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BALTIMORE LOOK HOSPITAL.
Dlt JOHNSTON,
frlMlK founder of ttiii Celebrated Institution, offers the
JL most eerUln, speedy, and only tlTectual remedy In
th wurlJ fur dlVcl (r (iteets,Hmcluroa,H.iiiinnl weak
tirtas, 1'utna in th 4 Loin. Constitutional Ilvl)ility, Impo
lency, Weakness of the Uacfc and Mtnlm, A (lections of
tin Kidneya, I'alpitition of the Heart, l)i'ppHln, Nor
toui Irritability, Disease of the Head. '1 hroul, Noae or
Kkln, ati'l all tit oat) venous and imlancholy Disorders
urliiiif frun the destructive habits of Youth, winch tie
utruys both body and mind. Theie secret and solitary
practices, are more fatal to tliclr victims than thu song of
tli j H rens to tlu manners CI) sue, blighting their most
brilliant hopes and anticipations, tendering marriage &,c.
iuipossibla,
MARRIAGE.
Married persons, or Young .Men contemplating mar
Tfa;e,u;in2 avvaruof physical weakness, organic deabill
ty, uerorinilies, dec, vimum iinnictii.tit.iy consult ur
'Johnston, and bvi restored to perfect lualtli,
He who places himself un ler the care ol Or, Johnston,
may religiously conft le. in his honor as a gentlemen, and
court Jciitly My noon li i s k ill as a iihvsician.
UlUSANIUWUAK.NUtod
" immediately cure J and full vigor restored.
Tlii dcajniu is Ihf penally most frt"i'JOntly paid ly
those who have become the ictlm ol improper indulg'-n
v ties. Young persons an too apt lo commit excess from
not b'ing aware of tho dreadful conn-queiice that may
nue. Now, who Hut understands Hut subject will pre-
ten, to deny that tho power of procreation ih Just sooner
by thuso falling into improper habits than by the prudent.
Uesldcs Using deprived ot Hie pleasure of heiilihy oil
springs, the nirtst serious and destruuivo symptoms to
both body and mind arise. The ryt-U-m bfcomi-s deranp
d; the physical and bient.il power weakened, ncmu
Jdbility, dyspepsia, palpttatnm uf Hie lu-nrt, indigestion,
awaiting ot the frame, Cough, tymptum of Consump
tion, A.c.
Oinrc, No. 7 Hol'tii PRttiRicK Hihekt, sevtn door
from H.iltlmoru street, Kaxt hide, up the lep. lie pir
titular in observing the NA. Mil and M-MoLK, or ou
will mistake tlw pbee,
A Cur WarrtHttd, or no Charge .Mailt, in fron One to
Two t)aytt
XO MERCURY Oil iNAUSl.OL'a IIAUUsl L'BED.
DH.JOILVMW
Member of the Hnjal VtUt: of tjuront, at London.
Graduate from one of the i.unt cmin-ni 'tMcif? of thn
United states, and tlu greater part tf wlmelifu has
3 bsen spoilt tn thJ Arst IIomimUI of I.nmlt.n. I'arid, I'hila-ilelplildnn-l
eUiwh 're, liai t irtt-'l rme f Hie i.iott as
& toniihitij; cures Hi it were tver known; many truMed
with tingiu4 in tlu head and cars wh-n Hfleep, great
,1 nervouin.ix, b.-in? nl'irme I ut sud leu Nonndx, nnd bisli-
f fulness, with fro I'lvtitbl-Jf-hm", atli-n led xonietitue'a with
deraucemeiit of mind, were cured Imm.'iiiatdy.
A Cl'UTAIN IHril'.AC.
r When thi mlg'iiJjd and liiipnnlfiit votiry .f pli-nsurt-
ft finds h i has i.nttiiiJ the sec Is of tliH p.tlufu .Incase, it
jo ofiju nippjns Hut an HI tLuM tene of In me or
dread of discovary, U-'ttr lii.n from Applying to those
whd from I'docatioii and respect ibility can alone b fit.-nd
Uin, delning till tlu conititulioti.iry lymptomi of tin
horril disejHC maLjo th-'irappearntire. suih us ulcerated
sorethroit, "line i-fd nose, noctiirfJ, paiiin in the had
. and Ihiibs, diuiiiv'siof siiiht,dt&fiieH, nod'9 on Hl'i ckln
bones, and urt.n, btoirtus on the 'i.ad. fice un I etreme
Ujs, proxreasms with rapidity, till at I it Hie palate of
tba mouth an I bones of the nose tall in, and tuj ictnu of
this ilrfsdaie lucoinaa a horrid oltji'itof commiitrrntinH
till dentil puts u period to his Urcanfu! uil Tingi, by s.n-
Uing hi in to "tint bourn,1 from whence no travell-r re
turns." To such, Hun-fun! I'r. Johuitnti pKMljjfs Iuni-
Keif to preserve tin matt i nvio.ille Ferrec, nnd frotn Iim
t ittensivi practice in Hie Art llospitaN of Cnrupc and
Amjrica, lie tan confidently r't'"m'uiid s:.fj and speedy
cire tullie ui'furtuu.ite i tinml thu horrid disease.
