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WOman's Right?,
OR MASSACHUSETTS IN 1553.
Mr. and Madam Dr. Kinewall, a couple in moder
ate circumstances, had retired to bed on a bleak win
ter's night, when a loud rap was heard at the door.
‘Get up,’ said the wife, “and see what is wanting.’
‘I do not see why you had not as well do so yourself,
as the day has gone by in which man has any rights,
ami of course gallantry.’ However, he answered the
demand.
The messenger came in haste for the Madam
Doctor.
‘Ah! ha,’said the husband, ‘some more pf your
privileges, rather pleasant ones, too, 1 should think, to
night.’
Madam got out of bed rather reluctantly, saying :
‘You saddle my horse while I make teady.
‘No, madam, have the full extent of your privileges;
lam not sent for, and shall lie still.
Now this may seem very unfeeling, and even uugen
tlemanly, but who had instilled these feelings in men but
the women? they had told them ‘tho idea of sexes
should be abolished, both coming under the head of
humanity.’ and Mr. K. with others had by degrees been
led to surrender acts of gentleness in proportion as
woman assumed the masculine, then releasing her com
forts and real rights for imaginary ones; as this fami
ly were not able to keep a hireling, there were many
opportunities for madam to carry out her independ
ence.
The messenger volunteered to saddle the horse
whilst doctor was making ready. Now’, as pantaloons
ha/e in 1850 been ably discussed, and decided to have
originally belonged to woman, of course they will wear
them in common with man, for 1 doubt if they can be
persuaded, much less driven to wear the petticoats with
us: besides, on an occasions like the present, pants are
indispensable, which compelled madam to borrow a lit
tle of the i coman to effect another loau.
‘My dear, will vou lend mo them warm heavy pants
of yours ?’
‘I never applied to you for petticoat or dress In the
days of your wrongs, but I suppose wardrobe and all
are in common now ; take them.’
The pants w’ere full tight; off snapped a button ;
and being too long, she gave them a reef, w hich made
her almost exclaim ; ‘I almost w’sh we had left your
foolish wardrobe out of our rights.’
‘However,’ says the husband, ‘as you have adopted
it, and cannot rid yourself of the woman in taking ail
-age to dress, I would advise for the good of your pa
tients, you do not undress at night.’
“Oh ! Mr. K., 1 hope you will take good care of the
child ; if it wakes and frets give it some warm milk,
which you will find in the basin there.’
‘Why not order me to nurse it at once V
‘And you will fiud its wrappers here in the chair ;
and mind, if I do not return until morning, and th
babe is very fretful, give it four drops Irom this vial.’
‘ls there anything more to be done? for I think
your patient will find ample time to get well or die, one
or the other, before you get there.’
The doctor and guide mounted their steeds and
as ay they sped. Every thing save eternity has an
end, so had the ride, which brought them to the neat
little village of . The doctor was shown the
room where his patient was to be found, and told
that lie was evidently better, as he was in a profound
slumber. This could not be doubted it the nasal or
gan could be relied on, so the cheerful fire called more
loudly for attendance. The doctor seated hersell to
enjoy a good warming before the sleeper awoke. Ibis
was pretty well accomplished, when she was aroused
by a scream from the bed. saying. ‘Let me go, let me
go,’advancing to the sufferer with‘what's the matter
my friend ?’ She found it to be an enormous black
man, whose curley hair and ebon skin contrasted
strangely with the snow white sheets. ‘What is the
matter with you ? lam the doctor that was sent for, to
relieve you.’
The man stared about him as if to be certain he
was not still dreaming; ‘well now’, you see, missus,
‘Don’t call me by that halted Southern title, but as a
friend—you are my equal.’
‘Well, the truth is dis, I was long time striving to
get to Canady, where fugive law did'nt come. I got
on the steam ear. when I see Mr. N. in next room. 1
knowed what he was arter, so 1 gin one jump in de
ditch, hurt my leg and got lirium trimbles, I believe
deeall it, for I shook all to pieces. Some good gemman
find me and bring me here.’
The doctor found but little necessary to restore the
physical of her patient, so she administered large doses,
called for a room, saying, ‘I won’t go home till morn
ing, no matter how husband and baby make out, for
he has as much right to take care of it as I have.’
During this time poor Mr. K. was undergoing such
a multiplicity of difficulties as made him a perfect mar
tyr to woman’s rights, for the child awoke crying. He
took it m liis arms, rocking it to and fro, as he had seen
mother do, but baby nestled to liis bosom, and not find
ing its rights, screamed the more.
“Well, what shall Ido with this child? I’ll sing.
So he not only gave baby a sample of his vocal pow
ers but wit also, for he began on a high key, ascend
ing as he went, to drown his r.val,
‘Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me,
Mamma’s gone a riding, a patient for to see.’
Now, the child being named Tommy, seemed to take
this as an indignity, and cried for any one who might he
in hearing. ‘Thunder and murder, what shall 1 do ?—ah
yes. give him milk.’ So up lie got, hauling baby out feet
foremost, but instead of getting the basin lie was told, he
nnfortunately got the one containining cold starch. Not
being accustomed to feeding baby, he neither tasted
nor warmed it but gagged the child, craming it in by
spoonfulls. ‘There, I should think that ought to suffice,’
said he, as he set the basin aside, and so thought baby
long since, if the little creature had the power of thought.
* What next was I told to do ? I wish she had left me
a written prescription. Now I will try the wrappers
she said something about.’ So he got hold of the
ironed clothes that had been laid on the back of the
chair to get the benefit of the fire, seizing hold of a ta
ble linen he envelopes the screamer in it; but that did
not quiet it, for the cold raw starch by this time had
thrown the little one into a violent cholic, causing it to
writhe with such agony that the father became alarmed.
