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Show Tin Th,, lor Nmiill I'll'. lnjnslice In Ir. Taylor, at, who.se luMise, in the 1 1th wold, tho recent, eases of tinall iox have occnrriil, we pnl.ltsh Ihe following coiuiiutuication: Kihtoiis 1 1 i:i;.t.n: As Ihe ilocloi s have all explained their connection willi (he late Miiall po ea.-cs lo their own satisfaction, leaving the whole iv.-ponsihility of Uui "rcprchenille carclcN-.iH-ss,iL;iioring.itia ranti ne laws, Aie.," lo rc.-t upon my shoulders, 1 feci that myself mid lamil.v have n rii;lit to he hcant in our defense. 1 am at home Wit very little, and when uiv lallier-in-law's family were well, 1 seldom saw them except, ut, meal time. :vs they have rooms, of their own. Since their sickness, 1 have kept enlirely aloof Irom them, and consequently know nothing about, their cases except, whal 1 heard from Ihe doctors and my wile, whose statement, state-ment, written on the publication of your lii t article, I enclose, h'clieving, as she was present at. all Ihe doctors' visits, (hat she can give a more correct cor-rect statement than I ean. M Its, TAVr.OIi'S STATEMENT. In compliance with the request of Dr. Clinton, I here stale the facts in regard to the sickness in our fam. ily. In the latter part of May Mr. Shepnrd was takim ill, and having formerly doctored under the ilomeopatliy system, I sent, at his request, for Dr. Mrik on the the 3)lh of May. A slight eruption had then commenced to appear upon the skin. The doctor called it a "spurious cow-pox." I asked hint if he considered it eontageous. llo replied, re-plied, 'Children might take it, but I think I here is no danger to any one else." Fearful that ho did not understand un-derstand tho ease, i told father that, as Dr. Benedict was n quarantine physician, phy-sician, I should send for him; I did so on the ilhoI'May. JYhen ho came 1 said to him. Is it small-pox? Jie answered, "No. Took hero, (pointing (point-ing to one of tho sores which had commenced to dry up.) Yon never see small-pox dry up so soon." I asked him if it was contagious, lie renlird. "I would keen the children down stairs ns they are liable to take it." My sister asked if there would he danger of contagion, ifthey ate at the same table with the children. He replied, "To bo perfectly safe you might change your outer clothing and then there would not be tho least danger. " They did so. Two weeks from the appearance of ; the eruption on my father, my mother ' and sister were taken down sick, j Dr. Meik was called at their request. 1 On Wednesday, the 11th inst., ho came down stairs from their room ' and told me that the disease had as- .' sumcd a new form, and suggested that he have some one to counsel with. I asked who he would like, lie said he would prefer one of his ' own class, naming Dr. Lindsay. 1 told him Dr. Benedict had attended ' on the family and hail also seen father's fath-er's ease, and as he was a quarantine physician I should prefer him. He then went and saw Dr. B.,who promised prom-ised to meet him at G that evening, but did not keep the appointment. Feeling very anxious, I scut for him ; next day. He came immediately, . and gave as his reason for not coming 1 that he could not counsel with a ho- : meopathist. This was on June 1-th. father's, but more severe. I asked : why such a dillcrence in tlie appear-j appear-j anee? He answered because of the great scrofula taint in the blood. What alout contagion? Said, he, 'Tf you are obliged to come up, you had best nave a large apron to put on, and then remove it when through." He proscribed for them and they commenced com-menced taking his medicine. I told Dr. Meik not to call any more. Benedict said he would call next day. If this does not constitute an attending attend-ing physician, especially when we have paid for all Ibnner visits, live dollars for every ten minute visit (medicine not included), and expected to pay for his last ones, then I confess, my ignora nee. ! When he en me on Friday, he said it looked suspicious, and I had best j remain below. I told him I could : not unless I could get a nurse. He promised to send one and sent Dr. ; Higgins Davis, who he said had had much experience in small-pox cases and he 'Von Id like him to see the : eases. As srnin as Davis came he i said he thought it was that disease. ! Tins was Saturday night; ho said i Benedict