American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-12-03


SIENNA and salts together, do them up
in boxes, and-but Tub, folks know
the taste of those articles. They
would find out our secret and our fun
would be spoiled by competition. We
must get some mysterious stuff to mix
in it. Let's get something sticky and
make pills. What else did your ma
say would not hurt anybody ?"
"Shoemaker's wax, s'pose. / used
to chew it and it never hurt me-"
"Good but see horc, Tub: sup
pose our medicine don't cure as we'll as
don't hurt. I'm afraid it won't take.
l mean that folks won't take it. Now
you see, such small quantities of salts
and senna wouldn't have decided eff
feet on anybody at all, not even ba-
by. What shall we do?'
81 tell you mercury is the cure-all.
I'll bet it is the basis of all the quack-
medicines going. Other folks amt so
squeamish as you"
"That's nothing to me. I can't 90
mercury, so drop it. What's the prev
alent disease =? What carries more
people off than anything else? Give
me the morning paper. Deaths du-
ring the week: asthma, FIVE hum! six
hum four: consumption, ffty-six. =
That's the mark /! Now what's good
for coughs, colds, sorothroats, and all
that sort Of thing? What did your ma
use to give for these ?--that did not
hurt anybody mind!"
"Some sweet sort of stuff-what's 8
the name?-ipecac, that's it. I've
seen her give it to the babies when
they were hoarse, by the tea-spoonfull.
At least | think have. Any how,
I've often heard her say it wouldn't
hurt any body
"Then l think that ought to be our
principal ingredient? The commonest
disease is colds. Make the medicine
to cure colds, and it will cure moro
sick folks than if were adapted to any
other malady. So wo will have ipecac
SIX out Of ten parts, salts one, SIENNA
one, shoemaker's wax, two. Dose, ten
pills for all adult, and FIVE for children.
We must have pretty large dose, you
know, ard have them taken pretty Of
ten, to get through with the more box
es. All right eh 2 ...
"'Well enough. You put that part
of it through, will you ? while go to
look up lodgings for tho professor"
club left his friend alone, and Tim
was not long in dressing and going out
also, being quite refreshed and invigo.
rated by this new scheme for raising
the wind.
But sitting slyly quiet, and hearing
through the thin board partition be.
tween her room and Tins every word
that was said, there had been all this
time a cunning young dress s-makcr.
In couple of weeks there appear
&C a new Office down town, Aashy with
red andblsck printed bills in large
letters, with a highly imaginative por-
trait Of the famous Doctor Pillarius,
who had made the wonderful discove-
ry Of that invaluable medicine, the
"Anti-Pulmonic Health Rcnovator,"
which had cured it's thousands and tens
of thousands of colds, coughs, etc.;
broken legs, wounds, etc.; corns,
freckes, etc.
"A distinguished Professor, unwil-
ling to let the world languish in mis-.
cry, when there is certain cure for
all the ills that flesh is heir to, will be
willing to give an account of his for>
mer wretchcd state, and certify to his
wonderful cure by this invaluable rem
edy, etc..
The sly little dress. aker passed the
new Office on her way to her employ
er's and stepping in she bought two
boxes of pills. She identified Doctor
Pillarius under all his DISCUSSES. She
knew better than she cared about know.
ing, the features Of the young man who
occupied the attic next to her own, and
ogled her every time she came upstairs,
leaving the door Of his room open for
the express purpose.
The dress-msker arrived at the
house where she was to exercise her
art upon the person of the young lady
belonging thereto, and demurely sat
down to her work. At the usual time for
callers, tho young Miss was summon
ed to the parlor two young gentle
men had como to see her, The dress.
maker, q curious little puss, peopcd 0.
YER the banisters, when they were a.