‘I think she said something about a vial.’ So he hit on
the right one, by chance, but not having heard the spe
cified quantity, or thinking the urgency of the case de
manded a large dose, he poured out a spoonful, clutch
ing little Tommy in his artn, he forced it down, that is,
the greater portion. By-and-by the child’s screams
became more and more subdued, and finally ceased,
as it fell into a slumber. Mr. Iv. laid it in tho cradle,
covered it up, looked at the clock, saw it was so near
daylight that he deemed it unnecessary to retire, so he
sat himself down to ponder on the evils arising from
this new order of things. ,Now,’ said he to himself,
‘my wife has taken on her this profession. I shall be
forced to become nurse, and I know what I'll do. 1
will act out that character with this boy, but hang me if
there shall be any more need of nurses in my family,
and as I have had a hard task to night in my first les
son, I will reduce it to a science.’
About sunrise Mrs. Dr. rode up, put her horse in the
stable and walked into the house. ‘Merciful heaveus!’
she exclaimed, as 6he found Mr. K. rigged out in her
petticoat, frock and apron, with one of her medical
works in his hand, silting by the cradle, ‘what is the
matter with you? Arc you going crazy?’ said 6be,
eyeing him with suspicion.
‘ M hy, where is the evidence ?’ replied the husband.
‘M hat have you got on my dress for ?’
‘Pray, have you not my pants on ? I intend to
learn the art of being nurse, even wetnurse, if possible,
•o long as it is forced on me, and for that purpose think
this the most suitable costume; and to facilitate my
purpose, I have concluded to examine some of your
medical books, and have hit upon a chapter to young
mothers and nurses in general. 1 hope you will see
the propriety of teaching me all you can, for I have
had such a trial to-night as would put to shame old
Jobs patience. Indeed, I seem to have been mesmer
**d by the child's depend* nee on me. and endowed with
hat pai ient forbearance that belonged to women, when
T * had them.’
The wife could not repress a smile, but there was
Ir y and self-reproach mixed with it, yet she would
’>ot have admitted that t any being ob earth, much
**• husband.
H was the isttDtiOD of Mr. K. to ridicule the
wife into her duty, as mother at least, if it were possible,
sohe mildly said, ‘you will go feed the stock, cut the
wood, and go to mill to-day; if you need any instruc
tions I am willing to give them, for I may need the
same at your bands.’
‘lndeed, I shall do no such thing, I assure you,’re
sponded the wife, ‘so get up, divest yourself of those
elothes, and attend to your affairs.’
‘What is the use of my trying to attend to my work
and yours too? I cannot do justice to both. You may
be sent for in an hour to visit some more patients, when
I should have to leave my work and fly to the nursery.
No, no; I will stay here and learn my vocation, for 1
begin to have hopes, since I succeeded so effectually in
putting the boy to sleep.’
This caused the mother to go to the cradle to see the
babe. It looked strange to her; she shook it, but
found it incapable of being aroused, ‘llow much pare
goric did you give him ?’
‘Only this spoonful,’ said the husband.
‘Oh, mercy! my child is dead ! I thought you had
more sense ; I told you only a few drops ; run to neigh
bor L.’s, tell liis wife to come here ; but stop, you are
not going in that garb.,
‘Yea lam.’ So off he ran. The dress, it is true,
was short enough to show off his pants, which served
as pantalets; but yet it impeded his progress; so he
gathered it up in liis arms and away he flew.
The neighbors saw him coming in this strange plight,
and met him at the gate, half inclined to believe him
insane. He told his errand, and made his way ‘'home
with the lady. On reaching his house lie found mad
am in paroxysm of tears, with the apparently lifeless
child in her arms. Mrs. L. immediately prepared a
bath, striped the child of table cloth and all, put it in,
and commenced a gentle friction. ‘Now,’ said she,
‘get a few drops of vinegar, dilute it, and pry the babe’s
mouth open and give it some.’ This was done. After
a length ol time the child exhibited slight symptoms of
returning life. Mr. K. was bustling about in his wife’s
dress, doing all lie could to undo the mischief he had
done, but still bent on gaining a point.
Mrs. L., finding the child out of danger, in the after
noon returned home, leaving this interesting trio to fur
ther trials.
‘Now I think it high time you had returned to your
senses; doff that garb and attend to business, since
you cannot take care of the child one hour without
killing it.’
‘Very well said, indeed, my dear doctor wife, provid
ed we both return to our senses at once. I did the best
1 knew how with the child; but Providence did not
foresee the day when the mother would force her rights
upon the father, or lie would surely have provided him
with the means to satisfy the infant without starch or
paregoric. Now if you, as a woman, or a mother, if
you will agree to take care of the child for the future,
not leaving it under my charge until he is large enough
tor me to know how to manage him, then I’ll put up this
volume and give up learning to be a young mother;
and it you will never put on pantaloons, I pledge you
never to be canght with your dress on while I live.’
‘Do you mean by that I must give up my profession
altogether ?’ said she.
Y did not make that stipulation in the treaty; but
consider before you decide. In the meantime I will go
feed the stock, and give you time to think.’
Now, as Mrs K. gazed on the pale, prostrate, help
less first-born, who had been snatched from death, the
mother got the better ol \N Oman’s Rights, and she said,
‘I must yield; but, then, what will Mrs. 11., Miss P.
EXTRACT
From an Oration, delivered before the Irish Citizens of Macon, on St.
Patricks Dak, March 1? th, 185 1, by Osborne A. Lochrane , Esq.
I will now bring to your notice a few of the great men Ireland has
produced; and first, of Robert Emmet, snatched from life in the bloom
ot youth, and consigned to a felon’s grave for patriotism—bis only
crime the lave he bore and the ambition he had to redeem his country.
hen his lamp ot life was nearly extinguished; when the grave was
opening to receive him, he towered above the affliction and sadness of
the moment, and vindicated his character in a speech that will live for
ever.
