Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-19


"It's strange, but it's true" I said To
myself this morning when 1 sat down
to write. Ny foulscap paper was IN
| position, the bit ofblottIng paper under
nv hand; the sheet of paper alongside
on which to note fugitive ideas as
work, lest they be for ever forgotten.
/ All ready for my Girls Own Health
! Sermon. and my brain as busy as busy
/ could beleD. But, To- when / popped
my pen into the ink bottle not drop
would respond. The violet ink frozen
aud the red ink us we'll, though tins lat
/ ter does not So often succumb, Aud
| vet it is the month oi March, with
cock robin singing outside there IN the
/ apple tree, though for that matter thIs
/ little rascal makes point of singing
: when he sees me. But the blHckbIrds
are quietly building IA the yew hedge,
/ the sparrows are OycrhaulImg their last
| yeur's 5 nests in the wIstarIa, IN hopes
! they viii do again for this season. and
the thrush would sing too If his feet
We're not 80 cold. / had a fellow-feel-
ing with that thrush, however, Is / had
to 20 ali the way up to the house, from
my outdoor study, to warm my ink
/ bottle at the kitchen range, little cN-
| ira stamping on the orchard path re
/ stored my circulation. and put me IN
/ excellent spirits. There was splendid
/ fire in the range, and the temptation b.
warm my benumbed feet was strong.
/ However, 1 know better. l never have
my feet cooked It's strange, hut it's
true, that "A great many people are
never tired of cooking their feet, 10 the
everlasting detriment of their health
and constitutions A favorite method
Of feet-cooking is 10 have them roasted.
/ Whenever you come IN from stroll ON
a cold day, be sure to go and stick the
soles Of your pretty little boots as close
to the bars of the CRATE as possible.
The best plan is u sink into an easy
chair, pick up book, and forget all
about them, till presently you have got
/ to Jump and eNclaIm n do believe
| I've burned my boot
But what does boot signify? 1t i-
neither here nor there. \ burned sole
| makes trade for the shoemaker. be-
| sides, roasted feet encourage the for
nation Of chilblains, and the growth OF
| soft corns, with rheumatism and bun
/ ions IN prospective.
Another usual method Of cooking
/ feet is by plotting" them. The word
/ ''plotting" is very expressive 1t Is
/ Scotch, and 1 use 1t BECAUSE I do not
/ think there is any word IN English that
/ conveys 50 much. Scalding viii not DO,
/ for plotting, although performed by
| plunging into hot water, hardly goes
/ the length of scalding. Now, some
people are always plotting their feet If
/ they have the ghost Of an excuse. 1t l.
/ done at bedtime. I've got bit Of a
| cold on me, " | heard masculine fogey
say one day; Il think III draw il
I down" He made the stewar1-it wa.
at sea-brIng him a bucket of boiling
water. Into TINS he put hinge handful
/ Of mustard, then ms poor feet. Thus
! he sat for half-an-hOur, reading book
/ and drinking wine negus. Then be
dried his feet with warm towel, drew
| on bed socks and turned IL. 1t was
time, thought. But ] saw him on
| deck next forenoon-not morning mind
/ you; people who plot their feet are not
early risers-looking cold and blue,
pinched and pecked.
Others, again, prefer to broil their
/ feet, by taking a bottle Of hot water, OF
even a hot brick or bag Of hot sand, 70
/ bed with them
Now, all these habits are injurious u
| the health, for person who has indulg-
ed IN them many years loses 10 n great
extent the right use Of his or her feet.
One becomes, consequently, averse TO
walking; exercise IS neglected.; the
body gets soft, fiabby, and unwhole-
some, OF even adipose; the ankles suf-
fer, and the knees get weak, so that by
and-bydyspepsla sets ia. Humptv-
dumpty's case Is not worse than theirs
then