TAKi; I'MITICI'I.AU OTICC.
Dr. J. aidrestis all thoe who luvo inj irud tbcmsctvts
it by private and improper indulgence.
Thsse are some nf th.j nad and uul uicholy cf'.-cts pro-
y ilucud by early habits ofouili, i7. Weakness nf the
4v Mack anil l.imbs, l'aiu m Hie lleud, Ininncss of iiiclit
Y I.rtij nf !uciil.ir rti(r. I'nliutatinn nf tli llenrt. Hi .
pepsia, N'ervnas Irratnlnlity. Uerauevnn lit of Hie Diget
ftlvd r'unctiuiu,(ijni.rul Dttjitity, bwiiptouin &f Cuiisuuin
t lion, &c.
MENTALLY.-The fearf il ctT. i 1m upon tho mind an:
c'uiuch to hi dreaded, Loss of Manor) .Confusion of lda
' U.'presiion of Hij Spirits, Evil rorihidini8, Averbion
of Hoeicty, Titnity, &c., ure Home of Hie evils prodim-il,
Thousands of persons of all age luii iuv juileu what
Is the cause of their declining health. I. no "Ins Ht.-li
igor, becoming wiak, pale and riimci.ited, having bin
xular appearanc ubout ttijue, cuUfh and Hmptoms ol
Consumption.
OX'3 INVIfiOUATlVf! HCMEDY I'OIt
okcamc wi:Ai;r.H.-i.
Sy this great anil important ii-ineily, weakness of the
organs arc speedily cured, and full vigor restored.
Thousands ol the most ncrvuui and debilitated, who
had loht all hope, have bmn iinnifdiat'lv relfvcd. All
tirpedimeuts to Marriage, Thvelcal and Mental Disquah
Acaiinn, Nervous trrat.ibility.Trtmlliugsaitd Weakness
r cxha'iDtatiou of the most fearful kind, speedily cured
by Doctor Joluston.
YOIJXO MEN.
' . Who have injured tliuiielvex by a certain practice,
ludulged in when ulone -a habit frequently learned from
ti1 companions, or nt school Hi1) e (fee tit of which tiro
nightly ('It, even vihcn asleep, and if not cured renders
marriage impoasibl j, un I destrojs both mini and body,
nauld apply Immediately.
What a pitty tint young man, the hope of his fountry,
i and the darling of Ins parents, shout 1 be swathed from
all proipects and cnjn merit s of life, Ly the cousctjuen
es of deviating from the path of nature, and indulgmg
in a serlain seat.! habit. Sach pirsons before cou
lemplaiirtg.
MAURIAfJE
pbould reflect that a sound mind and body arc the mot
necessary rcuuisitie to promote connubial happiness
fodesd, without these the journey through life become
weary pilgriinatre, the prm,pni hourly darkens to
ti view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair At
AUed with the melancholy ritltiitou that the happiness
of another bjcntn-K Mtuhtcd with our own,
omen o.7rioiJTiii'ui:i)EitirK8r..artiffpr,.Vi2
ALL KUltfllCAL Ol'EHATlUNS I'EKl'OKMEI).
N. U. Lnt no (also mode'iy prevent you, but tipply
inuoadiatt ly eitlnr personally or bv Lftter.
SMS DISilASErt Hl'EEUILY CCltED.
to yni.iMii:its.
u The many thousands cuicrt at this institution within
,!)) last 15 earK, and tlu numerous iinportuut (jurpicul
' Operations performed b Dr. Joliuston, wiinesstd by
ihi reporters ufthJ papers and many other ptrons, tiu
Hecs of which have appeared again and u;ain bi fore the
public, besides Ins standing nn a pcntleiuuii of liaraettr
and responsibility, is u loirticiniitL'miraiitvetuHieutllicte J
TAKE NUTICE,
N. H. There are u many ignorant and worthlciu
Quacks advertising themselves rhBicians, ruining the
halth of the already afflicted, that Dr. J din Hon dems
It necessary to say, especially to those unacquainted
with his reputation, that his credential and dinlenni
Always hang in his other,
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QDriqinal libctvn
"MORNING.