Burke, who held enchained by his eloquence the British Senate
eliciting
“ The loud collision of applauding hands, ”
dazzling with his variety of imagery, his flights of fancy, and the
brilliancy of bis metaphors.
Sheridan, the brightest wit, the most polished writer, and one of
the most eloquent orators that ever lived. Pitt said of his speech
against Hastings, “that it surpassed all the eloquence of ancient or
modern times.” Fox said: “All that he had ever heard, all that he
had ever read, when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and
vainished like vapor before the sun.”
“ His mind was an essence, compounded with art,
!• rom the finest and best of all other men’s powers ;
He ruled like a wizard the world of the heart,
And could call up its sunshine, or bring down it showers. ”
Byron said:—
“ Pity that Nature made but one such man,
And broke the die in moulding Sheridan .”
Grattan, one of the noblest, purest, patriots. In liis style, be was
sincere and eloquent; his fancy was bright; but his eloquence needed
not ornament; his mind towered like the Alps, and his arguments
crushed opposition like an ‘valanche.
Curran, the matchless orator, whose name the patriots of all ages i
shall revere. His style, now flowing calmly as the stream, now tliun- j
dering like the cataract. liis genius blazing through the clouds of
death, lent hopes to his fated client, and he forgot his grief to listen, j
Whether we look upon him in the house, or at the bar, ’tis all the ;
same. The vivid flash, that broke through bigotry in the one, con- :
sumed corruption in the other. His language never tired, for thought ■
and fancy, wit and poetry, led attention captive; and the images his
fancy created decorated liis composition, as statues on the face of some
magnificent temple.
Flood, the wise, learned statesman.
Plunkett, the I>emosthenes of his age.
McNevin, the pure honest patriot, who struggled thirteen years for
Ireland.
W olfeTone, who was truly the life and soul of the insurection of’9B.
F>r. Green, endeared to many of us by fond remembrance.—
IP* fled from the storms of English tyranny that raged over desolate
Ireland, and came to this land a wanderer from the halls of his fathers,
and the shores of his native country, because of ’9B. Asa patriot,
philosopher and man of letters, he was highly eminent; and his love
of Ireland increased with his age, and left him only with his life.
Sir Philip F'rancis, the reputed author of the “Junius Letters.”
Charles Philip, the morning-star of rhetoric. His fancy soared to
where angels sang, and to where “ Peris of ocean by moonlight have
slept. ”
O’Connell, the voice of liis country, tho echo of its people. He
combined the facilities of a great statesman, the capacities of a great
lawyer, and the talent of a great speaker before the people. He was
anything a occasion demanded it—now humorously retailing jokes
with illimitable drollery ; now tender and pathetic, as the widow’s tear
or orphan’s ci v came to notice. No man stood so long the idol of the
nation, and was as invincible to British prejudice and British oppres
sion, as Daniel O’Connell.
Richard Lalor Shiel, one of the greatest orators that ever
lived- His style is like a seraph’s strain, all harmony. What
Irishman that reads his reply to Lord Lynnhurst, in 1837, but
loves his name, and is proud of his eloquence. When that Lord, lost
to all sense of honor and of justice, denounced the Irish as aliens in
blood, language, and religion, in the British House of Commons, Shiel
rose, and in language that should be engraved on an Irishman’s mem
ory, nobly repelled the charge, and made English glory rest on Irish
valor; showed how Irish bayonets gained Vimiera; how Irish valor
filled the moat of Badajos; how Irishmen precipitated themselves
upon the foe, and dragged reluctant victory from the French at Water
loo; how Irishmen had poured out their life-blood for England’s sal
vation, and were entitled to the glory, having shared the peril.
Standish O’Grady, whose definition of Enthusiasm, springing up, as
it did, in the midst of a forensic argument, should have place for its
truth and beauty. “It is, (said he,} a wild and ill-fated passion that
gives the appearance of virtue to extravagance and vice and dwells
with rapture on the delusion of hope, even to the moments of its
dissolution.
t\ ie * tal , ellt f d : e^ue ” t aT) d impassioned Whiteside, in his defence of
Duffy in the State 1 rials, ” said, alluding to Ireland : “The hand of
Omnipotence, by whose touch this island started into existence, from ,
atmd the waters that surround it, stamped upon its people noble quali
ties of the intellect and the heart. Directed to the wise purposes for
IreUnd 13 ” aVe “ redeem ’ exalt > re^nerate
Meagher, the young orator, with fervid imagination, glowing
thoughts, and flaming eloquence; equal in intellect to the greatest
men of ancient or modern times. “ His love without ambition grew ”
and the thought of liberating his country dwelt in his young heart, ’*
“ As dwells the gathered lightning in the cloud. ”
Mitchell; a noble soul animated his generous heart, a patriot’s fire
burned there, that not all all the terrors of a dungeon, nor the bleak
ness of exile, could extinguish. He would have robed Ireland in glory •
lie would have exalted her above the nations of the earth.
The noble, pure, magnanimous O’Brien. He strewed at the altar
of his country bis hopes, his fortune, and hie sacred honor. He dedi-
and a?I the band say. I hate to be the first to yield ; yet 1
I will assure them it is only for a time, till Tommy
is larger; and husband may believe as he pleases.’
‘\s ell, have you decided which is my work and what
is yours ?’ said Mr. K., on his return.
‘Yes, I'll tako care of the child, myself,’ sulkily re
plied she.
‘And leave me the pantaloons to myself, ha?’ said
Mr.K.
‘Yes,’growled the wife.
