The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-20
pECK'S HAD BOY.
lie DIssccts His Ia with IntercstIuE
Results.


"WhAt under heavens have you done
to him now" said the grocery men In as'
ishmUnt. ~ hope you haven't done any,
thing you will regret In after years"
"Rpgrot nothing" said the boy, as he
turned the lid Of the cheese box back and
took the knife and sliced of piece oil
cheese, and took few crackers out Of n
barrel, and sat down on a soap box by the
stove. "Yon see ma was annoyed TO death
with pa. He would come home full, when
she had company, and lay down on the
BolI and snOre, and he would smell like
n distillery. 1t hurt me to see ma cry, and
told her would break pa OF drinking II
she would let me, and she said II
l would promis not 10 hurt pa
to 80 ahead, Ahd promised
not 10. Then got my chum and another
boy, quite big boy, 10 help, and pa is
all right. We went down TO the place
where they sell arms and legs, TO folks
who have served In the army, or saw
mill, or a threshing machine, and lost
their limbs, and We borrowed some
arms and legs, and fixed up dIsscCting
room. We fixed long table In the base
ment, big enough TO lNy pa out on you
know, and then we got false whisken and
moustAches, and when pm came IN the
house drunk and laid down on the sofa,
and got 10 sleep we took him and laid him
FONT on the table, and took some trunk
straps, and sircingle and strapped him
down to the table. He slept right along
all through it, and we had another table
with the false arms aud legs on, aud We
rolled up our sleeves, and smoked pipes,
Just like l read that medical students do
when they cat up man. Well, you'd Il
tiide TO see pa look ut us when he woke up.
saw him open his eyes, and then wc be.
gan TO talk about cutting up deal men.
We put hickory nuts in our mouths so
our voices would sound different, 50 he
wouldn't know us, and was telling the
other boys about what time we had cut
ting up the last man We bought. said
ho was awful tough, and when we had got
his LEGS Off and hRd taken out his brain,
his friends come TO the dissecting room
and claimed the body, and We had 10 give
it up, but saved the legs. looked at pa
on the table and he began TO turn pale,
and he Gquirmed around TO get up, but
found he was fnst. had pulled his shirt
up under his aims, while he WAS asleep,
and Gs he began TO move took an iccle,
and In the dim light Of tho candles,
that were sitting on the table in beer
bottles, I drew tho icicle across pas
stummiCk and said to my chum, Doc. l
guess we better cut open this old dufier
and see il he died from inflammation OF
the stunmick, from hard drinking, as the
coroner said he did, Pa shuddered all
over when he felt the iCicle goiBg over his
bare stummick, and ho said, For Gods
sake, gentlemen. what does this mean! !
ain not dead!' The other boys looked at
pa in establishment, and said well, We
bought you for dead, and the coroner'siury
kaid you were dead, and by the eternal we
amt going to be fooled out Of corpse
when We buy one, are We Doc% My chum
said not II he knowed his self, and the
other students said, '0i course he Is dead.
He thinks he is alive, but he died day be.
fore yesterday, fell dead OH the street, aud
his folks said he had been nuisance and
they wouldn't claim the corpse, and we
bsught Il at the morgue.' Then drew the
icicie across him again, and said, 4 don't
know about this doctor. find that blood
follows the scaipel rs cut through the
cu,icle. Hand me the blood sponge
please Pa began to wiggle around, and
We looked ut him, and my Chum raised his
eye lid, and looked solemn, aud pA said
"IIUId on, gentlemen, don't cut into me
any more, and can explain this matter.
This Is all mistake. ! was only drunk.
We went into corner and whispered,
and pa kept talking all the time. Hesaid II
We would postpone the hog killing he could
send and get witnesses TO prove that he was
not dealt, but that he was n respectable
citizen, and had family. After We had
held consultation went 10 pm and told
, him that what he said about being alive
might possibly DO true, though We had our
doubts Then laid the icicle across pas alb.
domen and went on 10 tell him that even Il
he lNsalive II would be better for him 10 play
, that he was dead; because he was such a
nuisance to his emily that they didn0twant
} him, and ! was telling that had heard
/ that In his lifetime he was very cruel 10 bis
boy, bright little fellow who was at the
head Of his class in Sunday school, and o
, pet wherever he was known, when pa In.
terrupted me and said, Doctor, please take
t that carving knife OF my stummick, for Il
makeA me nervous. AS Tor that boy OIL
mine, he is the Condemndist little whelr
in this town, and he isn't no pet anywhere
Now, you let up on this diEseCtin' business
and will make 1t oil right with your
We held another consultation and theI
! told pa that We did not feel that It was
/ doing Justice 10 society TO give up the body
Y OF notorious drunkard, after we hal paid
twenty dollars for the corpse. ltthGle Wa
G any hope that he wond reform and Try Rut
: lead different life, 1t wonld he different
: aud said 10 the boys, gentlemen, we mus
Z do our duty. Doc, you diEmember tina
r leg, aud will attend 10 the stomach ant
the upper part Of the body. He will bt
0 dead before We are done with him. W.
4 must remember that society has somt
j claims on US, and not lot our better natures
o be worked upon by the post m0riem prorp
ises OF dead drunkard. Then l took M!
!. icicle and began iumblfng around thu
g abdomen portion Of pas remains, aud ny
Il chum look q rough piece OF ice and begHt
to saw his leg oil, while the other boy tool
s hold OF the leg aud said he would catch !
1 when It dropped Of. We'll, pa kicked likI
s. n steer. He taid he wanted 10 make ON
moro appeal to US, and We acted sort o
|. impatient, but we let up to hear what HI
y bad TO ray. lie said five would turn hin
loose he would give US ten dollaIA NOR
i" than We paid for bis body, and that h,
would never drink another drop as long d
n he lived.
" Then We whispered some more and toll
him we thought iavorably OF his las. propO
G sition, but he must swear, with his hand OF
10 the leg Of corpse We were then dissectlDg
t? that he would never drink again, aud ihel
!? he must be blindfolded and be conhucte,
G several blocks away from the diSectin
y room, before we would turn him loose. II
il said That WIS all right, and 80 We blind
!, folded him, and made him take a blood,
d oath, with his hand 2n piece Of Ice, tina
y We told him was o plece OF another corpse
and then we took him out Of tn
|. house and walked him around III
~ block four times, and left him on o col
" ucr, after he had promised TO sent
q money TO an address that gave him. w
Q, told him 10 stand still five minutes ate
d We left him, then remove the bllndtold
and 10 home. We watched him, from be
le hind a board fence, and he took of th
i, handkerchief, looked at the name on
street lamp, and found he was not far iroE
~ nome. He started of saying; That's
ly pretty narrow escape old nan. No NOR
whisky for you.'
IN l did not see him again until this morr
II. Ing, and when asked him where he vi
to iast night he Bhuddered and said nor
Of your darn business. But | never drin
ID any more, you remember that, Ma vi
d. tickled and she told inc was worth IL
10 weight in gold. Well, good day, TIL
10 CHEESE Is mnSty.'n And the boy went an
caught on a passing sleigh.
~ our Progress,
Y As stages are quickly abandoned With Y
- nomulOtfon OF railroads, 80 the huge, draSu
~ eSthartlc pills, compo!ed Of crude and bull
:, medicines, are quickly abandoned with y