Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-23
Lickshingle as q ChirOpOdist.
Cincinnati Enquirer

"Speakin' of corn an bunion cradle
tors" remarked Grandfather Lickshin-
gle, 81 had medicine when 7 was a
young man that took the rag off'n the
bush. / called it the Great. North
icator.' Powerful? Hitch Il little of
that medicine to corn, an it would
yank it out like steam stump-puller
had it by the hair of the head. Besides
having all the great men of that day as
my patrons, travelled abroad, an with
my Eradicator removed corns and bun
ions from the crowned heads of Europe.
In this country | had the entree of the
first families of the land Daniel Web
ster was one of my best customers.
Danl had corn on the inside of his
little toe, an also one on his heel.
Stonebruise! It was worse nor forty
stonebruises. The way that man used
to cuss an swear at them excrescenses
was elretful to hear Remove EN-? I
should say I did. And, besides payin'
me handsome stipend, he sent me the
Congressional Globe containin' his speech
es as long as he lived. Dan'l insisted
till the day of his death that it was my
eradicator that made man of him.
who could ever have swayed the
Masses he used to say, with a corn on
the inside of his little toe?'
George Washington's corns and bun
ions has fed and clothed me many a
time. George was sorely afflicted, as to
his feet. Let me see. lie had seven
cOrns on one foot and nine On the 9TH
er, with several bunions that can't ex-
actly locate. Then there was Martha,
his wife. I knowed Martha afore he
married her. In fact, put her feet in
shape for the weddin'. [ alIus liked
Martha. but KNOWN her feet Intimately
as [ did, could never have married
her. Corns? Corns and bunions till
you couldn't rest. There was only one
other foot in the hull country that had
more corns on than her left one. an
that was her right one.
"One of my very best customers was
Aaron Burr. An that reminds me Of
little anecdote. Aaron was somethin'
Of a masher, and wore his boots a good
deal snugger than was comfortable. AS
[ was recognized as the leadin' chlro-
podist of America an Europe, this lit
tie weakness of his'n threw me in con-
tact with him very of'n. / knoWed Burr
.hisself as we'll as knowed his feet. He
was fond of crackin' his jokes, an never
met me out in society but he would ak
me if [ could guarantee my eradicator
to cure corned beef. One day [ con
Guided I would come back at him. He
had borrowed dollar of me when he
was in tight place, and was to pay 1T
back Saturday. Saturday I happened
to be in his county, an SO took run
over to see him. He was a good deal
troubled just then, about d little affair
OF his'n, an that day it was worryin'
him dreffie. He was pacin' back an
for'ard like, an axed me what wanted.
[ said, Oh, nothin' in partic'lar, only if
he had that dollar it'd come handy.
He walked across the room again with
his hands under his coat tails, an ex-
claimed: %, Blannerhassettp
Il pretended not to tumble to his lit
tie trouble, an said:
80 come now, Mr.. Burr, that won't
do; it's too thin. | want my shekels.'
He kept on walkin' like he didn't
hear me, an said again:
go Blannerhassett! Blannerhassettp
II said: 'Lookee here, Mr.. Burr, that
amt business. If Banner has it, why
in thunder don't you 90 an get it from
him, an pay me up like a man?
"He said: See here, Doctor'-they
all called me doctor, thon-'see here,