DY Jems.
When dnrknesi flics from earth awy,
And morning' light proclaims the dawn J
And Phmbui shines with pureit ray,
O'er hill and plain, o'er tnoor and lawn.
When pretty floweri, refreshed with dew,
Deck hill and dale, and valley sod J
When rosea red and violets blue,
Declare the handiwork of God.
When twinkling stara, with one accord.
All hide themselves from mortal lsvv;
And wticu tho sun, all nature'a Lord,
Doth span the splendid arch of blue.
'Tia then our thoughts ariso to Ood ;
Wo contemplate, with tipraljcd fcearti,
III power, then feel we're but a clod,
A cloggy clod of mortal parts.
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' TIJE STKI'MOTIIEU.
BY SA1.MK.
"I am happy dcaro-t, Oh ! so happy,"
murmured a young bride of scarce an
hour to her hutbnud as they stood aloof
from tho merry throng thai had gathered
there to graeo the marriage festivities of
Lena Melton and Henry Loring "to
happy tliat I am afraid I .shall wake to find
it all a dieam I cannot rcali.c that I
am yours, all yours and that henceforth I
Miall never leave your hide. '
'Yes mine love, all mine own," replied
the young husband a. he imprinted a kisa
on the rosy lips that were upturned to hii,
"and what a priceless trcasu-o 1 Oh how
I will cherish it ' Nothing on earth will
I leave undone that will render my Lena
happy."
"Love me, only love me always as now,
aud your Ljui wi.l aslc nothing mori."
A brief hour before this conversation
between the ycung husband aud wife oo
currcd, carriage after carriage had rolled
up to tho imposing mansion of Judgn Mor
ton aud deposited its human freight; and
again rattled away umill the large old
parlors were filled to overflowing with
guests who had come to witness tho young
girl take upon herself tho vows that would
bind her indisolubly to another, and as
the fair gill ttood before the aged minister
by the side of Iter chosen one, many a pe
tition winged itf way upward for tho hap
piness of ihu childlike bride,
Luna Merlon had given her hand to
Harry Loriug on the eighteenth anniversa
ry of her birth, to young to know ought of
lifes cares and trials, aud dreamixg not
that any sorrows or disapointmenu would
ever chill her young, sweet life. Lsna
never new the fond care and lovo of a
mother, for the morn that saw her eyas
open in life saw her mothers eloic in death,
yet she missed her not for her father devo
ted his whole time to her care, and as she
grew older ho procured for her tho bet
teachers that the city afforded, so that she
not only grew up beautiful but very ac
complished aud highly intellectual. And
nobly did the daughter repy hor father
for his care, by tho bouudless wealth of
lovo whioh she bestowed upon him. But
what uiado her so inexpressibly dear to
her father was tho great resemblance which
she bore to her deceased mother ; aud ho
never wearricd in gazing into tho depths
of her clear, ever varying blue oyes or
tVitning the sunny ringlets about h s fingers,
indeed it seemed to him that ha was re
newing liis young life. Hut the sickening
thought would sometimes occur to him, that
ero long soma one would win and claim his
beautiful Lena, fcr one o pure aud good
as she, was so dom left in retirement un
sought, and ho would somctimoi wish she
was less beautiful, that tho danger of los
ing her would be diminished. As she grew
oldor aud her beauty matured, many wcro
the bashful swains that sighed for one of
Lena's bright smiles ; but tho sweet maid
en smiled on all alike and lived on as tsha
had ever dene, heart whole aud fanoy free
and happy as a bird outhe wing,her Bwect
warbling voico rivaling them and making
richest music for tho car of her loung fa
ther. But one so pure and lovely a? our sweet
Lena was not nlwayi to live fanoy free ;
tho ono that should sway her heart, would
soon take possession of it. Henry Loring,
came to spend a summer at Elmdalo to
regain his health which was seriously im
paired wheu Lena had completed her sev
enteenth year ; he was a southerner by
birth, of a good family, woaltby. handsome
and tho object of envy with tho rival belles
ofElmdale. He toon met Lena and at
once surrendered his heart io her keeping ;
aud Lena well she soon learned that
sweetest of all lessons to love, for Harry
was a skillful teacher and Lena was an
apt scholar and bhe prospered so well un
der his teaching that iu six months after
tlnir first meeting she had promised to bo
hii pupil for life. Henry Loring was in
deed all that was true and noble, and her
father felt that iu giving his daughter to
him, he had given her to mo that was
worthy tho tru.t, and that would make his
darling happy ; yet, as he witu:sscd tho
vows they took upon themselves on their
bridal eve, ho felt the warm tears roll
down his cheek for now sho muU leave
him, leavo tho fond sheltering arms that
had so lovingly protected her that tho
winds of heaven did not blow to roughly
upon her. Yes ou tho morrow sho was to
follow hor husband to tho south there to
commence tho lesson of lifo.
