The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01

year 9A. fFa. SUM- 't-'- -
r Ff- uogr 80 make him Swallo" II
g." -eracnru Of the abominabl" stun
a.1 il, made me feel 80 badly l ielt
~. room. knew what q dose II
..4a for the little fellow, Tor / T~ftl'h'-
f,. r,-d how my nose used 10 De heiH
ana was made 10 sWaiip@ an
Of bad medicines, none OF "h4ch /
lated worse than castor oil. 49,
some people don't mind taking the
s,4Ir. ana some really like H..
heard a story ii my boyh"od %
the effect that. beaause a COOK let i'ti
biscuits burn, the mistress mace ~
CT Them. sopping them in castor OIL:
the cook soppad ana ate a II she ma"
neeu eating pancakes and moIaS9F7'
aud made a hearty meal.
Tho mistress looked on expecting q
scene. but. soon the burnt blScuiL9
md the oil were gone, ana the COOK
said she'd Ike 10 have ahpthef bie1h-
flsf Of the same sort. 49,
The doctors give Us some right PAD
rrcdicincs now. but they have a way
Gf making il more palatable, at any
..fo - iii, ID 5teful, than th@ OLD
time doctors knew how, or took the
T6o ancicnte had a hard time When
they got sick. if what we read Is true,
for some of the remedies were baH
enough 10 make even a sick man
G"ht.
ira fellow had skin trouble he had to
natlr the affected parts in the blood
.r - black cats tail: ana If his nose
htei he had to tie live toads behild
rie cars. and powdered spiders W@tt
nm unfailing remedy for various dis
cases..
An old time Frehrn DECOR WHO
used to practice on kings ana queens,
was fond of dosing his patients on
Tulveriz"d human bones. Inc cI'l'i
ingredient in his govt powder vas
the raspings Of a human skull. But
rIc Of his famous remedies WIlch va
rood for almost all the ills to WHlcn
n,eh yyge heir, was a compound -
ud1.re bats. earth-Worn1s, hog
crease. h marrow Of a stag and 'ae
tH.qn bone Of an OK.
That ought to nave lifted 4 fellow
lut of any trouble. even the grippe .
\ celebrated doctor, in the ulhe 81
,u,.n Elizabeth. prescribed Tor a
,rfIj chen suffering with a certain
nervous maIady. a small roasted
mouse.
Fer colds. coughs or lung oub
he said ~"snayles broken from TN
.bclce ana sodden in the Whytc Wyu".
win ovIc and sugar. are very hoI-
sam, lncaugc they be hoat and moyst.'
ol,,T mar doctors dead. and
tl. a:n1 or,d went 10 heavenius
,,,,', n. asa, bnforp nv daV.
lr.,,,1, ia. bair tonic Dend in
a i'l i"u'' ~ Hu 'n.hiia IoGanh
''1 o'HS ! 80 lnnaI-n tho hair grow
We II '-',SI ~ ,,au ae fnlIo,ys. .Dog's
III '"i' i,a,o Gina dates and asses
t'''n, 'ELi Ly,ith al -
i+'pi@, 5i,h tbie rnr ne henpfit Of the
Pu"il9ii 49, Ir to aonfnnd With
n'''- 80. ' an1 cnla winds
ny .l'-I" t"m ,,o1n from the
8'io!'7 garoants mixed
Il a'9 ~ n,inae ,,Snd 10 ha =
"Iul pa "iiu ancairah ln disease:
lfiti'tiN - 'N'i
WINE thl't uiYd'7 o. tbo ,yo,st .asn
altEfy ca "ruI9 woh .iIIs
OF tPI'Gi,9y ~ -" 9niunn+ ororv time
"o M N.-iSfr rNch rfu - etiu ,1sed in
,,,tla INA ~ mon@ the learned phv-
einians 81 ontin i is the custom to
- +hlan ecorrione or cniders
~ 80 - hrooG his fe1-ar The
T. q P%., ,l ar Irniand uead ia swallow
- VI ~ Xxx - tbair oil
SIl@tI ap,a['S y in 1aH tlnaland
L'o'|9' ""4 r9,,ab o1 cob
tiIty uEGu 70 ~? EOiS ~ ~ aavCn heT.
Mep iitta ~ IA - IInnclio hone ,t
&c" 10, fnrn tngs if carved in one.
. 80 vac g l9d1' fnr No Rheumatism
| ,aa,e 900. and NAV bt
NV fn'. anoht | KNOW.
- ~ ,rCoarrfnl that our rae
r,anaTcd 70 survive ana to increast
nnSsf5 ,rino +hp nprils through Whic'
r. GaG to GOMEZ
How blest are we now, A doctor
prpsanra i 2 henedictiOn TO the pa
fient ana his medicine is as nectar
romnored with even what had t.
tax when \ child. Who can eve
forget Jerlsadeu oak. cinders. yermi
fu@n bone-set ana castor oil? TIL
OH timer had many pleasures an,
good things that will ALWAYS be re
harpd: bI,+ these were some ex
1nriences 7 don't like 70 think about
rcad IN he q c afraid of coniurors q
was Of The ola Paw Head an
HIondy Ronas" If Which nv mrs
vas always remindinp mo when
i1n,t he GOOD ana do GOOD.
Tbev were dangerous heinps-thos
ola nG, inrnrcMfnr tbav c0,,ld Ia
enals on neonIa and there was n
iner;h1o o,,pa - ~o+tinr olaar =
NJ .i+bnut rac9t+in@ "a tbp ,1ea .
49, - nar aonI o ~ ~
cnni1,ror bin,onif ~, barc91f ma nav
ira - ho ,.aI;o1+ad pT+ aftar awhiI
" ,.aca Of coniura donfore came q
no co,,ld h,- tbair ctiII undo ar owe,
rn,0a an oGrtS Of coniurations In
+l|. ..aaeI h;uh 80 +bair oor,-ioa
or ~. =, ri1,,ar aIao1
~ H.1 80 ,,ao,c arY
+h1co aan,ro doctors 20. =,
mo - tbriyinu b,Isjn4es in :, neigbbo1
mo a,Inty "a nracticaa mostly q
n%aroos an3 - sar1ra notiants he ON
nlered . naayo vb0cn hI1s,nass i w.
n ca arnInd ana diaon0se ali II
cas- Of cick or even nnwau Ar
cans. He invariably found that the