San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-02-07

board and clothing, and to instruct HIM
In tho healing art; In return for which
ho was to have his services until his
year.
Behold, then, our hero all at once
from an unlucky urchin,
running wild about tho streets, to stu
dent Of medicine, diligently pounding o
pestlo under the anspices OF tho learned
DR.. Karl Lodovick Knipperhausen:
II was happy transition for his fond
old mother. She was delighted with tho
ldea Of her boys boing brought up
worthy Of his ancestors, and anticipated
tho day when he would bo able to hold
up his head with the lawyer that lived
In tho largo house opposite; or, perad-
venture, with the dominic himself.
DR.. Knipperha,lsen was o native Of
tho Palatinato Of Germany, from whence
In company with many OF his country
men be had taken refuge In England on
account Of religious persecution. He
was ono Of nearly 5000 Palatlnes who
came over from England In ITO under
tho protection Of Governor Hunter.
Where tho doctor had studied, how he
he had acquired his medical knowledge,
and where he had received his diploma,
II Is hard ut present to soy, for nobody
knew ut the time; yet It is certain that
his profound skill and abstruse knowl-
edge wero the talk and wonder OF tho
common people far and near.
His practice was totally different from
that Of any other physician, consisting
In mysterious compounds known only tc
himself, In tho preparing and admins
oS "a az at, &c" o. biah an m on;nion
Cosul.u a,,.s.;".T .ho ~ h,s shiIf nort;c,larlu
w. Mas ttn oaSs, Garn,a~ % ond M n,,tch ynhahitants
uy ti,1 os u, oI,uars % ~ rosortod 70 him In dos,
.aa .nas .ney M""fI n, ,noa ono " - thooa In.
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pa..eat ;.ts. naa I SuiHm Suias. w ~ shro,ydfy
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doctors nDiary was 'ne Ialh anu inu we, We,
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pacheior, and man Q, such 9reat ulsiiunty
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many other wlse n'I1i, eupJoos W esi ~,
coas governments Ie was c2nlpleee'y
under tno sway on his housGSeeper'
spare pusy' Ir9ttin9 house"ne,
ntue, round, 9uiIsed, oerlnAu cap, Win
nuge punch OF Keys lnSlng " uie
gird1e OF an e1ceeuney po,B wass'
frau lise SoI froW Asy, as y was Pt9
nouhced) had accompanies mn III us
various mlgretions from Hern'any 70
EngLd, aiu IT II sHu - ~ S.e
province; inah ing nl' s JsCaJr' !. ~ t.,n
ond himseit 700 fInne nun, ~ 70 iIiu, I,
with O gentle hand, but carrying u hleh
nana WIN al Inc worn pcsiuo iIo~
she had acquired sucn escehoGnGy : W
nos pretena 70 say Ieopie, ~ 70 s ..uo,
ud tmk' Duo nave NOT Pe9gie Deen RuI,io R,io
70 taIx eyer sinco INC % WORN pseain WIZ
can oeii now WoIen Benotaai3 ooI I. a.
70 get tho upper handf a husoanoi
truo, may now ana then oe naster ~ pls
own housei Dut whoever Knew p~acheSor ~
that was not manaseo oy hls nouSs-
keepen
indeed, FRAU ilsy power waS t, not col- con.
hned 70 the doctors nousenoio; ehe was
ono OF those prying Bossips that know
every ones ousiness nettef than thoy 90
themselves; and whose all seeing eyes,
and all tehin9 tongues arc terrorS
throughout q nefghoornood
Nothing OF any momens unspired IN
tho world OF scandal OF this nttle Durg,
but 1t was known 70 FRAU lEy. She illd
her crew OF cronies, tnat were perpetu-
oily hurrying 70 her ntte pariof WIN
some precious bit OF news; nay, she
would BOmetknes discuss whole volume