Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-04-22
/" Take any shape but that, aud my firm nerves
. Shall never tremble."


are taxed to support, defend me, in thy |
good mercy Heaven, from the quack
dealer in Physick. 1t is bad enough in
all conscience, to have ones system dis
torted by the hand Of medical science
it is bad enough to have our stomachs
filled and re filled with loathsome nos.
trums, or the filthy filings Of dead mems
bones, or a mixture of vegetable ex-
cresence. when we know that our ua
ture requires the sickening draught.-|
II the poisonous cancer fastcns upon
our frame, and winds her many roots
around the vessels which contain the
purple current Of life--if illshapen tu-
mours deform us-if accident render the
use oftbe torquinot necessary in short
if, from the beginning we were DOOM
ed to be fayed alive, to have our limbs
carved in slices while breath yet rum.
bles through our olifactory organs, let
us be tortured by men who understand
their business. There is some com.
fort in having joint twisted, or bone
broken, if Immediately placed un.
der the care Of man who will make
every silver know its place, and every
cord its compass. But tell me in the
name of Mundinus, what pleasure there
can be in having our muscles disturbed,
by the hand Of Quack, who leaves the
joint to form itself, like that of a young
calf.
But we would be content to bear
in our own persons this evil, could we
thereby protect our families from the
Ill effects Of their visits. 1t Is not un.
common to have the feelings Of on,
wives and children narrowed up, ant
their imaginations crowded with con.
snmptive ideas their fears for the loss
Of life opens their mouths and lead then
to gulp down every patent medicine
that is placed before them. No mat
ter what the complaint is. the content.
Of this one vial will cureit. Are yor
afflicted with the gout-?-it will sooth'
its pains and coax the unwelcome Wis
itor from the very ends Of your toes
Has consumption singled you ont 70
her victim Pit will return TO- you tn,
aesh you have lost, the strength whicl
has oozed from out your joints, th'
roses which have fled your cheeks, ant
you shall again wear the appearance o
this world. Are you inclined to cor
pulency Pit will steal away ever,
pound Of supernuous fat, and smooth,
your donble chin. Are your fearful O
contagion latter drinking it you ma,
thread the mazes of Rome's catecombs
or grope in the charnel-house amid pu
trid bodies and gather phosphorus iror
the Shiny skeleton-it will bear yo
safely through. Are you thrcatene
with any manner Of disease, it will cur
you in the blowing Of bell-nosed bo
tie, and leave you sound both in bod
and in mind. Come, take onr med
cine, and give US your money! Ope
your mouths-swiil down our snake
root, unlicensed tea, ash-keys, hyssoI
sassafras, black -birtch, skunk's cal
bage, pigeon-berry, ivy, dog-woot
swamp-poPlar, plantain, narrow-docl
hemlock, mayweed. catnip. mother
wort. mallows, and if you live throug
the operation Of all these you are in
mortal you need never fear the grav
you will stay upon this earth until NJ
ture wanes and chaos comes again lil
the wandering Jew, you will see Tin
himself grow dim with age, and Il
realms ofether wrapt in fire hut vo,
nerves swivelled by the nef,rious liqu
and your belly converted into pare
ment, you shall stalk into eternity, Y
bent by age. pninjured by pes,ilence
Go back TO your native shades.
herd Of raw-boned savages--.leave
in mercy.to be devoured by the ca
GER; its gnawing is pleasing sens
ton, compared with the torturcs viii
you inflict. My imagination pictures
itself the breast of female eaten TO