Turn again with us to the opening scene.
Fairy forms were flitting to and fro through
the windings of the merry daneo ; happi
ncss bcaniiug iu every eye aud smiles
wreathing every lip, for Lena tho pat of
every oue wa3 happy, so happy that she
seemed to inl'uso her spirit into every one
that looked upon her love-lit countenance.
Tho morrow earnc, a carriago stood at
the door, all things were in readiness, and
nothing more remained to be dono but to
utter tho last farewell. Tearful indeed
was tho parting seme. Lena clung to tho
parent as if the parting would suuder her
very heart strings, tho Judge pres-sed her
to his heart and with a ''God b'cti and
keep you my daughter, ' resigned her to
the arms of her husband and returned to
his now lonely and desolate house.
A pleasant journey and a husband's de
votion soon dispelled tho gloom from the
heart of tho young biidu, and by degrees
sho became as interested in tho dc-cription
of tho homo to which she was going, a( tho
delighted husband would hare wished and
was ready t exclaim with the moabitcs
"whither thou goest will I go and thy peo
ple shall be my people aud thy God my
God."
Pass wo over tho scenes of the r.ext two
years, aud now reader go with us in im
agination to the south, tho sunny south,
and as no journey along through the Old
Dominion ; let us approach yundcr plan
tation. As wo roll up tho broad avenuo
wc behold numerous descendants of Ham's
down trodden race performing their allot
ted duties, and as we approach the man
sion wo tiro greeted by a griu an 1 doff of
an old beaver, as tho owner thereof steps
forward to taku care of tho horses. Lst
us enter. Beauty, elegance, luxury aud
ojmfort, aro the first impressions wo re
ceive as wc wander through tho deserted
rooms, (for wo see no ono but servants)
but we mount the broad stair case and en
ter tho chamber which we sco through tho
half open door. S.-ated near a window
through which steals tho sweetest perfume
from the iloweri below, we behold oar Le
na, Time has made no alteration in her
fhe is the tame beautiful aud child liko be
ing wo left her two years ago, yet still thero
is a change j tho dccpc.it holiest emotion of
her womau's heart has been drawn out, for
she is now a mother. Oh I how her heart
thrills with rapture to exquisit at tho
thought, and as sho presses tho little help
lass form to her heart, sho wonders why
such a trust was reposed to her keepiug,
her, to little crpetieneed in the ways of
tho world, but she would try so caruestly
to guide aright the immortal soul, aud
raising her eyes to heaven sho utters the
thanksgiving of her hoart. Ithauk thee
for this thy gift J my treasure "Oh 1
Father givo mo wisdom to guide this littlo
one aright, that I may have agocd account
of my btewarJship to givo when thou cont
est to uiako up thy jewels.'1 But a manly
step is heard on tho staircase and in anoth
er moment both mother and babo arc
clasped in a closo embrace,
"Oh Harry" exclaimed tho young wifo,
"I have been thiukiug all tho morning
about our darling, and whilo I bless God
for hit Ejift, I shudder. 19 tVink that to mo
is given the training of an immortal sou'
for happinoss or misery, me ao littlo com
petent for the great work. Oh I fear for
raysclf 1 you must help mo Harry, you aro
so noble and good whilo I am so weak."
"And why should my Lena fear?
Thero is uot a better littlo wifo in old Vir
ginia aud I know there will not be abettor
mUhcr. You will train ourbweet babo to
bo liko your own dear self, good pure aud
trusting, and we can ask nothing more.
Your bravo little heait will teach you all
that is lteccisary for you to do j but now
dearest I have good news for you. Can
you guess what it is ?
