Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-05-17
cIIRE FOR WE DRoPsY.
Extract from letter Uritten By veTy intelligent
and respectabIe man, dated In Maine, April
& 1923


Extract from letter IOritten By a very iHtelIigeH
md respectabe man, dated IN Maine, April
S, 1928.
81 am knowing to two extremely distress
sing cases of Dropsy being suddenly relIev-
cd Rv the means of the bark of common Ell
der- One a woman advanced in years, IN
the last stages of the disease, who lost
brother a short time previous, by the same
disease. The other young woman VINO
had been for eighteen months conhned 10 ner
bed. flour of which previous to January last
she was unable to lie DOWN. and whose
strength was nearly exhausted, is now Who'll
" free from dropsy and recovering strength
in manner surprising and unexpected
Other cases less aggravatlng nave 0sen cur
ed nv the same. The Recipe is-"Take two
handfuls of the green or inner bark OF tne
white common Elder, steep it in two quarts
of white Lisbon wine, twenty -four hours +;
take Gill of the wine in the morning, fast
inc. or more If it can be borne; or II more
convenient. part in the morning and part
about noon. on an empty stomach. The ef-
feet of the bark prepared as above, or the
exnressed mice from the leaves Qull grown
U,b;ch had been used with success when wine
could not be procured, is, that it promotes all
the animal secretions necessary to health,
which is the cause of its salutary effect III
dropsv. Great debility will always follow
the use of powerful evacuants, and the best
medical writer's now recommend nutriciOuS
srl;ment as the best medicine in every, even
in extreme cases of debility. The bark and
leaves of the Elder have been long known as
nowerful evacuants, and not esteemed unsafe.
Yet caution is reco mmended in using the
buds, as their effect is esteemed and has
been found dangerous in some cases.
The young woman I mentioned used the
barked wine at the instance ola skilful prac-
titioner, with whom l am intimately &C
Quainted. He informed me that he had
tried every prescription recommended by
respectable writer's without success, and that
The use of Elder was completely successful.
Formers Anecdote.-A farmer not more
than 100 miles from Cape Elizabeth, en-.
ployed shrewd neighbor to cut piece OF
grass for him, conditionally that ne should
have one half of the hay. When the hay
was dry his neighbor proceeded to haul 1t
in. accompanied by the owner to see the d.
vision. When he thought that he had pitch
edone half on the cart, he asked old hunks II
he had not got one half on. "No no." was
the reply, and he then put on more, and
again asked the same question, and received
Aor gePiy W. 4" 4;Il ,,o,,
says the otner, wa p'sSn >, on IA ha ~ ~
think nave got one nan Oh f.,s 81 h av p ,es
ceeded till apoul TWO tnlus ~ ~. .ha. 10" ~ ND
on the carr, wneh ne "qS rs 'o H. , "o.1iv oh
got on aoout que na' i.;.,a horaa lii ,Sat
served tnat nc wouu Nv . .ve "a ha,1 ~
loao IoI .S. e. az -. ns;ahhor 60 the ow-
ner, in managing TO give his neighbor only
one third. had to take that for his own share.
mn c,. nx...n.- Thaho3;es of ma
1he OseamcoM Moss4 N-n ne oO'.ISS =. -
ny OF tne uni9Esula1s PIssele ~. -.
fully managed enc o. tnen Su1 IA 80 ~ a1'
DINER DIVIDED mo nv % - P1.sss -
eraI muliaIea u vsrs ~ay s. - - -
TO relate; SUCK % MOO0 - ~.
tne mead OF one nsan = NJ 49, - -
chant OF Spnngnesc- -. - INV. = =
foremost tnroogn Ins - = - uA, -
ABOUT one nan o. nEs OOoy LIS - -
other out. de was 80 compAe1e1y 1870 M
that his corpse mad 10 DC Gun oul- OnS seaSTs-
able looking gentleman ON tne DsaeA vas
weeping for the loss OF MS wnc an0 nse cnu-
dren; while another OLD man was in agony
at the loss Of nine members OF his family.
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT DISASTER
, On the morning Of Saturday, the 2lst, the
steamboat Oronoko stopped to land pasSen-
ger at Princeton, Mississippi. After de-
tention Of some minutes, the bell was ruDg
for the engineer to start the engine, when,
after one or two revolutions Of the wheels,
the fiue of the second larboard boiler col
lapsed, with report resembling the dis
charge of piece Of ordnance. Fortunately,
all the cabin passengers were in their state
rooms, 60 that the injury and loss of life was
been under other circumstances. On the
lower deck. nearly every person was scalded
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