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History and Cultivation of Rice,
AVe find in the Pendleton (S.C.) Farmer and
Planter an interesting report by Dr. E. Elliot,
on the Cultivation of Rice ; read before the Pen
dleton Fanner’s Society at its late annual
meeting. AVe publish below a portion of the
report:
In Ramsay’s History of South Carolina it is
stated: “Landgrave Thomas Smith, who was
Governor of the Province in 16D3, had been at
Madagascar before he settled in Carolina. There
he observed that rice was planted and grew in
low moist ground. Having such ground in his
garden, attached to his dwelling in East Bay,
Charleston, he was persuaded that rice would
grow therein, if seed could be procured. About
this time a vessel from Madagascar being in
distress, came to anchor near Sullivan’s Island.
The master enquired for Mr. Smith, as an old
acquaintance. An interview took place. In
the course of conversation Mr. Smith expressed
a wish to obtain some seed rice to plant in his
garden. The cook being called, said that he
had a small bag of rice suitable for the purpose.
This was presented to Mr. Smith who sowed it
in a low spot in Longitude Lane. From this
small beginning did one ot’ the great staple
commodities of South Carolina take its rise,
which soon became the chief support of the col
ony and its great source of opulence.”
Such is the historical account of the introduc
tion of rice into South Carolina; and from that
day to this, it has constituted one of her staple
articles of production. Although the climate
and soil were found admirably suited to the
plant, the planters have encountered incredible
difficulty in preparing, or dressing, the rice for
market. From the day of its introduction to the
close of the Revolution, the grain was milled,
or dressed, partly by hand and partly by ani
mal power. But the processes were imperfect—
very tedious, very destructive to the laborer, and
very exhausting to animal power. The planter
regarded a good crop as an equivocal blessing,
for if the product was great, so in proportion was
the labor of preparing it for market. While
matters stood thus, the planters were released
from their painful condition by a circumstance,
so curious, thatit deserves a place in the history
of human inventions. A planter from the San
tee, whilst walking in King street, Charleston,
noticed a small wind-mill perched on the gable
end of a wooden store. His attention was arres
ted by the beauty of its performance. lie en
tered the store and asked who the maker was.
He was told that he was a Northumbrian, then
resident in the house—a man in necessitous cir
cumstances and wanting employment. A con
ference was held—the planter carried the ma
chinist to the Santee —pointed out the difficul
ties under which the planters labored, and the
result was the Rice Pounding Mill. This man
was the first Mr. Lucas, and to his genius S. Car
olina owes a large debt of gratitude. For what
thecotton planter owes, to Eli Whitney, the rice
plauter owes to Mr. Lucas. His mills were first
impelled by water, but more recently by steam
—and though much mechanical ingenuity and
much capital have been expended iu improving
them, the Rice pounding mill of this day, in all
essential particulars, does not differ materially
from the mill as it came from the hands of Mr.
Lucas.
This great impediment being removed, one
formidable difficulty still remained in the way
of the rice planters, and that was the threshing
of the crop by flail. The labor requisite to ac
complish this was so great, that we once heard a
distinguished planter say while having one large
crop threshed out by flail, that he would regard
another large crop as a calamity. Previous to
rB3O, threshing mills had been tried by indi
viduals, but with no apparent success. In that
year the attempt was renewed, and we were
present and witnessed the first trial of a thresh
er constructed in New York, and which was tes
ted on Savannah river under the auspices
of General Hamilton. The machinery was
driven hy apparatus similar to that employed
for driving the cotton gin. The result was not.
very satisfactory, but there was ground for hope,
and after an outlay of very large sums, and af
ter many disappointments, the happy expedient
was thought of, of testing the mill with steam
instead of animal power. The experiment was
completely successful, and it was manifest at
once that the difficulties had not been in the
imperfect construction of the thresher, but in
the insufficiency of the moving power.
It is now twenty years since we witnessed the
working of the smail mill alluded to, and the
rice threshing mill with steam engine attached
is now a splendid piece of operative machinery.
The rice in sheaf is taken up to the thresher by
a conveyer, it is threshed, the straw taken off,
then twice winnowed, and twice screened—and
the result in some cases exceeds a thousand
bushels of clean rough rice, the work of a short
winter day.
Humanity rejoices at these inventions—at
this transfer to water and steam of process
es, so slow and so exhausting to the human as
well as to the animal frame—and hi this feeling
we are confident every planter deeply sympa
thizes. Moreover, the relief they have afforded
in other respects, has been perfectly indescriba
ble. Previous to these improvements, all the
fiuer portions of the winter were appropriated
exclusively to the milling and the threshing of
the crop with the flail—vet it is manifest they
added not one particle to the value of the prop
erty —indeed while going on, all other work and
all preparation for another crop had to be sus
pended, so that the condition of
was not'progressive but retrogadfP"^
A short recapitulation will show what has been
accomplished by the enterprise of our planters
in the last seventy years. At the close of the
Revolution, it is believed, the rice fields were
poorly drained, and when broken up were chief
ly turned with the hoe, then trenched with the
hoe ; then came three or four hocings and as
many pickings. Ihe rice was then cut with the
sickle and carried in on the head, then threshed
with the flail, then milled and dressed—in some
eases wholly by human labor, and in others bv
a rude machine, called a pecker mill. Now, in
1850, the hoeiugs, the pickings, and the cut
ting with the sickle, remained unchanged ; but
the lands are better drained, and in the turning
the plough has superseded the hoe —the trench
ing, when necessary, is done by animal power
—the rioe when cut is carried in on a flat and
wagon, then threshed and milled by machinery,
so perfect, thatit is difficulty to imagine how it
can be surpassed.