Uh yes 1 i about father is it not ? is he
coming sooul dear, dear, papa I long
to show him my treasure j toll mo when 1
shall seo him. '
''He will bo hero to-morrow Lena, he
writes that ho will reach us nearly as soon
as the letter, I will send Fred with thu
carriage over to Ashton to meet him so
that ho can bo with us by tho dinner
horn."
The morrow came and with it Judge
Merttn. I shall pas over the meeting be
tween the father and daughter, but when
tho grand child was placed in his arms ho
burst iuto tears and wept on Lonas shoul
der ; it brought back to vividly tho scenes
of his youth, when tho fair young being
that for three years had been his wife
yielded up her life to save his child. He
thought to of Lonas childhood and now
seeing hor a happy wife and mother it
was no wonder he wept. In said tears
do not become manhood ; but oh ye scoU
crs would that I could seo tho briny tear
trickle duwu your cheek, theu would 1
know that your manhood was notawholly
taken up by tho cares of the world.
"Have you found a name for your trea
sure jet, Lena V
"No; wo wcro waiting till you came ;
we wished tj consult you about it."
"Will you cull her Amy, than! That
was your mother's name, and for her sake
let that bo your child's name."
"Very well, father, then Amy it shall
be, it is a sweet name.''
Again wc visit the South, aftor an ab
sence of four years, but the signs of bu-y
life are nowhere to be seen; servants stray
around idle, or are gathered together in
knots, discussing ons all absorbing topic.
We enter, and again approach thu cham
ber that we visited before, aud look around
for Ljna. Can this be Lena that is lying
thereon tho couch, so pale and still?
Yes, it is Lena ; but oh I how changed.
Death is doing his work silently, but surely.
For weeks she has lain thus, knowing no
one, not oven her husband aud child.
Sho is slcoping calmly now, and tho physi
cian bonds eagerly over her.
"Is thero hope, doctor, oh ! toll mo, is
thero hope 1 Only save her, doctor, and
a'l I have is yours !" exclaimed the
wretched husband.
'I have done all that human skill can
do, Mr. Loring; she is in God s hands;
but, whilo thero is lifo, thero is hope; I
can say nothing more. If she bo uot dis
turbed, she mtf r cover, for hor disease
has now reached its crisis; yet I mnst bo
frank with you, her constitution has al
ways been to delicate, that thero is uot ono
chance iu a thousand. 1 wish it were
otherwise, for your sake, Mr. Loring."
Iu agony, tho devoted husband knolt by
the bedside of his dying wife. How long
he knelt there, he knelt not, for moments
wore to him as hours ; but ho was aroused
at length by a slight prcssuro of tho hand
he held in his. lit arose aud fouud that
she had awakened, aud reason had return
ed ; aud with .1 cry of joy ho pressed his
lips to her alabastar forchoad,rnd pillowed
her head on his breast.
Band low your bead, dar'ing," sho
whispered, for I havo much to say to you,
and my lifo is ebbing fast. What I say
must bo dono qu'ckly. 1 am dying, Har
ry; for already I can feol tho chiliing
hand of Death cieeping slowly over me.
For myself, I care not. Death has no
terrors for me. But, oh 1 Harry, my
whole thoughts are of you and our darling
Amy ; will you guard her from all evil,
tonderlv. as I would do if it had nleascd
God to spare me ? Teach her' never to
forget her mother, and early placo her
yoaug feet in tho way sho should go. He-
member tho wish of your dying Lena.
Do not grievo so for mo, darling ; 'twill
make our parting harder to bo borne,"
and with an ineffectual attempt to press
hcr lips to those she loved her bo well, Lo -
na Loring fell asleep iu Jusus. Ah I no
need uow, Harry, to press that lithe form
to thy aching heart ; no need, now, to
rain thoso burning kisses on thoso lips,
oeauiiiui sun m ueaiu, ioi oui 10 wnom
than life
Again mother two years have flown
sinco Lena has slept beneath the clods of
the valley, aud during that timo Harry
has fulfilled the trust reposed in him; but
now bo is again about to take another to
his heart. Ho had met the syren at a
fashionable watering place, and so skill
fully wcro tho chains throwu about him,
that, beforo ho was aware of it, ho was
completely iu her power. Wondrously
beautiful was Cordelia Wilton 1 Sho pos-
scsscd that rare power of fascinating, or
charming, liko that which tho serpent is
said to exercise over birds tho victim
flutters awhile, still drawing nearer, and at
last diops tremblingly but unresistingly to
meet its fate. So it was with Loring !
