The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
 A NEGRO DOCTOR.
How He Took Worm From a Patient $
 Meek

\ suit for ,he recovery of i've bales of cotton, growing ou, of 4ulte re narkable case of surgery. $ now pending m Little Rock court. Hitherto was supposed ;ha, only white men cheated the negroes ou, of ,hen crops. but the affair in eues- non proves that the colored gentleman IS not above relieving hls brother of all ,he country produce he may have in his possession.
 Some ume ago. Jasper Wilson. we'll to-do negro farmer who hved m ,he bottoms, was taken lil. \ poy was dis-: patched 10 the city fer l physician. and after arriving in town he met Doctor Shaokie,on. negro fhy>l- can to whom he stated ,he oh. jee; 0t his etIand Doctor sha slc,en was very much interested. and he harried ,o he bedside of the sufferer. lie mixed Il? lo, of stuff. which he instructed the patient io take every hllf hour, and ,haIgin the paiients wiie no, to let him eat water aeion. ;he doctor returned to 'he city ,o consul, with lawyer IS io the bes, means of securing a mortgage on old Jasper cop The nea day the boy came io the ci,y and sad that hls father vas nearly dead for some water melon.' adding that he couldn't stand ,o see he other members helpin them selves while he lay dar wld his moui all in water.
 Go back" sad the doctor. an tell him ter cat all da, he wants. Tell hlm ter tll hisset up.
 old Jasper was highly pleased a, such instructions, and immediately he began A series of watermelon eating, which any one mus, have known was quite enough to prove disastrous even to a man oi hardy stomach and most rugged con- s,taaon. l. vas no, lons unal the hay was gam on h;s way to the e,ty He soon found ihe doctor, Nho m company wi,h tine lawyer repaired ,o Jasper farm The o,i nan vas suffering greatly, ana the fanny v,s in a highly e,eitcd state
 ' ,ole ycI no, Ter let hun eat no water melons the doctor said taking the sick mans hand and feeling his pulse w,ih no more ski! of touch than man would exhibit Tn grasping pio~ handle. He !, dun iisobeyed me now an l'se nightly afeard dat lie consequences ~ill b, mighty dis,ressin' n dar nature
 "Doan ger ,h,nk da, yer kin sabc h,m / asked the wife.
 "poan know bout dat. Mighty dan. g'ous o.,era,ion. He's gone SO fur now da, he's 90, worm Tn hls neck. Di, worm hasier come out or da amt no show fur him in di, woh''
 - IT de Llwd's sake do ~ha, yer kel fur de man
 : !" It's mighty nsky, tells yer, an n1I l: cost
 Let ii cos, wha, |, may eber,,hing mus be done"
 Wall tell yer, sad the doctor, as suming an expression oi almost sorro~tu earnes,ness, lse ter be held 'sponsibIs lore lie medical college fur dis. an |, may cost me seberal hunnerd doiiars. Gin me mortgage on yer cotton crap an take de ehaneeS
 The woman cons-nief and the lawyer stepped forward and drew uy the paper ID regular form.
 '' Now we'll go to work, said the ,iot tor, and he ordered the patient io be brought oai under a tree. Then ke hlled the sufferers mouth with cotton and se, ii afre After the cotton burned awhile the do.;or removed !; and saying iha, he had to waik around and ihlnk, he Jeff the pailen, and went around io the oppos,te side of the house, where he remained | few moments and ,hen returned with d grub xoun conc e4led ln his sleeve in- siruciing the patien, 10 keep perfectly still, he made deep inc,slon m the back of hts neck, adroi,ly bIooded the worm held |, up and exclaimed Il Here's de worm
 Then he was regarded zs grea, phys,- can, and the thankful woman raised her voice in glad shout, rejoicing that her husband had been freed from the worm Of torment, but the shou, was premature for the old man did not live bat few hours after the operation had been performed.