The semi-weekly miner., 1882-03-04

The first time I began to sneeze, .
friend told me to go and bathe my feet
I'm hot water, and 80 to bed. did ~.
Shortly after, friend told me to get up
and take shOwer-bath. did that also.
Within the hour another friend told me
it was policy to feed cold, and starve y
hest to fill up for the cold and let the ft'-
YER starve awhile In case of this kind.
I seldom (lO things by halves ate
pretty heartily. l conferred my GUS
tom upon stranger who had just open
ell restaurant on COrtlandt Street, near
the hotel, that morning, paying him ="
much for full meal. He waited near
me in respectful silcrce until had fin
ishetl feeding my cold when he inQuir-
eti whether people about New York were
n,ucl, afflicted with colds. | told him
that they were. Hc then went out and
took in his sign. | started up toward
the office, and on the walk encountered
another lx,sOm friend, who told me that
u quart y. warm -, 'twatcr would come
as near curing cold a. any thing in the
world. l hardly thought l had room
tor it. hut | tried It anyhow. The re-
suit was surprising. | believe | threw
~ my Immortal s,M,l. Now. us l give
My experience only ior the lHnetit Of
those t.f Your friends who arc troubled
with the .listc,,,rHr. !rei that they will
s.'e the propricty ui my "autionii,.. them
against following such i."rti'.ii> q. 1t as
proved inciiica>io,:~ with nc: and acting
up0l this conviction. | warn then.
against wari, saltwater. 1t may I've -
g,",,! enough rem: dy. but l think it j.
rather too severe. Ir ! hal an"; her cold
in the head, AMI there WAS no 4 Mrs:.. left
mc--to take either an earthquake or
quart Of warm saltwater, | would take
my chances on the earthquake. After
this, evcvylu"ly in the hotel |i. anne in
t"restsl: and iM''; all sorts vi rcnlc-
dits-hoi ,c'nunaslc, cold lemonade,
pepper tea. M,n.:>vt. strw"i Quaker.
hOrrilOu,.u syrup. onions and leaf sugar,
lemons and brown sugar. vinegar and
l,u,san:,n,. five bottles iir,n'>,n,. eight
hotties ..!;vrvy l.rtura!. at,'! ten bottles
Uncle Sans remedy: bat AL wi.h"u
effect. One nf the preset items given hy
az, old l:ulv w:,S--w"li it WAS dreadful.
She mixed y H.v~.t:nn crs, posed O:
lnOl:ls's t:,tni;', peppermint. :"!'..'Ortis.
turlM'ntin"', kerosene, and v.:rt.:,> other
dru:.s, AMI instructed ne 10 take Il wine
.!l:S:Iul of It every :.flvn minutes. !
never took lut one t!'.c-,hat was en-
c,,~!I. had taken to my !V... and rc-
manned there tor twa entir: lays. When
| felt Il lii;h' better. mere things were
recommended. ] WAS desperate. a,d will
imy to take anything. P!:in gin was
recommend, Il. and then gin and n,"!:,st's.
then gin am; onions. I took all these.
I detected nc particular result, however.
except that i;:"l acquired Il breath like
u turkey-b,,ZZard. and had t" ciE,n" my
boarding place I had never re used y
remedy vct :.nd it seemed poor policy t"
commence then; therefore l determined
to take Il sh,tt-!n,!I, though | had u"
i.lcl what SOFT Of aN arrangement It was.
1t was administered ut rli,lmight AMI
the weather WAS Very frosty. N back
and breast were stripped, anil II (sl,eei
appcar,.! to w. \ Thousand yards Of it'.
soaked in icc-W:.ter. was wound around
nm. until .,:,. ;!'c, = :'wal, for II col
ulnl,ial. II :, cr;'r: tNirHticnt. When
the chill. r:,,. touches ones warm il'>l,,
il makes him star, will, Il sudden vit'-
l.,.e, and "asn Tor breath. just as men
,lU in the .lra,!,-""ohy. !, tr"zc The mar
row in my bones, and stopped the beat
in.: "f my heart. thought my time
had come. When r".nvrr,! from. this.
Il friend ordered the application Of ~
n,ustar'l-l!as:rr I" my hr.'>. l"licN"
that v'n:,i.! nav" cured me r;i;r':'a!Iv.
il had not M'.n ,nr yt"ln" Clemens.
When ! went tn bod. PET TIE mustard
,,',s;rr w!,cr" c,,,!.! reach ii when ]
siouM m ready !nr 1t. But Young
Clemens got hungry in IT," ni"l,t and
ate il ul. l never saw my child have
s,,,.h mi a,,m:itc. | am confident that
that h. wun!,! have eaten ~" il ] l,a:i
been healthy. .h't.:*::: j""'.'.