The more ho tried to resist tho enchantress,
the closer were the coils around him, till
at last ho yielded, and laid his heart, his
hand aud his fortune at her feet, which
wcro instantly accepted.
IJe brought his young wife home, but ho
soon discovered that she was not liko his
gentle, loving Lena but haughty aud
proud, repulsing every effort that the littlo
Amy made toward friendship, aud sulking
for days if her husband lavished any en
dearmcutson his motherless child. Many
were tho trials and recriminations which
Mr. Loring endured before he yielded,
But alas ! in the presence of tho syren
overything was forgotton ; even tho dying
injunctions of his lovely Lena, and tho
lit lo Amy was consigned to tho care of
mercenaries. She endured the loss of her
father's society bravely and uncomplaining
ly, but none save her faithful nurse saw
that, day by day, her check was growing
paler and her step ntoro slow, till at tho
closo of a bright autumn day aho followed
her loved mother to tho "happy land"
where she should lovo and bo loved
through tho countless a-;es of o'teruitT.
Sweet Amy, tho loss of thy father's love
disturbs thee not now.
Anecdotes of Dr. Abernethy
Fiom "JtilWiOirf Uook about Doctori," lately publUri
id by Kudd& Carlttou.
Abernethy is a by-word for rudeuess
and even brutality of mauuer ; but ho was
as tender and generous as a man ought to
bo, as a man of great intelligence usually
is. The stories current about Abernethy
arc uearly all fictions of the imagination;
or, when they havo any foundation in fact
such ondcarmcnti wcro inoro
itself heeds them no longer.
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sidercd that his business was to set his pa
tients in the way of recovering their lost
health not to lUtcu to their fatuous pro
siugs about their maladies. Ho was there
fore prompt and decided in checking ,tho
egotistic garrulity of valetudinarians.
This candid expression of his dislike to
unnecessary talk had ono good result,
People who came to consult him took caro
not to offend Lira, by bootless prating.
A lady on one occasion entered his con
sulting room, aud put before him nn in
jured finger, without saying a word. In
sileuco Abernethy dressed the wound, when
instantly aud silently tho lady pat tho usu
al fee on the tablo, and retired. In a few
dayc the called agaiu, and offered her
finger for inspection. "Better?" asked
tho surgeon, "llcttcr," answered the la
dy, spcakiug to him for the first time,
'ot another word followed during tho rest
of tho interview. Three or four similar
visits were made, at tho last of which the
patient held out her finger frco from ban
dages aud perfectly healed. "Well?"
was Abernethy's monosyltibio inquiry,
"Well,'' was tho lady's equally brief an
swer. "Upon my soul, madam," exclaim
ed tho delighted surgeon, "you aro tho
most rational woman I ever met with !"
To curb his tongue, however, out of re
spect to Abernethy's humor, was an im-
possibility to Jouu t'uilpot Uurran. Light
j timcs Curran (persoually unknown to Ah
j cruclhy,) had called on tho groat surgeon ;
and eight times Abernethy had looked at
tho orator s iouguo (telling htm, by-tho-by
that it was the most unclean and utterly
abominable tonguo iu the world,) had
curtly advised him to drink less, and not
, abuse his stomach with gormandizing, had
taken a guiuea, and had bowed him out of
tho room. Ou the uiuih visit, just as ho
was about to be dismissed in tho samo sum -
uiary fashion, Curran, with a flash of his
aaru eye, uxcu tue surgeon, ana saw
rciaio to events mat ocourreu long uelori nor cutiu; ne, on saying goou Dye in a
'he hero to whom they are tacked by an- friendly letter, returned all tho fees he
ecdoto-mougers had appeared on the stage1 had taken from her under the impression
He was eccentric but his ccceuttiiities that she was in good circumstances, and
always took tho direction of common 1 added 001. to tho sum, begging her to
sense; whereas the extravagances attribu-! expend it in giving her child a daily r'.ii
ted to him by popular gossip are fre- ' iu the fresh uir. Ho was often brusque
quently those of a heartless buffoon. ' and harsh, and more than once was pro
His timo was precious, and he rightly cou- perly reproved for his hastiness and want
"Mr. Abcrncthy, I have been hereon eight I
different days, and I havo paid you eight
different guineas ; but you have never yet '
listened to tho symptoms of my complaint
I am resolved, sir, not to leave the room
till you satisfy mo by doing so." With a
good-natured laugh, Abernethy, half sus
pecting that he had to deal with a madman
fell back in his chair and said "Oh 1
very well, sir; I am ready to hear you
out. Go on, givo mo tho whole your
birth, parontago and education. I wait
your pleasure Pray be as minute and
tedious as you can." With perfect gravi
ty Curran began "Sir, my name is John
ruitpot uurran. My parents wero poor,
but I believe honest people, of the province
of Munstcr, whero also I was born, at
Newmarket, iu the county of Cork, in tho
year one thousand seven hundred and fifty.