It is one hundred and tiftv-seven years since
the introduction of the rice into Carolina, and
there are grounds for supposing that our people
have accomplished more during the period, in
the cultivation and preparation of this grain,
than has been done by any of the Asiatic na
tions who have been conversant with its growth
for many centuries. We hail the rare opportu
nity a few years since, of seeing a Chinese book
on rice planting, which contained’ many en
gravings. The language we could not read,
hut we comprehended a sufficient number of
the engravings to institute a comparison be
l tween their system and our own, and the result
a! *’ in our . method of irrigation we are their
ml-*—while in economy of cultivation and in
HW” t t oparation of the grain for market and for
W 6 are greatly their superiors. Again—
-801116 su m seven years since, the East India
company of London, sent an agent to this coun
try to procure American cotton seed, cotton gins
and overseers for the purpose of testing the
practicability of raising cotton by our method,
in India. This agent, Captain Bayles, when
in Savannah, was heard to say, that he had es
pecial directions from the company, to inform
himself minutely of our whole system of rice
culture. Here, then, was an embassage from
the banks of the Ganges—a spot where rice has
been cultivated probably for twenty centuries,
to enquire into the method of cultivation and
preparation of a people amongst whom the
grain had no existence pne hundred and sixty
years ago.
Improvements of Agriculture.
The following article, upon the above subject,
we copy from the Working Fanner, edited by
l’rof. Mapes :
Within the last three years we have visited
many farms in New Jersey, and some of the
owners of these farms sent certificates of results
to Trenton. One represented that under our
advice he had added the missing constituents
to his soil, at an expense of only $4 12 1-2 per
acre, with proper tillage, and produced, in con
sequence, the following crops:—Corn, 128 bush
els per acre, where, formerly, with much larger
expenditure for manures, but 80 bushels of
shelled corn had been produced. Potatoes, 310
bushels per acre. Mangold-Wurtzel, 10 tons
per acre, and other crops in proportion. An
other (a member of the House of Assembly)
represented that on a pjece of ground in Pas
saic County, w hich had been considered of ve
ry inferior quality and unworthy cultivation for
corn, he had raised, by adding the missing con
stituents of his soil, under our advisement, 138
bushels of ears of corn per acre, and that his
crop of long orange carrots averaged GOO bush
els per acre, and that the expenses for fertiliza
tion were less than for the ordinary method l>y
barn-yard manuring.
Another farmer from Monmouth County, re
presen'ed that by the use of the sub-soil
plow, under a recommendation contained in one
of our lectures, on a field of twenty acres, and
by the application of decomposed bog on anoth
er field of similar size he had increased his corn
crop on each from 20 to 25 per cent.
Another farm of Freehold represented that
he bad raised between 4000 and 5000 cabbages
on half an acre, and at the prices at w hich he
had made sales, the returns were at the rate of
from §4OO to §SOO per acre. This land was
thrown intogarden heart at one operation, and
the land left in so improved a condition, after
the cabbage crop, as to be beuefitted for fu
ture crops more than the w hole cost of fertilizers
used for cabbages. Many other farmers reported
large crops resulting from our advice, and from
some neighbourhoods large numbers signed
statements that the whole crop of the townships
had been increased by our efforts. It was also
shown to the Legislature, that we had taken
the first premium for our market garden from
the American Institute, and that we bad
raised 1500 bushels of parsnips, 900 bushels of
carrots, 800 bushels of rutabaga turnips per
acre, and other crops in proportion, but all these
facts could not avail in causing the Senate to
appropriate a sum only equal to the necessary
expenses of a State Agriculturist during the de
livery of five lectures in each county in the
State.
We asserted, without the fear of contradic
tion, that in no case where we had been fur
nished with an analysis of the soil, had we failed
in increasing the income of the owner more
than one-third, and this, too. after having ad
vised under such circumstances more than one
hundred farmers in New Jersey.
Some members could not believe that we had
discovered so much that was new as to enable
us to produce such results, and they were right.
We do not claim any such credit, but simply
that we have piiT in practice what is well known
to the few among the many. We often hear
of large crops raised by individuals, whose
neighbors produce no such results. In such
cases wo visit the growers, and find out, if prac
ticable, their methods, manures, &c., and then,
by an analysis of the soil, compared with that
of the crop, are enabled to advise others so as
to enable them to produce similar results. AYe
claim no originality, but merely, with the assis
tance of chemistry, to be able to duplicate on
any soil containing a fair average of constituents,
the same results which may have been produc
ed on any other soil —all of which may be done
by adding the missing constituents to the soil,
with such cultivation as the peculiarities of the
crop, mechanical condition of the soil, Ac., may
require. -
Charcoal for Swine. —It is not, perhaps,
generally known that one of the best articles
that can be given to swine while in preparation
for the tub, is common charcoal. The nutritive
properties are so great that they subsisted on it,
without any other food for weeks together.
Geese confined so as to be deprived of motion,
and fed with three grains of corn per day, and as
much charcoal as they can devour, have become
fat in eight days, though they were poor and
thiti in flesh when confined. The hog eats it
voraciously after a little time, and is never sick
while lie has a full supply. It should always
be kept in the styes, and fed to the inmates reg
ularly every day, like other food.
(T'jjD luitlGflUTjJlT.
Desert Dishes.
Apple Fritters. —Mix one pound of flour with half
a pint of milk or water, then half a pound of butter mel
ted in u stew-pan, mix well together with a wooden
spoon very smooth, thin it a little with table-beer or wa
ter, whisk the whites of three eggs very stiff, stir in
gently: have six apples, peeled, cut in slices about a
quarter of an inch thick, cores taken out with a cutter,
dip each piece into the batter, and fry in hot lard about
six minutes ; to fry well, the fat should not be too hot
atHist, but get hotter as it proceeds ; they should be
crisp, and of a nice golden color ; serve on a nap
kin, and sift sugar over.
Ditto Peaches. —Skim and cut in halves six ripe but
fine peaches, take out the stones, have a batter prepared
as the 1 ast, dip them in fry, and serve the same.
Ditto Apricots. — Cut in halves, and proceed as
above, and sugar over until quite brown.— Soyer.
To Roast a Beef Heart.— Wash and soak the
lu-art very thoroughly, cutaway the lobes, fill tile cavi
ties with a veal forcemeat, secure it well with a needle
and twine, or very coarse thread, and roast it at agoed
fire for an hour and a half, keeping it basted plentiful
ly with butter. Pour melted butter over it, after it is
dished, and send it lo table as hot as possible. Many
persons boil the heart for three quarters of an hour be
fore it is put to the fire, and this is uid to render it more
delicate eating; the time of roasting must of course be
proportionately diminished. Good brown gravy may
be substituted for the melted butter, and currant jelly
also may be served with it.
1 1-2 hour, or more.— Miss Acton.
