Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-01-17
VIRGINIA TREE PRESS.
4 / &Y.H.D GlLIlEEl. EDITORS
charlestown, Jefferson Co., w. va
OFFICE IL "JEFFERsoN BUILDING"
Saturday, January II, 1874.
Mr. Walsh gham's Hair.
BY MAX ADELER.

One Of my neighbors, Walsiugham, had been
bald ever since | first knew hiu-ten years or
more. One day he was induced l. purchase
some hair restorative, made bv ChcigO man
named PulSiier. Frequent appicatiou of this
seemed to do good. aud in = few months was
surprised To perceive that Walsiugham's head
was covered with hair He naturally felt very
grateful to the man who male the restorative.
and, as was familiar with the facts. he got
me To sisn a sort Of certificate affirming them
from my own knowledge. This he mailed to
Pusifer.
have never ceased to regret the weakness
which permitted me 70 stand sponsor for Wal
sngham's hair. OF course, PulSifer immedi-
ately inserted the certificate, with my name
and residence attached to it, in half the papers
in tie country, as a displayed advertisement
beginning with the words, Hope TOR the Bdld-
heaaeG; The Most Remarkable cure on Record,
in the largest capital letters.
have had faith in advertising since that
time. Aud Pulsiier had confidence in il too,
for lie wrote to NE o. know what would take
To get him up series of similar certificates OF
cures performed by his other patent medicines
lie had a corn-salve which dragged little il
its sal S. aud he was prepared TO offer me a
commission if would write him a strong let
ter To tie effect that six or eight irightiul coru>
had been eradcated from my feet with hi>
admirable preparation. He was in position.
also TO do something handsome if could de-
scribe few miraculous cures that had been
effected by bis Rheumatic Lotion, or il would
uamo certain ruined Stomachs which had. a
It were. been born again through the influence
of Pulsifer's Herb Bittersi and from the man
ncr in which he wrote thnk he would have
taken NE into partnership if | had consented
to write an assurance Tint his Ready RslIel
had healed bad leg Of eighteen years stand
iug. aud TINT could never feel that my duty
was huuorably performed until he sent me a
dozen bottles more fuf distribution among my
friends whose legs were in that defective AMI
rircsome condition. was obliged to decline
PulSier'S generous offer.
heard with singular promptness from other
medical men Tlllemnp & Kllem forwarded
a dray-oad Of their Hair Tonic with requcs'
for me to try II on any bald heals happcn cd
10 encounter, aud report Diser & c.. feni
on two packages ur their Capillary Pills, mark
cd " c. O. d., SIS" with 4 suggestion to the
effect that if Walsingham lost his hair ain h.
would get it back iualy by following the en-
closed directions. also heard from Brown
& Bromley. the agents for JOhnson's Scalp
AwakeBer They sent me twelve bottles TO
distribution among my hald-headcd friends
then Smith Il Smithson wrote. tO say that -
cask Of their VeSuvian Wash for the Han
would be delivered in my cellar by the express
company; aud man called on me from Jones.
Butler & Co., with proposition to pump ont
my cistern and Gil it with Balm of Peru for
the gratu;tous use Of the afflicted in the yciui-
. ~.
But this persecution Of the medicine men
was simply unalIoyed felicity when compared
with the suffering that came in other forms
will not attempt to give the number OF the
letters received cherish n conviction thai
the mail received at our post-ollice doubled the
frs, week after Walsncham'S cure was an
nounced TO a hairless world. think every
bald-headed man in the tropic of Cancer must
have written to me at least twice upon the sub
ject of Pulsifers Renovator and Walsinghan :
hair Persons dropped me a line 10 inquire II
WalSngham's badness was hereditary. and, II
so. if il came from his fathers or his mothers
side. Que man. a phrenolosist, sent on plas-
ter hea mapped ont into towU-lots, with a
suggestion that should ink over the bumps
that had been barest aud must fertile in the case
of Walsingham. He said lie had a little then
ry which he wanted 10 demonstrate a man
in San Francisco wrote t" inquire II my Wal
sinsham was the same Walslngham who came
ont To California in lS49 with bald head, and
if he was, would try to collect two dollars
Walsingham bad borrowed Of him in that
year The superintendent Of a SUNDAY schnol
in Vermont forwarded eight pages OF fODlscap.
covered with an argument supporting the the
ory that 1t was impious to attempt to force
hair 10 grow upoL n head which bad been
made bald because although Elisha was bald,
we find no record in tic Bible that lie usei
Renovator of any kind. lie warned Wasiug
ham 90 beware Of Absalom's fate, aud to avoid
riding mules 10 the woods woman in Say
der county sent NE poem inspired by the
Incident. and entitled Lines on the Return OF
Walsingham's Hair" A party IN Kansas de-
sired 10 know whether thought PulsIier's
Renovator could he used benefcialy by man
who had been scalpej. Two men N New
jersey wrote. in 4 manner totally irrelevant
TO the subject, to inquire If could get each ol
them a good hired girl. received conf
dental letter from man who was willing to
let me into good thing if had five hun
drcd dollars cash capital, aud another from a
person who had bali-headed aunt who re-
fused 20 use the Renoyator. He wished u as
certain what was the law 90 the subject. and
If that recalcitrant aunt could not be held
down by force while Der head was rubbed
Mrs. Singerly, Of Prankford, related that she
had shaved her dog, and shaved bin too close
and she would be relieved if would inform
her if the Renovator would make hair grow Oh
dog. A devoted mother in Rhode Island
said her little boy had accidentally drank
hottie Of the stuff, aud she would % mad m
less could assure her that there was no dan
ger Of her child having his stomach choksd up
with har. And over eleven hundred boys in-
quired what eff5c, the Renovator would have