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Dr. R TA N's incomparable WORM defraying
SUGAR PLUMBS,
Neceffiry to be kept in all Families.
SO exceedingly valued by ail people who have had of them in
Great-Britain and Ireland, for their transcendent excellency
in the detiroying Worms of all kinds, both in the bodies of
men, women and children, by not only breaking the knots of the
Duodenum, or guts next the stomach, but they pa's through the
smallest passages of the body, and purge away those ropy and (limy
humours which are the cause of those pernicious vermin, and the
fouice of many other disorders: they are one of the bell purges in
the whole world for gross bodied children that are apt to breed
worms, and have large bellies; their operation is mild, fafe and
pleasant, they wonderfully cleanse the bowels, of all Iliff and
clammy humours, which flop up the parts, and prevent the juice
of food being conveyed to the liver and made blood, which is
often the case with children, and is attended with a hard belly,
slinking breath, frequent fevers, rickets, and a decay of flrength
in the lower parts: Likewile fettled head achs and pains in the
head, fuellings, old fores,' scabs, tetters, or breakings out, will
be perfectly cured, and the blood and skin, restored to its origin
al purity and innothnefs; they purge by urine, and bring away
the gravel, and effeftuJly cure all obilruftions of the urine, or ul
cers in the kidneys. They at once strike at the true cause of the
feurvy and entirely destroy it, and all scorbutic humours abd ef
fects, root and branch, so as never to return again; and what
makes them more commendable is, they are full as agreeable to
both tafle and fight as loaf sugar.
I have by thele plumbs cured a great many children of whoop
ing or chin coughs, and agues, which distempers are very com
mon and troublesome to families, and the want of thele plumbs
are the ruin of many childrens constitutions.
These plumbs enrich and sweeten the whole mass of blood, car
ry off all gross, corrupt and putrid humours, and create a frefhand
healthy complexion in such as are effected by any putrid matter.
The plumb is a great diuretick, cleaning the reins of slime;
it expels wind, and is a sovereign medicine in the cholic and
griping of the guts. It allays and carries off four vapours which
occasion many disorders in the head. It opens all oblbuctions in
the flomach, lungs, liver, reins and bladder; causes a good appe
tite and helps digellion. It hath been found wonderfully success.
tut to such perlons as are going into chronicle distempers, as atlh
mas, phthifics, or shortness of breath, dropsies and yellow jaun
dice. Now 1 hope all impartial persons are fatisfied, that the me
dicine which works upon such humours, will almost reach any
distemper if not too far gone, since corruption and putrefaction
are the forerunners of all diseases; therefore no better physic can
be taken for all ages, sexes and constitutions, from infancy to old
age. These plumbs are highly serviceable to the female sex,
from the age of fourteen to twenty years, and from 40 to 50.
Each box contains one dozen of these plumbs, price seven (hill
ings and fix pence with printed directions. Sold by Nicholas
Brooks, Philadelphia.
Diognoftic Signs of Worms.
PALENESS in the face, itching of the note, hollowness
of the eyes, grating of the teeth when asleep, dulnefs, pains,
and heaviness in the head, a dry cough, and itching in the
fundament, white and thicl< urine, unquiet lleep, often darting,
loft appetite, swelled belly, knawing and biting about the sto
mach frightful dreams, extreme thirds, the body decayed and
lean, fits, often vomiting, linking breath, &c.
Directions for taking them.
A child from r to 2 years may eat one plumb from 2 to 4 one
and a half; from 4 to 6 two; from 6 to 8 two and a half; from
8 to 12 three; from T 2 to 15, and all ab ve the age, may ear four
plumbs, one hour or two before up riling, not to drink during
that time, but afterwards drink warm tea, whey, or water gruel;
in taking them, the patient must day two or three days betwixt
each dose.
In agues, the fame quantity mud be taken, two, three or four
hours before the fit comes on, and be repeated three times. In
whooping or chin-coughs give the quantity above mentioned.
POE T's CORN E R.
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Searching after HAPPINESS.
O HAPPINESS, thou pleasing dream,
Where is thy substance found,
Sought through the varying feenes in vain,
Of earth's capacious round?'
