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The Medicine Man
One
day a medicine man, his wife and little girl showed up. Now the girl was a
cute little thing always singing and dancing. My pa though said that
medicine man flue flam man and pure trash but I like to listen to him sell his
tonic. The show would start with the little girl singing and dancing.
Then the medicine man would get some local folks to give testimony to the
wonders of his tonics and potions. Always first to testify was the
backwoods couple
Bethsy Rose and Marcus Elroy. Seems Marcus Elroy had a real wind problem
if you know what I mean. It was so bad that poor Bethsy was afraid to lift
the quilt at night or be in a car with the windows up and they had to decline
all social engagements. After just one week of taking the medicine man’s
tonic Marcus Elroy was wend free. Now, Connie Joe, she loved to tell folks
about her maxamol tonic and how it cured
her
of rabbit fever and her weight problem. Seems Connie Joe was out in the
woods collecting her pine bark, grape seeds and roots and stuff and all those
strange things she had when a wild rabbit came up and bit her. Now she
came down with rabbit fever and was near to dying when the medicine man came and
gave her his tonic. After only three days, not only was the fever gone,
but she had lost a huge amount of fat and over 100 pounds. After hearing
the testimonials folks gathered around just hankering to buy those tonics and
potions. Now maybe that medicine man was a real scallywag but his wife
weren’t much better. I heard the man at the feed store talking to somebody
and he said she was making a nice little bundle at night and it weren’t from
selling her husband’s tonic if you know what I mean.