Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-27
SICK AWAY FROM HOME.
Inc Journals Correspondent Rscounts
The Tribulations Of being Sick in
the Country.
several Articles to be Disposed OF bv
Auction or at Private Sale
LEEDS JuscTros. June

NN7 5tSIffbss June 70.
heea' Junetton-vith two hours TO wait CT
20 on foot TO Liyermore Falls The pros.
/ pee, IN either case was a dubious one xhiIs
tarrying "a
Broad fields Of different shades of green
'"s"ned IN every direction, nearly level,
80" ofoo< swollen by recent rain. wound
its way through the meadow, yet moved
siusshh my as II pressed 70 earth by the dark,
heaVy clouds that threatened 10 give u, a
delu2e at any moment
Inrifty farm houses occupy the hath o.
land at deliciously long interval. in.urin1
freedom of speech in family conversation
and the cows persistantly switch the fife,
that seem unusually rayenous
At the brick yard Just across the track
half dozen barefooted men rapidly cover
long rows Of newly made brick with boards.
10 protect them from the coming storm and
then with lazy Indifference wash their elay
lncrusteh legs in the brook, giving NO atten-
aon TO the gust Of wind that whirls a few
Dig drops upon them from the clouds that
came rolling and tumbling over and over
esch other accompanied by an unmistakable
Hash and the roar of distant thunder.
Across from the depota fine set Of buildings
proclaim by numerOui signs the ability of
the occupants 10 furnish dry goods, groceries
ice cool drinks and life insurance. confec-
uonery and hvesy teams to all parts Of the
country and last but not least A No. / hotel
accommodations and peace TO the wicked.
The huge rain drops spst on the platform.
others strike where none have struck before
and they flick the dust from the sandy road
leaving peculiar little rings in the dirt. and
before We know il everything is dripping the
ground is soaked, the air turns chilly and We
wish in vain for an oVercoat that is thirty
miles away. The train To the Falls runs out
Of the storm, or It blesrs Of, and the blazing
sun turns the dsmpDess into suifoeating
steam that makes breathing laborious and op
pressiye, and reduces mans business
capacity very perceptbly The result Of
all this in well regulated family would nine
times out of ten, be severe cold. Ours is
that kind Of family" and am the dislo-
Gated member thereof.
According 10 our friends we were threatened
with diphthtria pneumonia and chronic rheu-
matism, with ether maladles. We were
placed on the retired list by the more immedi.
ate family inyeghed into the folds of innum-
cradle bed quilts and comforters causing the
temperature to run up To two hundred and
fourteen or more in the shade and beating
viz 'htHNit lttOfu Wy DHt uunlTtl anu nine
teen easy.
medium sized shOat thckly interpreted
with ground mustard was spread promi.cu
ously across our brawny chest, last years
stocking that had never been introduced to
the great and only Sam Sing was pinned
snugly around our throat, while we were
reminded of the necessity of
swallowing panaGeas, liniments and different
decoctions, with u change of programme
every few minutes, or as often as any body
could think of anything that they knew of.
or had heard of, thatif they recollected
rlght-was beneficial to somebody sometime.
somewt ere.
Great semi glObular perspirations chased
each other over our suffering countenance,
unwary flies slipped and were engulfed in
the angry Hood, and as what few senses were
given us-tC keep-seemed sliding gradually
from US, we heard the remark that the
" bristles ought To give little by this
Without more ado, or As much AS by your
leave, We were unceremoniously rubbed
down IN sallyratus water and propped up
in An uneasy chair to sip thoroughwort tea
and answer questions as to the general state
of our health.
The next day our condition being much
the same the doctor pronounced it case of
genuine LOrqugtts NTH a tanrdfic,i INCH
nation and wanted to send for Gov. Kuowlton
right Cd. but they said it was not necessarily
fatal and only partially catching" and that it
must be experienced to be appreciated and
suggested freedom from toll total abstinence
~ from business. and cash one dollar.
The bosom friend that recommended rum
and mola-ses, hot gin sling. etc, was IN
doubtedly little old fashioned, but truly