The Butcher-Knife, Volume 2, Number 6, Danville, Hendricks County, 5 September 1857 — Page 6

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vhem lie spoke' lo Mr. Towiic 'disparagingly, as a boy who gave him trouble.' ,I,lr. To ? ne, notwithstanding' this paternal : To re warning,- 'consented :" to receive the' lad ca probation; V On the' evening of the very ilrst day, theschool agent came to the teacher, and told'liim," that the boy was a - liad boy,' acd would disturb the whole

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Tin father inquired, of. Mr... Toivn-j" what Vn had seen in Bill, to justify, the idea of rending him to college. '1 see .said. Mr. " TownV,' (a boy that von uill hear, jYominJ s-'t'er life.' . itr. To wne recommended the lev." Mr. Lyman, ; of; Connecticut, as an instructor.., "..This course was followed; .the; hoy went to college, and the predicttens of this kind and judicious primary teacher have been verified 'Me hoy was heard from in after life.' After having tilled many stations of the very first importance in our country,. and . passed the 'seventieth mile stone, -in the 'path of man, from the

? tcliool,, and must be turned out: The j cradle to the grave, he is numbered witn ; -ngent, very : probably; received his imnrs-1 the dead that Slurbridge boy, William sion's, ' from the ' iudicious ' parent, who ! L. ' MAucr, is no more!

seems to have made no secret of his opin- : ions.. Mr; Towne, rejected this hasty counsel, and informed the agent that he should lieep a watchful eye upon the lad, and that

lie thought it wotikL be time enough tojives a remarkably 'interesting letter troar turn him out of school when he made any i nn American medical student in Paris.

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We are collecting facts in the

spirit, and I dare say in a century or so

the accumulation of lac!s may enable our successors to form a medical science; but I repeat it to you, there is no such thing i jv a; a mtdical science. Who tan tell lae !;o'.; to cure the headache? oi the gout? t . e .1. .. 1. 0 TJl Ai. i

yo" lell ' doctors cure vople. , , I grant tl.j k cop... ' BotJiow are they, cm td? , - Gentlemen, nature does a great 'deal. .Imagination -'does , a '..great d e a 1 . " D oc t ors do- de v i 1 i sh 1 i 1 1 1 e w h e n they ; don't do' harm; Let me tell you, generally, ;hat?I 'did -wheii I vas" the head: physician, nt ;;HoteJ. Dieu. "Some three, or four, thousand, .patients .passed through. my, hands every year. I divided the;paUents into two classes;' with ",one I followed, the dispensary, and gave them the. usuak.medicines without having the least idea why or vhereforc; to the other I gave bread pills and colored water, without, of course, letting them know any thing about itand occasionally, gentle-

men, i wouia create a . tnira division, to wh m 1 gave nothing whatever. These last would fret a. good dea.l, they would feel that they were, neglected, (sick people always feel they are neglected, unless

they are well drugged les imbeciles!) and

disturbance, and that he was entitled to a

fair trial. - When the boy - came, for the frsi time-do recite his lessen, and had gotten through, "i.Jr. Ton ne told hirn to shut up his book. He did so, but instantly recoiled, and dodged his head, as if he

expected a blow. ; The teacher enquired

The Medical Profession by One, who Knew It.

. The American Medical Gazette for June ! hey; would irritate themselves until they

really got sick, but nature invariably comes

to the rescue, and all the persons in the

.The writer says' that he once heard Ma-

third class got well. There was a little

rendie, the celebrated French physician ; mortality among'ihose who received but

and physiologist, open a lecture somewhat

m the following words: '' '. "Gentlemen: Medicine is a great humbug. I know it is called a science sci

ence, indeed! It is nothing like science.

what was the matter; the boy replied t Doctors are more empirics, when they are

that he supposed he should be' beaten; and! not charlatans. . "We " are as ignorant as being ahed if he had been 'accustomed to! men can bo. ' Who knows anything about

sucn ii sane, ne- renucinn-i no amrmative..! mwirmo?

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llr. To ne then quieted his alarm, and as-1 the honor to come here to attend my lec-

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that I know nothing in the

Bured him that he had nothing to fear if i tures, and I ra he' 'conducted himself well, aqd encoar-1 the beffinnin

;igcd him by commending his recitation;

i ...1 '.ras ro impressed by .the lad's manner of receiving this approbation, that he veniv.rrd to say to him 'II-M'.jo are a I Ic.'-- These word' r.otc:ly entered

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vill not adopt the strong expression which

I cace heard, from the lips of a very intelligent Jesuit, and say, , that tho teacher

Jiad' found a master key to' the soul cf his disciple: but, from that hour, ho had effectually turned ike switch. That beautiful appeal 'ray sen, give mo' thy heart' had not been thus silently made, in vain. The lad told - his - associates :tha, though others had' said he - was; a bad boyMr. Towno had told UaV ho believed ho was a good boy, and he was tore lie wished to be a good boy. Not .long after,' the eehool agent-came si gain and earnestly required, .-that ''this boy should be dismissed from the school. With -this request Mr. Towne refused to

bread - pills and colored water, and the

mortality was greatest among those who were carefully drugged according to the dispensary. '" , , ' This is pretty plain speaking, for a doc -tor.

world about medicine, and I don't know

anybody that does know anything about if. Don't think for a moment that I have not re'd the bills advertisinrt the course of lectures at the medical school; I know that this man teaches anatomy, that man teaches pathology, another man physiology, such a one therapuetics, such another materia .. medica J&Vi ' Men!, ct aprcsl

uaw a bru w a uuuui an inai; vvny, gentlemen, at the school of Motpelier, ("God knows it was famous enough in its day!) they discarded the study of anatomy,., and taught nothing but the dispensary; andlhe doctors educated there knew just as much and were quite as ' successful as'any others.' I repeat it, nobody knows any thing about medicine. True r.nntio-h :"xv :nra

gathering facts every day. We can produce typhus fever, for example, by injecting a certain substance into '; the veins of a dogthat's something; v;e can jilbviate diabetes, and, I see distinctly, we are fast

OT 'An Irishman on trial pleaded 'not guilty,' and the prosecuting attorney proceeded to call Mr. Furguson as a witness. With the utmost innocence Patrick turned his lace to the court and said: 'Do I understand yer honor, that Furkisson is to be a witness forninst me?' The Judge said it seemed so. 'Well, thin, your honor, I plead guilty, not because I am guilty, for I am innocent as yer honor's suckling babe at the breast, but just on account of saving Mr. Furkisson's sowl.' '

John Phoenix went to the theatre once, when Bliss. Smith was advertised to appear in Ji'JOr-jneeps. After the performances, he demanded the return of his, money, for ho , said Miss Smith appeared

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knov.you love .me?' 'Kase, Susy, whenever 1 looks at yon my heart jumps up

ahd knocks a da m? eturaick,- so; that I

don't have any appetite for a week after-'wards.'