The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29
A COUNTRY DOCTOR.


One stnr diifers from another In olorv
There IL b;oh authoritv for this nsser.
tion hut its evident truth is of nospecial
aiepiticnnce to n sick man perhaps
eveu IN n man in nerfect healtb II il NOT
of striking i,nnortance But IN fine oh.
sarvant mind II Ia interesting Ia note
that tbe country doctor difFers preatlv
from bis professionnl brother in the city
Iwas struck bv this fact n few dpvs aGo
drring n soiourn in the hin rountrv M
Connecticnt while there nasssd n
day with n le,ding nbvsicinn of the
townsbin Fla leads n oneer life
"a citv DOCTOR l,nowa nothing of fine
difticulties wa oncounter remarked nv
fr;ond as wo drovo tnwara tbe wall filled
foldy Ivirg hoyond tba villoga n w,s
a,rl,, ,norninn aud tho oir woo no fraoh
nu \ vopnc mnn ipst ont of coIlege The
doctor had heer nm for two hours nlocine
tba ofT,irs ~ bis office on a solid buais
"you see " he continued ..it ;s not so
had IN srnnmor hrt whom tho snow
comea Land j torr;bla pfe fraa1a nv
no.e ona e.rs INN ovar+hrown hv drifts
al night grtrer fro,n ,,nld md NJ mid,
aav N. sunlight IN tba On ow hnrts NV
ewes Neverfbeless / nm bannv "
n. wb;stled n marry tuno toncbad bis
,,oro r;th III yhin n,I IN gow ,nin,
rtae drew nm AZ ! farmbonse wbovs
white walls md grean blinds ware nain.
frllv ;nartietic
He was gone ahont tiftaen m;nutes-
aolafnl nparter ~ nm borr for me A
COW munched yross in the front vord
and mn old oal,en hpcl,et w.e tbe onlv
"citifadn tbing II sight Nv that atrange
law of action and reoction II took me-
hacl, IN fhot awful n;gbt whom saw
uThe Old Homestead" nj n New yorl,
theotsr
whon tho doo+or hoa ,o,1ooaa hio
drug store underneath the seat and had
gathered M the lines ! asked;
"What kind of a case did YOU strike
there?"
"Nothing serious he answered "a
yonng woman of seventy il suffering
from facial neuralgia. She has youtb
and energy in her favor however. and
will be all right in a day or two"
looked at him in surprise. Had his
lonely life affected his brain?
Zone trouble | have" he went on
''lies in the fact that cannot obtain any
assistance in critical eases, When one
of your New York physicians desires
advice from colleague all he has to do
is to send message down the blocl,
somewhere. There are times when
would give half nv income for another
doctors aid, but can't get it. | have
to follow the bird that fiocked by itself
and do my own consulting. must stop
here A moment. I'll he out again in five
minutes"
don't believe n rpral nbvsic;or hos
any idea of time H. NAV he tbat ha has
the ability TO count n pulse bnt his in.
terpretation Of What is comnrised in tb,
expression five minutes is neeuliar
held that mare for fnlly half mn hour
The flies bothered her and she grew rest.
less. There was no relief for me but tc
gaze at the undulating landscape and
indulge in day dreams, "a pleasing
land Of drowsiness II was of dreams
that wave before tbe half sbnt eve and
of CAV castles in the clouds that BASS
forever flushing round n summer skyn
On a yerdure crowned hill some mile,
to the northward arose a gigantic free
that seemed TO rejoice in it's enormou,
size. Perhaps beneath its branches The
treacberous redshin had closed his heavy
ewes. Perhaps il will look down unor
the valley when Chicago has grow,