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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-11-13
MEDICINES b
Fever and Ague,

from which mankind suffer over a large part OF
the globe is the consequence of n diseased action
i'm the system, induced Ivy the poisonous miasm
of vegetable decay. This exhalaton is evolved
by the action of solar heat on wet soil, and rises
with the watery vapor from it. While the sun 10
below the horizon this vapor fingers near the
eartls surface, and the virus Is taken with n
through the lungs into the blood. There II acts
rs an irritating poison on the internal yiscera
and excrcting organs of the body. The liver ne
comes torpid and fails to sccrete not only this
virus, but also the bile from the blood. Dotif
the virus and the bile accumulate in the circula<
ton, and produce violent constitutional disorucrs
The spleen, the kidneys, and the stomach SYM
patllize with the liver and become disordercd
also. Finally, the instinct of our organism, as
If in an attempt TO expcl the noXious infusion,-
concentrates the whole blood OF the body in the
Internal excretorcs TO force them to- cast II out.
The blood leaves the surface, and rushes to the
central organs with congcstivc violence. This il
the CHILL But in this effort it fails. Then the
FEVER follows, in which the blood leaves the
central organs and rushcs to the surface, as U
in another effort to cxpel the irritating poison
through the other great eXcrctory - the skim In
this also it fails and the system abandons the at
tempt exhausted, aud waits for the recovery OF
strength TO repeat the hopeless effort another day
These arc the fits or paroxysms of FEVER AND
AGUE. Such constitutional disorder Will OF
course undermine the health IL 1t Is not removed.
We have laborcd TO find, and have found, an
aptiI
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HOWE'S STANDARD SCALES
FAIRBANKS SCALES.
HONESTY is THE BEST POLICY
Honesty is better than any Policy.
CHICAGO, June 18th 1861
% r GRAVES ECO

o. 7. GRAVES, ESQ, +. a... t..
DEAR SIR After the conversation we had about the
remarks made by Mr. Greenleaf Of the firm Fairbanks
Grceeaf touching the Scale put up for NJ. b. Har-
den of Abingdon, III. Mr. Harden and enclose
to you his reply. Iou will from this letter that the
representations by Greenleat to you false, he
must have been hboring under a great mistake. want
you to write house here exactly what Mr. recnieaf
stated to you, this Is the rst time that they ira
duced Scales aud determined place them in
their true position before the public. p.
Respectfully yours,
.r ttae NANDERVOORT DlCkERS0N x CO.,
s.-Fs z..t. Fer ). q. HookEg.
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Honesty the Best Policy!
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people al Iowa out OF thousands Of dollars annually with
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ABINGDON ill.,, June 18th, 1861.
NANRERVOORT. BICKERSON & co,
DEAR siRs Yours 81 the 18th inst Is at hand and CO
tents noted and in reply would say that the Howe's
scales YOU put up for me works like charm since you
were here, and any statement " the contrary by the
Agent @! Fairbanks Scales or any other party, must
have been made from false impression made by
interested party, or from disposition his part ure
the reputation of the Scales by false statement AT all
events, the whole thing fabrication the Scales
thus far works my entire satisfaction as well as 10 the
satisfaction Of all other parties who have witnessed their
working since you were here. have the fifty pound
weight Yet and would like To keep il some time longer
Mr. Jesse Burr has not purchased Scales yet and prob
bly, will not for Time account Of the hard times
Yours respectfully, n. b. HARDEN.
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KEwANEE, June 10th, 1861.
Nrssrs ytNDERyooRT pICErpSoN a IN


Messrs. FANDERVOoRT, DICKERSON 4 co,
GENTLEMEN In answer to your letter OF June lTth,
enclosing letter 10 your house from Mr.. NJ H. Harden
Of Abingdon, dated June 14th would say that after !
leit your store called at the establishment OF McSsrs
Fairbanks Greeneaf on or about the 18th Of June and
inquired oil them the lowest price they would sell
lourton Scale, and mentioned the time that
had been looking at the towe's Scales thought something
OF purchasing one OF them Mr.. ureenlcai then gave
their prices and spoke OF Howe's Scales being very
imperfect and poor scale and that there many
them that would not work and mentioned 10 that a
Scale near by where lived badly OF order and
would not work at all. This Scale he said was at Abng-
don, H. and had been bought by MIR. NJ b. Harden, and
was worth nothing Fer weighing and had been abandoned
all III which tended Ia discourage from purchasing the
Howe's scale, and after mentioning this matter your
Agent Mr. Hooker, and he denied the same and stated
to me that Mr. Grecnlcaf Of veracity, a.
he had detected him very recently in several alschoods
began to doubt his yeracity. Since have the let
ter from Mr. NJ H. Harden, Of Abingdon dated Jene Ith
am inclined to think il all sand bs Greencaf for the
purpose Of dlscograeing me, and that il FALSE
the enclosed letter OF Harden l. in contradiction Green.
leaf statement Ia me- an think this unfair course
competition ought 10 be discountenanced, as there t.
nothing like fair play and truth trade Hoping this
explanation Is satisfactory,
l am respectfully yours,
a r. GRAVES.