Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-08-20

been quite luminous Of late, Tor I've
been powerful alex. The fact ~,
like To have died. ia" other night,
aud all of u sudden. You see | had
over worked my self liking np
turnippatch, and got wet besides
aud didn't stop tor dinner, was sor
ter hungry and bilious 10 start on
aud We had ruastrn ears tor supper
aud butter milk and honey. and tax
~ it uli together | took the green
corn dance about midnight and tiir
small of my back cavrd III and frin
then until da,brrak never got up.
nor lay down, nor stood still min
ute. Doubled up and twisted aud
jerked around with rxrrnclating
pains, | cavO;trd all over one side
of the house, tor ", had some AT
lanta company on the other. AMI
my groanings were wof" than
fonndrrrd mule. IL WAS Just awful
to behold aud awiuller nrNI"rirnrr.
Spirits OF turp"ntinc, campfire, hot
water, mustard-plasirr, nnsh ponl
tice. paragoric, Jamaica ginger
were all used externally and inter
nally, bat no rrliri. Itrotted around
aud paced and fox troticd and hug
grd the bed post aud laid down and
rolled over on the floor like a hun
dred dollar horse, aud my wife, Mrs.
Arp, trottpd around too and Iosrd
me with this thing and thai thing
and had the stove fired up and hol
Tered for hot water forts times bc
fore she got it.
81 told YOU not to work so hard
in the hot SUM-" said she. "Ol,
lOrdy," said ].
"Don't wake mp the company, she
continued. "And You would eat
them roas,en ears for snpprr-did
ever any body hear of II man eating
roastrn ears for supper and then
wash EN- down with huttcrmilk aud
honey" "Oh, my poor back, said
|.
"Do you reckon its your back
aint it further round IN irontT
"Oh, no." said |, Its every where.
its lnmbago, its Stalker. lis lIrlght's
disease, its Etna aud Ncsuvious all
mixed up. Oh, lin So sick-cant
nobody do nOthln.'
"Poor fellow, poor William, I'm
so sorry for YOU but you will wake
up the community if You don't mind
I'm doing everything ! can.
You've taken enough things now 10
kill YOU. | declare don't know
what to do next and all this comes
from moving to the country five
miles from drug store or doctor.
told you how il would be-plnm.
bags aud skyattiker and "a bright
disease, aud the Lord knows what,
aud | wouldn't be bit surprised
il you had the yellow fever To boot
caught it II trampiu' round Mem.
phiS aud lis Just broke out on Nou.
Poor man, if he does die what will
become of us' But il he gets we'll
he'll 20 aud do the same thing over
again. Don't grunt 80 loud. | de.
clare You make enough noise 10
wake up II grave. yard. | never
SAW such "A IMAM. Here, try this
mush poultice. | Thought that va
ter never wonld get hot. Does il
burn Your oh, YES; it burns. but
fire is nothing nov. let il burn.-
Oh, Im 81 sick. "I'llug me the
paragoric or the landanum or some
thing, can't stand it ten minutes
longer" said |.
"rherr amt II drop left. You've
taken it all. There's unthing hnt
chlorotorln. and I'm So afraid OF
that, but maybe il will +. lirNr Nnu
William. Mn poor William. how |
,lo hate to See Nou suffer 81. but Nuu
will never do rs tell Nuu. do
please don't wake up the com.
panN"
Well, took sthc chluroiuru and
went To slrrp-ru the happy land
all blessed relief. aud When | walked
restored To my normal conditions.
In my gNratiuuS my mind WAS cN
cerdinglN active. rumlultrd over
my past lite, and could find II little
comfort in what Lee Hunt wtuIr
about some Arab who WAS admitted
To heaven because hr loved his tel
low men. Just 81 have loved
mime, that Is, except some. |
Thought about money IN comparison
with health aud freedom from pain.
aud | felt such an utter disgust tui
riches, il made me- sick az the stom
arh. ] would have given IA house
ton of those internal hoStiiiirS.
Well, kept this numerous and
| L., II