Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28
PRAIRIE WEED BAISAM.

An invaluable discovery made through the in
stinct of horses, by DIR. Weber, Dentist, Of Bos-
ton. "In the year 1851, my health became very
much impaired, in consequence of applying my
self too closely to my business, so that i was
obliged to relinquish it and go abroad. went
out into the western country for the purpose of
recovering my health. While there as 1 was
crossing of the large praries in the great val
ley of the Mississippi my attention was arrested
by large cluster of beautiful wild flowers and
of them, and found them to emit very agreeable
| aromatic odor, which impressed me with the
thought that the plant might possess some val
liable medicinal properties. made considerable
inquiry about it, but no one could give me any
information except a Dutch farmer who lived in
the neIghborhood. He Informed me that he had
known horses, when afflicted with the heaves,
and turned upon the praries to Craze, to find this
| weed, and eat of it daily until they got well. /
gathered small quantity and brought it to
Massachusetts,, for the purpose of ascertaining
what were its real medicinal properties Since
then I have proved it to be the most valuable
remedy for the cure of Consumption, and other
pulmonary affections, that has ever been dis
covered or employed in the treatment of such dis
| eases. Please read the following account of my
own case. it being the first of Consumption
ever treated with this new remedy.
In the latter part of January, 1854 L took a
slight cold, and very soon after, l commenced
coughing. l took some simple medicines, believ-
ing 1T would soon pass Off. But instead of get
ting better, my cough gradually grew worse, and
a bronchial difficulty with which had been
troubled more less for several years seemed
raLsAiv TO increase. For three long months the
cough became vefS S colSCaisiy increased: my
sore that my breathing was faS-ss IA Iii 81
My throat was more troublesome thai NV t nh.
| pains in my chest and sides were so severe that
| some nights 1 was not able to sleep at all. My
appetite had left me, aud the sight and smell of
all kinds of food were dlsagreeable and nauseat-
| ing. DiarrhUa in its worst form was preying
upon me, accompanied with night sweats My
flesh and strength were fast wasting away. My
| friends pronounced me in consumption, and eX-
pressed the opinion that could not live but a
few months at most. several of my family having
died of that disease.
One day, as L was thinking of my condition,
and endeavoring to reconcile myself to my fate, 1
was forcibly seized with the thought that the
| GUitd aOeed which had discovered in the Missis-
| sippi valley in 1851, would help me. And, as a
drowning man who will grasp straw for assist
anCe, seized upon the idea, and arose to my feet
| with fresh courage.
I came to the conclusion that if it was good for
the lungs OF horses, 1t must also be good for those
| of man. Accordingly, L determined to make the
| experiment. had about two ounces OF the herb
which was all there this side of the Allie
| ghanies. 1 prepared some of it as l thought
best, and commenced taking it three times a day,
! a teaspOonful at time, one hour before eating.
Under this treatment my health began to i'm
prove. The pressure at my lungs was very soon
| relieved, ana my breathing became easy and nat
ural. All my difficulties seemed to be fast leaving
me. My sleep soon became sweet and refreshing,
my appetite began gradually TO return, and with
| IN three weeks from the time that L commenced
taking my remedy, my cough bronchitis,
neuralgia pains diarrhOea, and night sWeats had
| entirely left me. l was well, with the exception
| OF some large sWellngs which the medicine Grove
out upon the surface of my body, and general
debility, from both of which very soon recover
ed | have not had occasion to take any kind of
| medicine since. My health has not been better
at any time since 1 was fifteen years of age than
! it is at the present. All of my family who have
| been attacked with consumption have died, and
should probably have fallen a victem to it myself
hoH mi a l.
| dence in the discovery of this new medicine. I
am now fully persuaded that by the use of the
PRAIRIE WEED BALSAM
! CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED!