Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-17
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Geo. w. CampbelI, tho wali-known1.
Shorticu1turist OF Ohio, has the following
pertinent remarks to make upon a sub
ject ithdt ineedB more attention than iti
iseceiyes iii d Biib-tongued sslloo=-;
comes around with an enormously large,
oblong, light colored grape specimen in
% bottle of alcohol, and represents that
it is hardy, healthy, productive, and
every way snited to the wants of the
Americaaa people, and furthermore in-;
yites you TO Invest three dollars, more or
less, in o vine which he will sell you,
don't do it'll For the vine you get will
no more bear such grapes as he exhibits
than twill bear bottles of alcohol,
ready corked with grapes inside. This
.swindling dodge'has been pretty extern
siyely worked in many quarters. and I
have receiEed letters Of anxious inquiry
from several victims Of misplaced con-
fidence gh6 hhye purch chased vines from
these Winding, .scamps. One called
his grape fhe Empress |: another SFepres
sented himself as my agent, and the,
grape h6 was he was selling as wonder:
tful new hybrid Of my. reductions An,
other still repre6ented that the grape
he showed, was the Croton, and that, he
was selling for Mr.. underhill; but all.
had thefenofmol6 grape in alcohol, and
nll wan for the vines which they of,
fered from three to five dollars each.
Now The grapes which they exhibit,
are the foreign, imported Malaga gfape;s
and If the zines offered were such as
would dpr6d duce those grapes, theyssyould'
be of justabout asmuoll value for growth
in open air in this country as so many
orange or lemon trees, and yorp 0ould.
Just AS easily raise your own oranges:
and lemons as these Malaga grapess
But the vines they sell ut these large
prices, are what they can buy cheapest,
general Goncords, Catawbas or Clin-
tons and long before the vines come
into bearing the veracious gentleman
puts q safe distance between himself:
and his victims and you may be sure,
he will never infest the rsame region "a
second time. =
It is eninently safe to distrnst all
marvellous stories sof-~wonderfn1 new
fruits OF nnheard excellence, which can
only be- rfound in Tho hands ofsstrag-:
Cling and irresponsible agents. IF
such fruits had an existence they would
at onceSbe procured by all enterprising
and responsible nurserymen, and the
public would have an n-opportunity of
procuring them from known and relia-
BILE sources. sS
AN AGr OF JUSTICE. Doubting CAS-
tie wassa sad Stumbling block in the
path of .Bunyan's Christian, though it
could dn'ts barSh way to. truth. We can
sympathize with the pilgrim, for doubt
always besets us when we are, asked to
believe anything particularly extraor-
dinary. Conseque emily, when we heard,
some eighteen months ago, that q phy-
sician inAC California had compounded,
from the juices and extracts of certain
herbs found there, medicine that cured
almost every, Variety OF blood disease,
we were sincredul ons. Since then we
have had pportunities of testing the
iis ccuracy of the report, and are free to
admit that our dotlbts have vanished.
Seeing what we have seen, knowing
what we know, it is impossible for us to
question the remedial properties of DIR.
Walkers Vinegar Bitters. That this
famous vegetable tonic, alternative, and
antiseptic is u specific for dyspepsia,
liver complaint, chronic constipation,
fever and ague, bilious intermistents,
scrofulous taint in the bleod, incipient
consumption, local and general debility,
rheumatism, sick headache, and diseases
of the kidneys, seems to besa matter
beyond the pale of controversy a fred
fact an medical hfStory., The state
ments of friends, in whose veracity3and
intelligence we have full confidence,
corroborated by onr. own personal OBJ
servation, compel us to admit the sur
passing merits OF the preparation.S
An Ohio woman has inst obtained