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Oner In ii While. Owe in n while the sua shine out, And the Arching skies art' ;i perfeel blue! Oiii'- iii ii whllt'i mid cloud "f doubt Efopt's brightest -tars some peep ing throDghi Our paths lend down by the meadows ruir. Whore the eweotost blossoms nod and miii i Ami we I Ay nslde our Bfon of care i iiic iii a white. Once In n while within our own v clasp the hand of a steadfast friends) Once in a while we hear a tone 01 love witli the heart's own Voice to blend And the dean eome triH'. And on f;' Eauhthlmtliiy; in. post graduate course ;it the Jef little band ot leeble soldiers i ferson Medical College In Phil cape captute. Meeting a i r.i ndelnhia. After this course and gllng rebel officer he .v.. - having learned much from the reeled t the camp "I lectures of Drs Dunglison and Bragg and was given Hi Gen. -i of .ill our dre ani 4 n is a golden mile i-wer i- kissed with dew . in a while. Gross and Other eminent in strnctors and writers in the field of medicine, he returned to his country practice as well equiped for his chosen profess i t t as modern means aud rneth ods could make a physician. n lsfij he cast, his tirst pres. idential vote fur Franklin ! fierce, the democratic candi date, a gentleman almost till known and yet whose election n in a while In the dosert and We II ml aiKitofthe fairest greon. Once in a while from where wo stand The liil!- ol paradise ire seen: And a perfeel joy in our hearts we hold, A toj dial the world can nu defile. We trade earth's dross for the purcal gold Once In n while. Nixon Watertnan. r .lames Norton. over Gen. Scott, the popular soldier and Whig C'indidate, Was most Signal and complete i Every since then the Dr. has supported the democratic par ty. In I860 he voted for hisi ideal statesman. Giant." from Lllinol through the exciting ti.in-s prior to the war he had follow ed Mr. Douglass and declares that the great doctrine of squatter" sovereignty and states' rights so ably prom u I gated and championed by this aide statesman. "completely essary guards and rations and thus enabled to reach the i tended hosplta I The l w el remembers the heroic Bntiig and was greatly Itnpri I with the commanding genim ol this confederate officer. On his re turn from the war he resumed thi- practice of in (dicin -ta Iflg up In Saline township hi, country practice, a most labori ous and exacting calling. In Mis- ol Mi s. William O. Gil rdtiei a ml move him the honorable, big h minded gentleman that Da is. Nearly a thousand years bc- lore the Ohrist'lan era Homer in the 1 1 i ad wrote: . wlae physician t skilled our wound! to lieal i- worth more than armies to the puh He weal. ' ' And this inav be t-uthfully s.i i' I For nearly half a cen tury has our good old friend followed this noble calling. Out at all hours and i:i all con ditions of weather to reach tl.e bed side ol suffering fellow be DR. V. B. A. McNUTT PSTs ipfflal munition to dlsse ofwnmeu ami .hlldren. Dlllre Willi llr. Norton on summer st. Telephone Residence no. Wood I Drill! store No. W, Residence X bloc ks west of K. & ,M. Hunk, P. S TURNER, M. D. intra. In that time he haslheard 1805 lie was married U I the tirst frail cry of more than Maggie Alexander, sisler L thousand helDless mortals as the frail boat set upon the voy Physician. Samoa and Acrouclier. Makes a specialty of Catarrh. Kar ami LUI Troubles Oflico In New Proctor Hlork. Resi dence no It lit door ssst b. o, wood's AGNES McNEIL, I) Qroduataof American School of Osteopath Klrksvllle. Mo. Diseases both Seats and ohronio arc treated. Consultation free. OHM Main Ht. I'ro.tor MtMlAf. E E. WEBB, Auctioneer. Money is mods In selling goods at good prices anil Ittikes a first class auctioneer to bo that, (live me the work anil it Is done as the people of the state of Illinois will know. I have sold manv thouiaml of dollars worth of goods across the river. Enquire at the DtMOCSAT otlleo. K. S Alexii nder of Ja uu Jackson Norton, the ca ptured me. -It is th subject ol i his sketch, was born in Kalis county. Mo., at the old Norton homestead on Salt River, May -Dili. 1880, and hence has passed his sev nty first milestone. His father, Thomas Patterson Norton, was born in South Carolina and his mother in Muhlenburg county. Ky. His. grandparents on both the Norton ami Patterson sides were from the "Green isle of the Ocean." whose brave and generous children are scattered all over the world- away from home not by choice, but by the force and cruelty of centuries of English oppression. His parents, came to Missouri from Kentucky In 1812 and set tled in Si. Charles county, and some years later came to