Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-10-26
TO A DISCERNING PUBLIC.

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~ pie firmly seated 10 the heart OF man tie
sl'ghts upon the shores Of Time the mos, hrlplsss
Of al 0od's creatures, but Reason resrs
her standard, he sees, and thinks and encircles
himself with objects Of protection; being endow cd
with that most noble iateiect which distinguishes
him AZ the head Of all. By his power mountains
are levelled. rivers turned from their course,
the land is bound with iron bound tracks enabling
him to Fly. il wsre, with the wings of the wind;
the ocean spa,kIcs beneath his feet the gallant
ship speeds to some distant shore. But with
all this delegated wisdom is helpless still; as
the green oiage Of nature is destroyed by the au.
tsmnal frosts, men cut down BY the hand OF
disease. Il walks abroad and cannot stay ITS
progress; men fall by the wayside. and others
mourn their loss But the history .f mankind
evinces a gradual Improvement. who will say that
suffering and pain is to accompany Us in oil our
walks u life. Among the many AID importan,
discoveries Of this generation is recently an.
nounced to the public, Whose fame will be written
a. with sunbeam in The history Of the past
SANDS SARSAPARtLLA stands forth alone
and by its own works proclaims its power-thai
mute eioqenc-, so irresistibly affecting in the sp-
pesls Of the suffering for relief. has been answered
Diseases have been cured by this invaluable med.
cine such not furnished in the records Of
time. These things are not done in secret places,
or some unknown town, but are done in QUE public
places and the highways They brought be-
fore The world to substantiats beyond doubt the
healing virtues Of this preparation, and the
facts unf'lded. although gigantic, are as pl4n AS
she light of day; and where is tina, High Priest OF
Envy that can gainsay Truth!
The following Of an inveterate case Of Scrc.
fua 10 submitted to the careful consideration of a
discerning pablo. and its truth vouched for from
such source cannot be called in question. IL
may well be SAID, "I'ruth is stranger than Ffc-
ton"
NEw York, September IA, 1912.
Msssrs Sands-Grn,: In the cholera summer OF
the year 1872, disease frat made its appear snce
on the end of my tongue, which continued TO spread
gradually for ,hree years, daring which time | was
vnder the treatment of different physicians with
out receiving any essential benefit. was salival.
. l until the flesh dropped from my gums. NV
tongue scarif 3D. frequently csuterired. slit
lengthwise aud cut crosswise, until was told that
The Only cure would he to cut my tongue of the
roof, but a. il seemed uncertain whether this
world put stop 10 tho ravsgrs Of such a disease,
! preferred to risk my life rather than subm, to
the operation.
A ssrosulous affection now commenced on my
right cheek little below the eve. and continuing
inward soon attacked the bone, forming matter in
Iernally. which discharged in the mouth through
opening ed by the extraction of tooth.
The disease then seized upon the roof of the mouth
just una-r the opening from the nose, and soon he
stroying The bone, continued its progress upward
and backward inta the bone, of the nose, which II
des,ro, I'd together with the car,iIsges A gather
ing then took place In my head, which discharged
a thick tetid marier from my nose, which resems
bled snfi bones or .heiis. a. ncame out in strings
as large and rouno goose quill Pieces OF bone
also dropped from my head mo the mouth through
the passage ma lie by the disease In the upper jaw
The complaint now spread over the and envei-
oP"d both eyes. destroying both eye-lashcs and
stopping the opening from tho e,es TO the nose.
which caused almost a continual ho~ Of tears Al
;his t'me my smell and ta.ie were both gone, my
hearing nearly so, and my sight much impaired
a. to render 1t impossible for to distinguish an
object at the distance Of two feet NV memory
also was so msch affected that could not retain
any thing heard said for Ave minutes; and my
condition, II not wholly, wa. nearly that Of idoci,y
The dise.s- occasionally appeared 10 be better.
and then looked toward death as the term nation
of nv suferngs.
Hssrng through the newspapers the remarkable
cures of your Sarsaparilla hope sprung up afresh,
although my case was considered beyond the reach
Of arr, | resolved 10 make one more eHf,rt 10 re-
gain nv health. Al this period my mran. we're ex.
.haust-d ia tying various medicines, and dying, a.
l wss by inches, il can be readily supposed with
what feeling looked toward relief. II is jus,
six WEEKS since crossed the threshold Of your door
and was then an object from which the eye turned
with pity and the senses with disgust. was thrr
man who was broken down with suffering and dis
ease, whuse cup OF misery wss more than full
looked upon the world as dead to me; the past anc
future we're both alike; bat while memory proves
true to her trust and sits enlhroped, onf
will cherish with heartfelt gratitude the benefit
have received (under the blessing of Divine Provi
dsnes) from the y'e Of your sTsspsrills. In two