Roast Beef Stear.-R extremely tender, a large
slice from the middle of the rump will make an excel
lent small dish of roast meat, when a joint is not easily
to be procured. Let it be smoothly cut, from an inch
to a inch and a half thick, flattened on a table and the
inside sprinkled with a little fine salt and cayenne or
common pepper. Make a roll of forcemeat, adding,
at pleasure, a flavoring of minced oniou and increasing
the quantity of spices; place this on one end of the
steak, and roll it up tighly in it; skewer and bind the
meat so that the forcemeat cannot escape, fasten a but
tered paper over it, and roast it an hour and a half, or
more according to its size. Twenty minutes before it is
served, take off the paper, and flour the meat, which
should be kept well basted with butter all the time it
is roasting. Send brown gravy to table with it, and
pour a little over the beef.
11-2 hour, or more.
Boiled Lemon Pudding.— We have been favored
by two correspondents with the following receipts:—
“lake four onccs of suet finely chopped; half a pound
of bread crumbs; one egg; the juice of a lemon strain
ed, with the yellow rind chopped very fine, or grated
off; sugar to taste. Boil two hours in a well-buttered
mould.’’
The second, onr correspondent calls Lemon Dump
lings; but they are, in fact, small puddings: “ Eight
ounces of beef suet; ten ounces of bread crumbs; six
ounces of sugar; two eggs; the rind of a large lemon
grated off, and the juice of half a one. Make into six
dumplings. They are best put into cups or basins.
Boil three-quarters of an hour, and sorve with brandy
sauce.”
Betty tninks that the time directed in the first re
ceipt for the pudding to be boiled is too long, and that
it would be done in half the time. She never allows a
lemon pudding of that size to boil longer. She also
thinks that there are not sufficient eggs directed to be
used in either receipt, and that, in consequence, they are
liable to break to pieces when turned out of the mould
or basin. She says double the quantity of eggs are re
quired. Her lemon puddings are very nice ; and she
serves them with a sweet sauce, to which she adJs a
little lemon juice and wine.
To make Sandwiches. —Hub one table-spoonful of
mustard flour into half a pound of sweet butter ; spread
this mixture upon thin slices ofbread ; from a boiled
ham, cut very thin slices, and place a slice of ham be
tween two slices of the bread prepared as above; cut
the sandwiches in a convenient form and serve. Some
chop the trimmings of the boiled ham very fine, and
lay them between the slices of prepared bread. This
is a good dish for lunch or evening entertainments
Edgdewood Pudding or Desert Cake. —With
a moderate-sized coffee cup of sugar, beat four eggs, and
then add Iwo cups of molasses, and continue the beat
ing until well done. Os flour sifted light, add five cups;
butter melted, one cup; sweet milk, one eup, (if half
cream is none the worse:) one teflspoonful dissolved in
warm water, of carbonate of soda or saleratis will do,
and one small tablespoonful of ginger. Mix well, and
bake in the same manner as you would pound cake.
Serve hot or cold, for desert or tea, with or without
sauce.
Easy Shaving.— M. Bouden, a French chem
ist, in a comiminication to the Journal de phar
macie gives the following formula for a depil
atory. Take of sulphurate of Sodium, or hydro
sulphate of soda, chrystalized, 3 parts; quick
lime, in powder, 10 do., starch 10 mix. This
powder mixed with a little water, and applied
over the skin acts so rapidly as a depilatory,
that if it be removed in a minute or two after its
application hy means of a wooded knife, the sur
face of the skin will be entirely deprived of
hair.
By the process the removal of the hair be
comes so simple, rapid, and safe in operation,
that it will probably supersede the use
razor in many cases. It may be applied to
parts the most delicate, as well as irregular, and
it is only after several days that the hair begins
to appear.
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Comforts for Invalids.
Meat for Invalids. —The best meat for invalids is,
in fact, that which is principally used, mutton and beef,
if not too young, (sweetbread, I consider, ought oftener
to be introduced,) and calves’ feet or head scalded or
boiled until tender, are very nutritious; chickens, pig
eons, patridges, are also very inviting. All the above
mentioned articles are easy of digestion, excepting per
haps the beef, which may require to be gently btevved
until tender, if for a delicate stomach just ordered to
take meat after serious fit of illness.
Plain Mutton Broth for Invalids. —Get one
pound of scrag of mutton, break the bone with a chop
per, without separating the meat, then put it into a
stew pan with three pints of water and a salt-spoonful of
salt; boil gently for two hours, carefully removing all
the/scum and fat, which is easily done by allowing it to
simmer slowly by the side of the fire ; It will be by that
time reduced to about one quart, and is then ready to
serve. This broth must not be expected to drink very
palatably, being deprived of vegetable and seasoning, be
ing in fact more like a beverage than a soup: at the
commencement of convalescence more strength may be
given if ordered by the doctor, by reducing the original
quantity to one pint. This broth is often administered
by a spoonful only at a time.-— Soyer.
u ßare Mosaic this I ween.
Quaintly wrought with shade and sheen.”
If you make love to a widow who has a
daughter twenty-three years younger than her
self, begin by declaring that you really thought
they were sisters.
Scene. — A New York omnibus—stage lan
tern burning low and emitting odors not ala
Lubin. Enter exquisite.
Exquisite speaks. Look hiaw, drivaw, this il
luininattaw is shawkignlaw awpaque—it is de
cidedlaw dem dawk ! Drivaw, drivaw, I say,
why dawn’t you light your cawch with guias?
Thu Artillery Crop. —“Pa, do cannons
grow?”
“ No, you simpleton; why do you ask that?”
1 “ Because the papers say as how the French
have planted some at Rome.”
“Well, come to think of it, sonny, cannons
will sometimes shoot if they are planted; and
I have heard of them yielding grape,” he ad
ded, with a smile of satisfaction, as he fumbled
his pockets for a cent to reward the boy for be
ing the innocent cause of such a wise obser
vation.
Plants, when drooping, are revived by a few
grains of camphor.
Pears are generally improved by grafting on
mountain ash.
Turnips of small size have double the nutri
cious matter that large ones have.
Rats and other vermin are kept from grain
by a sprinkle of garlic when packing the
sheaves.
Sulphur is valuable in preserving grapes,
from insects.
Cold bathing, pure water, plain diet, a clear
conscience, and clean shirt, are indispensable
to health am! happiness.
