Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-06

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In an issue Of the Courier Of Monday
July /, appears an article signed by j.
F. Williams. D. v. s. Of Highland Cen
ter. Mr.. Williams seems to think that D.
| terrible insult has been cast at the vet
Urinary profession. or at least at those
members Of it who have bought di-
ploma from some veterinary school or
agricultural college. This terrible feel
ing came over him after reading an ar
ticle In the Courier Of June 81, said ar
! ticle Cor larke part of it, being taken
from the Des Moines Register and
Leader Of that date. The article was
sketch Of an address delivered at
meeting of new veterinary medical
associat ton that was organized in Des
Moines on June 20th last ! was re-
quested by the president OF said or
ganization to deliver an address on
who Make the Successful Veterinar-
ians and Who Make the Failures. In
my address I referred to some college
graduates as failures and told why they
were failures. also retired to the
failures made by the non graduates.
also said that the colleges were turn
ing out lot Of good skilled competent
graduates each year. and at the same
time lot Of graduates who were fail
ures. The Register and Leader only
published a few extracts OF my ao-
dress and these same parts the G1urler
also published. When Jimmy Williams
read this article. it seems that ne was
seized with a terrible acute attack OF
blue-ritis, said attack lasting from
June 21 until July /. and from the num-
Der Of days it took to run It's course
must have been a very severe one
Since this article appeared In the
Courier quite few people have asked
me who is J. F. Williams, D. v: S.. OF
Highland Center, so afflicted with this
terrible outbreak? 1t seems strange that
everybody in Wapello county should
not know who Jimmy Is. for, strange to
saw, he Is product Of Wapello county.
For the benefit Of the readers OF the
Courier I will tell you who J. F. Will
liams, D. v. S. is. Why bless your soul,
Jimmy was raised on a farm out there
as Nasby's Corners and as he grew to
manhood, he was very active IN trying
to get into something that he could
make success at. Farming and black
smithing, two occupations that any
strong healthy man should 'thrive at
did not prove Jimmy's vocation and he
had an inspiration that by little effort
he could become a great boss and COW
abandoned, and Jimmy hied himself
of to Kansas City to enter a veterinary
college. After awhile Jimmy returned
home with q diploma, full fiedged
boss and COW doctor. but Jimmy won't
have it that way. He don't want to be
called a boss or cow doctor or even
veterinary surgeon. He wants people !
to know he Is J. F. Williams, D. V. s.. I
of Highland Center, Iowa. !
When Jimmy came home he went
right to Nasby's corners with his d.
ploma and equipped himself with
few bottles and some backing boxes
and other stuff such as sheep dip, Ep-
som salts, ETC., and then proclaimed to
the citizens of the vicinity OF Nasby's
Corners that he was a full fledged vet |
erinarian and was able to cure all the
diseases that mans humble servant
was heir to, and that he could remove
all punches and blemishes. stop all |
lameness, restore the sight Of the blind,
ETC.. and gave his reasons for so doing
that he had tail tackled on to his name
and that tail was D. v. s. They do say |
Nasby's Corners with sheep dip and
that what he could not cure with sheep
dip, he could with Epson salts.
One man told me that Jimmy bought
sheep dip two gallons at time and
EPSON salts by the bushel. Now sheep
dip costs eighty five cents gallon and
one tablespoonful Of it put into one
quart Of water Immediately turns the
water white and it gives of an odor
that would do credit to Chinese gas
factory, and 1t Is certain death to mi
crobes. He don't even have to take
drink Of it to kill him, just one Whit
turns up his toes, 50 Jimmy says, and
he used it in g. most scientific way. He
rubbed it on the outside good, then
poured some Of it on the inside, so one
Of his neighbors told me. Jimmy said
this would catch him going and COM
ing.
Well, Jimmy, D. v. s.. cured all the
animals around Nasby's corners, (and
when there were no more worlds to
conquer, get that he changed his loca-
ton to Highland Center. Ave miles to
the. northwest. and man who was in
the office today told me they were
afraid they were going to lose Jimmy,
D. V. S., from Highland Center; that
he understood he had cured all the all
ments around there and there was talk
of him leaving Highland Center. and
locating at Kirkville station. Well, Jim
my Williams D. V. s. Is all right. He Is
a good boy and feel sorry for him and
sincerely hope that he won't have an
other attack like the one he has just re-
covered from, for If he does I am afraid
he will succumb. If any OF you should
happen to meet up with Jimmy, D. v.
S. in your travels around Highland
Center. you will know him for he has
a head like pumpkin but he has no
horns, so don't be afraid Of him. He
won't hurt you. He Is harmless.
e. F. Lowry, Veterinary Surgeon