Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1885 — The Boy and the Bone-Setter. [ARTICLE]

The Boy and the Bone-Setter.

Speaking of the bone-setters recalls a good story which occurred in the north of Scotland, where one of them had risen to great fame and no small fortune by his skill. A country lad residing a few miles off had got his leg hurt at one of the local factories, and had been treated for some time oy the local medical man without any good result. His mother, who had great faith ■in the neighboring bone-setter, wanted the lad to goto him, which he declined, preferring, as he said, the “reg’lar faculty.” Eventually, however, his mother’s persuasions prevailed, and he agreed to allow himself to be taken to see Daniel E—, the bone-setter. A bed for the invalid was extemporized on a cart, and, accompanied by his anxious mother, he was, after a painful journey, taken to the town where the bone-setter resided. The leg was duly examined, and it was found necessary to haul it very severely in order, as the bone-setter said, “to get the bone in.” The lad was liberal with his screams while this was going on, but eventually the bone was “got in,” and he was told to go home and in a few days he would lie all right and fit for his work. He was lifted upon the cart again, and, with his mother seated beside him, set off for their home. “Didn’t Danny do the thing well?” said the joyous old lady. “Yes, he did, mother,” said the lad, “but I was na sic a fool as to gie him the sair leg!” The “reg’lar faculty” will, we have no doubt, appreciate the story.— Whitehall Review.