Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-21

plunged back into his business with a sort of
madness. He tried 10 FORGET bimself In kill
ing or curing; he never looked at a woman
except from ascientifio point Of view he new
or spoke 10 his spinster il he could help Il /;
he studied as il his life depended on il prao-
tioe he had been'on the point Of surrenderinR
TO the new doctor he retained. and he rode
far into the night TO oxacting people ON out
lying farms, and was up in the daybreak for
his laboratory experiments and books he
forgot 10 eat and Inc was unable TO sleep
or course, such devotion 10 work had its
own reward in one way. for DIR. Trediokar
was becoming comfortably rich man for
country practitioner. and was roaming rich
harvest Of fame, that was. however. az
worthless to him a. was the breath Of the
idlest breeze
And 40 one year followed another till twen.
ty had slipped away, and the babies 10 whom
he had given their first bolus had babies Of
their own; and fevers, and onsumptions,
and amputation, and autopsies filed up the
measure of his DAYS. and there seemed to DIR.
Tredickar nothing worth living for; and
worn with work, irregular food, unhealthy
hurries, sympathies, disgusts, fatigues, one
morning Dr. Tredickar discovered that he
was without appetite, without strength, with.
out hope or wish, looking on the world a. a
mass OF disease, aud saw with hardly sur
prise or regret that there was no health In
him.
Dr. Trediekar had scarcely the energy left
TO set about curing himself he really did
not care. He took one little dose and anoth-
er and would not have taken them il his
aged spinster had not act them by his plate
As he looked about his dull and desolate
home he thought that this was tie time when
a man needed wife 10 cheer him. and cursed
himself for not thinking of it twenty years
ago.
Dr. Fellows came TO see him, and told him
he must do and no and he did. and grew
more listless and melancholy. Then DIR.
Harvey came. and said he must do this, and
that and he did. and he felt no much worse
that he went himself to see DIR. Field.
And then all three had a consultation, and
one said il was the spleep. and one said il
was the kidneya, and he himself was sure it
was the liver. And az thew could do nothing
that had not already been done. they sent
him of TO the Springs TO see what the old
earth could do.
But the virginia Sprinoa did DIR. TrediekAr
no good-hot or cold. or sulphur-and the
Canadian Springs did him no good. and the
Maine Springs did him no good. and the Yer.
mont and Arkansas Springs we're equally
worthless in his case and at last he wont on
his way TO the Saratoga Sprines hopeless
wretohed. failing generally and aiIipp par.
ticularly, from mere force Of habit trying to
Get we'll and vet mt caring whether he did
or not. with no object and no aim-simply
actuated. AZ il were, by the instinct of self.
preservation.
He was within POO miles of WaukeshA.
when he encountered Allen in the cars-an
old clAsamate whom he had not met for years
and, of course. they each had a world 10
| say, and the first topic was health
"Going to Waukesha 2" asked Allen.
"Yes, was the reply.
well" consolingiy, 'ft'Il do you no good.
tried it. tried them all. l was in pre-
| cisely your condition. And look at me TO day
sound ~ a drum! Now, let me tell you
you can't cure yourself You've gone through
the Faculty. You've nearly gone through
| the Springs. There's nothing left but old
vomen's notionsl Suppose YOU try them
Now. let me tell YOU, Tredickar. there's a
| person in the next tovn-a sort of doctor
auack, of course-she's cured good many
| people-she-she-Td lust a. lief tell YOU
she cured mel"
Nonsense, Allen"
mo nonsense about it, Bald factI She
cured me she's cured thousands made q
comfortable fortune doing it. She has some
wonderful nostrums and, for all l know, q
healing gift"
Natural bone setter Pshav How can
men be such fools Z" cried our im patient doc
tor.
Now, look here, TredickAr. Science can't
help YOU. that you've proved Why not give
quackery chance ? 1t can't make you any
| worse than you are"
mo. il can't make me any worse than
| am, " said the doctor, Rloomily.
Then you get of at Jarviston and 90 tc
Mrs. Tayior's and see what she can do. II
she can't help you she'll say so. II she can
you don't care where cure comes from q,
long as il is cure. Rather die the old fash
ioned way, a good Allopathic death, then live
by the aid of an old woman's nostrum, would
| YOU 2"
And the end was that DIR. Tredickar got of
at Jaryiston and sought Mrs. Taylors pres
ence.
| II was a comfortable, matronly presence b,
| found. but he wasted no second glance ol
thought upon it, while he detailed the symp
toms. and dwelt on them. lust as he had &c
often been impatient with his patients fol-
doing. And when he paused she said in I
low voice:
II think l can help you, if you will i'm
| pIicitly obey nv Instructions for the next
three months. / will not undertake il with.
ont vour promise"
The doctor thought a moment, and felt al
And he did.
"In the first place, then. " said his new ad
wiser. 81 want you TO make particular poip
of your nourishment. You are not TO q,
without eating because YOU have no appetite
remember. On rising in the morning drinl
A GLASS of cool water. not iced. Have Root
breakfast You know best what distresse
YOU least No coffee nor tea, but shells i
Won like. No stimulapt no auinine. no auas
sia no iron, no stryohnia during the day +; n,
cbioral no bromide during the night. AT Ii
O'Clock in the forenoon / wish you to have
raw egg beaten up with milk on one day, oI
the next dAy alternate il with a full cup o
strong beef tea or veal tea; on the third da,
with plain milk. At l O'Clock YOU will dim
plainly. but satisfactorily. Al O'Clock tax
another glass of beef tea or egg, whioheve
YOU did not take in the morning plain, bu
hearty. supper at 6, and between supper an,
bedtime another glass of milk. II YOU wax
In the night. have some milk standing b.
Won 10 drink hut you won't wake. None O
vour food should be hot. You will take m
other medicine than aome which shall civ
Won. Can YOU remember all this?"
81 think So"
.'Please repeat it,"
He Was humiliated. but he did 80.
ONow. TODAY. | want YOU 10 walk"
"Walk IT'S all can do 10 drag one foo
after the other now"
az want YOU TO walk a quarter of mil