The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-08
How to Cure q Cold.

Mark Twain says the first time that
began to snceZe friend told me to 90 anti
bathe my feet in hot water, and 20 to bed.
did 80. Shortly after, friend told me
to get up and take cold shower bath. |
did that also. Within ON hour another
friend told me 1t was policy to feed cold
and starve fever. had both; I thought
1t best to fill up for the cold, and let the
fover starve awhile ; in a case of this kind
| seldom do things by halves; ate pretty
heartily. l conferred my custom upon a
stranger who had just opened restaurant
On Cortlandt street, near the hotel, that
morning, paying him 30 much for meal.
lie waited near me in respectful silence
until had finished feeding my cold, when
he inquired whether people about Now
York were much afflicted with colds. I
told him thought they were. He then
went out and took in his sign. l started
up toward the office, and on tho walk en-
conntcrcd another bosom friend, who told
me that quart of salt water would come
rs near curing cold as anything in the
world. hardly thought had room for
1t, but tried it anyhow. The result was
surprising. believe throw up my whole
interior. Now, as l givo my experience
only for the benefit of those of your friends
/
feel that they will sec the propriety of nv
cautloning them against such portions of It
as proved inefficient with me and acting
upon this conviction 1 warn them against
warm salt water. 1t may bca good enough
remedy. but think it is rather severe. If
had another cold in the head, and there
was this course left me-to take either an
earthquake or quart of warm salt water,
would take my chances on the earthquake.
After this, everybody in the hotel became
Interested; and l took all sorts of remedies
hot lemonade, cold lemonade, pepper
tea, boncsct, stewcd Quaker, hoarhound
syrup, onions and loaf sugar, lemons and
brown sugar, vinegar AND laudanum, five
bottles fir balsnm, eight bottles cherry pee
toral, and ten bottles Of Uncle Sans rene
dy, but all without effect. Ono of the pre-
scrlptions given by an old lady was--well.
II was dreadful. She mixed dccoction
composed OF molasscs catnip, peppermint,
aquatortls, turpcntinc, kerosene, and vari-
Gus other drugs, and instructed inc to take n
wincglass of 1t every fifteen minutes. |
never took but one dose; that was enough,
had to take my bcd and remain there for
two entire days. When felt a little bet
ter, more things were recommended. I
was desperate, and willing to take anything.
PLAIN gin was recommended, and then gin
and molasscs, and then gin and onions. /
took all three. detected no particular re-
suit, however, except that had acquired Il
breath like turkcy-buzzard and had to
change my boarding place. had never re-
fused loa remedy yet, ,andit seemed poorpol-
ICY commence then; therefore determined
TO take shcct-bath, though had no idea
what sort of all arrangement it was. 1t
was administered at midnight, and the
weathcr was very frosty. My bnck and
breast were stripped; and sheet (thcre ap-
pearcd to be II thousand yards of IT'D soaked
IN ice-watcr was wound around me until |
rcsemblcd swab for columbad 1t Is
a cruel experiment. When the chilly rag
touches ones warm flesh, il makes him
start with sudden violence, and gasp for
breath, just as men do in tho death agony.
1t froZc the marrow in my bones, and
stopped the beating of my heart. Thought
my time had come. When | recovered
from this, friend ordered the application
OF mustard plaster to my breast. be.
licvc that would have cured ne effcctually,
If 1t had not been for young Clemens.
When | went to bed, put the mustard
plaster where could reach it when should
be ready for it. But young Clemens got
hungry III the night and ate IL up. lncVcr
saw any child have such an appetite. am
confident that he would have eaten me If l
had been healthy.