Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — Left Till Called For. [ARTICLE]

Left Till Called For.

An elderly doctor, who was as peppery as a cayenne pod, was from time to time sprung upon by the practical joker. On one occasion a well dressed young fellow called and asked the doctor to prescribe for a breaking oat and rash on his left arm. The doctor examined the limb, and pronounced it a bad case of psoriasis and eczema. “I suppose, doctor, you can cure it?” said the patient. “Why, certainly,” replied the doctor. . “How long will it take to get well*" “Oh, I should say about Mru months,” says the doctor. “Quite sure? Is it a bad casaF" “Positively the wdrst I’ve seen." ‘ ‘Then I will leave it with you an* call for it again when cured," solemnly said the patient, stouijr wwfastening his arm, which was an artificial one, and painted, foe the sion.—[Yankee Blade-.