‘Now, remember, though Ido not know all things,
yet if you fly from this contract, I vow to put on your
old dress, take Tommy and go South until I again
meet with women—for they still exist there.’ So off’
he tore the dress, took up the axe, went out and re
sumed the man again—thinking if woman felt as much
cramped in the privileges she had wrested from man as
he did under those she imposed in their stead, she was
amply punished for her folly. MADELINE.
“Rare Mosaic this I ween,
Quaintly wrought witli shade and sheen.”
‘What blessings children are!’ as the parish
Clerk said, when he took the fees for christening
them.
A fashionable lady of color who gave a splendid
party the other evening, received this reply from
one of the gentlemen to a note of invitation :
‘Mr. White regrets that circumstance repug
nant to the acquiesce, reluctantly constrains him
to decline.’
In the time of Forrow and care, souls draw near
to one another. When outward adversity storms
around us, we gether together the most beautiful
flowers of friendship, and they grow beneath the
tears of sorrow.
A Slight Discrepance.—Editor Wright, of the
Commonwealth, seem to think that a lofty oak is
not exactly the same thing as half a dozen saplings,
nor the Belgian giant a mere composition of Lilli
putians. In dissecting a witness who testified
against him during the late examination, he says :
‘First, he saw him behind a tall nigger, but the ab
surdity of that being remarked; he altered his !es
titnony, and saw him over the heads of three small
niggers.’
How queerly does a lady feel
A walking in the street,
When just below her pantalettes
You see her naked feet;
Her stockings are not darned a mite,
They are darned full of holes :
I’d rather, a darn- ation sight,
See shoes without their soles.
Timon says, when men marry now a days, they
get more whalebone than women, and more coffee
hags than tin. About these days, Timon should
avoid broom handles.
A Yankee once said, the most remarkable oc
curence he ever saw was a fight between a snaki
and a frog nigh his frog-pond. The snake got hold c l
the frog’s hind leg, and the frog seized the snake
by the tail. Both began to swaller, and the last
seen of ’em they had ho*b fii-Hnoarp(|,
cated himself to her service, and liis life to her redemption; but, alas!
in other lands they dream away uncounted hours; amid rocks and
waving trees they wander. When the sun sinks to rest, their eyes fol
low its setting, but to them there is no rest. Sleepless they behold its
rising; day on day, as the agony of separation from wife and children,
friends and country, presses upon them, the Spring may come dressed
in verdure to their island home, but they cannot bless its coming, or
rejoice amid its beauties. Spring only brings regret, and revives
the recollection of misfortune. Amid solitude and grief, their minds,
whose brightness kept warm the emotions of the soul, will soon be
chilled and dimmed in gloom; for the mind, like the fire-fly, emits its
brightness only when active. These men were torn from their coun
try, from weeping wife and crying child; and yet Irishmen, with
i hearts of solid ice, looked on their expatriation. The widowed wife
and artificial orphanage created by this act, will tell to the world the
tears that mark their absence. Let but the Irish act /reeinen, and
they shall be restored. England bT nqf the tHundersoq Jupiter, nor
the inscrutable decrees of fate to sj*>nj%l,W inyill her cruelties. Let
but the Irish feel and act as men.’nt. pqper of England in Ire
land would melt as ice before the Ireland, liberated from the
; chains of oppression and injustice, would ‘‘rise erect and free,” and
! wear as the brightest jewels in the diadem of her glory, the names of
| Meagher, Mitchell, and O’Brien.
j Ireland has produced poets of a first order. Goldsmith, the author
j of the “Deserted Village, ’’ and “The Traveller,’’will live as long as the
i English language, and Time, gasping in the beat that heralds eternity,
| may exclaim with him—
“ Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long. ”
The fascinating and sparkling Moore, whose songs are embalmed in
music, and whose Lalla liookh seems written in the odors of Eastern
lands. Byron said, “he would live in his melodies forever. ”
Ireland has produced in Science many high and gifted names. In
martial glory her sons are proudly eminent. She has given to the
world a Wellington, the hero of Waterloo; Guyon, the friend of Hun
garian liberty; Devereux, who fought bravely under Bolivar in South
; America; Montgomery, who led the Northern army in ’76; Shields,
who fought in Mexico. It is enough to say, that when Maria Theresa,
Queen of Hungary, instituted fifty crosses of the Legion of Honor to
| be distributed among those who would most distinguish themselves in
• her wars, forty-six were gained by Irishmen. Admiral O’Dwyer com
manded the large fleet of Russia into 1787 in the Bay of Naples.—
I could repeat until the sun’s decline the glories and greatness of the
Irish people ; but I must pass over many noble names now filling the
world with their achievements.
The light of Irish genius circles in other lands. Go to England ;
There you will find Irishmen higti in position and influence. Go to
France, they are there ; Russia, they are there ; but it was the Provi
dence of God to lead them to this Western continent. Irishmen
should love America, for here they have been protected. This country
opened its arms to receive them, to share their sorrows, and extend
them sympathy. Shall we not say, God bless America ? Here we
are floating on the bosom of an unruffled stream, rushing evenly on
to the sea of greatness; no rocks of power arrest its course; no foam
of distinction rests upon its waters; a land where reason crowns the
head of merit, and whose feudal crest is not the heraldic emblazon
ment of a name, but the brilliant of intelligence. A land in which
all are noble, under the smile of a cheering God; a land where Pro
vidence has placed the book of fame in each one’s hand, and all he has
to do is, to write his name, with industry and energy, on its gilded
pages. America, just born, with the dew of the baptism wet upon
her forehead, struggled with the giant monarch of the old world for
reedom, and gained it. Trenton and Lexington, Concord and Brandy
wine, attest the bravery of her sons; and Art has brought its best
gifts to her.
