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From the Wool Grower.
Whittling Shingles.
Scene. — Mr. John Plow handle's barn-yard. —
John with a large shingle and a broad grin,
whittling from him: Editor's shingle ta
lcing the shape of a tomahawk.
John. —You see I’ve not forgotten your last
lesson, I always whittle from me.
Editor. —l don’t see any such thing. I can
not see any evidence of it in this yard, or about
your barns. On the contrary, yon have been
whittling towards you ever since foddering com
menced.
John. —Ilow so?
Editor. —Will you please to tell me what
kind of litter this is scattered so profusely over
the whole yard, and making so much of the
bulk of the dung heap thrown from your stable ?
John. —Why it’s nothing but stalks that the
cattle won’t eat.
Editor.— lt’s no such thing; it is bright par
ticles of California gold dust that you dug last
summer, which you are now wasting so libe
rally; and to excuse your laziness lay it to the
cattle. Ah, John!
John. —You don’t pretend to say those old
stalks are good for anything except manure?
Editor. —Yes I do. Now here is a dry bright
stalk nearly or quite as long as yourself. All
the cattle could make of it was, to pick off the
husks and leaves. Let us cut into it. It must
have some nutriment, surely.
John. —Don’t believe a word about it.—
There is no more nutriment in that stalk than
iu the pith of an alder. I had rather have
mv experience than all the book farming that
has ever been got up to humbug farmers with.
I’ve fed out my stalks in this way for twenty
years, and have never seen my cattle eat more
than they now do. And that satisfies me that
there is nothing nutritious in them.
Editor. — John, your ears are longer than
any donkey’s in the Union. Now just to show
you what a small light is the wisdom of 11 you
know it all” farmers, we will cut a few of these
stalks up into this box. Cut them smaller,
John, not larger than your finger nail. If cut
too long, the cattle cannot eat them; there, that
will do. Now call up old Brindle, for she has
been watching the operation. Her opinion will
be worth something. Well, what says the
cow ?
John.— She has eaten most of the stalks. —
but she would have eaten saw-dust if cut fine.
Editor. —Thus you see that for twenty years
vou have been scattering the dust, for what
ever is wasted is money thrown away. It cost
much labor to raise these stalks, and here you
have thrown away at least two-thirds.
John. —You surely do not expect that I can
cut up fine, all the stalks that I raise ? Why I
had twenty acres of corn, and the stalks were
very heavy. What a job it would be to cut up
twenty acres of stalks in a cutting box.
Editor. —Upon a moderate calculation, you
had at least two tons of stalks to the acre, which
would give you forty tons. All this you have
handled over to give your cattle two tons of
leaves and husks; for the leaves and husks are
about one-fourth of the quantity. A little
more labor would have saved all your previous
work, and given you a profit, where you now
experience a loss. I tell you, John, every stalk
lias gold dust in it. Hut is it such a job to cut
up the stalks ? You have a good straw cutter
of course ?
John. —No sir! I’ve no such thing. I think
my cattle can cut their own food. 1 have nev
er yet been humbugged by any of your fancy
machinery, as I call straw cutters.
Editor. —Well, how do you dispose of your
straw ?
John. —Feed it to the cattle, and litter the
stables with it. Straw is not worth much for
food any way, and I make no account of it.
Editor. —Do you have much straw ?
John. —l generally have about fifty acres in
wheat, oats and barley.
Editor. —Doyoimaise many roots?
John. —No, it’s too much trouble. They
won’t pay. I tried them and carrots some, and
turnips once, but it was so much work to weed
the little varmints, that I give it up as a very
puttering sort of a job to raise any kind of roots
except potatoes, and they don’t pay since the
rot broke out. I’d rather raise three acres of
•corn, than one of roots; and believe the corn
the most profitable. I can make more beef,
pork, mutton or money, from my three acres of
corn, than your book farmers can from all the
roots they can grow in ten counties. Ugh !
set me at any thing but weeding carrots, or
lUets, or turnips.
Editor. — That is, you are willing to get a
living any way but by good fanning. If you
can make money by the wasteful course you
adopt, perhaps the “ book farmers as you art
pleased to cail those who bring system and or
der into their practice, can get along much fas
ter. Let ns figure a little. An acre of land
that will produce two tons of hay, or fifty bush
els of corn, will easily produce 000 bushels of
roots, whether carrots, beets or turnips. How
long do you fodder ?
John.— About five months.
Editor. —Well, that will be 150 days. Now
half a bushel per day would make 75 bushels;
threepecks per day, would make 112 bushels.
Suppose we raise 600 bushels of roots, this
would give nearly three pecks per day to six
head of cattle; but say we feed them 100 bush
els per head. If we fed cut stalks, half a bushel
would tlo well; if cut straw he used, more roots
should be given. In any event an acre of straw
cut, with 100 bushels of roots, will winter an
ox, or cow, or young stock, as well as two tons
of hay: and an acre of stalks would do the same
with the smaller food, or 75 bushels. You
grow 50 acres of straw crops, and 20 acres of
corn, making 70 acres. Now if you had grown
10 acres of roots, you could have wintered well
at least 60 head of cattle; and as it is reckoned
that a cow equals 10 sheep, yoiKCould have
wintered from 500 to 600 head of sheep; no
small item in these times of high prices for
wool. And then look at what a nice pile of
manure you would have had.
John.— Tes, and what heaps of trouble I
should have had. W here could I store my
roots, so that I could get them in the winter.
I should want an acre of cellar at least; and
that would be a large item of expense. And
then the idea of cutting so much food. Why
I should want a steam engine to run night anil
day.
Editor. —Not too fast, good John. If you
had cellars under your barns as you ought to
have, you would have an abundance of room to
store all the roots you would want till there
comes a thaw, and then you could cart them in
f‘om the pits in the field. But the cutting
seems to distress you. A steam engine is a
good idea, and if your business .would warrant
it would be decidedly the thing But that you
have not got. You have one of Wheeler’s
horse powers, get one of his power stalk cut
ters, or any body else’s as good; and two men
and a horse will cut up at least three tons of
food—perhaps more. At this rate it would not
be a very hard job, or very expensive. And
in what way could you employ labor so profi
\ 1 ably ?
John. —According to your calculation a man
>vd tot have any meadow at all; for some
time ago you made out that horses could be
wintered well on straw and saw dust.
