The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-05-29
THE CALEDONIA N

GRAcL.s CELEBRATED SALvE. It's HIsTe-
py-As the general inquiery is Of What
is Grace's salve and "ho is its originator"
NAV seem to be question worthy Of being
answered. the manufacturer has been Undue
ed to give the following brief, yet truthful
account of its history: This salve is a veg
etable preparation invented in the 18th cen
tury by DR. VIM Grace who was surgeon for
King James army, and from that time he al
WAYS used it in his professional practice
whenever soreness or Inflammation preented
itself. AS medical agent for the cure of
wounds it was followed with great success,
and thousands of the veterans that were
wounded in the campaigns of 1858 and 1851,
owe 10 this salve the salvation of their lives.
Col Richard Grace, who was King James
Chamberlain, introduced this salve into the
royal palace, where it was used with the
greaerst success and highly esteemed for its
virtues in the cure Of sores. At the siege of
Athlone, Col Richard Grace ordered it to be
administered to his compatriots who were
wounded during the memorial days Of the
battle. The order was complied with and it
was used with such great success that the
head surgeon of the army at Aughrim order
ed DIR VIM Grace to manufacture one hun
dred gross in season to have it distributed
among the hospitals before the battle. On
the sad defeat of St RIth's army at Augh-
rim, after Ginckle's army took possession of
the battle field, they found several ambuan-
ccs abandoned by the retrcating army, and
in each of them were found sealed cases
of the salves. The English surgeons tested
il upon their wouHded and ascertained it val
Ne, and thus were both Of ,le ccntending
armies betronded by it.
Both DR. VIM Grace and Col Richard
Grace died in the campaign of 1851 the
former of disease, the latter killed in the en-
tienchment of Athlone with the flag of his
country wrapt around him, cheering on his
men to victory. After the death of DIR
Grace, the sase was not used much outside
OF his family, until the rebellion of 1898,
when VIM Grace, grandfather to the present
subscriber Che being "unted Irishman,'
applied its Virtues at the battle of Ross to
his brave comrades who fell, wounded, while
lighting for The rights of their country. The
celebrated DR. Fitzpatrick, who was connect
ed with the leading medical institutions OF
h's day, held in such hish estimation this
salve that he ordered large quantities of it
manufactured for himself to use in his pro-
tessional practice.
The salve was used in certain localities,
the residents had it furnished free of charge
until the year 1913, when the subscribers
parents left their once happy home and the
land OF their nativity. to seek home in the
land Of Columbia. With them they brought
The secret of the salve they received from
heir predecessors. After landing in this
country they continued to make it, as before,
or their neishbors free of charge, until the
all OF 1861, when the frequent calls made
or it, and the serious cases that it
ured, in duced the subscriber to bring it to
more general notice, and to charge small
rice for the article that has received the
concentration Of patriots upon the battle
elds of yore, as we'll as from persons of tie
resent day. t
am now resolved to lay it before the
'orld as remed y that is destined to relieve
uman suffering
Yours truly,
WI. GRACE ;
See advertisement of Grace's save in all Il
Their column