Washington—
“ His name a watch-word, such as ne’er
Shall sink, while there’s an echo left to air. ”
The land he rescued from the grave of tyranny shall send its spirit
into the courts of foreign princes, and tyrants shall quail in its pres
ence. Jhe red hand of bloody war shall be lifted oft many a strug
gling Em pi re, at its appeal; aud haughty England and insolent Rus
sia tremble for their existence, while down-trodden Poland, weeping
Greece, bleeding Hungary, and broken-hearted Ireland, shall hail its
approach as sacred, and hold a jubilee for its presence; Communism
and Socialism go to the archives of oblivion, and France rise regen
erated a,nd disenthralled by the pure spirit of republican liberty before
itg Switzerland be free, and the spirit of Tell recall Montgomery’s
Wanderer; Hofei's spirit return to the hills of Tyrol, and inspire iiis
country men to live an hour in war, that years of peace might follow.
It will create new worlds, and give new laws to the old ; buried, it will
rise again ; dead, it will come to life; torn and separated, it will survive,
for its genius is freedom, and it will be eternal as eternity! America
has risen from weakness to power; from the grasp of tyranny, to free
dom ; her Eagle , flying above the skies, protects her 31 bright stars,
glistening in the light of liberty. May the iron band of friendship
rivet these State, and not one be
“ Like a limb from the country cast bleeding and torn !”
America has produced brilliant orators, profound and philosophic
statesmen, sparkling writers, and eloquent historians. She has pro
duced a Fulton, who has enriched the world’s commerce by his art,
making ships “walk the waters like things of life”; Franklin, who
caught the fiery element of heaven, and tamed it to man’s use. Is it
not astonishing to our credibility to see news fly ing faster than the wind
had it a tongue, could proclaim it? Her generals stand forth wreathed
in the laurels of victory. But look upon her daughters,
“ Created by Heaven with a smile of grace,
And wearing the smile that made them on the face. ’’
Fairer than the virgin Spring; brighter than the opeuiug eye of morn
ing ; pure as morning’s early balm, and sweet asevening’s balmy sigh.
Oh, may she be
u Like the flower
New opened in the valley, where no foot
Hath trodden, and no living thing hath left
Trint of this world’s pollution. n
Babies.— Talking about the babies, we always lov
ed a baby—not any of your sour, suspicious, squalling
specimens; but a bright rosy, dimpled thing, full of fun
and frolic, running over with glee, and of such a con
fiding unsuspecting disposition, as not to refuse to go to
any body. What can be moro refreshing in this busy,
tiresome world, than an occasional romp with a baby !
A letting down as it were of the chord of mind, until it
vibrates in unison tvith a baby’s and then holding a con
fidential chat, in real baby vernacular. Then to have
a couple of white chubby arms thrown around your
neck, and a pair of rosy lips, fresh as rosebuds ere the
dew have left them, presented for a kiss! The man
who can think of it without softening of the heart and a
watering of the mouth, is no better than the swine be
fore which the pearls are cast, and we hope he may
never be blessed with a baby—or if he is, let it be a
kicking, pugilistic baby, one skilled in the art of goug
ing, which takes a delight in running his thumb into
your eye, and is always trying to obtain a lock of your
hair by a more summary process than clippling.
A lady was lately waited on by a poor womi n,
who lived in the neighborhood, and who solicited
charity, urging that she had named a child after
the lady. Y had understood that the little one was
a boy,’ said the lady. ‘So it is,’ said the other.—
‘Certainly, then, you could not have given it my
name.’ ‘I know it,’ said the other, ‘but your name is
Augusta, and I named my boy Augustus, which is
so near it that I thought you would give me anew
frock lor him ; and will do without the apron, on
account of the difference in the last syllable.’
Sal, don’t Founder ! —At the celebration ball
in Coldwater, after the dancers began ‘to get in
terested’ and commenced calling for ‘last tunes,’
a couple who had been particularly industrious,
and were very much warmed up by the exercise,
‘hauled off’ for a drink* The lady drank immode
rately, and the young iljan, probably having wit
nessed the results of watting freely after‘fast
driving.’ in a voice tliattt =t could'be heard all over
the room, cried out—‘ Sal don't founder!’
The sententious warning it is said had the desired
effect, and it is possible that the fair one’s life was
saved by this means.
Geographical.—A correspondent of the Bath,
Me. Mirror, wjiting on the spot, says:—‘VViscas
set is bounded on the north by land—on the east
by water .and a bridge—west by land—south by
land and water—and besides two stage lines,
there is a telegraphic wire which runs through the
place.’
Defining His Position.—‘Get up—get up,’ said
a watchman the other night, to a chap who had fal
len a grade below the door-step sleepers, and who
had taken a lodgment in the gutter. ‘You must
not lie here.’
‘Lie! you’re another! y-you lie yourself! not
lie here! I tell you wh-vvlmt, old fellow, that may
do to t-teli in them slave States, hut I’ll let you
know,’ said the agrarian, sputtering a mouthful of
mud into the watchman’s face,‘that this is free
sile.’
An acquaintance of ours boasts of having a
smart wife. He says she urns her coffee, every
morning, before breakfast.
Father,’ said a roguish boy, ‘1 hope you won’t
ouy any more gunpowder tea for mother.’ ‘Wliv
not ?’ ‘Because every time site drinks it she blows
me up ’
Are there ingering 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 facts 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 contimiedto 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 neighborhood de
spaired of her life. Under these circumstances the Doctor a
gain advised me to call on Dr. Thomson, which Idid 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
7 to 9 hours or more and was very severe, but they have not
recurred since, a period of over three years.
Given undermy hand and seal,this 21st November 1850.
YVM. JENKINS.
Fits cured without seeing the Patient!!
