Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-04
Coffee and Lemon Juice, . Cure 70,
the Ague.

Co6es and Lemon Juice, . Cure Tor
the Agus.
FRIEND ToMAN:-Happening in at the
Merchants Hotel, the other evening, I
had pleasant chat with Capt. D. H.
Stimble, who with his lady are on visit
to their son, in this city. In early life he
followed the seas, and suffered severely
from the ague. Obliged from the severi.
ty of one Of his attacks to remain In Liv-
erpool, he fell under the care of an old
colored nurse, who administered to him
strong decoction of coffee with the
juice of one or two lemons added. The
cure it wrought was immediate and per-
maneRt, With faith in the remedy, he
has since prescribed it TO scores, with
like results.
On one of his trips to the West Indies,
he found aboard the ship Prescott. Of
Boston, fourteen ague patients, 80 weak
and emaciated by the disease, and the
large doses Of quinine they had taken, as
to be barely able to totter on deck
Twelve to whom he gave the coffee and
lemon were able In q short time to attend
to their duties. having lost ell symptoms
of the ague, but the two who declined
the remedy, died.
Miss Lizzie Clark, Of Lac Crosse, q guest
at the Merchants, who heard the recital,
gave from her own experience confirma.
tory testimony as to the value of the
same remedy. For long time she had
suffered from severe attacks of the ague,
having had % many % three shakes in
one day. She had taken Ayers Ague
Cure by the bottle, large quantities Of
quinine, alum dissolved in water, and
other remedies recommended by friends,
but without effecting her cure. When
her disease was in the worst condition,
at the suggestion Of druggist's clerk,
she took cup of bitterly strong coffee
to which had been added the Juice OF
one lemon. The single dose broke the
chill. She very soon recovered, and has
since experienced no return of the dis.
ease.
The remedy is simple and doubtless
perfectly safe. Coffee used to be the
drink In which quinine was generally
given, and acids, we all know. are useful
in diseases proceeding from an affected
liver.
II, a. one Of our physicians states,
there are 800 sick in this city, nearly all
Of whom are ague patients, . knowledge
OF this remedy may not come amiss, es
pooially with the many who fear to take
the large doses Of quinine which form
the usual prescription for the ague
The above, handed us by one of the
pastors Of the city. is given to the public
in the hope that 1t may prove. Of service
to the suffering.
EDITOR BULLETIN While on my way
to Dubuque few days since, fell In with
an intelligent farmer from Delaware
county, who remarked in conversation
that he was reader of one of our papers
the Conservative. How is that ?"
asked. "when you seem 50 earnest an ad
vocate Of Grants reelection ?" "Why
you see," said he, it was like this /: MY
son saw that paper offered to any new
subscriber, to be paid for ON Grceley's
election, and he thought II would be q ssfi
Investment, 90 he subscribed" swell
how do you like the paper ?" asked. q
am disguised every time look into it
The fact is," he added, bringing his hand
do wn upon his knes, "any party or any
paper which presents candidate befor,
the people, hoping to secure his election
not by pressing his fitness for the office
but by defaming and abusing the oppos
Ing candidate and party. must fail, Sen
sible men are not won by such means"
II.