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THE EXCEBSIOR NEWS
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VOL. 2 EXCELSIOR, BULLOCH CO., GA., FRIDAY, MAY 30. 1879. NO. 40.
W. L. GLlhEK, Editor »ntl
r;<!’ ( »rietor.
the excelsior news
h published every Friday morning
st Excelsior Bulloch Co.. Ga.,
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are our special agents and we trust
all who are indebted to us will pay
over the amount to the first agent
>.e secs or send it, to us by mail :
T. H. Esq. Rev. L. Price,
Rev J. A. J. Smith, Rev. A. A. An¬
drews. Rev John Gardner. F. R. Tar-
ver, Esq., Rev. W M Cowart, Rev.
O W. Smith, Rev. J. G. Norris. Peter
Jnhnson, Esq , J. C. Geiger,
It v W. D. Atkinson, and Hon. H
>1. Burch.
(-’or the Excelsior Sews.
Letters, *»y S>r. Rattler.
No. 7.
I soon found l haa a pleasant home'
a. kind preceptor and a good family
to live with. I said to myself "Now.
if 1 don’t do right under those cir-
enmstan- os I am one of tbb most
tarnal for Is that ever did live.
I went on with my reading, mak¬
ing very good progress, while it was
a pleasant recreation to attend to
the little work required of me about
the place.
One day Dr. Jones remarked to me,
•‘Mr. Rattler, I want you to go with
mo ten miles in the country toiuor-
row. I have an operation to per-
form and need your assistance.”
I was glad of this tor two reasons,
first, It gave me the opertunity of
seeing some of the country people,
and secondly, It, afforded me the
chance to sec something of practical
surgery
Next morning I arose early and
ma-D ready for my departure with
the old Dr. When we arrived at the
place where the operation was to be
performed, we went in ajid«L disetiv-
ered the sufferer was a young man
about 19 Qi‘ 20 years of age, who had
been afflicted for some time, with
white welling in the knee joint. His
suffering had been indeed great,
was pale and emaciated The
was swelled to a prodigious siice, and
the bone had Iwonine affected to such
an extent that Dr. Jones thought it
’ prudent to amputate the
limb in order to prevent any
spread of the painful disease.
in DEVOfto TO
RELIGION, EDUCATION,AND GENERAL INTERESTS OF .THE COUNTRY.
"THE TEX IS M-IOKTIKUirilAX THE SWOBD."
A large table was procured Auger! a«dj
placed in a cool veranda.
ho it’s were made through the tabloj
at proper places to bind the young
man's legs‘and body fast to the
Water in sufficient quantity was pro^[
vided, sponges, cloths, and cutting
instruments were all in readiness,
The young man was laid upon bis
back on the table, his thighs bound
to the table-by cords, then his waist
■ was fastened down in like maiindf - .’
.Every thing bi'ihg made realty,
! chloroform was poured on a sponge
and applied to his nostril*. Directly
Dr. Jones took up his knife and be*
gan the operation of cutting off the i
affected limb. He proceeded very ,
carefully taking up artery after arte.-,
finally the b-nio was reached, the
saw was handed to the operator, and
the work of sawing the bone in two
was begun. The patient stood the
operation till the saw struck the
marrow when be gave a jerk, a
scream, and I knew no more for a-
wbiie. When consciousness return¬
ed 1 was lying on abed being fanned.
while restoratives, in the shape of
cainpho', &ti. were being applied-.
truth is I had fainted, and whs
taken off by the attendants. When I
walked out 1 found the young man’s
leg lying by itself, the wound dress-
eel and he ieposiug ilpon his bed. I
felt very much mortified at the effect.
the opi-ia.ion had upon me. I febj
sure they woulcPali L.ugh SI ine.
I feafd that the old Dr. would con
elude I was too timid to make a good
physhtion and remove me from my
position.
Tire young nr>n soon dropped off
to sic p, resting very quietly for a
considerable tame. The old Dr, gave
every necessary attention and in a
tow weeks he w is well, being able to
walk on his artificial leg.
Dr Jones laughed at me consider¬
ably about fainting, saying “you
must get out of that hoy, before you
can ever be a physician.”
Throe manths after this circum¬
stance Superior Csurt convened in
Pinr-barren, and among the criminal
eases for trial was one as follows :
"The -State vs Pat O’Larney—willful
murder.” l’at, O’Larney was an I-
of very low degree, who had
been m Pinebarreu but a short time,
when in a lit of intoxication he stabb-
a tolerably respectable man in the i
community, producing almost instant
death. Put was arrested, his ease
vestigated, and he sentenced to jail
to await, his trial before the Bn peri-
or Court. It was the belief of every
body that Pat would be hung, and
Dr. Joins looked forward to that
with some anxiety, hoping
thereby to got a subject lor rue to
dissect. He said, "Pat will be a
splendid subject. He is so well de-
veloped, ho heavily innsaeled. aud so
elegantly formed. You will have a
gop i job if we tan get his body,
1 want you to cut on it till yon get
over that timid way you have of
fainting at trifles. You must not
mention our intentions, and if he is
bur.g we will prove ourselves to be
^rave-robbers fts all physician's must
be to succeed with their professional
calling.” I promised secrecy, and
^bought a great deal about thi^gpDnr
oppeftunity that wns-rffiout to be
ottered for my improvement and i*d-
vancement in study. ^
, Court sat at the appointed time,
,
Pat’s case was taken tip indue order.
investigated and lard before the ju-
vf"* A verdiet was rendered of "gail
ty" J ud the v judge passed sentence
dhat he should be hung until he was
dead, deaJD.”