Editor. —Not saw dust, John. Sail dust
seems to trouble you much. I said, cut straw
and mill feed, shorts and bran. I tbink that
there is truly no need of meadows where you
can have plenty of roots, and straw or stalks;
and the labor you bestow upon your meadow
in making hay, together with the use of the
land, will nearly or quite pay for cutting your
straw or stalks.
John. —But you don’t mean to say you can
winter sheep on cut straw and roots; and that
you would advise it ?
Editor. —Most decidedly I do. I think it’s
the very best way that sheep can be wintered,
especially it you add a little bran, or corn meal
with the cut food.
John. — \\ ell, if I could only get along with
out the confounded roots, I don’t but
there might be some object to get ready and
make a trial next year. Can’t I use meal just
as well and cheap ?
Editor. —Suppose you figure on it a little.—
How much would you consider as sufficient for
a daily feed ?
John. —About 4 quarts of meal with straw
or stalks I should think would be sufficient.
Editor. —so bushels of corn would give 400
feeds ot 4 quarts; so that it would take nearly
three acres of corn to feed up as much straw or
stalks as one acre of roots would do. The corn
will sell for money; but the roots and straw
will not.
John. —How shall I go to work to raise roots
well? I have never yet paid any attention to
the subject. Perhaps I may try to do some
thing at it this year. But there goes the din
ner horn. Boys, give the cattle a good feed of
stalks—gold dust, l suppose I must call them
after this. Come, let us go to dinner, and then
we will talk about roots.
From the American Farmer.
A Valuable Salve • —A visit to a friend in the
neighborhood of this city during the past summer, made
me acquainted with the virtues of the bark of the Elder
tree, which I feel obligated to make public through the
medium of your journal. The lady with whom I so
journed, informed me of a boy whose foot had been cut,
and was almost a putrid state when she examined it,
none of the usual appliances being found of any service.
She asked permission to apply a salve which she had,
and leave being granted, in a very short period a com
plete cure was effected. Shortly after, I was paying a
visit to some friends iu Washington county of this State,
where 1 heard of an old negro man who was suffering
the most intense agony from a sore foot, which had be
come so offensive that it was impossible for any one to
remain in the room with him. lie was given up for
death, as incurable, except by amputation. I mentioned
this salve to the owner of the old man, and on my re
turn forwarded a box of it, which was used upon the
foot, and I was gratified to learn had effected a com
plete cure—and a venerable friend in the same neigh
borhood who had his hand cut whilst killing pork,
having sent for the recipe, in order to make the salve,
I applied to the lady who had supplied me, for a copy,
which, as it is simple, and convenient to every farmer,
I herewith hand you, hoping that every lady at the
head of a family will prepare some of it, so as to be rea
dy for use in her own family and neighborhood. Much
suffering may be obviated by its use, I have no doubt;
and as there is enough of misery in the world, it is our
duty to use every means in our power for the allevia
tion of it in our species. Feeling conscious that inncti
good can be effected by the means here indicated, 1
hope every lady in whose homestead the American
Farmer may have an abiding place, will make a trial
of this salve, as opportunity may offer.
S. B. S.
Geoponics.
A New Agricultural Wrinkle. —A funny story
is told of an old friend of ours—one who, sick and tired
of the care and bustle of a city life, has retired into the
country and ‘gone to farming’ as the saying is. His
land, albeit we'l situated and commanding sundry ro
mantic prospects, is not so particularly fertile as some
we have seen—requiring scientific culture and a libe
ral use of guano of some sort to induce an abundant
yield. So far by way of explanation.
Once upon a time, as the story-books say, our friend
being on a visit to the city, was attending an auction
stile down town, and as it so happened they were selling
damaged sausages at the time. There were some eight
or ten barrels of them, and tliev were ‘just going at
fifty cents per barrel,’ when the auctioneer, with all ap
parent seriousness, remarked that they were worth
more than that to manure land with. Here was an
idea. ‘Sixty-two and a half,’ said our friend. ‘Just
a going at sixty-two and a half cents —third and last
call—g one !’ retorted the auctioneer —‘Cash takes
them at sixty-two and a half per barrel.’
To have them shipped for his country seat was the
immediate work of our friend, and as it was then plant
ing time, and the sausages, to usea common expression,
were ‘getting no better fast,’ to have them safe under
ground and out of the way was his next movement.—
He was about to plant a field of several acres of corn—
tho soil of the piuey woods species—so, here whs just
the spot for his new experiment in agriculture, this new
wrinkle in the science of geoponics. One Mink’of sau
sage being deemed amply sufficient, that amount was
placed iu each hill, accompanied by the usual number
of kernels of corn and an occasional pumpkin seed, and
i all were nicely covered over iu the usual style. Now,
j after premising that several days have occurred since
the corn was planted, the sequel of the story shall be
told iu a dialogue between our friend and one of his
neighbors.
Neighbor. —‘Well, friend, have you planted your
corn ?’
Friend. —‘Yes, several days since.’
Neighbor. —‘ls it up yet V
Friend.—-U p! yes; up and gone the most of it.’
Neighbor. —‘How is that?’
Friend. —‘Well, you see I bought a lot of damaged
sausages in Orleans the other day, a smooth-tongued
auctioneer saying they would make excellent manure if
nothing else. I brought the lot over, commenced
planting my corn at once as it was time, placing a sau
sage in each hill, and—■’
Neighbor. —‘Well, and what?’
Friend. —‘And felt satisfied that I had made a good
job of it. Some days afterwards I went out to the
field to see how my corn was coming on, and a pretty
piece of business I have made of trying agricultural ex
periments.’
Neighbor.— 1 Why, what was the matter?’
Friend.-— Matter! the first thing I saw, before reach
ing the field, was the darndest lot of dogs digging
and scratching all over it. There were my dogs, and
your dogs, and all the neighbors’ dogs, besides about
three hundred strange dogs I never set eyes on before,
and every one was hard at it mining after the buried
sausages. Somehow or other the rascally whelps had
scented out the business, and they have dug up every
hill by this time. If I could set every dog of them on
that auctioneer, I’d be satisfied.’
Amusing’ history of the Pig in Cincinnati,
The subjoined essay on the Pig in Cincin
nati Irom the (jlazctte of that city presents so
many various uses which that valuable animal
renders to the community, that it must be ad
mitted the I'ig is fairly entitled to live without
labor. True his usefulness begins only after
he ceases to live—and then he affords the
means of living to others —not pigs, but men.
