Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-21
RHEUMATISM MOVEMENT CURE


One day, not a great while ago, Mr..
Mlddlerib, vino is "A constant reader oil
the New York Weekly, read in his fa-
voriie paper paragraph copied from
the Praeger Observation-Disclosures Woe
henblait. IL German paper, which is an
accepted authority on such spoints. stat
ing that the sing of Il bee was Il sure
cure for rheumatism. and citing several
remarkable instances in which peOpl
had been perfectly cured by the ab:upt
remedy. Mr.. Midleri5 did not stop TO re-
fleet that paper with such a name as that
would be very apt to say anything; he
only thought of Liie rheumatic twiiges
that grapplcd his knees once in Il while,
and mide life Il burden To him.
He read the article several times. and
pondered over it. lie understood that
the singing must be done scientifically
and thoroughly. The bee, as he under
stood the article, was to Se gripped by
the ears aud set down upon the rIeum..-
TIC Joint, and held there until tic stung
itself stingleSs. He had some mis-
giyingS about the mttter. lie knew
It would hurt. lie hardly thought il
could hurt any more than the rneuma-
ii,In, and ii had been So mlny years since
lIe WAS stnny by il bee that he had al
mos, forgotten what it felt like. lie
had, however. IL general feeling that it
would hut some. BIT desperate dis
eases require desperate remedies, and
Mr.. Middierb W - willingtO uuIergn ANY
amount vt suffering If II would cure Ills
rheumatism.
lie contrac ei with Master Nj l1rib
Tor limited supply Oh bees, numining
and buzzing about in the summer air,
but Mr.. Miduilerib did not know how to
get ut them. lie felt, however, that he
could sal. l. d,re.,d on tile ill til c.
and methods of bvyhUoi. lie knew thai
u there WAS any way in heaven or { ;rth
whereby The sliye>t bee that ever lIiteL
"a TWO hundred p1lnd inan over the cio-
Yer cOull ever lie Induced TO enter II
wide mont G bottle, his son knew Tie
way.
For the small sum of one dime. Mas
Ter Mii,ilel 10 agreed to i'rUcure several
To WI: six bees, sex ans age not speci-
ii..d; bat, Il, Mr.. Mddleri6 was l.it to
'iiicsrtaiii;y az to the FACE. 1t Was III id,
OUsiSaiOry upon the contractor to have
three OF them IIoney and TIN e.: humble,
ar, In the Seiier Ally exc .pte.i veriiicuiar.
humble bees. Mr.. NJ. did not Tell his
hoi, Mat he wan'e,i those bees Tor. ana
head 80 iuli OF as.oIiSiiment that il f,ir-
ly whrlrd. Evening brings all home,
aud the last r'ys vi tie declining sun
1cil upon Master Mitldlc.ib with IL
short, vide mbtlllIcd bottle comfortable
populated with hot. ili-naiured bees. and
ar. Mid'!lerib AMI "a dime The dime
HiR' the bottle changed hndS. Alr. Md
dlrrib PUT the bottle Into his coat pocket
zen Al
boly he met very su>piciuusiy, us though
he md IN ule up his mind ~ sting tn
de ,th the first person that said bee" to
Inn. lie pntI,led his gully secret to
nome OF his family. He hid bis bees in
his bed room, and us he looked at them
just before putting them away he hall
wished the ex p incnt WIS safelJ over.
lie wished the IMPRISONED bees did not
look so hot aud cross. With exquisite
care he submerged the cottle in II basin
, sat water. and let Il lew drops in on the
heated inin ties to cool them oil.
AT the tea table he had IA great fright.
Miss Mid'llcrib. in the artipss simpl city
d. Of her romantic nature. said:
Il smell bees. How tie OIor brings
up"
Bat her father glared ii her, and said.
With superfdOu, harsliuesS and eXrcra-
bic grammar:
"iIu>h up! you don't smell nothing"
" hereupon Mrs. Mid,llerib asked him
If he -ad eaten any thing that di,ln't
agree with him. aud Miss Mildlerib said:
why. pa!'' and Master Mitldlelib
smileI as he wondered.
Bedtime at last, and the night was
warm and sultry. Under various false
preteDses. Mr. Mihdlefib strolled about
the house until everybody else was in
bel, and then he sought his room. He
turned the night lamp down until its
feeble ray shone dimly rs dcath-light.
Mr.. Mi,ldlerib disrobed slOwly-very
slowly. When ut last he was ready TO
go numbering into his peaceful couch.
he heaved profound sigh. so tull of APP
preheEsiOn and grief that Mrs, Middlerib
who was awakened by it, said il it gave
SD much pain to come to bed perhaps he
had better stay u all night, Mr.. Midi
d!erib checked another sigh, but said
nothing aud crept into bid. After ly-
ing still "A few moments he reached out
and got his bottle of bees.
1t WAS not an easy thing to do to pick
one bee out of the bOttle-full with his
fingers, and not get into trouble. The
first bee Mr.. Middlerib got was little
brown honey bee that wouldn't weigh
half an ounce if you picked him up by
the ears. but if you lifted him up by the
hind legs. would weigh as much as the
last end of "A bay mule. Mr.. Mddlerib
could not suppress Il groan.
mats the m1tter with yOh? sleepy"
asked his wife. 1t was hard for Mr.. Mid
uierin 10 say he only felt hot. but he did
It: He didn't have TO lie about it either.
ise did feel Very hot indeed. About S6
AL over, ana 1872 on he end Of his thumb.
lie reversed the bee, aud pressed the
wsriIi;e terminus of it firmly against his
rh aumatic lssiee.
1t diint hurt so badly as he thouoht
it wou.d.
1t didn't hurt at ALL
Then Mr.. Ailldlerib remembered tb.t
when honey bee staUS IA hnmln foe n
generally leaves its harpoon i'm the
wound. and the Invalid knew that the
only thing this bee had TO sting with
was doing its work at the end of his
thumb.
lie reached his arm out from under
the sheet, and dropped this disabled atom
of rheumatism Eminent OH the carpet.
Then, ail er second blank wonder, he
began to feel around for the Bottle. and
wished he knew what he did with it.
In the meantime strange things had
been going on. When he caught hold
of the first bee, Mr, Mildlfrb for reasons
drew II GU, With such haste that for the