The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-09-03
Typhoid Fever and Chills.
Editor of tho MOuntaiDecr:

Editor of tho Mountainecr:
| have some Information which is OF
great value that desire to give to the
readers OF THE MOUNTAI NEEk, and for
which there will be absolutely no
charge.
1t Is well known fact that thcrc has
been an unusual number OF cases Of
typhoid fever in Grcenvillc and the
SUI rounding country during the pres
ent summer. Now it is not my purpose
10 try TO tell how to treat this dread
disease, because in the first piece am
no doctor, and second because don't
know, but can tell how to prevent it
In future, and preventative is said to
be better than u cure. The recipe |
propose TO givo is SO simple that fear
many who might otherwise take steps
TO ward of the disease will ignore it.
I'hls, however, Is not my fault, and 81
here goes:
Lot every citizen, both here and in
Tho county, plant IL largo number 0:
sunllowcr seed in his yard and garden
ana there Will be no moro fever. The
plant will absorb the fcver-producing
fumes, or microbes. Tho experiment
will not cost anything and may save
many valuable lives, not to mention
pain, suffering, time and cash. Get
your seed now. If there is none on yOul
place apply to some ncighbor who has
thcm, and plant them carly next
spring.
II you are troubled with rats and
mice and experience difficulty in in
duc'ng them to enter q trap, you can
make it a most impossible for them 10
stay out ii you will bait your trap with
sunllowcr seed. They will literally
fall over each other in thpir cagcrness
To get ut tho seed. II is as hard for Il
trap that has been bailed with sunnow-
CT seed as it is for the old topper to stay
away from u blind tiger.
In putting away yOur seed to be
planted next spring DC sure to put
them out Of reach OF the rats and mice,
because II you do not, when planting
time comes you will find that your
namo is Dennis.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | have one moro
recipe that desire to give your read
crs, and it is likewise given without
money AID without price and without
hope of reward. 1t is cure for chills.
lc5, that IS what ] said. Here it is.
Take picco Of ol--either red or
whitc-two inches wide and put nine
drops OF spirits Of turpontine on it---not
eight nor ten. but ninc-and sew the
strip OF tlanncl around the waist. next
70 the skin. on the morning Of the day
the chill is due and the expected Wis
itor viii! not come, and if tho remedy
is used for two or three times the chills
will leave the patient.
| have never tried The above simple
and apparently ridiculous recipe be-
cause have never had Il chill, but |
have the word Of us truthful and con
sclcntiOus lady as thorc is in the State,
and who does not live more than one
hundred miles from Grecnville. that
she knows from experience that the
ilannct strip and turpcntine will cure
the most obstinate case OF chlls in one
or Two applications.
Here Is her story: About two
months agO my husband. three chill
drcn and myself were confined to our
hcds with chiils and fever. Our family
physician had Lccn called in repeated
y and prescrinnd the usual remedies,
but the di"caaC refused TO let go. One
evening aDolt dusk Il tramp called at
our hOuSc ana asked permission 10 stay
all night. My husband told him it lid
not suit us To keep him as the entire
family was down with chills and fever.
The tramp told him that he could give
him ~ remedy that would cure us all
before morning. Mr.. II. smiled at his
assertion, but told him he would Ger
tainly be obliged for the remedy. The
visitor then told him to take Il piece OF
llanncl Of sufficient length IT, 90 round
the waist Of each, and two inches wide.
and to put nine drops Of turpcntno on
each piece and sew it on ncAt to the
skin. My husband had no faith in the
apparently absurd remedy, but as it
was inexpensive and little trouble t.
apply, concluded To try it. Next morn
ing We were ali apparently we'll and
| none Of us have had ~ Chill since. w.
! used the remedy as IL preventive for ;
while. have persuaded quite a mum
bCr Of friends and acquuintanccs to Ms,
| the isa"""l and turpcnLinc and in ever.
20 our experience"