Nothing in his life becomes him like the leav
ing of it.
The pig in his ways’ and habits is not an
amiable animal ; he cares nothing for his
personal appearance, but rather be dirty
than not; he is a great gormandizer, living
only to eat, and fully merits The fate which
destines him to be converted irho pork, bacon
and sausages that he too may eaten. He
is said by some philosophers to possess a great
deal of sympathy, and that the extraordinary
hub-bub which he raises at the distressful
squeal of a brother pig is a proof of it. But
his strongest emotions are exhibited at the
trough, especially if the supply threatens tp be
small. The pig is then in great excitement
and fights his brethren right and left as though
all were intruders except himself. He is a
thorough corn monopolist. In fact the most
zealous defenders ofthfe pig, as to his charac
ter and deportment, must admit that he is sel
fish in the extreme, gross in his manner and
conversation, swinish, and unclean in his hah
its, and in his tastes a mere hog
But how useful this animal becomes when
he has transmuted from pig to pork ! The pig
vindicates himself from all the blemishes of his
life by the great result of his death, and in this
particular he is superior to some men, who
having lived useless lives, confer no benefit by
their death except the negative one of ridding
society of a nuisance. But the pig confers
positive benefits, which, if he could himself ap
preciate, we might almost believe that a gener
ous minded pig would yield himself cheerfully
and of his own accord into the butcher’s hands
as soon as he had attained a sufficient degree
of pinguitude. But let us see how he fares in
Cincinnati, where the phrase “going the
whole hog” ought to have originated il it did
not:
Tiie Pig in Cincinnati. -What croco
diles were in Egypt, what cows are in Ben
gal, or storks in Holland, are pigs in Cincinnati,
with this trifling difference, their sacredness
of character lasts but as long as their mortal
coil ; and this is abbreviated without ceremo
ny, and from the most worldly motives. In
life the pig is free, is honored ; he ranges the
street ; he reposes in thoroughfares ; he walks
between your horse’s legs, ot your own ; he
is everywhere respected; bullet the thread of
his existence be severed, and, shade of Ma
homet ! what a change ! T hey think, in Cin
dinnati, of nothing but making the most of him.
How many of this kind perish annually, to ce
ment the vast prosperity of the city, cannot be
told.
About fifteen years ago, when it contained
only one-fifth of its existing population, a few
bold speculators began the trade. Selecting
the hams and sides of the animal, they made
pickled pork ; and of the rest they took small
account. Soon, however, the idea occurred to
one more acute than his fellows, that the heads
and the feet, nay, even the spine and the
vertebra, might be turned to account. Trot
ters and cheeks had their partizans, and these
parts looked up in the market. About this
time the makers of sausages caught the inspi
ration ; they found those luxuries saleable ;
and so many pigs were to be slaughtered, that
the butchers were willing tc do it for nothing ;
that is to say for the perquisite of the entrails
and offal alone.
The next step was due to the genius of
France. A Frenchman established a brush
manufactory and created a market for the bris
tles ; but his ingenuity was outdone by one of
his countrymen, who soon after arrived. This
man was determined, it seems, to share the
spoil ; and, thinking nothing else left, collect
ed the fine hair or wool, washed, dried, and
curled it, and stuffed mattrasses with it. But
he was mistaken in thinking nothing else left.
As but little was done with the lard, they in
vented machines and squeezed oil out of it;
the refuse they threw away. Mistaken men
again! This refuse was the substance of
stearine candles, and made a fortune to the
discoverer of that secret, Lastly came one
who could press chemistry into the service of
mammon. He saw the blood of countless
swine flow thro’ the gutters of the city ; it was
all that was of them, but it went to the heart to
see it thrown away. He pondered long ; and
then, codec ing the stream into reservoirs,
made prussiate of potash from it by the ton.
The pig was used up.— Baltimore Ameri
can.
MlisAysiiiu
The Mechanic’s Pleasures.
Ours is not the country where one may sneer at the
“mechanic.’’ Demagogues know this; and the same
agitators who would spurn the “unwashed artificer,”
if met in some old despotic realm, find it to ho their
true policy to flatter and cajole him here. This is no
part of my business. I respect honest labor, though
it be in the black man who saws mv wood; and, so f..r
as I can learn, my ancestors have oeen working men
so long that “the memory of man t unneth not to the
contrary.” Though the motto of William of Wickham
is no longer good English, it is good sense still—man
ners maketli man. \\ herever the demeanor and life
of a man are good, let me get as near to Lim as he
will allow, that I may take his hand, though it be as
black and hardened as his anvil.
I am ready to maintain that the American mechan
ic has no reason to envy any man on .garth. “Happy,
happy men!” as an old poet says, “if they could ap
preciate their own felicity !”
Has the mechanic no Pleasure ? Let us see: in
order to see better, let me use some illustrations. There
is a shop near my house; and I never yet saw the shop
in which there was not something to be learned. In
this one there is evidence enough that working men
tnay have cheap and abundant pleasure. Without go
ing so far as to state, what I believe firmly, that to the
industrious man labor is pleasure, I beg leave to intro
duce Arthur Kip. This young man is a plain cooper,
and lives on the extremity of a street which I pass daily,
lie is in his shop as early as his earliest neighbor, yet I
sometimes see him busy a good half hour before he is
in his shop. What is Arthur about in the grey of the
morning? I will tell you. He has been setting out
rows of elms around the whole border of his lot. Ru
you must know that he is content to live in a very un
comfortable house, in order to forward his business and
prepare his ground so as to “make a fair start,” as he
calls it. He has told me that he was induced to do
this by a maxim of an ancient king:—‘‘Prepare thy
work without , and make it fit for thyself in the field,
and afterwards build thy housed ’ It does one good
to see Arthur among his trees; he sings cheerily over
his spade and hatchet, long before the sun is up.—
“These saplings,” says lie, “will bo noble branching
trees over the heads of my children; and if little Tom
should be a rich man thirty years hence, he will have
a grove which all the money of the aristocrats in Eng
land could not enuse to spring up.” In this he agreed
well with the land of Dumbiedikes’ who is known to
have said on his death-bed to his son and heir: “Jock,
when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye stick
ing in a tree; it will be growing, Jock , when ye're
sleeping .”
