EIGHT TIMES CURED.
Mark Twain, in the course of the recent Pilgrims' dinner in -New York, talked of his pet aversion. "Christian Science," he said, "reminds me of the apple cure for drunkenness. In Hannibal, in my boyhood, the apple cure Avas very highly esteemed. I remember hearing ouce the Hannibal town drunkard expatiate on the apple cure. 'You believe in it, then, do you, Hank?' a listener asked. 'Believe in it? How can I help believin' in it?' the drunkard said excitedly. 'Ain't it cured me eight times?' "
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 6
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89EIGHT TIMES CURED. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 6
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