The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

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suriy epithet-impcstor. for he has ac-
complished as much good by feeding
U imagination as dosing our
stomach.
1t is really astonishing how the hu-
man system can be bluned. | once
read a story Of how an experimental
INJECTED some harmless solution in
his arm and feigned that it was NOR
phine. In the course Of time he ap-
peared to have been e~nSlaved TO the
habit and finally suffered all the
agonies OF a genuine dope fiend. Some
physicians say this could not have
been SO while others admit the pos
sibility Of it However. something OF
the sort but with reverse effect actu-
ally took place IN the town Of Beau
fort, North Carolina A druggist,
ANXIOUS to cure a certain lady OF the
morphine habit, gradually diluted the
lose until she was taking plain water
with perfect satisfaction and without
detecting the kind imposition prac-
tlced upon her.
Illustrating the efficacy Of bluff on
the mind and on the body through
the MIND you must hear of a woman
in this community whose aiiment was
peculiar and whose cure was laugh
able. Those OF you who are aware
Of the credulity of some of the
simpler OF our people wiz credit the
story, others will not. Nevertheless. l
am assured that the facts can be
sworn to il necessary. But to the
point Old Aunt Martha, who was
not altogether free of certain hypo-
chondriacal tendencies, conceived the
idea that her "in'ards' wa inhabited
by a frog. h allied and bewailed
for a while and then went to town TO
consult a physician.
The apostle OF Aesculapius thus
honored, suppressing a ha ha under
a mask Of professional solicitude as
Sured Aunt Martha that that frog
notion Of hers was absurd. He then
diagnosed the case and gave the
trouble a Latin name which sounded
much more horrible to the old woman
than frog. She took his treatment
obediently for a few days but with no
result, probably because she still chung
to her original diagnosis. Finally one
, Of her neighbors and "sisteren' told
; her Of a similar cas- which had been
cured by one Mr.. Duck, "a c%onjure
doctor" Aunt Martha forthwith and
Immediately repaired to the new hope
with her tale Of wee. The "conjure
= doctor being wise unto his own in:
terest, examined the patients throa'
with a red flash light and sclemnly
announced the presence OF a greer
: frog in her abdomen. Aunt Marth:
e was told to return h next a ant
e bring what currency she could scrap
e UP, meanwhile the doc rode out to
pond, ostensibly for certain roots AM
herbs.
f The fina scene took place the mex
morning when the frog-tenanted wO
!. man and a number Of dusky an
sympathetic friends were ushered b
the Doc into a dark room. After a.
, impressive silence, and Incarnation
= emetic swallowed by the patient, tn
= curtains were raised and the awe,
spectators beheld in the debris Q
Aunt Martha's elected breakfast
: little green frog. Thereupon tn
woman announced that she suffere'
rejoicing.
The Bluff In Society.
: The social bluff is serious and rep
rehensible or harmless and amusln
according to ones conception Q
e things, The serious (ultra serious
d view Of life admits Of no insincerity
p The straight-laced Puritan condemne
the frivolity, and the petty deception
and the innocent vanities OF the Worlt
[e especially Of the women of the work.
t To such the would-be attractlv
h maiden who concealed the callouse
hands OF work in gloves or bedeck
ed simplicity with a flower, was
% sinner.
le Even in Thu enlightened age ther
J. are those who cry out in horro
= against rouge and etui and regar
S, braids with loathing and aversion
ID Some extremists 90 go far as to plae
n cold cream under the ban. A fanat
er declared in a public address, not lon
a. ago, that the art OF identifying III
a feminine face and figure beyond whs
ut nature intended, was a Babylonia
OF crime. Such examples Of pessimisn
discomfort and narrow-mindedne>
are becoming fewer as the days G
al by-for which we are duly grateful
IN 1 daresay that some Of these o.
re winners might even have take
umbrage at the string Of beads an
ed the heavenly smile.
H. However this may be, we can re;
sonably suppose that the bluff
comeliness was in vogue long befol
IL mother Eve wove her hobble ski
Of fig leaves or Adam cultivated
c. Princeton ruff.
re Is it human to resist the bluff
de putting up 8 good appearance al