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From the New York Courier Enquirer.
Culture of Broom Corn.
To Benjamin Franklin, among Either benefits con
ferred on his country, is America indebted for the
Weeping Willow, now diffused over the whole land,
and Broom Corn , which has become so extensively
both a luxury and necessity in housekeeping life, lie
planted a slip of willow basket which seemed to possess
vitality, and it became a tree, which in time supplied
cuttings for thousands of cultivators. M ith like prov
ident care he also planted a seed which had adhered
to a whisk; as its products, wo behold the millions of
broom cornstalk, spread over our whole country.
As was natural, broom corn was first extensively
raised in Pennsylvania, the theatre of Franklin’s expe
riments. Its progress as an article of commerce in that
State, is thus exhibited in the Germantown Tele
graph ;
About 1790, Benjamin Atkinson commenced the
broom business in Byberry township, Philadelphia
county, raising the corn and manufacturing the brooms.
After a few years he took Bezaleel Croasdale into part
nership, and they jointly had the trade altogether in
their hands till ISIS or 1816 -making the brooms and
entirely supplying the markets of Philadelphia, Balti
more, Lancaster, Trenton and sometimes New York.
A broom made in those days would be a curiosity to a
modern broom maker; invariably found with horn on
the neck instead of twine, confined to its place by a
wooden peg, and handle of oak, rough shaved with a
drawing knife. The brooms thus made commanded a
high price, particularly during the war, when they sold
$4 20 per dozen, wholesale. Since that time the busi
ness lias gradually increased, employing a greater num
ber of hands, and a large capital to carry it on its vari
ous branches.
Some idea of the present extent of the trade may
bo formed from the fact licit .Joseph 4 ansant, at his
manufactory iu the adjoining township of Bcnsalem,
Bucks county, has made and sold two hundred and
fifty thousand handles this season, and this is in all
probability not. more than halt the number made alto
gether. These handles are sold at from $1 30 to $3 40
per hundred. The value ot the twine used per broom
is estimated at one-half cent, and the labor for making
two cents. Tlie cost of cultivation is considered to he
one-fourth greater than that of Indian corn. Hie
yield is uncertain, varying according to the season—
sometimes as many as nine hundred brooms per acre
are produced, though probably from three to four hun
dred might be set down as an average crop—with thirty
bushels of seed, worth as much as oats or feed.
The largest quantity of brooms are made in tlie
lower parts of Backs and Montgomery counties, or in
the upper townships of Philadelphia county; and Del
aware and Lancaster counties, and in Salem couuty-
New Jersey.
I have not the necessary statistics at hand for refer,
ence, but I entertain no doubt that Ohio now manu
factures more brooms than any other State in the con
federacy. The current census will afford the necessary
evidence of this fact.
Carolina Brooms. —Specimens of these artic
les were exhibited at the last annual Fair of the Insti
tute, from three manufactories in this State, one in
Greenville, by Dr. J. Crittenden, one in Christ Church
Parish, near the village of Mount Pleasant, by Henry
S. Tew, Esq., and the other in St. Andrew's Parish,
by J. H. Steinmeyer, Esq, For length and fineness of
brush, and beauty, they were pronounced by good
judges, equal to any imported. Dr. C. planted last
year 80 acres of broom corn, with six hands, and ex
pects to realize from 15 to 20 dozen of the manufactured
brooms per acre. The hands engaged in winding,
work with as much facility and skill as white hands
at the North engaged in the same business, some of
them winding sixty brooms per day, which is there re
garded as a good day's work. Mr. Tew proposes to
plant this year, three hundred acres, on good second
swamp lands, the product of which he estimates at 500
pounds of brush and 30 bushels of seed to the acre,
which will be worth not less than 40 to 50 dollars.—
Mr. Steinmeyer’s lands, in St. Andrew’s, are cultiva
ted by Mr. O. Moore, and arc within a mile of the ci
ty. He is making arrangements for extending his
crop and force, and has already succeded in making
a good yield, in brooms of all sizes and excellent qual
ity. Specimens from his manufactory may he seen at
Mr. N. M. Porter's store, in King near Market street,
where a good supply is generally kept fur sale.
The seed when ground makes good food for horses,
hogs, sheep and poultry. Tlie plant is a hardy one,
enduring greater degrees of drought and moisture and
matured with less difficulty and trouble than Indian
corn. The climate and soil ot this State, are well adap
ted to its production. It is an article for which an im
mense amount of money has hitherto been drained ou.
of the State, and the enterprising gentlemen who have
taken the lead in cultivating it here at our own doors,
deserve to be rewarded with at least a reasonable share
of what will hereafter be expended for supplying our
own market. —Charleston Courier.
A Fair and Happy Milkmaid.—A fair and
happy milkmaid is a country wench, that is so far from
making herself beautiful by art, that one look of hers
is able to put all face-physic out of countenance. She
knows a fair look is but a dumb orator to commend
virtue, therefore minds it not. All her excellencies stand
in her so silently, as if they had stolen upon her with
out her knowledge. The lining of her apparel, which
is herself, is far better than outsides of tissue, for.
though she be not arrayed in the spoil of the silk-worm,
she is decked in innocence, a far better wearing. She
doth not, with lying long in bed, spoil both her com
plexion and condition; nature hath taught her, too,
immoderate sleep is rust to her soul; she rises, there
fore, with chanticleer, her dame’s cock, and at night
makes the lamp her eurfow. In milking a cow, and
straining the teats through her fingers, it seems that
so sweet a milk-press makes the milk whiter or sweet
er; for never came almond-glore or aromatic oiutment
on her palm to taint it. The golden ears of corn fall
and kiss her feet when she reaps them, as if they wish
ed to be bound and led prisoners by the same hand that
felled them. Her breath is her own, which scents all
the year long of June, like anew made haycock. She
makes her hand hard with labor, and her heart soft
with pity; and when winter evenings fall early, sitting
at her merry wheel, she sings defiance to the giddy
wheel of fortune. She doth all things with so sweet a
grace, it seems ignorance will not suffer her to do ill,
being her mind is to do well. She bestows her year’s
wages at next, fair, and in choosing her garments counts
lio bravery in the world like decency. The garden
and the bee-hive are all her physic and surgery, and
she lives the longer for it. She dares go alone, and un
fold sheep in the night, and fears no manner of ill, be
cause she means none; yet, to say truth, she is never
alone, but is still accompanied with old song , honest
thoughts and prayers, but short ones; yet they have
their efficacy, in that they are not palled with ensuing
idle cogitations. Lastly her dreams are so chaste that
she dare tell them; only a Friday’s dream is all her
superstition; that she conceals for fear of anger. Thus
lives she; and all her care is she may die in the spring
time, to have stores of flowers stuck upon her winding
sheet.— Sir Thomas Overbury's Characters.
Liquid Leather. —Dr. Berrland, of Larria, in
Germany, is said to have discovered a method of ma
king leather out of a certain refuse and waste of animal
substance. He has established a manufactory near
\ ienna; no part of the process is explained; but it is
stated that the substance is at one stage in a state of
fluidity, and may then be cast into boots, shoes, &c.
