St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-08

asd edge to it. This strange symptom
Of the malady was discovered in start
ling way. Dominic Dibble was the flrst
victim that it developed in. One even-
ing while half dozen of his flock were
their sorrow with the domin-
les over his affliction he suddenly
shouted:
Give me ruml Fetch me some
rye or biting gin!
sThe brethren and sisters were
but Dominic Dibble kept on
hoIlering for rum. No one made move
10 get him any, and at last he sprang out
of his chair, rushed out of the house,
and made straight for the tavern like
man running to fire. BY and by ne
came back singing:
.'Home again, home again,
From a foreign Shore.
sHe had a bottle of rum under his
arm. and the brethren and sisters hur-
ried home, feeling that the end OF all
things couldn't be far away. when II
got out, though. that the dominic was
si6sfs 11nering from the third stage OF
the (: clSIng fever. they excused him and
refo;.sE But the dominic always ce-
sjar. ~ Il he nel er had such pleasing
antidote for pain. Then it began to be
noticed that this last peculiar stage OF
the iailment seemed to have no regular
neriofl of existence, and it is noted as
fact that the afflicted district wasn't
.rt,re,x able to be out and around as
usual until the tavern keeper gave
notice that there wasn't drop OF any
Itkisx lest that the last stage OF the
ne Ser called for =,
80. - - Line the fever lasted
,,.djneNle4sens of the Sinnema-
, lone were carried off in their bloom by
"A not one of whom even had the con-
kolation of enjoying the treatment for
|the last stage. First. there was Abiram
(Hinkle. When the kicking fever first
struck the district, the doctor said that
1.-The harder the victims had to kick the
better il would be for them, for ii they
couldn't kick hard it would strike in
|aod that would be the end of 'em. The
|tscking always came in the right leg
,ot Abiram Hinkle didn't have any
Eaex. Il having been taken OF clean
usn. When the attack seized
II sS5dn sick. 1t struck in and
A.
SNezt3& 11pM Aas'ly. simon
sworeb En- 1lak. n horse doctor,
Who could cure anythinG aecoroang to
FSimon's belief. Elijahl lo cured kick.
ing horse for Simon one ~ BY rigging
him to some sort of q ccntEisance
that threw him every time the horss
kicked. Simon made up his mind tAnt
he was Just as apt to have the kicking
fever as his neighbors were, SO he sent
| for Elijah to provide against it. He had
Elijah fit him with rigging some
thing like the one that cured the kick
1 inR horse. The very next day the all
kment seized him. Simon was standing
kby window in his house. He gave one
Tremendous kick The rigging worked
II threw Simon. 1t threw him out OF the
window and head first into barrel Of
rain water that stood beneath it. They
didn't discover Simon in time, and thai
made two fellow citizens the epidemic
carried away.
| ats third victim was Erastus Sleeper
Erastus went out to milk his COW one
evening, and Just as he began the kick
ling fever took hold Of him. He shot ou'
4 4 kick. It hit the cow in the shin. Tht
disease was so very contagious that jus
that one kick gave it to the COW. Th'
COW kicked. Her kick landed in Erastus
stomach. and knocked the wind out Q
him SO far they couldn't get it back
Erastus' widow married JEFF Roner, thu
sheep-pelt buyer.
"Wel, this brings me round to m.
own deep disappointment. Jepheniai
Biffkins had been paying more atten
ton to Deacon Peeler's daughter Nan
cy than seemed to me safe. and when
came back home that time made VI
my mind I'd settle the matter righ
" then and there and know whether Nan
4 cy was destined to be Biffkins or
i Pettibone. went straight to the dea
i cons that very evening, before l hat
| lbeen home half an hour. This was jus
lat the time the kicking fever was get
. lting in its best licks, but didn't know
. thing about it. Nancy was home, ant
; n hadn't been there long before she has
!. Ibromised that her name should b
Pettibone. was happy, tell you, ant
, pst before l got ready to go Deacon
i teeler himself came in. We had a yer.
heering talk for minute or two, and
1 - Anl ~ r 4 Ho n I'm
& felt a tremendous shock, and at til
II Nine time I rose in the air more thai
tkree feet. When landed was stand
ing out in the yard. Before had com
entirely to felt the shock again. Agail
Z was lifted and swept several fee
/ further out in the yard. Then locke
back. Nancy's father was just behin
lime with a queer look on his face. Hi
bright foot rose up and shot out, and tn
: shock came a third time. Deacon Peele
was as strong as an OK, and his foo
: vas shod with No. IL cowhide boo
This time the shock lifted me over tn
Ilnte and set me down in the road. Nan
Rod come running from the hous,
1hd she cried out:
Il Father amt kicking you. Praxy
| RS only the fever that's workin' o
hin! He amt kicking you'll
fWell! II he wasn't kicking me
jdf)n't know what they called kickin
aItng the Sinnemahcne, and think
mkde . remark to that effect as hui
I'd home in sorrow and went to bee
N6t day heard about the kickir
, fe@ II for the first, and then l kne'
| wilt Nancy had meant when she d.
. cla1ed that her father wasn't kickin
mel / went right back with hear
,, firlter than feather, but Nancy mad
, It hayy as lead in less than half mil
ute{
@Praxiteles Pettibone!" she salt
Tod went and ran away from fathe
.. list night when he was sick and suffer
inr! You're too heartless for mel
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