The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06
ADVERTISING RATES.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
A DOcTOR,s STORY.

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Mrs. Rogers lay in her bed,
Bandaged and blistered from foot to head
Bandaged and blistered from head to toe,
Mrs. Rogers was very low.
Bottle and saucer, spoon and cup,
On the table stood bravely up;
Physic OF high and low degree;
Ca'omel, catnip, boneset tea;
Everything a body could bear,
Excepting light, and water, and air.
1 opened the blinds the day was bright,
And God gave Mrs. Rogers some light.
1 opened the window; the day was fair,
And God gave Mrs. Rogers some air.
Bottles and blisters, powders and pills,
Catnip, boneset, syrup and squills
Drugs and medicines, high and lew,
1 threw them as far as could throw.
"What are you doing ?" my patient cried,
Frightening DEATH" 1 coolly replied.
"You are crazy ?" q visitor said;
I flung bottle at her head.
Deacon Rogers he came to me;
"Wife is q comm around, said he,
81 really think she will worry through;
She scolds me just as she used to do.
All the people have pointed and slurred-
All the neighbors have had their world
Twas better to perish, some of EN- say.
Than to be cured in such an irregular way"
"Your wife" eaid T. chad Gods good care,
| And his remedies-lght, and water, and air.
All the doctors, beyond doubt,
Couldn't have cured Mrs. Rogers without"
The deacon smiled and bowed his head;
Then your bill is nothing" he said.
Goods be the glory, as you say;
God blees you doctor; good day-good day."
If ever doctor that woman again,
| I'll give her medicines made by men.
| A GEORGIA farmer guards his smoke
house with a circle of sixteen bear traps.
A GOOD name will wear out bad
one may be turned; nickname lasts
forever.
IT is better to be alone in this world
than to bring up boy to play on the
| ACCORDION.
A BOOK has been published called
"Half Hours with Insects" The au-
thor was not regular boarder-M Y
Mail.
A MAN may be properly said to have
been drinking like a fish when he finds
that he has taken enough to make his
head swim.
JOAQUIN MILLER cut his hair on re-
turning to London. but preserved his
poetic individuality by DOMINIC green
pantaloons.
THERE will be two eclipses of the sun
this year, one on April 6, not visible in
the United States, and another on Sep
TENDER 20, visible east of the Missis-
sippi.
"THAR' lays man who'd give his
last chaw of terbacker to starvin'
stranger, and then pay him for spit
ting" was the eulogv pronounced on
William Hart, of Tennessee.
THERE is nothing half so sad in life
as the spectacle of an auctioneer at
tempting to sell SIS, 900 worth of goods
to an audience whose aggregate and
tangible assets foot up thirty cents.
Some physiogomists say that the back
of a man, his head, etc., show his real
self more truly than his face, with its
trained and conscious expression, in
which he seeks to reveal or hide such
parts of his nature as he secs fit.
The Titusville Courier says that the
production of petroleum in western
Pennsylvania during the year 1874
would fill canal thirty feet wide at the
top, fifteen feet at the bottom, seven
feet deep and over seventy-fve miles
long.
ORANGES are now raised in such guam
titles, and of such excellent quality,
in the neighborhood of Galveston,
Texas, that the importation OF the
fruit, it is thought, will shortly cease
at that port.
A BABY boy in Nevada has no hair,
and the doctors say he never will have
any. Perhaps the Almighty has
changed the style of getting up the
masculine human in view of the we'll
known modern propensity Of wemen to
yank something.
The St. Lawrence county IN, "
dairymen have been discussing the
length of time dairy COW should go
dry, After two hours debate q vote
was taken, which resulted in six
weeks vacation for each dairy COW,
beginning with the first of January of
each year.
RECIPE FOR GLUE FOR READY USE
To any quantity of glue use common
whisky instead of water. Put both
together in bottle, cork tight, and put
it away for three or four days. 1t will
then be fit for use without the applica-
ton of heat. It will be found useful
and handy article for every household.
THE Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
ci6c railroad company has created
80 department of surgery" on their
road. The department will have the
of all cases of injury by
and will attend to the broken
and bruised bodies of the patrons OF
The road. Good idea, but not cheer
ful one to elaborate.
THIS is the way one choir sings the
FIRST verse of Jerusalem, my happy
home :"
Yip lu- sah-leng, Yi@e-lu-sal-leng,
Dining jih-czae pan-pe;
Ling-cong geo kyi-z we tao,
Peh ngo ziu gyi en-we?
The choir to which We now refer is
of Cinnamon but there are
plenty of American choirs that can sing
t just as badly.
AN observing Frenchman thus writes
If what he saw in this country: In
winter evenings, when there comes up
,ne of those dense fogs which are SO
common over in America, it is no I'M
Usual thing to meet in the streets man
carrying a lantern, which resembles
me of our magic lanterns. He selects
/ frequented spot, and when the crowd