National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-11-12

Consumption cHn he Cared.
READ THE EVIDENCE.
Facts are stubborn things, gnd It is 70 faets
alone that it is desired to diree, the attention
of the readers of this article.
MANY years of severe and thorough ttaeti- !
cal trial have demonstrated beyond the petsd |
venture of doubt the fact that the medicines !
prepared by me- and known as SCHENCks
MANDRAKE PILLS, SCHENCk'S SEA
WEED TONIC, and SCIIENCK'S PULMON-
lC SYRUP, have proved extraordinarily sue
cessful in the cure of diseases OF the pulmonh-
~ organs, % what is usually termed Con-
sumption.
am fully aware that there are many per
sons whose prtjudce- rule them 80 completely
that proofs strong M Holy Writ" would fail
10 convince them If thr efficacy of my RENE
dies, and THAT thhfe Arb othc;s who. under no
circumstances, could be prevailed upon to al
nit their merits, simply becanFe such an adj
mission would prove detrimental to their par
ticular personal interests. t.
Fortunately for the welfare Of mankind.
these doubling people form q comparatively
small portion of the community at large. They
are to be found here and there, but, compared
with the great mass of the worlds population
| their numbers are So small that dismiss them
ami address myself To those who are willing
Ia listen to the dictates of reason, and who
are disposed to admit the strong logic of well
| established facts.
We are told almost daily that Consumption.
the scourge of the American people, Is incura-
BILE; that a man whose lungs are diseased
must be given over to die; that he must ahan
don hope and that the arrangement of his
temporal AS well as spiritual affairs should
claim his earliest attention. If theirs were not
| facts as undcnabe AS that the sun will shine
| in a Gle heaven NJ midday tn controvert these
random and not untrcqucntly harmful asser-
| tions. | should feel unwilling to take up the
gage of battle against them but, fortified
! with results -tarts-which neither theory nor
! mere assertion can overturn, propose To prove
| that CONSUMPTION can be cured. and that the
| medicines | prepare-the Mandrake Pills. Sea-
weed Tonic. and Pumonc Syrup-will if used
| in strict accordance with the directions, in II
minority of cases effect that which the faculty
pronounces i.npossible--they VIII cure Con
sumption.
An ounce of solid fact is worth ppnnd of
theory. Let me, therefore present the facts
| connected with my own individual experience.
| Many years ago, was confirmed cunsunp-
tive and like thousands of other nnfoftunatcs
was given up to die. Eminent physicians pro
| nonnced my case a hopeless one, and told me
that if had any preparations to make for the
final solemn event. that | had better make
them speedily. Ibelevcd this just as conf.
IDENTIFY as did the persons who thus affection
atcly Informed me that my days were mum
bered, and that recovery impossible
Still, the desire to live fingered in my bosom.
| was Young, and chung to life with the same
tenacity that young men, and old men too,
ordinarily do. did not feel willing to aban-
don hope as long AZ single vestige of it re
MANNED | had full faith in the sad miorma-
ton conveyed to me by my physicians, but
stil there WIS lingering belief that SOME
thing could be hohe, thduth ! khrN not In
what direction to seek the mitch desired re
hcf.
1t was at this gloomy and eventful period
of my history that first learned of the roots
and herbs from which my remedies for this
dreaded disease are now prepared. procur-
ed and used them, and to the utter amazement
of all-phy sicians friends and neghbcrs-bc-
gan to improve, Ny entire system began to
undergo complete renovation. Expectora-
ton, which had formerly been difficult and
painful, now became comparatively easy
] threw OH daily quantities of offensive yellow
! matter AT the same time my long lost appe'
lite returned. ate freely of such food as
was palatable to me, and which was at the
same time nutritious and wholesome. Expec-
toration became less copous and less offensive,
exhaustive night sweats ceased, the rackng
and Harvesting cough abated the fever broke,
the pain departed. fest planted itself on my
sadly wasted frame, and with flesh came
strength and full health. From II mere skc'e.
ton became n stout. strong, robust man, and
| have maintained both strength and flesh to
this day. ! weigh two hundred and thirty
| five pounds | am blest with an appetite
vouchsa'ed to but few men, while my diges.
, tive organs are amply equal to all the require
mcnts of n healthiul condition of my ~ stem
Now, he it remembered, all these wonderful
changes were wrought by the use OF the medi-
; cines | prepare Mandrake Pills, Seaweed
Tonic, and Pulmonic Syrup. A cure seeming
~ so miraculous naturally created astonish
r ment in the minds of those who knew me.
= was literally beseiged on all sides. had Wis
itors daily who hcsought me to give them the
remedies which had wrought the wonderful
restoration and had wrested me from the very
jaws Of death. Letters were received by scores
: mportuning me to inpart the secret and IN
form the writers where the specifics for cons
, sumption could he obtained. Others, who
4 were too weak to travel, not satisfied with
. writing, sent for and consulted me IN regard
= to their eases 10 oil these applications re-
+ spunded as | was able
| had fully rcgained my health. and graft
tndc for the happy result prompted N" to turn
my attention to the science of medicine with
the hope of thereby being able to he of ser
! vice to my suffering fellow creatures. ldcyo
ted mnselt closely to my studies, and NOR,
especially to that branch oi them relating t.
she terrible disease from which had suffered
to long and So mech. investigated II IN al
its fearful phases in order to assure myself
+ that NV ease was not an exceptional one. The
I closer my inNcsti cations the more satisfactory
). were my conclusions. | felt convinced that
tens of thousands OF my fellow creatures wer,
diving annually from consumption whose cases
were ! OF rs desp ra and apparently hope
less as mine had been, aud argued from thin
that remedies which had proven etieciiv,
: with me would prove equally 81 with others
prepared nay medicines III pleasant and at
! tractIyc iurn and announced them to til,
world. The results are well known. Thous
:, ands of suffering men, women and children
. who were on the way to the grave. have been
4 | cured and are to-day living evidences Of the
:, fact that Consumption can be Cured; and
think may say without airogating to my
self ANY more than ia justly my due. that
: have had As much experience in the treatment
of consumption "a any other person III tn,