Jones Cos. Ga. 7th Eel). 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 orfiltyona stretch, before stopping. Inthis state she con
tinued for a whole year, notwithstanding all l)r. 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 1 did, and
gave linn 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 without
seeing the patient.
THOS. M. JOHNSON.
Syphilis, Rheumatism & Liver Complaint
Cured without seeing the Patient!
Jones Cos. Ga. 21st. Sept. 18VL
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 1 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 Rhody was taken in
a lingering way, supposed to be caused from Syphilis, treated
by herself, which on discovering, 1 put her under the care
of reveral mineral physicians, Drs. Little and 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 1 despaired of relieving tier. Under these cir
cumstances I applied to you, and 1 am pleased to be 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.
The 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 wecould do, he continued thus, till we applied to you
when you soon relieved him, and I am 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 lias not, but success in curing
such desperate cases must hear 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 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 b i cured withont a personal
interview and examination, is strange, but that hundreds arc
thus cured, is no more strange than true.
In order that all, 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 their postage.
Ilis Infirmary is open for the reception of Negroes; and for
other cases requiring his personal attention, City accommoda
tions are ample.
Ho still continues the treatment of acute cases, in town or
in the immediate surrounding country, lint 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, he is prepared to treat fractures, disloca
tions, &c. in a manner siqierior 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.
ET. TAI’LOK Sk C’o., Proprietors of the
• Columbus Cotton Gin Manufactory, liav£
tiie satisaction to announce to their patrons and
the Planters, generally, of the Cotton growing re
gion, that they are prepared to supply any num
ber of their celebrated Premium Gins.
Where these Gins have been once used, it
would be deemed unnecessary for 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
utation, the Proprietors need only say, that the
First Premiums have been awarded to them, for
the BEST GIN exhibited at the Great State Fair
held at Atlanta, Ga. ; also, at the Alabama and
Georgia Agricultural 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 from 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
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 satisfaction.
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
TROUP HILL NURSERY, S
MACON, (iA.
Twenty-Five Thousand Fruit Trees.
I OFFER for sale 25,000 Fruit Trees, nil of my own rais
ing ami grafting upon nativestocks—which the.ollowing
varieties maybe found,viz:
00 varieties of Apples,
50 do Pears,
40 do Plums,
20 do Cherries.
50 do Peaches,
10 do Nectarines,
10 do Apripots,
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 saun
as charged in the Northern Nurseries.
feb 15—ly OBT. NET.SON.
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 pnblisliing'Uiis order
in one of the public Gazettes of the State, once a
rnonthfor three months, next before the next Term
of Houston Superior Court.
Chambers, Jan. 23, 18U.
JAMES 11. STARK,
Judge Superior Court, Flint District.
January 25. 1851. 44 —3m*
5 fg£>vvpcy cfr> vyaijT f ->
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 Ilall, 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 a!way%give satisfaction,
oct 1
100 Dollars Premium.
A PREMIUM of CMC 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 tbe Btll
loch Compound Lever Press, in point f economy,
compactness, strength and durability.
May 24 9 ts ROBERT FINDLAY,
COLT’S Pintols—Allen & Wesson’s do. with a
large nod choice lot of rifle and smooth bore sin
gle barrels, or sale by ‘ E. J. JOHNSON.
I HAVE FOUND A BLESSING-!!
Tlie superior of Quinine
and Sarsaparilla.
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE.
DR. I. T. HENDERSON’S EUREKA TONIC
AND NEPENTHEAN 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 varitires of Fevers; torpid liver,
eulargemeut 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 e 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, and require no pre
ceding preparation of the system, as they comprise the
C athartic, 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 ‘ntermittent fever,) must say 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 he 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 billions matter collected there ;
correcting the action of the liver and spleen, and as
sisting nature 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 unpuralelled vir
tues. 4 heir 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
Quinine, and the whole catalogue of tonics used as in
termittents.
Their use is admissible at any time, even when the
patient has the highest fever. For sick head ache or
obstructed menstruatiou, they have no equal. For
particulars, see tonic directions.
Also, Dr. I. T. HENDERSON’S EUREKA PU-
Rlf 4 ING CA IIIARTIC PILLS, for cleansing and
purifying the Constitution, and establishing a health)*
economy in all persons laboring under any form of con
stitutional derangement.
Also, Dr. I. T. HENDERSON’S OUACHITA
\ ERMIFUGE, the greatest blessing ever bestowed
upon the infantile world, warranted 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. HENDERSONS NERVE AND
BONE LINA.MENT.or HEAL ALL AND PUL
MONIC AL. The 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,
Spavin, Stiffle, Swinney, Sprains, Film of the Eye,
Whirlbone of any joint, and Distemper.
lor a man, it speedily cures Rheumatism, Gout,
Scrofula, Burns, Scalds, Tetter, Ringworms, YVens,
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, &c. A single trial will sat
isfy any person of its superiority over any oilier Liui
meut.
All of the above Medicines are prepared by Dr. I. T.
Henderson, for IKARD, TUBB A CO. sole owners
and Proprietors, Farmerville, La., to whom all letters
must be addressed, post paid.
Agents wanted in “very town.
For testimonials of the beneficial effects of I. T.
Henderson's Eureka Tonic, Nepenthean Tonic and
Eureka Cathartic Pills and Nerve and Bone Liniment,
see hand bills and “Era,” published by Ikard, Tubb &.
Cos. which will be found at the agencies. The above
medicines are kept constantly on hand and for sale by
PAYNE fr NESBIT, Macon, and,, Mr. DODGE,
Barnesville, Ga. mar B—y
The Great Southern Remedy
I BfUKIivSOA’S
Sarsaparilla and Queen’s Delight.
PREPARED AMD SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY
W. L. DAVIS & €o. Albany, Ga.
T'VIE above preparation is put up in Large Botti.es, and
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 the proprietors, and placed it among thespecifics fordis
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.
