Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-24

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Anything pertaining 10 babies is always
ute'esiiug. especially TO those who have
cine at home. Babies are the fundamental
re Of society. What we ere now they
re sure to become, OF something better, il
hey live long enough. As they are to be
ur successors, a. least "a we desire that
hey shall, Il is Of the utmost importance
at We facilitate this .1,z.pose, by enabling
hem % encounter all the ailli-,ions pecul-
ar TO their most infantile years with eour>
'es, or, it may be.by semi-uuconsc;ousness.
If my Of our readers were 10 pass through
\ thickly populated tenement house neigh
borhood, one hour after midnight, they
would hear tho innocent babies cry aloud,
Is IL for help. They would probably hear
tired and faded mother endeavoring TO pa
city the little one by eli sorts Of material
hocus pocus, or they might hear an impa.
tient and not over-reGncd father swear
most uncouthly, as he may be imagined
TAX ing another turn on his bed. and wish
ing the baby was--well, no matter what
such brutes wish We have the best wishes
for the babies. Hence we Eel. curious to
know something more about the movements
81 Mrs. Winslow, the great beneisctor OF
babics generally, and so paid visit to what
We supposed, (before we WENT might De
her kitchen, where She boiled her herbs, or
mixed her secret compound. In pursuit OF
this lawful and interesting object we found
the "kitchen" not as supposed, but an,exs
tcnsiye mandatory, situated at the corner
of Third and iEoyt streets, in the city
Of New York Any person who
has not heard Of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup must have been obstinately blind
and deaf for many years. And those who
could not SEQ the editice alluded to, and
read the sign at long distance. cannot be-
long to the class who hear that their souls
shall live, nor to that other party, who,
while they run, are able to read. for Mrs.
winslow has advertised her Soothing Syrup
all over and the sign at the factory can
be seen at q long distance. Jeremiah
Curtis & Sons are now the proprietors OF
he establi .hment, Mrs. Winslow having
married again into the Curtis family, and
unoded her great and grand secret to the
firm. Throughout the United States and
EUROPE in fact, where civliz-
alton has had its way-thc syrup that
.oothes babies is known and welcomed
Every mother who sincerely believes
in peace believes in the Soothing
Syrup ns tn, great comforter. When
babies are teethng. and are disposed
TO be little more o. the conversations
turn Of mind than il comforiab c for thost
who have the nursing aud caring to do fol
them. this Soothing Syrup comes as grand
ryliei 10 the baby and welcom release to th'
nurse To describe the factory would b,
simply TO report what has been written be
fore, telling Of The number Of stones tn
area occut led, the way IN, the way out, an'
o,her insignificant facts. When we ga,
that L is n very extensive factory we hop
! to convey The idea which was impressc,
/ mon our minds as we first looked upon IT Il
a distance. Suffice it to say, at this plac
are manuiac, urcd many millions Of bottle
containing Soothing Syrup in the course q
every year. We might describe the nxinI
process, we knew what IL vas, but we d
not Ii il mike 10y competent and wis
| hand, aud above one hundred beautiful
girls assist each other in putting it into bot
ties. Connected with the establishment
an ex lensise printing Office. THIS is unde
the direction of Mr.. j. f.. Williams, a gen
tleman who may not known how to mi
the syrup. but he does know how oprin
copies Of a .thirty>,wo page recipe boo
per year, being equal IT, one hundred an
twenty eight millions Of pages, beside
other documents, such M handbils, wrap
pers, SC. So the children are not onl
kept quiet when disposed to be noisy, bu
| the IN Jthers are provided with valuable in
struc.ions for the making Of many cxcellen
and palatahle dishes. In connection wit
the concern j. u sieamengine OF ID hors
power. which - used To drive the piintin
presses. The preparation NJ the syrup
dore bv means of >toaui, aud begins by a.
milking Of Gear syrup from Stuart's hes
I crushed sugar, by means Of copper Kettle
., vast proportions. 1t is subsequent
drawn of in cans for bottling, ami receive
the secret medication just before 1t is pu
into the bottles. Everything about the bot,
thing, labelling and packing, is done neatly
as If the persons engaged in the enterpris
were pcrpetualy conscious of being instru
ueatal, in Their way, promoting "peac
on earth and good will towards babies.
Messrs Jeremiah Curtis & Co., evincc NOR
than usual enterprise, for their factory is
model and a wonder, while their secret j
valuable. Doctors differ about the effect Q
the syrup upon children. but the contracte,
wisdom IF the medical profession have id
United that it can do no harm while mos
ofthem acknowledge that its use has re
suited in large good. Owing to the deman'
which exists here, in this country, for thi
article, the factory at the corner of Thir,
street and Hoyt is able only TO supply tn
immediate wants Of this and other Statos
In London We find another factory. and i
Montreal still another, where mixtures ar
compounded in the same manner ss at III
Brcoklyo factory. 1t is estimated that 30
600 bottles are sometimes made up in on
day, making daily average during the yes
Of l5.4J0,0o0 bottles, which may DO sup
posed 10 aid in nursing into peace as man
babies. To those who ssire to be precis
about the place, it may be serviceable f.
US TO point out the conspicuous signs, III
one on one side Of the building in Hoy
street, and the other on the Third stree
side, both Of which read A follows
Mandatory Of Mrs. Winslow's Soothin
Sprup; Proprietors, Jeremiah Curtis
Sons. No. y. Fulton street, New York an
EOS High Holborn, London, England"
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