A Mine of Paint. —Yesterday forenoon, we spent
a short time very pleasantly, in an examination of the
paint mine, recently opened in West Springfield, by
Skiiiner Hantsox, of this town. The substance
from which the paint is obtained is a shelly stone) hard
in its natural state, but affected like lime by the air.
Ground fine and mixed with oil, it forms, without oth
er ingredient*, a neat, durable, fire and water-proof
paint.— Springfield Post.
Ul)s
Tlie Mechanics’ Mass Meeting—W bat is
to be Done—and Bow is it to be Done 1
The call for the Mass Meeting of the Mechanics, ott
tlie 4th of July next, has created some considerable
speculation as to the objects to he attempted or accom
plished.
In the first place, its purpose will be to attempt to el
evate the character of labor, by securing to it an equal
ity, in law, with wealth—by abolishing mechanical
employments in the Penitentiary—by prohibiting em
ployment of negroes in mechanical trades (excepting
such as farmers may require upon their own planta
tions) —and likewise to take counsel together, upon
any and every question affecting the l ights of labor, its
rewards or its character.
The mechanics and laboring classes cannot recognize
“the written reason” and soundness of the public poli
cy of a law which gives to landlords or wealthy men
the right to obtain judgment at the first term for rent,
while the laborer or mechanic lias to wait until the se
cond term of court to obtain his judgment.
The mechanics loathe and recoil from the policy of
the State which places so low an estimate upon me
chanical pursuits, as to adopt them as a punishment for
malefactors or the convicts in the penitentiary. If
there is humanity displayed in this attempt to elevate
convicts, it is at tlie expense of the mechanical class on
ly. If all other professions shared in the indignity, the
mechanics would he the last to complain.
The mechanics complain against the policy of allow
ing negroes to be engaged in mechanical pursuits—
-Ist, Because the law prohibiting negroes from con
tracting for and doing work on their own account, is
only violated by pretexts and evasions, in opposition to
the policy of the law.
2d, Because the most vicious, drunken, dangerous
and corrupting class of colored persons in *his State are
the negro mechanics.
3d, Because it detracts from the character of me
chanical employments, and while it deters, iu many
cases, the more intelligent and respectable from enga
ging in those pursuits, it likewise brings into the trades
many persons who are mentally and morally unsuited
to them.
4th, Because, if it was a wise policy to prohibit ne
groes from contracting for work, (thereby protecting
white employers and contractors,) it would be an
equitable policy to prohibit negroes from either con
tracting for or working at mechanical trades, and thus
protect white journeymen as well as white contractors.
To effect these ends, and all others calculated to
benefit the industrial classes, a Mass Meeting of the
Mechanics of the State has been called.
And how is it probable that these measures can be
accomplished ? This is an important question, upon
which differences of opinion may ho very honestly en
tertained. The plan which I believe has obtained the
most favor, is that of circulating a petition throughout
the State, and obtaining signatures to a petition to the
next Legislature, praying for a repeal or a modification
of the obnoxious laws, and the passage of such other
acts as the judgment of the Legislature may deem ad
equate to satisfy the reasonable demands of the me
chanics and laboring classes of the State.
Now, in conclusion, if there are any objections to
the policy of the mechanics, it is to be hoped that they
will find utterance through tlie press, that the public
sentiment of the State may be fully enlightened upon
it before the meeting of the Legislature.
A Mechanic.
Editors throughout the State will confer a favor
by publishing the foregoing.— American Mechanic.
Gold Medal • —We take pleasure, says the Co
lumbus (Ga.) Enquirer , in stating that our fellow-citi
zen Israel F. Brown, Esq., (of the firm of E. T. Taylor
& Cos.) has received the handsome medal awarded to
him by th*- South Carolina Institute, for his invention
of the machine for filing Gin Saws. It is indeed a
beautiful and valuable prize, (more valuable for being
the only one awarded last year) and granted to one
of the first mechanics of the country for the invention
of one of the most useful machines of tlie present time.
A description ot the medal on paper would convey no
adequate idea of the beauty of it. On one side is a
Plough, an Anvil, and a Loom, with some of the staple
productions of the South, all enclosed by the very ap
propriate motto, “diversified industry , a nation's pros
perity.'’' 1 On the other, the South Carolina Insti
tute to I. F. Brown, Machine for filing Gin Saws,”
surrounded by a beautiful chaplet composed of the
native products of the country. The medal weighs
26 1-2 pennyweights.
White-washing. —There are few things that
conduce more to the neatness and health of a dwelling
probably than white-wash.
Applied on the ceiling and inside walls of dwellings
and out-houses, it tends to purify the atmosphere by
neutralizing or destroying those noxious effluvia which
are always more or less extensively engendered in con
fined situations, and which are often so deleterious to
health.
Applied to the roofs of barrs and sheds, it is a great
prompter of durability, and adds also not a little to the
neatness and beauty of their appearance. It is cheap,
and any one who can slack lime, dissolve salt, and use
a white-wash brush—not a very difficult task, certain
ly, can apply it successfully, and in a manner which
will ensure its duration and efficiency for years.
It is an excellent plan in mixing white-wash, to add
to the water as much salt as it will dissolve. This
greatly increases the durability of the coating, and adds
not a little to the anti-putresent qualities of the wash.
In some instances sugar or molasses are added to the
mixture; as are also glue, wliite-lead, common paste
from wheat flour, and rice water. For inside work,
pigments of various colors are likewise mixed with it as
a matter of mere taste, and when of a nature sufficient
ly strong to withstand or resist the neutralizing action
of the alkali produce a most pleasing and beautiful ef
fect. These, however, do not augment the value or
durability of the white-wash; nor do they enhance its
disinfecting qualities, which are to be ascribed exclu
sively to the lime.
This application of white-wash to tlie walls of cellars,
and sprinkling the floors of the same with fresh burned
caustic lime, should not be neglected during the Spring
months when there is ordinarily a copious evolution of
noxious and beneficial gases from decaying roots, and
other simitar substances which still remain in, and
cannot well he removed from the bins.— Boston Olive
Branch.
Hillotype.— lt is stated that Mr. L. L. Hill, of
Westhill, N. Y., has discovered a process for procur
ing colored daguercotype pictures, and that he has been
offered soo,ooo for a half interest in the same. The
announcement is made in the Daguerrean Journal.
Mr. Hill says:
“Some two years ago, I took to experimenting with
a view to this great desideratum, (i. e. photographing
in colors,) but with little faith. In one of my experi
ments a phenomenon presented itself which greatly sur
prised mo, and in the nature of the ease, compelled me
to believe the thing practicable. One color, the red, in
a figured dress, was developed as bright ns a ruby. I
then repeated the experiment and failed; but from that
hour until a few months I continued to repeat it in
every form I could think of, always failing, but never
despairing, for I had reasons for believing in the cor
rectness of my theory, that under certain circumstances
there is iu the impressioned plate, a latent colored im
age. I at length commenced experimenting on the
developing power of the vapors of different metals, and
found that a large number of them, such as arsenic,
zinc, selenium, bismuth, potassium and sodium, would,
when properly vaporized, bring out the latent image
in light and shade. The same result followed the use
ot several gasses. The impressions differed so little
from the deguerrotype that I was on the point of aban
doning the pursuit, when I (tieday unexpectedly formed
a singular compound, and without much hope of suc
cess, applied it to my purpose. My surprise and joy
were unbounded when I found on my plate a true Hil
lotype.*’
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I want a Wife.
