The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-05-10


shore of Maryland. The country
through which he journcycd was indeed
dcsolatc. For four years the contend
ing armies had lived upon it and it WAS
almost d"populatcd. The silence WAS
opprcssivc Writing to us Of this jour
ncv afterwards DR. Whistler said "But
oh, the loneliness Of that ride Not a
person did | meet to speak to. | passed
by the Charrcd ruins Of more than one
deserted village that marked the raids
through the land. | often wished as |
rode along that ! might tc back with my
comrades in the field"
When Dr. Whistler reached the Chcsa-
rcakc he unexpectedly met an old
friend from Maryland who was a
captain in the Confederate army, had
lost leg ut the battle Of Sharpsburu,
AND while III prison hnd been supplied
with steel one OF most ingenious de-
vice. When cXChang d he returned to
the army and his steel leg became 50 rusty
that 1t did not work satisfactorily, and
he was Shipping through the lines to
Philadelphia to get new leg from the
original maker. They secured canoe
and lay under cover in a creek on the
Virginia side all day. Then in Il black
and stormy night in the canoe, thirty
icct long, rugged with lego mutton sails
and stccrcd by Il paddle, they made their
way across the bay, passing near the
stern Of gunbOat which was on guard
| After many narrow escapes from viri-
| liant enrolling officers who were trying
TO cHforCc the draft law, the two Con,
| fcdcratcs reached Philadelphia and the
captain went no farther.
| DR.. WniStlcr proceeded to New York
and had need of his steady nerve when
he applied in Philadelphia for n ticket
to New YORK. He stepped up to the
| ticket wInt0w bet "ccn two soldiers
who stool guard with fixed sword bay
| Oncts. Fortune did not abandon him
and he felt comparatively sale when he
| reached the Empire City. Changing
his name slightly he sailed on the "Ci,y
OF Manchester Of the lnman Line, ar.
rived i'll Liverpool, delivered his dis
patches TO the Confederate Agent. and
hastcncd to join his mother and brother
in London.
week later news Of the surrender of
Gen. Ice at AppOmnttoX reached DR..
whistler and there was nothing to draw
him back to America He ioincd his
| c!dcr brother in Russia, but after year
"i wandering in that and other coun-
tries, he tired OF idlcncSs, took up his
abode in Paris, and went to work in the
| hospitals and schools OF medicine in that
|
| l.nn1on, where for thirty years and
more he was SO busy with private pruc.
ticc and hospital and other public work
that hr never found time to revisit,
| America, which he lOuEcd to do
lie began work in l.ondon at st
Georges hospital and was admitted us ,
member OF the College Of Surgeons q
England in ISL and member of tn,
Royal College Of Physicians in 1876
and WAS appointed Physician to th,
Hospital for Diseases Of the Throat
taking the upper air passages for hi.
special practice. In 1886 he left that in
sutution and aided in founding the Lon
don Throat Hospital, Of which he wa.
senior physician as long ~ he lived.
Dl. Whistler WAS honorary physician
to the National Training School for
music and lecturer ON diseases Of tn,
throat and nose in the London Posi-
Graduate course
lie was preside Mt Tor some time Of tn,
, British l.arynEologicnl Rhlnolouical an,
biological Association and a member u
: var!"U" professional societies, both Brit
| ish and foreign.
- Dr. Whistler contributed a number O
articles OF great value 10 the Lancet AN,
the British Medical journal and o,hr
II professional publications..
= DR.. Whistler first married Miss ld
L King, Il charming young woman q
). Georgia, who lived hut Il shur, tim,
. More than twenty years ago he marie
II lovely Greek lady. at that time res
/ dent OF LOndOn She Sur\ ives him
4 James McNcill Whistler pcrhaps tn
q m"sI celebrated artist Of TIE worli is
{ brother Of the deceased. One OF hi
/ mos noted paintings is a portrait OF hi
IN 'thcr lwho died some years ago in tn