Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-18
!ER'S EXPERIENCE.
.siuREs o. A CIT GIRL As A corn.
flY SCHOOL TEACHER.
An Irregular Physieian ana HIS strange
Request-Chemical Reduction Of
whisky-Confusion OF schools.
Eighth paper by Geo. n. vandaiear. In N. I,
Evening Post.


continued 10 make my home with the
Hogengantz family, for not only disliked
the trouble Of moving every month, but
shrank from the awkwsrdness which al.
VI ways attends the entrance of a stranger
Into new household In the country. I
Il made arrangements with the board there
fore, to remain where was. The three
|I anglers, who had been with us about a
u Fortnight had long since departed for their
homes. never imagined until they were
n gone that could miss them 80 much. Mr..
StedmOre had proven TO he an old acquaint-
ance OF Mr.. Hale--ihey were directors in
the same banking company and all Of US
i were frequent visitors al his home and par
n takers of his generous hospitality. The
n anglers were cultured gentlemen, aud had
taken great deal of kindly interest in me
n and In my school. Mr.. Elliott was bach
elor, but his comrades were married, and
n Mr.. Hale told me that they were all men
& of wealth and Of influence in the city.
n One evening, shortly before my school
n was closed for the summer vacation, there
H was "comp'ny fer supper" and during
that afternoon both Ollie and her mother
were kept busy preparing for the entertain
B ment. One cfthe guests was beau of
Ollie's, whom she termed her " ste ,dy-
4 regular" And both steady and regular he
certainly was, especially in what Mrs Zcke
n called his "wisitations," which had been
4 very frequent since I had taken up my
n abode In the house. Ollie confided in me
I so far rs to vouchsafe the information that
"he's well-fixed, an has horse and
buggy, but is powerful slow about comm
n TO the pint had soon learned among the
4 rural ok, the youth who IL so well fixed
y as to possess horse and buggy could make
4 far moro headway in his counting than
the poor unfortunate to whom fate denied
] these luxuries, no matter how powerful
\ SLOW" he might be in "comin' to the pint"
4 What this mysterious "p'int' was, must
leave where Ollie left ito conjecture. That
4 her beau was slow I'm coming to IL, what
\ ever it was, cannot doubt, for, outside an
4 asylum for the deaf and dumb. il would be
hard TO find a more reticent young man.
/ "He's silence" said Mrs. Zeke "a regular
] silence" And he WAS assuredly not one
\ given over to frivolous conversation, for in
the course of half dozen visits, he had
4 scarcely uttered more than two dozen
| words. He would sit by the hour gazing
helplessly into the void air, and vary this
exciting pastinle, only at rare intervals, by
! stealing glance at Ollie.
1 DIR. Pyk, the other guest, was an old ply
! siciaii, who was considered very learned
and wise by most of the Villagers but was
Stunned by many Of them Ou account of
his open and scornful unbelief of most of
the doctrines peculiar to the various relig-
leu. sects which fiourished I'm the neigh
/ bOrhood.
"Martin Luther's invited him. ex-
planned Mrs. Zeke, "'cause, tween you an
me an not to go no flrder, he's owin' the
doctor money, which he's rich. as every
body knows. But | think" she added
dropping her voice almost to whisper
81 think he's jess one o. the biggest frauds
as was ever round these parts. Why, when
anybody gifts sick, an he's called in, he
e's makes 'em git gallon of old whisky
or brandy, which he takes il home an says
he kem- -i-cally reduces it an gifts the ex-
tract outen it. Then he up an fetches you
back q pint bottle O. that extract mixed
with all kinds o. verbs, which it's strong
enough to choke mule. An you've got
to take a teaspoonful in glass O. water
/ every hour, which one pizen dose 'ud gag
a hog. An jess believe he kem-i-cally re-
duces that there liquor bya drinkin' of it
his own self That's the way he gifts the OK
tract Outen it! You jess mind his nose,
still. let alone his face, which it's as red as
new brick house.
DIR. Pyk arrived early. He was short,
stout, coarse-looking man with ruby
colored nose and very red face. His
manner and language, especially in COM
pany, were confidently arrogant, absurdly
pompous But so true is 1t as general
rule that man is taken by his fellows at
his own estimate of his value, that the
doctors mighty airs actually inspired ia
the minds of his neigfbors both awe and
respect. There were of course, here and
there, "a few hard headed people, who, like
Mrs. Xeke, did not fear to hint that he re-
tions by drinking it, and in whom his lofty
port and dogmatic phrases excited only
contemptuous laughter. But these people
were the exceptions, as people of insight
always are.
The doctor had scarcely been i'm the
parlor three minutes when he greatly sur
prised us all by desiring to see me privately
for a +" short SPELL"
81 hev here" he said impressively,
tapping his breast pocket-"I hev here a
/ desire to consult this here young lady
Professionally"
The moment we were alone his pompous
manner and inflated speech disappeared so
suddenly and completely that for moment
was seriously alarmed; and as 1t flashed
like lightning upon me that his communi-
cation might relate to my brother or sisters,
my heart refused to beat.
"If you'd be so kind now as do a old
man like me a favor?" he began, looking
at me interrogatively and at the same time
with an air of great uneasiness.
Certainly, gasped, rather than re-
piled.
"You see " he said, drawing his chair
nearer to mine and speaking very conf
dentially."you see write very poor
hand, an know you write jess like print.
An you see, the swanged fools in the
Legislator, hez gone to work an passed
act, agin' my protest, a-compcllin' of
doctors to fill out blanks, answerin' lot
o. fool questions bout one thing and an
other, like this here.''
Heavens! with what relief breathed as
he took from his pocket a roll of paper and
oIfned it upon the table before me.
These here's the question:" he ex-
plained, indicating them with his fore
finger; an these here's the blank spaces
TO write the answers in. Now, eff you'll
jess take an write 'em in-itll on'y take
couple o. minutes-why, eff ever you need
doctor, jess call on me, an I'm swanged