Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . -B, Fifth Regiment. The crown ofhis life and endeavors, however, ishis home. Charming in its sur-roundings and perfect inits artistic adornment, itis graced by the presenceof a wife and son whosedevotion is all that heartcan wish. IT vvas when General Hastings voicegrew so weak and his throat so rawin the last week of the great cam-paign, that Dr. John Veitch Shoemakerand his little black satchel joined the. John V. Shoemaker, M. U. 133 spellbinders. But Dr. Shoemaker was a spell-breaker. He sprayed cooling lotions into theGener
Through the great campaign : with Hastings and his spellbinders . -B, Fifth Regiment. The crown ofhis life and endeavors, however, ishis home. Charming in its sur-roundings and perfect inits artistic adornment, itis graced by the presenceof a wife and son whosedevotion is all that heartcan wish. IT vvas when General Hastings voicegrew so weak and his throat so rawin the last week of the great cam-paign, that Dr. John Veitch Shoemakerand his little black satchel joined the. John V. Shoemaker, M. U. 133 spellbinders. But Dr. Shoemaker was a spell-breaker. He sprayed cooling lotions into theGenerals hot throat, felt his pulse, hammered hischest and took other medical liberties with he enabled the General to finish his campaign. We had heard of Dr. Shoemaker , who seemed to possess an unsatisfiablecraving for physic and drugs—seemed to thriveon the diet—always carried some loam-coloredcomposition in gun-wad pellets, which he wouldflash forth, like a beadle with his snuff box, andinvite all hands to have a dose with him, excus-ing himself b}^ saying : Dr. Shoemaker says Imust take these for my stomach, or liver, orlights, as the case happened to be. Hence every-body knew the Doctor, embraced him and wel-comed him to one night .stands and three meetingsa day. The Doctor took kindly enough to it all. Hedidnt talk much the first day, but the second histimidity wore off. But one couldnt expect a dis-tinguished physician to grow enthusi
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