Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-12-26
10 S TETT E r. s STOM-
III ACH RVVTERE-Thep pronriators and


Manufacturers of Hostetter's Celebrated Stomach
Bftters can appeal with perfect confidence to ply
scians and citizens generally of the United States,
because the article has attained reputation here
tofore unknown. A few facts upon this point will
speak more powerfully than volumes of bare asser-
ton or blazoning puffery. The consumption of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for the last year a
mounted to over half-milion bottles, and from
its manifest steady increase in times past it is ev-
ident that during the coming year the consump-
ton will reach near one million bottles. This i'm
mense amount could never have been sold but for
the rare medicinal properties contained in the pre-
paration. and the sanction of the most prom inent
physicians in those sections of the country where
the article is best known who not only recomm end
the Bitters to their patients but are ready at all
tunes to give testimonials TO its efficacy in all ca
of stom machic arrangements and the diseases re-
sulting therefrom. This is not temporary popu-
larity, obtained by extraordinary efforts in the way
of trumpeting the qualities of the Bitters, but
solid estimation of an invaluable medicine. which
is destined to be enduring as time itself
Hostctter's Stomach Bitters have proved God
send to regions where fever and ague and various
other bilious complaints have counted their vic
Tins by hundreds. To be able to state confident
ly that the sBitters certain for the Dys-
pepsia and like diseases, is to the proprietors a
source of unalloyed pleasure. 1t removes all NOR
bid matter from the stomach, puriies the blood.
and imparts renewed vitality to the nervous sys-
tenn. giving it that tone ard energy indispensable
for the restoration of health 1t operates upon
the stomach, liver. and other digestive organs,
to condition essential to the healthy discharge
of the functions of nature.
Elderly persons may use the Bitters daily rs per
directions the bottle, and they will find it a
stimulant peculiarly adapted to comfort declining
years, it is pleasant to the palate invigorating
to the bowels, excellent a tonic, and rejuvena-
ting generally. We have evidence of thousands
of aged mon and women who have experienced
the benefit OF using this preparation while suffer-
ing from stomach arrangements and general de-
bility; acting under the advice of physicians.
they have abandoned all dcleterious drugs and
fairly tested the merits of this article few
words to the gentler sex. There are certain pe-
riods when their are so harrassng that m any
of them sink under the trial. The relation of mo-
ther and child is SO absorbingly tender that the
mother, especially if she be young, is apt to for
get her own health in the extreme anxiety for her
infant Should the period for maternity arrive
during the summer season, the wear of body and
mind is generally aggravated. Here, then, is n
necessity for q stimulant to recuperate the ener-
gies of the system, and enable the mother to bear
up under her exhausting trials and responsible
ties. Nursing mothers generally prefer the Bit
ters to all other invigorators that receive the
dorsement of physicians, because it is agreeable
to the taste as well certain to give permanent
increase of bodily strength.
All those persons, to whom we have particular
ly referred above, to wit sufferers from fever and
ague caused by m alaria, diarrhoea dysentery, in
digeston loss of appetite, and all diseases or de-
rangements of the stomach, superanuated inval-
ids persons of sedentary occupation, and nursing
mothers, will consult their own physical welfare
by giving to Hostetters Celebrated Stomach Bit
ters trial.
C1utIon.-We caution the public against using
any of the many limitations counterfeits but ask
for Hostetters Celebrated Stomach Bitters and see
that each bottle has the words ssDr j. Hostetter 8
Stomach Bitters' blown on the side of the bottle,
and stamped on the metallic cap covering the cork
and observe thatour autograph signature is on the
label. ER Prepared and sold by Hostetterd Smith,
Pittsburg, Pa, and sold by all druggists grocers
and dealers generally throughout the United
States, Canada. South America, and Germ any.
Agents-Geo.W W. Rheem and G. d Watts, a. Clear
held John Patton, Curwensville; d. Tyler, Hus-
ton; f. r. Arnold. Luthersburg Oct "a, 80.