Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-09-30
VOL. ST..
What Cured Aunt Mona.

Ny Aunt Mona, If her own word
night he believed, had hard
been well for day thrOughOu. he
lite, certainly not for one duripi
the last wenty wears. She walkCl
the earth IA bundle Of nnstruDl
nerves, an incarnation OF ache
and pains, living sufferer of al
the disorders thar poor mOrtals ar
liable 10. a specimen of utter mis-
cry aud living martyrdom. Fcon
the crown Of her smooth, BROW
head down to her pretty feet tier
was no sound health 10 her. 5
she would assure rs ten tines
day.
And she might have been ST
bright and happy. The vile o
Thomas Blt'eifieid, substantial
yeOman and farmer; whose crops
never seemed to fail, and whose
house was filed with plenty, Aunt
Mona had every substantial good,
III their plain way, that she could
have. Her children were hearty
her friends tue. But that health
of beIs ruined everything, Any
husband less sum y tempered than
Uncle BntteIfltld would have be-
come mOrOse ere this.
She had tried allopatby, hOmeO-
pathy, hl dropathy; She had con
suited various Kinds Of pTactitiOn.
erS-bOtanlc, electric, magnetic
ucsmeric. She once Travelled to
consult a renowned medium.
There came into lbe village hard
10y a man Of medicine, aud he set
mp bis tent there for a day or two.
He call,d himself the great
'Pay sio EclCcuic Magnetic Healet,'
and he came heralded b, a mighty
fOurishing at trumpctS aud hy
bills as l4roe as lie, PROCESSING TO
cure Cv,r thing. Aunt Mona was
in hotter of hope. She wrote TO
him to say she was coming, aud
sue took NE with her. Her own
children were not old enough, and
Uncle Bltteiie would as soon
have paid visit to the moon.
Tue great Magnetic Heater was a
all man with a black beard. He
sOlemnly bowed aunt into a big
char, and me to a smaller one.
q am so MISERABLE said Auut
Mona, i Iaye such terrible
Dreams
DO lOu dunk green tear asked
The Great Healer.
Ne; occasionally hot pork chops
and apple iritters lor supper re.
Piled Aunt Mona, sobbiDg.
/ hdye a sure cure for yOu,' said
he. 1T is called the Elixir of Lille
and UuiveIsal PAnacea. ibis small
bottle of medicine which will give
NOu,' he added, producing little
white phIal filed with a lemon
cOlcred liquid, rs sufficient to cure
any ortal disease, aud
1T don't look much of it, inter.
rupled aunt.
My good lady, it will last you
your lifetime. You nay take one
drop on qising in the morning, one
drop at noon, and one drop before
retiring at hight, Continue this
course for fortnight, then one
drop only every other da,, until
you are cured. will be sufficient
POcketlng his fee OF two guineas,
the renowned Magnetic Healer
bowed us out, my aunt claspin2
The treasured bottle.
'What a mercy | went to himp
she cred. III he bad bnt come here
few years age! What do you
think OF hIm, MaliaP
1T it cures you, Aunt Mona, 1t
will be a good thing. said |.
But nov a dire misfortune btt i
this gold, n rem ly. Some ew days
later JOhLn-, ,ue Youngest OF the
ultle ones, aged seven, saw the
Dbial on his mOlheI'S dr,sslng
,able, got hold Of it, and drank The
hole at a draught.
NJ evil enused to JOHNNY, but
his mother was irIghtfulIy put out,
md johnny got a whipping.
1T would have been the saving
If my life. l see it; | feel and
know It. had confidence in that
Elixir. Andit must be next TO a
miracle that that wicked Johnny
Is not dead. was so much better
for the few days took 1t J And
now | must bear the return OF all
my old ailments aud dis. Woes
neP
And The old ailments did return
As Aunt Mona said; and she
name life burden 10 herself and