Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-22
ROLLS" A COMPOssTION.,


A boil is generally very small at first,
and fellow hardly notices Il, but in few
days il gets TO be the biggest of the two,
and the chap that has it is Of very little
account in comparison with his boil, which
then "has him" Boils appear mysteri-
ously upon various portions Of the human
body, coming when and where "they darn
please" and often in very inconyenient
places. Sometimes a solitary boil Is the
sum total Of affection, but frequently there
is "rnbishin" lot of "em" TO help the
first one. II boil comes anywhere on
person, that person always wishes it had
come somewhere else, although it would
puzzle him to say Just where.
Some persons call them "Damboils :"
but such persons are addicted 10 profanity
the proper name is boil If a chap has
boil he generally gets good deal Of SYM
patty from Others-"in horn" Whoever
asks him what ails him, laughs at him for
his pains to answer, while many unfeeling
persons make game Of him, or of his mis-
fortune, or boil. Ii ia very wicked to make
sport of a person with boils; they cannot
help it, and often feel very bad about it.
Physicians don't give boil patients much
satisfaction as a general thing, although
young physicians, who are Just beginning
TO practice, are fond Of trying their lanCets
on them. Boils are said to be "healthy,"
aud, Judging from the way they take hold,
and hang on, and ache, and burn, and grow,
and raise Cain generally, there is no doubt
that they are healthy and have good con-
stitutions They are generally very lively
and playful at night, and il is very funny
to see a chap with a good large one pro-
speeding around his couch for place where
his boil will fit in without hurting"
Boils tend TO purify the blood"
strengthen the system, calm the nerves, re-
strain the profanity, tranquillize the spirits,
improve the temper, and beautify the APP
pearance. They are good things for mar
ried men who spend their evenings from
home, as they give them chance to rest
their night keys and get acquainted with
their families. 1t is said that boils save
the patient ga fit Of sickness" but If the
sickness is not the best to have, it must be
an ALFRED mean thing. 1t is also said
that person is better after he has had
them, and there is no doubt that one feels
better after having got rid of them. Many
distinguished persons have enjoyed these
harbingers of health. Job took the first
premium at the county fair, for having
more achers under cultivation than any
other person. Shakespeare had them, and
meant boils when he said, "One woe doth
tread upon another's heels, 30 fast they fol-
low"
There are great many remedies for
boils, most Of which are we'll worth trying,
because, if they don't do any good, they
don't hurt the boils. If chap goes down
street with boil, every man he meets will
tell him of "a good thing" for it among
which are shoemakers wax, Mrs. Wins
lows syrup, Trix, Spaulding's glue, char
lotte russo, gum drops, water proof black
ing, Night Blooming Cereus, chloroform,
kissengen, etc, etc,
THE END.
The general result of our observations
on boils for the past two weeks, is, the best
place to have boil is upon somebody else 8
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