Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-07-13
re a"NTIE JULIA.
She Is Really a Wonderful Woman
IN Her Own Way.
A GREAT HAND WITH YARDS.

60. c., s~e~ Them into Medicine
rha. Hits the Spot Every Time and
Is Better Than Doctors Visit.
HOY. She Made Old Puisiier Jump.
My Aunt IulIs Is realty wonder.
,,n ,voman.~ exclaimed the low browod
nns placing bis feet on the managers
d,.sk ..She hasn't any diplomas from
,,cdl,,al colleges. but when II comes to
curing a sick man she can give the
ordinary doctor start OF ten years
and beat him around block. Aunt
Iulia has firm filth In ynrbs"-
You mean herbs" Interrupted tho
professor.
II don't mean anything OF the Kind
4 meau yarbs You go over TO Aunt
lula and mention YARDS. and her eyes
viii brighten up aud she'll ask you 10
sit down aud cut piece OF pie. but
n YOU began talking about herbs she'd
naste YOU one with her frusty sauce
nan and knock on n corner of your
scalp Aunt julia II pretty souchy
about some things
~One day old Mrs. Dooiittie blew
snfo the house TO spend the afternoon,
and Aunt Julia happened TO say that
something happened IN Aprile. Mrs.
Doollttle thinks she knows moro than
Webster's uBadulteratcd dictionary be
cause she taught school about $50
years ago. when she was a young wo-
man. and she called my aunt down and
said that there was no such word as
Aprile
~'You mean April. my dear says
she.
~ don't mean any such doggone
ching snys my aunt ! meau Aprile.
and n you don't like II. Mrs. Doa,llttic
you can lump II. and be blan'ed 10
you.
Well. they famed away for i've
minutes or so. and their language be
gan 10 make the shingles fall OF the
roof. aud I was thinking OF sending In
a hurry call for the cops. when Mrs
Doolittle left the house by way OF the
window and Jumped three fences with
oui touching them In her haste to get
home. A lot OF saucepans and other
household utensils whizzed past her
ears and seemed TO stimulate her.
That's the sort OF woman Aunt
Julia is Now. II you want TO so over
and talk 10 her about herbs won't
Interfere
III there's anything my aunt delights
In Il Is doctoring people. She hasn't
a bit OF use for drug store medicines
She brews her own remedies. and she
doesn't think anything viii help a
sick person unless Il tastes like the
royal palace OF AbyssinIa. A dose OF
her collie medicine will make a mans
insldcs feel as though be bad swat
lowed porcupine
Il had the collie last summer. and the
medicine she made for me had smoke
on H. ! can taste II yet. Sometimes
! dream that Aunt Julia Is handing me
q spoonful ~ her collie medicine. and
then ! always wake With yell She
* an old fashioned woman She gath
ers her YARDS at certain stages nf the
moon. and when she Is brewing her
medicines she muttcrs denominations
ana makes passes with her hands and
does a lot OF tricks that make your
blood run cold But her remedies hlt
the spot.
"oId man Pulsifer. you know. was
hopeless Invalid for year lie sat
In wheeled chair. and his wife fed
him with tho Ere shovel. and all the
members OF the family were kept SO
busy waiting on him that they hadn't
time 10 wind the clock or prime the
pump. he said be had paralysis OF
the worst kind. and every body believed
him Aunt Julia went over there one
day and looked az the old mans tongue
and poked him in the ribs and tapped
him with tuning fork and said she
could cure him up so quick II would
make his head swim
II you can cure that map so he'll
be OF some use IN the world said Mrs.
Pusifer. I'll give you the silk crazy
quilt my grandmother gave me when
she was dying
Aunt Julia gathered lot OF YARDS
at the dark OF the moon I'm the south.
east corner OF n graveyard and stewed
them oyer slow FIRE, and the broth
she made from them would have warp,
60 the armor plate OF q hattleship. |
knew by the smell Of It that IL was
me real stlngo. and you can't imagine
c-'N wa At4sfA nave 10
take IT. When she went over TO dope
old Puls!fer she insisted on my going
along TO help hold him down
The old man didn't want to take Il.
Anybody could see that. He got
smell or the stun when Aunt Julia
S9o9k the cork from the bottle. and a
pale green sweat broke out ON his
brow. But | seized him lay the top of
us head aud pulled his mouth open
ana my aunt poured down about forty
kiiometerS of her redhot dope. aud
when Ii had slzzlcd into his stomach
lie let out one warwhoop and Streaked
out OF doors like a professional Mara.
mon runner. When we found him
couple OF hours lator he was standing
IN the creek. which was fun of Ice wa.
yer. trying 10 get his vifals cooled OF.
defy any regular practitioner 70
make a quicker cure than that"-Wal'
Nason In Chicago News.