Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-03-02

The hrst time that began 60 sneass
. friend told nc to 20 and bakhs ny
tset u hoe water, ard % 10 bed. I
did 30. Shortly after friend told me
% get mp and lake cold shower hath.
! did that also. Within the hnur en-
ether friend told me il was policy IA
feed cold and skarve = fever. II
had both; 80 / thought Il best 10 fill
mp for tbs cold. and Ast tha fever sIkarvs
= while II cnee ofthis kind seldom
do shinga By halves; / ata pretty
heartily I cpnlarrsd M cnzton upon
q stranger who had inst 6nrnnd fos.
tAarans On eettlnndt street. n6ax ths
hstel. that faorning. paying him -
much for q full meal. He waited
near me IN respectful silenea until I
hsd fnished feeding my cold, when
be inquired whether people abont New
York were much afflicted with coIas.
| told him ] thought they were. He
then went out and took in his sign.
] started up toward the Office, and on
the walk encountered another bosom
friend. who told me that q Quart Of
warm salt water would come ~ rear
curing . cold a. anything in the
world. ! hardly Thought I had room
for it. but tried il anyhow. The re-
suit was surprising. ] believe I threw
up my immortal soul. Now, as give
my experience only for the benefit of
those Of your friends who are trou-
bled with this distemper, ! feel that
they will see the propriety Of my eau
tioning them against following such
portions Of it as proved inefficient with
me; and acting upon this conviction
| warn them against warm salt water.
Il may be good enough remedy. but
think il 10 rather too severe. II /
had another cold in the head, and
there was no 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 ] took ell sorts Of
remedies-hot lemonade. cold lem
onads. pepper-tea, boneset, stewed
Quaker. hoarhound syrup, onions and
loaf sugar, vinegar and laudanum, Eve
bottles Of fir balsam. eight bottles cher
~ pectoral and ten bottles Uncle Sans
remedy. but all without effect. One
of the prescriptions given by an old
lady was-well. it was dreadful. She
mixed q decoction composed Of mo-
,lasaes, catnip, peppermint. aquafortis,
turpentine, kerosene, and v2rious
other druga. andinstructed me to take
8 winsglasaful Of Il every fifteen min.
utes. ! never took but one dose; that
was enough. / had to take to my bed
and remain there for two entire days.
When / felt little better more things
were recommended. Twas desperate,
and willing to take anything. Plain
gin was recommended, and then gin
and molasses, then gin and onions.
took all three. Idetected no particu-
lar result. however, except that I had
acquired o breath like 4 tufkey-buz-
zard, and had 10 change my boarding
place. / had never refused remedy
yet. aud it seemed poor policy to COM
mence then; therefore | determined to
take sheet bath. though | had nc idea
whatsort Of an arrangement it was. II
was administered at midnight, aud the
weather was very frosty. Ny back an
breast were stripped; and a sheet
There appeared to be . thousand
yards Of It'd soaked in ice-water was
wound around me until / resembIed
swab for columbiad. 1t is cruel
experiment. When the chilly rag
touches ones warm flesh it makes hirn
start with sudden violence, and gasp
for breath. just as men do in the death
agony. It froze the marrow in ny
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. I believe that
would have cured me cffectually, If it
had not been for young Clemens.
When / went to bed 7 put the mus
tard plaster where could reach it
when should be ready for il. But
young Clems got hungry in the night
and ate il up. / never saw any child
have such an appetite. am conf
dent that he would have eaten me If /
had been healthy.