Arthur has a garden also. Ills rule is, first for use,
next for show. So he has most ,of his ground in sub
stantial vegetables for the table; but a very goodly
portion, I assure you, in choice flowers .Why should he
not ? God has given the poor man these gems of the
earth with a bounteous profusion; and Ellen Kip and
little Tom will love Arthur and one another all the
bet Ur for dwelling among the lustre and fragrance of
tulips and violets.
In these bright spring evenings, I take a walk about
the time that this little household comes together after
work. No tavern has yet become Ellen’s rival; her
husband spends not only his nights, but his evenings,
at home. Or, if he goes abroad, it is the old-fashioned
way : I mean he takes his wife ami his boy along. At
this hour I am always sure of witnessing another of the
mechanic’s pleasures. Arthur and Ellen are of a place
where young folks arc taught to sing: they have al
ready begun to bring up little Tom in the same way.
They carry a tune in several parts; for Arthur is no
mean performer on the violin, and Ellen sings a sopra
no part to her husband’s base. The neighbors are be
ginning to find their way out since the spring weather
has unclosed doors and windows, and there are some
signs of a little musical association.
Some of the best musical talent in America is among
our mechanics; and it is said that they are slow to
discover the exquisite satisfaction which they might
derive from this innocent recreation. It soothes the
troubled mind; it breaks the thread of vexing thoughts;
it prepaies the affection for every good impression; it
affords a healthful excitement; it knits families togeth
er by gentlest bands; and it makes a paradise of
home.
What mechanic is that who may not command these
pleasures ? What pleasures of the bar-room, the cir
cus, the gaming table, the theatre, are equal to these
in purity and genuine content ? lam sure I shall have
the right answer—--if not from mechanics, at least from
their wives. But for fear of being prolix, I reserve
some other pleasures for a future paper. — Mechanics’
Advocate.
A witty word spoken by a rich relative is a
very witty affair—even when the wit is not very
apparent; but nobody laughs at the wit of a
man in disgrace, or whose coat is out at the el
bows.
Beautiful.—‘As winds the ivy around the tree,
as to the crag the moss patch roots — so clings my
coustant soul to thee ! my own, my beautiful !
my boots!
Punch says that ‘My dear, what will you have
for dinner?’ is now considered the greatest ques
tion of the day.
‘Are you in love, Maria ?’ ‘Yes, tna,’ ‘How
much?’ Well, I don’t know exactly, but I think
about five feet, or thereabouts, lor I feel all over
ish like.’
‘Can you inform me where the office of the Ibid
is, sir ?’
‘The office of what ?’
‘A paper called’ the Ibid.’
‘There is no such paper published,’
‘No? Why down where I came from, the editors
are continually taking first rale extracts from it.’
Legal Wit — A Kennebec lawyer, who had been
unsuccessful in his defence of an idiotic youth in
a criminal trial before a Kennebec j nry, on a plea of
incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong,
was immediately afterward accosted by one of the
jurymen, who volunteered condolence, by attempt
ing to satisfy him that the verdict was a righteous
one. The attorney aSKuredvtbe juror that he was
undertaking a work of iiperWogation; that he had
no complaints to indulge in, that tho’ his client
was evidently non compos, yet the constitution had
strictly been complied with—be bad been tried
most emphatically, by a jury of his peers!
‘May I be married, mamma?’ said a pretty bru
nette of sixteen to her mother. ‘Married’ repeat
ed the astonished mother: ‘for what reason?’—
‘Why, ma, the children have never seen a wed
ding—l think a marriage might please them.’
A gentleman meeting an old friend, whom he had
not seen fora long time, congratulated him on late
ly coining to the possession of a large landed
estate. ‘There was such a report,’ replied the
other; ‘but if you believe me, it was quite ground
less.’
Worth Remembering. —The Editor of the Ra
leigh Star says he has learned from a reliable source
that the green moss on old logs, boiled aud applied
to the parts affected with the outside or surface
next the skin, will cure either snake bile or Ery
sipelas.
A Free Soil Ticket. —The following ballot
was thrown in the Legislature yesterday, upon the
election of State Auditor.
‘Either Henry 11. Fuller or the man in the moon;
Caleb Stetson or some other old whetstone;
Leonard M. Parker or somebody darker.’
A dandy remarking one summer day, that the
weather was so excessively hot, that when he put
his head into a basin of water it fairly boiled, re
ceived for reply:
‘Then, sir, you had calf’s head soup at a very
little expense.’
The first question that a New York lady puts to
her lover, when he pops the question is—‘Are you
in favor of the compromises ol the constitution.’
The motives of authors are not always so pure
and high, as, in the enthusiasm of youth, we some
times imagine. To many the trumpet of fame is
nothing but a tin horn to call them home, like la
borers from the field, at dinner time; and they
think themselves lucky to get the dinner.
A Setter.— A raw boy coming into a printing
office to learn the business, the foreman asked the
question—
‘Dave you ever set any?’ meaning types of
course.
‘Set! I reckon I kin; hain’t I set all our old hens?
and didn’t every one of them hatch out every egg
put under ’em, except old speckle that went off
and left her nest—consarn her ohHpicture!’
‘You’ll uy-jjfct,,,; - n ‘r/lon’t wan’t you
to set
‘Waal, uu 7’ou want me to set at the
stand likenI*- 1 *-- >r ” i Sellers picking up them jiga
marees, dI&JJw Wakl, here goes.’
‘Homu?fead Exemption!’ exclaimed Mrs. Part
ington throwing down the paper ‘it’s come to a
pretty pass indeed that men are going to exempt
themselves from home just when lhey please, with
out any proviso for cold nights.’
A joking night-walker the other evening came
near being caught iu the commission of some de
predation. He made his escape through the fire
place and thence to the roof, and quietly remarked
to his companion, alter descending the rain-spout:
‘A narrow escape, that—came near being taken,
but the chimney Hue to my relief, which
‘sooted’ me exactly. Conductor very accommo
dating on that line, too.’
Had him there— Laughed to-day, we did, at the
reply made to an aristocratic California adventur
er, by a young lady to whom lie was exhibiting bis
revolver pistol, and relating bis plans. The young
sprig imiu.ated that instead o! digging for gold
be intended to blow out the brains of successful
miners and then ‘pick up the dust.’ To which the
lady replied, be would supply a greater want by
picking up the brains!
