Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-30
MRS. wIrHERs' COLD FEET.
How shs Did somsshing for Them
and Created = Very Lively Men.
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and Created = Very Lively Men.
sasion.
During the recent cold snap In East
B~ridgewater. Mrs. Withsrs suffered 30
severely that she came 10 the determin-
alton 10 try every remedy for cold feet
which any one might suggest to her.
On Saturday evening. December 30th.
Mr.. withsrs being absent on q visit TO
Chicago. his younger brother. n bad
young man, holding the position Of tel
lsr In the local bank. and noted for bis
fondness for sinful games Of every de-
scription. called upon Mrs. Withers.
and when that admirable woman be-
walled the GOODNESS Of the Baptist meet
ing.house, told her that he had IN In.
failibls recipe for keeping the feet warm
In the very coolest weather. He advis.
cd his innocent sister-in. law to pour
half . pint OF Cayenne pepper. mixed
with two table spoonfuls Of ground mus
tard into each Of her stockings. just be-
fore going to meeting. and assured her
that II she would try this cheap and
simple prescription her feet would re-
main comfortably warm, sven II she
we're to put them under the same table
with those OF Hon. Charles Francis
Adams. Mrs. withsrs thanked the
young man with a guilsless gratitude
that would have touched the heart Of Q
brass monkey. and instantly sent the
servant to buy six pounds OF Cayenne.
pepper.
On the following morning. just BE-
fore the church bell rang she used tho
combined pepper and mustard In accord.
ancs with her brother.in-law's instruc.
tons, and walked to the Westinghouse
without any in~convenisnce from the
cold. The service began, and though at
first Mrs. withers felt delightfully."- warm,
she showed signs OF uneasinsss long Boz
fore the minister gave out bis text.
Just when that eloquent preacher was
we'll under way. he was struck dumb
with horror at tho unaccountable con-
duct Of Mrs. withcrs, who suddenly be-
gan to dance In the widest manner and
to shrek. "Take them Off !" In the
most hsart-rending tones. 1t was too
late in the season for snakes, and hence
the congregation jumped to the conclu.
sion that Mrs. withers had gone mad.
The deacons promptly hastened TO her
relief, but the more they tried to calm
her the more violently she danced.
Finally she broke loose from them. and
tearing of her shoes aud stockings fed
b~arefooted to the nearest house. While
the congregation watched her digit
down the aisle and wondered whether
she could break n hole In the
frozen river large enough for drowning
purposes, q sudden and unanimous de-
sire to snsszo fell upon them, and for
the next ten minutes the uproar was
dsafsning. Al the end OF that time the
minister dismissed his audience by an
elaborate ~pantomims, and went homo
firmly convinced that the days Of demo-
niacal possession and witchcraft had
returned. The next morning MB. With
ers took the earliest train for Chicago,
and the wicked brother.in.lsw who was
frightened OF the horrible success OF his
joke, started pr~smaturely upon his Eu.
ropean tour, leaving at least $4,000 Of
bank assets which had no waited two
weeks longer. he would have boon able
to take with him.
This teaches us that our little feet
were never made TO he tortured with
pepper and mustard. and. that II Is bot
ter that one person should suffer from
cold than that q whole congregation
should snoezs itself ont Of It's collective
boots.