Balls. Here he built a large brick dwelling in 1826. which is thought to be the tirst brick dwelling built lu the county. In his lather's family there were live children, anil tile Dr is the only oil'' now living. In the common schools of the county lie received his education. l bis early teachers he recalls Captain Barker, who taught In a cabin ne;.r where the resi dence ol Sinire Chas. Yeager now stands; Butler Brown and With many physicians doubt John Kelso taught the "Cold Urn unbelief along religious Spring Academy," near the lines is a failing. The most present residence ol Edwin Mil- ion. Though the district of the body sustains the divine schools were scattered and declaration that It is fearfully short termed, still an ambitious and wonderfully made but dis boy or girl might, by di lit of covers no immortal soul, hence industry aud application, ac I the tendency of some to sceptl- quire a well rounded ad prac cism Not so with Dr. Norton, ttcal educational equipment. Beyond the life that now is, by trine." says the Dr.. "that the founders of our government in tended we should have 1 read all the great speeches made by Mr. Douglass and think he was one of our country's greatest statesmen. In the light of the events that followed. I think the first great injury to the South was its consent to the Missouri Compromise It was a sacrifice of tin' rights of the south offered upon the altar of peace ami harmony, but in the very hour of hopeful offer! i g the dark ami appalling clouds of war had began to gather I deplored the dissolution of our Union, yet firmly believed in the right of secession of any number of the Slates and the setting up of a separate govern ment.' In l"i(i he joined the Baptist church under the preaching of Rev. Christy Gentry, and unit ed wilh the Bethlehem eongre gation in Saline township It goes without saying th.'. his church life, like his practice of medicine, has been along lines of honorable devotion to the highest and best as he perceiv ed it. In the church he lias been a deacon for many years. niece t' John M this city. To t he ma rriage no children were born, but others i'he Little Dv adoption came Into the hum I ... 1 1 -. ...... I .... I , D i iy ami i on no a pa re n is iu c turn care. I hos. Hi, Lot i round in j Dr. and Mrs. Norton the affec tiou of lather and mother. In that home In- grew to wormy young manhood with all Ihe ad vantages of schooling ami 40. id advice. Around this you u if man the affection lingered ami fos ter hearts mourned his nut I me ly death. doc In J-s;; the Dr. moved to Monroe City and later formed a partnership In his practice with Drs Samuel Brown and A W. Ely. In this connection the Dr. relates an incident of rather rare occunence; he attended weddings of the purents of ihe partners and the birth of une them. In June. 1899, the Angel of Death claimed the wife of h's bosom and since then the dark shadow lias not been lifted irom his heart. A broken home and cheerless house have 1 -ft their marks ot sorrow For a 'lumber of ye;, rs In spent the winters in the South and on these trips has visited many of the battlefields made forever famous by the lira vest of contending armies. Dr. Norton belongs to that school of medicine which adopts and uses every remedial agent known to the medical world. He restricts himself to no particular theory or practice but searches out and follows the best and most improved methods known today. Be ac quaints himself with the litera ture of his profession. Is a con stant reader of the ripest thought of the century and cun Careful and exhaustive search lideutially hopes that within a few years the profession will have discovered a protective serum or vaccine for all serf is and contagious diseases. While regarding the great advance ment made in surgery he stoutly maintains that the improve Our subject was one ot these 1 the eye of faith he lias beheld j inents in the practice of medi an) bit louS and aspiring hoys j an Omnipotent Deity and an-j cine have been far greater and and not to be satisfied with a I chored hope and immortality of wider Influence for good, little learning, hence studied Qn the promises of God hard aud read eveiy thing in reach. This habit, early ac-, quired, has been studiously cul tivated until a ripe old ayel finds him one of the best Inform-1 ed of men and cultured physi cians in all this part of the State Early in the was the Di. join ed Gen. Parson's brigade ol State troops under Gen. Price. He entered as a -private. Out "To the general practitioner," says he "must we looif for re lief from the ravages of plagues and contagious dis eases. These guard the ports age of