THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, PA., MAltClI 4, 1879.
A COMICAL MISTAKE;
on
Dr. Raymond'! Prescription.
BOB had no Idea the doctor was be
hind him as he poked the vnlen
tine under the door. Had he not been too
flustered to look round he would have
seen him ; and had not the doctor been
deep In a medical reverie about Jane
Todd's collar bone he must have Bpled
the dapper figure as It darted awny. Hut
as It whs, he fumbled for his key a min
ute, and then rang the bell, and while
doing so, spying something white un
der the door, he picked it up and tore It
open. Tore it open 1 that letter ! with
all Its lavishment of border and blue
seal I that letter over which Bob had sat
up till two A M., rounding his periods
and curling the tails of his P'b and Q's.
Was It for this that he bestowed so
many slaps on his forehead V O Fate I
Bridget, that faithful servitor, answer
ed the bell, charged with a message
which she was bent on delivering with
out the least possible delay.
" If you please, sir, Morton-Jones'-wlfe's-slster's
a been here, and little
Johnny's a fell through the loft and took
up for dead, and they'd like you to come
this minute, and two Irish women called
and a baby, and there's a little boy with
it fayvcr it Is In Long Lane, and Miss
Usher's sent this note."
"Long Lane must wait," muttered
the doctor, and he threw his Instrument
case and the letter on the table.and took
the note Bridget held out. "Morton
Jones, hey ? lie's that man on the
Flats, Isn't he ?"
" Yis, Bir."
" I'll go at one. Hum I" (skimming
the dainty note In his hand). "'Dear
Doctor : Bo nervous and depressed my
old foe neuralgia upon me again come
as soon as you have leisure, please, and
meantime send me that prescription
which did such good last year.' Pre
scription I Yes, of course, she longs to
be dosing herself all women do. 'Yours
sincerely, Madeline Usher.' That comes
of being alone and fanciful. If she had
one earthly thing to do she'd be a well
woman. I'll see she gets nothing to
suurt her."
And tearing a scrap from his pocket-
fojook, he penciled some cabalistic signs.
" Here, Bridget. Fetch a Bheet of pa
per, will you 'i or, stay, this will an
sewer. And seizing Bob's valentine.the
unconscious doctor wrote upon its hack
as follows :
" My Dear Friend : I send some
thing which I think will suit you better
than the prescription you asked for. It
isn't exactly medicine, but will do more
good than if it were, and be a great deal
hetter for you at this season of the year.
Be sure to take a brisk walk after It.
You kuow I always told you more than
half your bad feelings come from loneli
ness and want of occupation. I wish I
could make you feel tins half as strong
ly as I do. I'll drop in this evening if
possible. Yours faithfully,
" L. Raymond."
" Poor girl," he muttered, "she puts
me out of patience Bometimes, but she
is a good creature. Bridget, see that
this goes to Miss Usher as booh as Willy
comes home from school. I'm in a hur
ry." And he huddled the papers into an
envelope, and was off with a bang of
the door, leaving the note in Bridget's
custody. The prescription lay upon the
floor, where it had fallen unperceived.
Miss Usher sitting In her parlor by
her bright lire, pale, dejected, wrapped
in a shawl, was not a little amazed,
when, two hours later, the missive was
placed into her hands. Dr. Raymond
had written her notes before, half pro
fessional half friendly, but this was
something unexampled. Silver doves,
a smirking cupid, with one pink wing
and one blue one, roses, eglantines, and
what-not round the edges, these flowery
lines enclosed :
" Oh ! say it is not wrong to love,
To love, to worship thee j
The sea yearns fortbeetari above,
The Hal's look on the sea.
The hot moon woos the scented gale,
The parched flower the dew
Their love, their longing docs not full,
And why should mine for yours 1
" Like a bird all spent with wandering,
All weary mutt I roam,
Until I feel my restless wing
In the dear uest of Homo.
But what were home without thy face,
U fairest lore of mine T
Then deign that bumble home to grace,
. And bleis your Valentine."
It was really not bo bad considering
that but eighteen short summers had
passed over Bob's head, and that for
some time back his "restless wing," had
been ' furled' in the large dry goods shop
round the corner, which he hoped some
day. to adorn as a partner. Whether
the doctor would have admired It as ad
dressed to Kitty " that baby," as he
called her is unquestionable. But Miss
Usher quite glowed as she read. It was
so poetical, " so sweet." The little con
fusion of pronouns In the first verse es
caped her notice altogether. She read
and re-read, and then turned to the more
prosalo second page.
