The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-09-14

Mhy DC us the tynpanles shes
got" says l.
swell now it ant; it's tholic, l tell
you, and that awful bad."
"Well," says !, ''here's the treat
mcnt."
"Wiiat is itf" says he.
"Mugnum desideratum," says I, rca-
ding from the number:
"And what's that, and how do you
give it? for you must be quick; as
down his mare came and bounced a..
bout foot clear from the ground.
looked round to Smith and Jones
and Barker, who are fellow.me,nbers
ofthc Society with me, most inquiring-
~. Smith looked at ones, and said
that ho thought the drought had
killed all on his farm. Jnncs said that
he knowcd i, very well when he saw
it growing, and u capital remedy it
was, but he had not seen any since
last Fall; and Barker said that he had
never heard of the thing before in
his life. Mr.. Browns mare gol up; and
down she came, and this time bounced
about foot and half.
"Well let's leave that thing out"
says Brown, whats next2 for you
must be in a hurry"
"Blecd her in the pro re nata," says
|, reading on.
"Where?" says Brown, most en-.
phatically.
''ln the pro re nate" says |. And
| looked at Smith. and Smith at Jones,
and Jones at Barker, and Barker said
that he did not think she ought to
be bled i'll the no pre- orta as it
was dangerous. Johnston who was
standing by and always trying to say
something smart, said he thought she
o"ghfer, but we were too seriously en-.
gagged for any body to laugh ex-
ccpt Johnston.)
"You're right there, Mr.. Barker"
said Beeve Stoddiford, "for l bled one
of my mules in the po ne horta, and
she had the trimbles for o month after
wards" You could just hear John
ston, as if talking to himself, II don't
wonder. it. Aurther."'j -..s b.. .a,-...--..
= And Mr.. Browns mare got up and
stood for moment. -
''She 10, ks more oval than she did
before" says Mr.. Brown, mcekly.
[" And behind, too" says John
ston, quictly.)
She staggered but step or two
and down she came, and this time
showed too feet clear Of daylight as
she bounced.
''Run to the Doctors shop and get
this, says | to Jake, hurried writing off
six drachms aldes, dissolved in
one quart of warm water, and add to
the solution two or three ounces laud-
anum, with the same quantity ofspir-
its tnrpcntinc.''
In jokes absence the mare took sew
cral bounces, and as Mr.. Brown said,
did not look so oval, but he thought she
began to get roundish. Bccvc Stod-
dltord said that he thought the pain was
drawing her in a straight line from
the head to the root of her tail, and if
Jake did not get back directly he
thought they would come together.
"Sposc they do?" sdid Bias Larnes,
my sorrcl Wolf colt swellcd so
last Fall that you could not tell
head from tail, and blcd him in the
no ne porta, and lie unrollcd himself
directly; and that's Whit she Wants
now,-l can do it,"
Bccvc Stoddiford looked at Bids but
didn't say any thing.
(lomston only asked if that wasn't
the colt that rubbed his tail off trying
to get the cucklcburs out.)
BY this time Jake came running, ana
| told him to hand the mixture tO Mr..
Brown. administer it," says J.
"IIow?" says he.
And looked at Smith, and he
said "Drcnch."
And Smith looked at Jones, and he
snid objection"
And Jones looked at Barker, and
he said Rub her down with it,"
But Bceve Stoddiford said that he
had very often administered that
mixture, and the way he always did
it was to hold up her head and pour it.
down her nostrls; and as none others
had ever seen the dose administered we
yielded to Bccve, and tho whole Of
it was accordingly SO administer.
ed. The mare sncczcd, and struggled
and coughed, and struggled and sneez-
ed, and Bias and Beeve and Jake tried
their best to hold her down, but up
she rose, jumped about foot clear of
the ground, and came down with q
run, and she bounced clear over.
ITS all orer with her now," says
Johnston, soliloquising.)
"lm afraid you can do nothing more
for her, says Mr.. Brown, sorrowfully.
"Don't give up yet" says |. "Let's
try the whole prescription"
"Whats to- be done now?" says Mr..
Brown, almost inaudibly.
"Give her injection Of dernier re-
Sort" says /, "and two drachms of
suppository Of tobacco"
whats that?" says Mr.. Brown.
And looked at Smith, and he at