The Evening critic., 1884-01-16
DOCTOR ROB BARR.
How HE Cured Very bad Case Of
ErNAlnnIns.

ErysIpeIas.
Everybody In this city knows ROBBERS NJ.
Barr, for several yoarB n clerk In tho Health
once and an energetic member OF tho Ma.
tlonal and waverly baseball Blnes and the
boat clubs and lawn tennis clubs as well ~
genial and popular gentleman.
sinco Roberts well known tace and
gigantic form have been missing from
mis- old haunts, ana his Washington
friends have been grleving his loss,
he has been tossing the ball for the Allegheny
Baseball Club and acquiring famo az ono of
the best players In the country. Recently
MIR. B0rr has been confined to his bed Ia n
hotel at Allegheny City by an attack Of ory-
sipelas, and tho Pittsburgh Ledder furnishes
the following account OF the characteristic
manner In which he effected o euro:
"Robert NJ. Barr, member OF the Allie
gheny Ball CLUB last year, and re.engaged for
next season, has hit upon now cure for cry
sipelas. "Bob," as he is famlliarly callod, is
atrapping big fellow, and possessed OF n con.
stitution and strength that any athlete might
be Justly proud Of. However, Bob has beon
sick for some limo past, and after weathering
through severe attack OF malarial fever ho
wns attacked with erysipelas IN the right leg.
This latter kept him confined TO his bed at tue
Central Hotel, Allegheny (where he Is ON.
ployed as clerkl, ana tho attending physician
Issued positive Instructions for him 10 re.
main In bed until his lint was well. IDdeed,
Bob needed no such instructions, for he was so
weak that no could not bear his weight on
his eoro leg. While no was thus
cOOllcu up IN MS room one OF tnO DOAfuOT5 III
the hotel circulated story that Barr hal been
taken In In an uncomplimentary manner by
one OF tho young lady guests. This finally
came 10 tho ears OF tho young lady In ques-
tiOn and she sent note TO Bob asking him for
an explanation. Tho note and Its contents
were surprise party to Barr. He hal never
spoken OF the lady except IN the Highest
terms OF praise, ana he so Informed her In his
reply. lie then sent for tho man who had cir
culated tho story, telling him To como TO his
room, ns he was very deslrous OF talking 70
him. The lattcr won't, and no sooner had he
closed tho door behind him than Bob rqi5ed
up in bed and asked why he had
told such Internal lies about him, and how no
dared TO talk of n lady ms he had done. The
and, thinking that Barr was bed-ridden at the
time, used very insulting language to him.
This so ipcensed Bob that he hoped out OF
bed, totally regardless OF his sore leg and the
physicinn's Instructions, and "went for "
the visitor. The men are about equal size,
but Barr understands how 10 use his hands,
and was Justly Indignant at the unwarranted
insult, and, In shorter time than II takes TO
relate the story, Barr had wiped up the floor
with his slanderer, aud after humping
him 10 his hearts content, opened tho
door and chucked him out, with
the advice that hereafter he had
better conflne himself 10 tho truth and let the
names and characters OF respectable ladies
alone. Barr then coolly dressed himself and
went down stairs aud reported for duty, since
which time his soro limb has felt perfectly
well and is now almost rs strong as ever.
When the attending physician heard of tho
occurrence he said that hereafter when he had
patient sufforlng with erysipelas he would
introduce prize-1ghter Into tho room, throw
would work as complete q cure as lt}s8d In
the case of the balplayer." ~
nneEt,.dsss
n the most satisfactorily MANNER at Morgnn's
9team e,anai Laundry Eifh street northwest.