The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-02-19

ACt-l Inquire Vltuiu
JoB's CoMFoRTERs. - The following
deeply interesting narrative" is credited
to "School Boy" It has very many
sine points" in it tha. leads us to be.
lieve the credit is correct or not. But
in any case it presents the subject in its
very best light, and we hope those who
read it will take as much comfort in it as
we did:
A boil is very small at FIRST, and fel-
low hardly notices it, but in few days
it gets to be the biggest of the two, and
the chap that has it is of very little ac-
count in comparison with his boil, which
then "has him." Boils appear mysteri-
ously on various portions of the human
body, coming when and where they please;
and often in very inconvenient places
Sometimes solitary boil is the sum total
of the afiiction, but frequently there
is g rubbishin' lot of 'em" to help
the first one. IF a boil comes any
where ON a person, that person always
wishes it had come somewhere else, al
though it would puzzle him TO say just
where.
If chap has boil, he generally gets
a good deal of sympathy from others.
Whoever asks him what ails him laughs
at him for his pains to answer, while
many unfeeling persons make game of
him or his misfortune or boil. It is very
wicked to make sport of persons with
boils; they cant help it, and often feel
very bad about it. Physicians don't give
boil patients much satisfaction as gene
raj thing, although young physicians who
are just beginning to practice are fond Of
trying their lancets on them. Boils are
said to be shealthy," and from the way
they take hold, and hang on, and ache
and burn, and grow, and torment one
generally, there is no doubt they are
healthy, and have good constitutions.
They are generally very lively and play
full at night, and it is very funny to see
chap with good large one prospecting
around his couch for place where his
boil will fit in without hurting"
Boils tend to "purify the blood"
restrain the profanity, tranquilize the
spirits, improve the temper, and beautify
the appearance. They are good things
for married men who spend their even
ings away from home, as they give them
an opportunity to rest their night-keys.
and get acquainted with their families.
1t is said that boils save the patient "a
| fit of Sickness" but if the sickness is not
the best to have, it must be an alfred
mean thing. It is also said that person
feels better after he has had them, and
there is no doubt that one feels much
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,
| zone woe doth tread upon anothers heel,
SO fast they follow"
There are great many remedies Tor
boils, most of which are well worth try
ing, 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 ga good thing"
for it, among which are Shoemaker,s
wax, Mrs. Winslow's Syrup, Trix, Spald-
ing's Glue, Charlotte Russo, Gum Drops,
Water Proof Backing, Night-Blooming
Ceres, Chloroform, Kissengen, etc.
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