Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-04-09
Anluuruns department.
RoII,S..seA COMPOsITION.o

A boil is generally very small at trst,
and fellow hardly notices it, but in few
days it gets to be the biggest of tine two,
and the chap that has it is of very little &C
count in comparison with his boil, which
then sshas him." Boils appear mysterious
" upon various portions of the human body,
coming when and where "they darn please, y
and often in very inconvenient places
Sometimes solitary boil is the sum total
of affection, but frequently there is a"'rub-
ishin' lot of 'em" to help the first one. If
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 to profanity
the proper name is boil. If a chap has a
boil he generally gets good deal Of sympa-
thy from others-''in a 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. 1t is very wicked to make
sport of persons with boils; they cannot
help it, and often feel very badly about it.
Physicians don't give boil patients much
satisfaction as 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,
and, 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 consti-
tutions. They are generally very lively
and playful at night, and it is very funny
to see chap with good large one pros
pecting around his couch for place where
his boil will fit in sswithout hurting" Boils
tend to ''purify the BLOOD" strengthen the
system, calm the nerves, restrain the pro-
family, tranquillize the spirits, improve the
temper, and beautify the appearance. They
are good things for married men who spend
their evenings sway from home, as they
give them an opportunity to rest their night
keys and get acquainted with their families.
It is said that boils save the patient "a tit
of Sickness" but if the sickness is not the
best to have, it must be an alfred mean
thing. 1t is also said that a person IS bet
ter after he has had them, and there is no
doubt that one feels much better after hav.
ing 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. Shak'
speare had them, and meant boils when ne
said, zone woe doth tread upon another's
heels, so fast they follow"
There are great many remedies tor
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
the street with boil, every man he meets
will tell him of ga good thing" for it; among
which are: Shoemakers' Wax, Mrs. Wins
lows Syrup, Trix, Spaulding's Glue, Char
lotte Ruche, Gum Drops, Chloroform, Wa
terproof Blacking, Night-Blooming Cereus
Kissengen, &C., &c.
THE END.
1.-THE general result of our observation:
on boils for the past two weeks, Is the bes
place to harv- boil is upon somebody
neck.