Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-25
How DR.. Potts Pulled Through.

Young Gluckerson met old Judge Van
Snyder on the ferry the other day, and,
after shaking hands respectfully with that
venerable friend of the family, said casu-
ally:
ibid you hear of that terrible accident
up at Potts the other nightg
Accident! Why, my dear young friend,
no. Nothing serious, | hopeY" said the
Judge much Interested
well, I'll tell you how it was" said
Giuckerson in a mournful voice. "You
see, the old doctor was out until about two
in the morning attending some patients,
and supposing be would be hungry when
he came in, Mrs. Potts put large pan of
mush and milk-the Doctors tavorite
dish, you know-under the stove to keep
warm for him."
Eyes! yes" said the Judge eagerly, AZ
Gluckerson stopped TO light cigar. go
on-what then ?"
"Well, the doctor came in after while,
and went cropping round in the ark for
his mush-couldn't find match. YOU
know-and, as luck would have it, he
picked up instead u pan containing bread,
put there to raise over night He was too
tired to notice the Observation-Disclosures he
had taken two or three nips as he drov
around, and 50 he actually ate up all the
the Dough-
"Gracious!' said the judge.
"It's fact, though. Well, toward
morning, HE doctor began TO swell, and
swell-the yesst was just ge,liag i's
work in you know-and pr,t(y soon h
whole family was up and rushing az, uDd
half distracted. The doctor Kept on
grooming and shrieking and swelling
until he looked like Saratoga trunk. A.
last they found out what he had done, AMI
the whole family piled right ON top o.
him, aud sat there while they sent tor s
cooper"
On "COPPER"
Eyes; you see they saw at once tina,
unless something was done tine doctor
would burst before morning. So the
cooper started In and put nine of those
big halt inch beer keg hoops around his
stomach. Of course that stopped the
swelling, and by keeping tin tube down
his throat tor gas to escape, be just man
aged 10 pail through"
ION, the Doctor pulled through, did
hel'
"Ohl yes; he's all right now, except
ing"
Excuse me-" said the judge grimly,
as be took out his note book, "but will
you favor me with your middle name in
full. They are getting up medal Tor the
champion liar In the state, by order of the
governor, and / think I'll send in your"
But the boat had landed, and the
promising young candidate had melted
away in the crowd.-Sdn Francisco Post.
"OLp ABE."-Wisconsin' war eagle
was present at The late Soldiers Reunion
at Columbus, o, and attracted much at
tentlon. The OHIO State Journal. of Au-
gust nth, thus refers to the old veteran:
Over the cannon in Fine Art Hall is
perched Old Abe, the famous Wisconsin
war eagle. He IS noble appearing bird
and caught glimpse OF nearly every per,
son on the grounds yesterday. The bird
is in charge of Sergeant Gillis, of Madi
son, Wisconsin, who LETT for this city
Monday and arrived at $50 yesterday
morning. Mr. Webb Graft, expressman,
volunteered to take the bird to the camp.
During the recent reunion of the WIS.
consin Eighth at Milwaukee, a letter was
read from Bob Burdette, of the Burling
ton Haaoksye, who could not be present
with his old comrades. In the letter he
has an interview with Old Abe, and
among other things which the proud bird
is made to say, is the following:
"Why, where are all the young fellows
who were in the army with you? What
has become of the boys? What does IT
mean? Oh, my dear Robert, the Colonel
Of 40 is an old man OF 60 now; the Cap
tain of 80 can't comb the gray hair over
that bald spot that used to be covered
with coal black thatch, and his married
children came home to celebrate his fifth
eth birthday last week and your conrad Z
of 2O-well, yes, that is him, full bearded
with an earnest face, and he buys shoes
for six little feet now. You? Oh, yes
you have changed as much as he has
! And so, year by year, the reunions will bt
more lightly attended, the old heads will
be grayer and the old eyes DINNER, and
as the ranks thin out there will be no re-
cruits to fill them up. The old guard will
die out at last without reintorcements
surrendering to the only enemy who ever
made it tremble- relentless old Time him
self. But as the old eyes grow DINNER
thank God, the old hearts will grow
warmer, and the old dreams brighter, and
the last days of the odd guard how beau
tiful they will be. Be proud, my boy
that you are one OF them; walk across the
! street to shake hands with soldier
and call HIM cOmrAde, and when you lay
Old Abe away, for his days are nearly
mum bered, bury him like a soldier, anr
bring soldiers hnnors to his grave, ant
tell your children, when you teach ihell
TO love their country as the men OF In,
grand old second brigade loved it, tell then
over my lasteyrie that here was or,
who was named after the grandess aLC
beat man tina. God ever sent to save ia
ton; that here Was a bird who marched
three long years, through storm and sun
through light and dark, through fire anc
blood, between two loyal flags; birt
who hated traitor and loved the ragged
est blue jacket that ever covered Il 10y
heart; q bird that did his art in strikin,
the letters from 1900 600 IF human be
ings, because he loved freedom with tn
God given instinct OF bird, and wanted
to elevate mankind as nearly to his owl
level as possible. And when you see an,
of the old boys, Robert, tell them 'Howdy