O s I want a wife,
To cheer my life !-
I care not if she’s minus beatlty }
So I but find
That she is kind,
And knows and practises her duty<
I ivatita wife
Adverse to strife-^
A gentie unaffected creature;
One that can pass
A looking glass
Sans stopping to survey each feature.
I want a wife
With vigor rife,
Whose nerves are never in a flutter;
W ho will not roam
But stop at home,
And brew, and bake, and mako the butter.
I want a wife
Upon my life,
For lack of one I’m getting thinner j
A punctual one,
Who’ll scorn and shun
To keep me waiting for my dinner.
I want a wife,
Who through her life
Was never known to flirt;
Who’ll bring to me
A recipe
To keep the buttons on my shirt.
If such a one
Dwells ’neath the sun,
And don’t mind leaving friends behind her,
She’d better write
To Mr. White,
Informing him where he may find her.
The Lawyers and the Landlord.
A tavern-keeper, once upon a time, having acquired
considerable property grew very careless, and so of
fended lawyers by whom his house had for many years
been visited, that during a crowded session of the court,
they with one accord forsook him, leaving behind them
the following
Parody on the Declaration of Independence.
When a the course of human events it becomes
necesstay for a half-hungry, half-fed, imposed on set
of men, to dissolve the hands of landlord and boarder,
a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires
that they should declare the causes which have impell
ed them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self evident; all men
are created with mouths and stomachs; and they are
endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights,
among which are, that no man should be compelled to
starve, out of mere compliance to a landlord, and that
every man has a right to fill his stomach and wet his
whistle with the best that’s going.
The history of the present landlord of the White
Lion is a history of repeated insults, exactions and in
juries, all having in direct object the establishment of
absolute tyranny over our stomachs and throats. To
prove this, let facts he submitted to a candid world.
lie has refused to keep anything to drink but bald
face whiskey.
He has refused to set upon his table for dinner any
thing but turnip soup, with a little rouge beef and sour
crout, which are not wholesome and necessary for the
public good.
lie lias refused to let liis only servant, blink eyed
Joe, put more than six grains of coffee to one gallon
of water.
He has turned loose a multitude of musquitoes to
assail us in the peaceful hours of the night and eat up
our substance.
He has kept up, in our beds and bedsteads, standing
armies of merciless savages, whose rule of warfare is
undistinguished destruction.
lie has excited domestic insurrection among us, by
taking bitters before breakfast, and making bis wife
and servants do the same before dinner, whereby there
is often the very deuce to pay.
lie lias waged cruel war against nature herself, by
feeding our horses with broom straw and carrying
them off to drink where the swine refuse to wallow
lie has protected one-eyod Joe in Ills villany in the
robbery of our jugs, by pretending to give him a mock
trial, after sharing with him the spoil.
lie has cut off our trade with foreign ports, and
brought in his own bald-face whiskey, when we had
sent him to buy better liquor abroad ; and with perfi
dy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, he
has been known to drink our foreign spirits, and fill up
our bottles with his owu dire potions.
He has imposed taxes upon us to an enormous a
mount against our consent, and without any rule hut
his own arbitrary will and pleasure.
A landlord whose character is thus marked by every
act which may define a tyrant and a is unfit to
keep a boarding-house for Cherokee Indians.
Nor have we been wanting in our attention to Mrs.
B. and Miss Sally. \Ye have appealed to their native
justice and magnanimity; we have conjured them to
alter a state of things which would inevitably interrupt
our connexion and correspondence. They, too, have
been deaf to the voice of justice; we are, therefore,
constrained to hold all three of these parties alike ini
mical to our well being and regardless of our com
fort.
We therefore make this solemn declaration of our
final separation from our landlord, and cast our defi
ance in his teeth.
How a Lady should Wash Herself. —Mrs. Swiss
helm, in the Saturday Visitor, has a long article to
young ladies upon the necessity of cleanliness. In the
article she gives the following directions as to the mo
dus operandi , which, to the bachelors who have no
idea as to the manner in which such things are man
aged, will be extremely interesting :
‘You only want a basin of water, towel, a rag and
five minutes’ time. When you get up in the morning
pin a petticoat very loosely at the waist, draw your
arms out of the sleeves of your chemise, and let it drop
to your waist, take your rag well wetted and slap your
back and shoulders, rub your arms and chest, throw
handsful of water around your ears and back of the
neck. Then throw your towel across your back and
‘saw’ it dry—rub fast, until you are quite dry, put on
your chemise sleeves, draw on a night gown to keep
from chilling, while you tuck your skirts up under one
arm, until you wash and dry one limb, drop that side
and do the other likewise, and be sure that the small
of-the-back and the sides get their full share of rubbing;
this done, sit down, dip one foot in the basin, rub and
dry it, put on your stockiug and shoe, and then wash
the other.
A down-cast editor, somewhere near Augusta, Me,
thus commenced a 4th July Oration :
‘Surrounded by the fawning puerilities of celestial
conglomerations, the human mind, wrapped up in the
denuded principles of American freedom, betrays its
denotating qua’ities by the absence of gloried peculiari
ties. Are our ideas discomberated by the enlarged
views now so eloquently entertained, of building a rail
road to the moon, to run in opposition to the milky
way; in order tlmt the territory of these United States
may extend beyond the ferocious grasp of England’s
feminine Lion ? Better that we live the remainder of
our days in majestic and unalloyed silence, or pass away
our time in tranquil repose by chasing rattlesnakes over
the rugged rocks and sunny slope of Connecticut's
boundless onion-patch.’
A gentleman inquiring of a naval officer why
sailors generally take off their shirts on going into
action, was answered, that‘they were unwilling to
have any check to fighting.’
Tit for Tat. —George Coleman getting out of a
hackney coach one night, gave the driver a shilling.—
“This is a bad shilling, sir,” said the driver. “Then
it is all right,” said George, with his inimitable chuck
le, “it is all right— yours is a bad coach !”
A politician was once asked how he came to turn his
coat twice. He replied, that one good turn deserved
another.
There is only one thing worse than ignorance,
and that is conceit. Os all intractable fools deliv
er us from an ovefwise man You may make idi
ots philosophers—but don’t ever think of driving
common sense into the heads of conceited persons.
They afe as impregnable to argument as Gibraltar
is to an apple dumpling.
An examining committee about to test the ca
pacities of an individual for school-teaching, put
the following questions i
‘At what period did France produce her great
est general?’
‘At what period?’ pausing atld scratching his
head,‘at what—ah! you’ve got me there sure.’
‘VVell, was it before or after Christ?’
‘Before or after Christ? —before “or after—well
old horses, you’ve got me again!’
Scene in a Grocery. —Exit customer with a
ju?;
Grocery keeper to his sons. “Jonathan, did you
charge that rum?”
