- Gil Favor: Most cowherds picture the Lord as a pretty serious old gentleman. But I forgive any power that creates the cow, got to have a strong sense of humour. Nothing uglier, more contrary, or more stupid ever drew breath. Unless it's the men who push her. I know, I'm one of the men that pushes her. I'm Gil Favor, trail boss.
- Dr. Soloman Flood: I remember you made up a law yourself. And the punishment.
- Asa Junkin: We'd decided they'd be shot.
- Wiley: Junkin, put down the gun, let's talk this over.
- Asa Junkin: Sure, you're a good talker, you are. You're so good you can talk out of both sides of your mouth at once... You say one thing to me, then you turn over your barn to him. Look at him. Do you want the blood of diseased cake in your veins?
- Lou Paris: You're a Doc, ain't you?
- Dr. Soloman Flood: I don't use leeches. And I don't have any acifedia bags
- [bags of herbs]
- Dr. Soloman Flood: .
- Lou Paris: Glad to hear it.
- Dr. Soloman Flood: One of the first things I learnt as a doctor is nothing in medicine at first is a big success. Just because the pupils learn slowly is no reason for the teacher to run off and quit.
- Lou Paris: All right. Let's you and me start teaching.
- Gil Favor: It wasn't any use afterall.
- Dr. Soloman Flood: That's not true, Mr Favor, and who would be the first one to tell you if he could? But his vaccination is over eight years old. I just learned that this afternoon.
- Gil Favor: 8, 20, 50 years, what's the difference?
- Wishbone: I almost hate to tell you. Taking a bath.
- Gil Favor: Another one?
- Wishbone: That's what I told him. Lou, I said, oneday you're gonna kill yourself. All that water, it ain't healthy. You know what he said?
- Gil Favor: Mmh?
- Wishbone: He said it closed his pores.
- Gil Favor: No?
- Wishbone: That's what he said.
- Lou Paris: You ever had what he had, Mr Favor?
- Gil Favor: No, how about you?
- Lou Paris: I'm all right. I been scratched. This here's the scar. Now that means I can't catch nothing. They ben doing a lot of this in the East. I got it done before I came out here.
- Gil Favor: You think that might help me, Lou?
- Dr. Soloman Flood: There are very few people around here who believe in vaccination.
- Lou Paris: You believe in it?
- Dr. Soloman Flood: Like it was gospel.
- Gil Favor: All right, we'll take a shot at it. What's the matter?
- Dr. Soloman Flood: Did you ever spend time in drought country?
- Gil Favor: Once or twice.
- Dr. Soloman Flood: How'd you feel when the first rains came?
- Gil Favor: Bit crazy, like it wasn't quite real.
- Dr. Soloman Flood: That's just the way I feel right now.
- Rowdy Yates: It looks like something out of my last nightmare.
- Lou Paris: Well, that must have been a screamer.
- Asa Junkin: Who cares enough about this town to try to save it? You, Sol, with your fancy cures that never work? Do you think it's a pleasure to handle these leeches? Makes me sick at my stomach. But I do It. Somebody's got to do it.
- Wiley: Why, Junkin? Maybe it ain't worth the bother?
- Asa Junkin: What are you talking about?
- Wiley: A couple of hours ago, down at the school, I seen Ben Coleman. He says now two more in his family got the rash, his wife and daughter. Well, you bled them. They took the herbs. They wore the acifedia bag.
- Asa Junkin: So you against me too, Wiley?
- Wishbone: What's the matter with him?
- Rowdy Yates: Huh?
- Wishbone: What's the matter with him?
- Rowdy Yates: Well, I wouldn't be surprised if he's mellowing some problem in his mind, Wish.
- Wishbone: Yeah, what problem?
- Rowdy Yates: Well, let's see. From what I know about the Good Book, why don't you take a check at, ah, Genesis 4 Verse 9?