Patient.--"A half-guinea-one, doctor."

Doctor.--"Oh, that accounts for it. The half-guinea bottles contain so

small a quantity of the invaluable Bethesda-water, that the agitation

is scarcely perceptible; but if you buy a five-guinea bottle, and watch

it well, you will in due season see the commotion quite plain,

sympathizing with that of the pool when visited by the angel."

The patient bought the five guinea bottle as advised, and kept a sharp

look out for the angel till the day of his death.

_London Magazine._

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