The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

a i i i j j u m memm 1 a f, The Cedarville Herald. W. 1L BLAIU, PublUbur. CEDARVILLE. ; : ; OHIO. NEW ENGLAND DOCTORS,. Tlie Old-Time Country Sttwl>ouca ami III* Belongings. This country doctor had not studied deeply in college and in hospital} nor had he taken any long courses ' ol instruction in foreign schools and universities. When ho had decided to become a doctor, he had simply rid­ den with an old-established physician— ridden literally—in a half-taenial, half- medical capacity. Ho had cared for the doctor's horse, swept the doctor’s office, run the doctor’s errands, pound­ ed drugs, gathered herbs and mixed plasters until hp was fitted to “ride" for himself. Then ho had applied to the court and received a license to prac­ tice—that was a ll.. I doubt not that th is book of mine and a few Latin treatises that ho could hardly decipher formed his entire pharmacopoeia. As he had chanced to inherit a small for­ tune from a relative, he became quite a physician; for in colonial days wealth and position were as essential as were learning and experience to enable one to become a good doctor. I like to think of tho rich and pomp­ ous old doctor a-riding out to see his patients, clad in his suit of sober brown or claret color with great shining but­ tons made of silver coins. The full- skirted coat had great pockets apd • flaps, as did the long waistcoat that , reached well over the hips. •.Rather short were the sleeves of the coat, to show the white rutiles and frills at the wrist;' but the forearm was well pro­ tected in cold weather by the long gauntlets of his riding-gloves and by his muffetccs. Pull kneebrtteches dressed his shapely legs, while fine silk stockings and buckled shoes displayed his well-turned calves and ankles. • Hut in muddy weather high leather boots . took the place of the tine hose and shoes, and his handsome breeches were covered with long tow overalls, or “tongs," as they were called. On his head the doctor wore a cocked hut and wig. He owned and wore in turn wigs of different sizes and dignity—ties, bags, periwigs and bobs. Iiis portrait was painted in a full-bottomed wig that rivaled the lord chancellor’s in size; but his every-day riding-vyig was a rather commonplace horsehair affair with a stiff eelskin cue. One wig he. lost by a mysterious accident, one day while he was attending a patient who was lying ill of a fever, of which the crisis seemed a t hand. The doctor de­ cided to remain all night, and-sat down beside a table in the sick man’s, room. The hours passed slowly away. Physi­ cian and. nurse and. goodwife talked and droned on; the ’sick man moaned and tossed in his bod, and begged fruit­ lessly for water. At last tho room grew , silent; tho tired watchers dozed in / their chairs; tho doctor nodded and nodded, bringinghis eelskin cue danger­ ously near the flame of the candle that stood on the table. Suddenly there was heard a violent explosion, n hiss a siz­ zle; and wl;en the smoke cleared, and ■the terrified occupants of the room collected their senses, the nurse and wife ’ were discovered under the vnlanco of the bed; the doctor stood scorched and bare­ headed, looking for his wig; while, the sick man, who had jumped out of bed, in the confusion, and captured a pitcher of water, drunk half tho contents and thrown the remainder over the doctor’s head, was lying behind tho bed-curtains laughing hysterically a t the ridiculous appearance of tho man of medicine. Instant death was predicted for tho in­ valid, who, strange to say, oithor from tho laughter or the water, began to ro- . cover from, that moment. The terrified -physician was uncertain whether he -ought, to attribute tho explosion and conflagration of his wig to a violent demonstration of the devil in Ills effort to obtain possession of the sick man’s soul, or to tho powerful influence of some conjunction of the planets, or to tho new-fangled power of electricity which Dr. Franklin had just discovered, and was making somuch talk abou t, and was so recklessly tinkering with in Phil­ adelphia a t that very time. The doctor had strongly disapproved of Franklin’s reprehensible and meddlesome bold­ ness, but he felt that it was best, never­ theless, to write and obtain the philoso­ pher’s advice as to the feasibility, ad­ visability and best convenience of having one of the new lightning-rods rigged -upon his medical back, and run­ ning thence tip througli his wig, thus warding off further alarming accident. Ere this was done the mystery of the explosion was solved. When the doc­ tor’s net / wig arrived from Poston, he ordered his Indian servant to powder it well it was worn. IIo was horrified to see Noantura give the wig a liberal sprinkling of gunpowder from thepow* der-horn, instead of starch from the dredging-box, So the explosion of the old wig was nolongcr assigned to diabol­ ical, thaumaturglcal or meteorological influences.