11 Not exactly medicine," O that fun-
ny man. Much better suited to this
season of the year 1' Oh 1 very much I
Dear, dear 1 What could it rueau 1 But
there was no doubt about that It could
mean only one thing 1 " Lonely 1" Yes,
Indeed. Dear, delicate, little Miss Usher
had often felt so, but there seemed no
help for It. There was nobody In par
ticular she wished to have live with her,
and no one to marry suited to her taste.
Dr. Raymond, to be sure he was so su
perior, so good : but she had never once
thought he would many again he was
so devoted to his first wife. And think
ing how fond she had once been of that
wife, and how fond she was still of that
little Kitty and Will, and what a lonely
life it was, after all, for a man to try to
keep house for himself, Miss Usher felt
her cheeks flushing, and a glow and stir
coming into her heart,which quite made
her forget how ill she had fancied her
self just before.
That same becoming blush lit her
cheeks as she made her toilet for the eve
ning after the " brisk walk" recom
mended, which had sent her home with
an appetite for her simple dinner. What
with the little cap of muslin and blue
ribbons on her head, and the dainty
apron, and the bit of work in her fin
gers, and bright fire and all, she was a
pleasant picture, the doctor thought,
when he came in an hour after; and,
what Is more, he said so.
" Well I This looks cheerful. Women
certainly have a knack of making rooms
cozy which men never get. Now, I
found out at once that it was growing
cold as I sat in my oillce, and I do not
think you have felt it at all In this snug
little bower of yours. And how are you
to-night ?"
The doctor was shaking hands all the
time he said this. He had that warm,
cordial way with him which is so valu
able to a physician ; but some how to
night it seemed more marked than usu
al. Miss Usher withdrew her fingers
with a little twitter.
" Take tills chair, doctor: It is a com
fortable one. V
The doctor sank, nothing loath, into
the sofa depths.
" Well, did you take the prescrip
tion y
"The walk! Oh I yes, and feel much
better for it, thank you."
" That's right. I knew you would.
And how did you like the other'i"'
"The other y" with deepening color
" oh, I liked it very well that is very
much."
" I'm glad to hear it. It was a simple
thing, but I thought it would suit you.
I scribbled a line to go along with it be
cause I wanted to ensure your getting
out to-day, and now I wanij a little plain
talk with you on the same point. Let
me rthk, to begin with, don't you think
you have lived alone long enough V"
" Perhaps so," replied Miss Usher
with maidenly hesitation" but "
"You see," interrupting," "if we
could make an arrangement by which
you could have some young person with
you a bright, lively girl, of Kitty's age
for Instance who would he an interest
ing companion, and not too much of a
charge, it would be the very thing. Its'
sitting here forlorn and solitary, and
having nobody to keep company or urge
you to go out, which is playing the mis
chief with your nerves and making you
fancy yourself an invalid. You are no
more sick than I am. ' You only need
rousing. Now, don't you think bo
yourself y Couldn't you bring your
mind to like it V"
Miss Usher fluttered, looked upturned
ed scarlet, and looked down again.
"It's easy to find the person you
want," went on the unconscious doc
tor. " I'll see to that. Only say the
word."
" I have been so used to living alone,"
faltered Miss Usher, " that I am half
afraid to try the experiment. But if I
had you to help me, doctor"
" Of course you'll have me," said the
hearty physician ; " that's my business,
you know."
"Business!"
" Oh ! well pleasure, too, of course ;
but it is business, after all. What's a
great, strong man fit for If he can't look
after little delicate souls like you ; to say
nothing of my being your doctor, and
you my poor Mary's Bchool-frlend V
'Tis an agreement, then y In that case,
I'll look ahwt me at once, and begin to
make arrangements."
" But," interposed Miss Usher, tim
idly, "are you sure as to Kitty's and
Willy's feelings, doctor y"
"Kitty and Wiilyy"
" Yes. Because, you know, even if
you meant every word of that sweet lit
tle letter this morning, it would have to
depend a great deal upon that. I could
not do anything to grieve their dear lit
tle hearts."
" My letter ? What was my letter V"
mused the puzzled doctor. "Do you
happen to have It about you y I want
to see if I made any mistake In the
quantities."
