Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1884 — Yery Serious Case. [ARTICLE]

Yery Serious Case.

A Mew York dude was suddenly taken violently ill and a physician was hastily summoned. After looking at his tongue and feeling of his pulse, the Usual formula, the doctor remarked: “He has evidently, been overloading his stomach. My dear' sir,” he continued, rousing the patient, “can you tell me ate to-day for dinner?” “Nothing, doctah, but a glaass of watah and part of a toothpick,” replied the sick dude. “H’m,’’mused the physician, “that is strange. His faintness certainly comes from a disordered stomach.” Then he suddenly said: “Bring me his cane.” The cane was brought him, and after a careful examination he laid it aside, with the remark: “It is as I thought. A 10-cent cane, and he has sucked the varnish off the head. Give him three drops of milk every four hours, and be careful not to exceed the dose. Fll call again tomorrow.” —Philadelphia Call. '* The century plant, which takes 100 years to ripen in the North, takes but twelve years to mature in California, and takes only five in Mexico. * This world and the- next rlesemble the east and the west; you cannot draw near to one without turning your back on the other. }