—Alice M. Earle, in At­ lantic, .. No CoMpMston, Stranger—Can’t you help a poor man, mister? 1 have been burned out twice,, flooded out three times and am now on my way to St. Louis. Chicago Matt—You have indeed been . unfortunate, but 1 can do nothing for « man yvho will deliberately go to fit L’iuls,—Judge. THE BATTLE FIELD. UNCLE BILLY'S BUMMERS. . Ilow tiou. Sliertnsn’HMen Oat the Best of Win at Foraging. The Army of' tho Tennessee was “in light marching order”-*-that is, the gen­ eral commanding carried only a “biled shirt" and an extra pair of socks In his saddle valise—no tents, no camp im­ pedimenta of any sort; and, of course, we soldiers carried only our blankets and a few tin cooking utensils. We had just accomplished one of tt great many of the “good day’s marches" (some fortyrtwo miles), which we were accustomed to make in those days, and the column having halted, we had gone into bivouac.in the woods alongside of the road, and through which we had been passing all the latter part of our day’s march. Col. L—---- , owing to his seniority of rank, had been for a1long, time com­ manding our brigade. He was one of the : bravest soldiers and mosfaccom- plislied officers in our army, but, when he did not like his superior officer, was a little inclined to be in a measure in­ subordinate, or rather a great stickler for “regulation etiquette." . Our division commander was C q L Ewing (a brother-in-law of Gen. Sher­ man), and that night, it so happened, CoL Ewing had forgotten to issue the usual orders for foraging, since, having swung loose from our base of supplies, •we wero forced to live off the coun­ try through which we were passing by borrowing from our dear “Secesh” friends. For a quarter ’of an hour Col. L— waited impatiently for the usual order to arrive. None came, a’ He then sent a lieutenant along the road ahead of us to find Gen. Ewing, present Col. L—’scompliments, and ask for foraging orders. It so happened that Uncle Billy hnd halted at Gen. Ewing’s bivouac fire for the night, and just as the lieutenant came up lie was seated on a log, with the top of an old cracker box across his knees for a table, and, holding in his left hand one of those old sputtering candles, was busily engaged in writ­ ing one of his voluminous dispatches. After giving the salute the lieutenant commenced delivering ius .communica­ tion to Gen. Ewing, when Uncle .Billy, lifting up one -corner of his eye toward him, bluntly interrupted him with the inquiry: “Eh, young man, what’s that? Where are you from?" “From CoL L---- ’s brigade, sir,” re­ turned the soldier. \ “Col. L---- ? CoL John L——? And he don’t know how to forage, hey? Well, now. I think that's a mighty strange story! You jiist go right back aud t.«:ll Col. L-—-- 1 said so: A man that’s been in the service as long as he has. and don’t know how to forage! Well! well! I)o you know who I am, young man? Weil, then you go right buck to Col. L——and deliver my mes­ sage!’’ commanded Uncle Billy, not giv­ ing Gen. Ewing a chance to say a word or explain matters in any way. The next day, ns the column was trudging along the road, Gen. Sherman, with his usual - accompaniment of one or two aids, passed along by* our brig­ ade and spying CV1. L— he willed out cheerily: “Good morning, colonel. How are you?" * The colonel, who was in a bud hu­ mor, brought up his sword to a formal salute, simply saying. ’•General." “1 suy, L——, that was a mighty queer message you sent mo last night!" continued Uncle Billy. “I had -not the honor of sending you any message, general," replied the colo­ nel, with studied politeness. “The gen­ eral of the division had omitted to issue orders for foraging, and 1 tvas obliged to address him upon the sub ject” “Oh! that was it was