Buy my potion

“Take this little bottle of ease oil. Worth its weight in gold! Sell you one for fifty cents, give you one, make you a present of another.”

Did I break a rule by starting with a quote? At my age, I’ve gotten daring.

My parents taught me that medicine show pitch. There’s more.

Medicine shows have been replaced by long television ads for health products. I’d rather go to a real medicine show.

Those trav…