Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-08-09
WEDNESDAY AUGUST
ONE CASE OF FAITH CURE.
:. Not the Saffron Bag. bat The Belief fH
the Saffron Bag, Mrs. Carton"

the saffron Bag, Mrs. Carton"
"Oh. yes" said grandma, with twinkle
in her blue eyes that made us wonder what
she could have been at 16. when she was
so arch at 60. "Oh, yes, imagination has
a power to do with our feeling better or
worse, after all. | had at least one ex-
perience that will prove it, She had
been listener to a conversation for aud
against the so called "mind cure" when
she made this remark, so We all urged her
to tell her experience, knowing OF old how
entertaining her stories always were.
swell, at one period Of his life father
was great sufferer from cramp. If he
was exposed to any unusual amount Of
dampness during the day he would sure
ly awaken in the night with the cords of
his legs drawn up, and in such intense
pain that he would make terrible out
cry. We tried various remedies without
being able to ward off the attacks. AT
length one of these old women who al
ways have cure for every i'll that flesh
is heir to told him to get some flowers OF
sulphur, spread it on paper, and when
he had the cramp to stand upon it and
the cramp would disappear.
81 had no faith in the cure, but father
had enough for US both, so he got the
stuff and put it in stiff brown paper
When the first cramp spell came on the
sulphur paper was called into requisition.
1t seemed to relieve the pain: at any
rate father did less tramping around and
retired in better order After this his
faith was unbounded. | no more dared
to retire without having that pack OF
flowers of sulphur handy than a mother
with croupy child would venture to
leave herself unprovided with remedies.
But somehow, after years of use, during
which father had sworn by it, and given
it as a sovereign remedy for cramp TO
scores of people. in house-cleaning siege
that packet of flowers of sulphur came up
among the missing.
"That night poor father had a bad
attack, and when he could not find his
remedy where he usually placed it he
made few remarks. | did not wait +,
however, to hear the conclusion of an ora
ton about women's methods of doing
work, but ran off to q box where L re
member having seen a lot of odds and
ends-little packets and parcels which
had been removed from drawers and cup
boards by the help-aud greatly relieved
was | to find the very thing Father
used it with apparent success, put 1t
away with an air of triumph and gave
strict orders that it was to be let alone,
even during house-cleaning.
Zone morning several months after
ward, found that father had not put the
paper away as he usually did when he
had occasion to use it in the night, and
something about it attracted my atten-
ton. looked at it closer, and made a
discovery. What do you think it was,
folks ?" inquired grandmamma, chuck
ling at the recollection. at was not
flowers of sulphur at all but little pack
ct of yellow corn meal which | had pick.
ed up in my hurry laughed till | cried
over the discovery and could hardly wait
! ill father came to tell him the ioke.-
But he did not seem TO enjoy it, though ]
noticed that he never tried the remedy
aherward. For all that he turned a deaf
ear to my suggestion that he should en-
tighten his converts as to the equal efica
cy of corn meal and flowers Of sulphur
for the cure of cramp.'-Riladelphio
Times