The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-01-30

helped him along just like DR.. Waddell
used to help us boys along in Latin
when ws we're in college. "Quidam is a
pronoun, is it not, Nr. Jones?" Yes,
sir" swell, quidem is what? an adverb,
is it not ?" "Yes, sir; es,sir. Quidam
is a pronoun and quidem is an adverb'"
"Correct, Mr.. Jones'" And Mr.. Jones
thought he had done wonders until his
report came out and he was put down
45 in Latin. "Well, what is the remedy
for that" said the professor If his
blood lacks oxygen how can oxygen be
Supplied z" "Give him donic, nir," :"
said a young man with bad cold, an
iron donic." Then the bookkeeper wrote
q prescription. Good gracious, thodgnt
I, has that darkey got to eat whole
donic. A donic is lump Of iron as big
as water pail. But maybe he is not to
eatit, but is to hardls it. Maybe he is
to dig in the mines. 1t does nake man
strong to dig up donics in the mines. It
is like swinging pair Of dumbells to
get strong. But our boy told me after
| wards that j. was not donic but tonic.
wish that knew as much about the
human framo as DR.. Kendrick knows.
he put little glass quill in the other
darkie's mouth and when he took il out
and looked at it, he told the young doc.
tors all about his disease and how it
came and what must be done for him !;
and then he begun on the white man
and asked him what was the matter, and
the man pulled up the leg Of his pants
aud showed an awful case Of big leg, and
the doctor said something about an ele--
phant, and told him he had come the
wrong day, and belonged to DR.. West.
moreland's clinik. Poor fellow, thought
], you are gone up. DR.. Westmoreland
will cut that leg off in ten minutes and
smile. Next l was invited in the dis.
sectipg room. Yes, / was invited, and
the big fat, black janitor who steals all
the stifs opened the door, butt didn't
get in. I saw enough, and one Whit Of
the odoriferous atmosphere satisfied me,
and departed chose coastc. The young
doctors laughed at me unanimously.
There were ten tables in there, and a
cadaver on every table, and some of them
we're split in Two, and some dismember-
ed, and there we're arms and legs hanging
about on the walls, and from some all
the nerves had been taken out like a
bundle Of ofstrings, and from some all the
muscles had been taken out And there
we're backbones, and haslets, and spare
ribs, just like you see at hog killing
time. And all this is to teach the doc.
tors anatomy, and it is all right, and if
man has any genius at all it does look
like he ought 10 know how to treat a
disease, and what to do for every wound
that humanity is liable to. Those 125
doctors seem to be in earnest, and some
of them will make their mark. Our boy
came home the other day and had dar-
key ear wrapped mp in his pocket, and
wanted to tell his mother all about its
anatomy. For minute che didn't un.
derstand what it was, and asked him in
amazement if he had got to chewing
tobacco. He So, "Why, no; this is
not tobacco, this is darkey''s ear" She
rose forward and then backward and was
more indignant than when had that
mole in the sugar dish. Ralph had to
leave the room-and hide out the ear land
she wouldn't let him eat dinner until be
had washed his hands with lye soap, and
coIone two or three times. But still she
is proud of that boy, and tells how he
used to speak speech, and say
Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me
your ears" Little did think" she
said, "that be would some day 60 about
cutting them off from dead negros."
BILL ARP.