‘Yes.’
‘Timothy’ did you charge that rum?’
‘Yes Sir'.’
‘Joseph, did you charge that rum?’
‘Yes Sir-ree!’
‘All right—so have I!’
Retort Courteous. —Some years since a cou
ple of young ladies, (who are now married wo
men in this city) were tripping it o’er tlie green,
when tlie one who was behind fell to the ground.
The other looking back and seeing her compan
ion was uninjured, laughed merrily as she said:
‘Pride must he humbled.’
‘And, a haughty spirit goeth before a fall,
retorted her companion, as she rose.
A more apt and yepartee we have never
heard. —Sanduskiurtu ;
Jewelry is becotnjng quite fashionable again.—
One of our cotemporaries says he met a lady on
New year’s who had a farm on each ivrist, a four
story house around her neck, and at least six life
memberships to the Bible society attached to each
ear.
Horn Tooke and the Income-Tax. —Horne
Tooke returned his income at sixty pounds a year;
the commissioners said they were not satisfied;
Horne Tooke, in reply, stated lie had much more
reason to be dissatisfied with tlie smallness of his
income than they.
Mr. Buster is an opponent of free schools, from
‘principle.’ He goes ‘agin edication,’ not because
of its unconstitutionality, but because it’s unnatur
al. Ignorance is ‘Natur,’ he says. Wo are born
ignorant, and ought to he kept so. We should
not wonder if our men of wealth nominated Bus
ter for tlie Senate at the next election.
On the decease of a certain great man not much
beloved, the following was inscribed in chalk upon
his coach house door:—‘He thatgivetli to the poor,
lendeth unto the Lord.’
‘N. B. Tlie Lord owetli unto this man noth
ing.’
A lover writting to his sweetheart, says: ‘De
lectable Dear—You are so sweet that honey would
blush in your presence, and molasses stand ap
palled!’
A little boy attending Sunday School ivas asked
‘what became of Judas Iscariot?’ ‘Killed in the
revolutionary war,’ said the boy with much nai
vette.
‘Hans, where is the horse ?’ ‘He broke the sta
ble into, kicked the traces open, and run round
the lamp post mit de corner grocery like der tay
vel.’
The population of Hull was nearly doubled last
week—a lady give birth to a fine pair of boys
Piie whole town is in a slate of pleasurable excite
ment.
The boy who licked the molasses hogshead is now
teaching the thrashing machine how to box.
Religious Education. —‘James, recite your
scripture lesson.
‘John the Baptist, was forty days and nights in
the wilderness, clothed in carnmil’s hair, with a
leather gridiron round his neck, and his meat was
locos onions.’i A
‘ I f jood boy, Jyou can take your
seat.’ i
A friend of ours, on passing tip the
streetpicked up a thimble. He stood
awhile ..levitating on the probable beauty of the
owner, when, pressing it to his lips, he said. ‘O.
that it were the fair lips of the wearer.’ Just as
he had finished, a big wench looked out of the win
dow above and said—‘Boss, jis please so (row dat
fimble in de entry—l jis now drop it.’ Our friend
fainted.
A young man and a female upon a certain time,
stopped at a country tavern. Their awkard ap
pearance excited the attention of one of the mem
bers of the family, who commenced a conversation
with tlie female, inquiring how far she had trav
elled that day. ‘Travelled!” exclaimed the stran
ger, somewhat indignantly, ‘we didn’t travel we
rid!’
All dissipation has its origin in a want of prop
er employment. \
No cause is ever made better, but always worse,
by a falsehood. Even where detection does not
follow, suspicion is almost always created.
Truth, —The open, bold, honest truth, is al
ways tlie best, always tlie wisest,, always the
safest, for every one, in any and all circumstances.
Os all the fine arts, music is that which has the
most influence on the passions, and which the legis
lator ought the most to encourage.
A promise, and its performance, should, like the
scales of a true balance, always present a mutual
adjustment.
Amidst the most adverse circumstances there are
still reasons for cheerfulness. !3o long as there
are motives to gratitude, there is a cause for cheer
fulness.
Virtuous actions, sooner or later, will find their
reward.
If we scrutinize the lives of men of genius, we
shall find that activity and perseverance are tiie
leading peculiarities. Obstacles cannot intimi
date, nor labor weary, nor drudgery disgust them.
To injure man’s sight there is nothing worse
than sudden wealth. Let a woodsawer draw a
ten thousand dollar prize, and in less than a month
he will not be able to recognize even the man who
used to ‘go security for him.’
Never tread on tbe tail of a cat nor tell a lie.
A cockney conducted two ladies to the observa
tory to 6ee an eclipse of the moon. They were
too late ; the eclipse was over, and the ladies were
disappointed. ‘Oh, exclaimed our hero, ‘dont fret;
I know the astronomer very well—he is a polite
man, and lain sure he will begin again.’
‘Bob, did you hear that mv father gets married
again next Easter?’ ‘No, Torn. 1 did not. ‘Does
lie get an old woman?’ ‘No sir-ee ! lie gets anew
one.’
A debating school down east, the question,-
‘Ought a fellow to followa Gal alter she s gin him
the mitten ?’ was very ably discussed, afirmative
ly and negatively, and alter due consideration
and reflection by the president, decided that lie
oughter.
‘I tell yon, Susan that I will commit suicide,
if you won't have me.’
‘Well, John, as soon as you give that proof o.
your affection, I will believe that you love me.
Curious Epitaph—ln a village churchyard, near
Thornton, in England, is a stone to the memory ol
the builder of the church, with this inscription.
Here lyes John Trollop,
Who made these stones to roll up,
When the Almighty took his soul up,
His body went to fill this hole up.
Men are as easily caught as cat-fish. All that is
required is the difference in your bait. If you
would catch a young man, for instance, bait with a
petticoat. If you are after an old sinner, fasten to
your hook a doubloon.
An indignant southerner, in speaking of Maine,
says that one half of the farms are so barren, that
you might mow them with a razor and rake them
with a fine tooth comb, and yet not get enough to
fodder a grasshopper for a month.
Punch’s pocket-book says: ‘I am tempted to
compare high life to a railroad ; it is very delight
ful while it goes ; but if you get off the rails the
smash is awful.’
A man who is not ashamed of himself need not
be ashamed of his early condition.
Are there Lingering Doubts
IN the minds of the people of Georgia, in regard to the supe
rior efficacy of innocent Vegetable remedies, properly applied,
over mineral and Vegetable poisons in the most skillful hands?
If there are, a few more /acts of a marked and remarkable char
racter, tending to prove the affirmative of the question, will not
be inappropriate.
Convulsive Fits Cured!
GEORGIA: ) 1 hereby certify that in the spring of 1845
Jasper County. )my negro girl Charity was attacked with
convulsive fits, which continued to increase on her, notwith*
standing all the efforts of same of our best Mineral Doctors
in this region. Deeming the case hopeless with them, 1 con
cluded to carry her to Macon and put her under the treatment
of Dr. M, S. Thomson, who gave her medicine some two or
three months, which stopped them for about 18 months, at
which time they returned with increased violence, so severe,
indeed, that I and an eminent physician in the neighborhoodde
spaired of her life. Under these circumstances the Doctor a
gain advised me to call on Dr. Thomson, w hich I did and ob
tained a portion of medicine, which, I am pleased to be aide to
say entirely cured her. The last she had continued from some
7to 9 hours or more and was very severe, but they have not
recurred since, a period of over three years.
