Spanish Fork Press | 1905-09-21 | Page 2 | What Cured His Cold

WHAT CURED HIS COLD Uncle Aleck Lost Medicine Chewed the Paper When homeopathy was in its fancy my father who was a sea tamp became a strong devotee lost no opportunity to sauna praises He owned a medicine c and a big book of < directions a i he zealously studied and becam thoroughly I Imbued with the doe that It became a standing joke an his friends and family Uncle A Coffin was his mate and quit droll old sea dog In his way He an unbeliever In the new practice lost no opportunity to crack a at its expense One evening Uncle Aleck calli the house when he had a severe and was feeling 111 generally tl was fathers opportunity He got his book looked Uncle Aleck seriously put some pellets in a p and told Uncle to be sure and them as he told him fo The next day Uncle Aleck cat i c-at the house and lo his cold gone and he was himself again F er felt triumphant Well Alexander he said IOU g I-OU will believe now there Is s virtue in my little pellets Of co yet took them Yes said Uncle Aleck 1 must be great stuff When I goal theyd spilled out but I chewed paper and came out all right Chewing the paper has bee quite a remedial byword in our t lly ever since Boston Herald