The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-01-13

nothing did him any good until he got
u horse chestnut and carried II around
In his pocket. Then the rheumatism
disappeared. and hasn't played a re-
turn engagement since. I have talked
with Jasper often. trying TO point out
the folly Of his claim, but he refuses
10 yield an inch. I used to have all
kinds Of rheumatics before got that
horse chestnut he says. and now ]
haven't a single one. Who would ask
better proof than thatT
And echo answers who, my dear
Mrs Jiggers. II may be that horse
chestnut In the hip pocket is a specific
for rheumatism. II isn't safe to de-
nounce any theory al false alarm.
"Ira Grifway used 20 be always
grooming about his diseases. until II
became unpleasant TO meet him. He
couldn't talk about anything else. He
ignored the crops and regarded the
weather with contempt. and devoted
all his great energy and talents to a
discussion Of the things that were
hurting him. Then all OF a sudden he
began boasting Of how hale and
hearty he was He explained that the
road to health was absurdly easy, and
there was no excuse for sickness any
where. All a man had to do. he said.
was to get up early In the morning.
before sunrise. and draw In hundred
long breaths Of the crisp morning air.
"He made the discovery himself. and
II was more important than any mod
ern invention. His sincerity II shown
by the fact that there was no possible
graft connected with u. A man can't
sell the morning. atmosphere at So
much per breath. Ira's great discov-
going to invent a cure for anything
I'd compound something that could be
put up In bottles and sold at dollar
throw. The man who invents a
fresh air cure is running benevolence
into the ground.
His cure was so cheap that de-
cided to try II. a. | was suffering
from a broken heart and q sluggish
liver at that period. ] set my alarm
clock for an hour before sunrise, and
got up in the pale. bleak dawn, and
put my head out Of the window to In
hale the prescribed hundred breaths
had reached the twenty-seventh
breath when dissipated bee or wasp,
on Its way home from night Of rev.
elry, stung me on the nose. and l was
In such haste to put porous plas-
ter on that organ that didn't finish
the treatment, and never tried II
again.
"But knew many people who
claimed they were cured Of everything
from the humps. hoof and mouth dis
ease, by the hundred-breaths treat
ment.
There was Q spring on my father
farm, and I doped II with sulphuric
acid and a few other wholesome In
gradients, and then began selling the
water to the afflicted for ten cents a
Jug. Some marvellous cures were ef'
fected. Men hobbled there or
clutches to buy the healing fluid, and
when they left they threw thar
crutches away.
"For a brief session I had more
small change than any boy In the
county, but my father returned home
from visit. and when he found out
what I had been doing. he inter
viewed me with hickory pole, and fo
a year or two was busy paying bach
the money I had collected from sur
ferers. The people who had beer
healed suffered relapse as soon a.
/ they heard the water was faxed
which goes TO show, Mrs. Jiggers, tina
we are entitled to a better quality o.
butter on this table"