The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-06-15
MoARONE ON RHEUMATISM.

There are no roses In the wilderness OF vines
that enclose the piazza Of the country home where
write, but an easierly wind of much asperity
and virulence. Is much at home there, and whis
ties like u first bOatwain whose mother was
callOpe. Easily enough this easterly wind brings
me to the rheumatism. II also brings the rhetlm-
atism to me. Did you ever have red haired man
throw q milestone on your hand, aud then bore
into your elbow with .centre-bitI This Is the
same sensation rs the inflammatory rheumatism,
as performed by me for several consecutive days
and nights. had some very fine eccentric and
humorous ideas during this period; but when
fellows right thumb Is swollen to the resemblance
of Hamburg sausage, and his fore.fngcr has
wire run through the bones lengthwisc, lie Is not
in good condition to write down even the most
brilliant mental scintillations. Neither Is he ex-
pert with those frail, unassumng, but potent In.
struments, the knife and fork. Buttons, also ut
such time. present formidable resistance, and
the razor becomes vain impottnt toy. The only
thing, in fact thnt runs the easier, and slides the
more vigorously for the rheumatism, Is profanity.
There is n peculiar twist to the elbow, coupled
with Simultaneous twinges In the hip and knee,
that produce great fuency In that particular.
The remedies that ones friends suggest are by no
means the least troublesome portion Of the COM
plant. One suggests common horse chestnut,
or ''buck. eye" carried in the trousers pocket as
ON infallible preventive. A lady says that IN ap-
pllcation Of cotton batting Is sure thing.
once knew famous cricket player that was
cured Of batting by rheumatism, but never knew
that the rule worked both ways. A third suggcs.
ton was that should be enveloped from head to
foot in blue clay, not to be disturbed. till It crack.
oil of OF itself. This last struck me as q good
idea, especially II was to be placed at the bot.
tom of pit about six feet deep, to be thus Ell.
velopcd, the hole then to be filed up, and neat
headstone ercctedto mark the place. I'm assured
that the clay. under these circumstances would
crack aud come of Of itself, at about the time
when Gabriel performs his solo obligato on the
trumpet. These are but invalid conccits; OF the
rheumatism, rhcumatic; but CON hardly do bet
ter to-day. This paper Is, In TACT, the first have
written for the press for nearly fortnight, and II
is but sort OF experiment. Indeed, Ifit gives
you the same pain Ia the elbow to read II, that It
does me to write It, sincerely pity you. But u,
as Is said, "easy reading Is hard writing" this
stands chance Of being uncommonly easy OF
perusal. | am q little out Of humOr with Fate, or
whatever you call II, for this shabby treatment
1t was rather rough to give q fellow whole sum
mer of bilious agonies, with no remitances to
hope for except rcmttant fevers, aud then To
crowd on crippled rheumatism At the end Of It!
Il Is hard on fellows stamina, and constitution,
and things. The thought Of dumb bells makes
weak feeling creep down my back; and when
walk, leaning on my cane, you might take me Tor
some old sport, like Prof Holmes LAST Leaf