Given under uiy hand and seal, this 21st November 1850.
WM. JENKINS.
Fits cured without seeing the Patient!!
Jonks Cos. Ga. 7th Feb. 1851.
This may certify that my negro woman Martha, (now be
longing to Ferdinand Finney,) was severely attacked with Ep
ilepsy, or convulsive fits in 1847, which continued to return
every week or two, and sometimes continued on her for a
week at a time, during which she would have as many as for
ty or fifty on a stretch, before stopping. Inthis state she con
tinued for a whole year, notwithstanding all Dr. Ridley of
Hillsboro, could do. Despairing at last of his success, and
hearing of the unpralelled cures effected by Dr. M. S. Thom
son of Macon, I concluded to call on him, which I did, and
gave him her symptoms when lie prepared and gave me med
icine, which in about two months entirely cured her, as she
lias had none since and is now perfecly healthy, thus adding
another to the many cures the Doctor has effected without
seeing the patient.
TIIOS. M. JOHNSON.
Syphilis, Rheumatism & Liver Complaint
Cured without seeing the Patient!
Jonks Cos. Ga. 21st. Sept. 1850.
Dr. M. S. Thomson —Dear Sir: Your success has been
such in curing my son of Rheumatism and my negro woman
of liver disease, Rheumatism, Syphilis &c. that I cannot re
frain from giving you the credit that is due you, for your
skill, and if you think that a statement of the cases will be
any use in directing other sufferers, to the proper remedies,
the following relation of facts is at your disposal.
Some 14 years ago, my negro woman Rhody was tak.in in
a lingering way, supposed to be caused from Syphilis, treated
by herself, which on discovering, I put her under the care
of several mineral physicians, Drs. Little aud White of Mil
iedgeviile, especially, who after mercurializing her a year or
so, left her worse than they found her, laboring in addition
under Mercurial Rheumatism.
I then applied to Dr. Woodruff, who treated, and I thought
cured her, but after a while, she became worse again, so
much so that I despaired of relieving her. Under these cir
cumstances 1 applied to you, and 1 am pleased to lie able to
report, that notwithstanding it is a long time ago, she has had
no return of her disease since, but is now doing me very good
service.
Tlie case of my son was one of Mercurial Rhematism ari
sing from salivation for a fever. After keeping lingering for
three or four years, and getting worse all the time, till his
limbs were drawn and stiffened very much; notwithstanding
all that wecoulddo, he continued thus, till we applied to you
wiien you soon relieved hini,andl am happy to be able to re
port that consider him relieved cured, and lias been so twelve
months.
in conclusion, dear sir, goon and prosper, you may have ene.
inies, as who that is any account has not, but success in curing
such desperate cases must bear you up, and that your success
may be commensurate with your merits is the earnest wish of
yours truly, GILLIS WRIGIIT.
The undersigned continues his treatment of all manner of
chronic forms of disease, through the mail, the facilities of
which have been much enhanced since the introduction of
the cheap postage system, which will be greatly increased by
the recent Act of Congress.
The atllicted, no matter {where they reside, by sending a
statement of the symptoms of their cases in writing, may
have Medicines to suit them compounded and sent, and might
count upon receiving it with the same certainty that they
would a letter. That they can ba cured without a personal
interview and examination, is strange, but that hundreds are
thus cured, is no more strange than true.
In order that off, the poor as well as the rich, may enjoy the
benefits resulting from his treatment, the subscriber puts his
terms at the low rate of five dollars monthly, cash or good re
ference, to all those whoare able to pay, and freely and grat
uitously to those whoare not, provided they pay their postage.
His Infirmary is open for the reception of Negroes; and for
other cases requiring Ills personal attention, City accommoda
tions are ample.
He still continues the treatment of acute cases, in town or
in the immediate surrounding country, but cannot leave the
city to go long distances except in cases of most urgent neces
sity. Being possessed of some of the latest improvements in
surgical apparatus, lie is prepared to treat fractures, disloca
tions, &e. in a manner superior to the plans usually adopt
ed and calculated to succeed in many instances when these
would inevitably fail.
Letters must be post paid and addressed to
March 1. 1851.—y M. S. THOMSON, Macon Ga.
Premium Cotton Gins.
EX. XAYIiOIi A. Cos., Proprietors of the
• Columbus Cotton Gin Manutac'ilory, have
the satlsaeilon to announce to their patrons and
the Planters, generally, of the Cotton growing re
gion, that they are prepare.! to supply any num
ber of their celebrated Premium Gins.
Where these Gins have been once used, it
would be deemed unnecessary lor the Manufactur
ers to say a word in their favor, as they feel con
tident the machines have been brought to such per
fection, that their superior performance will re
commend them, in preference to other Gins now
in use. For the satisfaction of those who have
used the Gins, and are acquainted witli their rep
utation, the Proprietors need only say, that the
First Premiums have been awarded to them, for
the BEST GIN exhibited at the Great JState Fair
held at Atlanta, Ga. ; also, at the Alabama and
Georgia Agricultural and Mechanic’s Fair, held
at Columbus ‘. aud at the annual Fair of the South
Carolina Institute, at Charleston. The Cotton
ginned on these Gins received the first Premiums
at the exhibition held at Charleston, S. C. and at
every Fair where samples of cotton frem them
have been exhibited.
The Proprietors have in their possession nu
merous certificates from Planters, Cotton Brokers,
Commission Merchants and Manufacturers of cot
ton goods, testifying that the performance of the
Gins, and the samples produced by them, cannot
he excelled by any ever manufactured.
All orders for Gins given either to our travel
ing or local Agents, or forwarded to the Propri
etors by mail, will always receive prompt atten
tion. Gins will be sent to any part of the country,
and warranted to give satisfaction.
N. B. A liberal discount will in all cases be al
lowed where the Cash is paid, and the Gin taken
at the Manufactory. Dec 14—38—ly
m TROUP HILL NURSERY,
MACON, GA.
Twenty-Five Thousand Fruit Trees,
I OFFER for sale 23,000 Fruit Trees, all of my own rais
ing and grafting upon native stocks—which Uieiollowing
varieties maybe found, viz:
(>0 varieties of Apples,
50 do Fears,
40 do Plums,
20 do Cherries,
50 do Peaches,
JO do Nectarines,
10 do Apricots,
2 do Sweet Almonds.
Also, Grapes, Figs, Raspberries and Strawberries.
The ornamental department of niy nursery contains .about
10,000 of he tinest ever-blooming Roses, in more than 150 va
rieties, besides many Shrubs and Evergreens, among which
are nearly all of the latest introduction ; also, Dahlias, and a
valuable collection of Green-house Plants. Prices the same
as charged in the Northern Nurseries.
feb 15—ly UOBT. NELSON.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
ARAMINTA M’KINNIE, ) Houston Superior
vs. > Court, returnable to
JOHN M’KINNIE, ) October Term, 1850.
