The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-22
The Cost OF Guiteau's Bullet.

Charleston. News anil Courie, sends IN,
following to that journal in letter in
which various things connected with the
Presidents mishap is discussed
The amount Of these bills was the mex
topic discussed, and Secretary Brown
after figuring up for moment, estimated
that the cost Of the Presidents Hines.
would not be far short of $3.50, 900. The
doc .ors, he thought, vita the exception
of Barnes and Woodward, who AS army
surgeons arc expected to attend the Pre- !,
ldent as part Of their official duties
should receive at least 300, 900, and per.
haps much more if the convAlescencc il
a long one. rs it is now likely to be. DR.
Keyburn has been in attendance sixty.
| eight days, which at 800 a day would
entitle him to S6,S00 DR.. Bliss will
| probably receive S25 900, and Drs. Ham.
ilton's and Agnew's bills will not. il il
thought. be more than $4,000 piece,
! unlefs the case should keep them busy
for pnths longer. 1t must be remcm.
| oerr,. that the professional fortunes of
I'll these men are made by their connec.
tion with this case, and there is not Il
| surgeon i'll the country who would not
| attend tho President day and night for
| months for the mere honor and rcputa.
ton of the thing. "a singular thing"
said Mr. Brown, "and one which indi-
Gates tho feeling Of the people in the
matter, is that we experience the great est
difficulty in getting bills from any Que.
Even persons who render services which
arc csually paid for at once, such as fur
nishing food, carriages, medicines, in
struments, &c, refuse to send in their
bills, and DO not know Of single bill
yet sent In for services or goods rendered
to the President"
1t is generally thought that the plan to
DC followed when Congress meets and the
President is completely conyalcscent will
probably be to send circular to every
person who has rendered services to the
PRESIDENT, requesting that bill shall be
sent, and theis an appropriation can he
made Tor the whole sum. The President
IS very scrupulous in wanting everything
paid for, and wishes all the articles sent
by tradesmen as presents to him at the
White House either to be returned or
bought and paid for if they are consid-
cred III worth keeping.
The truth is" said Mr.. Brown. sneak
ing of this, that not one article out of
the scores receive every day is worth
anything. On an average l get fiye or
SIX medical connections warranted TO
cure the President, no matter what his
condition. Then there are the Patent
furniture men who send beds and chairs
and rentilatOrs and foot rests without
end. Unless they are paid for in ad-
vance L refuse TO receive them, for the
pills tor cxpress8ge are sometimes form
idablc. One lunatic sent a full set of
articles for n sort of gymnasium ut
home" trapcze, swinging bars, spring
board, &c., expecting the President TO
get well by practicing with his devices.
Here Is queer article which | received
to-day, said Mr.. Brown, pulling out a
sort of enormous rubber handkerchief
which the article was really intended for.
''The man who sends this writes that
every man can he his own washerwoman'
by using this handkerchief, for no other
washing is needed except to throw it into
water aud wiring it out. it keeps down
the wash bill, you see. The inventor
says he hopes the President will use it
because it is the first one made after the
patent was granted Ii there WAS any
danger Of the Presidents stock of hand
kerchiefs giving out we might take to q
rubber handkerchief, but not before"
PRIVATE SECRETARY BROWN.
Since the departure of Reyburn,
Woodward and Barnes, Secretary Brown
has taken up his quarters in the doctors
cottage, having large reception on the
ground floor and bedroom of it. The
work OF the fifty or more correspondents
now at Long Branch is much facilitated
by the kindness Of Mr. Brown, whose
door is always open, and who conserSs to
tell The news without showing his fatigue,
to countless applicants. His room has
become sort of rendezvous fnr people
who want to know the latest, for there
may be met Col. Rockwell and Gen.
Swain when they are off duty, and DIR.
Bliss spends an hour or two there every
morning and every evening DR.. Ham
ilton has room right Off Mr.. Browns,
and sits and chats i'll the reception room
for few moments every night before go.
ing to bed, prcfacing every remark about
the President with "Now 1 tell you this
only on condition that it will not be used
in print" Of all the surgeons connected
with the case DR.. Hamilton is the shycst
of having his name in the papers, and
any remarks that ycu may see in his
name have been built you may be sure,
out of very slender matcrials-a nod, or
yes" or mo"
SIX DOCTORS IN ROW.
Talking of the doctors, / had all six of
them at the table next to mine in the
Elberon dining.room on Tuesday and
Wednesday last Since then three of
them have gone, and DR.. Bliss, having
been Joined by his wife, the pleasant
medical circle has been broken up.
When the six of them were at meals to-
gethcr the sight was enough to strike ter
ror to any patient could not help OBJ.
serving that DIR. Agnew disjointed his
chicken with more skill than ordinary
mortals and enjoyed the congenial work
of dissecting anything-even fowl.
The funny stories which DR.. Bliss related
to the company were the subject of much
laughter, and were probably professional
anecdotes Of q nature to make sick man
shudder and we'll man lose his appe-
tite-for which reason l did not try to
catch the drift of the stories, one Of the
funniest being, SO far as learned frcn' :
word or two, abou: al absce- '.hich
turned black. The signatures of tho
different surgeons on the register were
the subject OF much comment that even
ing. DIR. Bliss signs in big scrawling
hand, DIR. Hamilton in small scratchy,
indistinct writing, and DIR. Aguew writes
his name like writing master. The
characters of the men somewhat cor
respond to their signatures. Bliss is
bluff, stout man, with short iron gray side
whiskers; he is always ready to talk.
complimented him the other day upon
his invariable readiness to receive news.
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