life, and other thous amis on beds of affliction have looked upon Ills manly face, read there an honest, earnest purpose to relieve and placed dear life in his keeping. Speak as you may about other pro fessions or calling among men. but next to the brother who points to the Lamb of God and entreats me to strive for eter nal life. I regard and honor the conscientious physician. How often have we anxiously waited his coming and when he stood by the bed-side of those i hate, re deai' to us. how we have watched tor a ray of hope to light up his face aud com fort our waiting hearts? Many years ago when a dear sister was rolling the head in agonies of a fevered brain and lor weeks lingered in the deep and awful shallow of death, I looked with the deepest con cern the heart can feel to Dr. Norton and his noble associate. The interest of the physicians seemed akin to mine and we hoped together as we rejoiced when health came back. This is only one instance of the thousands that occur in a large and honorable practice of med icine. Quietly they enter our homes at all .seasons and tunes inhale tile fevered breath and touch the contagious form of all manner of afflicted humani ty, never shrinking, no matter how deadly the malady, cool ami collected when others are frenzied Irom fear or disease and only cease to help when the heart is stilled in death. The custodian of secrets the revealmeut of which would dis rupt society and crush many a heart in despair. All honor to these noble men, our first and last attendants, and to Dr. J. J. Norton a splen did type of man and worthy member of noble calling I offer this feeble tribute D. W. in Ralls County Times. Dog and Kitten. The servant man of a family took a kitten to a pond with the intention of drowning it. His master's dog went with him and when the kitten was thown into the water the do sprung In and brought it back to land. A second time the man threw it in, and again the dog rescued it; and when for the third time McCLINTIC. Lawyer. Will practice In all courts. Offtofl over Monroe City Hank. Dl. J. H. Holladav. Successor t" W. W. UUj hey. phyiletsa sad lowson. Spools) attention 00 to diseases id ear. nuM-, llimat and Chronic OSSOt. Office and residence over Yow - oil'i hsraoss shop, PhoosSl. ROBERT MERIWETHER, Attorney at Law Will practice . in all nourts. Office Over I-'. & M. Bank, Notary Public in office. it. L. WOODSON, Lawyer. Will practice lu all oourts in the state. Offlci over Caldwell's Res taurant, Monroe 'itv. Farmers i: Merchants hank. Dos. Conors bsnkloR builnoM, imy and p. It Exchange AOCOtintl Of Farmers anil Merchants and others solicited Absolute security guaranteed todeposRon, r3- S. North. Pres. W. it. P Jackson Cashier. W. T. RUTLEDGE, Dentist The saving ofteetnaspeclalty. Office in Redman block, over Variety Store. Telephone '). DRARCH E. ELY. Dentist. 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He was with his coin-1 ""s " The Dr. is a member In 1849, at the age of 10, he raand during Ihe campaigns in or all the medical association of the Southern states j wllum ,eacM- 'lltc,ms Ll,c 1 nigs anu always takes a pr rni Un.v ,1... nit, J i, ,,i , 1 1 , ., I , , i n , r.i" IU oiuuy vji ........ . . ... m II V' near 1'erry, untler ur. J i MC- an(j wnen the brave Johnston Elroy. His preceptor died soon after and then under Drs. Ceo. K Eraser and Lapsley at Mad ison ville In 1H52 he was grad- fell at Shiloh and the retreat under Beauregard to Corinth and beyond began, he was j specially detailed to take a . . i. 1 i uated Irom tlie Missouri ivieui-1 nf convalescents back ical College at &t. l.ouis, anu i to the .mny i,OSpit.a. While on this trip a dashing troop of has been in active practice of medicine all tbese years In order to keep abreast of the times and learn improved meth ods in combating disease, in the winter federal cavalry captured his train, burnt bridges iu his front nnt part. For 20 years he lias read papers before these m .-.-i ing-.on nearly every phase of interest and is now preparing a paper on typhoid fever to be read at the at the cominir meet ing of one of his societies. Among his professional breth ren he is regarded with great esteem. Iu consultation his the dog, as resolute to save the littie life as the man was to de stroy it, swam with it to the otherside of the pool, ran all the way home with it, and die posited it before the kitchen tire. Prom that time the dog kept constant watch over the kitten. The two wee inseparable, even sharing the one bed. Prom the Loudon Spectator. Bead quarters at the Democrat pHlee. 'TH K HI M is i ii i; OHBAPMT." 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