A Fair Warning.— A lady with artificial
cheeks, was seen promenading Chesnut street,
Pbiladephia, the oilier day with the following la
bel, attached to her dress by a mischievous boy,
who owed her a grudge for pushing him into the
gutter: —‘Beware of the Paint.’
The Apple Seller and the Abolitionist—
Little Boy--‘please, sir, buy an apple.’
Abolitionist.—(Taking, an apple from the bas
ket.) 1 his is a ‘lugitive’—it seeks liberty, my
boy, from the bondage of vour basket.
Little Boy.—‘Please, sir, pay me for my apple.’
Abolitionist.—‘What! pay yon sor 4 a fugitive
from bondage? No, litlle boy, we never pav for
any thing we can get for nothing!’
Il twenty-seven inches of snow give three inch
es of water, how much milk will a cow give when
fed on ruta-baga turnips ?
Multiply the flakes of snow by the hairs in the
cow’s tail; then divide the product by a turnip;
and a pound of chalk, and the sum will be the
answer.
We know a young gent, who breakfasted this
morning on ‘ 1 lie Pleasures of Memory’ and ‘Vol
ney’s Ruins.’
The most sober flower will often blossom from
the bud that has danced the most lightly in the sun
beams.
A drunken man feel aslepp by the road side,
where a pig found him, and began to lick his mouth.
‘Who’s kissing me now!’ exclaimed the drunk
ard; what a capital thing it is to he in lavor with
the women!’
‘See here! liovv long will these locust rails last?’
inquired a traveller of an urchin, while riding past
a long string of fence made of this material.—
‘They’ll last forever,’responded the boy in a con
fident tone. ‘Forever!’ exclaimed the stranger;
‘how do you know that ?’ ‘Why, my lather tried
it twice, and i guess I ought to know by this time,’
said the lad very gravely.’
Once upon a time on a Sunday afternoon, a lad
was so lazy in his motions that lie did not get to
the chnrch-door till the congregation were coining
out, and he said to the first man ho met—‘What!
is it all done?’ ‘No,’ said the man, ‘lt’s all said,
but I’m thinking it will be a long time before it
will be all dose.’
Highlt Interesting —Our devil, in one of his
late expeditions, came across the following notice,
posted on a post-oak near a certain place of resort,
and with malice aforethought tore it down. A
copy may be interesting to our readers as exhib
iting the truth ol that original and profound max
im,‘the schoolmaster is abroad.’ YVe copy verba
tim,, literatim , et punctuality
Feb. 20, 1851.—Taken up A large white sower
and fore pigs belong to ’ s Black Spotted Boar
and a Black Spotted Sour And Boar with darke
head and four small Shots if no owner Dont Apear
tha will Be sold Saturday Evening At five oclock
At ’s Stabels -!’*
The servant of aPrussian officer one day met a
crony who inquired of him how’ he got along with
iiis fiery master. ‘Oh, excellently!’ answered the
servant; ‘we live on very friendly terms; every
morning we beat each other’s coats; the only dif
erence is, he takes his off to be beaten, and I keep
mine on,’ *
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 poisonsin the most skillful bands?
If there are, a few more facts of a marked and remarkable char
racter, tending to prove the affirmative of the question, will not
be inappropriate.
Convulsive Fits Cnred!
GEORG IA: >1 hereby certify that in the spring of 1845
Jasper County. )my negro girl Charity was attacked with
convulsive fits, which contimied to increase on her. notwith
standing all the elforts of same of our best Mineral Doctors
in this region. Deeming the case hopeless with them, 1 con
cludedto carry her to Macon and put her under the treatment
of Dr. M. i?. 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 neighborhood de
spaired of her life. Under these circumstances the Doctor a
gain advised me to call on Dr. Thomson, which I did and ob
tained a portion of medicine, which, I am pleased to be able 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 my hand and seal, this 21st Novemlier 1850.
VVM. JENKINS.
Fits cured without seeing the Patient!!
Jones Cos. Ga. 7th Feb. 1831.
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 asfor
ty or fifty on a stretch, before stopping. Intliis 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 tinpralelled cures effected by Dr. M. 8. Thom
son of Macon, 1 concluded to call on him, which I did, and
gave him her symptoms when he prepared and gave me med
icine, which in about two months entirely cured her, as she
has had none since and is now perfecly healthy, thus adding
another to the many cures the Doctor has effected tvithout
seeing the patient.
TIIOS. M. JOHNSON.
Syphilis, Rheumatism & Liver Complaint
Cured without seeing the Patient!
Jones Cos. Ga. 21st. Sept. 1850.
Dr. M. S. Thomsen —Dear Fir: 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 rel .tion of facts is at your disposal.
Some 14 years ago, my negro woman Khody was taken 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, l)rs. Little aud White of Mil
ledgeville, 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 I applied to you, and 1 am pleased to he able to
report, that notwithstanding it is a long time ago, she lias had
no return of her disease since, but is now doing me very good
service.
The case of mv son was one of Mercurial Rlffmatism 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 vvecoulddo, he continued thus, till we applied to you
when you soon relieved him,andl ain happy to be able to re
port that consider him relieved cured, and has been so twelve
months.
In conclusion, dear sir, go on and prosper, you may have ene.
mies, 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 WRIGHT.
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 he greatly increased by
the recent Act of Congress.
The afflicted, 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 tw cured vvithont a personal
interview and examination, is strange, but that hundreds are
thus cured, is no more strange than true.
In orderthatnf/, 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 who are able to pay, and freely and grat
uitously to those who are not, provided they pay theirpostage.
His Infirmary is open for the reception of Negroes; and for
other cases requiring his personal attention, City accommoda
tions are ample.
He still continues the treatment of acute case,®, 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. Heing possessed of some of the latest improvements in
surgical apparatus, he is prepared to treat fractures, disloca
tions, &lc. 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 Dins.
ET. TAI LOR & Cos., Proprietors of the
• Columbus Cotton Gin Manufactory, have
the satisaetiou to announce to their patrons and
the Planters, generally, of the Cotton growing re
gion, that they are prepared to supply anytimn-‘
her of their celebrated Premium Gins.