it?" chuckled Uncle Billy, Well, well! -it’s all right now. I hope the boys get enough to eat?" “Oh! yes, general. We know how to forage!" “(ill! you do, hey? Well, that’s good!" and Uncle Hilly started off a t his usual headlong pace, crying after him: “Good- by, colonel. Take care of yourself, old boy!" and he was gone. .Some days after this we hnd again halted for tile night when Word was brought to Cot. Ewing that Gen. .Sher­ man wanted to sec him a t headquar­ ters. The colonel proceeded a t once to obey the message, and walked down tlie road to the .general bivouac fire, where he found Uncle Billy walking up and down in the light of its blazing fagots, evidently somewhat disturbed, and very tactiturn and reserved in his manner. IIo listened to the general’s Instruc­ tions quietly, made tile interview ns brief as possible, bade the general good­ night, and started bade a t once to re­ turn to his command. He had gone only a few paces when Uncle Billy’s voice arrested him. “Oh, colonel!" he called, “will you please come back here a moment? i must ask your pardon for speaking to you in such ah abrupt and seemingly harsh way; but the, fact is I’m alL-.out of sorts! You know wc started ihla morning before sun up, and I only had for breakfast some cold bacon, hqrd tack and coffee, and l haven't had a mouthful since. Back there in the woods this nfternigm 1 bought a fine hem, and I meAnt to have a good sup­ per, but do you know some of those confounded boys have actually stolen my ham!" Tho colonel offered to send him the best supper he could get up. But, go; UncleTiilly would not hear to this. “Just forget my rudeness to-night," he said: “I had no right to talk to you that way, however hungry and cross I m ight'have been. I'll just eat some more bacon and hard tack, and then we must all roll up in our blankets and get what sleep we gbn, for you know wo start on our march a t early dawn to­ morrow. I will not detain, you long, therefore, colonel, so bid you good night," •As the colonel walked back to his brigade lie passed our regiment—hold­ ing the right'of line—and spoke to us cordially, saying: “Good night, boys, good night. Get as much sleep as you can, as we make an early start to-mor­ row morning." ' , Just as he was turning away an ex­ ceedingly savory smell greeted his nos­ trils and the boys called out after him: Hold on, colonel. Won't you please come up to the fire, aud wo’ll give you a bully supper?” , “No* I thank you,” replied the colo­ nel. “But, bless ray soul! where .did you get that ham?” as the soldiers pro­ ceeded to spread forth the supper to which lie had been invited. “We drew this ham from the com­ missary, colonel,” replied the' soldier, with a hearty laugh, in which all the rest joined. “Well, boys,” said tlie colonel, indig­ nantly, as he thought of the brave old general deprived thus of his supper, “if you ever draw another liam in that Way, I ’ll see thatyou are every one pun­ ished severely. ” “Why, colonel,” cried the astonished solders, “we have just learned how to forage!’’—Charles A. Nazro, in N. ¥.. Sun. A FRIGHTENED NEGRO. tils L ig h t nlnj; ICe* ro u t a t tlie I l a t t ie p i 1'ea HIriffe. “The worst frightened man I ever saw,” said Judge Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, "was a t I’ea ltidge, when we were attacked by tlie federal troops. For a body servant I had u strapping big negro. boy, whose -duty it was to look after my blankets and rations, and negro-like he was forever crawling away into some out-of-the-way place to sleep. Just as' we were expecting the advance the federals opened fire on us at rather close range. We were on the skirmish line, and in a moment our men wero deployed in battle array. Just as the fire began to grow heavy I heard a piercing yell and saw my negro boy flying along between the linea Every step would have measured fif­ teen feet,-and every time liisfootstruck the ground he would yell ‘O Lord!’loud enough to •be heard in both camps.' With him 'lie hnd my blankets and ra­ tions, and iit every jump he would leave, a portion of one or the other in his wake. As far as I could see him he was going like a frightened deer! and long after he was out of sight 1 could hear him yell. He had been sleeping exactly midway between tlie lines when the battle opened, and it is not surpris­ ing that he was scared. Two weeks elapsed before he returned to camp, but lie never could bo induced to talk of his Pea ltidge experience.”