IT appearing to the Court, by the return of the
Sheriff of Houston county, that the said Defen
dant is not to be found in said county, it is ordered
that said Libel be perfected by publishing this order
in one of the public Gazettes of the State, once a
monthfor three months, next before the next Term
of Houston Superior Court.
Chambers, Jan. 23, 1841.
JAMES H. STARK,
Judge Superior Court, Flint District.
January 25. 1851. 44—3m*
PAYNE & NISBET would most respectfully
in form their friends and customers, that they
have moved their stock of DRUGS and MEDICINES
to the corner of the new Brick Building opposite the
Washington Hall, where they will be happy to see
all their old customers and others that may favor them
with a call ; and where they will keep a general
stock of fresh Drugs and Medicines, Leeches, Per
fumery. &c., and put up Prescriptions with care and
neatness, and always give satisfaction.
oct ]
100 Dollars PreiiuTnT
A PREMIUM of one hundred dollars will be paid by the
subscriber to any citizen of the State, who will pro
puce a PRESS FOR PACKING COTTON equal to the Bul
loch Compound Lever Press, in point of economy,
compactness, strength and durability.
May 24 9— ts ROBERT FINDLAY,
COLT’S Pistols —Allen & Wesson’s do. with a
large and choice lot of rifle and smooth bore sin
gle barrels, or sale by E. J. JOHNSON.
I HAVE FOUND A BLESSING !!
The superior of Quinine
and Sarsaparilla.
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF TIIE AGE.
DR. I. T. HENDERSON’S EUREKA TONIC
AND NEPENTIIEAN PILLS, a safe, certain
and permanent antidote against all forms of the pois
onous effects of miasmata, effecting speedy and per
manent cures of
CHILLS and FEVER,
and all the different varieties of Fevers ; torpid liver,
enlargement of the spleen, dyspepsia, dropsy, Jaun
dice, and all kinds of constitutional debility and de
rangement of the system, are speedily remedied by
these invaluable medicines. These valuable antidotal
rented es were discovered by Dr. I. T. Henderson, and
have been successfully tested by some of the best Phy
sicians in the South, and by thousands of other per
sons.
The medicines are wholly Vegetable, and are harm
less under any circumstances. The principal ingredi
ents are entirely new remedies, used by no other person
in any form as a medicine.
In malarial diseases, they act as an antidote against
the poisonous effects of impure air, aud require no pre
ceding preparation of the system, as they comprise the
Cathartic, Diaphoretic, Sedative and Tonic princi
ples ; thus accomplishing a desideratum in the treat
ment of these diseases, long sought for before the dis
covery of these medicines.
All who have used Quinine, (the best remedy here
tofore known for intermittent fever,) must say it is
neither certain or lasting in its effects.
Quinine, in many instances, from febrile excitement
and gastraigia, and cephalic disturbances, is inad
missible. But the Eureka Medicines can be used un
der any circumstances or condition of the system,
where a tonic, purge, or diaphoretic is needed, with the
happiest effect. The tonic mildly acts on the bowels,
carrying of the rnuco billious matter collected there ;
correcting the action of the liver and spleen, aud as
sisting natnre to throw of the impediments to a healthy
action of the body by natural remedies, calling into
action suspended animal laws; thereby removing the
causes and effects of disease through the natural chan
nels of the body.
All that is asked for the wonderful medicines is a fair
trial, which will satisfy all of their unparaielled vir
tues. Their fame is built upon their own efficacy, and
a comparison with all other remedies is challenged.—
Physicians are requested to use the Eureka Tonic and
Nepenthean Pills, as they would any other tonic, with
any previous preparation of the system they please,
and they will be convinced that they are superior to
Quiuine, aud the whole catalogue of tonics used as iu
termitteuts.
Their use is admissible at any time, even when the
patient has the highest fever. For sick head ache or
obstructed menstruatiuu, they have no equal. For
particulars, see tonic directions.
Also, Dr. I. T. HENDERSON’S EUREKA PU
RIFY ING CATHARTIC PILLS, for cleansiug and
purifying the Constitution, and establishing a healthy
economy in all persons laboring under any form of con
stitutional derangement.
Also, Dr. I. T. HENDERSON’S OUACHITA
VERMIFUGE, the greatest blessing ever bestowed
upon the infantile world, w arranted to expel worms
of every kind and in every case, where they exist in
the body. This Vermifuge has proved itself decidedly
superior to any other in use.
Also, Dr. I. T. HENDERSON.S NERVE AND
BONE LIN AM ENT, or HEAL ALL AND PUL
MONICAL. The use of th.s astonishing Liniment,
has been attended with unparaielled success iu all dis
eases of man or horse. For a horse, it instantly cures
Corks, Scratches, Chafes, Cuts, Wounds, Splints,
Spavin, Stiffle, Swinney, Sprains, Film of the Eye,
Whirlbone of any joint, and Distemper.
For a man, it speedily cures Rheumatism, Gout,
Scrofula, Burns, Scalds, Tetter, Ringworms, Wens,
Swellings, Risings, Cuts, Sprains and Bruises, Old Ul
cers, Scald Head, Sore-throat, Salivation, Consump
tion, Bronchitis, Snake-bite, Sore Mouth, Neuralgia,
Piles, Ground Itch, Arc. A single trial will sat
isfy any person of its superiority over auy other Liui
ment.
All of the above Medicines are prepared by Dr. I. T.
Henderson, for IKARD, TL'BB A. CO. sole owners
and Proprietors, Farmerville, La., to whom all letters
must be addressed, post paid.
Agents wanted in every town.
For testimonials of the beneficial effects of I. T.
Hendersons Eureka Tonic, Nepenthean Tonic and
Eureka Cathartic Pills aud Nerve and Bone Liniment,
see hand bills and “Era,” published by Ikard, Tubb &.
Cos. wffiich will be found at the agencies. The above
medicines are kept constantly on haud and for sale by
PAYNE 4” NESBIT, Macon, and Mr. DODGE,
Bartlesville, Ga. ntar B—y
The Great Southern Remedy
dickmTsoji’s
Sarsaparilla and Queen’s Delight.
PREPARED AMD SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY
W. L. DAVIS & Cos. Albany, Ga.
r I ‘'HE above preparation is put up in Larqe Bottles, anil
A offered to the public as the most highly concentrated
Medicine now in use. The success which has attended its ex
hibition in hundreds of cases has surpassed the expectations
of tlie proprietors, and placed it among the specifics for dis
ease. It is deemed useless to resort to the usual puffing re
sorted to by the proprietors of patent medicines generally, in
this case, as we are determined to let tlie article stand or
fail upon its own merits All that is necessary to insure its
success is a trial of tlie article. The following certificates
speak for themselves:
Albany, Ga. July 11, 1850.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear sir: I have used your -Sarsapa
rilla and Queens Delight,” in a case of Secondary Syphilis
upon a negro girl, which proved an entire cure of the disease.
