The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-05-23
PA Rs RS LIFE H Il H. H. 9.
OLD PARR'S LAST WILL md TESLA

OLD PHRRS List WILL .1NO leo IL
.HE.NT.
most singular document has recently been
N brought to light which written by the eel
ebraed Old Parr. who attained the age of l52 years
and who left this document to a relation. 1t is
written on parchment, and although upwards OF 2oo
years old, is in excellent state OF preservatlon.-
The following is an extract:
"rbese do certife vt We undermeu toned is ye
method of preserving health, which by ye grace OF
Almightie God, has caused me to attain to my mir
acuous old age. Albeit in my youth was atict
ed with ye bloody Flux and Kings Evil, but which
all left by using some dayes ye herbs as herein
written"
Here follows the receipt:
"Moreover bequeath TO my I'd great grandson ye
method employ for preparing ye medicament. Civ
this day, and in ye l47th year nI ofmy age, m
Wilmington, saIop, Jan. II, $780,"
The discovery of this valuable document
made by a clergyman who has disposed of the same
with the sole use and right thereto to Messrs Il.
Roberts 81 Co. crane court, Fleet-street London,
and they by the assistance Of II venerable chemist IL
physician have caused the receipt of Old Fairs TO
be made into pills, and although only few years
have elapsed since the trial, an immense number of
cures have been effected more than one half OF which
were considered incurabe; and what is more remark
able cases which possess the very opposites re-
cards outward symptoms: the balsamic and invigor
atine effects on the blood produced by the medi-
cine is almost miraculous; many who have kept
| with an infusion of new blood, and consequently of
new life and strength, that their reappearance among
their fellow beings, who had long given them up as
incurabIe is looked upon the greatest of the many
great wonders of this wonderful age.
| The sale of PARIS Life Pills is truly amazing
| No less than 80 900 boxes now sold in England
| weekly No medicine yet offered to the world ever
so rapidly obtained such distinguished celebrity; 1t is
questionable if there be any part OF the civilized
wo,ld where its extraordinary healing virtues have
| not been exhibited This signal success is not at
tribuable any system of Advertising but solely to
the strong recommendations of parties cured by their
use At this moment the proprietors are in posses
sionof nearly 500 letters from influential, respecta-
bic and intelligent members of society, all bearing
testimony to the great and surprising results from
the use of the medicine. This is mass OF evidence
in its favor such as no medicine yet called forth
an places it in the proud distinction of being not
" the most popular, but the most valuable remedy
ever discovered
CAUTION. Purchasers will please observe that on
the lid and round the side of each box of the Gen
uine Medicine, is the likeness of Thomas Parr en-.
graved on a highly finished label with the words
r. Roberts & Co. in blue and read letters alternately
across; without this fac smile mark, they spuri
Gus and an imposition
The Life and Times of Old Farr, containing ma
nv interesting facts connected with his history, and
remarks on Disease, Health, and the means of pro
longing Life, 80 pages, illustrated with engravings
NAV he had gratis of all authorized agents.
GA General Agency and Depot for the sale o
PARIS Life Pill has been established at
2s4 WAsHINGToN STREET, BosToN,
where thew will be constantly for sale at wholesale
or retail
Persons DESTROYS of OBJ tanning agency for thei
sale in any town in New England, will please address
their letters as follows: General Agent for the sal
of PARIS Life Pills, 2s4 Washington street, Boston
| Mass Small boxes 25 cents large boxes 30 cts
AGENTS IN VERMONT. Vergennes, John H. Bow
| man. Middlebury. Sidney Moody.