Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-20

'Wcll, it must follow that there is mighty little sense among average peo- pie to run to a doctor every time any thing gets out of kilter. Think of tho money thrown away"
 "But nothing ever ailS any of us but headache, " she protested
 "NO; of course not But why not? Simply becauso I'm a prudent and far seeing man. I lock the stable before the horse is stolen. In other words. during the wears we have been married have saved us from at least 50 fits of sickness, each one of which would have cost at least &d0 ill cash.
 "Wrll, have you been getting any thing tuday:" she asked 'If so, you might aS we'll throw it out of the win dow, for We don { need it. v
 "Dun't need it, Mrs. BowScr-don't need it." he echoed as he stood up and waved paper package aloft, But we do need it-all of Us need it-nccd it bad. Do you know what season of the year this is?''
 "Of course. ItS summer"
 "Wcll, what takes place ill the sum- mcr:"
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 "NrS, and ono cf them is a sort of collapse nf the physical system. We lose flesh. We are srlrrny We arc bilious and subject tn chillS. We arc in just that Statr tu invite d fever tn seize upon us, and i'll nine cases out of ten it would be fatal. Is it prudence to tone up the system or to have a funeral in the hruSe:"
 "What have you there" she asked, avoiding d direct answer to his question.
 "RontS, Mrs. BuwSrr-ronts! Nature furlishcS man all the medicines needed when it causes routS to grow ill tho same soil he trcalS Here is hurdock, s;,ss;ltraS. sarSaparilla. swrrtlud, black berry and two or three other kinds, each q specific ill itself, all cOmbincd q sure pamrca fn nearly aIl the ills human flesh is heir to.
 And you are going to eat them-all of Us must cat thrm:" she anxiously asked
 "Wait and see!' he replied, with N pompusity that quite settled her, and in due time she saw.
 After dinner Mir. Bowser took pos session uf the kitchen to make his root tonirs He put the roots ill the teaket- tle started q good fire, and at intervals of every five minutes he walked out to cool his face and say to Mrs Bowser:
 "Doctors! Drug stores! Fuugh! In a week from now you won't know your self!'
 After couple of hours Mir. Bowser poured off two quarts of dark liquid which gave out un OdOr similar to that of a ripe cucumber flung again tho smolichousc door ill August. Being alone ill tho kitchen at the time, ho of course took down the roller towel to strain it through. He then added to the liquid half q pint of whisky, half an Ourr" ut clNtS, a nutmeg and half a pound uf sugar, and put the whole in an old fruit isr.
 "Thr-that x off my mind :" he said ;.s hrrrtuuyd to the sitting room. "The dose, Mrs. BuWScr, will be one table spoonful three times a day for you and half that tur the baby.
 If we need it. -
 If vru need it? Do you suppose I'd go to all this trouble if We didn need it: SAW the Sisus of collapse ill your eyes ten days ago, and I may not be in time to say" our child. The ignorance and uhStinacv of some women is amaZ- ing H'
 She Was interested in a book and did not care tO pursue the argument further, and nothing more was said about the tonic until bedtime Then he went to the pantry and took hearty pull at it. hA pff l,iS he said:
 "Yuu can begin tomorrow morning. Lands! Bnt that iS a tonic! I really feel year younger for that one dose!'
 Then you won't need to buy any other stuff this summer" Stuff Stuff That's you, Mrs. Bow scr! If you cant have your way about things, you are down on the whole world You can sit there and pine away and become a dimo museum skeleton if | you want to, but here goes for the elixir of life and five pounds of fat per week v' Nevertheless ill the course of half an hour Mir Bowser seemed restless and l anxious At bedtime he was pale and had a scared look. At II o'clock, after tossing around ill a troubled sleep for an hour, he suddenly sat up in bed and ex | claimed:
 Mrs. Bowser, IT believe I'm [ dying man There must have been some | poisonous root i'll that tonicl Send fol Q doctor at Oncen'
 ''I don't see the need of that,' shc calmly replied. ''It will only make ex penso for nothing You have 432 differ | ent bottles and boxes of remedies ill thu closet. Go down and take q specific fo summer invigorator poison.
 He half fell ont of bed, lighted tn, night lamp, and he was almost ben double as he made his way down stairs Mrs Bowser followed him half way knowing what was coming. She hearC him clattering the bottles around fo two or three minutes, and then, seem ing to hold one in either hand, he nut tered
 "Is this which, or that which, O which ill thunder is which? It's the frs time ever needed any medicine ill tn night. and now I can't tell a cure fo hydrophobia from a remedy for fits Mrs. Bowser!'
 "Well?''
 "Come down here. I'm dying Loo this internal old drugshop over and flint me something to cure these coliclz, pains!'
 "All I want is the mustard from tn pantry" she said, and in half an hou I'she had him tn bed and asleep again