The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-25
THAT'S THE GKn
Rev DIR ISey Describes this disease
Prom Personal Experience

DIR Ivey editor or the Raleigh
Christian Advocate. has had the grip
and he knows it. He wrote about
IL In last weeks paper. He heads the
article with two words, The Grip"
and says.
Yes. that is the way We spell IT
i"g-r-i-p." From the very first We
have laughed to scorn the old affect
ed Gailic1zed spelling-"a grippe
In fact, we deemed the thing itself
an unmitigated fake and wondered
why sensible people affected only by
a bad" or worse cold" should fall
lin with a miserable fad. link arms
with ft. and obsequiously call IL nay
dear friend, La Grippe.
No. we have never had il" were
the words that issued from our lips
about one week ago, In a converse
ton with one who had the temerity To-
speak of it in our presence. Little
wot we when we spoke of the Old
saying: Don't brag about your net
having had a particular misfortune ua
less you wish to have it..
1t peeped in AT us about the middle
Of the week. 1t left us a kind of
"cricky' feeling in the cervical re-
gion. 1t was only a lfusle while before
that we were priding ourselves On
giving that exaspering crescendo fin
ish To yes" or mo" given in answer
to a que ton by our pat ent hard
working cleks Then the thing came
IN the room and left US as sore
tooth as ever hid Itself in ones mouth
1t left also a kind of ringing in the
head which we would at one moment
call neuralgia" and at another mo-
ment. just plain Old headache. Our
nerves were for a day all in a hustle
and at the close they held solemn
concIave and proclaimed that work in
an office is 4 delusion and a snare.
Was it any better outside ?Nay, YER
lily. A "colored gentleman" mellow
ed the crisp atmosphere by a full siz-
ed laugh. We found ourselves ques-
tioning the sanity Of one who laughs
Yes, there goes my meek, jovial friend
across the street. He is q good fell
low but why not halt him and ask
him about that little slight he offer
ed lrs about ten years ago He didn't
mean it but what business did he have
in not meaning it,? Is not now q
good time o have 1t out with him
Is it 40 very bad after all to be mixed
up In a row when it is all in the
cause of Righteousness
Thus did our malign monitor poison
our mind and heart as we quaffed tho
elixir of Gods out of doors. We con-
cluded that bed was the best place
for US. We felt sure that we wero
going to have the worst cold we ever
difics. quinine, and tonics galore. Mid
night found us feeling as if we had
had. We prepared emollients. sopo-
not slept in a year, and that we would
never sleep again, while strange elfil
pains pirouetted through our whole
economy
Sleep did come after a while, but
for what good, if we were to be awak-
ened by a terrible lowering going On
between our lower row of teeth, ev-
cry one of which was ach ng, and the
upper row, not one Of which were
aching. while we seemed to hear a
voice from our brain crying out to
lE': For goodness sake wake up and
stop that fuss"
We tried to stop it but .4c did not
succeed for some time.
Time and patience would not suffer
us to tell of the many strange achings
and epiz0otic disturbances hitherto un-
chrOnicled in the annals of our expe-
1dence. Suffice it to say, in making
a long matter short, We are firmly
convinced that the Grip" is a stern
reality, and that revermore WIFI we
felicitate ouraelves that 1--WE never had
il '-Newbern Sun