Flesherton Advance, 24 Nov 1887, p. 3

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*Â» I â- A PEEP 'EE HEAVEU,' i A sKEncu riiuu tucll ufk. The dftv after an entertainment at thÂ« Hospital given several years a^o by a few ladies, assisted by tileuled friends, to obtain funds to ht&rt tbÂ£ i'lower Mission, an old man, who for many mouths had been a patient sufferer from a terrible diseaseâ€" resulting from having had his feet froEen â€" lay resignedly awaiting death. Death, to so many a terrible visiunt to him leemed a kind friend â€" looked .'orwai d to as a relief from the agony he hi i (uSered for, what seemed to him, year* of weariness and pain. The children were at th* hospital that day helping to clear away the remains of the previoaa evening's entertainment. Childlike they soon tired of the unusual work, and stole away to the- wards to see the patients and have a chat with old Dick, the sufferer jost alluded to, wHo was a favorite of theirs. The ladies, busy sorting and packing the nameroos articles used the evening previous, scarcely noticed the departure of their small helpers, and an hoar passed before they retarned, brimful of excitement and delight. " Come ! oome '. see poor old Dick ! He is Boaud asleep, and we have sach a sor- priae for him when he wakes I " So spoke one coniipirator, the others dancing about filled with delight at the thought of the surprise awaiting their poor friend Dick. So somebody went to see what the child. ren had been doing during their long absence. Well might Dick be astonished at the transformation scene which met his eyes when he awoke â€" poor old eyes, dim iwith suffering and sleepless nights. The ron bedstead on which he lay was twiue<^ with dowvs â€" the decorations of tm flower-room the evening before ; all around bis pillow lay tlowers, on the white ooun terpane and draped over his head. Dick had awakened, and in the midst of all the tloral beaaty and fragrance he lay. with such a smile on his worn face, " Oh Missy '." he said to one of the ladies. That was the name he always called her. " Oh Missy ! I'm having a peep er heaven sure. It can't be nicer thau this. The flowers and the children, God bless them. Bomeways I'm thinkin'. Missy, He wants ter show me what it's like up there." Nobody said a word. Nobody could. Tears in the eyes make tears in the voice, and one by one those ladies stole away to their work again, leaving poor old Dick so bappy, waiting for a " poep er heavea " â€" the real heaven. It was the last time the ladies ever saw old Dick. The last time those poor weary eyes brightened at their ooming. They left him with his eye* closed, a smile on his rugged face waiting, the garlands of flowers over and above the narrow bed and around the pale counte- nance, drawn by constant suffering. . If there are any who do not believe in the good done by a flower mission, let them read this truthful sketch and learn that it was tbroiiÂ«(h the iustmiuectalitv of a flower mission that a poor, suffer- ing, friendless, old man had a " peep er beaven." 8TRANOEK THAN FICTION. Reiuarkable DUcovery of a Look iMit Brother. Thirty-three years ago last St-ptember Hiram liobbius and wife, of Brighton, made a visit to Niagara Falls and on the way home were attracted by a man and wife, accompanied bv three small children, consisting of a baby, a girl 2 years old and a boy perhaps 4 years old. They were well dreaded and apparently in good circuniittanct'S. but the mother was insane. The father, owing to his wife's illness, had the whole care of the family and the baby wÂ«9 somewhat iieglt-oteil. Mrs. Uobbins took pity on the bÂ»by and olTerevl to take change of it until the triiiu reached Hochts ter. As till y neared the city the father said : " If you would kindly tiike baby and keep him for ei^ht or ten days until I could care for the rest of the family 1 will return and take him aud reward you for your trouble." Mr. Robbins' people readily consented to do as rtiiiU'Httd ami the f*tlier gave the name of the baby as Vrank l>>tr. When the ten da) 8 were up Mr. U 'speviple loiiked for the man's return, but in vain. And when two or three months had passed they began to wish that he would not come and he never did. The child gnw up the foster brother of I'rof. S. J. Uobbius'. of reutieUI, with whom many of our readers are pi-r. soually acniainted. S J. Hoboins entereii the army with the lOSth Hegiment from this city and duriiit; hi8 ab^xnce this youth WHS the comfort of Mr. and Mrs. K >bbin8 During the rebellion Hiram Uobbins died. In Srptembir, 1SU4, S. J. liobbins came home, having left his right arm at Cold Harbor, Ya. In a few wceka after his return Mrs. Ilirain liobbins died, leaving Frank Dyer twice orphaiieil. The two orphane^l Ikivs fought the battle of life as best tl ey could. Mr. Dyer taking a position on a railroad. In this he was snccecsful. soon becoming a conductor on the Central, aud is now a pas.ienger conductor on the Chicago, Kansas >t Nebrasba Uailroad. Now comes the strangest part of the story. About throe weeks ago a conductor on the Central saw a lady in the Syracuse dept>t Kxjkiiig for a lost "brother, and after heariiTt; her story became convinced that Frank Dyer was ho. A letter was sent to I'rof. S. J. Kobbius, who corresponded with the lady in Ver- mont and found her to be Frank's sister. The mother is still alive aud insane, but has never forgotten to ask for her baby. She can tell his exact age and the clothes he wore when she last saw hiiu. The father died Sixin after leaviiid the child with Mr. Uohbins. and at his death all positive knowledge as to the whereabouts of the babe was lost. The older brother lives in Nebraska. Conductor liyer is at his old home at .