would be down on Sunday ; morning, and they would decide. He , ' did not come. Late in tho afternoon ; . T sent for him. He came and loft ' another prescription. M. Taylor be-' be-' ing at homo, asked his opinion. Then I tor the first he owned it was the small-pox. The remainder of tho conversation 1 will leave for my , husband to tell, as ho was present j Mixa. S. Taylor. i .tR. TAVl.OIt'S STATEMENT. j 1 asked the Doctor what I was to j do in the matter. Ho replied: '"Do jtiht as you have been doing; observe , every precaution; go to your business ;asurual; I do not consider there is ianydange: as the disease is all up i sta'irs." I asked him if it was ne-! ne-! cessary to put out a notice. He said : n. the less excitement tho better. I j asked if I should not be blamed. He ! replied, 'Tf Any one is blamed it will ' fall upon me." I asked him if I should put niv children away from home, he stud" they were perfectly safe in the house with proper precaution. precau-tion. I then suggested a tent in the buck lot which he approved of. I then arranged" with my family that, as I had been the least exposed and ; tlie doctor telling mc it was perfectly jsalo, I would remain away that I might attend to outside matters and sec that they did not sutler for anything, any-thing, anil to make final arrangements arrange-ments in case of death. When informed of Mrs. Shepard's death I went to Dr. Benedict and told him, and asked for instructions what, to do. He told me to go to tlie Sexton's and make the arrangements and report the death to Dr. Clinton. I did so. Dr. Clinton wont immediately imme-diately to the house, examined the eases, and gave mc the necessary in struction ahout the ouriai, anil leu. I did not know then, neither do I know now, whose duty it is to get flags, posters, &c, and put them up. I felt that I had my hands full, and thought no more about the matter. If, after this statement, anyone feels like censuring mc, the consciousness of having done what I thought was right will sustain me. If, by bearing the whole blame in the matter it would bo tho means of building a suitable hospital for such vases, and the employment of a corps of nurses, females for females, and thus save to some future unfortunates the misery my family and others have had to endure, I would willingly do so. The story of having fondled a chiU of Elder James Bourne is not correct in the sense in which it appeal's in print. Mr. Shcpard, m walking on the street, saw the child riding in a littlo carriage, which she had been doing for home time, being perfectly well, stooped down to see if she was marked by the disease. He chucked her under tho chin and passed on; the whulc transaction not lasting thirty seconds. He docs not, neither do 1," think it was caught from the child; but he thought if the carriage had been in the house during their sickness, he might have inhaled something some-thing from its woolen lining. This was casually mentioned loone person, as a supposition, never thinking it j would be spread over the country as a 1 fact, to the injury and annoyance of Br. Bourne, as it implies that they had not taken the necc-sary precautions precau-tions This and (he fact of the doctor having hav-ing come direct from James Bourne's when they had tho disease, to our house, lo visit a grandchild of Mr. Shepurd, then very sick, were tho only instances wo can call to mind of anything that might have given the contagion, but we do not say it was either. Uiving simply Ihe facts. li. H. Tavlok. lJui'g'lary, 1 At a late hour Sunday night, Mrs. Minnie Harrison, of Little's Row, was arousal from sleep, when she discovered discov-ered that the lamp which sho had left burning upon retiring, had been extinguished. ex-tinguished. She arose from the bed and again lighted the lamp, which was immediately blown out, but not until she had discovered a ruffian in the room, who presented a pistol at her head,at the same time tolling her ifshemadea noise ho would shoot. Despite the threat of the burglar, Mrs. IL, cither from fear or her pluck, screamed violently, causing the fellow to beat a hasty retreat, he making his escape through an open window by which he had entered. In the man's haste to get out he dropped a pipe and pocket knife, on one blade of which is stamped the word "Saber." "Sa-ber." The would-be robber had not been arrested Inst night. |