Year: 1879




The Giles County Medical Society.


Sometimes memory brings up the
rich relics of by-gone days for re-
Election. When the floods of time
have rolled over well spent hour
its precious relics will be cast by
the billows upon memory's peaceful
stand to be gathered up and cher
ished in the heart as valuable frag
ments of former pleasure. They
are as imperishable as the adaman-
tine rocks, and they form a pleasing
picture in the half closed volume of
life. When we spend an hour as it
ought to be spent-in providing the
greatest good for the greatest num-
Der, as>the politicians say-we not
only feel happier for it, but it lends
us cudgel to knock down troubles
which fain would waylay us in the
dark woods of dependency. Ah,
yes; a well spent hour is a glitter
ing link in the rusty chain of time,
and it will continue to shine even
when the twilight of the grave
gathers round and the star of mem
ory is fast sinking below the hori
zOE of life. These thoughts have
been suggested by the remembrance
of the many pleasant and as we
conceive weltspent hours in the at
tendance upon the meetings of the
Giles county Medical Society. IT'S
true the fire of enthusiasm which
burned so brightly IN the days of
yore has gone down some, and at
times its light has been dim aRd
sometimes sputtered a little, but
yet it has never quite gone out.
The first Monday in June a few of
the old apostles met and consecra-
ted themselves afresh to its service
County Medical Society not only a
feature of the Pulaski literature,
but a live, active, working institu-
ton for good; and no man can tell
what great events are yet to be
hatched from the unlaid eggs of its
future, for we intend to put feather
breeches on some of the old fogies
of medicine of Giles county and set
them. While we believe that no
county in Tennessee, in which there
is no city, can boast of more good
physicians than ours, yet not one
Of you gentlemen but what would
be made a better doctor if you
would come up and take an interest
in our society, no matter if yon
are sharp enough to see through
brickbat of a cloudy night. We
had some valuable acquisitions at
the last meeting, and we want to
make one more appeal to the ply
sicians to come up and help us and
we will do you good, soul and body,
for unison of feeling and motive
bind a man to his brother man in
all civilized and enlightened com
munlties; but selfishness, ambition
and avarice have rusted many of
the brightest links in the social
chain and deadened the harmony of
its reverberatio1s. Such doctors
are of no more account to the world
than an extra moment to the fag
end of creation. Just live for your
self, and after awhile die an old
reprobate with more wrinkles on
your soul than on your forehead.
We believe there are some good
doctors who are kept away by their
native modesty, who are distrustful
of their own abilities. They tell
us they can't talk well enough to be
of any service. Well, gentlemen,
we can't all work in the lead any
way, and if you can't work before
and pull, just get behind and push
and holloo, "h'up, boysP' and we
will launch the old bark once more
upon the unnavigated waters Of fu-
turity, and with canvass all spread
and streamers afOat


"Shell seem to dare the elements TO strife,


And walk the waters like thing of life"


We'll, Mr.. Editor, it has been a
long time since told you anything
about the folks out here. 1t seems
to be the aim of all of them next to
getting money to arrive at state
of happiness just as soon as circum
stances and a merciful Providence
will permit. When 1 speak of
state of happiness 1 don't mean any
particular state in the Union, for
after all happiness don't belong to
states but to individuals. Every
body thinks he knows the meaning
of it, but how to obtain it is the
question. 1t is rather scarce in
this community. Indeed, it is not
put up in wholesale quantities but
In narrow lecked bottles. 1t is
sold in some places, and you have
to take only few sucks at it and
stop, for just as sure as you try to
make a hog of yourself and get
more than your share you lose the
whole of it. But the most of them
are jogging along in the path that
nature has laid out for them, and
if they will only be guided by hon
esty, led by virtue, keep chock full
of piety, be supported by sobriety.
consider not care nor trouble nor
poverty, and let the heart swim in
contentment, the steamboat of time
will take them all safe and sound,
snug and comfortable to that state
of real happiness which is located
right in the healthiest part of eter-
nifty. Our friends Cally and has
beautiful wife have located in that
state, where they intend to live al
ways, they think, and always means
from everlasting to everlasting, and
away over into the middle of for
ever and ever. $50 mote it be-"


Sometime ago we said that we
thought the divergent rays of Joe's |
affections were about to be brought |
to a focus by the burning lens of
love, but it was all fox-fire. In
deed, am afraid that he and Frank |
have nearly sinned away their day !
of grace and good looks, and will |
have to seek salvation in another
church. Gentlemen, you had better
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