HUMOUR a CRANK,

Otago Witness, Issue 2059, 10 August 1893, Page 14

HUMOUR a CRANK,

How A Preaches Talked in Rhyme and How to Core His Wandering Fancy. In the west of the United States a clergyman was seized with a rhyming mania. Every request he made was in impromptu rhyme, and he began to deliver his sermons in high-flown doggerel. His name was supposed to be Snyder. Except for this he was perfectly sane. His friends advised him to lay his case before the celebrated Dr Hammond, of New York, which he did, journeying thither. His first words were on entering the doctor's office as follows :— " Good morning, Or Hammond, I hope that yon are well ; I've come a long distance my story to tell. They say I'm insane, but that'i inanity ; I've a rhyming inspiration, bnt that's not insanity." Whether Dr Hammond oared his patient or not is not stated, bnt the case is susceptible of easy treatment, as it is only a mild lunacy. It would oure itself if the subject was fortunately, or unfortunately, stricken with pain of long continuance. Fain would serve as a counter irritant, and it knocks the poetry out of anything. Suddenly attacked with the pangs of rheumatism, the twitching aches of neuralgia, the acute tortures of sciatica or lumbago, or the dull misery of sprains, hurts, or bruises, which, acting as a diversion to such a perverted brain, the patient would talk no more rhyme. As the folly wore off it would be easy enough to oure the pain in any form, promptly and permanently, in the manner followed by those who know what is the best for it. Mr W. Booth, Thomas street, Balmain, states :—" Had severe rheumatism and no end of pain. After one or two applications of St. Jacobs oil pain entirely left me. Recommend it to' my friends. My wife was cured of neuralgia in the same way." " A member of my family," says Mr J. R. Drewett, Glen View, Darlinghurst, Sydney, " was cured by St. Jacobs oil of the excruciating tortures of rheumatio gout." Mr James O'Brien, stockbroker, Sandhurst (Victoria), says:—" With less than half a bottle of St. Jacobs oil I was cured of aoute rheumatism." Mr Arthur Pretty, 5 Collins street, Melbourne, states " that a bottle of St. Jacobs oil cured him of chronic rheumatism. He had no faith in it, but was intensely surprised and gratified." Mr E. A. Little, 201 Pitt street, Sydney, says he "is glad to testify that his wife was cured of a painful rheumatio affection by St. Jacobs oil." Mr R. 0. Payne, Brisbane, says: — "I have received instantaneous relief from acute rheumatism of long standing by the uee of St. Jacobs oil." Mr Allister Brown, Auckland, New Zealand, writes: "Half a bottle of St. Jacobs oil cured me of rheumatism so severe I coul< not lift my arm." In like manner Mr D. Pass (of Feldheim, Gottheif, and Co.), Sydney; Mr John D. Flower, Balmain ; William Lovering (8. Hoffnung and Co.), Sydney ; T. W. Allen (A. H. Nathan and Co.)/ Auckland; Mr 13. Benjamin (Hart and Benjamin; solicitors), Collins, street, Melbourne; Thomas Robinson, Carlton, Melbourne; Mrs J. Love, 145 Johnson street, Collingwood, were all promptly cured of rheumatism by the same means. Such things to the well, mentally, were not diversions, but how readily they were vanquished. Sold by all Reputable Chemists and Dealers. Wholesale agents for New Zealand Messrs KEMPTHORNB, PROSSER, and, CO. (Limited). DO YOU WANT TO PEACTICK ECONOMY WITHOUT SACRIFICING EFFICIENCY ? If SO YOU MUST BUY A WATERBURY. These watches are the only Reliable Low-cost Timekeepers— and don't you forget it.