The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-15
Chilis an Fever-.A New and Certain
Moe OF Curing the Shakes.

0t curing the Sh axes.
"A stran!r in passing through the lower
counties oNorth Carolina and Virginia, will
be struck VII the sckly and cadaverous
complexiopf manyo the inhabitants there
of; this is 'casioned by their proximity to
the swampnnd pocosins whose poisonous
exhaltationthey are constantly breathing,
and which rms fruitful source for that
scourge OF le lowlands the chills and fever.
A few weeks ago, whilst riding with
friend, We hted for few moments at the
cabin OF single getter, foHthe purpose of OBJ
tanning somwater for ourselves and horses:
whilst therege entered into conversation
with the protector of the premises.
I Our first iluiry as to the health of himself
and family, US answered, as his appearance
indicated, ste chlls and fever troubled EN-
occasionally. On further conversation we
advised him tprocure medicine we named;
one that had len patented by some physician
and was strosly puffed.by the papers as an
Invaluable cur for the ague, and great rem
eyator Of the gstem.
The man shok his head incredulously-
STRANGER" sid he, doctors mey invent
and pay editor to write and print about their
medicines to ere the ague and other deases
by so doing hey have taken many hard
earned dollar bm poor men like myself
but they won'tyet another dollar from me
in hurry I! foisir, have tried them and
their medcneS-they WON'T do down here in
the bottoms. low, sir, you see that boy
there!" (pointig to "a white-headed, pump
kin colored lad whose age ranges some
where between welve and twenty) swell,
that boy monthgo was taken by The swamp
shakes, AMI Jen they give him goss -
Bless your heart. you people who live IN
town don't known lat the real shakes are,
but here's tbe.pla'e to zee as!well as feel them.
Why, sir, the YER first day b II sho k himself
right out of bed and into the ashes and kept
up such racket,lhat the old woman hustled
me off for doct,r. fouId one in town,
and he came out with me. Bill, however
was better when We came back, but the doc
tor stayed with usfor he wanted to have a
fiir-chance, he sad, to keep IF the next at
tack.
Well, lie went 20 work on the boy. he dos
ed and drenched hin. as would have done
horse with the chac-but it did no good
for the next day tue boy was down again;
his time he not on!y shook hmsel out of
bed, but clean out Ut his breaches and came
nigh burning his skin Tor he gui on the fire.
The doctor worked away like blazes some
times tussling with The boy all over the
room, knocking over the pans, table aud
benches. and trying to keep him in bed
but no sonner did he get him there, than out
he would come again with his teeth chatter
ing ami hair on end. Tie doctor fcut The
varmint his dufndest all day, but he cou dn'i
face him--h WAS badly whipped certain
told him he mi ght 20. Now thinks TO my
self, I'll try my ham to-m' rrow, an see how
my medicine will act; 80 soon as got up
went to that chinquepin bush over yonder
and cut me about the allfrdest longest
switch you ever laid your eyes on. When
got back poked up Bill who was rolled up
in bed, aud, says |, Sonny, Sonny, how do
You feel yourself this morHingl
"Why, daddy" says n, rubbing his eyes,
81 feel bud enough; IN At blasted old sh axes
is coming on, aud its going to give me
beans agin."
the yard, | want yop 10 help M drive out
the old sow, tor she is making awful work
III our later pate h
Bill in few moments came out, with moth.
ing on but his shirt. AS soon as he got well
out of the house, gave him such wipe
around his naked legs. that he jumped about
ten feet, yelling like an injun-"now. my boy
SAYS |, run 20 and away he went around
the field like steam engine. Every time
he began to slacken his pace applied the
chnquepin medicine to his hide kept him
travelling, you may be sure; every time we
came towards the house pushed him the
harder. 10 keep him from getting in. Bill
would only have time 10 sing out, "Oh
Nanny - when he would DIRT on, of hca:-
ing. Now, the old woman was getting break
fast at the time OF the rumpus. and on look
ing out, got her nature considerably riled al
seeing Bill catchnr it so fast-and the rack
ct lie was making led her to think he had
nearly give out. On our approaching the
house Tor the fourth heat she c. uld stand it no
longer--fcr grabbing up the longhanded fry
in pan that was on the fire full of behring's
out she came. "Blast your pictures" said
she eight me awhile, and let the boy rest"
With that she brough. down the durn ed
old frying-pau, behring's, and ell, on top OF my
cocoanut 50 hard that it capsized me into the
hog trough. | didn't care so much for the
lick. although it made my head ache for a
week afterwards, bot one of them hot her.
rings got inside Of my shirt, and Je-ru-sa-
lem how it burnt 1t actually branded me
before got it out. Herrings is mighty good
generally but theyIaiut comfortable IS poul-
lice, no-how. When | got up, Bill had gone
into the house, sweating like a stage-horsp,
in July. He Amt been troubled with the
shakes since. That's the way | cured him.
Stranger give us a chaw tobaccow.
o. A most touching case, Illustrative oil