Where these Gins have been once used, it
would he deemed unnecessary tor the Manufactur
ers to say a word in their favor, as they feel con
fident 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 with their rep
luation, tiie Proprietors need only say, that the
First Premiums have been awarded to them, for
tiie BEST GIN exhibited at the Great State Fair
heid at Atlanta, Ga. ; also, at the Alabama and
Georgia Agricultu al and Mechanic’s Fair, held
at Columbus ‘. and 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 frm them
have been exhibited.
The Proprietors have in their possession nu
merous certificates from Planters, Cotton Brokers,
Commission Merchants and Manufacturers ot cot
ton goods, testifying that the performance of the
(iins, and the samples produced by them, cannot
be excelled by any ever manufactured.
All orders for Gins given either to our travel
ing or local Agents, or forwarded to the Propri
etors bv mail, will always receive prompt atten
tion. Gins will be sent to any part of the country,
and warranted to give satislaction.
N. B. A liberal discount will in all cases be al
lowed wherethe Cash is paid, and the Gin taken
at the Manufactory. Dec 14—38—ly
m TROUP HILL iS| s
MACON, GA.
Twenty-Five Thousand Fruit Trees.
I OFFER for sale 25,000 Fruit Trees, all of my own rais
ing and grafting upon native stocks —which the .ollowing
varieties may be found, viz:
(10 varieties of Apples,
50 do Pears,
40 do l’luins,
20 do Cherries,
50 do Peaches,
10 do Nectarines,
10 do Apricots,
2 do Sweet Almonds.
Also, Grapes, Figs. Raspberries and Strawberries.
The ornamental department of my nursery contains about
10,000 of he finest 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 ROUT. NELSON.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
ARAMINTA M KINNIE, I Houston Superior
vs. > Court, returnable to
JOHN M'KINNIE, ) October Term, 1850.
IT sippearing to the Court, by the retnrr. of the
Sheriff of Houston county, that the said Defen
dant is not tit he found in said county, it is ordered
that said Libel be perfected by publishing this order
in one of the public Gazettes of tiie 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*
LX2.es> IXEi.CE>
PAYNE & WIS BET would most respectfully
in form their friends and customers, that they
have moved their stock of DRUGS and MKDICIN LS
to the corner of the new Brick Building opposite the
Washington Hall, where they will bo 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 1
100 Dollars Premium.
A PREMIUM of one hundred dollar* will be paid by the
subscriber to any citizen of the State, who will pro
puce a PRESS FOR PACKING COTTON equal to the liul
loch Compound I,ever Press, iu point of economy,
compactness, strength and durability.
May 94 9-ts ROBERT FINDLAY,
COI/T’S Pistols— Allen .V Wesson’s do. with a
laree and choice lot ol riile and smooth bore sin
gle barrel*, or salebjr t., J. JOHNSON.
I HAVE FOUND A BLESSING!!
The superior of Quinine
and Sarsaparilla.
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE.
DR. I. T. HENDERSON’S EUREKA TONIC
AND NEPENTHE AN PILLS, a safe, certain
aud 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, dyspepsih, 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
remed 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.
Hie medicines are wholly \ egetable, 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, and 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, leug sought for before the dis
covery of these medicines.
All who have used Quinine, (the best remedy here
tofore known for intermittent fever,) must sav it is
neither certain or lasting in its effects.
Quinine, in many instances, from febrile excitement
and gastralgia, 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 muco billious matter collected there ’
correcting the action of the liver and spleen, and 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 unparalelled 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
and they will be convinced that they are superior to
Quinine, and the whole catalogue of tonics used as iu
termittents.
Their use is admissible at any time, even when the
patient has the highest fever. For sick head ache or
Obstructed menstruation, they have no equal. For
particulars, see tonic directions.
A l -.!*. [• T HENDERSON’S EUREKA PU-
’ D ARTIC PILLS, for cleansing and
purifj mg the Constitution, and establishing a healthy
economy tn all persons laboring untfcr any form of con'-
stitutional derangrment.
T : HENDERSON’S OUACHITA
V Lie MIF l GE, the greatest blessing ever bestowed
upon the infantile world, warranted to expel worms
ot every kind and in every case, where they exist in
the body. 1 Ins V ermifuge has proved itself decidedly
superior to any other in use.
Also, Dr. I T. HENDERSONS NERVE AND
BDNELIXAMENT,or HEAL ALL AND PUL
i AIGAL. Ihe use of this astonishing Liniment,
has been attended with unparalelled success in all dis
eases of man or horse. For a horse, it instantly cures
Corks, Scratches, Chafes, Cuts, Wounds, Splints,
fP?™* Stiffle > Swinney, Sprains, Film of the Eye,
VN hirlbone of any joint, and Distemper.
l or 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,
1 lies, Ground Itch, Ac. A single trial will sat
isfy any person ol its superiority over any other Lini
ment.
All of the above Medicines are prepared bv Dr. I. T.
Henderson, for IKARD, TTBB A CO. sole owners
and Proprietors, Farmervilie, La., to whom all letters
must be addressed, post paid. .
Agents wanted in every town.
For testimonials of the beneficial effects of I. T.
Henderson's Eureka Tonic, Nepenthean Tonic and
Eureka Cathartic Pills and Xerve and Bone Liniment,
see hand bills and “Era,” published by Ikard, Tubb A
Cos. which will be found at the agencies. The above
medicines are kept constantly on hand and for sale by
PAYNE NESBIT, Macon, and Mr. DODGE,
Barnesville, Ga. mar 8 y
The Great Southern Remedy
DICKINSON’S
Sarsaparilla and Queen’s Delight.
PREPARED AMD SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY
\r.*Xi. Albany,'(ia.
r TMIE above preparation is put up in Large Bottles, and
ottered to tiie public as tiie most highly concentrated
Medicine now in use. The success which has attended its ex
hibition in hundreds oteases has surpassed the expectations
of the 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 the article stand or
fall upon its own merits All that is necessary to insure its
success is a trial.of the article. The following certificates
speak for themselves:
Albany, Ga. July 11, 1850.
51r. Dickinson—Dear sir: I have used your “Sarsapa
rilla and Queen's Delight,” in a case of Secondary Syphilis
upon a negro girl, w hich proved an entire cure of the disease.
1 have also used your Tonic Pills, and havefound them an in
valuable medicine. p t j. STROZIER
GapsdexCo. Fla. July 23d, 1849.
