CURIOUS CURATIVES.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 133, 13 March 1873, Page 3

CURIOUS CURATIVES.

"Thrff JTaiis," cays Lupton, " m«do on Hie vigil of SK John, cnlled Midsummer Eve, nnd dm en in so dwji thai tbt»v ennnot Le seen, in tho plaeo where tlio party doth full that hnth thr faUiiig-bieloiess, and naming tho said pnrtj's liHtno while it is doing, doth drive ft" ay the disease quite " Equally efficacious in epilophc cases h the wmi ing of a ring made of ft sacramental shilling, o<ie out of the alma collected nt the holY communion Toothache may be cured b\ digfing up a plan*- of groundsel with a tool having no iron in it ; touching the tooth /bur timea vr;th the groundsel, taking care to spit thrice after each touch, nnd theu replacing Ih> plant. I la^ue and poison may bo defied for tv cut \ -four hours bra lif.li 1 lefection consisting of two figs, two walnuts ai if twenty nils leaves ben ten together. Warts are eai'ly got rid of b\ rubbing the ill-conditioned things with u piece of bacon, provided the bacon be Htolen. If honestly come by, tliero is no such virtue m it. Tlieft Mould seem to impart a. like curative power to vegetables, since a Lowes laborer, churged with helping himself to ft farmer's turnips excused tho misappropriation by declaring he only stole them bcefui=o he had been told he might mnJte lna crip])led boy perfect limbed h\ rubbing his neck with five stolen turnip* nnd throwing them away, without saying am thing to nmbodj about the matt or. Not «uoh an impudent defence as that ofithe fellow who decamped with one hundred pound-* worth of ootton beenuso lio wanted u little eolton for n cold in hi* car ! There are such things as plea-ant remcdiei Clierries, grnpes, lemons, cucumbers, have beeiM minted as certain cures if taken in sufficient quantity, for that English scourge, consumption ; a malady for which Aaron Hill preHcnbed a quart of coffee made with milk. Mr Henry Phillips found a not -*cry nauseous remedy for srn-sickness in brandiod ten, a remedy respecting which ho tells the following stoiv how tilings are managed on board American tom-1-oraucc' ships. "It was of rare occurrence for me to feel sea-nek, but on this occasion 1 did ; and in a state of mi sen known only to those who are so situated, T nsked the nearest nigger to give me some biandy He grinned and s.iid, ' You get no brandy hero mas-a, linn's a tern perum ship.' --'The deuce it is,' Vxid I. 'What am Ito do?' — 'Stop a bit lie said ; 'I'll get wmiethiug for you ' He immediately returned with a soda-water bottle full "of dark looking liquor, which he poured into my half cup of tea, saying, 'I)ere, massa, «arsapanlln—berry good ting for sea-sickness.' I tasted, and found it was excellent brandy I ga^ o hmi half a dollar, and requested a little more "ftpmpnnlln, which he again poured into mv cup, while he held Ins side with laughter, and grinned like am ena. 1 found in after travelling, w hone* er I had the illfoituiie to get on board a tempereiice ship, that the ingjier? weio always supplied with barsapanlla, and similar jilea cunt medicine* Tho English singer's remedy would have been a boon to the .fapancso Ambassadors who vimted lnirope in 18G2, for they uuflered terribly on the \oyage ; e\en 'he chief envoy could make no 1-ead against the nillietion, Respite his courageous nttempt to keep tho foe oil', b\ paitaking freely of a boup of wee and. horseradish, seasoned ■with Fiirdincs and ml herrings nnd washed down with ahnmpngnc! Tho Marquis of Anglesey, when Lord-Lieute-nant of Ireland, was a martyr to tic-doloreux, and the onh mnn who cou'id do him any good was Urophy, the ca-tle dentist. lie did not, ns one would guess, attack the Viceroy's teeth ; his mrthod of treating was moic original, nnd ■vasth more ngrcoablo to the patinit than any that could have been devised by tho College of Pb.vicinn« Uiopl.T -\as gifted with ninivellons comic powers, and before he pot through "1 he Ehud Beggar of Carlihle Br dge," or one of hi* m«m other convivialities, the Marquis found hini6tH free from pain nnd ready for his dinner. We baldly know whether we may reckon marringe among plen-nnt remedies ; it depends, wo'hupposc, upon the fonitm which it is adiuinutered. Dr Cabarrua, r> Parisian phybician, being called in b} ft pretty actress, felt her puKe, looking at her tongue, and so on, and then gravel} pronounced mnrriige to be the onh thing he could prescribe. " You are single, are jou not, my dear doctor?" enquired his dangerously fair patient. But the doctor was not to be trapped. Taking up his hat, he replied — " Yes, mademoiselle; but doctors only prescribe remedies, they do not take them "' — Chambers' s Journal.

Dr Hright's Phosphodtmv -Multitudes of people are hopelessly BUlFering from Debility, Nervous and Liver fe'omplnmts Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Unfltnes-. for Busine-s or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, mid Jlcmon, Lassitude, Want of Eowor, !m , whoso cw« ndmit ot perniauont ouae by the now remedy Phosphoih ne (CKonie. Oxjgen), which lit once alln\s all irritation and orciteiHcnt, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, und rajudly cures every ttage of the->o hitherto inciinible iihd tl stressing ninlndies. Sold In nil Chemists and Storekeepers t 1 rnigout the colonies, from whom pamphVts contain. n^ le^tnnonials may be ob tinned — Caution He particular to ask for ])e. IJright'd Ph^p!iod # >i,c, us imitations are abroad; and avoid purchasing single bottles, the genuine article being rsld m ensea onh —Am.