Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-29
The Mysteries or New York.
TcoMMuNIcArED. |

discussed +this letter is of the "Mysteries Of
New York" In the car, steamboat, saloon,
parlor, at dinner, in the street, everywhere do
l hear some story with relation to, or inquiry
Is to the meaning OF, those mythical words,
posted, printed, and advertised wherever / 60:
s. T.-l960-X.
accompanied with a crescent and q shepherds
hook. A secession ~sympathiser said it was.
Satan Triumphed in 1860 in granting the
Xpectation Of the Abolitionists' while a Re-
publican said il was: "Stump-Tai Democrats
of 1860 gone to Texas another, ITO the
State Taxes Of 1860 add ten Ky dollars" an
other, that they were the watchwords Of some
secre, society, like, Sons of Tecumchia are
1860 Strong or Seward Tricksters of 1860
Used Up" &c, &c. Well, your correspond
ent was ill-bad been i'll for a long time-in
fact his late suppers had given him a horrid
dyspepsia He read the advertisements, and
Of course bought n bottle of Plantation Bit
ters; the Bitters cured him, and on the bottle
appeared those same cabalistic letters: s. T..
-lS60.-X. l travelled straight for 202
Broadway, introduced myself to the celebra-
ted DIR. Drake, and was shown the elephant
tusks, s, T.. and all-and a great institution it
is. A six-story building in Dey street, from
cellar to garret, is occupied as a laboratory for
producing this single medicine. Some forty
persons are employed several watts holding
six thousand gallons each, are filed with
roots, herbs, and material, and then soaked in
water, and the expression preserved in pure
St Croix Rum. here saw the bags, boxes,
and bales of Calisaya Bark, Wintergreen, and
other material-and the original ST. Croix
Rum puncheons bearing the Custom House
brand. 1t seemed that medicine could here
be turned out to supply a world Of invalids-
yet these gentlemen are unable to ell their Or
ders for Plantation Bitters alone. / was shown
many certificates of extraordinary cures eff.
fected by these Bitters. The statistics of the
medicine business as presented to the last
Congress in the report Of Mr.. d. s, Barnes
are enormous and startling, amounting to
some six million dollars annually. The pro-
p%rietors of these Bitters will pay Uncle Sam
near fifty thousand dollars for stamps this
yearl With such individual resources gov
eminent loans ought to stand at par, and JET.
ferson Davis might as well pack up and start
for Jerusalem. y \ j. II.
We are happy to reproduce the above letter,
and add that any ordinary case of Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, Nervous Affection, Sour
Stomach, Lose Of Appetite, Nervous Head
ache, Diarrhea, Sinking Weakness, Mental
Dependency, &c, can be cured by the Plant
alton Bitters,
That all persons may judge of its efficacy,
we publish a list OF some Of the articles used
in its preparation;
Cdlisaya Bark-Celebrated for over two
hundred years in the treatment Of Fever and
Ague, Dyspepsia, Weakness, &c. 1t was in
troduced into Europe by the Countess, wife
of the Viceroy of Peru, in 1910, and was al.
forwards sold by the Jesuits tor the enormous
price of its oton toeight in siirer, under the
name Of Jesuifs Powders, and finally made
public by Louis XVI, King of France. Hum.
boldt makes especial reference to its febrifupe
qualities during his South American travels.
CdscdriLia Bdrk-For dlarrhna, collie, and
diseases Of the stomach and bowels.
Ddndeli0n-For inflammation Of the loins
and dropsical affections.
lOamOmiie HOwerS-For enfeebled diges.
ton, M
Lavender FioWers-Aromatic, stimulant,
and tonic-highly inyigorating in nervous de
bility.
Winter Green-For s%crofnla, rheumatism.
Anise-An aromatic earminative, creating
flesh, muscle, and milk; much used by moth,
ers nursing.
Also, Glove buds, orange, carraway, corian-
der, snakeroot, Nc all preserved in perfectly
pure
ST. CROIX RUM.
The powerful, invigorating, and tonic prop
critics OF st Croix Rum have been long ac-
knowledged by the physicians of the world.
For consumption it is the only stimulant that
should be used
H Hara 81 T-7lSG0.-X.
Another wonderful ingredient of Spanish
origin, imparting beauty to the complexion
and brilliancy to the mind, is yet unknown to
the commerce OF the world, and we withhold
its name forthe present.
Or w A, Childs, surgeon of the Tenth
Vermont Regiment, writes: ~ wish every sol
der had a bottle Of Plantation Bitters. They
are the most effective, perfect, and harmless
tonic | ever used
The following is from the famous hotel pro-
prietOrs, at Washington: .l. lI
WASHINGTON, d, G., November A, 1862.
MEssRs. z, Fl. DRAEE a. Co.-Please send
us twelve dozen Plantation Bitters. They are
much liked by the guests at our house.
Respectfully yours, l
SYKES, CHADWICK a. CO.,
Proprietors Wizards Hotel.
RoCHEsTER, December %, 1861.
MEssRs. p II DnAKE Az Co-Qantiemar.