Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-15
The Pebble Stone Cure.
[From the Danbury News,l

There are peOpic WIN oio S'eu"io"s
In the matter Of new remedies, and
hasten at the first opportunity to justl-
fy their confidence. Mr.. Plaster, a
resident of Nelson street, Is such n
man. He recently read a statement
in his agricultural paper that a pebble
stoue held In the mouth would very
much modify the craving for thirst,
and as he was afraid to drink large
quantities Of Ice water, he was glad 10
hear of the plan. and determined to
give 1t a trial. lie did SO that after
noon, selecting = nice, smooth stone
and rubbing 1t clean OH the leg OF his
brooches. Pretty soon after he got
back In the house, and was holding the
pebble In his mouth, and thinking with
tears Of gratitude In his eyes OF the
man who made the discovery, the pas
tor Of the Philaster Church, together
with two deacons aud a prominent fe-
male member of the Khidghluy Mis-.
sion Society, made n call. Mrs. Pilas-
ter showed them into the parlor, where
Plaster. with the pebble In his mouth
Joined them. After O few suitable
and Impressive remarks upon tho
| weather, In which each one contrlbu-
ted something, and heartily concurred
with what had already been advanced,
the subject of the Khidghluy Mission
was brought up. and the conversation
became quite animated oil the part OF
the clergyman and two deacons, n
the female Khidghluy, while Mr.. and
Mr.. Plaster attentively listened. Mr..
Plaster was sitting on a mohair cush-
loned chair. sitting on the very edge so
As not to injure 1t, and was staring In a
mild and forgivinG manner at the lady,
when he felt q tickling sensation with
In his nostril, and wrlnkling his nose 10
| prevent It, he broke out In q gurgling
noise. and the next Instant his eyes
| protruded, he bounded from the chair,
| threw his arms In the air. and dropped
down on the floor and Immediately
went rolling and kicking under the
center table, upsetting that article and
! strewing the floor with bound books,
visiting cards and wax flowers. Then
he rolled over and reared up, II
pounded his heels, and turned black
in the face, and worked his hands ana
threw his arms. The people were ter.
ribly frightened. Mrs. Plaster and
the member Of the Khidghluy Mission
screamed and wrung their hands and
tried to get out Of the door. One OF
| the deacons got behind the stove, and
| the minister, who had nc doubt IL was
a case Of hydrophobla, shrisked above
the din, "Don't be frightened, ladies,
heaven will protect u.s. and immedi-
ately crawled under the sofa. The
other deacon was the only one TO re-
tain his presence of mind. He thought
Il was a fit, and. catching the unfortu-
nate Pilastsr by tho slack Of the neither
garment, as he evoluted about, no held
him down and rubbed the back OF his
head with an album. Then he called
the other deacon to help him, and both
Of them fell to rubbing the miserable
man and pounding his breast, and
shaking his head, and In tho mean
time Mrs. Pilaster got a pail Of water
and poured it OH his head and down
his back. And In the midst OF these
extraordinary exertlons the pebble
came I'D, and rolled on the carpet
without being perceived, but Mr.. Pr
lsster was too weak to tell them. Then
the two deacons picked him up and
carried him to his bed. and tool on MS
clothes. and the clergyman started AZ
ter all the doctors he knew tho names
Of. Mrs. Plaster heated water, and
the female Khidghluyer spread must
ard plasters and prepared onion
draughts ; and ten minutes later the
wretched patient was stesming In a
blanket and smarting under the COM
| bined effects OF the mustard and onions.
Then the doctors commenced TO arrive.
and pretty soon there were seven OF
| them in the room, and what they
didn't know about the case would have
been q wicked waste Of the hunting
up. The tirst doctor said 1t wa some
thing with Q name an Inch and Q half
long, aud nine joints. Then the next
fetched up something with a name
still, longer, and he was followed by a
doctor who had to sit down to pro-
nounce his. At this Mrs. Plaster
tainted dead away, and when she came
to the seven doctors we're calling each
other names Of twelve syllables, and
the poor lady went of again. By this
time Mr.. Plaster had 90 far recovered
as to regain his consciousness and some
Of his strength, and bounding out Of
bed with no clothing to speak OF, other
than three mustard plasters and n
couple OF onion draughts. be at once
put an entirely different aspect on the
condition Of affairs. And when Mrs.
Plaster recovered, and when the fe-
male member Of the Khldghluy re.
| covered, which both Of them did when
they discovered there vas no one to
assist them, they found the room emp
tied. and saw Mr.. Plaster scraping
mustard from his leg and bowling In
the most dismal language descrlbable.
He 10 better today, we understand