Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1858-11-17
Terms 81 per annum, in adyaDes. F.,
WHOLE NO. SCI.
Ouack Medicines

before lle Ruthless march OF intellect No
thingis sacred 10 The individsa. man. or 10
che natonal aisa. Common Sense. the leon.
oclsst. - wide awake Il inysdes the Terre
lncogrits Of Ibc poet. and spares not. even the
Arcsna Of The learned professions Books are
fFSlished, sn.ttied Every man has own Doc
tor. Every man his ovn Lawyer Every
lady her own Doctor" Every lady her own
Lawyer" "Frcneh without Master" Latin.
Greek. Spanish. German. and Italian. with.
out Master and hope the oext publica.
ton vil; be Woman without Master" The
schoclnssice i Indeed abroad. and it : time
10 look the subject in the face. aud 10 separate
the good from the bad. aoldlng on 10 The oae
and casting OF he other.
One consolation remains-aDd that i. that
amid all the saetuations Of the age. Truth
Truth--sad fslseh0od j. fslsrhood They arr
eternal the Heavens. and a. u nch sngea-
BILE ss Sirius. the bright axle % universe
Carlyle has entitled one Of his eccentric
Proerniai Essays "Morrisou's Pill" and then
ter "Mers-sa Again" This | say. in order
- prove. that gnster writers than yonr cor
respondent. Mr. Editor. have lifted their pens
sgsinst Quack Medicines.
Lord Byron. after hsv,og exhausted sli ms
e,mparsons in doing Justice 10 the charms Of
one Of his heroines. sums them up IN this
couplet.
I'm virtue. ne,hi-r earthly could .urpa..hsr
Save thine incomparabie eii, Maer-ser'''
Shsk-peare. whom nothing escaped. trskes
his bow 10 the disbollcsl fraternity 10 the FOL
lowing characteristic manner
"a poteEt quack. long verseJ " hnisn ilis
who a5r iasaits the sietias. whom he kAl.
Whose 4..s.fl runs hand. dfo,sy beach protect
And whose Uio.t te1slef mercy -, neglect
pressme. there are rot many OF my real
srs. who. ia the course Of their lives, have had
sufficient philosophy to refrain from treating
themselves To dose. two. Of the tempting
pansesas eff. "a TO them by ths most wonder
ful qgscks in the word, via. the Yankee
qusck-. A @aa. and particularly woman.
must oe more thsa mortal. 10 read the col
umns Of esloges written by people rescued
from the very Jaws Of death. by the kindly IN
,srventIon of American quackery. and not at
,xrwsrds experience odt pain or ache DE
iosndlng Iu.t such phySic Surely. one won
slcrs ihs, people ever die. With such iufsll.bl-
auacks ready 10 snatch them from every ~
that fe.h j. heir to. why vii. ye persist ln
dying :" inquiries old Dr jacob Tswusend-
old Dr. Somebody else. ia the oplsmu~ OF
every uewspaper IL the United States. y
i. ,hocksd At The stYPid.ty of people ~iio IN
n A -
aud Iemsnstranee. VII. if they ,rsH die they
certainly Cannot blame o.,s Dr. Townsend. OF
young Df Townsend. or sands. or Hampton
or W.-sar. OF Aver. or Hostetser Or Mclean. o.
Bo~rh.se. Tor they have vnttsa. aud rhymed
and posted. aud Plrearded. and psmPbiettesi
aud eertiheAtsd, and illustrated enough 1,
save whole genrratioas OF people. They ar,
che coneoesoFs Of those wonderful and my-
terieus compounds whose virtues faulty
shstowed forth in pictures Il Indians aston
i.hed st the effects OF cherry hark-or a mai
being ga.'opei sway with. by con>umpuv
horse--or somn shooting a, worms with
hstie. or old + calapiu> hin-.lf IN piou- ss
Z .nishment at tie wonders wrought IN hi
name.
Hydroraihy. Allopaihy. Homeopathy. hav
each their followers Psessniiz died on
of his own baths. aud Hannenanu oniy save
fnitis.imh nature Of his pill,ts A. {
Allops'hv. that i licensed to Kill
fforv is to be kilged. ie; IL be done ssesa1a,
srfers ! cssnot say. Of eour.c. What wlil /
thene1t event newspapers shall beealled uPo
e chronicle. but il conll have my ratbers.
sfsould say, l,t II be Yankee killed 10y hi
own rsnsees. To a ~ell-eduea,ei aud cot
sei~utious hysieian, tic hullebelloo Of quacl
cry r-us, be appalling. Specialists. ~h
spend life time over spinal column. or
oonger,es % nerves, must feel pretty insiguii
cant. vkea they hear these fellows. with cs
single remedy boldly challenge bsne and -,
sw. heart and liver. head and foot. aud del
both reason ADD common sense with an and
city beyond sll imitation. Men, Who kno
ezpsrimentally. that he ssn,e medicine VI
90, always crre the same dIscssc. must
very much astonishcd TO learn that one sing
pill will cure every thing andsr the Sun. r
Bigslow has recently written capital .s,i
enttiied he IafAdtse OF Doctors, rhi
outsiders ought. by all means. to read. no
my readers have all read Gd Bias Tf So ,h
mast have formed the acquaintance of the
no~usi DR.. Saagrsdo. ysneseeiioa was 1
Doctors hobby. Armed With his lsnce,. a
hi. mother Wit. he routed the king
Ts-rors Gil Bias. Who had tried every ihi
else. became stGlent OF the Doctors. "
initialed him in one sitliug. into al The N
ssriss Of his practice. Keep year sycs op
Gil Bias aud, and ase tae lancet Vas hls
junction. a they sailed forth together to Vi
aPstieni vho wss almost in Artieuio NOR
On -eacAieg the room. Dr Sanrraao poiu
,ignihesstls 10 a heap ef oyster shells ~
corner. AID winked at Gil Bias Tie Al
marched up and fsls the pat.eut'- pai.~. sh,
bis head-repcsted some DOG latin IN ords
impress them with his s~srnsag--and 4
said che patient had hal suri,t Of oyss.
and must be blei within sa ineh of his no,
The man died. bats, ~ss Away. eou.ide
amirscaloas thing. he~ xs er the Doctor e.
20 knew that he bad killed himself e.,
oysters After this. Ssi S.ss goes forth
kill. aud cure. on tls osn hook He also &
sman very sict. aud. on looking A-oupd.
an old saddle suspended in one corner OF
room. He accordingly feels lis palse-rr,~