The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
JoBSON AS A DOCTOR.

''Do YOU know what l am going to fetch
home on my way from the Office this even
ing!" inquired Mr.. Jobson of Mrs. Jobson
at the breakfast table one morning about
ten days ago.
Mrs Jobson had no idea, of course, and
said so.
I'm going to fetch home" said Mr.. job
son, oraeularly, about two pounds OF pow
dered sulphur and jug of backstrap mo
lasses of the old-fashioned kind"
What for?" inquired Mrs. Jobson.
What fort" repeated Mr.. Jobson, with
a surprised expression. Now, what dye
suppose powdered sulphur and molasses are
generally used for-citnip tea Mrs. job
son, might inquire whether you ever had
home as young girl-A real, sure-enough
home, presided over by mother who
knew enough 10 repair to shelter when the
rain began! Is it possible that you never
heard of the combination of sulphur and
molasses for use IS q blood-purifying
spring medicine"
Oh, yes, Mrs. Jobson had heard OF that
you have, Ell I" said Mr.. Jobson. We'll,
what do you think Of it as a spring medi-
cine?"
Mrs. Jobson reluctantly replied that she
thought it all right in some aspects,
but
There are no butts about it" said Mr.
Jobson, in his most impressive judicial
tone. Sulphur and molasses make the
greatest spring medicine that ever came
over the hills. And that's the stuff that
we're going to take every morning before
breakfast for a month or so. just like ev-
srybody else, we've been sitting around all
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much, and not taking anything like enough
exercise. The result is that our hoods
all thickened and clogged. up, and if we
don't take something to clarity our sys-
TENS we're liable to attacks of illness for
the rest of the year sulphur and mo-
lasses rs the thing, and when we take it
right along for about month well feel
like colts just turned loose in a field of
dandelions."
Mr.. Jobson, having assumed his I-have-
spoke manner Mrs Jobson didn't make
any reply for the sake of peace, but it was
obvious that she wasn't looking forward to
the sulphur and molasses scheme with any
great degree of equanimity.
Mr.. Jobson was as good as his word, and
home he brought that evening the package
of powdered sulphur and huge Jug of
blackstap molasses, for which he had TO
search the town. After dinner he mixed
the great spring medicine in large crock,
all the time converslng volubly on the won
| ders wrought by the stuff on the human
| frame if consistently adhered to.
1T won't do you any good if you only
take it once in awhile" he explained
You've got to stay right with it every
Gay Tor month or so to get any good out
OF 1t. 1t may not taste like pate de foie
! gras, but that's only detail. It's reachin
30 TO speak, and that's the main thing.
When Mr.. Jobson made his appearance
for breakfast the next morning Mrs. job
son was already presiding over the crool
OF sulphur and molasses.
Have you taken yours YETI" inqui. ed
Mr.. Jobson.
No" she answered. 81 was waiting fol
you to come down, so that we could take
it at the same time. Ugh! 1t looks Sc
nasty"
Don't try to he quite so girly-girly. Mrs
Jobson, said Mr. Jobson, sarcastically
Airs like that aren't exactly becoming il
a person of your years
! Mrs. Jobson produced a couple of tahle
spoons and handed one of them to NJ
Jobson. But if she expected that he wal
going to be the first to go against t.,
spring medicine she was mistaken. ii,
stood by in an attitude of expectancy, an,
so there was nothing for her to DO but Il
dip into the crock. delve up a spoonful o
the gritty mixture and swallow it. Sh,
made an extremely wry face over it, bu
said nothing
Mr.. Jobson then clipped into the mess
bringing up a considerably smaller snoon
full than Mrs Jobson had taken, and downe,
it, His countenance looked nightly dis
torted by the time he had swallowed Ii,
stuff, and he spluttered and coughed 70
over it for some time.
do you like it as well as Won did whe,
you were young one?" inquired Mrs. job
son.
'It's great" rpluttered Mr.. Jobson, bu
he didn't say it in convincing way. II
didn't have his usual appetite for break
fast, and he looked thoughtful througho.i
the meal.
He wasn't feeling we'll. he said when r
returned home that evening, and he wen
to bed early. When he made his appeal
ance in the dining-room for brea kfast Mr.,
Jobson was again lowering over the suI
phur and molasses crock. Mr.. Jobson didn'
go anywhere near it.
'Well. the spring medicine is stirred II
and waiting" said Mrs. ,Jobson. Mr. Jol
H. 1.