Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-12-29
TO A DISCERNING PUBLIC.

MISREPRESENTATION is an inhere mt princi.
~ ple htmly seated in the heart OF man He
si hts upon the shores of Time the most helpless
Of all Gods creatures, but as snon MS Reason rears
her standard. he sees. and thinks. and encifcles
himself with objects of rIotection; being endowed
with that noble intellect which distinguishes
him the head of all. BY his power mountains
ave ievelled. rivers turned from their course,
The land is bound with ton-bound tracks. enabling
him TO fly. it were, with the wings of he wind;
the ocean sparklcs beneath his feet as the gallant
ship speeds on TO some distant shore. But with
all this delegated wisdom an is helpless still; a.
the green 70 iage of nature is destroyed by the
tnmnal fro-ts, so are men cur down b, the hand Of
disease. II walks abroad and We cannot stay IFS
progress; men fail by The wayside, ard Others
mourn their loss. But as The history of mankind
evirces gradual Improvement, who will soy that
suferiog and pain is TO accompany us in all our
walks OF life. Among the many anG imporlpnt
discoveries Of his generation is recently an.
nounced to he public, whose fame viii be wIiten
as with sunbeam in The history of the past
SANDS SARSAPARlLLA stands forth alone.
and by ts own works ptoclaims its powef-thar
mute eoquence, so lrresistiby affecting in the APP
Pesls OF the suffering for relief has been answered
Diseases have been cured by this invaluable med
cine, such as are not furnished in the records of
time. These things not done in secret places,
or some unknown town, but are done in our public
places and the highways They are brough, be-
fore he world To substantia,c beyond doubt the
healing virtues Of this new preparation, and the
facts uniuldrd, although gigantic, are as plain as
he light of day; and where is thai High Priest OF
Envy that can gainsay TrnMi
The following cure OF an inveterate case of Scrc-
fua ia submitted To the careful consideration Of a
discerning plbic, and IT'S truth vouched for from
suh source cannot he called in question. |,
may well be SAID, "Truth is stranger than Fic-
ton"
New YoRK September Ia, 1912.
Messrs Sonds-ti-ni: 10 the cholera summer Of
the year 49, y, a disease f,si sde its Appearance
on the end Of my tongue, which continued to spread
gradually for thee Seers, during which time | was
under the treatment of different physicians with
out receiving eny essential bshefi | vas sahvat-
ed until the flesh dropped from my gums. My
tongue was scarihsd frequently cauterzed, Fit
lengihwse and cut crossWise, until was told that
he onl, would be cut my tongue of at the
ROOT; but it seemed uncertain whether this
world put stop TO the raveges of such disease,
| preferred 10 risk my life rather than submit, TO
the operation.
scr0iulous aifrrlion commenced my
right cheek HIle below the eve. and continuing
inwHid attacked the bnpe. forming matter 10
iernaliy. which discharged in the mouth through
IN opering caused hy the extraction Of a ton'h.
TIE disease then seized upon The ufofrhe mouth,
just under The opeuing from tie nose, aud soon de-
srrmine the bone, continued iis progress upward
aud backward into the bones of the nose, which it
destroyed together with the carriages. A gather
ing tien took place in my head, which discharged
q thick ferid matter from my nose, which resem-
bled sof bones or shells it came out in Strings
as large and ,ounG soose.qu Pieces OF bone
also dropred from my bead mo The month through
the passage maIe by the disease in the upper jaw.
The complaint spread over The nose and envel-
oped both eyes, destroying both eye-la.hcs and
stopping the opening iiom the eyes to the nose,
which caused almost a continual hos Of tears. At
:his time my smell and issie were both gone, my
hearing nearly so, and my sight so much impaired
as TO render it impossible for me TO distinguish an
object at the distance of two feet My memory
also was mach affected that | could not retain
any thing heard said for FIVE minutes, and my
condition, if not wholly nearly that of idioeity
The dse.sc occasionally appeared 10 be better,
and then looked toward death as the termination
Of my sufferngs.
Hearing through the newspapers the remark able
cures Of your Sarsapsrills, hope sprung up afresh
although my case was considered beyond The reach
Of arr, | resolved 10 make o ne more effort to re-
gain my health. At this period my means were ex
hausted in trying various medicines, and dying,
was, by inches, II can be readily suppose d with
ahat feeling looked toward relief. II is now just
six weeks since crossed the threshold Of your door
and was then object from which the eye turned
with pity and the senses with disgust. Twas then
4 man who was broken down with suffering and dis.
ease, whose cup Of misery was more than foil. ]
cooked upon The world as dead to me; the past and
uiure we're both alike; but while memory proves
rue TO her trust and sits enthroned, so long
will cherish with heartfelt gratitude the benefit
,ave received (uuaer the blessing of Divine Proyi
ience) from ibe use of your Ssrssparilla. In two
weeks from the time began using the medicine.
he internal ulcers began to heal and new flesh to
orm. This has continued until am entirely cured |
md wholly So from the use Of medicine. My feel |
ny. are such a. esnnc, describe. ] can scarcely