The charms of granduer, pomp and Ihew,
Are nought but gilded snares ;
Ambition's painful deep ascent,
Thick set with thorny cares.
The busy town, the crouded street,
Where noise and difeord reign,
IVe gladly leave, and, tir'd, retreat
To breathe and think again.
Yet, if retirement's pleasing charms
Detain the captive mind,
The foft inchantment soon dilfolves;
'Tis empty all as wind.
Religion's /acred lamp alone,
Unerring, points the way,
Where happiness for ever shines
With unpolluted ray:
To regions of eternal peace,
Beyond the starry skies;
Where pure, sublime and perfect joys
In endless prospect rife.
Jud published, and now felling by ROBERT
BELL in Third street, price Ten Shillings,
, Six Sketches on the History of Man,
Containing
The Progress of M E N as Individuals.
I. The Diversity of Men and of Languages.
II Of Food and Population.
111. Or Property.
IV. The Origin and Progress of Commerce.
V. The Origin and Progress of Arts.
VI. The Progress of the Female Sex.
With an APPENDIX concerning the Propaga
tion of Animals, and the care of their Offspring.
By H ENR Y HOM E, Lord K A I M S,
Author of the Elements of Criticism.
N. B. At said Bell's may be had Simes's Military
Guide for Officers, 2 vol. Also all the new
Pamphlets.
RUN-AWAY from the fubferiber at Atfion
works, in the Province of Well New-Jersey,
on Wednelday the 31 July 1776, JOHN FISHER,
an Englilh indented lervant. He is sixteen years
old, about five feet four inches high, slender made,
small legs, large feet, a little knock kneed, much
mark'd with the small pox, and has a lurly coun
tenance. He had on when he went away, a /pot
ted iwanfkin,Jacket, a pair of Oznabrug trowlers,
with patches on one of the knees; it's fuppoled
he took with him a scarlet jacket, and a new ruff
caftor hat. Whoever takes up said Servant, and
secures him in any Jail,' /hall receive THREE
POUNDS Reward, from
LAWRENCE SALTAR.
NICHOLAS BROOK S,
At his Piflure, Jewellery, and Dry Goods Shop, the
fourth door about, Black-Horse Alley, in Second
ftreet, Philadelphia.
KEYSERS pills, Maredant's drops, worm cakes,
Anderson's Scotch pills, Hooper's female pills,
Turlington's drops, Bateman's drops, Stoughton's
bitters, blue dye, Dr. Hill's ballam of honey, Har-
Jaem oil, cripple curing oil. Also,
Elegant palte and stone buckles for ladies, gilt and
paste shoe and knee buckles, done and parte flock
buckles, gold earrings, gold and garnet broaches,
gold and garnet rings, gold and moco-ftone sleeve
buttons, a variety ol chriftal and parte sleeve but
tons, a beautiful assortment of earrings let round
with marquifet and in pearl, silver thimbles and
broaches, a variety of bottle hands, figured seals
mounted in gold and other forts, fine set combs,
black led pencils, a good assortment of tooth p ck
cases set in silver and mounted in gold, belt razor
metal fcilfors, cases of razors, a very elegant assort
ment of ladies lockets in gold and real garnet and
other forts, the celebrated jubilee knives and forks,
a few very elegant ladies pocket books, tobacco and
fnuff boxes, key rings, japan wares, a variety of
new music, good Roman fiddle firings, fifes, blank
music books, cards of history and geography, allo
a journey through Europe or the play ol geography
invented by Jefferies, for the inliru&ive entertain
ment of young gentlemen and ladies; a few ena
meled lamps, pump lamps, and a ball lamp for a
flair case mounted in brais, cork fkrews, decanter
corks, boot llraps, tooth powder and tooth brulhes,
general atlalEs containing 36 new and corred maps,
by Pularet and others in one large book, garden
flieers, silver pinchbeck and lleel watch chains, iword
knots, cards of trinkets for watch makers windows,
watch springs, waffi balls and pomatum, gentlemen
and ladies twist and silk horle whips mounted in
silver, view of the battle of Charleftown, Romans's
map of the feat of war, a view of the engagement
between the Row-gallies and two men of war, a
piece intitled the Comet of 74, being a political
peace done in New England, allo the very bell
copper-plate writings done by the greatell mailers
in Europe, also a curious collection of the moll ap
proved pictures, such as hunting, views of towns,
landfkips, sea fights, land battles, scripture pieces,
flower pieces and a great variety of japan prints,
and many other torts in and out of glass, &c.