^lien's Creek with Trof. S. J. Uobbiim. who wul accompany him to seethe relatives from whom he has In-eu separated for 83 years. â€" Roihtsler iUrald. THE CEOWN PEINCE'S FATE. Doctors Declare That He Has Cancer in the Thromt, HIS PROSPECTS OF LIFE- A last Saturday night's Berlin cable says : The first whispers of dire news from San Remo. oootirmiag the rumors that the Crown Pnnce's malady was of a cancerous nature, was unheard in Berlin till towards evening. On the Boerse basi. nesa was over. Some evening pap4BB had congratulatory articles on the improving prospects of the Crown Prince, when suddieoly semi-official reports were per- mitted to transpire that yesterday evening's advices were false news. These reports created general consternation. The earUer announcements were vaguely put, to the effect that the malady bad been foimd to be of a cancerous nature, and that with regard to the further treatment of the Crown Prince no trustworthy information Â«otild be obtainable until a verbal report was received from Dr. Schmidt, who went to San Remo at the command of the Emperor. Nothing was said about the chances of recovery or the condition of the patient, but the ofhcial admission was enough to conform the worst fears in the public mmd concerning the Crown Prince's fate. Later it became known that Prof. Bergmann had not lec- tured at the University, being engaged in a consultation on the expediency of per- forming another operation, and that Drs. Schroeter and Kranse were in favor of immediate tracheotomy, while Drs. Schret- zer and Mackenzie were opposed to it. At last a decisive examination was made yes- terday morning, which resulted in the doctors unanimously declaring that a radi- cal ctire was impossible, the only difference of opiniOH being as to how long the Crowu Prince's life could be prolon,;ed. The Crown Prince heard part of the discussion between the doctors. He showed the greatest self. possession when told that bis recovery was very uncertain ai.i retired to meet the Princess. He afterwards sent a long despatch to the Emperor, and tken, recalling the doctors, he told them that he placed himsalf in their hands. Dr. Mac kenzie communicated the result of the examination to Prince William, who Seemed to be more affected bv the dreadful news than his father bad been. Dr. Schmidt, who will personally read the report of thf doctors to the Emperor to- morrow, shares Dr. Mackenzie's opposition to an immediate operation. His relations with the Emperor, therefore, will imdoubt- edly influence the family decision. Prince William returns to Berlin to-morrow. The confirmation of the statement that the Crown Prince is adlicted wiih cancer has revived interest in the methods at- tempted for the extirpation of the disease. The Satiotuit /eitunj/. in an article bearing the stamp of authority, says : " Despite the malignant nature of cancer, the larynx operation is now fre<iuently successful. The most famous German operators are Dr. Haun, of the Friedericbsham Hospi- tal. Berlin, and Dr. Bergmann, who re- cently performed five operations, and in every case the patient rapidly recovered. Even the extirpation of the whole of the larynx has been effected with complete success." A gentleman named Ptiher. residing in Prague, has stut letters to the newspapers stating that Prof. Gussenbauni. of Heidelberg, removed the whole of his larynx in 1S8U. siuce wbeu he has enjoyed excellent health. Whatever is done with the Crown Prince, the feeling iu the highest quarters is against further reliance upon Dr Slackinzie. It will be an unavailing aud poignant source of regret to all Germany that while the German specialists diagnosed the cancer character of the growth at the outset of the Prince's illness the treatment cf the case w*s committe.1 to Dr. Mackenzie. The opinions of Profs. I'obi'ld. Fraenkel and others, published in the spriug. are recalled as proofs of the sicuracy of the German specialists. Prof, lobold's written opinion is now of historic mtertst. He de<.-lareii that the removal of the first growth from the I'rown Priuce's throat with forceps by I'r. Mackenzie's uiethAi provoketl a vigor- ous recurrence of the tmr.or. The only eminent defender of Dr. Mackenzie is Prof. ViTtell. of Munich. He mainuins that Mackenzie did not select <WORD coords="1595,4001,1