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bout eight inches long — fill it with the above 

 "weed and boil it in a pint of W. I. Rum until it 

 becomes strong. Apply it below the pit of the 

 stomach as Avarm as can be borne. Keep renew- 

 ing it until the pain subsides. 



For Deafness, 



Take a little bunch of sage^ wrap it up in rye 

 dough, bake it in the oven, not too hard ; pick 

 a little hole open against the sage, and by means 

 of this, press the steam into the ear. 



Another for Deafness, 



Take a green black ash stick of wood, lay i^ 

 on the fire, when the juice comes out catch it in 

 something that is clean. Cork it in a vial. 

 Drop two drops at a time into the ear, twice a 

 day or oftencT. If you go out and take cold, it 

 will prevent its good effect. 



Pickerel's oil dropped into the ear, has been 

 used to good purpose. 



Cure for Worms, or any person whose Victuals 



hurt them. 



^ Take a piece of deer's horn an inch lor.g ; 

 burn it to a coal and pulverize it fine, or you 

 may saw the same quantity to Sawdust ; mix 

 these with molasses or ahy other liquid, or you 

 may prepare it by whittling and pounding it fine 

 and getting the tea out. It may be given m ei- 

 t'lier of these three ways. 



Iv cure a Felon after it is Ulcerated. 



Roast an onion until the rind comes off". Bind 

 it on the felon as hot as vou can s:et it. Roast 

 the remainder of the onion until another rind 

 comes off. Apply it as before^ and so continue 

 until the pain subsides. 