JONAS PHILLIPS has for sale fuperfine French
IN DIG O, one hundred and eighty reams of
the bed Propatria writing paper, ofnabrugs and
ticklinburgs, checks and Holland stripes, needles
and pins, Ikeleton wires, buckrams, umbrellas, and
sundry other dry goods. Likewise Madeira, Tent,
Mamfey, and Frontoniac WINES, &c.
Just Re-printed from be London copy, and felling
By R OBIRT BEL L,
In Third-street Philadelphia, (price half a dollar.)
AMERICAN-INDEPENDENCE the ln
tereft and Glory of Great Britain; con
taining arguments wliich prove that not only in
taxation but in trade, manufactures and govern
ment, the Colonies are entitled to an entire Inde
pendency on the British 'Legiflature; and that it
can only be by a formal declaration of these rights,
and forming thereupon a friendly league witli them,
that the true and lading welfare of both countries
can be promoted.
In a leries of Letters to"the Legislature.
It is not to be hoped, in the currupt date of hu
man nature, that any nation will be fubjeft to
another, any longer than it finds its own ac
count in it, and cannot Kelp itfelf.
No creatures fuck the teats of their dams longer
than they can draw milk from thence, or can
provide themselves with better food; nor will
any country continue their /'objection to another,
only because their great grand-mothers were ac
quainted. This is the course of human affairs,
and all wife dates will always have it before their
eyes. ; Trenchard on plantations and colonies, in
Cato's letter, N o . 106.
N. B. All the new pamphlets may be had at said
Bell's, also Simes's Military Guide for Officers,
2 vols. (price three dollars.)
A choice parcel of INDIGO, to be fold By
WILLIAM SYKE S,
In Froni-fireet, three doors below Arch-street,
Philadelphia.
MARE DA N T S's
ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS.
As a proof cf the superior efficacy of Maredant's drops (prepared
by ^'.'Norton, Surgeon, of Golden Square. London, to any
medicine, hitherto known, for the cure of the Scurvy, Leprosy,
Ulcers, the Evil, Fiilula, Piles, long continued Influmations
of the eyes, and every other disorder arising from a foulnefs in
the blood, the following extraordinary cures are referrsd to.
Mr HENRY TRENCHARD GOODENOUGH, Steward
of the Magdelen Hospital, cured of an inveterate feurvy of 22
years (landing.
MARY COPSON, of Brompton, cured ofa scorbutic humour
on her head and face, attended with a violent hoarseness and
mortnefs of breath. Witness, Mr. Orton, Coal Merchant in
WhitGomb-ftreet, near Leiceller Fields.
Mr. JOHN I OS I ER, at the Role at Welling, in Kent, cured
of a Leproly, attended with violent rheumatic pains.
Mrs MARY RUI E, at Mr. Field's, in Caftle-ftreef, Leicester
Fields, cured of the Evil, or Schrophula: her bones were greatly
enlarged, and several pieces separated and came away. Witness,
Th mas Field. Callle-ftreet, and Henry Hyde. Butcher in St.
James's Market.,
To Mr. NORT O N, Surgeon, in Golden Square.
SIR,
ABOUT two years and a half ago, I was seized with a
violent hoarseness and shortness of breath. 1 sent for a
phytician, who ordered me to be bled. I also took a great
many medicines, but grew worse instead of better. My head
ached so violently, that it prevented me from getting any rest ;
my face and head broke out in large blotches, which spread so
much that I was in daily fear cf losing my eye-light. The hu
mour which dilcharged from my face was so verv offenfive, that
I could hardly bear it niyfelf? but by the use of your Maredant's
Drops, am eflertually cured. Any person doubting of this, may
be convinced of the truth, by calling on Mrs. Copfon,at Brompton ;
or by enquiring of Mr. Orton, Coal Nicrchant in Whitcomb-Ureet,
near Leicester Fields. I am, with great refpeft,
Sir, your moll humble fervanr,
MA R Y COPS0 No
To Mr. NORI ON, Surgeon, Golden Square.
