Year: 1865

From the Quincy Herald.l


IT may not be generally known, but it is


nevertheless true, that editors, Ike other peo-


pie, are subject to all the infrrnities of the


flesh. The editor Of this paper has Just got


out after a confinement Of nearly two weeks


with that most dreaded and most Ioathsome


of all diseases-the small pox. The FIRST


question the reader is ready to ask, is how


did he get it2 That is just what be doesn't


know. He has no more idea where. or how


he got it, than you are where or how you


are to get rid of the draft. He got it. and
A9t is all there is of it. That he got it from


somebody, he has no doubt. He is also sat


isGed that the somebody that gave it to him,


whoever it was, was a mean stingy cuss-


He was stingy because he gave him so little
of It. IF he had been a liberal, generous


whole-souled fellow, he would have given us
enough while he was about it, to have lasted


us a mouth. Well how did you get rid Of
it?-that is the next question the reader is
ready to ask. Why, we stayed in TIE house
and drank lager beer. We had no doctor
and took no medicine If we had had doc


tor and taken his medicine, there is no tell
ing what would have been the result. As it
was we got along nicely. Of one thing we
thought we had right to complain. We
thought we had a great many friends IN this
city ond throughout the neighboring' country.
Yet during our confinement but three per
sons came to see us. These were 7. "


Goodwin, Oliver Gerry, and Oliver Hinch-
man. We feel under many obligations to
them, and when they get the small pox wen
go to see them. The rest of you can have
the small pox as much as you please, and we
won't disturb you. The next question you
are ready to ask, we suppose, is, how do you
feel? Well, we felt all over in spots-and
the spots were about as big as pea They
ornamented our person for about nine days
and then left for parts unknown. When the
institution had departed, and there were no
more signs of it about US, not even marks or
mortal remains Of it, we left our prison and
started up street. When we started we sup
posed we were personally acquainted with
almost everybody in town. We soon found
our mistake. We met on the street more
than hundred familiar faces-laces that we
had known intimately and well for many
years past-but they didn't know us-that
is to saw, they didn't want to. They had
heard we had the small pox, and that was
enough. It was all right, however We
didn't lose anything in the long run, for
among those we met on the street we recog-
nized the familiar faces Of quite number Of
fellows that we never met before but what
they wanted to borrow dollar. Nary fel-
low wanted to borrow a dollar of US yester-
dav. They seemed to have a suspicion that
our pocketbook had the small pox too. We
hope they'll remain Of that opinion. So we
20. Such lite. There arc some things fun
nv about it, and there are some things again /
not quite so funny. We have thus briefly |
detailed over little experiences with the small /
pox. in the hope that it may be Of some prof /
it to. some Of our readers. Many Of our
readers, we regret to say, will yet suffer
from the same loathsome disease. We trust /
they may fare 10 worse than We did.