Mr. Dickinson Dear Sir : It any man on earth should be
thankful lam that man. My wife has been afflicted for the
last fifteen jears with \Y hites; 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. IVe concluded to give
your Sarsaparilla a trial, and having confidence in the Queen *
Delight which wascoinbined in your medicine, we obtained
the medicine, ami after bottles, I am glad to say
that the diseasefia* entirely disappeared, and she is now enjoy
ing the best of health. I have no hesitancy in recommending
your preparation to all who may unfortunately be afflicted with
this distressing disease as a specific to such cases. Respect
fully yours, w. J. HAWKINS.
•
Irwix 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 tc
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 Medicines. Yours respectfully,
January 5, 1851. WM. W. POULAN.
DICKINSON S TONIC PILLS,
GREEN SICKNESS, IN ALL ITS VARIOUS
FORMS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, DROPSI
CAL AFFECTIONS, AND ALL CASES OF
GENERAL DEBILITY.
The success of these pills in the cure of the diseases above
named, has induced the proprietor to offer them to the public.
T.tey are put up in boxes containing from eighty to one hun
dred Pills; 1 Pill heing the dose. They are decidedly the cheap
est and best medicine of the kind ever offered to the public.—
The following certificates, which we have selected fnm hun
dteds which we have from Clergymen and others, speak for
the.i selves. Price $1 per Box. Foraale wholesale and retail,
by W. L. DAVIS & Cos. Druggists, Albany, Ga.
CERTIFICATES.
Quincy, Fla. June stb, 1849.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: I have used your Tonic Pills in
my family in one case of Chlorosis, (Green Sickntssj with
the most satisfactory result. The rase is entirely cured.—
Your Pill is certainly a specific in such cases. Respectfully
yours. H. WOOTEN.
Albany, Ga. April 23d. 1850.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: Justice tn you and a wish to re
lieve those who may be 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
Dropsv, brought on from Hemorrhage , during her late ac
couchment, which caused her to suffer severely, and threat
ened a speedy termination of life. I had resorted to every
remedy calculated to give relief, but could find nothing to
benefit her until she tried your Pills. 81ie 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, vio
lent headjehe, swell.ng 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 gave mea
box of pour Tonic Pills. I took them with but little confi
dence in them—but as a drowning man will catch at straws,
I determined to try them, and judge of my surprise in nin a
few days he had gained his former vivacity, and his genera I ap
pearance changed for the better, ami before 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
proper. Respectfully, VV. B. MASON.
of the above Medicine genuine, unless bearing
the written signature of 4. Dickinson.
f wishing the above Medicines should purchase
from no other but the advertisedagents, as vva are creditably
informed that there is a Pill sokl in Florida for Dickinson's
Tonic Pill which is a base countereit.
March, 1,1831. W. L. DAVIS & CO. Albany,
gold in Macon by Payne &Nisbet,and at the office of the
Georgia Citizen.
P. S. All communications addressed to W. L. Davis & Cos.
Albany, free of postage, will be attended to.
WAITED.
1 r |A RAGS. Cash paid for clean
Lv7V/v/YJAr cotton or linen rags—4 cents per
pound, when delivered in quantities of 100 pounds or
more ; and 3$ when delivered in small quantities. For
old hemp, bagging, and pieces of rope, 1$ cents, deliv
ered either at Rock Island Factory or at their store in
Columbus, in the South corner Room of Oglethorpe
House. D. ADAMS, Secretary.
Oct, 26.
Br.ieORAPP EWHEID ip
CELEBRATED
rheumatic LINIMENT
IN introducing this medicine to the tsv e. *** *•
States, for sale, the proprietors 1 J l’tH*
following statement of Ur. deGraffcnr,L “and
ventor: reu , ‘‘discoverer nd
The undersigned frankly .tales that he he
medicine for the last twenty-two year* * P^ribed-v
and Chronic Rheumatism/with IZjl ?
annals of of medicine; and he has no h.n P ? , * lle,ed ‘*
tfiat it is decidedly the most valuable reniedv-t ° n m
ered for the relief of this most painful and h,=* ” yet *•*!
His note-book contains upwards of three h e ** ln 8 ®i o
which it has been used witlnn the
in no single instance has it come to his kno N 's peri, *Ui#
ing failed to effect a cure when persevered
cases were from four to ten years stai,dine •’
appear yet more remarkable and ctxraoidmare * hat bt
the patient lias been once relieved, the disease’ ‘ hat wh
cured, remains so, not a solitary instance
ed to him of its return.“ “an 8v ‘ n 8 **e!) repo^
All he would ask for this remedy i„ a f air
patient trial, for the results he entertain* no **
Lp to the time of this discovery , the
studied the origin, progress and character of thjg **! ed bad well
is well assured had consulted every author, *'***’
who had written or bee,, tanslated into
and had used all the remedies of any notorjm! ‘**’
with the profession, w,th however, very rare,. To *’
poor suffering humanity. e y atl >’ relief t.
It has baffled the skill and science of the n ,n*
sicians and Surgeons of our own, and of everT ?“ Inent
But the undersigned flatters himself that his - *** eo *b7.
this most painful isea.se, when all others have ** Cur *
he shall have been an humble instrument in the s and “>t
of relieving the human family of a vast amount of ° fGod <
*■
CERTIFICATES.
from col. a. K. Ayer. *
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried —Learnimr h ,
about to manufacture lor the pubiie° . thdtyon * r
Rheumatic L.nimeut, I lake pleasure
believe it one of the most valuable remT 8 h “ I
for that common aud most distressing diseJLT? “* d
witnessed its effects upon a negro ,n an „t h * rm S
had been afflicted for lour years until J Who
joint was enlarged, and the body otherwil* 1
ted. By the use of four or five bottles in thr*
be was relieved entirely from pain We *ki,.
Columbus, Ga., 0ct.24, 1849. A. K. AYER
De.r Sir—About lhetf.r£!t, r , 3 °i **
Columbus to get medical assistance and w ‘ “j"* ’*
“.“ ‘.v* a remedy’ “, d ,2
me speedy, relief. J was taken down in .January 1
w.th a violent attack ot Rheumatism in nearly l\ Z
joints, so badly, that I could not pull off m v
without aid ; nor could I ascend or descend
pull off my clothes without assistance. My rnd,t
and hand were nearly useless ; the finger,
ed aud swollen ; the right knee swollen and stiffen,
ed, so that I could not bend it but very little. Unto
the Ist of April, I was all the time in Buffering L
pain ; i rubbed with your Rheumatic Linimeut mv
limbs three times, and was the next morning enabled
to descend a long flight ol steps, without aid of crutch
or stick, and back to my room—l could also bend m
knee and bring it up to the chair, which the previoi
day, 1 could not have done if my life had depended
on it. I could also use, open and bend my finger*
which was an impossibility the day before. J ro*e
in the morning from my bed entirely relieved of pj Bi
I used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of yom
Rheumatic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved.
