Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-03-21

Approved Feb. 18TH 1898. Il
A. G.. McNUTT. c
Qudck NcdicineS.--The advertise. q
,ents Of various quack medicines I
which are now in vogue, are well hit
fl in the following extract from q {
,uir in late Cincinnati pnpet;-- ;
"One single pill, worn In each peck
II. will instantly give ease and elas'l.
city to the highest pantaloons. A
quantity will create an appetite IN The
most delicate stomach, or physic a
horse. They will also be found to give
a rich flavor to apple dumplIns, and a
peculiar zest to picked oysters; they
will thicken soup, reduce corpulent
persons. and are excellent bait for
mouse traps. One pill dissolved IN a
bucket of rain-water will be found
perfectly waterproof lining Tor canal
embal hinents; placed in steamboat
boilers, they will eilectually prevent
their bursting and greatly increase the
speed of the boat. As Tor thelI med.
IicAl qualities, they are Justly entitled
; to be called ".Hedic0mentum Grdtid
Probqtum," i. e. "a remedy approved
by grace for they eilectually COO
> ST. Anthony's fire, and stop ST. VI
!. tus's dance, they purify the primple'
! in the small pbx, and radiate the gun
r in teethlng, they reduce white swell
g lings, and cure the black jaundlce
: blue devils, yellow scarlet or any 9th
er colored levers; they cure also tn
5 thrush in children, and the pip in hens
: the staggers in horses, and the night
r mare in owls. But further enumel
l. alton is unnecessary; suffice 1t to So
c that this medicine is Il comblnatlo
n upon new principles, discovered b
the present proprletor's lmmort
a, grandmother, and are an exception
pl all the rules of science, common sens
Is and experience; so that while thu
ey are the most powerful agent in n
ture, revolutionizing the whole ann
cd' economy, and eradlcatln5 the mt
nix incurable diseases, they are at
IN same time a perfectly innocent pre-
oil aration, and may be taken with ent
safely by the nursing infant--alI pc
,od 81 ali hortnlese ''-Nem Yorker.
ter
of A little penny paper in New "
'ro- gives a curious account OF the IN
me nuitv of three rats. These four.leeI
yermin having discovered n quaint
ted. Of cream in very deep jar, one
acc. them braced himself at the top OF
ippi Jar and with his teeth held the sec
ap. by the tail, and the second held
orv. third in the same manner until the
led: ter gIutted himself with cream, wi
the being drawn up, he took his tur
n of the top of the jar and let his comrt
81 or down for a similar repast. i
/ be rats, if the story be true, are no d
S re. very ingenious people, but then
tory genuity is nothing at all IN com
the son with that practiced by the ra
bank Washington for getting at the
,ody, eminent pap. 1t is no uncon
o an. thing to see a whole dozen OF
thew holding each other by the tails
{ suc hanging in the great treasury
4 by a single string.-LouiStilte Jou
Something for Brandreh.-
.,.,,d western papers frequently tell
-, 'oo stories, but here's one from tn
u ,; 9L cinnati News, that takes the
80" the bush n little Of the clean
p n, o"yo Some pne has told US Of a man
'nu ,;r, nois, who had an attack OF the
{ o y. severe beyond parallel. In e.
,o,l :" oring to support HIMSELF he h.
'onal > nv one of the beams compost
p. ,a,oJ LOG house, and in an instant the
""'s oIs fabric came tumbling upon h.
: NO. ;I he only saved himself by shat
~ - s soc, the logs as fast as they Tell.
may be KING one u .:',, u r,,Ia Irown in o,
,h Iu Ter. he was notonly cured him:
that no every stick of timber in his
' " oon, ton was restored to its origin
! 80 ho tion.-Nep YORKER.
q: Pro eIelaL.,o
amount Inc iad'es ~ ''y a,aI,;r
the sub an "Antl-carryhg, W. d
IL forty to-church-ooc'eV' - ,b;s
,,;l,r IN the country would be ssn'hcn
~. -! ..,-oac c.r~o1, ~ 30 =
...,,, -as,..,-o y, 90 always present
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