The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-04-14


nothing did him any good until he go,
= horse chestnut aud carried u around
In his pocket. Then the rheumatism
disappeared. and hasn't played ~
turn engagement since. I have talke,,
with Jasper often. trying 10 point out
the folly % his claim. but he refuses
20 yield an inch. I used 10 have all
kinds Of rheumatlcs before I got that
horse chestnut. he says. and now I
haven't single one. Who would ask
better proof than thatr
And echo answers who. my dear
Mrs. Jiggers. II may he that horse
chestnut In the hip pocket Il specific
for rheumatism. II isn't afe Ia de-
nounce any theory as false alarm.
IRA Grifway used 10 be- always
groaning about his diseases. until n
became unpleasant 20 meet him He
couldn't talk about anything else. liz
ignored the crops and regarded the
weather with contempt. and devoted
all his great energy and talents 10
discussion of the things that were
hurting him. Then all of n sudden h..
began boastlng of how hale and
hearty he was. He explained that the
rad 10 health was absurdly easy. and
there was no excuse for sickness any.
where. All man had 20 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
u was more important than any mod
ern invention. His sincerity Is shown
by the fact that there was no possible
graft connected with u. A man can't
sell the morning atmosphere at 81
much per breath. Ira's great dlscov.
cry was free 10 everybody. n were
going To invent cure for anything
I'd compound something that could be-
put up In bottles and sold NJ dollar
a throw. The man who lnvents a
fresh air cure Is running benevolence
into the ground.
His cure was 80 cheap that I de-
cided Ia try II. as ! was suffering
from a broken heart and a sluggish
liver nj 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 20 In
hale the prescribed hundred breaths
! had reached the twenty. seventh
breath when 4 dissIpated bee or wasp.
on Its way hone from a night OF rev.
eiry. stung me on the nose. and was
In such haste TO put a porous plns-
ter on that organ that didn't finish
the treatment and never tried II
again.
But knew many people who
claimed they were cured 81 everything
from the humps. hoof and mouth dis
ease. by the hundred -hreaths treat
ment.
There was spring on my fathers
farm. and I doped II with sulphuric
acid and few other wholesom. 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 on
clutches to buy the healing fluid. and
when they left they threw their
crutches away.
For a brief session I had more
small change than any hoy In the
county. but my father returned home
from a visit. and when he found out
what I had been doing. he inter
viewed me with hickory pole, and for
year or two was busy paying back
the money had collected from sur
ferers. The people who had been
healed suffered relapse as soon as
they heard the water was faxed;
which goes to show. Mrs. Jiggers. that
We are entitled to better quality Of
butter on this table"