New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-04-19
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THE TWO DOCTORS.

They dc not do so now, but in bygone
times some Of the medical students and
young practicing physicians of Detroit
were in the habit Of stealing bodies for
dissection from the cemeteries adjoining
the city.
II those times there We're two young
doctors, just out Of their teens, who
were partners in a practice which left
thelA with a great deal Of time on their
hands. Both Of them We're strong Of
head and Of physical makeup, and either
Of them could drink any other man in
Detroit drunk Oh cherry whisky and
still retain his sea legs and his cool
head. And there were not few sturdy
drinkers in Detroit then.
Neyerthcless, while the young physi-
clans appeared to be sailing straight for
the rock Of Grog, they put in a great
deal Of time, much Of it stolen from the
night, advancing themselves in a profess
sion to which they were courageously
devoted. One Of them, it may be men
toned incidentally, advanced in the aft
ct days to q very high position in the
medical department. Of the United States
army, and the other became one of the
foremost physicians Of the city.
One night the two determined upon
making a sally upon q certain cemetery,
to steal tie corpse Of a man who had
died Of {; peculiar disease, which was the
talk Of the little town at the time, and
which threw medical circles into sharp
and in some instances furious discus
sion. When they sauntered from their
favorite BOOKING place, they were pretty
we'll filed with cherry whisky, and the
hour was past II o'clock. Their cronies
came away with them, as that was the
Customary hour for retiring unless it
happened to be & holiday occasion, when
I'VE Won't Co Home Till Morning" Was
sung, a song. By the way, which imparts
"a favor Of the vine Of the immortals to
good average whislsy-which in its turn
cheerfrlly and heartily reciprocates the
compliment, by causing the song to thrill
the soul like the war hymn Of trium-
plant archangels
Earlier in lie evening they hal made
arrangements fer horse and a light
wagon, spades, rickaS, crovbcc3 and
ropes. They knew the location Of the
grave, and they: Starte ! ct. The night
favored them with oDSque clouds which
hil three .'-iS!,s ft:l:::! sumner moon.
Arrived It ifi6 desire, plS7c:;s, Jj;iiEside
the cemetery fence, tLcy- Led the horse
into q strip Of woods, crossed the read
and entered tie cemetery. Before pro-
ceetinG to business slley took {. hearty
pull at the cherry bottle With the aid
Of their dark lanterns they foy7ld the
mark which had Lecn made upon the
grave in tic daytime, Thc.;;- ti;4e1l prc-
ceedel to adjust thci-: dark colcred' sheet
ing. The grave was pretty close to the
road but they didn't mind that. The
sheeting, hung on sticks pressed into the
ground, screened tie grave from all
points of view, and Tie dark lantern was
hung in such o position that it shone in
narrow circle downward upon the
grave.
Both seized their spades then and went
to work with a will at either end Of the
grave, space being taken at one end to
afford room for both to work In this
way the muscular young fellows soon
reached the over box. The top of this
was taken Off and laid aside In a little
while the cover Of the coffin was I'M
screwed, and in the haste of the moment
it was thrown out Of the grave. It struck
the width Of sheeting next the road and
threw it down.
The corpse was very heavy one, and
it took the united efforts of both the doc
tors to raise it in the narrow space of the
grave. They managed to stand it up at
the end Of the grave and then concluded
that the best thing to do was to have one
of them lift from below and the other
from the top. TO this end one of them
proceeded to climb out of the grave, but
just at that moment their blood Was
frozen in their veins by a piercing shrek.
On the night chosen by the young doc
tors for their rail- on the cemetery r.
William Green, a suburban beau, whose
characteristics were of the hue of his
name, and whose courage was utterly
disproportioned to his tall, gaunt frame,
was returning homeward in company
with Mary s., as beautiful a country
girl as ever tripped over the daisies and
as bright and intelligent as she was beau.
tiful. People often wondered then how
beauty Of such manifest superiority OF
character could see anything attractive
in fellow like Bill Green, but from this
coign of time the riddle is easily read
beaus were very scarce in the township
of H i'll those days, and hence a sir
had no choice. 1t was said that they
were affianced, but this was not true
Something in Mary's conduct had helt
William back from declaring himself
II, I'll l..
ton and refused the proffers of escor
of a certain newcomer in the field.
That night tho couple had been to {
party, and the shortest and indeed the
only way to their respective homes was
by the cemetery road, unless it might b.
across the rough fields, an ip1practicabls
way in the dark. .-.: s.. =. " -s
AS the twain approached the dark hol
low of the road, which the bounds of tn.
cemetery touched, Mary naturally drew