Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-15
a FEVER CURE.
Mr.. Aler. l.. Sweet. in an Open Letter to
William >Sr, E.q.. Imparts som. raiua-
ble Nedirai Information.
N.nY NAI.L ill4

NEW IOEk tliI-
To WILLIAM NNE.
ShN at large.
In one of YOUR recent pastoral ad-
dresses to the general public, Nou de-
scribe with ghastly fidelity the suffer
ingS Of an unfortunate man whom voU,
and some other h"artlrSs mi~cr"ant~,
undertook to cure Of a fever bv strange
and abnormal methods heretofore un-
known to respectable practitioners.
1t seems that YOU were out in the
woods on a pleasure party. probably
hiding from the officers of the law.
Under the prrteNt of curing the invalid
YOU stood him against a tree and filled
man with the fever began to prr~pIrc.
which moisture formed chemical
combination with the ashes. and pro
ducrd what i known to commerce a.
concentrated I've N quid form. The
lye.-l don It say which one began TO
remove the CUtrClC of the sick man.
consequently he lifted up his voice and
Jared the geology of the eternal hills
with II.
You seem to regard the suf1rringS of
your Wet IN with levitv. but, |. who
have suffered similar outragrs, vii
shed a silent tear for him as soon As !
can get an of day.
EWhat vour victim suffered on the
outside | suffered on the inside. |
was made to drink pint'of tea made
of Mexican chIlelIye peppers, com
pared with which CAYENNE pepper tastes
like a spoonful of ice cream.
was a mere boy IN san Antonio
Tex. when chll> and fever which were
doing a large retail business in the
town. seized me and Hoped me down
hard on a couch of Illness. The usual
remedies were tried and acquitted. and
then A regular ordained doctor WAS
called on. He immcd atrlv went to
work He did not break up the fever,
which was perpetual in session, but he
succeeded in Transferring INTO my >yS-
TEN most of the mHtoriu mtdIcd Of a
drug store in which he owned halt
interest.
The more strong med cine took the
weaker i got To hr. - the doctor was
requested to hunt up another boy.
Nv condition had now become very
ser ou>. particularly to me personally.
The fever was chronic. and once every
dav the chiIls called around and shook
me to see if | was alive. On such oc-
cas- ons the nc;ghborS could hear my
bones rattle. So thin had become.
Kind friends and ncighbOr> driftci
in. They stood over me. looking
down on me with sad ewes and saving.
This is what We all have TO come to
Death loves shining mark. etc.
A lady who lived next door took my
hand and said she thought my pants
would III her little boy johnny. and
she spoke reproachfuliy of my holding
ont 50 long. She wanted to wrap W
the pants and take them with her. For
all cared she might have wrapped up
my skeleton. too. aid taken il with her
for Johnny to play with. had nC
idea of ever HAVING any more use for II
my self.
Just AT this or SIS an old lady. named
Brown. came up from the country. and
hearing that | WAS living in state. and
that il was a free thing. came in tC
take a look at me-
She scotied at the idea of my dy NO.
She knew of plain. simple. MEXICAN
remedy that would get me out of that
bed in two weeks. Her remarks were
prophetic. 1t got me out Of bed in two
seconds anticipate.
III have that boy up and >tcaljn'
peaches again in no me. she said
n B-Shr had once been a neighbor
I of ours. and owned a peach orchard.
Now said she. If vou viii k,,-
that reskellv boy alive for ten minit>
till fix him up some chIfrpiH' pepper
tea. he W II toe up 10 some dcviltry be.
fore tomorrow night
She went into the kitchen and in 2
| short time she returned " tn bowl oi
pepper tea which she bade me quaff
| Quafied about IA pint of il, and then
| had to Use my mouth to veil. 1t wa,