Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-17

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 A colorcd man c,nc7t~What- -thorgh- thc-spicy- -hrcczcs Williams, ~f2siding formerly at HaddanI, writes: DEAR MAsTER-What should I to for n fell ing on the finger which dIivrs me Ia distrac- tion write thlS Sy the land of my little Dot oh give me n tlcaf or I shall lose rs,s"n | IJ,tIc Sarb,. have staid out Of school to Wifs- l tIis Icttc.-.nd if you could spare her qusrNr sir .s pay for her time, it would be no more then | Ight. wrote to a man at Chcrokey about my fclling and said lived at Haddam X he said that my spelling would indicate that haddam and he said no moar at present than that, X nothing to help inc rising on my finger which hurts right much.
 Rev. Myron w. Reed says that he once knew n man who had felon opr his thumb and who went about Ia ing over it day after day and g pale and hollow eyed with loss of\ X near ncighbor said. Henry, whas> the matter of our thumb?'' q "Blame take it., said he, i've geG d felon onto it, and l ain't slep.airy night for two weeks and goin '1n three. "
 "Well. why don't you doctor it:"
 Doctor it:" he says. I've just done nuthin else all the time.
 Well, but you didn't do the right thing. What did you do for it?''
 "Oh, done everything.
 You didn't do what you ort to of done, bet on that. "
 | Whats that:'
 "why, you take a piece Inf salt pork of the flank of a hog that's been killed in the glow of a wet moon and put 1t scalding hot on the finger over night. and twice you want to get up and heat the pork again, so that tho felon Il have no chance to get its breath. Understand: And in the mornin she'll be plumb dead, and you can just shuck the core of the thing out likc the kernel of a goober.
 Henry did that, but the felon didn't shuck He did, though. He jumped out of bod like disembodicd spirit, wearing only a knit band around his abdomen to keep his liver warm, and with wailing cry and the odor of fried pork he fled away into the night. and not knowing which way to go ran into the opera house foyer as the play closed at II o'clock and the people had started for home Friends brought him back and the next day n neighbor drorpet in to see how he was coming in.
 "You probably don't know how t' handle a felon. he said. You can fool with felon. She's got to be deal with prompt and severe on the start.
 What should do:'
 , Well, in the very start you shoul' poultice it with the ashes of n weeping willcr and pour on enough hot vinoSl tomakc a strong lyc, which will cat ou the felun, and in the morning you cal slip it out like you would the pit ou of a prunc.
 He tried that, and the lye ate prctt heartily all night, got up in time get an early breakfast and eat som more later on, but it seemed to relis '' the thumb more than it did the felor So he gave it up and concluded to we come death at an early date
 A painter and glazier friend droppe " in by and by and said he heard tn;
 Hank had felon, so he came in
 kind of sec what was being done for I
 He was afraid they'd fool along with
 till they got proud flesh into it. and the 'u blood pizen would set ill.
 re What would you do with it:" wail' i- Henry, sticking out n mass of rcd fla
 mel that looked like the swab of pound gun "I want to be able to t' the people of the New Jerusalem tn ,s Two tried everything"
 " Well. you've got to cut that thHr
 open down to the bone, and there you
 find sort of white skin over the bo nd about like the lining of an egg, and u n derneath that is a little white spe
 about the size of n moskeeter's kidnt ~ nnd you cut that out Then you tak' I. plumbers sodderin iron and burn
 place all clean and sand paper it and I
 some shellao over the place and dc
 up in wax, and it will get we'll, a
 that's the only way to cure n felon. "
 Henry started to try this, but
 broke down and wept when he saw
 blood. and the felon throbbed and h