The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-22
ACHING DEVILS OF
GOUT DRIVEN OUT.
Marvellous Cure Wrought on
Rev. DR.. Prescott of Sayville
While RE Is at Work
WAS SAVED BY Ills BUCKSAW
Gallons of Goat Milk Gave Him No
ReIief--Parshioners May Buy Tim
ber Land to Provide Exercise for
Pastor-Woodpile as a Sanitaran.


Pastor-Woodpile as a Sanitarian.
Sayville, L. 1.-The Rev. j. H. Pres
colt of st. AIMS P. E. Church, Say
vile, has AIDED a bucksaw to the
weapons with which he fights the
world, the flesh and the devil. and has
appeared on the streets of his village
with the bucksaw over his shoulder
to show his parish how effective 1t
was
DR.. Prescott (if he isn't doctor al
ready he will be soon, having discov-
cred something) has been the rector
of st. AIMS for thirty-seven years,
and for the last two or three years
has suffered great agony of mind and
body because he was so popular aud
had so many millionares among his
summer parishioners. He never gets
chance to eat wholesome meal OF
crumbs with Lazarus, but day in and
day out has to sit up at the table
with Dives, and the result Is he has
developed just as fine case of govt
as If he were a millionaire himself.
But in a very short time DR.. Pres
colt won't have any gout, thanks to
the bucksaw, which beats goat milk
and which, let 1t be said with no ir-
reverence seems to have been in this
case more effective than prayer. Fast
ing might have helped some. but, as
already explained, the rector never
got an opportunity to fast. There
probably never was country parson
who knew more about canvasbacks
and terrapin and the merits of rare
vintages than DR.. Prescott. He gave
up the vintages some time ago, but it
was too late then to cast devils out
of that foot by such a simple sacri-
fee. They got worse and rheumatism
came to help them in the torture of
the good dominic.
He fled the millionaires of his par
ish that he might live the simple life
for spell in the Mohawk Valley.
There he had special goat to pro-
duce his milk supply, and for the sake
of variety he added buttermilk. But
in spite of that DR.. Prescott's gout got
no better and he returned to Sayville
the other day convinced that as long
as he had got to have the troubles OF
his pastorate he might as we'll have
the social joys.
It was three days ago that he dis
covered the bucksaw by accident. He
wanted pine tree removed from the
rectory yard so that more sunlight
could reach his aching foot when he
nut it up on a chair on the veranGa.
While thinking about it he hobbled
into the woodshed and there saw the
bucksaw. Then he had an inspira'
tion. Selling an axe he tackled the
tree himself. Finally getting the tree
down he started to saw it up for fire
wood. That night he slept the sleep
he used to know how to dine. That
job finished, he tackled another tree
that threatened to fall. The devils
were cast out
Then DR.. Prescott went forth into
the streets of the village, taking the
saw with him. Whenever a surprised
parishioner commented on the agility
with which he walked the rector
pointed to the saw and told him Of
the cure.
The trustees of the church are lie
lighted about the improvement in DR.
Prescott's condition, but are worried
about the shade trees on the church
lawn. 1t may be necessary either fol
the rich parishioners to substitute
some simple cereal for pate de foi'
gras when they have the rector t.
dinner, or for the church to purchase
a piece of timber land near the vii
lage.