With deeper blushes, Miss Usher
drew it from her pocket. ;
"Here it is," she said. "I think a
great deal of It, I assure you." Doctors,
by dint of long practice, acquire great
command over the facial muscles. Our
doctor was master of his. He surveyed
the flowery page with outward compos
ure, but within, his soul was rent with
u convulsion of wonder aud merriment
which was terrible.
"How lnthe world did I come by
that nonsensical farrago f,'i lie asked
himself; " and how ever am I expected
to explain to this poor little soul V"
And suddenly it popped into his head,
" Why noty What with the blue rib
bons, the flushed cheeks, the pleasant
little room, his full knowledge of her
sweet temper and lady-like ways, the
Idea was not unattractive.
"Not a bad thing for any of us," he
muttered, half aloud.
"What did you Bayy" Inquired Miss
Usher.
" I say," responded the doctor, with
great presence of mind, " that you have
heard enough quite enough of this ag
itating topic for to-night. You won't
sleep a wink if I let you go on. Qo to
bed at once, please, and to-morrow I'll
come again and discuss It thoroughly,"
and, after a gallant leave-taking, lie stole
out on the professional tip-toe, saying to
himself: "I'll sleep over it, at all
events."
I need go no farther. When a wid
ower asks himself, "Why noty and
decides to "sleep over it," the case Is set
tled beyond a peradventure.
I don't think Miss Usher, now Mrs.
Raymond, knows to this day exactly
how it was ; though the doctor cleared
himself some time later of the responsi
bility of the verses. And I shall never
believe to my dying moment that the
idea would ever have entered his head
had it not been for the accident to Bob's
little venture. Poor Bob! That cupid,
with parti-colored wings, fallal in his
duty as far as he was concerned ; but
then he turned around and wove a spell
for two other people; and perhaps that
is as much as one can expect of a
cupid.
A Sad Case.
A dispatch from a Boston paper says :
There is strong reason for the supposi
tion that Mrs. Nancy Madan, who died
in East Cambridge Jail last week, thus
ending a life sentence for the murder of
Obedlah Jones, was innocent of the
crime. Phe was forintrly in Dedham
jail, but was transferred to East Cam
bridge In 1871. During all her imprison
ment she has persistently maintained
her innocence, and reiterated the state
ment a few minutes before she died. On
one occasion, when she supposed her
self alone, she was overheard by one
of the matrons of the prison praying,
and the whole burden of her supplica
tion was that as God knew her inno
cence, it might be made manifest. On
the Su nday before her death, at the ser
vice in the prison chapel, she recited
from memory Christ's sermon oil the
Mount, and she frequently expressed
her forgiveness of all who had been con
cerned in her trial and conviction. Her
conduct during her imprisonment was
admirable, and her attention to what
she considered her religious duty was
constant and unvaried. At the trial it
was shown that the daughter, upon
whose evidence she was convicted, was
of bad character, and had been living
with the man, Obadiah Jones, who was
murdered, and the presumption is that
the mother had no motive for thecrlme.
The daughter has never visited her in
prison. It is claimed that other facts
are in the posesion of the authorities
which go far toward proving that the
woman who has ended her life in prison
was innocent.
Value of the Home Paper.
A LARGE proportion of the people
in every community do absolutely
nothing to support their local papers,
and yet reap the benefit in dollars and
cents every day, of the editor's work.
A man will say, " Advertising does no
good in my business ; it may be necessa
ry for dry goods men, or milliners, but
it's of no use in my business; I Lave to
keep men on the road and get my custo
mers by goiug after them ;" and yet
the fact is that the town in which he
does business would be unknown, the
railroad over which he ships his goods
would be unbuilt, and lie himself un
heard of, were it not for the newspaper,
which he snys does him no good. The
local newspaper is of benefit to every
man in the community, just as much as
the local government ; and when a man
refuses to contribute to the support of
the paper, on the ground that it " does
him no good," he might just us well re
fuse to pay his tuxes for the support of
the courts and the police, on the ground
that he " never breaks ttie law, aud
doesn't need any ofllcer." There are
men who imagine themselves to be per
fectly honest, and very pious, who are
doing business In every communlty,and
every duy appropriating to their own
use the fruits of other men's labors, by
reaping the bene tits of the newspaper
without contributing a cunt 'toils sup
port; find yet they would be terribly
shocked If they should b charged with
stealing wood from their neighbors. But
the principle is just the same, the only
difference being that in one case the law
can reach them, and in the other it can
not ; but, moiully, It Is just as dishonest
to steal the fruit of your neighbor's en
terprise, as to steal his fuel or his chick
ens. Too much credit cannot be given to
the weekly newspapers for the work it
has done, and is still doing, for the ben
efit of this country. Western Homestead.
