"FELON. #260. Grind sassafras, make into a poultice with cold water and apply. This has been known to cure a felon in one hour. -- PORTER KIMMEL, Morrill, Kans." (I must confess I have no notion of what FELON might be in terms of health. N J Roop says "The first symptom is as if a thorn were very deep in the finger while the surface shows no mark." At any rate iother folks' remedies include "ordinary gunpowder", egg yolks, scalding water, a fly blister, rock salt, tobacco & vinegar, and cold stewed pumpkin.) I hope these two Kimmels belong to somebody on the list. Jan T