Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1909 — Sad Result of Overdoing It. [ARTICLE]

Sad Result of Overdoing It.

“Ladies and gents,” said the lecat the dime museum, “ I call your attention next to the man on this platform, Mr. Obadiah Chugg, whose career Is at once an inspiration and a warning. Fifteen years ago, ladies and gents, Mr. Chugg’s hands became covered with warts. One night an angel appeared to him in a dream, and said: ‘Obadiah, live on buttermilk exclusively for fifty days, and your warts will go away.’ So impressed was he with this vision that he resolved to follow the advice of his angelic monitor, and for fifty days he lived on an exclusive diet of buttermilk. At the end of that time his warts disappeared leaving his hands as smooth as the hands ot an infant. Unfortunately, however, he had become so greatly attached to buttermilk that he continued to fiive on it, as before, and at the end of the sixtieth day his warts all came back, since which time they have defied all his efforts to remove them. In proof of this remarkable story, ladles and gents, Mr. Chugg will now show you his hands, which, as you see, still certain each and every wart in its original place, thus demonstrating the foil' 7 of overdoing a good thing. Passing now to the next platform, I invite your attention to Amjalble Algy, the educated monkey, formerly the favored pet of Newport society."