The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-28

roibs Editor Of the GlPhis:
roId, and especially a cold in tht
ID i robs existence Of half its delight
.rJ turns all its giltinto tarnish and mil
deTi have now a cold. 1t il said TO be " IN
,La bs,j.I Well, a part oft is certainly
IN The head, and a good deal oil it every
Where else. ,,,sp.,
.,,r with A cold what a clog what a null
l.nco 10 himself and others. What with
t I" 'nntEings and snifingS, coughings and
IE,,t;ng.. wheezings and ~sneezings, an in.
,].,,Spier Of sermons, readings, songs and
s@,iri Hey! Last night broke out
I'm an a,thmatic creak like the groan Of
'oms rn.ty barn.dOor hinge, in the tender.
y, mi mot sensitiveportion Of an Italian
G, ~ How the apPreciatiye few shot
si'nces OF disgust toward the corner in
SsS;cb I had enconsed myself. Fortunate
was hidden behind a portly old gen.
,i,m,n decidedly didiHgue in appearance.
TSsv took him for the offender. He is
.oT5scted with the Herald-or it may be
COUHtN'eN
'AI Inv advice and remedies do pour in on
me when you have a cold. Everybody
Sbo hasn't u cold knows exactly what
'IonlJ le done for you with a cold.
S,,E YOUR feet in hot water and mustard
Lore going to bed" says No. /. airy
.tnh,,L or castor oil,p says No. 9" your
,S,,sm should be relieved Of dead matter.
%Take a Turkish BATH, says George
p,,ncis Train. "Leave of meat, flannel
apdershirls, whiskey,tobacco, and live in
u" sPnt a night cap at the foot Of the bed
anil preyious 10 sleep take more night
can. until you can at the foot Of the bed
see two night caps, says the gentlemanly
q Diet for twentyiour hours. Take 10
your bed and live on u glass OF water, "
.ail friend MOI. .
GTry packing in wet sheets" said Mob.
uit IA not a cold at all, " said Nc. O.
at is an epidemic. Unhealthy germ
in the air. Decaying matter, unclean
.reets, dead dogs, cats and deceased mice
in The ~wainscoting. Nothing will avail
ave reform in this direction, "said MOI
airy whiskey," said No. s, :" always
do. Haven't had q cold in ten years.
An. IL | could only get clear OF this
swelling Of the joints and attacks of in.
a.mmatory rheumatism I'd be as healthy
a man As ever you saw"
@CoId water, cold water" said Nc. 0;
cold water is the thing ; try cold water
tberes millions in II. Just keep yourself
Jrenched with cold water. It'll knock a
cold in t~ime-knock it higher than the
Brooklyn Bridge"
"Stay in the house, says No. 10. "Go
out" says No. II, and fill your lungs with
fresh, healthy oxygen"
in The meantime, | have a cold. l have
no energy !; my mind is ~enieebled | am
easily influenced; / don't know who il
right: | don't care / go about; o stupid
roHglomeralion OF lss6, blood and bones;
have tried everything by turns.
No. u says, "Eatl my friend eat
Stuff a cold and starve a fever. la
never heard oil that before, dld you Eat!
It seems to me | hare heard OF that be-
ihaye eaten, l have drank-drank wat.
er, drank whiskey, dieted, sweated, cooled
of, fired up, dosed with pills, Syrups,
castor oil.
No. IS says, You want something to
soothe your lungs
"SOOthe them!
AYES. Honey, vinegar and paregoric.
A teaspooniul every fifteen minutes"
As was saying, / have tried caster oil,
da, soothcd my lungs with paregoric
and honey, gulped fresh air in large guam
titles, hived myself in warm rooms, seen
nichtc1Ia (saw two the first night, and
four the second) yet still the cold goes on.
BEN JAYMAN.