The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-04-03
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The MYSTERIES Of New York.

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The Mysteries Of New York.
Wars. national resources. political contests
religious conventions. amusements, the Cen
trail Park, its swans, goudolas, &c. have
been discussed--this letter is Of the "mysie-
ries Of New York. In the car, steamboat.
saloon, parlor. at dinner, in the street. ev
ierywhere do hesr some story with relation
to or an inquiry as to the meaning OF those
mythical words, posted. printed and adver.
'tised wherever ! go:
/ s. T.-1s6O.-X.
accompanied with crescent and q shep-
herds hook. A secession sympathizer said
I it was -" Satan triumphed in $50 in grant
/ ing the Xpectstion of aboli,ionists - while
la Republican said il was Stump Tail
Democrats of 1860. gone to Texas :" an
other, To the State Taxes Of 1860 add
ten Ky dollars;" another. that they were
the watchwords of some secret society,
| like, "Sons of Tecumchia are 1860 Strony,"
or " Seward Tricksters of 1850 Used Up,"
&c, &c. Well. your correspondent was i'll
| bad been i'll for a long time--in fact his
latte suppers had given him a horrid dys-
pepsia. He read the advertisements. and
Of course bough. bottle of Plantation Bit
tiers the Bitters cured him, and on the
bottle appeared those same cabaiistic letters:
! s. T.-ls6O.-X. travelled straigh, for
2Oa Broadway. introduced myself to the
celebrated DR.. Drake. and was shown the
elephans-tusks. S. T. and all--and great
institution it is. A six story building in
Dey Street, from cellar 70 garret. is occu-
pied as labratory for producing this single
medicine. Some forty persons are employ
ed several vats. holding six thousand gall
Ions each. are filled with roots, herbs and
material. and then soaked in water, and the
expression preserved in pure st. Croix Rum.
l here saw the bags. boxes and bale of
Calisaya Bark. Wintergreen, and other ma
terial--and the original st. Croix Rum
puncheons bearing the Custom house brand.
1t seemed that medicine could here be turn
ed out to supply world of invalids-yet
these gentlemen are unable to fill their or
ders for Plantation Bitters alone. l was
shown many certificates of extraordinary
cures effected by these Bitters. The stairs
tics 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 annu-
ally The proprietors of these Bitters will
pay Uncle Sam near fifty thousand dollars
for stamps this year With such individ-
ual resources govel nment loans ought to
stand at par, and Jefferson Davis might as
we'll pack up and start for Jerusalem.
j. H.
We are happy to reproduce the above let
ter, and add that any ordinary case Of Dys-
pepsis, Liver Complaint, Nervous affection,
Sour Stomach. Loss OF Appetite, Nervous
Headache. Diarrhoea, Sinking Weakness.
Mental Dependency, &c. can be cured by
the Plantation Bitters.
That all persons may judge of its effica
cy. We publish list of some of the articles
used in its preparation
CAL1sAYA BARK--Celebra'ed for over two
hundred years in the treatment of Fever
and Ague, Dyspepsia, Weakness. &c. 1t
was introduced into Europe by the Count
ess. wife Of the Vic .roy of Peru. in 1910,
and was afterwards sold by the Jesuits for
the enormous price Of its oacn weight IN sal.
Der, under the name of Jesu,t's Powiers, and
finally made public by Louis XVI. King of
France. Humboldt, makes especial refer.
ence 10 its febrifuge qualities during his
South American travels.
CAscARrLLA BARK-For diarrhes, cello,
and diseases of the stomach and bowels.
DASDELIoS-For inflammation of the
loins and drops;cal affections.
CAMoMILE FLowERs--For enfeebled di-
gestion.
LAVENDER FLowERs-Aromatic, stimu.
Ian. and tonic--highly invigorating in ner-
vous debility.
WrsrzRoREEs-For Sorofula. Rheuma-
tism, &c.
ANIsE-An aromatic carminative, crea-
ting flesh, muscle and milk much used by
mothers nursing.
Also, Glove buds. orange, carraway. cori-
ander, snakeroo,, &C., all preserved in per-
ST. CROIX RUM.
The powerful, invigorating and tonic
Of ST.: Croix Rum have been long
by the physicians Of the
world. For consumption it is the only
siimulant that should be used.
S. T--1a6O-X.
Another wonderful ingredient, OF Span.
ish origin. imParting beauty to the com
plexion and brilliancy to the mind. is yet
unknown to the commerce Of the world, and
we withhold its name for the present.
DR.. w. A. Childs, surgeon of the Tenth
Vermont Regiment, writes 81 wish every !
soldier had a bottle of Plantation Bitters.
They are the most effective, perfect, harm.
less tonic ever used"
The following is from the famous hotel
at Washington
WAsH1xeros, D. c.. Nov. 4, 1862.
MEssRs. p. H. DRAKE & Co.-Please
send US twelve dozen Plantation Bitters.-
They are much liked by the guests of our
house. Respectfully yours,
SYKES, CHADWICK. & CO.,
Proprietors Wizards Hotel.
ROCHESTER,, Dec IS, 1861.
MEssRs. P. H. DRAKE, d Co.-Gentle-
men l have been . great sufferer from
dy dyspepsia for three or four years. l have
tried many not all the remedies recon-