Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-03-12

IN the following letter. which is a copy OF
the ,orslnal-gram slang and all
am under the necessity of troubling YOU
q little. | am entirely out of ether and
wish some by tomorrow night II Il is pos
sihie TO receive II by that time we have
some girls IN jefferson who are anxious
To see " taken ana you know nothing
would afford me moro pleasure than to
take u IN their presence and receive a
few sweet kisses. You will please hand
the order below TO pr. Reese and II YOU
car, meet with an opportunity to send the
fer a great favor by so doing. II you
cannot send them tomorrow get Dr. Reese
to send them by the stage on Wednesday
certain. | can perhaps set the girls TO re-.
main until Wednesday night. but would
prefer receiving the ether sooner. You
such trouble but "by golly" II YOU will at.
tend 70 IL I'll think Of YOU when kissing
the girls and wish you was present TO
enjoy some Of the pleasure, Your friend
"Mr Robert Goodman. Athens, Ga"
The slang expressions quoted were the
favoritcs OF well known character in
Jefferson. Mr.. Goodman says that pr.
Long was modest and Ccntlemanly
young man ana that his reference 10 Kiss,
mischief Mr. Goodman tore tho order
from the letter and had " nlled and tho
ether Was sent 10 Jefferson that same
III was some OF that same ether which
Dr LonE used a few weeks later when
James Vcnahle" says Mr. Goodman II
know that 10 be a fact. Long had not
ordered any other ether and he told me
aftcrWarl that IL was part of this samo
ether which he used I'm his first operation.
We had discussed the use Of ether ~
surgery and Long believed that It would
save the subject much suffering. ] agreed
with him FOR after seeing its effects on
persons who had taken u for fun aud re-
geiyDi injuries while under its influence,
] conluded that 1t deadcncd the sense OF
pain.
monument 10 the memory Of br, Long. lla
conferred boon on humanity, and his
name viii live forever. | should like TO see
a monument TO him here in Atlanta
rnilT6sd vas heing hiIili al the time the
young men were experimenting with ether.
Therr was no road up TO Athens then, but
Mr Goodman SAYS thar q htlio later he
for Augusta The Athens branch was soon
built Railroads We're cons tTuetrd on plini.-
papers were few and slow 10 circulate az a
distance from their county Of publication
The news Of br. LONG, iiscoyery made lts
way over the world very slowly, llr. Long
was certainly long time learsing that any
one else clailnoi priority o. discovery, u
uittly. ana as seen. Two states still claim
erer There is. however. no doubt now
about pr Long OF Georgia, being entitled
The portrait alluded to above as hanging
iienfi /. Sti4rt 6f New York MIR stuart
became Interested in br, Longs claim 10
tho credit of th- original discovery, ami
was So impressed hy the Importance Of ~
that he had the portrait painted and pre-
srhlrl y 20 lng my ~ 53oi sld WIN
the understanding that ~ should he placed
iu The state house The presentation oc-
CURED IN ls79 while General Alfred H. Col
4 strange fatality has pursued the men
who were connected with the discovery
and application OF ether ancsthcsia.
Nr|l= failing to receive The honor
home ana abroad which he sought. COM
mitted suicide through disappointment in
Morton. also disappointed at his failure
to Dee recognized, worried himself into a
up Broadway one day, lsaped from his
ba=sy near Central park fell insensible
ana died within an hour.
Disappointment also drove Jackson, the
third claimant. insane, and ne died IN an
Dr Long who always sald: my only
factor OF my race, was me only one ot
the quartet % 90 through life quietly and
TO bc rational 10 tho last. But his death.
too, had a touen OF the traeie. he Was
tending a patient ana died the next,
The end Of AIR. Henri stuart Is well re-
He came 10 Atlanta 70 attend
the ceremonies al the presentation Of the
Long portrait. After the presentation Mr..
Stuart went 10 Athens 10 visit Dr. Longs
family and vas stricken with paralysis
the first night of his visit and died In the
Long home In a few days, lie is inferred
beside Dr. Long at Athens,
/ have talked recently with some ply
si-ians In regard 70 the state medical
society undertaking 10 erect monument
10 DR. Long The Nenable brothers would
no doubt donate block Of granite for a
shaft and their blue granite from Osle-
thorpe county Is unsurpassed for monu-
mental PURPOSES because % the beautiful
polish which II takes. The Georgia rail-
road would give transportation for the
shaft and the medical ass OciauOns could
easily ind the funds necessary 10 do the
resi- Of the work. All that i necessary
8 Tor some active member 10 take hold
of the matter some where in the state this
} ear.
OF course. Atlanta would be the best
place for II.