The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-02-03

purpose that sarsaparllli root 49, III only
brings four cents pound.
Then there Is elecampane root. It Is
used In syrups fur the consumption.
It's mighty scarce, though, an fetches
ten cents pound.
Yaller root, which Is also known as
Golden Seal, Is scarce article now-a-
days. It's worth seven cents q pound.
1t is used fur maxim washes fur sore
eyes an mouth.
Burwane root Is also used In maxim
medicine It's hard to git and brings
eight cents pound.
Butternut bark fetch In considerable
of, but the price on 1t amt very high.
Sometimes 1t brings as high as three and
four cents. That's what yer physicin'
pills Is made of. Jist bile 1t down till 1t
gifts thick, like paste, an then roll
into yer pills. 1t is also used fur dyeing
purposes.
Hoarhound is an herb, an is used in
maxim cough syrup. 1t brings eight
cents pound, although 1t is plentiful.
Some places 1t grows so thick yer can
NOW 1t with scythe. Don't take no
time to git hundred pound of it.
Another herb is lobelia, and git ten
cents pound fur it, but the price is
falling. Lobeiia is what ipecac is made
of. If yer ever want to get rid of what's
inside of yer, jist make tea of lobelia
leaves, an I'll bet my team of bosses out
there it'll accommodate yer.
forgot to tell yer funny thing about
gatherin' butternut bark. If yer peal
the bark down it'll physic yer when
made inter pills, but If yer peal it up it'll
vomit yer sure as Pm sittin' at this
table.
i brought in good many Indian
turnips this fall and got eight cents
pound fur 'em. They are used in cough
medicines
Silkweed root is used in ager medi-
cine, but 1t is scarce in my part of the
country. 1t Is worth ten cents pound.
Pennyroyal an peppermint brings ten
cents pound, but when dry it takes 81
heap to make pound. The oil of
pennyroyalis is extracted in q still. The
Shakers up here in Warren county,
Ohio, have regular stills for making the
extracts. There are good many kinds
of bark used. There's white oak bark,
best thing in the world to check the
bowels, when 1t is made into a syrup.
Yellow poplar bark used with wild
cherry bark, priekly ash, dogwood bark
and wahoo is good for the consumption.
1 know man that had the consump-
tion for six years that it cured. Slippery
elm bark is ground up and used for
poultices. Good to take out fever. It's
worth ten cents pound.
Then there's elder bark. Take it,
beeswax, mutton taller and little rosin
and it makes the best kind of o salve for
fresh cuts. Bone set, is an herb that
grows about three feet high, with leaves
of a milky color. 1t generally grows in
old pastures. 1t is used for colds and is
worth six cents - pound. Old field
balsam looks good deal like bone set,
only it don't grow so high. Ii is used
for the same purpose. I've sold lots of
catnip to these druggists, but what it is
used fur more than ter nourish young
babies with don't know. i sell these
fellers here all sorts of roots and herbs,
even to mullin and plantain leaves,
which they make salve out of. Why,
even these old gympsum weeds bring
three cents pound, and even sunhower
seeds. Why, couple of years ago L
sold two bushels of suntlower seeds fur
$2l. They buy pumpkin and watermel-
on seeds also ter make kidney medicine
out of. But look q here, young man,
I've set here and talked long enough
ter ye. Suppose yer treat an I'll go.
The reporter treated and, in answer
to the question of how much time he
put in gathering roots and herbs, the
Kentuckian replied that he put in very
little; that he had a houseful Of small
children who dug the roots out of the
woods and all that he did was TO clean
sort and dry, and haul them to market,
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