I would not have been iu the condition which I had
been ten days before I called on you, for any amount
of money that could be given me; for wha; j* |jf e
worth wiien in constant pain and misery ! 1 consd
er your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable med
icine iu the world. 1 am, dear sir, your friend,
J. H. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov.-l, 1649.
Dear Sir—My negro w-oinan Patience, a cook, had
a stiff neck from a painful Rheumatic affection, for
six or seven years, and could not turn her neck except
with the body. I was induced to purchase a bottle
of your Liniment, which was applied in August er
September of 1848. One bottle entirely relieved her
and she now has tiie use of her neck as well as ever
she had ; aud up to this time it has not returned.
GARLAND B. TERRY.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1850.
Dr. de Graffenried—Hw Sir: Having been af
flicted, for some time a severe attack ol
Rheumatism, and having heard of the wonderful ef
fects of your Rheumatic Liniment, I was induced U
try a bottle of it, and after three days, I was so much
relieved as to be able to leave the house and attend to
business. 1 have perfectly recovered from the disease,
and would cheerfully recommend the Liniment to
all those who are afflicted.
GEORGE IIOOD, 27 Powell t.
Columbus. Ga., Oct. 13, 1649.
Dr. E- L. de Graffei.ried—Dear Sir: Agreeably,, t#
your request, I give my testimonial as to the virtue of
your Liniment in the cure of Rheumatism. Being
attacked in one joint of my finger, last winter, with
acute Rheumatism, and paving used many of the un
numberd prescriptions for its cure, with but little
benefit, 1 made application of two bottles of your Lin
iment, which I am happy to say relieved me in a very
short time. I can recommend its use to all persons
affected in like manner.
V ery respectfully, F. S. CHAPMAN.
I to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenncd’.
Rheumatic Liniment in the case of Mr. F. S. Chap
man, as it came 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 with Inflammatory Rheuma
tism in her shoulder joints, extending to her elbow
joint, and arm, which disabled her from using her arm
almost eutirely ; and from the pain, wantof sleep, and
great restlessness, for not less than six weeks, I was
induced by my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to call on you
for a bottle of your Liniment, and by using hall this
bottle, she was entirely relieved, and tke relief waa
manifest or sensible after three or four rubbings. 1 ana,
of opinion it is one of the most valuable remedies that,
has ever been discovered for Rheumatism: that is,
from my own knowledge, and that which I have heard*
from others.
Dr. E. L- de Graffenried. 11. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th, 1849.
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: I take pleasure in.
saying, 1 have a boy who was so badly afflicted with
Rheumatism, that he could not raise his hand to hi*
head, and had nearly lest the use of his arm. I used
the fourth of a bottle of your Rheumatic Liniment,
which relieved him eutirely. I consider it a most val
uable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L. MOTT.
Joses’ Hotel. Philadelphia. March 3d, 1850.
Col. A. B. Hagan —Sir, it affords me great pleasure to ke
able to bear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Dr•
de Graffesricefs Khcumntic l.innncnt.
1 have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with wb*t
I believed to be, and what eminent Physicians of this city pro
nounced, Rheumatic gout, for several winters past 1 have beja
confined to my room and bed nearly all the tiros. In January
last, I had an attack as violent if not more so than usual, which
prostrated me for about three weeks on your recommendation
I commenced the use of this Liniment. (With I must con
fess but little faith.) Its effects were astonishing and deci
dedly beneficial fqpin its first application. In a few day* ®r
back, wrists and ankles were entirely relieved (and so contin
ue) of all the soreness and pains, and the swellings reduced,
with the use ol less than one bottle. I have been iu tbs <“►-
charge of iny ordinary business e^ersince.
I consider it an extraordinary, ami decidedly the most e
cacions remedy for this disease, which I have ever met with.--
And most cheerfully recommend its use to all who may hew-,
dieted with it.
Respectfully Yours, N. W. BRIDGES,
Jones’ Hotel.
Baltimore. March 30, 1350.
Dr. de Graffenried —Dear Sir, forthc last twelve T®***
havesufflered very severely with the Rheumatism,
been nearly one fourth of the time confined to my bed by iL—
I have had the best medical aid to lie found in various citie*
in the United States, with little or no benefit. I have aw,
tried innumerable strongly recommended remedies. hic
have failed to effect a cure. I spent the last summerattbe
White Sulphur and Hot Springs in ‘ irginia, to little put
pose After my return home, Iso far recovered, as to be a *
to walk about a little. About six weeks since, 1 had a sever,
attack which again confined me to my bed, I was m great
pain and scarcely able to move my limbs, when a friend w
mine called and informed me that you had discovered an /••
lible remedy, and had cure*! many,and amongrt them, one of
my friends and showed me a letter from him stating th fact
I was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take pleas
ure in informing you that in less than twenty-four hours fro*
the first application t was perfectly free from pain, and contin
ue so up to this time. lam now able to attend to businet*,
and foiidly hope all those afflicted, as l have been, may be **
s|>eedily relieved, as 1 have been with your medicine. 45h
ing you al) the blessings you deserve, 1 am, dear sir,
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDSIVORTH.
CoLVMBrs, Ga, Oct. 20, 18* 9 -
Dr. de Graffenried —Dear Sir. I take pleasure in g> v,B *
you the particulars of my affliction by, and relief from Rheu
matism. During the spring of 1844 1 was afflicted with a iveiy
severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism. 1 employed*
the inogt celebrated remedies then known and used in s' l ®’
cases, aided by medical advice, until September,
no satisfactory result whatever. I was then induced, >
rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, as soroet ‘
new-, and which had cured him; and in one m nn *
the time I commenced the application, I was well,* ‘
of the Rheumatism as 1 ever was, and have cnntim ’ v
this time. Yours. Truly, L. C. MORTOV
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