Wichita eagle., 1889-05-24
WART AND CORN CURES.
Superstitious Notions That Pres
veil in the Sunny South.
The Curative Virtues Of Bean leaves
Removing a Wart by Rubbing 1t With
Red Corn Cob-A Comich
Remedy for Hard Corns-

''The best cure on earth for wart," said
Captain Mercer few days ago 10 an At
lanta Constitution reporter, ''is one that an
old negro woman told re about long time
ago.
'How's thats-
''She told me 10 remember some morning
early when l was gathering beans in the
swamp, and take bean leaf and rub the
wart smsrtly with the rough side OF the
leaf. was TO rub the wart jus. as long as
could stand II, and in a week from that
time, II hadn't told anybody about it, the
wart would go away.n
DID yen try i,l'
''fes, sir, and that wart went away, too"
i never found but one remedy for
wart, SAID Mr.. Oscar Hall. IAN old negro
woman gave me the recipe when / was
little boy, and it's the only cure ever
found.
''She told me 70 go 70 the corn-aela soma
evening during the full of the moon and
find an ear Of red corn. You know the cob
is red when the grain is red. / was 20
shock and shell the ear &C corn and then rub
the wart with the cob l was to look at the
moon, and not AZ the wart or the cob, and
rub just as hard and as long as could stand
It II l took nv eyes away from the moon it
would spoil the remedy. When the war,
became sore and stinging l was TO throw
down the cob, and in i've days from that
time the wart would be gone"
"How did it work."
Inside Of five days the wart was gone. I
had tried fifty remedies 70 get rid Of that
wart, and nothing else had ever done any
good"
Il never found but one thing that could
do any good for a wart or corn,n said
Patrolman W. G. Cooper.
WHAT'S thatf'
"a snail" said the patrolmsn, solemnly.
There was All EN- barrassing silence for
little while, and then the policeman con-
tinued:
Here one time | was digging potatoes in
my garden. My corn kept hurting until 1
just took off my shoe and lay down on nv
back IN grassy place in the shade. The
corn kept hurting and | was getting des-
perate about II, when | noticed snail
crawling along near me. l remembered
what an ola negr. told me years before,
and caught the snail and began rubbing
the corn with it. | broke the shell and con-
tiDued the rubbing until the pain stopped.
/ have never been troubled with that corn
from that day 20 this, and before that it
had troubled me night and day for months.
It's tho only cure for corns, and it's
mighty good remedy for warts, too"
There's only one cure for wart,n said
Patrolman Frank Christophine.
"What is itl''
"a darky told me about IT, He said to
remember some night when the moon was
fun and TO go directly west. Then l was 70
stop, looking at the moon all the time, and
stoop down and pick up whatever my hand
happened TO touch first i remembered it
one night when | was going out Marietta
street. / stopped down, looking up at the
moon all the time, and picked up a small
stone. Then l rubbed the wart Until IL be-
gan 10 bleed and then threw Gown the
stone. Al the time 1 was rubbing the
wart l was still looking at the moon. In
less than a week from that night the wart
was gone. That was "a regular old seed
wart and l had been trying to get rid Of it
for long time. That's the only remedy /
ever found for warts"
''One time in Americus," said Station
house Keeper John Joiner. II saw q
Strange wart cure tried"
Chow did it workT'
at cured the warts My son Charley was n
little fellow then, aud both hands were COW
cred with warts. One day he was standing
in front Of the store when a darky noticed
the warts and called Charley aside. DO
you want cureF asked the Garky. Yes
said Charley. The negro gave him chew
of plug tobacco. Take that said he, 'and
run down the street just as hard as you can
go until you meet a negro. Hand him the
chew Of tobacco. Ifhe cbews IL, you needn't
think any thing aboutIt. The wart VIII be-
gone inside a week. IL the darkey won't
take it, or won't chew IL. you must try IL
again. Take a new chew Of tobacco aud
run down the street until you meet negro.
Don't tell anybody what I've told you until
the warts are gone Ny boy tried H. [
saw him run down the street and suddenly
stop and hand something 20 a negro.
asked him about II. but he said he couldn't
tell. Five or six days afterward happened
TO notice that the warts were ali gone from
his hands and called his attention % T. 4
had nearly forgotten that, said be, and he
told me about the waTt cure"
''The best thing for warts said Call On
Ger George Hamilton, els 20 cut the wart
with borrowed knife. Let drop or two
Of blood fau On a white piece Of paper and
then fold up the paper ike a note and drop
1t in the road where somebody Is almost
certain 20 see II and pick Il up. In less than
a week from the time the Dote ia picked "
your wart VIII ~ gone"
did you ever try itf'
ayes, sir, aad it cured The warts-"