The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-05-06
HYd.o pEobia.

The following recipe and remarks,
which are taken from the Lancaster Ex-
PRESS, should be preserved by every house.
hold. 1t has been effectual in preserving
the lives of mauy, as attested below:
"D,.. Stoy's MtdHiJlc cUre f0r tie ute q
n lLat Dog fake one ounce Of Ret
Chick Weed and put it in clean earth
en- pot; pour on it quart of Beer; place
the pot over gentle coal fire, ani boil it
until it is reduced TO the half; strain it
hot from the pot through clean linen
cloth into pewter di>h, aud then. while
>till hot in the dish, add one ounce Of
IHeriac, and stir it welt until it i. thor
oughly mixed. Give the patient doe
luke warm in the morning, the patient be
ing duly sober, that is to say without any
thing having been taken that morning;
after this he mu.t fast at least three
hours, and during that time drink DO
cold water, and must take great care not
10 eat my pork, and everything which has
any connection with pork; for fourteen
DAYS the patient must not partake OF any
ami NAL fool, not even the f-h kennel.-
To children Of IL years give the half, and
so in proportion With the water as above
mentioned to be observed.
y. B-You must cut the weeds iD
june. when it is in blossom, and alrdify
il in the shade The weeds to tie fried 10
fre,h butter, without salt. aud then put
on the wound three times, By rubbing the
,caS of with an oak chip."
Chick Weed is the popular name for
species of SteIlaria, and that with white
blossoms affor - remarkable Instance
Of the sleep Of plrnt-; for at night the
leaves approach inpairs, and lnc'osc the
tender rudimcuts of the young shoots
The leaves arc cooling. and are deemed
nseful for manmalis. Tleriac is a name
riven by the ancients to various CON;
pounds, c,tecmed cficacious against the
effects of poison, but afterwards restrain
ed chiefly to what is called Venice treGcIe,
which (says the Cye,) is compound of
.ixty.four drugs. prepared pulverized,
and reduced by mean, Of honey to an e.
lectuary. Both these articles can be had
at the druggists The beer will probably
he more difficult to obtain in thi- region,
where beer houses are prohibited by law!
-L1acaSter Express.
The Midllctown Journal says in rela-
tion to the recipe; "Mr Youu1, who
was so badly bitten by mad tog few
days since, an account Of which we gaze
In our last is getting well from the effects
of the bite lie with numter of others
procured medicine from lady at Leb-
anon, who has the original recipe Of the
late Mr. William Stoy. This medicine is
very strong and operates when frs: taken
like an electric shock Those who have
taken it, declare that they felt ittbrough
the whole system. After remaining on
the stomach for about two bours. it acts
like an emetic. When the effects are
produced. the patient mag be considered
cured Stoy was not doctor, as some
papers state but a farmer, and at one
time he published bis recipe to the world.
1t was copied iuto the Almanacs. aud
newspapers; yet, strange TO say, there are
but few who know anything about it,
We read recommendation, few days
since written on parehDeDt-signed hy
three men who had been bitten by mad
dogs. The document states that they
we're all perfectly cured by Stoys infalli-
bic remedy. One of these men had ex.
pcrieucd symptoms of hydroPhobia be-
fore using the medicine.