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coahtles Of Nersh CeFslisa and Virginia.
will b struck With the siskly ahd esaayereus
epmplexisas f many ii The ihh.bit.rts there.
| 81 this ID Steasisnel by tkaif rrexini,r Is
the swamps and pocssins, whssp pelseneu,
eknalatloas they are constantly breathing,
80 Hnisa ferns = frritftl ssttrce fer that
sserge u the lerlsaRs, shills apd fevers
-aieW Eeeksago, & hila riding friend,
~e n@sted ter lev moments at the cabin Of
sn'ngle cater, fsf the purpose Of ebtsiaing
water Isr ourselves and horses whilst there.
Ne entered INTO oenvsssation With tho pre-
pFietor Of the premises
Oar hrst inquiry - to The health Of him
ssii aad family, was aAaswerea, Is his aopear-
hrce Indicted, sthe cAills and fever troubled
lAem occasionally On further converse
ton we advised him to Prscare medicine
t4at We named enc that lad been patented
p ~ ssale physician, and was strongly pulled
The man shock lis e FAD Il qaef gEs Esr the
Stranger said he, Doctors may invent
AID pay editors to Wriie and print about
their medicines to cure ague and other dis
eases-by SO doing they Aays taken May
hard earned dollar frsm poor men like my
s4lf-but they won t get another dollar from
ME in a.hurry ! for, .slr, l have tried them
aAd their medicines7-thsy WON'T do downs
herein the bottoms Now, sill, you see that.
boy there r. (pointing to white headed,
pumpkin cdleted lad. whose age ranged some
where between twelve and twenty.l well,
thatIb9y month age1was taken by the swamp
shakes, aud Jehu they give him gas -
Bless yeur heart, you people who, live in
town don't know what3the real skokes are.
but here's the place TO see as well as feel
them Why, Sir, the very first day Bill shock
himself right out Of bed and into the ashes,
and kept up such a racket, that the cid wo,
man hustled me off for doctor. | found
$40 Ia town, and he came ouswith me Bill,
however, was better when we came back, but
tie doctor stayed with US for liz wanted to
have a fair chance, be said to keep off the
next attack.
Well, he went to work On The boy, he
dssed and Ae drsnched him, asI wsuld have
done horse with the cAolic-b but it did no
good for the next day the boy was down
again !; this time be, net only shook himself
ont Of bed, but clean out Of his Ibreechcs and
c4me nigh burning tis skin, for he got on
the FIRE The doctor worked away like
blazes, times tussling with the boy
all over the room. knocking over the pans,
table, and benches, trying to keep him in
bid no sooner ail he get him there,
than out he would come again, with his teeth
gathering and hair 6a end The Doctor fout
tile yarmint the darhds9t ell day, but he
couldn't face him -be was badly whipped,
certain told him he might 60 Now,
thinks to myself I'LL try my Hand to NOR
row, and see how iays medicine will act SO
al soon as | cot up, 4 went to that chinque
pin bush ever yonGer, and cut me about the
alliSedest switch you ever laid your eyes on:
When ! got back, poked up bill whe was
rolled up in bed, and, says l, Sonny, sonny,
how Go you feel yourself this lnorniagf'n
l.sWhy, daddy says he, rubbing bis eyes,
'f feel bad enough that blA4fsd cid shakes
II coming ODiand itF going to give me beans
agin." *
F"Gisup, sonny" says !, como out here
il the yard, I want you to helPmc drive out
the old SOW, for she making awful work in
our later patch
"Billin a few moments came cut, with
nothing on btt his shirt As soon as be got
well out Of the hsuse5 l gave him such a
Wipe around his naked legs, that he jumped
about ten feet, yelling like an Injun--enow,
My boy says |, :r1n r and away he went
around the field liz steam engine. Every
tpne he began To sl4cken his PAGE, applied
the chinquepin to ais hide. l kept him ira
Yelling, you may be- sure every timeT we
came towards the house pushed him the
harder, to keep him from getting in. Bill
would only have time to sing cut, "Oh,
nam my r when be would 10 olt Of hearing
Now, the old woman was getting breakfast
al the time cf the r umpus, and on looking
out, cot her nature considerably riled at sac
iag Bill catching il $50 fast-and the racket
he was making led her to think be was near
~ give cut On cur approaching the house
fer the fourth heat. she could Island it no
| lenger-but grabbing up the Png handled
frying pan that vas on the fire. fall Of her.
rings, out she came "Blast your piotnre II
said she, "fght.me awhile and flet The boy
rest With that she brought dewn the
I burned cid frying pan, herrings aud al, on
/ top of my epcoannt. so hard that i. capsized
ne fat into the log trough didn't care
So much for the lick, although lit made my
head ache for a, week afterwards, but one Of
them hot behring's got inside Of my shirt,
and Je.ru 81 lem i how il burnt It actual
I II branded pe before gotit ont. Herriugs
4 mighty g5ed generally but they amt Gem.
Portable as i psuitice, no how. When got
up, Bill hal gone into tho house, sweating
like a stageIherse III July. He Amt been
tEoubed viii the shakes siace. That's the
waYI cured him. Stranger, give Us oAaW
| Of tobacco