My father being employed to collect tho
routs of a Protestant gentleman of small
fortuue, in that neighborhood, procured
my- admission into one of tho Protestant
free schools, where, I obtained tho first
rudiments of my oducation. I was next
enabled to enter Triuity College, Dublin,
iu the humble sphere of a sizar " And
so ho went steadily ou, till ho had thrown
his auditor into convulsions of laughter.
Abernethy was very careful not to take
fees from patients if ho supposed them to
bo in indigent circumstan'ccs. Mr. George
Macilwaiu,in his instructive and agreeable
"Memoirs of John Abernethy," mentions
a case whero nn old officer of rVarsimonious
habits, but not of impoverished condition,
could not induce Abernethy to accept his
fco, and consequently foreborc from agaiu
consulting him.
Ou another occasion, when a half-pay
lieutenant wished to pay him for a long
and laborious attendance, Abernethy re
plied, "Wait lill you aro a general; then
come and seo mo, and then we'll talk about
fees." To a gentleman of small mcani
who consulted him, after having in vain
had recourse to other surgeons, he said
"Your recovery will bo slow. If you don t
feel much patu, depend upon it you are
gradually getting round ; if you do feel
much pain, then como again, but nut eke.
1 don t waut your money." To a hospital
student (of groat promise and industry ,but
in narrow circumstances) who becamo hi
drcssor, he returned the customary fee of
sixty guincas,and requested him to expend
them iu the purchase of books and secu
ring other means of improvement. To a
poor widow lady (who consulted him about
1, -..-I, ,1.1. . .
of consideration,
"I havo heard of your rudeness beforo
I came, sir," oue lady said, taking his
prescription, "but I was not prepared for
such treatment. What am I to do with
this ? '
"Anything you like," tho surgeon au
swered roughly,
you please.''
"Put it on tho fire if
Taking him at his word, the lad v nut 1
her feo on tho table, and the prescription
on the fire ; aud, inadisg a bow, left the
room. Abernethy lollowcd her into the
hall, apologizing and begging her to tako
back the fee or let him write another pre-1
scription, but the lady would not yield her
vantago ground.
Of operations Abernethy had a most
unsurgtou-liko horror "liko Chcseldcn
and Hunter, regarding them as tho re-
proach of the profession." "I hope, air,
it will not belong," said a poor woman,
suffering under the knife. "No, indeed,"
earnestly answered Abernethy, "that
,, , . , .,, mi- 1 .
would bo too horrible' This bumnm'y,
on a point of which surgeons aro popular
.
ns aro nonular-
man. Ho was about to amputato n man's
leg, in the hospital theatre, when tho poor
fel ow, terrified at the display of instru
incuts aud apparatus, suddculy jumped off
tho table, aud hobbled away. Tho stu
dents burst out laughing, and the surgeon,
much pleased at being excused from tho
performance of a painful duty, exclaimed,
'By God, I'm glad he's gone ! '
Tho treatment which one poor fellow-
' received from Abcinethy may at first sight
sjcin to militate agaiust our high estimato
of tho surgeon's humanity, aud dislike o'
' inaictiug physical pain. Dr. ,.an
1 eminent physician still Hviug aud confer-
I ring lustre on his profession, sent a favor-
I u mau-Jcrvani wun orici note running:
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J 0 , r ' books opened; and tho myriads that ha
n q. .,... i , 1 lived on earth sinco the begiuning, all
11 uiiaiii ijuuijui 1 uu viatic a uuviu j ns i,ti . .
a i.nr i, !. on.t.i.r.,! ed t0 Judgement? And when the s;y
"Dear Abernctby, will ,ou do ma tho
kindness to put a scion on this poorfellow'i
nock t Yours, sincerely,
The man, who was accdstomed and en
couraged to indulgo in considerable frco
dotn of speoch with his master's friends,
not only delivored the note to Abernethy,
but added, in an explanatory and confid
ing tone :
"You seo, sir, I don't get better, and as
master thinks I ought to have a BOton in
my neck, I should ho thankful if you'p
put it in for me." It it not at all improb
able that Abernethy resented the directions'
of master and man. Any how ho inqui
red into tho invalid's 6ase, and then taking
out his needles" did as ho was requested.
