The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-09
Resr Was q Rsveletion.

One day recently New York doctor, says
the TfBaes prescribed beer for patient. Take
it with your meals. = be said, "and reckon that
twill do you lots of good" Then he chatted a
few minutes with the patients wife and at
length started for the door
Suddenly he turned about Look here Mr.
Wfberforce." he said, did ever tell you about
the patient had up IN Achusnety''
NO, " said Mr.. Mlberforce, you have never
tod me about him. Sit down, doctor, and tell
"weT, said the doctor. 81 went to Acbus-
net last summer TO rusticate for q week. It's a
Massachusetts, town near New Bedford. One
gay an OLD farmer came to see rue. I have
hearn tell, be said tibet you was New York
doctor. an | thought thet if you wasn't too
expensive I'd like to git a prescription writ
II don't know what you would consider too
expensive, answered thinking to have little
sport but ordinarily charges man $40 when
ne comes TO my ONCE for a prescription
-" Bless my soulP exclaimed the old farmer,
You're an awful costive doctor. you be. 1
wouldn't mind givin' Of ye dollar or even
dollar n quarter, but l declar' to goodness,
doctor,I haven't had ten-dollar bill atween my
fingers for ten years.
"'Oh, WELL said when l saw that the old
fellow was disappointed. don't go away. III
prescribe for you without making any charge
at all.
'The old man protested that he wouldn't have
II. He said that must allow him 10 pay me
something. and finally, was prevailed upon
L
things, and wound up by advising the old man.
just as have advised you, to take beer with his
meals He had never heard of lager beer be-
fore, so wrote the word for him on card.
Next day the old man sent TO New Bedford
for the things which had prescribed. heard
all about it that same day while / was at the
post ONCE waiting for my mail. He gave the
messenger a bottle TO get the lager-a pint
bottle.
81 guess the bottle is Clean he said. 'sairy
billed it all the forenoon
7 49,
senger.
1.-The hull bottle FULL my patient answered,
an be sure you git the best. Tell EN- it's for
sickness
THE next day but one the old. farmer was at
the house where was stopping long before l
was out OF bed, and as soon as got down stairs
he was after me.
i've got the lager he said, but don't
know how much you want me to take TO dose.
Sairy says that it's such pow'ful stuff that she
wouldn't want to take moren a teaspoonful at
time, but thought, seem as it was a tonic,
that l ought to take leetle more. Tonnes
doctorf'
"'You go home said. Don't take any of
the medicine for breakfast, and when dinner
time comes will be at your house and show
you how much to take at once
when IL o'clock came was at the old mans
house.
"'Give me glass, said.
"Sairy hustled about for moment, and then
handed me a big, old-fashioned tumbler.
Sit down, said to the old man.
He obeyed me, but looked as a man looks
when he sits down in a dentists Office. took a
corkscrew out of my pocket and drew the cork
Then emptied the bottle into the glass and
handed the glass TO nay patient.
g Drink 1t all, said.
=" AM gasped the old man.
"'Allp calculated Sairy.
- Yes, ALL l sternly replied.
THE old man was whittier than a sheet when
he took the glass from my hand. He looked at
me steadily for half minute as though he
wished to determine whether or not l was In
full! possession of my senses. Then with such a
look on his face as the martyrs used to wear
when they marched to certain and horrible
deaths, he began to drink.
Il hardly need tell you that the martyr look
went out of his face very quickly, and that the
eyes which were rejecting terror when he put
the full glass TO his lips were bright with look
OF blsstul contentment as he set the empty
tumbler down upon the table.
" i reckon that lager was jist what needed.
doctor. the old man said when he had recovered
hls breath"