Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-12
Wednesday. June II, 1879.
CURES FOR WARTS AND coRNs.
supeStitious MOTIONS That Prevail In the
sunny south.

supsntitious NOTIONS That Prevail In the
sunny south.
The best cure on earth for a wart, I"
said Capt Mercer a few days ago, lis
one that an old negro woman told me
about a long time ago.
''How's tllati"
She told me TO remember some
morning early, when | wa gathering
beans in the swamp, and take a bean
leaf and rub the wart smartly with the
rough side OF the leaf. ! was 10 rub
he wart just as long as ! could stand
il, and'in a week from that time, if !
hadn't told anybody about ii, the wart
would go away"
did you try it,"
Yes, sir, and that wart went away,
too"
Il never found but one remedy for
a wart" said Mr.. Oscar Hall. IAN
old negro woman gave me the recipe
when ] was a little boy, and it's the
only cure | ever found.
She told me TO go TO the corn6eld
some 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 TO shock and shell the ear
OF corr and then rub the wart with the
cob. was TO look al the moon, not
al the wart or the cob, and rub Just as
hard and rs long as | could stand il.
Ii | took my eyes away from the moon
il would spoil the remedy. When the
wart became sore and singing | was
TO throw down the cob, and in FIVE
days from that time the wart would
be gone"
How did il work."
Inside OF five days the wart was
gone. | had tried fifty remedies TO get
rid Of that wart, and nothing else had
done any good"
Il never found but one thing that
could do any good for a wart or corn"
said Patrolman w. G. Cooper.
What's thatl"
. "A snail" said the patrolman, sol.
EMMY.
There was an embarrassing silence
for a little while. and then the police
man continued:
Here one time ! was digging 'pota.
toes in my garden. My corn kept
hurting until ! just took off my shoe
and lay down on my back in a grassy
place in the shade. The corn kept
hurting and ! was getting desperate
about il, when | noticed a snail crawl.
ing along neal me. | remembered
what an old negro told me years be
fore, and caught the snail and began
rubbing the corn with it. | broke the
shell and continued the rubbing until
the pain stopped. | have never been
troubled with that corn from that day
10 this, and before that it had troubled
me night and day for months. Its the
only cure for corns, and it's a mighty
good remedy for warts, too"
There's only one cure for a wart,"
said Patrolman Frank Christophine.
what isiti"
"A darky told me about il. He said
70 remember some night when the
moon was full and to go directly west
Then | was 10 stop, looking at the
moon all the time, and stoop down
and pick up whatever my hand hap
pened TO touch first. . | remembered il
one night when | was going out Mari
eta street stopped down, looking up
at the moon all the time, and picked
up a small stone. Then | rubbed the
wart until IL began TO bleed and then
threw down the stone. All the time /
was rubbing the wart / was still look
ing at the moon. In less than a week
from that night the wGrt was gone.
That was a regular old seed wart, and
/ had been trying TO get rid Of il for a
long time. That's the only remedy |
ever found for warts"
"One time in Americas, said Sta.
ton House Keeper John Joiner, "Isaw
a strange wart cure tri ed"
How did il worki"
1T cured the warts. My son Char
ley was Il little fellow then, and both
hands were covered with warts. One
day he was standing in front OF the
door when a darby noticed the warts
and called Charley aside. Do you
want a cureT asked the darby Yes
said Charley. The negro gave him a
chew Of plug tobacco. Take that
said he, and run down the street just
as fast as you a go until you meet q
negro. Hand him the chew Of tobacco.
II he chews il you needn't think any.
thing about il. The wart will begone
inside a week. If the dc rky won't
take it, or won't chew il, you must
try it again. Take q new chew OF to-
bacco aud run down the street until
you meet a negro. Don't tell anybody
what I've told you until the warts are
gone My boy tried IL. | saw him
run down the street and suddenly stop
and hand something 10 a negro. i
asked him about il, but he said he
couldn't tell. Five or six days after
ward ] happened 10 notice that the
warts were all gone from his hands,
and called his attention 10 il. Il had
nearly forgotten that, said he, and he
told me about the wart cure"
''The best thing for warts, y said Call
Officer George Hamilton, lis TO cut
the wart With a borrowed knife. Let
q drop or two of blood fall on a white
piece Of paper and then fold up the
paper like a note and drop IL IN the
road where somebody is almost GER
tain 10 see IL and pick il up. IL less
than a week from the time the note Is
picked up your wart will DO gone"
did you ever try itT
Eyes, sir, and IL cured the wartse-
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