Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-02-20
A Certificate.
& Editor in -

We were leaning back in chair dreamily
building castles on The )nied oasis" of one dol
lar bill, which delinquent had found in his heart
to pay in, in that comfortable state of mind betwee
the fender and promise of another " warm meal
during the week.
Editor, rl'
"Yes, sir"
"Wal, you are the Teller want to see I'm Prof
Quackem of the SwashviIle Meielkel Insttoot, the
inventor and sole PRO- retor of new medicine the
Great Horse Power Catherine OF Har Inyigerater-
Ever hearn on the article before o.
! 6" Have not ~
Wall, ha'nt but just found it out myself but il
goes like ginger. 1t never fails. Fm sending it 10
all parts of the kentenant besides to South Ameriky
and other places 1t keeps in all climates Every
body buys t-everybody has hair after they have
! tired 1t. But here certlfkits-al we'll au
Observation-Disclosures 'em all myself. May be you'll
| look at 'em -
The little man handed us well worn copy of the
Swashv;le Daily Bugle. The leader was devoted to
The knew discovery. We bodily fearIessly, unhesita,
tngly, pronounce in the diskiverv of the age We
have been bald from our birth, owing to nearly
troubles hut once using the nvigorator kivered our
head with dense growth of har. Our friends are
all astonshed. Had the prophet known of this he
would not have been called old bald head by the lit
tie Ones and forty and two of the little hopefuls tore
into slivers by bears. We will let the Professor
speak for himself -
was in this wise:
I'd been out hucleberry'n, and when going home
through the back pasture, where keep old Brindle
and Bob, my few milking anemas, | got kind O
tired like, and sot down on bunch of weeds. They
fell queer, and rubbed some of them between nv
fingers In less than ten minutes, my forefn ger and
! thumb were kvered with fur full out an inch long
You may we'll think that this astonshed me-
tried the weed on tother hand, and har come tina,
too! dumped up from where was seettn,' and
what sight. My new, drab, doeskin pants looked
like the rump of buffalo, with har three niche,
long did make for home about then. But ar
idea struck me- | tried the weed next day on the
door stone with great effect, producing thick mat o.
mouse colored har in thirty minutes. tried it or
the chairs IN the house and produced magnifcen
har cushions.
"Plowng up the weeds, the mould board of III,
pl9w looked like steel grey mush rat, with handle
to him. In digging out Il wosd-chuck, accidental,
laid my iron bar upon the weed and the next morn
ing it was kivered with thick coat of iron gra,
hair, skinned that woodchuck and carried him kom
and lett him by the side of some of the weed II
the morning the carcass was covered with bar. An,
however incredible it may seem, kept that wood
chuck several days, and took twenty seven full grow
woodchHck skins and full coat of har on all O
'em ~
I" One of our Shanghi hens made nest and sot i
the same weed. Her eggs were covered with ha,
and the chickens come out with long har on 'em
r was sure that such weed must be powerful and q
, billed some ont down The dish kettle was kiyere
with long jet black har. | kept on experimenting
and by kemlcal kombernations. produced the invie
t orator, purely vegetable and always sure | hay
seventy thousand certifkai,s from the bald headed
i all countries; but will read you only a few"
q BANGALL, June H.
It Prot Quackem This may certify that have a
ways been bald, and have used up barrel of com
mon hair dye. accidentally heard CT your lnyige
ator' and purchased bottle, and carried it home
y my oVercoat pocket. The pocket was full of ha
when got home ! took the bottle and held it i
E sne SUM- where the shawdow fell on my head.
II thick head of chesnut coored hair grew ont in tbrt
minutes, by the watch, all curled and periumed
, Send me twenty bottles by return mail The ca
q LOT the 1nVlgerator is Unprecedented neighbor
Il mine -"
. Excuse US, Professor TO day. and call again !"
). viii dew it, sir. You'll find the Invigeratc
Ii great on har !n-Erc