Show I JEpiscopalian J GOUT Ji REMEDY Episcopalian Rector Finds Effective Effec-tive Cure in Old Bucksaw Veteran Decides to Sever Gastronomical Gastronom-ical Relations with Canvasbacks Terrapin and Wines and Turn to Tree Chopping New York The Rev J Prescott of St Anns P E church Snyvlllo L I has added a bucksaw to the weapons with which ho fights the world the flesh and tho devil And the other day ho appeared on tho streets of tho village with the bucksaw over hIs shoulder to show his parish how effective he In Dr Prescott If ho Isnt n doctor already ho will be soon having discovered dis-covered something has been tho rector rec-tor of St Anns for 37 years and for the last two or three years has suffered suf-fered great agony of mind and body because he was popular and had so many millionaires among his summer parlf loners He never gets a chance to eat a wholesome meal of crumbs filth Lazarus but day in And day out has to sit up at the table with Dives and the result Is ho has developed just as fine a case of gout as if ho were a millionaire himself a But in a very short time Dr Prescott Pres-cott wont havo any gout thanks to the bucksaw which beats goats milk and which let It bo said with no irreverence ir-reverence seems to have been In this case more effective than prayer Fasting Fast-ing might have helped some but as already explained the rector never got an opportunity to fast There probably never WAS a country coun-try parson who knew more about canvasbacks t can-vasbacks and terrapin And the merits of rare vintages than Dr Prescott I He gave up the vlntago some time i ago but It was too late to cast devils out of that foot by such a simple sacrifice sac-rifice They got wars and rheumatism i rheuma-tism came to help them In tho torture of the good dominie He fled the millionaires of his parish par-ish that he might live the simple life + far A spell In tho Mohawk valley Thero he had A special goat to produce pro-duce hIs milk supply and for the sake of variety ho added buttermilk But in spite of that Dr Irescotts gout got no bettor and he returned to Say vine tho other day convinced that asp as-p long I as ho had to have the troubles of his pastorate ho might as well have the social Joys i It was three days ago that he dls covered the bucksaw by accident Ho t wanted a pine tree removed from the II j I I + rectory yard so that more sunlight could reach his aching foot when he put It up on the arm chair on thoj j veranda While thinking about it he hobbled into tho woodshed and thero saw the bucksaw Then he had nn Inspiration Seizing Seiz-ing an AX he tackled tho tree himself him-self Finally getting the tree down he started to saw it up for firewood That night he slept tho sleep ho used to know beforo ho know how to dine That Job Mulshed ho tackled another tree that threatened to fall The devils dev-ils were cast out Tho other day Dr Prescott went forth Into the streets of the village taking the saw with him When over a surprised parishioner commented com-mented upon tho agility with which ho walked the rector pointed to tho saw and told of tho euro The trustees of the church are delighted de-lighted about the Improvement In Dr Prescotts condition but are worried wor-ried about tho shade trees on the church lawn It may bo necessary either for the rich parishioners to substitute some simple cereal for pato de fole gras when they have the rector to dinner or for tho church to purchase A piece of timber land near the village |