These are my jewels, said the Roman mat
ron,as she pointed to her children. We know
of some of the poorest families in the land that
abound in jewelry. We meet a lot every day
in the street, which need setting badly.—
Cayuga Chief.
“Sonney, what is your father’s name ?”
“ I don’t know what it is now—lt
used to be Smith, but he’s got married.”
“ That is 1 suppose, Smith was his maiden
name?”
“Yeth ent.”
Smart boy—l shouldn’t wonder if you bought
a lot of oxen, some day and opened a dry dai
ry.”
A Liberal Judge.— Judge B— said to an
old hag while under examination, “A'ou keep
a had house, and I will maintain it.” “ Will
you,” she exclaimed.” I always took you to be
a liberal gentleman.”
Eliza Cook, in her journal says: “Those who
are honest because it is the best policy, are half
way to being rogues.”
A subscriber sends us the following. We suspect
it is somewhat at variance with the opinion qf men in
general:
Here, Printer, take this silver money,
And I'll send more before you dun me;
For the worst of all life’s human ills,
Is to be dunaed for Printer’s tills.
DR. ROGERS’
SJSJS NAN.*
A SAFE and certain cure for Coughs, colds,
Croup, Asthma, Consumption ot the Lungs,
Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Hooping Cough, and
all Pulmonary affections;
O” A Lovely Young Lady Cured of
Coiinußiptiou ! !
The following is from the pen of Wm. H. Levi
son, Esq., the* dislinguised editor of the United
States Military and Naval Argus, under date New
York, January 2G, 1850. What could be more con
clusive?
‘lt is seldom we permit ourselves to occupy a
space in these columns to speak in praise of any
article in the patent medicine way; that when we
see the life of lei low-creature saved by the use o(
any medicine whatever, we consider it as our
right, if not our duty, to give a simple statement of
tacts, that others may, in like manner, be benefit
ted. The case which has induced us to pen this
article was that of a young Jady of our acquain
tance, who by frequent exposure to the night air,
contracted a Cold which settled on the Lungs be
fore its ravages could be stayed. (This occured
two years ago this winter.) Various remedies
were used, but with very little effect or benefit.—
The Cough grew worse, with copious expectora
tion, and the sunken eye, arid pale, hollow cheek,
told plainly that pulmonary disease was doing its
worst on iier delicate frame. The family physi
cian was consulted, and although he would not ad
mit to til? young lady that she really had the Con
sumption, yet lie would give no encouragement as
to a cure. At this crisis her mother was persuad
ed to make use of a bottle of Dr. Rogers’ Com
pound Syrup of Liverwort and Tar, and we are
happy to state she was perfectly cured in less than
three months by this medicine alone, alter even
hope was destroyed. It is useless to comment on
such a case as thislSiaLthf! simple truth will reach
where polished iiutioi
tiic authority of thisf statement, Ft them call at
this office.— V. S. ankftNaval Argus, No.
19 ‘Cha'ham street. A . 1.
Testimonies of the IV. ¥, Press.
From the N. Y. Courier , Aug. 13, 1850
Dk. Rogers’ Syrup of Liverwort and Tar.—
We have heard of several important cures recent
ly effected by this excellent medicinal preparation,
and in one instance that came under onr observa
tion, *e can speak confidently. One of our em
ployees, who had suffered severely from a long
standing cold, during the past week commenced
the use of this medicine, and his Cold has entire
ly disappeared.
From the New York Mirror , Sep. 2, 1850.
Liverwort and Tar.— Of the virtues of Dr.
Rogers’ Cough Medicines prepared from the above
articles, it is needless now to speak; its efficacy in
speedily curing Coughs, Colds, and other lung
complaints, which too frequently, if neglected, re
sult in Consumption, is too well established in pub
lic confidence to need eulogy now.
From the N. Y. Despatch , Aug. 25, 1840.
We have heretofore taken occasion to give our
testimonyin favor of the curative properties of Dr.
Rogers’ Compound Syrup of Liverwort and Tar,
and would here repeat the advice already given,
for all persons who are afflicted with Consumption,
or any of the premonitory symtoms, to make a trial
of Dr. Rogers’ preparation.
ID’The genuine is signed Andrew Rogers, on
the steel plate engraved wrapper around each bot
tle, and is sold wholesale and retail bv
SCOVIL & MEAD.
Sole general agents for the State, to whom all
orders and applications for agencies must be ad
dressed.
Sold by, Payne &. Niseet, Macon, Ga.
E. L. Strohecker, & Cos. “ “
J. 11. &. W. J. Ellis, “ “
And by one appointed agent in every Town in
Georgia.
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r JTEfJE GREAT KLMBDY,
For Rheumatism, Gout, Fain in the Side, Hip,
lirk, Limbs anl Joints, Scrofula, Knxgs
A'i/7, While Swellings, Hard Tumors, Stiff
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this Fhster is applied Pain cannot exist.
ripIIESE PLASTERS possess tlie advantage of
-M- being put up in air-tight boxes—hence they
retain their fuff virtues h. all climatei
Have ,■ -oino to Qalifoknia?
fly all meanUr lo a’ supply
i of this J-ave them hundred* of dol
lars, if not the exposures which they
have to eiiduines is sure to bring on dis
ease, which'"might be easily cured by the use ol
this celebrated plaster, for the want of which ma
ny have been obliged to quit their labors and fall
into the hands of the pysicians, who, by their ex
travagantly high charges, soon take away the hard
earnings of the bravest laboring mail. By sleeping
in tents or on i lie ground, Rheumatism, Spinal Dis
ease, Slid’ Joints, Lame Back or side, and all like
disesses. are sure to trouble them, and many times
entirely lay them up, when the simple application
ol thi.’ piaster would give them immediate relief,
and enable them to proceed with their labors with
out delay.
It has been very beneficial in cases of weakness,
such as Pain and Weakness in the stomach, weak
Limbs, Affections of the Spine, Female Weakness,
&c. No female, subject to pain and weakness in
the back or side, should be without it. Married
ladies, in delicate situations, find great relief from
constantly wearing this Piaster.
The application of the Plaster between the shoul
ders has been found a certain remedy for Colds,
Coughs, Phthisic, and Lung Affections, in their
primary stages. It destroys inflammation by perspi
ration.
