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to dry up very quickly. When the rain 

 came, there seemed to be a second crop 

 of white clover, which helped to make 

 up for the failure of the first. Most of 

 the surplus is in the form of extracted- 

 honey, and it has been more than usually 

 difficult to get the bees to work in the 

 sections. 



Mr. A. I. Root seems to be "enjoy- 

 ing poor health " this Summer. We have 

 often laughed over the queer expression, 

 sometimes heard, that such a person 

 "enjoys poor health ;'' but here is a gen- 

 uine case of enjoyment. Mr. Root even 

 says that he rejoices in having the grippe, 

 because it gives him a chance to doctor 

 it without medicine. He puts" it in this 

 way : 



I do not see but I shall have a new 

 chapter in this matter* And if the grip 

 that I have been having for the last two 

 weeks is going to help me in studying up 

 appliances whereby drugs and medicines 

 may be dispensed with, I do not know 

 but I rather (in one sense) rejoice in 

 having the grip. After I had had it for 

 three or four days, I consulted one of 

 the oldest and best physicians in Medina. 

 I told him that I found it necessary to 

 wear an overcoat and fur cap, even 

 during August days, when the ther- 

 mometer registered 85 in the shade. He 

 asked me just one question: "Do you 

 find that you are unusually sensitive to 

 any sort of draft, or chilly wind?" 



" Well, I should think I am sensitive to 

 drafts and chilly winds, Doctor, especially 

 if the wind happens to be in the north. 

 Why, with more than my Winter's cloth- 

 ing, as soon as a breeze starts up I invol- 

 untarily get behind the barn-door, or 

 into some corner, before I attempt to 

 even direct business." 



He declared it was "grip" sure; and 

 after some more conversation he laugh- 

 ingly told me that he guessed I did not 

 need any advice — that all I needed to do 

 was to keep up the temperature by 

 Winter clothing, and to be sure that I 

 did not get chilly. He suggested that 

 quinine might help to keep up the circu- 

 lation ; but when I told him that I rather 

 preferred overcoats to quinine, if it 

 would do just as well, he said, "All 

 right, go ahead with the overcoat." 



Now here is the result. Just as long 

 as I keep warm enough to perspire 

 sufficiently to keep my under-clothing 

 a little damp, I feel pretty well. At 

 night I keep bundled up in much the 



same way ; but if I attempt to leave off 

 my wraps, and my flesh gets dry, chills 

 commence, and grip pains and something 

 between neuralgia and pleurisy comes 

 streaking along. 



Very likely different individuals are 

 differently affected; but, my friend, just 

 try my plan of doctoring the grip with- 

 out medicine. And, by the Way, there 

 are quite a few ailments along this line 

 that yield quickly to bundling up until 

 you perspire freely. There are some 

 peculiarities of the treatment that I 

 rather enjoy. One is, that I can drink 

 all the cold water I please all day long, 

 without any bad effect at all. It passes 

 off with the prespiration of the body ; my 

 appetite is also fair, audi can eat almost 

 anything. The most inconvenient part 

 of it is having people stare at me, won- 

 dering whether I am a crank or lunatic, 

 with overcoat and fun cap, in August. 



Horse, Cattle, Slieep and 

 S^wine Doctor.— This is a new book, 

 containing, in four parts, clear and con- 

 cise descriptions of the diseases of the 

 respective animals, with the exact doses 

 of medicine for each, by William H. 

 Clarke. Price, $1. M. T. Richardson, 

 Publisher, New York. 



A book on diseases of domestic animals, 

 which should present a description of 

 each disease, and name the proper medi- 

 cines for treatment in such condensed 

 form as to be within the means of every- 

 body, has long been recognized as a 

 desideratum. The work before us 

 appears to cover the ground completely. 

 The information is arranged so as to be 

 easily accessible — an important consid- 

 eration. Each disease is first described, 

 then follows the symptoms by which it 

 may be recognized, and lastly is given 

 the proper remedies. The different med- 

 icines employed in all diseases are de- 

 scribed and the doses required are given. 

 The book is copiously illustrated, includ- 

 ing engravings showing the shapes of 

 horses' teeth at different ages. An elab- 

 orate index is a valuable feature. 



The sewing machine I got of you 

 still gives excellent satisfaction— W. J 

 PiCTTEUsoN, Sullivan, Ills. 