F 1 E R having been afflided with a mod violent scorbutic
humour of i 3 years Handing, which rendered me incapable
of business; 1 have the farisfaQion to inform you, 1 am
now perteßly cured, by the use of your Maredant's Drops. You
have my leave to publish this, hoping it may be the means of pro
curing benefit to others aifii£tcd as 1 was, I am, Sir,
Your humble fervent,
Gforgb Langdon..
No. 57, the No th fide of St. Paul's
church yard, July i^th. 1775,
Witness to the above cure, Fr-meis Litey, No. 3, F ; nch
Lane, Cornhill, Sarah Rand, Trunk-maker, No; 57, St. Paul's
church yard.
Tnefe Drops are fold by Mr. Norton's appointment, by Mr.
James Rivingten, and Mr Hugh Gaine, Printers, at New York ;
and Mr. JOHN AIREY, in Market street, Philadelphia, at
12s. per bottle. Also,
KEYSER's GENUINE PILL S.
PennJborough to^nJhip, Chefier county, July 30.
STRAYED or Stolen out of the Failure of the
Subscribers, .in the night of the 29th instant,
two MARES, one black mixt with white hairs, is
about 14 hands and an half high, curled mane,
saddle marks on her, and a fore place on her back
commonly called a navel gall, lengthy bodied, low
carriage, paces and trots, /witch tail, good courage,
and ten years old.
The other a Sorrel, 14 hands and an hrlf high,
with a large blaze, switch tail, trots mostly, brand
ed with S on the near Ihoulder, four years old, and
lately shod before. Whoever secures the Thief and
Mares io that the Owners may have them again,
and the thief brought to justice, shall have a reward
of SIX FOUNDS, or THIRTY SHILLINGS for
each Mare, paid by JOHN PHILLIPS,
MARTHA FISHER,
HAMILTON and SON,
Tobacconists.
HAVE moved from the corner of Spruce and
Water-streets, to the house belonging to,
and lately occupied by Mr. John Wallace, in Se
cond-street, fix doors below Market street, where
they continue to carry on their Scotch fnuff and
tobacco Manufactory in all the several branches
as usual; they have laid in a large flock of the
very best Virginia leaf tobacco, and are confident
of giving the utmost fatisfadion to their former
customers and the publick. Orders will be punctu
ally anfwer'd with all possible dispatch; they give
cash for good empty fnuff bottles.
Brftol toTsnJloip, Bucks county. July 30, 1776.
EIGH I DOLLARS Reward,
XX)AS Stolen, on the 30th of this instant July,
VV from tiie house of John Barnesly in Bristol
townJbip, Bucks county, near Ni/loameny, the follow
ing articles, viz. two gold rings, one plain and the
other alet llone one, one pair of gold sleeve buttons,
rnai ked E V C, one pair of silver double rimm'd
shoe buckles, one pair of knee ditto, one silver dol
lar, one pair of white ribb'd silk flockings, one pair
of small ribb'd cotton ditto, one blue broad cloth
iurtout coat with pinclibeck basket buttons, one
muffin cravat, two home made shirts almost new,
one bought ditto half worn, one pair of white broad
cloth breeches halt worn, one pair of nankeen ditto,
one pair of blue and white striped trowfers, and a
number of other small articles.
1 he above articles were stolen by a Mulatto man
named CHARLES, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches
high, well set, has an impediment in his speech and
four look, with his hair turned up before. The
Mulatto had a pass as a free Negro signed by Sa
muel Rhoads in Philadelphia. Whoever takes up
the said Mulatto, and secures him in any gaol, so
that the owner may have him-again. shall receive
the above reward by JOHN BARNESLEY.