Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-06-12
Boils.
A BOYS COMPOSITION.

The following composition is copied
from Kansas newspaper, the name OF
which we have csreIessly losI Ii will
probably be enjoyed by all who are or
who have been victims OF these healthy
incommodiles
A boil is generally very small al hrsI'
and fellow hardly notices II, bot IN a
few days i. gets TO be The biggest OF the
Two. and The chap that has il Is OF very
liule account in comparison with bis DOLL
which then 'has him. BolIs appear
my seriously upon various portions ol me
human body. coming when and where
they darn please and often in very IN
convenien, places. Sometimes solitary
boil is the sum total Of the stfllcrlon, but
frequently there is a 'rubbishn' lot ol
'em' 10 help the first one. II boil comes
anywhere on person that person always
wishes that il had come some ewhere else,
although it would puzzle him TO say just
where.
Some persons call them 'DamboIs,
but such persons are addicted TO prolsnI'
,y-the proper name is boil. If chap
has a boil he generally gets good deal
OF sympathy from olhers-'ln a horn.
Whoever asks him what ails him laughs
al him for his pains to answer, while
many unfeeling persons make game OF
him, or Of his misfortune, or boil. 1t is
very wicked 10 make sport OF persons
with boils; they cannot help it. and OIL
ten feel very bad about it. Physicians
don'i give boil patients much satisfaction
as a general thing, although young Physl-
clans who are just beginning 10 practice
are fond OF trying their lanceis on them.
Bols are said to be healthy, and judg-
ing from the way they take hold and hang
on, and ache, and grow, and burn, and
raise Cain generally, there is no doubt
they are healthy and have good consuu-
iIons, They are generally very lively
and playful al night, and it is very funny
to see chap with a good large one pros
pecling around his couch for a place
where his boil will fl in without hurting
/ it,. Boils tend to purify the blood
strengthen the system, calm the nerves,
restrain profanity, tranqulllze the spirit
improve the temper and beaulliy the aP'
pearance.
They ale good things for married men
who spend their evenings away from
home, as they give them an opportunity
to rest their nighI-keys. and get acqualni-
ed with their families. 1t is ssId that
boils save the patient fl Of sickness, but
! if the sickness is not best 10 have II must
be an all fired mean thing. 1t is also said
that person is better alter he has them,
and there is no doubt that one feels much
better alter having got rid Of them. Many
distinguished persons have enjoyed these
harbingers Of health. Job took the pre-
MUM a, the county fair for having moro
achers under cultivation than any olhe
person. Shakespeare had them, and mean
bois when he SAID, 'One woe doth treat
upon anolher's heels, so fast they follow.
There ale great many remedies tol
bolls, most of which are well worth try,
ing, brcsuse, II they Gon'I do Sny goor
they don't hurt the boil. Every man he
meets will tell him Of good thing ioI
it, among which sre-shoemsker's wsX
Mrs. Wlnslow's syrup, ,rix, SpsudIng
glue, Charlotte russo, gum drops. water
proof blacknp, nigh, blooming cereus
/ ohlOrolurm, kissetpen, etc.