The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
The Cure of
Joel White
BY M. QUAD
Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.

! or the cid beasts Kept In geological
gardens or carried around the countr,
by circus menageries.
Joel White bought butter. eggs. hides
potatoes and other things of farmer,
and shipped them to New York. FL,
was known as quiet. honest man ant
had the respect OF all. He had beer
in business Eve years when the time
came that he had to go to New York
city. When there he went to the zoo
The place was great surprise to him
He was fascinated. Instead of making
visit lasting two or three hours, he
spent the best part Of three days look.
ing at the beasts and birds, and then
could hardly drag himself away. When
he reached home he could talk of moth.
ing else to his family. and he had a
certain wilcnccs OF eye which his wife
did not like at all. However, be went
to bed at the usual time and slept
quietly through the night.
| When joel arose next morning and
| sat down to breakfast he looked at the
food placed before him with great con.
tempt and said to his wife:
This Is no food for lion. Go down
to the butcher shop and bring me FIVE
pounds OF raw meatr'
why. what do you mean, Joel?" she
asked In establishment.
II mean that | am full grown lion
and that shall kin half a dozen per.
sons during the day"
The wife ran out and got three or
four men. and when they entered Joel
reiterated TO the back yard and there
roared and snarled and paved the
earth like an angry lion. Two doctors
came and examined him. and the YER
dict was that he had gone temporari-
ly insane. The man-lion was guarded
at day and night and next morning
looked and acted as sane as anybody.
He did not remember that he had play
ed the lion. and the doctors said that
no one must tell him. He went TO
business, and for three days was all
right Then be awoke to declare that
he was an elephant. The attack came
upon him just as he had left his gate
behind him to go 10 store He began
swinging his right arm as an elephant
swings his trunk. and he sent forth
trumpet blasts.
Joel's elephantine ct lasted two days
and then suddenly left him. He picked
up bis business at just the point where
he left 1t and did not seem TO realize
that be had lost any time. Then he
began to perform" again, and his
performance" created a sudden and
a great shock
Joel White was a member OF one Of
the churches and was always In his
pew of a Sunday. He was there on
this particular Sunday. and he was a
close listener to the sermon. when
1t was about half done Joel suddenly
sprang to his feet and yelled out:
Look out for me! have turned |
into rhinocerosp
With this he began running up and |
down the aisle. The people rose up |
and hurried out as fast as they could,
but he bumped against a full score
md sent them sprawling.
The doctors were very doubtful if
lie would recover from this last illu.
lion. For two days he remained sullen
md silent and did not seem to recog-
lize even his wife. Then he awoke, as
t were. and was bis real self again.
When Joel came TO himself again he
vas plainly told of bis past perform
lnces. He was utterly astonished ]
Those things were blank to him. and
lie wept over them So great was his 4
that 1t was agreed TO give /:
lin last chance. II he played ZOO
IN that town any more he must be
hipped of to the state asylum.
One morning Joel was mailing up a
OK In front OF his store. As he work
d away at the box he suddenly emit :
ed a sound between a hiss and a
ackle, and, throwing away the ham,
ler and nails, he cried out:
Tom. have been turned into an O
strich! And don't let them pluck out v
ny feathers!" v
With that speech be went running n
p the street with long strides. and :
be town was soon In an excited state I
gain. Joel hadn't committed any dam
&c when he came across q tin ped
ler's rig which was standing In front
house. and the peddler himself
ad just come out OF the gate after
all.
Look out! Look out!r cried Joel as
3 came striding up. II have been
lrned into a ostrich, and If kick you
ace ! shall break all your ribsr'
Look out YOURSELF shouted the
eddler. Il am an ostrich myself. and
there is any kicking 10 be done you
II your boots shall have a hand
itr'
Joel made an awful kick al him. but
Used. and 10 return was fairly turn
around by the shoe which struck
m Then he received two more
cks and escaped a third by starting
on a run. Seeing that the peddler
as after him. he leaped fence and
me down on his head on the other
de-
At first Il was believed that Joels
ok was broken. when that was
und not to be the case the doctor
oked for conclusion OF the brain and
ind Il. aud Joel White was borne TO
> home and remained In his bed for
ne weeks he had no illusions when %
> senses came back. and he had none .
ben able 20 20 to business again. In i