For Tub Times.
Themont, O., February 21, 1879.
Mil, Editor Thinking a few items
from Ohio would interest your many
readers, I pen the following description
of the country between the cities of Ur
nana and Bprlngfleld. The Hrst-named
is the county seat of Champaign county
is a very flourishing City. The last
named is about the size of the city of
Harrisburg, and is one of the greatest
manufacturing cities in the West. Here
the world-renowned Champion Reapers
are manufactured, and here, too, the far
fitmed Turbine Water Wheel was first
Invented and made, besides a great many
more of minor importance. TheCham
pion works occupy twenty acres of land.
Their buildings are all substantially
built of brick and present a handsome
appearance.
The country between these two cities
is drained by the Waters of Mad river, a
slow, sluggish stream about the width of
Hherman's creek, but a great deal deeper.
This piece of country is called the Mad
River Valley, and is, undoubtedly, the
richest valley In the State. Farmers
last season raised 100 bushels of corn per
acre and had one of the largest wheal
crops I have ever seen. The hills (if I
can call them such) to the West of the
river are covered with beech and ash
timber, while to the East they are cov
ered with oak and hickory.
The roads, or pikes, are kept in better
condition here than in Pennsylvania.
They use nothing but gravel to build
pikes here, there being no stone In the
country.
About six miles North of Bprlngfleld
is the town of Tremont City, the birth
place of the Detective Association. But
for fear of occupying too much of your
valuable space, I close, hoping this may
be of interest to your many readers.
Geo. M. Yost.
Rescued from the Very Grave.
The grave-diggers of South Atchison,
Kan., complain that business is very
uncertain this season. Tenny Dysart,
wife and mother, and also colored, was
supposed to have departed this life, and
preparations were made for the funeral.
The body was robed for the grave and
placed in the coffin, the sorrowing hus
band and mourningchlldren sadly griev
ing at the loss of their wife and mother.
The funeral was to take place at 3 o'clock,
at which time the house was tilled with
friends. The hearse was waiting at the
door, and the body was soon to be borne
to its last resting place. As the lid of
the coffin was thrown back one lady laid
her hand on the forehead of the su p pos
ed corpse, and, with a cry of astonish
ment, declared that the body was warm.
The physicians applied the usual tests,
and pronounced that life remained. The
body was taken from the coffin, and at
noon the next day, she was con sclous
and in a fair way to recover.
Saint Paul and the Infidel.
A Christain was speaking to an Infi
del of salvation through Christ.
" Pshaw 1" said the infidel, in a tone
of disgust, " this preaching of the cross
is to me perfect foolishness."
The gentleman smiled.
" You and St. Paul agree exactly," he
said, quietly.
" How so y" asked the scoffer, in some
surprise.
Turning to Paul's first epistle to the
Corinthians, the other read :
" The preaching of the cross is to them
thnt perish foolishness."
The infidel was so struck by the truth
of this statement that he felt himself
impelled to read the Bible for himself.
lie began at once, and the result was his
conviction of its truth, and his accep
tance of the Gospel that he had de
spised. Strange Jealousy.
There was a strange scene at a funeral
in Pittsburgh the other day. The de
ceased was a young married lady, who
at one time had received the attention of
a gentleman who afterwards married
another lady. The lasUuamed lady was
present at the funeral, and when the
services were over she went up the cof
fin and talked In a very excited manner,
showing that she was jealous of the de
ceased, and she'declared that should her
husband approach to look at the corpse
she would tear out his eyes. The wom
an became so violent that It was found
necessary to remove her from the room
and to request her husband, who was out
side, not to enter the house. All the
parties oco upy high social positions, and
the disgraceful incident causes consid
erable talk. Ex.
CT" Glory !" exclaims the Philadel
phia " Bulletin." " Likewise hallelu
jah. Also to some extent, hurrah !" It
is pleasant to see enthusiasm curbed
down to dignity like that. " Hip, hip,
hur Bthop a leetle !" exclaimed a per
son of German mind last Tuesduy night,
deliberately opening his vest. " Vait
till I putten mine sushbender."
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