Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-06-21
eowsee AND the MIND CURE.
How Mrs. ii. How ell Him to Demonstrate
the Theory and Practice OF Slightly
Unreliable T~herapeut cs.

got OFT n Small DOCK auu DeRan TcduiDR
Il. and after waiting long enough to let
him understand that l had no curiosity
the subject / %queried:
'.Somethi ne new on poultry"
NO
at isn't HoyleP"
'.No."
well, what is itp"
II can tell you the title of It, but you
can't understand. 1t is a very, very
deep work"
..Oh, it is! You can understand .
very, very deep work and / can't"
Naturally. Man has the stronger,
deeper mind. of course. The title OF
this work is: Natures Diseases and
Remedies-COntro of the Body by the
Mind"
'.Boshi"
What! What's that"
You are too old to waste time or
such nonsense, Mr.. Bowser."
Nonsense! Why, it's the plainest
principle of philosophy in the world.
The human body is but clay, the soul
is immortal. The soul is the mind.
The mind ought to be able to control
the body"
Yes, in some cases"
In all cases. Mrs. Bowser. For in
stance, you stub your toe. 1t hurts.
You let your mind turn to something
else and the pain ceases"
"Humphl"
That's it! That's the usual way Of
the Observation-Disclosures what they can't
argue and discuss in a sensible name
| have often wondered if you really
bad a soul"
Don't worry yourself, Mr.. Bowser.
II / haven't got any soul I've got some
common sense
Very well. It's no use to talk to a
person brought up in a log house on
the edge of a huckleberry marsh. ]
know that the mind can control the
body. You deny it. / hope to furnish
YOU with proofs within the week"
He was to furnish them that night.
We were about ready to go upstairs,
and he had been out bareheaded and in
his slippers TO see if the %barndoor was
locked when he suddenly gave a great
start aud cried out:
"Gec-ml-mY 10 JOhnson!
What's the matter?"
That tooth tried to Jump clean out
of nv head. Whew! vi! Hang it,"
He sat down TO hold his Jaw and
leave 10 and fro, and ! said:
Your tooth jumps. 1t hurts you.
You let your mind turn to something
else and the pain ceases
He looked up at me with the CLINT OF
pounded glass in his eyes, and was
about to reply in kind, when the jun.
per jumped in on him again, and he
seized his jaw and yelled:
Great Scots to scatteration, but i
can't stand this! Get me some cam
phor!"
| got him some, and after a time the
pain eased up and he went to bed. HI
expected me to say something about
Control of the Body by the Mind
but ! was waiting. | knew that he
wouldn't get off so easily. and could
afford to give him a little time. | was
Just falling asleep when Mr.. Bowsel
suddenly lifted his feet high in air and
uttered a whoop which set a n~eighbor's
dog to barking. followed by the re
mark:
Thunder and lightning!"
"Mr. Bowser, are you asleep?'
asked.
asleep! No! I'm dead! Say, thi
Internal thing has come back on me
Where's that camphor?'
'.On the bureau, dear, but it won't d.
you no good"
'-Oh-h-h-h, Jewhittaker! Ny star
and soul, but she's jumping my jaw
SOM G.a.santrtj jaJsqekffli rv Iofff, yet 10 hay.
ten minutes
'Pshaw, Mr.. Bowser, have som,
spunk about you! What is a littl
t~ootnache?'
Grit. grit!m he shouted, as he dancet
around on u leg. I've got NOR,
grit than anv seven families like your
rolled together; but this is awful-aw
fh! Are YOU going to lie there and Sc
me drop dead?"
You can stop it IL you will. Just Ii
down and put your mind at work
Think of something else. Think G
being out in the woods at a May da
festival - beautiful flowers happ
children-green-"
up!
he yelled. Haven't we got any pare
goric in the house?"
Yes, but it's downstairs in the med
cine-box. Why don't you experiment
a little, Mr.. Bowser? If there is any
thing iu your theory now is a goo,
time to try it. If you al imagin
that
''Paregoric-pepperm t--larHanun
hot ashes-hot salt-cotton-batting!
he howled as he pranced around an'
finally disappeared downstairs. III
was gone about five minutes. and the
came back on the Jump with the DO,
under his arm. He flied his moutl
with painkiller, tried mustard. few t
J peppermint. and after exhausting al
the remedies he jumped up and dow
in the middle of the room and yelle,
''fire!'
l bad TO get up and go down and sti
up the tire aud make a warm poultic'
for his jaw aud fuss around for an hour
aud he finally grew easier. Then
said to him:
MIR. Bowser, you brought home
book last night"
'Never!n
You brought home a book abou
the control of the body by the mind.
mo. didn't"
I'm your argument you declared tina
the soul was the mind, and that tn
mind had control Of the body"
Get into bed and keep still"
No, sir! You stub your toe. /
hurts. You let your mind turn L
some"
IL never said il"
MIR. Bowser. what cured your tooth
~ache-fzith. imagination or liquids?
"I-I-Who's talking about tooth
ache? Mrs. Bowser. you get into be,
and go to sleep.and in the morning II
have "a long talk with you! We dom
seem TO be mated to each other. an,
the matter can probably be arrange,
TO u mutual satisfaction and withou
publicity"
Next morning he got down stairs an,
got hold OF the book first and | after
wards found some Of the leaves scatter
ed IN the back rd.-Detroit Ere
Where Every Woman Smokes.