The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-20
THE OLD MANS BOSE rELoS.
The T~Fibulations Endur While the Neigh
bors Tried Their Remedfes ON IE.

The ~TfibulatiOns While the Neigh
bors Tried Their Remedies on It.
Betsy Hamilton, in Atlanta Constitution.
Pap;s III abadfx for work now. He is a sittini
about the house with a bone fellurn's on his
thumb; and he's a wishint thar was asmaehine
invented to cure it that wouldn't hurt it, and
wouldn't cost nothinl. He tried everything that
anybody would name that was good for it. Nav
she made him scald il in hot I've to- set it back,
but it never s0t it, then she turned in and put a
bar-grass poultice on it 70 draw it to q head, and
that made it. hurt wusser. and he. taken it of;
then she tried iims0n weeds and ii fpeared to
make it wusSer atillS then old Miss Ffesh0urs
lowed the best thing ever she tried was house,
leak baked In a poan of bread, and if
that didn't do to scPapea a raw beet and
wrop it up in it; and he tried 'em both. and
yb it burt OldMiss Strong eane i'll, and lowed
a. ingan pOultiea was the best of all, and he
tried that then old Sisten Pinkney lowed hons
made q powerful goeduH. and we 'uns made III;
and old Miss SimmonSlewed nothing wasntekle
to- the plain oldstashion mush p~oultice and pap,
lowed.
We'll. for the land sake slap it en- and L
stirred it up quick, for pap was a hurtin' turrir
BILE Aunt Nancy sh6 CONS and wheeled in and
made q ~peultiee 0utn saff SOAP and sugar and
ross1ri; she knowAd that was list what il needed
to draw the mizry outR il. and was plum am8zad
that maw hadn't thought about that. Then
Squire, Robertson and his old oman came over,
and the SQUIRE lowed a bacon rind, or a rale fat
pleCS " H0d0 Uteu 10 IL. H0uiV mlRnJY QUleK
fetch it to q head, and OLD Miss Robertson
lowed her rimmidE was honey and flour, and
her and her old mar had it up and down for a.
while IS to which was the best
Panhe lowed
Put EN- both on. put EN- on. and put EN- on
quick and he was a Waikin' the floor and q
singing and buddy be- lowed it had orter be
split, and it was a hurtin' so bad pap he turned
around and told him to shee up his mouth.
NAV she wanted to send after old Miss Green
to come and cut it, and pap he lowed she
shouldent doctor a dog for him. Then nav she
told him to 60 on to the dock then if he wanted
to pay out all he was worth, but pap went on
and bad it opened and it sot into Meedin, and
skeepei us all mighty nigh into FITS, but we got
it stopped, and old AFminty Pendergrass She
happeAed to step in and she lowed. a mustard
plaster would draw all that Are and fever ontin
it, and pap he put il on, he'd er put on anything,
and felt Won it made him hop, and when Aunt
MahaF got here she WAS mad; lowed
"lf 5ou 'uns don't stop a putin SO many fool
thingson that ar bone fellum you are a gwine to
pizen i and Information will set in, and the
fust thing you know it viii be petrifed and she
omitted it and looked at ii, and everybody that
come n on tied it and looked at il Ii is curis
how flks alters wants 10 look at a sore.
Shel0wedi it needed burnt alum to aggervate
all tint proud flesh oqtn.i il She sprinkled ii on
and itset him q fire, he danced. he walked be
honerA. and would en- had a at but I turned ia
and washed it off and tied il up, and pap he
lowed Let il rest awbie.p Then { soS nv
foot dwn agin anything more gwine on 1t less
the DICK said so, and We luns was all afeared to
washthat blood off'n it. feard it mought bleed
aeip. So he turned IN aud went to tha dock,
that Fg fata up thar about Munford somarsa
and y washed paple hand, iist washed Il, mind
ynu, and that was ever blessed thing
he one to it, and dQnt YOU think he
had he enshorance TO charge sir dollars |
He lowed his price for Washin' Of a
handwas eight dollars and . hall, but long as
twas lap heswouldent charge niu but six. Pan /!
lowed if It bladder been his foot he Peekinl he
charged him al he was Werth. tell
you nav was mad; she rarred, and when nav
rars, The rars. She was mad, aud hoppin mad at
that, lor old Miss Green wouidant have charged
nothfi leastways, she could have paid her in |