The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-01-26


Wars, national resources, political contests, rel-
gious conventions, amusements, the Central Park,
Its swans, gondolas, &C., have been discussed
this letter is OF the Mysteries of New York" In
the car steamboat saloon, parlor at dinner, in the
street, everywhere do hear some story with rela-
ton to, an inquiry as to The meaning OF, those
mythical words, posted, printed, and advertised
s.T.-lsso.-X.
accompanied with a crescent and O. shepherds
hook. A secession sympathizer said 1t was .'Sa-
tan Triumphed in 1860 in granting the Expectation
Of abolitionists" while Republican said 1t was ::
{" Stump Tail Democrats of 1850 gone to Texas |;
another, "To the State Taxes Of 1886 add ten (X)
dollars" another, that they were the watchwords
Of some secret society, like, "Sons Of Tecumchia
are 1850 Strong" or "Seward Tricksters of 1850
Used Up" &C., sc. Well, your correspondent was
ill-had been i'll for a long time-in fact, his late
suppers had given him 9 horrid dyspepsia. He
read the advertisements, and of course bought q
bottle Of Plantation Bitters; the Bitters cured him,
and on the bottle appeared those same cabalistic
letters s. T.-ls6o.-X. travelled straight for 202
Broadway, introduced myself to the celebrated DR..
Drake, and was shown the elephant-tusks, s. T.
and all-and great institution 1t is. A six-story
building in Dey street. from cellar TO garrett is
cupied as q laboratory for producing this single
medicine. Some forty persons are employed sew
eral watts, holding six thousand gallons 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 bales OF Calisaya Bark, Wintergreen, and
other materal-and the original St. Croix Rum
puncheons, bearing the custom house brand 1t
seemed that medicine could here be turned ont to
supply = world OF invalds-yet these gentlemen
are unable to Ill their orders for Plantation Bttsu
alone. ! was shown many certificates OF extra.
ordinary cures effected by these Bitters. The sta
tstics OF the medicine business presented to the
last Congress in the report Of Mr.. D. 5. Barnes are
enormous and startling, amounting to some SIX
million dollars annually The proprietors OF these
Btters will pay Uncle Sam near nfty thousand dol
lars for stamps this year With such individual
resources, Government loans ought to stand at par,
and Jefferson Davis might as well pack up and
start for Jerusalem
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We are happy to reproduce the above letter, and
add that any ordinary case Of Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, Nervous Affection, Sour Stomach, Loss
Of Appetite, Nervous Headache, Diarrhea, Sinking
Weakness, Mental Dependency, &C., can be cured
by the Plantation Bitters.
That all persons may judge OF Its enhcacy, We
publish list OF some Of the articles used In Its
preparation:
CI11sAYA BARK-CeIebrated for over two hun
dred years In the treatment OF Fever and Agus.
Dyspepsia, Weakness, &c. IL was introduced into
b the ware 81 so snf by
siirer, under the name Of Jssuit's Po,odsrs. and
dnally made public by Louis XVI, King OF France.
Humboldt makes especial reference TO It's fsbrifuge
Qualities during his South American travels.
CAscAkILLA BARK1For disrrhea, colo, ana
Diseases OF the stomach and bowels:
DAyDELIoS-For Inflammation OF the loins ana
dropsical affections.
CRAHonILR FLowRRs-For enfesblsd digestion;
LAVEspBK FLowERs-Aromatic, stimulant, and
tonic-highly invigoratins in nervous desD,iity
WISTERaREES-For scroluis, tns umals;m, &C.
muscle, and milk much used by mothers nursing.
Also, Glove buds, orange, carraway, corisnder,
snsksroot, h., all preserved in perfectly pure
ST. CROIX Rum.
Tho powerful, invigorating, and tonic propertiei
Of 81. Croix Rum have been long acknowledged BY
the physicians OF the world. For consumption 1t II
| the only stimulant that should be used
| s. T.-lsso-X.
| Another wonderful ingredient, Of Spanish origin
imparting beauty to the complexion and briliianc)
to the mind is yet unknown TO the commerce OF tn'
! world, and We withhold Its name for the present.
/ DIR. w. 4. Childs, surgeon Of tbs Tenth Vernon
regiment, writes al wish every soldier had bot
tle OF Plantation Bittsy. They are the most effect
i've. psrfect, and harmless tonic ever used"
The following is from the famous hotel propre
tot, ut Washington: =
WASHINGTON, D. c., November Z. 1884.
MEssRs. P, II. DRAKE & Co.-Please send .
/ twsIve dozen Plantation Bitters. They are muc
hk16 BY the guests Of our house. 's-'s8t +
= x''''''fTsslYYE Lsst; CHADWICK sso;.
Propretos Willard's Hotel.
/ a~.a. RocHEsrRR, December -. 1881.
NIssRs. p. q. DRAKE b CO: -Gentiemen,1l nav
great ' Ssss re t0 many not Il. H.
NEEDLES recommended Tor its cure. instead o. rene
| / becauie worse had TO abandon my professlot
and suffsred greatly from everything Az
Nv mind vas much Affected, depressed, an
/ Gloomy. About three month"; ago tried the Plar
Alton Bitters, and, to my great 10y, am nearly
@sn man have recommended them In severi
eases. and e far - know, always win 0gni
'' i AN v.1 rsspsstfully jour, o.ruopr
such IL the language reaching NJ daily. \
article ever had an equal sale. Under no circsiH
,taaees will the pure standard cf TIE materta
used be departed from.
These Biltsrs are sold by al principal druggist
rrocers. hotels, and restauSants. Be sure sas
bottle bears the fac stmfk Of the propristors oil
\ ustnss On sssl-Dlats label.
N'HE P. q. DRAKE 3 CO.,
vu.sy iAa1 #2a "a 9sSaavsN HSv ysss.