Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1887 — Wouldn’t Count That. [ARTICLE]

Wouldn’t Count That.

A colored parson in the suburbs was making calls on his parishioners. Among those whom ho met was Moses Benjamin Franklin. “How’s all de folks ?” he asked, walking into the parlor of the Franklin house. “Dey’s all right sma’t, pa’son,” replied Moses, moving a chair up to the fire. “How’s yo’se’f?” “Middlin’, thank you. I’se roun’ to see if yo’ was goin’ to be present at the love feast Sunday night. We ” “Oh, yas, pa’son, I’se suah to be dar.” “Gwine to come, Erudder Franklin, with ’Squiah Penny’s hen roost on yo’ mind ?” “Suah.” “Gwine to git on yo’ knees at de love feast with the familiarity of ’Squiah Penny’s hen roost stickin’ out all over yo’self ?” “Suah. Do yo’ ’spect I’se gwine to let a little rooster stand between me an’ my blessed Kedeemer?” —Chicago Herald. Boards of Health indorse Bed Star Cough Cure as a speedy and sure remedy for coughs and colds. Scientists pronouuce it entirely vegetable and.free from opiates. Price, twenty-live cents a bottle. Sicily is the chief source of manna. In that country the trees are cultivated in plantations, and when about eight years old they begin to yield. Cuts an inch and a half to two inches long are made in the bark, cutting through to the wood. One cut is made da ly, beginning near the bottom of the trunk, with each succeeding cut about an inch above the former one. The thick, siruplike juice exudes from the cuts and hardens on the bark into white, spongy flakes, which, when hard enough, are removed and dried still further before they are packed for commerce, it consists mainly of a form of sugar called manite, and has mild laxative properties. The ill-fated Franklin expedition consisted of two ships, Erebus and Teror, commanded by Sir John Franklin, with Capts. Croz er and Fitz James, consisting in all of 13$ persons. The last heard from them was a letter dated July 12, 1845. Bodily pains are instantly relieved by the use of St. Jacobs Oil. Dr. R. Butler, Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, says, “It acts like magic.”