Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-04-28
CURING A coLD.

The first time that l began to sneeze,
friend told me to 60 and battle my
feet in hot water, and go to bed. /
did SO, Shortly after, friend told me
to get pp and take a cold shower bath.
| did that also. Within an hour another
friend told me it was policy TO feed a
cold and starve Il fever had both
so thought it best to fill up the cold,
and let the fever starve awhile. In
case of this kind / seldom do things
by halves / ate pretty heartily. |
conferred my custom upon stranger
who had Just opened restaurant on
Courtland street, near the hotel, that
morning, paying him 30 much for a
full meal. He waited near me in re.
spectful silence until ! had finished
feeding my cold, whom be inquired
whether people about New York were
much afflicted with coids | told him
| thought they were. lie then went
out and took 10 his sign. ! started up
toward the Office, and on the walk en-
countered another bosom friend, who
told me that quart Of warm salt
water would come as near curing cold
as anything in the world. hardly
thought had room for it, but tried IT,
anyhow. The result was surprising
/ believe threw up my immortal
soul. Now, as | give my experience
only for the benefit of those of my
friends who are troubled with this dis
temper, feel that they will see the
propriety OF my cautioning them
against following such portion Of il as
proved inefficient with me and act
ing upon this conviction | warn them
against warm saltwater. 1t may be a
good enough remedy, but think il is
rather too severe. If | had another
cold IN the head, and there was no
course left me--to take either an
earthquake or warm saltwater, !
would take my chances on the earth.
quake After this, everybody in the
hotel became interested and | took
all sorts OF remedies hot lemonade,
cold lemonade, pepper-tea, boneset
stewed Quaker, hoar hound syrup, on
ions and loai.sugar, lemons and brown
sugar vinegar and laudanum, five bot
ties fir balsam, eight bottles cherry
pectoral, and ten bottles of Uncle Sans
remedy; but all without effect. One
of the prescriptions given by an old
lady was-well, il was dreadful. She
mixed decotion composed Of molasses,
catnlp, peppermint, aquaiortis, turpen-
tine, kerosene, and various other drugs,
and instructed me to take n winegsss.
iul of ii every fifteen minutes. / never
took but one dose that was enough.
| had to take to my bed, and remain
their two entire days When felt a
little better, more things were recon.
mended. was desperate, and willing
to take anything, Plain gin was
recommended, and then gin and mo.
lasses, then gin and onions, | took all
three. | detected no particular result,
however, except that | had acquired a
breath like turkey.buzzard, and had
to change my boarding place. | had
never refused remedy yet, and il
seemed poor policy to commence then
therefore ! determined to takes sheet
bath, though ! had no idea what sort
of an arrangement it was. 1t was ad.
ministered a. midnight, and the weath.
or was frosty. Ny back and breast
were stripped and a sheet, (there ap.
peared TO be thousand yards Of it,
soaked in Ice-water was wound around
me until resembled a swab fora colum-
bad 1t is a cruel expedient. When
the chilly rag touches ones warm
flesh, it makes him start witha sudden
violence, and gasp for breath, just as
men do in the death agony. 1t iroze
the marrow in my bones, and stopped
the beating OF heart. thought my
time had come. When | recovered
from this, friend ordered the appli-
cation of a mustard plaster to my
breast. | believe that would have
cured me effectually, iflt had not been
for young Clemens. Wen went to
bed, / put the mustard plaster where |
could reach it when should be ready
for it. But young Clemens got hungry
in the night and ate it up. | never
saw any child have such an appetite
| am confident that he would have
eaten me if had been healthy
Mark Ttodin.