the patient,
putting many questions, which were an
swered with languor and in despondent
tone. He caused her to go several times
around her chamber, but she soon fell ex-
hausted into chair. Finally, the father
asked the doctor, with irrepressble beating
of the heart, whether there was any hope.
al believe so," answered the medical man
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da' d' n 2 th;nS of rndartoI;n, ~ :. 0rda'
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H. S Ia drass With ON arnronr;a 80 honnat
snoh as are worn nv Jarghters of necban
;uo" ;os a' To'morrow % ROW shall go ont With her !
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ala;,i;ma q 20 ont With bar Sha hos NO,
hraaiha5 tbe oman air for a whoie ve.r y
Tba doctor sbrnaaad nm his sbnUidays and
sa;d III aIf vou de5't care follnw;ng NV ad
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- ,.;i, ha for The Iast TINA nniess von oom
r,v Nth NV ordars "
f''r 'rbe nosiiiva tone of that man had n, in
enanco oyer ,ha Sa,hsr VIII hnt for tha no
lett ,,,o,,,d ha,,s al raiao,ad ,ho -
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Tbe stran@anass @ an3 novai,, AZ ,hnss ID -
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sunni S ,ne .ouns pa;,;u pa;,; s u . a.. 'he 1t at
ha. ai,I 'no ," "a, ""s TVS ~, Iot te 80, 80
har h;s 'e al, ~ ias, ,,,a o ,'.;,h ho'
h;,a ,ha fa,har a fSi,owad tbano an~;osI ",Sh mJ,
srn,n hia ,;aJn,. "To'Jav" oa;S ,ha doc
tor 70 nj. oo,onan;on :. ue ~ ali not ,,o nar, U.
sar Ia ,,ant nan,d ,ha naxt oOrbo, o. ;,,'
,,ard and ~, ,a,o r,arro,. &c., a,aira INV
"!rh !Thara atn ,hau W ro s"o ,";,h foni,' ,hat ha
suffered for "o Iono time from novsrtv ,, ~" a"'