The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-10-15
MEDICINE FROM MIAMI.

Col. Marston, of Bah-l-l-mo-, was
here Friday? He came to see his
old friends, Furniture Kerr and Un-
Gle Jim. Being in Miami when ne
started hither, and hearing that the
influenza was running wild in these
parts, he correctly surmised that the
proper thing for him to do was to
bring some influenza medicine, which
he accordingly did, having invested
for that purpose in bottle of the
Tincture of Happiness.
He arrived in the morning, and
the first we knew of him was when
we saw Furniture Kerr with him on
the road to "dine" at the Eureka.
He looked like Dote Smith says Un-
Gle Jim looks when he sees a pocket
hood, Smiling jist like the angels.
One side of Col. Kerr was having a
race to keep up with the other side
in the rush of the undertaking. We
heard him ask if the directions on
the bottle said "both before and af-
ter meals take large dose, and re-
peat as often as necessary"
We knew nothing more of matters
until we saw brother Marston about
6 o'clock, when he invited us to take
him to the train. He told US that
Uncle Jim had been suffering with
the s'Flu" a good deal in the morn
ing. and about the medicine which
he brought, and that Col. Furniture
Kerr had been somewhat under the
weather also before he came, but he
opined that the "fu" would fly away
by the time we returned from the
depot. He predicted this for the
reason, as he stated it, that he gave
Uncle Jim dose about 8 o'clock,
and in a little while he called in for
another treatment, and in still lit
tie shorter time, he called for an
other, at each of which intervals
Furniture Kerr also asked for an ap-
plication of the same remedy; both
finally consenting to take the medi-
cine in hand themselves, and dismiss
the doctor.
Pursuant to the notice received,
as the young lawyers say, we stopped
in at the furniture dealers as we
went up. We found that he had quite
recovered. He told US that business
was altogether lovely; that Kinney
lad sold seven wagons and five bug
gies that day and he could not rem
ember the number the day before,
he said he owned about thirty-fve
thousand dollars, but had twice
enough to pay it all and carry over
money to loan; he also asked how
many Liberty Bonds remained un-
sold, and said that J. D. Jr., had en-
tirely conquered the fever; that he.
never felt better in his life and was
happy to say that Uncle Jim's health
was improving, though he said Uncle
jim was staying in doors that even,
ing as he did not wish to have a,
relapse.
He finally invited us to tea but
when we were forced to decline he
insisted that we call again after tea
as he wished to talk some, stating
that he got awfully lonesome when
be had no one to talk to.
| Agreeable to adjournment, we call
ed an hour or two later but we found
that business had fallen off consid
srably. The cotton was nearly all
picked, the people were spending
the, money recklessly, and while he
could see out, "the old gray mare
was not what she use to be-" We
heard nothing from Uncle Jim fur
ther but we found the next morning
that he had suffered a relapse and
the medicine was out, so that he was
in an awful fix and so remained un-
til one of his customers called to pay
up for mule. He began then to
recover and was we'll ever after
wards, as they kept coming.