A Voice from Georgia.
Read, the following testimony from a Physician.
\ Gentlemen: —Yout Hebrew Plaster has cured
me of pains of which I have suffered for twelve
i years past. During this period I labored under an
affliction of my loins arid side, and tried many re
> medics that my own medical experience suggested,
but without obtaining relief. At length I used your
Plaster, and am now by its good efleets entirely
cured. I will recommend the Jew David nr He
brew Plaster to all who are suffering from contrac
tion of the muscles, or permanent pains in the side
or back.
The people of Georgia have but to become ac
quainted witii its virtues when they wiil resort to
its use. Yours, truly,
M. W. WALKER, M. D.
Forsyth, Monroe Cos. Ga.
To Messrs. Scovil & Mead, New Orleans, La.
Jew David’s on Hebrew Plaster in North
Carolina.
Messrs. Scovil &. Mead: 1 have been troubled
with the chronic rheumatism for the last twelve
vears. On the Ist of July, 1819, l was so bad that
I could not turn myself in bed, and the pain so se
vere that I had not slept a w ink for six days. At
this time my attending physician prescribed the
•Hebrew Plasters,’ and it acted like a charm; the
pain left me, and 1 slept more than half of the night,
and in three days I was able to rideout. 1 consid
er the ‘Hebrew Plaster,’ the best remedy for all
sorts of pains now in use.
G. W M’MINN.
Hendersonville, N. C. Aug. 16, 1850.
Beware of counterfsits and base imitations!
O’The genuine will in future have the signa
ture of E. Taylor, on the steel plate engraved
label on tiie lop of each box.
Purchasers are advised that a mean counterfeit
of this article is iu existence.
The genuine is sold oulv hv us, and hy our a
gents appointed throughout the South — ami no ped
lar is allowed to sell it. Dealers and purchasers gen
erally are cautioned against buying ot any butour
regular agents, otherwise they will be imposed
upon with a worthless article..
SCOVIL & MEAD.
1.31 Chartres street, New Orleans, Sole Gener
al Agent.3 for the Southern States, to whom all
orders must invariably lie addressed.
Sold hy Paine & Nisbet, Macon, Ga.
E. L. Strochecker, & Cos. “ “
J. 11. &W. J. Ellis, “ “
Sold at wholesale by Haviland, Keese, & Cos.
New York, Haviland, Rtalov, &. Cos. Augusta, Ga.
Haviland, Harrall, &. Cos., and P. McCohea &- Cos.
Charleston, S. C.
Oieese, (Cheese.
\ BOXES fine English Dairy Cheese, in store and for sale
l)v by ap 6 C. A. ELLS & SON.
Flour, Flour.
4 BBLS. Hiram Smith's premium Flour, in store and for
“T\J sale hy C. A. ELLS Si SON.
I AMP, Linseed, Lard and Train oil. M indow Glass
J and Putty, Paint Brushes and all kind of Col
ours for Painters’ use for sale by
SMITH 4- RLIVE.
Are there lingering Donhts
IX tbn minds of the people of Georgia, in regarefto riiesupe
rior efficacy of innocent Vegetable remedies, yroperhj applied-,
over mineral end Vegetable poisons in tile most skillful hands!
If there are, n few more forts of a marltedond remarkable char
racter, tending to prove the affirmative of the question, will not
be inappropriate.
Convulsive Fitf§ Cured!
GEORGIA: \ 1 hereby certify that in the spring of 1845
Jasper County. smy negro girl Charity was attacked with
convulsive fits, which continued to increase on her, notwith
standing all the efforts of ssme 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. iS. Thomson, who gave her medicine some two or
three months, which stopped them for about 18 months, at
wiiich 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 1 did and ob
tained a portion of medicine, which, I am pleased to be able to
say entirely cured her. The last she bad 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 November 1850.
\VM. JENKINS.
Fits cured without seeing the Patient!!
Jones Cos. Ga. 7th Feb. 1851.
This may certify that my negro woman Martha, (now t>e
loriging to Ferdinand Finney,) was severely attacked with Ep
ilepsy, or convulsive fits in 1847, which continued to return
every week or two, and sometimes continued on her for a
week at a time, during which she would have as many as for
ty or fifty on a stretch, before stopping, lntiiis state she con
tinued for a whole year, notwithstanding nil Dr. Ridley of
Hillsboro, could do. Despairing at last of his success, and
hearing of the unpraleiled cures effected by Dr. M. 8. Thom
son of Macon, l 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 tier, as she
lias had none since and is now perfecly healthy, thus adding
another to the many cures the Doctor has effected without
seeing the patient.
THOS. M. JOHNSON.
Syphilis, Rheumatism & Liver Complaint
Cured without seeing the Patient!
Jones Cos. Ga. 21st. Sept. 1850.
Dr. M. S. Thomson —Pear Sir: Your success has been
such in curing my son of Rheumatism and rnv negro woman
of liver disease, Rheumatism, Syphilis No. 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 tie
any use in directing ether sufferers, to the proper remedies,
the following rel tion of facts is at your disposal.
Some 14 years ago, my negro woman Rhody wastak m in
a lingering way, supposed to be caused from Syphilis, treated
by herself, which on discovering, 1 put her under the care
of several mineral physicians, Drs. 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.
1 then applied to Dr. Woodruff, who treated, and I thought
cured her, but after a while, she became worse again, so
much so that [ despaired of relieving her. 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 al! the time, till his
limbs were drawn and stiffened very much; notwithstanding
all that we could do, he continued thus, till we applied to you
when you soon relieved hinuandl am happy to be able to re
port that consider him relieved cured, and lias 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 tiie 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 ol’
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 pvhere 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 wit hont a personal
interview and examination, is strange, but that hundreds ace
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 iiis 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.
His Infirmary is open for the reception of Negroes; and for
other cases requiring his personal attention, City accommoda
tions are ample.
lie still continues the treatment of acute cases, in town or
in the immediate surrounding country, but cannot leave the
city to go long distances except in cases us most urgent neces
sity. I’eing possessed of some of the latest improvements in
surgical apparatus, be is prepared to treat fractures, disloca
tions, &c. 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. 8. THOMSON, Macon Ga.
Premium Cotton Gins.
