powder-post

But everything has its virtues, if only they can be found out; and long ago, in New England, some rustic AEsculapius discovered that powder-post was a sovereign balm for all flesh-wounds, causing them to heal rapidly, without "proud flesh."

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

From the frames of old buildings, when of oak, powder-post will sometimes run in streams when a beam or brace is struck.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

It was dressed three times with powder-post, and showed no sign or symptoms of "proud flesh."

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

The next morning Sam's younger brother, John, Willis Murch and I went up to the old barn to get powder-post.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

When a shovel or a pitchfork-handle snaps suddenly, or an axe-helve or a rake's tail breaks off under no great strain, the farmer says, "'Twas powder-post."

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

When at last we had helped Sam home, night was at hand; and although we went to all the neighbors, we could not collect enough powder-post to dress the cut.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

The bottle filled slowly, however, and it needed much splitting and hammering to obtain even a teaspoonful of powder-post.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

What modern medical science would predicate concerning this panacea, I know not, but thousands of cuts in rural districts treated with powder-post did very well, and faith in it waxed strong.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

So when Sam Eastman cut his foot over in the "east woods," all the wiseacres in the neighborhood declared that that foot must be done up in powder-post.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

"But I must get the powder-post for Sam's foot!" exclaimed John.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902