four o'clock
There was no quainter figure than this familiar old doctor as seen mounted on his big-headed and clumsy-footed Canadian pony , his saddle-bags well filled with pills and powders , and ready to bleed or blister at call . He was considered marvelously skilful , too , at drawing teeth and curing the itch , with which the honest Dutch settlers were occasionally afflicted . I must mention , also , that an additional cause of the great respect shown him by the settlers was that he took his pay in such things as they raised on their little farms and could best spare . The storm ceased its fury at four o'clock , and a cold , bright , and calm morning succeeded . The hills stood out in sharp , clear outlines , mother earth had put on her cleanest cap , and there was not a ripple on all the Tappan Zee . Hanz Toodleburg was now the happiest man in Nyack , for Heaven had blessed his house and heart during the morning with as plump and healthy a boy as ever was seen . There was a fond mother and a happy father in the little house now ; and the sweet innocent babe , their first born , was like flowers strewn along their road of life .