—Snu>Francisco Calk ' / __ SCATTERING SCRAPS. Gn.s*. G. T. B eac U eoaiui is the sole survivor of those who- held the highest rank, that of full general, in the con­ federate army. It is. also said that out of the *108 men who bore tlie title of general in that army, but 184are living. In another decade' but few who fought on cither side will be left to toll the story of carnage and liurdsbips endured during the civil war. “T hihty years ago to-day,” said a veteran soldier, who is also a newspa­ per man, "I was wounded and captured at Bull llun. It happened that 1 was taken to a but in tlie’ woods and was not reported for several days. Missing and supposed to be dead, my obituary was written in baTf a dozen newspa­ pers. and I bad the satisfaction of read­ ing several that were sent to me a t Libby Prison. It is not every man who survives bis obituaries by thirty years." Drnrxn the war a man great in his own eyes was, by some influence, ap­ pointed a brigadier-general. Iiis sense of his own importance was greatly in­ creased. He could hardly speak of any thing else but bis new dignity. Meet­ ing a “homespun" Yankee one day, ho accosted him thus: "Well, Jim, I sup­ pose you know I have been appointed a brigadier-general?" “Yes,”’said Jim, "I Itecrd so," “Well, what do folks say about it?" “They don’t say noth­ in’,” replied James, “they justiaugh." —Troy Times. I). lit. P ass , of Calhoun, On., wishes to obtain the address of a union soldier whom he assisted to escape from An- dersonville prison. Pass was a guard a t the prison in 1804, hnd he says tha t two men were tinder guard one night while lie was on duty. One man was under sentence to he shot, the Other for some trifling offense. Both men begged Pass to allow the condemned man to escape, and he complied and allowed him to pass out and escape to the woods. Tim commanding officer offered a rewnnl of three hundred dollars and a furlough for thirty days for evidence to convict the guilty guard, but the secret was well kept, and Pass warf never given any trouble. He did not know the con­ demned man’s name, and lias never heard from him since, ar.d if he is living would be glad to hear li cm 1dm, —Na­ tional Tribune, IN WOMAN’S BEHALF. CO-OPERATION FOR WOMEN. I t Is Coniine to Be Hecogiilzcd u Neces­ sary for Mutual Help and Protection. An organization is beginning in New York city to be known as the Woman’s O n tral Labor union. I t will comprise the woman cigar-makers, fihirt- mukers, cloak-niakers, boolc-bindpjrs and feathers-workers. I t will be affiliated with the American Fed­ eration of Labor. The occupations named are bu t a small fraction of those followed by women. According to the census there are three million women in the United States earning their liv­ ing. The vast majority of these are overworked and underpaid, the average wages,; outside of household service, falling far below a dollar a day. The total lack of organization is one cause of this. So long as they are isolated, they may expect oppression, Male la­ bor learned this lesspn long ago. The appeal of one man is not heard; the de­ mand of hundreds are ■listened to. The corporation laughs a t the individ­ ual grievances of its men, but when they are supported by a great fedcra-' tion it submits to arbitration. The first step for women to take is toward organization. I t has been claimed that it is impossible to organize women; that they have so little idea of discipline, so many jealousies, such absurb ideas of caste and so little comradeship. That there ' is some foundation for these charges must be admitted, but it'only proves how much' women have to learn and unlearn. It used to be said that they were not capable of doing the steady, sustained work of a man, but they have demonstrated the contrary. They, will'have to throw aside these foolish ideas and look upon every fellow-work­ er as a sister in the cause. Social dis­ tinctions must be in a measure obliter­ ated. ’.It is of vastly more importance that wages should bo raised and the hours of labor shortened. While wom­ en have always shared in the curse, or blessing, pronounced upon Adam, yet for them to engage in the great wage­ earning work of the world in competi­ tion with men, and with each other, is a new