The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-23
CURES FOR WARTS Mo coRNs.
sr,er.tisious Notions That Prevai' =" tho
Sunny South

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..Tho hest cure on earth for wart,
said Capt. Mercer few Gays ago rs
one that an old negro woman toid me
about long time ago
"How's thatf
she told me to remember some
morning carly, when ] was gathering
beans I'm the swamp. and take bean
leaf and rub the wart smaruy win tne
rouph side Of the leaf. was TO rup
ele wari Just as long as could stand
II and in week from that time, II
hadn't told anybody about it. the wart
would go away.
Did you try III
YES. sir. and that wart went away
too
II never found but one remedy for
a wart said Mr. Oscar Hall An
old negro woman gave me the recipe
when was little boy, and us the
only cure ! ever found.
She told me 10 90 to the cornheld
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 toshock and she'll the ear
of corn and then rub the wart with The
cob. was 10 look at the moon, not
at the wart or the cob, and rub Just as
hard and as long as ! could stand IT.
If took my eyes away from the moon
il wonld spoil The remedy. When the
wart became sore and singing was
TO throw down the cob. ana IN I'VE
DAYS from that time the wari 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.
Whats 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 Law 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 near me. ! remembered
what an old negro told ne 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
TO this. and before that ii had troubled
me night and day for months. It's the
only cure for corns, and it's a mighty
good remedy for warts, too.
There's only one cure for wart.
SAID Patrolman Frank Christophlne.
What isiii"
"A darby told ne about it, He said
10 remember some night when the
moon was full and to 90 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 II
one night when / was going out Mari
eta street ! stopped down. looking up
al the moon all the time, and picked
up a small stone. Then | rubbed the
wart until it 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 plight the wart was gone.
That was a regular old seed wart and
] had been trying to get md OF 1t for a
long time. That's tie only remedy !
ever found for warts.
zone time i'm Americas said sta
ton House Keeper John Joiner, Il saw
a strange wart cure tri ed.
How did il workf
1t cured The warts My son Char
lev was little fellow then, and both
hands were covered with warts. one
day he WAS standing in front OF the
door when darby noticed the warts
and called Charley aside Do you
want "a curc| asked the darby Yes.
said Charley The negro gave HIM a
chew of plug tobacco. Take that,
said be. and run down the street just
as fast as YOU can 90 until You meet a
negro. Hand him the chew of tobacco.
II he chcws 1T You needn't think any
thing about IT, The wan will De gone
inside a week. II the darky won
take il. or won't chew II. you must
try ii again Take rev chew 81 to
bacco and ran down the street until
you meet negro Don't tell anybody
what I've told y0u until the warts are
gone. My boy tried d. ! saw him
run down lAc street and suddenly stop
and hand something 10 "a negro l
asked him about it. bat he said he
couldn't tell Five OF six days after
ward happened TO notice that the
warts were ail gone from his hands
and called hii attention % a. ! had
nearly forgotten that said hc, and he
told me about the Wau cure.
The best thing Tor warts. said Call
Officer Geo re Hamilton. els to cut
the Wait w.l,a borrowed snifc Let
"a drop or t,eO of blood iaii on white /
piece of paper eud tAcu fold zap the
paper i..a % note and drop u 90 the /
road whore somebody Is almost Ger
tain losec Hand pick d up In less
than wees Iiam t.c time the note Is
picked up }Om Uau viii be gone.
Did you ever Try IT,
Yes. Sir and it cured Tie warts. -
Atlanta Constitution.