Mr. AND MRS. BOWSER.

Bush Advocate, Volume V, Issue 354, 16 August 1890, Page 6

Mr. AND MRS. BOWSER.

By Mas;., BovrsßEi.

(DISTSOIT yKBB PUBSS.) After cupper the other night Mr, Bowser wpiU. to hia over; 0 .-.'.pocket and got oat a small book and began wailing it, and alter waiting long enough to lei him understand I had n© curiosity' o« th« subject, I queried : ' l • Sometliiog juew ou ponltjy ?" "No." tl It isn't Hoyle V* " No." •« Well, what is it ?" • l I cau tell you tan title of ft, but you can't understand. It is a very, very deep vfurk." , " Oh, it w ! You can understand a very, very tiepp work and I caii't?" " N-aturally. Man Has the stronger, deeper mind, ot' course. The- title of this work is, 'Nature's Diseases and Remedies— Control of theßodybythe-Mind!'" " Bosh !" « What . What's that P" " You aro too old to waste time on such nonsense. Mr. Bowser " " Nonsense ! Why it's the plainest principle of philosophy in the world. The human bo.dy is bat clay, tlw eo.ul is immortal. The soul is the mind. The miud ought to be able- to coutrol tho body." (i Yes, in some cages, " "In njl crises, Mrs. Bowser. For instance, you stab your to^\ It hurts. You let your mind turn to something else and the pain censes. "" " Humph !'' " That's it ! That's tho usual way of th& ignorant—ridicule what they can't argtfe and discuss in a sensible manner. I have often wondered if you really had a soul." " Dou'b worry yourself, Mr. Bowsefr If I : haven't got auy soul I've got some common senso." " Very well. It'a no use to talk to a p rsoa brought up in a log house on the edge of I a huckleberry marsh. I know that the mind caa control the body. You deny it, I hope to [ furnish you with proofs within a week." He was to furnish them that night. We were about reaily to go upstairs and he had been out ; bareheaded and in his slippers to see if the barn \ door was locked, when he suddenly gave ai great start aud cried out. i j ■ " Goo —mi -my to Johnson !" [ " Wh.it'stlie matter?" ! i " That tooth tried to JHinp clean out of my , head. WhrtWl Vi! Hang it!" tic sat down to hold hw jaw and heare t» and fro, and I said r. '* Your tooth jumps. Ithnrtayou. loulct yourniiiul turn to samethiug else anxl thu pain 0M8"8 " He looked up at me wi^h the glint of pounded gluas in hia eyes, and was aboatto reply in kind, ! wlieu the jumper jump<Mi on him agaia and he* j '■ seized his jaw and yelled j • •, [ " Great Scots to eoatteration, but I can't I stand this t Get me some camphor/ i. I got him Bom<), and after a time the pain j \ ease-i up aud he went to bed. He expected mo i ' : to aiy somathing about '* Control of the Body by the Mind," but I was waiting. I know that he wi.u jln'fc get oft bo easily, and ooald afford i ;to givo him a little time. I wbb just falling asleep when Mr. Bowsor suddenly lifted hi« feet ' high in the air and ottered a whoop which set h a neighbour's dog to barking, followed by the; remark : f c * Thunder and lightning I" i; Mr. Bowser, are you asleep ?" l askod, ' *' Adlcon 1 No ! I'm de<id ! Say, this in- I fernal thing has coma back on mo I- Where's ' that camphor ?" \ '♦ On tho bureau, dear, but it woa't d»yba j no goad." | " ()h-h-h-h ! Jewhittaker I My stars and soul, but she's jumping my jaw right out of its : sock t !' I've got to have something done for me c." I won't live another ten minutes." " Pshaw, Mr. Bowser. Have some spu&k about you ! What is a little toothache ?" "Grit ! »rit !" ho shouted as ho danced around on ono b;;. '* I've got more grit than any seven families iike yours rolled together ; but ihis v awful, awful! Are you goiiig to lie thore and see mo drop dead V* v You oiui stop it if you wiU. Jaat Ife down here and put your mind to work. Think of something elso. Think of being onfc in the woods at .i May Day Pedtival — beautiful flowers, happy children, green " * Uruen— whoop !! ! shut up J 1 " he ; yelled. " Hiveu't wo {jot awy paregoricin the house i" | " Yea ; but it's down ataira in the- medicine, box. Why don't you experiment a little, Mr. Bowser '? If there is anything in vonr theory now is v good time to try it. If yoo can itaagtnethit " M Paregoric— pepponnint — laudanum hot saJt — hot fijilt — cotton-bjittii*g !" ho howled us he pian«ed around tind tiiiiilly d4snpp.'urtjd down sta-irs. He was gone about fivn miauteo, and then cane back on tlio jump with tho box under hid arm. He iilled his mouth, with painkiller, ti*cii mus'.ard, flow to j>c])pertnii)t, tind after cxhaunUng all the remedies he jumped up and down tho middle of the roooa uud yelled " lire !" I hud to g«t up and go down and stir up the fire and main? a warm poultice for his jnw and ima around for an hour, and he finally grew ea3i'oj\ Tlwu I said to him : <{ Mr. Bowser, you brought home a book last night." ! " Never ." i " You brought home alx>ok about the control of the body by tho uaiuu." i lt No, I 'didn't!" " In your urgument you dtclurod that thesoul was the miud, uud that the mind had control of tho body." '• Got into the b**d nni kopßtill." " No, sir J sfou stub your ioo. It hurtSr Youlet your uiind turn to some ■'*' '* I uevßr said it !" M Mr. Bowi-er, what curml your toothache? Faith, tuiAg ; n;ition, ot 1 luiuUm 'r*'* | '« I— l— Wh-'s tulkiug abrtut tooUiacho? ' Mrs. Bowser, jou into bed mid go to sleep, j ' and in the m</rniiv I'll h-avo a K)ng talk with : 1 'you. Wo doii't. S"i:in to be mated t» oaeh other, J and the matter cau probsibly bo ai'mngtd to j otir mutual salWauUon aiM wiUwut publicity." Next morning ho got down stairs and got hokl of the l><u>k ilrut. and I afterwards J'ound £omo of the leaved soivtturcd ia tliebuck. yar>L .