Mr* Dickinson—Dear sir: I have used your **Sarsapa
rilla and Queen s 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, and have found them an in
valuable medicine. p. j STROZIER.
Gadsden Cos. Fla. July 23d, 1849.
Mr. Dickinson Dear Sir: If any- man on earth should be
thankful lam that man. My wife has been afflicted for the
last fifteen years with YY iiites; front which she has suffered
twenty deaths—having tried various physicians, and all rem
edies which we could get It Id of at all applicable to the dis
ease without any manifest advantage. YY'e concluded to give
your Sarsaparilla a trial, an.l having confidence hi the Queen’s
Delight which was combined rn your medicine, we obtained
the medicine, and after using three bottles, 1 am glad to say
that the disease has entirely disappeared, and she is now enjoy -
ing the best of health. I have no hesitancy in recommending
your preparation to ail who may unfortunately be afflicted with
this distressing disease as a specific in such cases. Respect
fully yours, YY'. J. 11AYY KINB.
Irwin Cos. Ga. July 20, 1850.
Mr. Dickinsctt—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 tt>
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. YVM. YY'. POULAN.
DICKINSON S TONIC PILLS,
GREEN SICKNESS, IN ALL ITS VARIOUS
FORMS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, DROPSI
CAL AFFECTIONS, ANI) 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 tbe public.
T.tey are put up in boxes containing from eighty to one hun
dred Pills; I Pill being the dose. The) are decidedly the cheap
est and best medicine of the kind ever offered to the public.—
The following certificates, which we have selected fr >m liun
dieds which we have from Clergymen and others, speak for
the i selves. Price $1 per Box. Forsale wholesale and retail,
by VV. L. DAVIS & Cos. Druggists, Albany, Ga.
CERTIFICATES.
Quincy, Fla. June sth, 1849.
Mr. Dickinson--Dear Sir: I Pave used your Tonic Pills in
my family in one case of Chlorosis, (Green Sickness) w ith
the most satisfactory result. The case is entirely cured.—
Your Pill is certainly a sjiecific in such cases. Respectfully
yours. H. WOOTEN.
Albany, Ga. April 23d. 1850.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: Justice to you and a wish to re
lieve those who may he 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. Bhe is now in fine health
as she ever enjoyed, after using two boxes. Yours respectful
ly ANTHONY G. WEAVE .
Baker Cos. Ga.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: My eldest son was afflicted se
verely for some two years or more with loss of appetite, vio
lent headache, swell,ng of the limbs ands omach, 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 me a
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 when in a
few days he had gained his former vivacity, and hisgencral ap
pearance changed for the better, and 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, \\. B. MASON.
the above Medicine genuine, unless bearing
the written signature of S. J. Dickinson.
£jfThose wishing the above Medi.ines should purchase
from no other but the advertised agents, as we are creditably
informed that there is a Pill sold in Florida for Dickinson’s
Tonic Pill which is a base countered.
March, 1,1851. W. L. DAVIS & CO. Albany.
Sold in Macon by Payne k Nisbet,and at the office of the
Georgia Citizen.
P. 8. All communications addressed to VV. L. Davis k Cos.
Albany, free of postage, will be attended to.
WANTED.
1 000 Cash paid for clean
cotton or linen rags—4 cents per
pound, when delivered in quantities of 100 pounds or
more ; and 3 J when delivered in small quantities. For
old hemp, bagging, and pieces of rope, IJ cents, deliv
ered either at Rock Island Factory or at their 6tore in
Columbus, in the iSouth corner Room of Oglethorpe
House. I). ADAMS, Secretary.
. Oct, 36.
Dr. de GRAFFENREID’S
CELEBRATED
RHEUMATIC LINIMENT
Kv f “’ v
■“—** *>
The undersigned frankly states that he has ,
medicine for the last t went v-t wo years in nil r , and lhl *
and Chronic Rheumatism, with i success
annals of of medicine; and he has DO heJE * Ul *‘
that it is decidedly the most valuable remedy ever vet
ered for the relief of this and distre,sul ,f T" ,Y ’
His note-book contains upwards of three hundred “ laU ' ld y
which it has been used within ihe above named T’ *
in no single instance has it come to his knowledge
u,g failed to effect a cure when persevered m™. c**’
cases were from four to ten years standing • anYwh,’? '**
appear yet more remarkable and ctxraordinarv r” ,n ‘ ***
the patient has been once relieved, the disease , Whn ‘
curd, remains so, not a solitary instance having" ET*'"**
ed to him of its return. ° ta re Port-
All he would ask for this remedy is a fair imn„ ,
patient trial, for the results he entertains no anreh ‘
Up to the time of this discovery, the undersig„ ed
studied the origin, progress and character of this disc, W * l!
is w ell assured had consulted every author on its ti7‘
who had written or been lanslated into the English ,!** n * at
and had used all the remedies of any notorietv then ■
with the profession, with however, very rarely anv* D r U?Ut
poor suffering humanity. ‘ ‘ re “*T to
It has baffled the skilland science of the most ernincm m
sicians and Surgeons of our own, and of every other *
But the undersigned flatters himself that his remedy
this most painful isease, w hen all others have failed \ cu **
he shall have been an humble instrument in tlie | lan ,j s , lB * 1
of relieving the human family of a vast amount of suffer
E. L. de GEAFFKHRU p M '^
CERTIFICATES.