{ ( T X. TAVLOIt A C©., Prop rietors of the
Columbus Cotton (Jin Manufactory, have
the salisaction to announce to their | #.runs an</
the Planters, generally, of the Cotton growing re
gion, that they are prepared to supply any man-,
her of their celebrated Premium Gins.
Where the.-e Gins have been once used, it
would tie 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 (Jins, and are acquainted with tiieir rep
utation. the Proprietors need only say,that the
First Premiums have been awarded totliem, for
tiie BUST 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 ‘. aud at the annual Fair of the South
Carolina Institute, at Charleston. The Cotton
ginned on these (Jins received the first Premiums
at the exhibition held at Charleston, S. C. and at
every Fair where samples of cotton fratn 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
(Jins, and the samples produced hy 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 hv mail, will always receive prompt atten
tion. Gins will be sent to any part oi the country,
and warranted to give satisfaction.
N. B. A liberal discount will in all cases be al
lowed where the Cash is paid, and the Gin taken
at the Manufactory. Dec 14—38 —ly
STROUP HILLNIRSERY,®
MACON, GA.
Twenty-Five Thousand Fruit Trees,
I OFFER for sale 25,000 Fruit Trees, all of mv own rais
ing and grafting upon native stocks—which the olloiving
varieties may bo found,viz:
fit) varieties of Apples,
50 do Pears,
40 do Plums,
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 Roves, in more than 150 va
rieties, besides many Shrubs and Evergreeir, among which
are nearly all of tlie latest introduction ; also, Dahlias, and a
valuable collection of Green-house Plants. Prices the same
as charged in the Northern Nurseries,
fjili-hy RTST. NELSON.
LS-2. UOQ. €3O. II =
& MISUET would most respectfully
in form their friends and customers, that they
have moved their stock of 1 )RUGSand MEDIUINFS
to the corner of the new Brick Building opposite the
Washington Hull, where they will be happy to see.
all theirold customers and others that may favor th> in
with a call ; and where they will keep a general
stock of fresh Drugs and Medicines, Leeches, Per
fumery. &,c., aud put up Prescriptions with care and
neatness, and always give satisfaction,
oet 1
100 Dollars Premium.
\ PREMIUM of one. hundred dollars will bo paid by the
subscriber to any citizen of the State, who will pro
pace a PRESS FOR PACKING COTTON equal to the Bul
loch Compound Lever Press, in point of economy,
compactness, strength and durability.
May 24 o—tt ROBERT FINDLAY,
(BOLT’S Pistols—Vilen Ac Wesson’s do. with a
J large and choice lot of rifle and smooth bore sin
gle barrels, or sale by E. J. JOHNSON.
DJ&VII B.ai3 v TANARUS
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,—MACON, GEO.
C COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, &cr, for the states
J of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, lexus,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, S.
Carolina, Florida, Missouri, New \ ork, Massachu
setts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Arkansas, Maine, &.o.
Depositions taken, Accounts probated, Deeds and
Mortgages drawn, and all documents and instru
ments of writing prepared and authenticated f@i use
and record, in any of the above States.
Residence on’ Walnut street, near the African
church.
(D“ Public Office adjoining Dr. M. S. Thomson’s
Botanic Store —opposite Floyd House,
Macou, June 28, 1850 —ly
I HAVE POUND A BLESSING !!
The superior of Qninitie
and Sarsaparilla.
TIIE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF TIIE AGE.
DU. 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 varieties of Fevers ; torpid liver,
enlargement of the spleen, dyspepsia, dropsy, Jaun
dice, and all kinds of constitutional debility and de
rangement of the system, are speedily remedied by
these invaluable medicines. These valuable antidotal
remedies 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 arc 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, long sought for before the dis-
covery of these medicines.
AH who have used Quinine, (the best remedy here
tofore known for intermittent fever,) must say it is
neither certain or lasting in its effects.
Quinine, in many instances, from febrile excitement
and 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 billions matter collected there ;
correcting the action of the liver and spleen, and as
sisting natnre to throw ofthe 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.
AJI 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, aud
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 iu
termiUents.
Their use is admissible at any time, even when the
patient has the highest fever. For sick head ache or
obstructed inenstruatiou, they have no equal. For
particulars, see tonic directions.
Also, Dr. I. T. HENDERSON’S EUREKA PU
RIFYING CATHARTIC PILLS, for cleansing and
purifying the Constitution, and establishing a healthy
economy in all persons laboring under any form of con
stitutional derangement.
Also, JDr. L T. HENDERSON’S OUACHITA
V 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
supetior to any oiher in use.
Also, Dr. IT. HENDERSON S NERVE AND
BONE LIN AMENT, er HEAL ALL AND PUL
MONICAL. The use of this astonishing Liniment,
has been attended with unparalelled success in all dis
eases of man or horse. Fora horse, it instantly cures
Corks, Scratches, Chafes, Cuts, Wounds, .Splints,
Spavin, Stiffie, Swinney, Sprains, Film of the Eye,
YVhirlboue of any joint, and Distemper.
For a man, it speedily cures Rheumatism, Gout,
Scrofula, Burns, Scalds, Tetter, Ringworms, Wens,
Swellings, Risings, Cuts, Sprains and Bruises, Old Ul
cers, Scald Head, Sore-throat, Salivation, Consump
tion, Bronchitis, Snake-bite, Sore Mouth, Neuralgia,
Piles, Ground Itch, &.e. A single trial will sat
isfy any person of its superiority over any other Lini
ment.
All of the above Medicines are prepared by Dr. I. T.
Henderson, for IK ARD, TUBE A CO. sole owners
aud Proprietors, Farmerville, la., to whom all letters
must be addressed, post paid.
Agents wanted in every town.
For testimonials of the beneficial effects of I. T.
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 tj- NESBIT, Macou, and Mr. DODGE,
Baruesviile, Ga. mar B—v
The Great Southern Remedy
KIf'KI.VsO.VN
and Quesa’^BelighS.-
PREPARKD AMD SOLD WHOLESALE AM) RETAIL liY
W. L. DAVIS & Cos, Albany, Cia.
above preparation is put up in Large Bottles, and
JL 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 thespqcifics 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 Ail that is necessary to insure its
success is a trial of the article. The following certificates
speak for themselves:
Alb art, 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.
