Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-11-05
Phiad'n., June %, 1868.
PARTICULAR NOTICE

There are many prepa rations sold under the
name of Bitters, put up in quart bottles, COM
pounded of the cheapest whiskey or common
or rum, costing from 90 to 40 cents per gallon,
the tastc disguised by Anise or Coriander Seed.
This class of Bitters has caused and will con l.
tnue to cause, as 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 thu
worst kind, tho desire for liquor is created and
kept up, and the result is oil the horrors atten-
dant upon drunkard's life and death.
For those who desire and will have a liquor
| Bitters, we publish the following receipt. Get
| One Bottle Hooflands German Btters and mi K
! with Three quarts of good Brandy or Whiskcy
| and the result will be preparation that will
| far excel in medicinal virtues and true excel
lence any of the numerous Liquor Bitters in tn o
market, and will cost much less. You will have
all the virtues of Hoofaand's German Bitters'
in connection with n good article of Liquor, 1t
a much less price than these inferior prepara-
tons will cost you.
ATTENTION s0LDIERs And the friends
of Soldiers. We call the attention of all hav-
ing relations in the army to the fact tha t
HOOFLAND'S German Bitters' will cure nine
tenths Of the diseases induced by exposures
and privations incident to camp life. In the
lists published almost daily in the newspaper
ON the arrival of the sick, it will be noticed
that q very large proportion are suffering from
debility. Every case of that kind can be rea
dily cured by HoofHand's German Bitters. Di
seases resulting from disorders of the dis estive
Organs are speedily removed. We have no hes
itation in stating that, if these Bitters were
freely used among our soldiers, hundreds of
lives migh be saved that otherwise will be lost
We call particular attention to the foil owing
remarkable and we'll authenticated cure of one
of the nation heroes, whose life, to use his
own language. has been saved by the bitters
PHILADELPHIA. Anp. 23d. 1852.
Messrs. Jones d. Epans We'll, gentlemen,
your Hoofiand's German Bitters has saved my
life. There is 10 mistake in this. 1t is vouched
for by numbers Of my comrades, some Of whose
names nre appended, and who were full cog
infant of all the circumstances of my case.
am and have been for the last four years, a mem
Der of Sherman's celebrated battery, and un
der the immediate command of Capt. r. B.
Ayres. Through the exposure attendant upon
my arduous duties, was attacked in Novem-
Der last with Inflammation of the lungs, md
was for seventy two days in the hospital. This
was followed by great debility, heightened by
an attack of dysentery. l was then removed
from the White House, and sent to this city on
board the steamer State of Maine, from which
I landed on the 2Sth of June. Since that time
have been about as low as any one could be
and still retain spark of vitality. For
week or more I was scarcely able to swallow
anything, and if did force morsel down, il
wss Immediately thrown up again.
could not even keep glass of water on my
stomach. Life could not last under these 'ir-
cumstances; 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 clerg :.
man, and to make such disposition of my lin
tied funds as best suited nae. 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 q bottle. From the time
commenced taking them the gloomy shadow of
death receded, and am now, thank God for
it, getting better. Though 1 have taken but
two bottles, have gained ten pounds, and
feel sanguine Of being permitted to rejoin my
wife and daughter frsm whom have b card no.