order of things, and they must be allowed time to adapt them­ selves to the changed conditions. Attempts ' a t organization have Leon made with different degrees of success in a number of places. While it would be more to their advantage to be connected directly with the men’s unions, yet there are reasons why this is not always practicable, although in some instances, notably in-* the typo­ graphical union, the experiment has been a success. I t required many years for men to attain their present status of organization, and, although women have man’s experience and example as a guide, yet these things a re a matter of development, and women arc, com­ paratively speaking, only just coming out of tile chrysalis state.' Give them time and they will be.equal to their op­ portunities.—Indianapolis News. THE AGE TO WED. Why the Chance That lias Come Is a Decided Chance for tho Better. Accepted authority states that as na- ■ tions advance tlie approved age for a Woman to marry becomes proportion­ ately older, and cites, instances Of bar- lmrous nations where the girls are mar­ ried when they are mere children. In these halcyon days of .the nineteenth century another mark of progress is the fuct that ^the age when a woman be­ comes an old maid is no longer twenty- five, but n decade later, tliirty-fivc. It may be that the maidens themselves have removed that significant mile­ stone, but, a t any rate, some one in a popular publication is responsible for the notice that such removal has been made. But suppose, after thirty years of a life filled with good and happy times, a woman finally finds the one man, the likes of whom she has never met be­ fore. He is mature, like herself; bis character is formed, and she knows to a reasonable extent tlie man ahcdecides to marry. She. gives up maidenhood with a struggle, but she understands and realizes wliat she is doing. She believes in her iiabce and respects him profoundly; she has had evidence^that their tastes are harmonious, and*that neither .one is a “mental beggar,” When such a state of things exists a woman runs less risk in whnfc is, after all's said and done, bu t one grand ex­ periment. Suppose the experiment proves happy and withal successful, then it is as it was originally designed. Suppose, on the other hand, it is disas­ trous, there arc fewer years left in a woman’s life in which to live out her mistake- She 1ms lost nothing by wait­ ing. There is a goodly amount of sound sense in the ofb-repeated saying of the old Irish housekeeper: “Ilctthcr be shurc than sorry." There is a' good deal of silly talk about a woman’s being phlegmatic, in­ capable of loving nt twenty-five and thirty, as she was a t sixteen and twen­ ty. That’s, all nonsense. As a ’woman matures in graee of mind and body, just so much more deeply will she love. Her love a t thirty is worth a hundred fold more to the one who wine it than when she is the uncertain, impression­ able age of twenty. Many urge early marriage on the ground that husband and wife groiv into each other’s ways more easily, adapt themselves to each other more readily, and thus live more harmoni­ ously. There arc many natures which could never adapt themselves to each otii*.r, no matter when they were l rough: t,,. getber, and those two people who mar­ ry make a mistake fatal to their happi­ ness, if they are not sensible enough and reasonable enough, and can so sjp. plement $ach Other that they can marry at' forty ns well as at twenty.'-Wash­ ington Post. WOMEN’S CLUBS. What They Have Dene to Broaden arxi Elevate Woman’s Sphere t>T rsefulneiu. All over our land women are finding in their social and intellectual club a vitality, stimulus, strength ami inspi­ ration which their grandmothers hun­ gered for and never found. The schol­ arly woman, finds in her club the social companionship which slic demands, and the appreciative working force which can not be reduced to any set terms. Women’s dubs have taught women to know themselves, to understand the highest duties of motherhood, to feel the sucreduess of home life, to see ex-' isting wrongs and apply needed reme­ dies, to attempt reforms on the broad­ est basis, to value the power of higher education, to discuss measures amicably and logically,' to value social duties and business habits, to think earn­ estly, and to express their thoughts clearly. In small towns and villages the club has been aspecial providence to many a-weary, mother, or to tlie woman of few early advantages and -large aspir­ ations- In our great cities women’s clubs have been the first to institute social reforms and to call public atten­ tion to crying evils. They have con­ trolled superficial and selfish social cus­ toms until such customs have become obsolete. In home government and the .training* ‘of children they long ago struck the key-note of a grand choral of reform which, will become more and more harmonious as tlie years rolls <by. Out of the selfish “ego," they have evolved- the progressive .