Gadsdes 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 Whites; front which she has suffered
twehty deaths —having tried various physicians, and all rem
edies which we could get h .Id of at all applicable to the dis
ease without any manifest advantage. We concluded to give
your Sarsaparilla a trial, and having confidence in the Queen’s
Delight which was combined in your medicine, we obtained
the medicine, and aflej using three bottles, 1 am glad to say
that the disease has entirely disappeared, and she is now enjoy
ing the best of health. 1 have no hesitancy in recommending
your preparation to all who may unfortunately be afflicted with
this distressing disease as a specific in such cases. Respect
fully yours, W. J. HAWKINS.
Irwin- Cos. Ga. July 20,1850.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir : I have used both your Sarsapa.
rilia 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 to
my neighbors, and have not heard of a single failare 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. POUi.AN.
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 toofi'er them to the public.
T/ey are put up in boxes containing from eighty to one hun
dred Pills; 1 Pill being 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 from hun
dreds which we have from Clergymen and others, speak for
the i selves. Price 9 1 per Box. Foreale wholesale and retail,
by W. L. DAVIs & Cos. Druggists, Albany, Ga.
CERTIFICATES. *
Quincy, Fla.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: 1,1 ave used your Tofljc PiMe iff
my family in one case of Chlorosis, (Green ‘Stckmes) with*
the most satisfactory result. The case is entirely cured.—
Your Pill is certainly a specific in such cases. Respectfully
yours. H. WOOTEN.
Albany, Ga.April 23d. ]BJO.
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: Justice to you and a wish to re
lieve those who maybe sudering 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. She is now in fine health
as she ever enjoved, after using two boxes. Yours respectful
ly, ANTHONY G. WEAVE .
Baker Cos. Ga. March sth, 1850,
Mr. Dickinson—Dear Sir: My eldest son was afflicted se
rerelv for some two years or more with loss of appetite, vio
lent headache, swell.rig of the limbs and stomach, shortness
of breath, and in fact his case was truly alarming, or is
health had become so had that he had entirely lost a i or
gy and was fast sinking to the grave, when y°u ,nc ®
box of pour Tonic Pills. I took them with 1 *- con 1
deuce in them—but as a drowning man vv il ca r a raw s,
l determined to try them, and judge of my surprise w hen in a
few days he had gained his former vivacity, and hisgenera ap
pearance changed for the better, and before he had finished ta
king the box, his health was completely restored, and he i* non
red and rosy. You can make use ot this in any way you think
pror , er Kespectiully, W.B. MASON.
r () f the above Medicine genuine, unless bearing
the written signature of J. Dickinson.
ryThose wishing the above Medi.ines should purchase
from no other hut the advertisedageuts, as we are creditably
informed that there is a Pill sold in Florida for Dickinson’s
Tonic Pill which is a base countereit.
March, 1,1851. VV. L. DAVIS & 00. Albany.
Sold in Macon hy Payne St Nisbet,and at the office of the
Georgia Citizen.
P. S. All communications addressed to W. L. Davis St Cos.
Albany, free of postage, will be attended to.
WASTED.
lAA (YiA/A lb® RAGS. Cash paid for clean
Ay/UsV/V./* J cotton or linen rugs—l cents per
pound, when delivered in quantities of 100 pouuds or
more ; and 3 J when delivered in small quantities. For
old hemp, bagging, and pieces of rope, cents, deliv
ered either at Rock Island Factory or at their store in
Columbus, in the South corner Room of Oglethorpe
House. P- ADAMS, Secretary.
Oct, 26.
Dr. de d>
CELEBRATED
RHEUMATIC UNIMEX
IN introducing this medicine to the pen.,,„ *
Vtates. for sale, the proprietors beg )ea-v P to * 1 nite ' l
following statement of Dr. deCraffenried, i st W,- mn ~1
ventor: er er and in-
The undersigned frankly states that he has
medicine forth* last twenty-two years, in ail ri ,h; x
anachronic Rheumatism,with a success ur r
annals of of medicine; and he has no h- s;!-,t lf ‘G
that it is decidedly the most trainable remedy “* fa > lß £,
ered for the relict of this most painful **<*■
His note-book contains upwards of three hn. i ? Inal*dr
which it has been used within the above nan.rU Case *’ In
in no single instance lias it come to bis know led™ T *l lod ’*and
mg failed to effect a cure when persevered , n u oflfsh
cases were from four to ten years stand nc •' -,n , y of
appear yet more remarkable audctxraordin,™ . * hal
the patient has been once relieved, the disease “ben
cured, remains so, not a solitary instance
ed to bun of its return. 6 report-
Ali he would ask for this remedy is ■ f, ir •
patient trial, for the results he entertains no In ‘ m , par,ial and
Up to the time of this discovery, the und
studied the origin, progress and character of w ' el!
is wefi assured had consulted every author on Bnd
who had written or been tanslated into the E. ! ,0 * n1 ’
and had used all the remedies of any notoriety th!
with the profession, with however, very rart’lv , 10 VO E Ue
poor suffering humanity. ‘ *• ail * relief to
It has baffled the skill and science of the most
siciansand Surgeons of cur own, and of every otb IDe;u Pi| y-
But the undersigned flatters himself that hu renJh! Coumry
this most painful isease, when all others have f a uA CUft
he shall have been an humble instrument in the andtl t
of relieving the human family of a vast amount of
E. GRAFFE.NRltb.
CERTIFICATES.
FROM COL. A. K. AYER.