1 There was a large bay about half a
niilo from Pinebarreu. In this buy
w ’ rts H Hijrh, dry island a eom-idcrable
distance from the upland on either
' One day Dr. Jones being at
leisure asked me to take a walk with
him. We walked, to my astonish-
|ection ment, through the woods in the di-
of the “Big Biy,” as it was
called. When we reached the bay,
the Dr.-took the lead, without niakv
in S explanation, »fod went right
through the bushes, water and mud
f°* - some distance. Eventually we
reached a beautiful hammock sur-
rouaked by marshy land on every
;Side Directly the Dr. called a halt
finder a large spreading white oak.
said, "Mr. Rattler, next Erid .y
Pat's hanging takes place, and I de¬
sire that you should clear awiy the
bushes about this large oak, and
make a suitable scaffold on which to
dissect the liishin-m. This is a goon
distance from the village, and a se¬
cluded piace where wc can work at
our lei-ure without running the risk
of being detected.” “Why, Dr.,
should we uso such caution !" I in-
quired. "The law will not give us
any subjects, and at the same time
corn pells us to understand and p'rao-
tioe our profession aright. It is cer¬
tainly a very Dine place in our laws,
but nevertheless it is true. We are
compelled to violate the law in order
to become proficient in our profession,
ami if we practice without being
proficient, we viomte the law. so you
see the physician is conpelled, to act
us he may, to be a violator of the law
We believe it is light for us to have
adjects of the sick for , and dissection, afflicted . the depends wellbeing
up
«n »t, therefore, we steal bodies from
the grave when we think the world
may be bei.efiten by such a theft, and
we are in consequence called grave
robbers and subject to prosecution
for the same. We do not think such
an act under lhe circumstances
sinful, and we hope that the defe< t
in our laws will some day be
died, so that we may act
and at the same time true to our pi
(fession. At present too much can
ewimot be used in the matter.”
I went busily to work with this
newJighfc before me and had every
needful preparation made by the
time we wished it.
More nextweefc.
Appnintmoits of Elde r
T. L. lloiick.
/ Elder T. "la HouoK><^he blind
preacher, wilf(J), V.)preach at Gum
Branch Liberty Co. on "Wednesday
night June 4, Elom Thursday night
Jones’ Creek Friday night 6, Wal-
thourville Stit. & Sun. 7&8, Hinesville
Sunday night 8, Taylor’s Creek Mon¬
day night 9, Bryan Court House
Bryan Co. on Tuesday night 10, Lit¬
tle Creek Wednesday night 11,
Hopeful Thursday night 12, Marlow,
Effingham Co. on Friday night Id,
Whitesville Saturday & Sunday 14
&lo, Bulah Sunday night 15, Spring-
^ Bra,,ch Thursday night ni ht 16, 17 Corinth Turkey
» -
Wudnes(lay nIgllt l8 - Newington
Tl ^rsday mght 19,' Elim Friday
n,gUl20 ’ Lufle 0gm ' hee Saturday
m * bt 2l * *«ddlegromid Sunday V#
XTttKm Sumlny uight 22 ’ Jack8df *
Monday night 23, Red Bluff .Tuesday
night 24, Double Heads Wednesday
night 25, Syivania Thursday night
26, Wades’ Friday night 27, Douglas
Branch Saturday night 26, Mill
Branch Sunday 29, M’cDonaui's
Branch Sunday night 29, Little
liXiiaib Iriu*tniuy-rrig-iit-ao,— fvrr-
fie Buck Head Tuesday night July
1, Lawtonviile Wednesday night 2,
Green Fork Thursday night 6.
Brethren and friends will please
give publicity to the above appoint¬
ments.
EDITORIAL.
—For the satisfaction of our nu-
melons friends, and according to our
promise ot last week, we proceed to
give a short account of the last,
sickness and death of our beloved
Mrs. 0. C. Geiger.
A mouth or more ago she began to
complain of dull feelings, loss of appe¬
tite, heavy ucheing in pit of stomach,
P ain under shoulder blade, Ac. Dr.
Ea>on, onriaumy physician, was call¬
ed in, made a prescription, and she
soon experienced a considerable lm-
proveuient. Four or live days before
she was taken down in bed, she a-
, to complain. She . hwd
been wearied a. great deal, attending
Vler little babe that was sulierrng c,;
t* 10 with whooping Cough, and
we supposed that was the cause . of
her bad feelings. On Tnursday 15rh,
inst, she took a chili early after break-
fast, which terintiiateii in a high ie-
ver, suffering at tut same time with
ncurnlyUi in the head, though not
very severely. By night she was
nio-t kelple-s, being compelled zo
have aid even in turning upon h*.r
bed. Early on Friday morning Dr.
tonnniHHl onfuarh