“ ive.” They have strengthened two weak hands with the combined power of twenty or a hundred; they have t aken a dull uncut gem of thought and polished it until it lias been fit for the purest sotting in re­ fined gold; they have mastered great difficulties, conquered' absurb preju--> dices, and solved difficult problems'; and the grandest work of ail has been to teach the women their own possibil­ ities and the glory of tlicir own her- j itage.;—Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods, in > Chautauquan. , D oing Ciood W ork. The Brooklyn woman’s health pro­ tective association, organized last fall, feel that they have taken a good start during the past few months. Their plans are very like those of the New York street cleaning aid society, and consist in endeavoring to. have householders, feel a responsibility for the condition of the premises which they occupy, as to cleanliness and or- v dgr. A public crematory’ for the gar­ bages/ and the laying out of small parks throughout the city are among the pos­ sibilities considered by the Brooklyn association. 1 ,‘ iiki I h I i Women and Medicine. Women are rapidly making their'way into the faculty of medicine in England. No fewer than one hundred and seven students attended, the London .School of Medicine for Women. Nine ladies who presented themselves for examination a t the University.of London all passed and took their M. Ii. degree. One gained triple first-class honors and an­ other had a remarkable success in the examination of the Royal university of Ireland. ___ FRESH AND INTERESTING. O. "■< It •{• And ' ‘■WinAnd* tV>'" DO . S to ry c I [ II kxiiy WA«n BEKrnnn once said in a sermon, "1 have no sympathy with an eight-hour man with a 14-liour wife. T hk t'obden prize of J?500 offered for the best economic essay in England this year was carried off by a woman. Miss Victorine Jeans, of Manchester, H elen C ampbell , author of “Prison­ ers of Poverty,” has received the saoo prize from the American Economic.as­ sociation for writing the best paper on “Women Wage Workers." W omen ’ s names appear this year for the first time on the list of vice-presi­ dents and on the board of directors of the National educational association. Eighty-one per ceut.of ail public school teachers in the country arc women. T he Wdman’s Royal League of Bos­ ton lin3 taken one. step in advance of other charitable organizations. I t lias opened a large house, on Causeway street and receives there free of charge homeless women, providing them with comfortable beds and meals. T he iTolvngcrcountess of Shrewsbury is one of the most prominent philan­ thropists in England, Hhe lias spent most of her time and money in improv­ ing tho condition of tlx; poor on her estate, and has established Several lodg­ ing houses and “convalescent homes’* for the indigent and sick. A t least two baccalaureate sermons were preached by women this y e a r - one a t Swartlimore college, l’a., by the dean, Mrs. Elizabeth P. • Bond, the other at the Central academy of Plain- field, Ind., Mrs. Mary F, Moon, pastor of the Friends church a t that place. Both institutions arc coeducational. A CLEVEii Woman in Russia has ob­ tained official permission to open a com­ mercial college for women who have graduated from the common schools. The course occupies two years’ time, and .the curriculum includes commer­ cial ‘correspondence, three foreign lan-' guages and a host of praetu al things. awhile above > still eo piles . < ’40; yo- with 1 know i coast; in the 1 parts < reacbe on, thi they 1 and th ■'conch. B om there the Ninok Sim • tWcofi way < Ninui" he .wi drive; ■anyoi name the < Murv lap a “ too ‘ nu/n face. Ait fell i “Old Jitter; Oil away <»rti*> ■with Mi’,* f-m