The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-02
Cream of Tartar
CLIPPER.

10 the Editor of the Herald
DENTON, TEXAS, january 81. 1882 -
suppose your paper is "by the people,
ut the people, and for the people" and the
frequent communications see in your col
umns from various members of the oi
Spolloi on any subject which, for the mo.
Vnent appears to attract public attention,
would seem to give ground upon which to
base my suppUsitiOn. Now | have re
refrained from taking any part in the oft
recurring subject of Texan or Texian, :"
though my fingers itched when our friend
.'Nneva Hombre'' got in his little piece, and
j did want to hit him crack, more partic-
uiarly to reprovc him for not getting his
gender right when he picked out nom de
plume from foreign language. However,
see un "Hombre justo' has done full jus.
. lice to the occasion III his reply in to-day's
HERALD: Notwithstanding, ! say, having
retrained from noticing any of these quiet
little communications and arguments,
see in to-day's paper note that sets
me right up on my ear, as it were. 1t is that
old gag about u "surc cure for smallpox
~ using cream of tartar and cold water.
Dcar editor and suffering public, | have
been reading that same old gag since was
twelve years old and commenced taking the
papers, and for the first ten years made
practice OF clipping it out and putting it
away for reference, SO when get the small
lsox would be all hunky, you know.
didn't think any of the prominent phys-
clans of the cOuntry knew the formula.
thought they were cropping in ignorance on
the subject, while | land the eminent
'savant who staked his reputation on it)
would be all solid on cure for any case
that came up. | pictured to myself what a
benefactor | would be to my own circle of
acquaintances who did not, like me, read
The papers. even had visions of going into
the specially" business, curing small-po
no cure, no pay. But my enthusiasm
was somewhat dampened when |
2 mentioned the subject, casually, to n
19edicai friend of mine, He had read IL
himself; nay, more, he limited that il was
possible about a thousand more people be.
sides We had read the same squib. / ven
tured Ia remark, mildly, that it would do
tS harm 10 try 1t, and he paraly2ed me bv
= saying; You blanked fool, If cream of
1sartSr will cure smallpox cvcrytimc, do
you suppose all the doctors in the country
wouldn't tumble to 1t sometime?"
have seen that remedy in no end of
Texas papers. ! have seen it in Colorado,
California and New York. have read IL in
the City Of Mexico. and in RIO Janciro and ~,
in Valparaiso, South America aud still
smallpox stalks rampant through the land.
tt used to he French savant who "slakcd
his reputation ON it," Now it seems To be
an Englisman of prominence. Every little
while somebody sees it in his home paper
from away back where he used TO live
anu straightway sends il to his 10.
cal paper, to spread the good news.
Some lust give II for what il Is worth 4"
you know, and Others excaim, "What will
your scientists say TO this2?22"
Look over your cSchanges-evcn your
avn iiles-and see how many times this
sure thing on smallpox" has been.thrown
At the public, and ask with me, Why do we
fear smallpox, when cream of tartar will
kneck 1t in three days? Why do our loved
friends and relatives make the grand rush
Tor COW virus when cream of tartar will do
as well? Simply, dear editor, because we
Americans don't read the papers. Here Is
remedy which some "solid muldoon" IN
England or France, or somewhere, stakes
his reputation on for years and years, and
vet no doctor has come to the rescue of ync.
cdated humanity and conquered the raw.
ages OF the fell destroyer with cream of Tar.
tar. w.
IN conclusion, let me cxclaim. according
Hoyle, what will your medical scientists
say TO this repeat, why is this thuslyp
Faithfully yours
FRANK SrANsrLLF,
Formerly OF Kalamazoo. Michigan.