Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-10-19
EJAKE's "IACK."
J. Z. JacOby Writes His Personal Ex.
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PENs1esLA fla, October IL
FRIEND BOB: The last time / wrot
to you was September 20. and, if
mistake not, I said in that letter tina
| was fever-proef. Well. l. lied.
am not fever-proof, nor do 1 thinl
!, any one is fever-proof-excepting tn
Greenbackers Of your county.
|Would like few Of them down her,
TO act as nurses for the sick, becaus,
1f they have got the nerve to run fo
an office in Audrain county and ex
pect to'get elected, they haselgot tn,
nerve to make good nurses in a vel
low fever epidemic. As 1 said be-
1ore,2l was mistaken when l said
was feyerproof. ,I1was taken Oct.
lst' and for seven days 1 tell you i,
was IMP and tuck," but my splendid
constitution pulled ng .hreugh. : !
II s@<PERsoNAL ExfEk1hseE, Al.A
7 Sunday, October 1st-Woke up in
the morning with headache, backache,
hips, knees and ankles aching-in
fact, every bone in my body trying
to DO its best to out ache all the rest.
MY bones put me in mind Of Billie
ICoons driving up and down the street
lin front of the Ringo-C Central hotel,
with a6-minnte flyer, trying to make
some poor stranger think he had a
l:4O trotting horse. As l was say
lng' Sunday, Oct. lst, every bone in
my body ached as if they. would
burst. Sent for the doctor. Red
hot mustard baths and two ounces of
pure castor oil, cup of orange leaf tea
then to bed half dozen double army
blankets on me in 80 minutes cup of
orange leaf tea. No. 2. Doctor re-
turns. "Ah, he sweats; that is good.
Give him one more cup of tea, red
hot, and let him sweat. - l sweat.
and don't you forget It.! I hope no
book-agent will ever make you sweat
the same. The doctor returns at 6
p. m., and subscribes sweet spirits of
nitre every hour for the next 12 hours.
All this time am drinking orange
leaf tea, red-hot.
Monday, s p. m.-Doctor comes.
"Ah, he has sweat, has he? That is
good" aE ILL IS
Tuesday, s a. m.-One-half dozen
calomel powders to be taken every
two hours during the day. All the
time l must drink orange leaf tea and
sweat. Just remember / have had
nothing to eat all this time, nor are
you allowed to have anything to eat
Whatever.
wednesday,, a. m.-Another two
ounces of pure castor oil. Your tea
is now changed to calomel tea and
fiax-seed tea, both of them to be taken
just as hot as you can drink them.
This thing continued for five DAYS and
nights, and to-day, as 1 write to you,
l am very weak. have lost just 40
pounds in the past 10 days. 1 tell
you In my opinion the yellow fever,
as leveler, is success. To date,
total number of cases, 11O4; number
of deaths, 3O2.
There is no prospect of frost, and
the situation remains unchanged.
Every city in the Union has sent us
money hut st. Louis. Memphis alone
has sent over $4,000. Tell L. Phillip
the Jews have come in for their share
OF the sickness. Nearly every one
that staid here has been sick, and we
have lost three, but as / write all the
Jews in the city are on their feet once
more. Bob, tell Frank Tucker 1 am
glad he is married. Now, it is time
for J. McD. Trimble and Jouett
Tomlinson to 60 and do likewise. Il
remain as ever, your friend,