Milford chronicle., 1883-04-06
g. NJ. D.
A Medley, n Mystery, n Marvel aud a
Miracle.
M sToEY oT A pRrAM

| makes but a slight alteration IN the Ordi
of the words, but varies the sentiment cor
siderably. There Is no harm in maxim
money. 1t answereth all things. Use
rightly it is power for good, and there
money enough in the world to form a leve
by which the mass of humanity could be lif
ed, to a certain extent, out of its depths o
sorrow and despair Money we must hav
for money makes the mare go. Some ca
make money who have no faculty for saving
Would you save you must know how to den
those who would borrow and never repay, q
well as those who beg simply because they ar
too lazy to work. There are men who neve
want to see you except to ask the favor of
loan. They will ask for Just one word wit
YOU, and that one word is sure to be 1lOneg
An impecunious fellow met a rich aequaint-
ance, and not liking to ask dire 'tly for
loan, said, "Eriend Smith, if you had tel
dollars in your pocket, and was to ask yol
for the loan of five, how many would remain
in your pocket!' ''Ien dollars, to be sure,
replied the rich man, without a moments
hesitation. He had gumptiOn, and knew too
much to part with his money by any sucl
rule of subtraction.
Oh, / see said the impecunious man thus
rebutied He was able TO owe. He was
one of the Micawber sOrt-always waiting
for something to turn mp. How like some
people who are sick. They think to get well
I by letting disease take care of itself, But
diseases do not heal themselves. and too late
their victims full often find this out to their
sorrow as death seizes upon them. Had they
been wise in time they might have added
many years to their lease of life. The cure
was nigh them, as 1t is nigh to all who read
| this medley. These paragraphs tell the
story as a patient peru5al Will prove. Those
who have keen insight and can read between
| the lines may solve the cOnUndrum the soon
/ er for il, but upon all, light will dawn ere
/ they read the final word of our story.
Light will dawn, we sgid, and so it viii &,
/ light of hope and help. Light is what a
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones we
will call him. He was very sick. Consump-
ton had fastened its faugs upon him. He
had long neglected catarTh, and laughed at
the idea of taking anything for il when ad-
vised to do so, and so went from bad to
worse. His lungs became diseased, a hack
ing, churchyard cough racked him almost to
pieces, and he was fast wasting away. A
mere shadow of his former self he scarcely
slept at all night, or slept only TO dream
horrible dreams. Talk of nightmare A
whole circus troupe, horses and all, seemed
to make his bed the arena of their wild per
formances. In this case money did not
make the mare 60, for he spent a deal of
money on doctors and physics and was
nothing bettCrsd. He ate little, and was
fast going down to an untimey grave, leav-
M his wife a widow and his four bright
children orphans, when, lOl on one eventful
night he dreamed for once a bright and
happy dream, which our next paragraph will
relate.
Death. the black-visaged monster, had
until then stared him in the face, but the
dream brought him hope. He saw bright
white-robed angel in his dream, who said
81 come to bring you good news. Here
is your cure-sure, safe. harmless, prompt
and reliable. Get well and seek to take
health thereby to others. Behold the curelv
q .1rsH HrrE.
the trail of light which followed him had
vanished the dreamer saw glittering in the
light three golden letiers-G. NJ. d. "What
can it meanY' he said to himself. as he
awoke from his slumber. II have had a
Good Many Dreams before, but never such
as this" Startled and surprised he aroused
his wife and to her related his vision. Alas.
she could not solve the problem. Remem-
bering all the medical advice, and the physic,
and the expense involved since her husband
became sick. she expressed the hope that the
letters we're not intended to suggest that
Good Many Doctors must yet be consulted
in addition to all that had been interviewed
He groaned in reply and remarked that if he
had to consult any more there would have to
be a Gold Mine Discovered in order to pay
them.
Every day for week he and his faithful
spouse searcbe1 diligently for a key to
the problem. In the dictionary, in such
newspapers as they happened to have, in
books. on plaeards on the walls-everywhere
they sought-hoping to find a ciew. Letters
stand for words and they hoped to light
upou The words that should suggest the cure.
They Grieyed Many Days over their lack of
good luck, as they said, and the Good Man
Dreamed again and again. but saw no more
angels Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick. "Oh. that the angel had Guided Me
Definitely aud Given More Directions" he
exclaimed araiu and again.
Nearly two weeks had elapsed since the
night of the Great Mysterious Dream, when
there came to The house a pamphlet. Tired
with his exhaustinG Office work, which he
still pursued, determining if possible 10 die
in the harness, Jones was about TO throw
the pamphlet in the fire when something
prompted HIM to examine it, Surely
thought he. here can be nothing that will |
Pierce this G 90 n Most Distressing, or Give |
Ne. DisheorJei ed any relief. Poor man,
he had worked letters over i'll his mind, and |
made so many combinations with them. that |
they occurred in almost every sentence he |
uttered. They entered even into his pray
ers, Heaven GRAFT Me Deliverance, he /
would say. nor let disease Grind Me Down, |
and so forth, 0d iBhHiiWHl. and a mile or two |
beyond.
Mentally tortured and suffering in every |
iber of his body, what wonder that he |
cad page after page of the pamphlet. Il |
vas a work on disoa les, and in the morbid |
state of his mind its contents seemed TO suit |
lim. 1t spoke of almost every disease that
iesh is heir to, but oh, Joy. as he read,
Glimpse Most Delightful of light stole in
lpon him. "Eurek1! Eureka he cried.
Wife, / Ihave it, / have it.
Everybody in the house heard him cry
Eureka, and rushed to the room to hear
What he had found. All expected to see some
treat Miracle Done, and then came the eX-
,lanation. Simple, of course, but why had
ie not thought of it before? Oh, what a rev
lation! Here was hope for him and for all
onsumptives. Here, hope for suffering
rierds and neighbors. That night he scarce
Ould sleep, but when he did, he again saw
right vision of golden letters, in fact,
Monogram Deei1hered readily,
nd reading q. M. D.; and again Z. p. p,
nd yet again F. F.; and one hugeP around
rhich these others we're entwined. and then
Y. d. NJ. A. All the letters blended, yet
ach was di .tinct. Ali he had seen in the
oOk, all he again saw in his vision.
Dream Most Glorious ID. NJ. G.-G. NJ.
again he rang the changes; backward,
onward, every way. Gold Medal Deserved.
l. G. D.-Alisery's Great Deliverer,-till
me would fail to tell them ALL P. P. 2.
TODD for Perfect Peace Promised for suf-
erers. and sweet release from Frustrating
'urgatorial Pains And again F. +. was
'reedom Promised and backward, p. F., it
scane Pain Flecs. Now he could get we'll,
nd once well, he would be missionary, a
Had Missionary Devoted TO the work of
cling Others how they might get deliver
nee. He went through the list of diseases
mong IN use of his own acquaintance, from
ohm Robinson, whose torpid liver gave him
onstant headache and severe bilious attacks,
n through he list of those suffering from
lcers, coughs, weak and diseased lungs, to
is friend, General B., who was asnear
le grave as he And for all these, as well
S for himself, the GraTe May Disappear from
resent vision, and each may be Given More
Decades of life than they had hoped to have
ears Against the milder cases he marked