Dr. E. L: de Graffenried —Learning .
about to mauufaciure for the Dulili,. 4 ‘° u Bre
Rheumatic Liniment, I take S'*
believe it one of the most valuable remedies ,5 h?U 1
for that common and most distressing dis,-i U * d
witnessed its effect* upon a negro J iav '”S
find been afflicted for fuur years Ul ,.;i , wll °
i‘ and .he’ body
ted. By the use of four or five boftles, in three wee?’
he was relieved entire!v from pain
Columbus, Ga., OcL24, 1849.’ ‘ A. K. AYER
TV o- ~ Columbus, October 30 Gao
Dear Sir—About the first of April last 1
Columbus to get medical assistance, and was j
to call on you as having a remedy that wouldtfflJ
me speedy relief. I was taken down in Janumf?
with a violent attack ol Rheumatism in nearly Li ’
joints, so badly, that I could not pull off L® y
without aid ; nor could I ascend or descend.L.
pull off my clothes without assistance Mv “
and hand were nearly useless; the fingers eon rla
ed and swollen ; the right knee swollen and *2l
ed, so that I could not bend it but verv liu). r
the Ist of April, ] was all the time in suffering
pain ; I rubbed with your Rheumatic Lining
limbs three times, and was the next mornim* enabVd
to descend a long Right oi steps, without aid ofcrntcl,
or stick, and back to mv room—] could also bend rn
knee and bring it up to the chair, which the previmre
day, I could not have done if my life had depended
on it. I couid also use. open and bend my
which was an impossibility the day before 1 6 r , ’
in the morning from my bed entirely relieved of *
I used one bottle and an eight ounce vial of your
Rheumatic Liniment, and in ten days, I was relieved
I would not have been in the condition which 1 had
been ten days before I called on you, for any amount
of moiyy that could be given me; for what is lij e
worth when in constant pain and misery ! ] consid
er your Rheumatic Liniment, the most valuable med
icine in the world. I am, dear sir, your friend,
J- H. SMITH.
Columbus, Nov. 1, 1849.
Dear Sir—My negro woman 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 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. ], 1850.
Dr. de Graffenried—Dear Sir: Having been af-
Dieted, for some time past, with a severe attack ot
Rheumatism, and having heard of the wonderful ef
feet* of your Rheumatic Liniment, I was induced to
try a bottle of it, aud after three days, I was so much
relieved astobe able to leave the house and attend to
business. I 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 giv* my testimonial as to th* virtue cf
yonr IJirtmein in the cure of Rheumatism. Bvmg
attacked iu one joiut or my finger, last winter, with
acute Rheumatism, and having used many ofthe un
numbered prescriptions for its cure, with but little
benefit, I 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 uso to all person*
affected in like manner.
Very respectfully, F. S. CHAPMAN.
I calatestify to the efficacy of Dr. de Graffenried'*
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 herarm
almost entirely ; and from the pain, want of sleep, and
great restlessness, for not less than six weeks, I ’>vas
induced hv my friend, Mr. Luke Reed, to call on you
for a bottle ot your Liniment, and by using hail the
battle, she w 7 as entirely relieved, and-the relief war
ftianifest or sensible after three or four rubbings. lam
of opinion it is one of the most valuable remedies that
lias ever been discovered for Rheumatism: that, is,
from my own knowledge, and that which I have heard
from others.
Dr. E. L. tie Graflluried. 11. C. McKEE.
Columbus, Oct. 19th, 1849.
Dr. de Graflluried—Dear Sir: 1 take pleasure in
saying, j have a boy who was so badly afflicted with
Rheumatism, that he could not raise his hand to his
head, and had nearly lest the use of his arm. I used
the fourth of a bottle of vour Rheumatic Liniment,
which relieved him entirely. I consider it a most val
uable remedy for the cure of Rheumatism.
RANDOLPH L. MOTT.
Jones’ Hotel. Pin la delpiii a, March 2d, 1?50.
C01.,1. !}. Hagan —Fir, it attbrds me great pleasure to be
able to hear testimony to the efficacy and virtues of Dr.
de Grajfeuried' a Hhatmatic J.miment.
I have been sorely afflicted for the last six years witb wbat
I believed to be, and what eminent Physicians of this city pr
nounced, Rheumatic gout, for several winters past I have been
confined to my room and bed nearly all the time. In January
last, I had an attackas violent if not more so than usual, which
prostrated me for about three vceekson your recommendation
I commenced the use of this Liniment. (With I must con
fess but little faith.) Its effects were astonishing and dece
dedly beneficial from its first application. In a few days niy
back, w rists and ankles were entirely relieved (and so contin
ue) of all the soreness and pain?, nnd.the swellings reduced,
with the use ol less than one bottle. I hare been iu the dis
charge of my ordinary business ecer since.
I consider it an extraordinary, and decidedly the most effi
cacious remedy for tnis disease, w hichl have ever met with.-”
And most cheerfully recommend its use to all who may beai
flicted with it.
RespectfujßvVours, N. W. BRIDGE.-.
Baltimore, March 30, 18W
it Or. Sir, for the last twelve years,
have with the Rheumatism, haurg
been rea rhaSMHWMf (he time confined to my bed by it.—
r bau£d|ifi#t- %’ T.cal aid to be found in various ciues
in . iwrnfc. With little or no benefit. I have alw
tried innumerable strongly recommended remedies, “hick
have failed to effect acure. I spent the last ranine.'att* 1 -
White SuTpfiuV and Hot Sprink* Virginia, to little P“ r ’
pose After mr return home, Iso far recovered, as to be a *
to walk about a little. six weeks since. I had a severe
attack which again confined me to my bed, I was in great
tain end scarcely able to move my limbs, when a friend ot
mine called and informed me that you had discovered an infer
lMe remedy, and had cured many.and amongst them, one ™
my friends, and showed me a letter from him stating the feet
I w as induced to try your Rheumatic Liniment, and take
ure in informing you that in le* than twenty-four hours fro®
the first application I wa * perfectly free from pain* and cot)', r
ue so up to this time. lam now able to attend to business
and ftmdljr hope aflthose afflicted,as l have been, maybe a*
speedily relieved, as t have been with your medicine. H * s “
ing you all the blessings you deserve, 1 am, dear sir,
Your grateful and obedient Servant,
GEO. WARDSWORTH-
CoLt-MBt-s, Oi- Oct. 20. IN9.
Dr. dc Graffrnritd —Dear Sir, 1 take pleasure in ‘
you the particulars of my affliction by, and relief from
inatisrn. Dunns the spring of 1844 1 was afflicted with
severe attack of inflammatory Rheumatism. I eaip °5
the most celebrated remedies then known and used in*
cases, aided by medical advice, until September, 1 a,
no satisfactory result whatever. 1 was then induce
rheumatic acquaintance, to try your Liniment, ass m
new, and which had cured him; and in one m< n
the time 1 commenced the application, I was “ e ’ , to
of the Rheumatism as 1 ever was, and have contin .
this time. Yours, Truly, L - L - * and by
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