FROM COL. A. K. AYER.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried— Learning that vou ~
about to manufacture for the public vnur .-.i 7,
Rheumatic Liniment, 1 lake pleasure in ’staling tX
believe .t one of the most valuable remedies ever mJ
for that common and most distressing disease h °
witnessed its effects upon u negro man oi
had been afflicted for four years, until almost ’
joint was enlarged, and the body otherwise en.aci?
ted. By the use of four or five bottles, in three weeb
he was relieved entirely from pain. *
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24, 1849. A. K. \YER
tn c- Columbus, October 30, 1649
Dear Sir—About the first of April last, I Ca •
Columbus to get medical assistance, and was aXfsid
to call on you as having a remedy that would atWd
me speedy relief. 1 was taken down in .January iJ,
with a violent attack el Rheumatism in nearly kllniv
joints, so badly, that I could not pull off „', v sW
without aid ; nor could I ascend or descend so-p* *
pull offtnv clothes without assistance. Mv riirhi arm
and hand were nearly useless; the finger's contract
ed and swollen ; the right knee swollen and stiffen’
ed, so that I could uot bend it but very little (dl
the Ist of April, I was all the time in suffering and
pam ; 1 rubbed with your Rheumatic Liniment n
limbs three times, and was the next mormire enabled
to descend a long flight ol steps, withont aid of crutch
or stick, and back to my room—] could also bend mv
knee and bring it up to the chair, which the previous
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. ] Voss’
in the morning from my bed entirely relieved of p a i n
I used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of vour
Rheumatic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved.
1 would not have been in the condition which I had
been ten days before I called on you, for am amount
of money that could be given me; for what is life
worth when in constant pain and misery ! J consid
er your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable med
icine in tlie world. I am, dear sir, your friend,
J- H. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849.
Dear Sir—My negro worm*] Patience, a cook, had
a si iff 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 a,
September of 1848. One bottle entirely relieved her
and she now has the use of her neck as well as ever
she had ; and up to this time it has not returned.
GARLAND B. TERRY.
Philadelphia , Feb. 1, 1850.
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Having been af
flicted, for some time past, with a severe attack of
Rheumatism, and having heard of the wonderful ef
fects of your Rheumatic Liniment, I 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 and attend to
business. 1 have perfectly recovered from the disease,
and would cheerfully recommend the Liniment to
all those who are afflicted.
GEORGE HOOD, 27 Powell st.
Columbus , Ga., Oct. 13, 1849.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Agreeably to
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 having used many of the un
numbered prescriptions for its cure, with but little
benefit, I made application of two bottles cl 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.
Very respectfully, F. S. CHAPMAN.
I can fc testifv to the efficacy of Dr. de Grafl’enried's
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 lime 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 herann
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 Liuimeut, and by using hall the
bottle, she was entirely relieved, and the relief was
manifest or sensible after three or four rubbings. lam
of opinion it is one of the most valuable remedies that
has ever been discovered for Rheumatism: that is,
from my own knowledge, aud that which 1 have heard
from others.
Dr. E. L. de Graffenried. 11. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th, 1849.
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: I take pleasure im
saying, 1 have a Iwy who was 60 badly afflicted with
Rheumatism, that he could not raise his hand to hi#
head, and had nearly lost the use of his arm. I used
the fourth of a bottle of y T our Rheumatic Liniment,,
which relieved him entirely. I consider it a most val
uable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L. MOTT
Jones’ Hotel. Philadelphia, March 3d, 1850.
C01..1. D. Kagan —Sir, it a thirds me great pleasure to be
able to bear test ins mv to the efficacy and virtues of Dr.,
de OraffenneiTi Kkeunatic Liniment.
I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years with wbat
I believed to he, and what eminent Physicians of this city pro
nounced, Rheumatic gout, for several winters past I have been
confined to tny room and l>ed nearly all the time. 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 1 must con
fess but little faith.) Its effects were astonishing and deci
dedly beneficial from its first application. In a few days my
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 the dis
charge of my ordinarx business eversince.
I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the moR effi
cacious remedy for tnis disease, which I have ever met with.
And most cheerfully recommend its use to all who may be af
flicted with it.
Respectfully Yours, N. \V. BRIDGE?,
Jones’ Hotel.
Baltimore. March 30, I?.'F
Dr. de Oraffenried — Dear Sir, for tbe last twelve years, 1
havesuflTcrcd very severely with the Rheumatism, hating
been nearly one fourth of the time confined lo my bed by it.
I have had the best medical aid to be found in various citiee
in the United States, with little or no benefit. 1 bate also
tried innumerable strongly recommended remedies, which
have failed to effect aeure. I spent tbe last suinineratthe
White Fulpliur and Ilot Bpr:ag* in Virginia, to little pur
pose After my return home, Iso far recovered, astobeaLe
to walkabout a little. About six weeks since, 1 had a severe
attack which arain confined me to my bed, l was in great
pain and scarcely able to move my limbs, when a friend of
mine called and informed me that you had discovered an inftl
liUertmidu, and had cured many,and amongst them, one of
mv friends, and showed me a letter from him stating the fret
I was induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take pleas
ure in informing you that in less than twenty-four hours from
the first application I was perfectly free from pain, and contin
ue so up to this time. lam now able to attend to business,
and fondly hope all those afflicted, as l have been, maybe **
speedily relieved, as I have been with your medicine. W i*h
ing you all the blessings you deserve, 1 ain, dear sir,
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDSWORTH.
Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 20. 1849.
Dr. de GraJfmrird—DistL Sir, I take pleasure in giving
you the particulars of my affliction by, and relief from Rhcu
mat ism. During the spring of 1844 I was afflicted with a very
severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism. I eniplme a
the most celebrated remedies then known and used in * in, ‘
cases, aided by medical advice, until September, 1 * ’ _
no satisfactory result whatever. I was then induce !, i
rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, as som ‘
new, and which had cured him; and in one moot
the time I commenced the application, I was well, and ‘
of the Rheumatism as 1 ever was, and have e.jntimie ‘
this time. Yours. Truly, L. C. MORTr
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