Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-09-24
FhITad a., JunG 20 I6b3.
PARTICULAR NOTICE

There are many preparations sold under the
| name of Bitcrs, put up in quart bottles, com
pounded OF the cheapest whiskcy or common
| or rum, costing from 90 to 10 cents per gallon,
the taste disguised by Anisc or Coriander Seed.
| This class Of Bittcrs has caused and will con
| tinue to cause, rs long as they can be sold +,
hundreds to die the death of the drunkard. BY
| their use the system is kept continually under
| the influence of Alchoholic Stimulants of the
| worst kind, the desire for liquor is created and
kept up, and tho result is all the horrors attcn-
dant upon Il drunkard's life and death.
| For those who desire and will have liquor
Bitters, we publish the following receipt. Get
! One Bottle IIooGIands German Bittcrs and mix
| with Three quarts of good Brandy or Whiskcy
and the result will be preparation that will
| far excel in medicinal virtues and true excel
| cnce any of the numerous Liquor Bttcrs in the
| market, and will cost much less. You will have
| all the virtues of lIoofland's German Bittcrs'
| in connection with Il good article of Liquor, at
| a much less price than these inferior prcpara-
| tons will cost you.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS! And the friends
| of Soldiers. We call the attention of all hav-
| ing relations in the army to tho fact that
| 'HO0FLAND'S German Bitters will cure nine
| tenths of the diseases induced by exposures
| and privatons incident to camp life. In the
lists. published almost daily in the new spapcri
| on the arrival of the sick. it will be noticed
that very large proportion are suffering from
ueDlllly. Every SHsc VI hIuu can DC
Oily cured by lIooflland'S German Bittcrs. Di
seases resulting from disorders of the digestive
urgans are speedily removed. We have no hes
itation in stating that, if these Bitters were
freely used among our soldiers, hundreds of
lives mi ght be saved that otherwise will be lost.
We call particular attention to tho foil owing
remarkable and well authenticated cure of one
of the nations heroes, whose life, to use his
own language. has been saved by the bitters
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23d, 1867.
Wessrs. Jones d Ecans We'll, gentlemen,
your IIooffand's German Bitters has saved my
life. There is no mistake in this. 1t is vouched
for by numbers of my comrades, some Of whose
names are appended, and who were fully cog
infant of all the circumstances of my case. l
/ am and have been for the last four years, mem
Der of Shcrman's celebrated battery, and un'
der the immediate command Of Capt. X. u.
Ayres. Through the exposure attendant upon
my arduous duties, l was attacked in Novem-
Der last with Inflammation Of the lungs, and
was for seventy two days in the hospital. This
was followed by great debility, heightened by
an attack of dyscntery. ! was then removed
from the White House, and sent to this city on
board the steamer State Of Maine, from which
landed on the 2Sth of June. Since that time
| have been about as low as any one could be
and still retain spatk of vitality. For a
week or more | was scarcely able to swallow
anything, and if [ d,d force a morsel down, il
was Immediately thrown up again.
1 could not even keep glass of water on my
stomach. Life could not last under these 'ir-
cumstanees; and, accordingly, the physicians
who had been working faithfully, though un
successfully, to rescue me from the grasp of the
dread Archer, frankly told me they could do no
more for me, and advised me to see clcrg :.
man, and to make such disposition of my lin
tied funds ms best suited me. An acquaintance
who visited me at the hospital, Mr.. Frederick
| Steinbron, of Sixth below Arch Street, advised
me, as forlorn hope to try your Bitters, and
| kindly procured n bottle From the time
commenced taking them the gloomy shadow of
death receded, and am now, thank God for
it, getting better. Though have taken but
two bottles, have gained ten pounds, ard I
wife and daughter from whom | have heard no.