Tha operation was attended with a little
pain, aud (he man bawled m only a cow
ard can howl, under tho tomporary incon
venianco. "Oh I Lor' bless you ! Oh,
have mercy on me 1 Yarra yarra yar
ral Oh, doctor doctor youM kill me 1" .
In an nolhcr minute the surbeon's work
was accomplished, and the accuto pain
haviug passed away the man recovered his
self-possession and impudence.
"Oh, well, sir, I do hop.', that its done,
it'll dome good. I do hope that "
'But it won't, do you a bit of good."
"What,sir, no good?" ciied the fellow.
"Xo more good," rcplido Abernethy,
"than if I had spat upon it.''
"Then sir why oh, yarr ! here's the
pain again why did you do it ?"
"Comfound you, man," answerd the
surgson testily," Why did I do it? Why,
didn't you usk me to put a scion in vour
neck I J
Of course tho surgical treatment em
ployed by Abernethy in this case was tho
right one; but ho was so nettled with tho
fel ow's impudence and unmanly lamenta
tions, that he could not forbear playing off
upon him a barbarous jest.
If for this outbreak of vindictive humor
the reader is inclined lo call Abernethy a
savage, let his gift be 50 , Dr. Wilson of
Bath sent a present of that sum to an in
digent clergyman, against whom bo had
como in the course of practice. The gen
tlemen who had engaged to convey the gift
to the unfortuuato priest said,"Wel',-th:n,
I'll take the money to him to-morrow.'1
"Oh, my dear sir," said tho doctor, "taku
it to him to-night. Only think of the im
portance to a sick man of ono good night's
rert."
Whero Shall We BaP
Where shall wo be when our names
havo been forgotton and passed into ob
livion, our bodies moulded into earth, and
moss and ivy growing upon our tomb
stones ?
Where shall wo be when ths Empires,
Kingdoms, and States that are now rear
ed like proud fabrics over the earth have
pasecd away then emperors, kings prin
ces and statesmcm laid low in tho dust
their thrones subverted, and their soeptros
broken ?
Wh.'rc shall wc bo wheu tho little birds
which sung so sweetly, havo hushed their
mirry songs forever, the brooks forgot
their complaining, and zepbyera ?
Whero shall wo bo when tho fountains
occansi lakc5 a"d rivers will be dried up?
11 una iigniuing win no longer uash
alhwart the heavens, or play anions tho
o'ouds, an I the thunders cease to roll in
the vaunted depths of air? When bills
al11' mountains, dales and valleys', trees
and flowers have passad away?
W,an a falli black as ,he clouJs &st
ll0ver 0 " Styg'aD lake, shall veil ?he sun,
odscure the moon, and wrap the world in
Ta-tarian gloom ? When the great arcb,
angle, with trumpet and 'sonorous voice
' shall summon from their coral beds,
beneath tho slumbering waves of tho
' mighty main, tho marble sepukhro and
the mossy tomb, tho desd, both small and
. Br'a,';
unon tho vrhilo cloud, tha angles, and
' , , Tt. ,, . ,, . 0 ' .
, me giory 01 ms x'aiucr suau uescenu, the
. . . . . '
turono ue set ; tno Judce be seated, tho
re
call-
tho
and glass of Time will be laid by, tho just
taken homo to God, nature's grand laws
destroyd, and amid confusion and conster
nation of element, tho witkod driven to
dreary domain of the itjrnal night rea
der, where, then, shall you be ?
Sheai' Stealing, A neighbor of mine
was fairly or otherwise accusid of ste iling
sheep, and the day was set when he was to
answer the chaigo helore a court of juslioa
But as it happei,ed,bi'Ore tho day of trial
he bickened and d.cd. H'u old liiotlur
' was overwhelm 'U with g, i f, aud sat ioug
by tho corpse fi ing the hiu e with wail-
,uS'Rnd lamentation. At lint a thought
'anYfutowin up 'her hLdsa4onr'iouUSl,,
Maculated : "Well, thank God he'ii out of
tns tnecp scrape anvnowi"