1 have also used your Tonic Pills, aud have found them an in
valuable medicine. p, j. jjTROZIER.
Gadsden Cos. Fla. July 23d, 1849.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: If any man on earth should lie
thankful lam that man. My wife has been afflicted for tiie
last fifteen years with \\ ihtes; from which she has suffered
twenty deaths—having tried various physicians, and all rem
edies which we could get h-ldof at all applicable to the dis
ease without any manifest advantage. We concluded to give
your Sarsaparilla a trial, and having confidence in the Queen’s
Delight which was combined in your medicine, we obtained
tlie medicine, and after using three bottles, I am glad to sav
that the disease has entirely disapjieared, and she is now enjoy
ing the best of health. I have no hesitancy in recommending
your preparation to ai: who may unfortunately be afflicted with
this distressing ditease as a specific in such cases. Respect
fully yours, W. J. HAWKINS.
Irwin Cos. Ga. July 20, 1850.
Mr. Dickinsen—Dear Sir: I have used both your Sarsapa.
rilla and Queen’s Delight and Tonic Pills in my family, and
believe they have no equal in the cure of those diseases enu
merated in your circular. I have also recommended them t.’
my neighbors, and have not heard of a single failure of a per
manent cure being effected. I take pleasure in recommending
your medicines to those who may require the use of Altera
tive or Tonic Mediutnes. Yours respectfully,
January 5, 1851. WM. W. POULAX.
DICKINSON’S TONIC PILLS,
GREEN SICKNESS, IN ALL ITS VARIOUS
FORMS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, DROPSI
CAL AFFECTIONS, AND ALL CASES OF
GENERAL DEBILITY.
Tlie success of these pills in the cure of the diseases above
named, has induced tlie proprietor to offer them to the public.
T.iey are put up in boxes containing from eighty to one hun
dred Pills; I Pill being the dose. They are decidedly the cheap
est and best medicine of the kind ever offered to the public. —
Tlie following certificates, which we have selected from hun
dieds which we have from Clergymen and others, speak for
the i selves. Price 81 per Box. Forsale wholesale and retail,
by W. L. DAVIS Si Cos. Druggists, Albany, Ga.
CERTIFICATES.
Qiincy, Fla. June stb, 1849.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: I have used your Tonic Pills in
my family in one case of Chlorosis, (Green Sickness) with
the most satisfactory result. The case is entirely cured.—
Your Pill is certainly a sjiecific in such cases. Respectfully
yours. 11. WOOTEN.
Albany, Ga. April 23d. 1850.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: Justice to you and a wish to re
lieve those who maybe suffering from disease, induces me to
give my experience in the use of your invaluable Pills. My
wife had been suffering for months with strong symptoms of
Dropsy, brought on from Hemorrhage , during her late ac
couchinent, which caused her to suffer severely, and threat
ened a sjieedy termination of life. 1 had resorted to every
remedy calculated to give relief, hut could find nothing to
benefit her until she tried your Pills. She is now in fine health
as she ever enjoyed, after using two boxes. Yours respectful
ly, ANTHONY G. WEAVER.
Baker Cos. Ga. March sth. 1850.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: My eldest son was afflicted se
verely for some two years or more with loss of appetite, ‘ io
lent headache, swelling of the limbs and stomach, shortness
of breath, and in fact his case was truly alarming, for his
health had become so bad that he had entirely lost all ener
gy and was fast sinking to the grave, when you gate me a
box of pour Tonic Pills. I took them with but little confi
dence in them—hut as a drowning man will catch at straws,
I determined to try them, and judge of my surprise when m k
few days he had gained his former vivacity, and Ins general ap
pearance changed for the better, and l>efore he had finished ta
king the box, his health was completely restored, and he is now
red and rosy. You can make use of this in any way you think
pro ‘ per . “ Respectfully, W. B. MASON.
£ of the above Medicine genuine, unless bearing
the written signature of 8. J. Dickinson.
g'jpe’Those wishing the above Medicines should purchase
from noj other but the advertised agents, as w are creditably
informed that there is a Pill sold in Florida for Dickinson's
Tonic Pill which is a base countereit.
March, 1,1851. W. L. DAVIS & CO. Albany.
Sold in Macon by Payne &>’ibet,and at the office of the
Georgia Citizen.
P. 8. All communications addressed to W, L, Davis & Cos.
Albany, free of postage, will be attended to.
WANTED.
“I AA AAA lbs RAGS. Cash paid for clean
A\_/V/e v/v_7 v/ cottou or linen rags—i cents per
pound, when delivered in quantities of 100 pouuds or
more ; and 3$ when delivered in small quantities. For
old hemp, bagging, and pieces of rope, IJ cents, deliv
ered either at Rook Island Factory or at their store in
Columbus, in the South corner Room of Oglethorpe
House. D. ADAMS, Secretary.
Oct,2C.
Dr. de GRAFFEMReid-T^
v celebrated
RHEUMATIC LINIMENT
RSSyJXTSSi £ est.- £
following statement of Dr. de Graffenried, ie dhJ v * Ubln,, U*
ventor s ’ a “ c °verer and
The undersigned frankly states that he has
medicine for the last twenty-two years, i n all thu
and Chronic Rheumatism, with a success unua “** * A ‘* t *
annals of of medicine; and he has no the
that it is decidedly the most valuable remedy ev ‘ n
ered forthe relief of this most painful and distress *** ***♦•
His note-book contains upwards of three
which it has been used within the above nan ,
in no single instance has it come to his knowl. e
mg failed to effect a cure w hen persevered in M ofi **‘Ur-
eases were from four to ten years standing
appear yet more remarkable andctxraordman’ i. „ What
the patient has been once relieved, the disease’ ’"*
cared remains so, not a solitary instance hav,-.,?
ed to him of its return. betl * re^
All he would ask for this remedy U a fair •
patient trial, for the results he entertains „ ’ ‘T** 1 *nd
Up to tlie time of this discovery, the undent*
studied the origin, progress and character of this i “* d Wtll
is well assured had consulted every author on it **
who had written or been tanslated into the EiJ \ l ' rea, ® Ml k
and had used all the remedies of any notoriety ,i, lanfUi f e i
with the profession, with however, very rarelv *“
poor suffering humanity. ’ a,| y relief t
It has baffled the skill and science of the most P
sicians and Surgeons of our own, and of every on' 1111 “™ Ph T-
But tlie undersigned Hatters himself that his r ! CT co " Wr y.
this most painfuliaease, when all others have fan i “ tur *
he shall have been an humble instrument in the h a 3,l,ltbat
of relieving the human family of a vast amount
E-L.de GUAFFKNRU p ‘ jj’
CERTIFICATES.
FROM COL. A. K. AYER.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried— Learning that vn.,
about to manufacture lor the vonr ‘i ? V®
Rheumatic Liniment, I take pleasure in'stating i !
believe it one of the most valuable remedies
for that common aud most distressing disease h
witnessed its effects upon a negro ,n an of mi,, ? 1
had been afflicted for fbur years, n “ffl
joint was enlarged, and the body
ted. By the use of four or five bottles, iu three w e ,T
he w as relieved entirely from pain
Columbus,Ga., Uct.24, 1849. ‘A. K. AYEI;
n o- . Columbus, October 30, 184-.
Dear Sir-About the first of Ap.il last, \ C Z U
Columbus to get medical assistance, and was adv l
to call on you as having a remedy that would .fE
me speedy relief. I was taken down in January |„
with a violent attack ei Rheumatism in nearly all ‘
joints, so badly, that I could not p u |] „ff “ J**
without aid ; nor could I ascend or descend stew*’
pull off my clothes without assistance. Mv right 1 *
and hand were nearly useless ; the fingers comriln
ed aud swollen ; the right knee swollen and stiffen
ed, so that I could not bend it but very little, p
the Ist of April, I was all the time in suffering
pain ; 1 rubbed with your Rheumatic Liniment mv
limbs three times, and was the next morning enahl and
to descend a long flight of steps, without aid of catch
or stick, and back to my room—l could also bendn •
knee and bring it up to the chair, which the prey J.
day, 1 could not have done if my life had depended
on it. 1 could also use, open and bend my fingers
which was an impossibility the day before, j
iu the morning from my bed entirely relieved of n IU
I used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of \
Rheumatic Liniment, and in ten days, 1 was relieve.
I would not have been in the condition which I had
been ten days before I called on you, for any amount
of money that could be given me; for what i life
worth when in constant pain and misery! 1 consid
er your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable med
icine iu the world. 1 am, dear 6ir, your friend,
J. H. SMITH,
Columbus, Nov. 1,184 J.
Dear Sir—My negro woman Patience, a cook, had
a stiff neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, far
six or seven years, and could not turn her neck except
with the body. I was induced to purchase a battle
of your Liniment, which was applied in August
September of 1848. One bottle entirely relieved her
and she now has the use of her neck as well aaerer
she had ; and up to this time it has not returned.
GARLAND B. TERRI.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1851.
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Having been af.
dieted, for some time past, with a severe attack and
Rheumatism, and having beard of the wonderful ef
fects of your Rheumatic Liniment, 1 was induced to
try a bottle of it, and after three days, I was so much
relieved as to be able to leave the house aud atteodlt
business. 1 have perfectly recovered from the disease,
aud would cheerfully recommend the Liniment t*
all those who are afflicted.
GEORGE HOOD, 27 Poweli rt.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13, 1849.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Agreeably,l
your request, I give my testimonial as to the virtuesf
your Liniment in the cure of Rheumatism. Ding
attacked in one joint of iny finger, last wiuter, nlh
acute Rheumatism, and having used many of the •
numbered prescriptions for its cure, with but rttfe
benefit, I made application of two bottles of yonr Lis
iment, which 1 am happy to say relieved me in a very
short time. I can recommend Its use to *)J pmon
affected in like manner.
Very respectfully, F. S. CHAPMAN.
I ro the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenried'i
Rheumatic Liniment iu the case of Mr. F. S- Chap
man, as it caine under my immediate observation.
Oct. 13, 1849. R. A. WARE, M. D.
Dear Sir—Some time in January last, Mrs. Mc-
Kee was taken very ill w ith Inflammatory lUieuraa
tism in her shoulder joints, extending to her elbow
joint, and arm, which disabled her from using her arm
almost entirely ; and from the pain, want of sleep, and
great restlessness, for not less than six weeks, 1 was
induced by my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to call on you
for a bottle of your Liniment, and by using hall the
bottle, she was entirely relieved, aud the relief was
manifest or sensible after three or four rubbings. lam
of opinion it is one of the most valuable remedies tbat
has ever been discovered for Rheumatism: that if.
from my ow’u knowledge, aud that which 1 havebekM
from others.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried. 11. C. McKElv
Columbus, Oct. 19th, 184&
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: 1 take pleasure in
saying, 1 have a boy who was so badly afflicted with
Rheumatism, that he could not raise his haud tc>kM
head, and had nearly lest the use of his arm- 1
the fourth of a bottle of your Rheumatic Liniment*
which relieved him entirely. I consider it a most nl*
uable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L. MOTT-
Jonks” Hotel. I’iiiladeltiiia. March 3d, 1854.
Col. .1. B. tin [ran —Sir, it affords me great pleasure to
able to bear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of
de Graffenried a J.h/ umatic Liniment.
1 have been sorely afflicted for the last six years trflh* w
1 believed to be, and what eminent Physicians of tins city
nounced, Rheumatic gout, for several winters past 1 t*s Vr
confined to my room and bed nearly all the time. I* iwuW
last, 1 had an attack as violent if not more so than usual, fl !i
prostrated me for about three weeks on your recommend 8 * 1 ’
I commenced the use of this Liniment. (Wi*h I m ust c *
fess but little faith.) Its efl'ects w ere astonishing anti **
dedly beneficial from its first application. In a few days if
back, wrists and ankles were eutirely relieved (and soi 1 ’ 1 ’ II
ue) of ali tlie soreness and pains, and the swellings reduce- H
w ith the use ol less than one bottle. I have been iu ll> ■
chargt of my ordinary business e*ersince. . I
I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly tbe med ■
cacioas remedy for this disease, which I have ever met w 1 ■
And most cheerfully recommend its use to all who m 8; * I
dieted with it. I
Respectfully Yours, N. W. ■
Jones’ Horeu n
Baltimore, March 30.
Hr. de Graffenried —Dear Sir. for the last fweHt V**
have sniftered very severely with the Rheumatism. ‘
tie tin nearly one fourth of the time confined to my tso J
I have had the best medical aid to he found in various
in the United States, with little or no benefit. I ■*’*
tried innumerable strongly recommended remedies.
have failed to effect a cure. I spent the last sumruer.m
White Bulphur and Hot Springs in Virginia, to link p
pose After iny return home, Iso far recovered, as ;
to walk about a little. About six weeks since, I bad a
attack which again confined me to my bed, l was >
pain and scarcely able to move my limbs, w hen a friritc.
mine called and informed me that you had discovered an
litlc remedy, and had cured many,and amongst them, <**
my friends, and showed me a letter from him stating lb* ‘
I was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take
ure in informing you that in less than twenty-four boure l
the first application I was perfectly free from /mi*, and
ue so up to this time. lain now able to attend to bow
and fondly hope all those afflicted, as I have been, mJ
speedily relieved, as I have been with your medicine.
ing you all the blessings you deserve, 1 am, dear sir,
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDSWORTH
CoLrMßrs, Ga., Oct. 20,
Dr. de Graffruried — Dear Sir, I take pkttsure
you the particulars of my affliction by, and relief irj _y
mutism. During the spring of 16441 was afflicted*
severe attack of inflammatory Rheumatism. * J’®*’
the most celebrated remedies then known and ust ‘
cases, aided by medical advice, until September, j,,
no satisfactory result whatever. I was then
rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment. ** /.,e
new, and which had cured him; and in one i
the time I commenced the application, 1 was ‘ nae |H*
of the Rheumatism as 1 ever was, and have * nn ‘
this time. Yours, Truly, E. 1 •
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