Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-14
"REMINISCENCES OF ROCHESTER.
The Falls OF the Genesee and Sam Patch's
Fatal Leap-one of Its Business Houses
and It's Great Magnitude.


The present floods, which are either devas-
tating or threatening the country in every
direction, are Justly cause for apprehension.
No matter whether they come suddenly or by
slow degrees, thsy are, in either case. great
evil and much to be dreaded, aud yet Amer
lea will always, be troubled by these spring
overhows. Probably enc of the most 6isas-
trous that was ever known occurred III Koch
ester, n, Y, sbou. twenty years sgc. The
Genesee river, just above the falls. where Sam
Patch made his final and fatal leap, became
completely blockaded by ice, forming an i;n-
passable dam, and the water coming down the
Genesee river overflowed the principal por-
ton of the city Of Rochester. This cstsstro.
phe would have been repeated the present
year had not the energy and foresight of the
city authorities prevented If. The writer
happened to be in Rochester at that time,
and was greatly interested in the manner in
which this great catastrophe was averted.
Every few moments s roar like the peais Of
thunder or the booming OF cannon would be
heard, and in order TO see this ice blasting
process the writer went to the top of the new
Warner building, which overlooks the Cen
esee river. From here he was not only en-
abled TO see the process uninterruptedly, but
also the magnificent building which has just
been completed. This is unquestionshly the
finest building devoted to business snd manu-
featuring purposes in America, being entirely
fireproof eight stories high, and containing
over four and quarter acres of flooring.
Mr. Warner treated your correspondent very
cautiously, and in the oIrse of the CONVEX
sation said:
"We are doing tremendous business, and
are far behind 10 our orders. This is the ssa-
son of the year when people, no matter how
strong their constitution may be, feel, more
l.. a. 4 I'D ha n.
aches, colds, neuralgia, rheumatism, dull
pains. sore threats, coughs-al the LOCI
ills that flesh is heic to come this time of the
year, if ct all. l. is natural. therefore, that
| we should be very busy. THE IS specially
| trae Of our Safe Rheumatic Cure. and it is
crowding US very sharply for new remedy"
singular, but had forgotten that you do
not advertise 90 cure all diseases from one
buttIe. es il done generally by many other
medicine men, but 1 supposed Warmers Safe
| Cure was for the cure OF rheumatism"
| "And so it has been until our remedy
which was especially for rheumatism and
neuralgia was introduced. We have been
three yesrs perfecting this new remedy.
Sandy first taught US thore were certEin pow
| erful elements il Warmers Ssfs Cure, better
known as Warmers S -fe Kidney and Liver
| Care, that made wonderful cures in chronic
and acute Rheumatism, hut during our in
vestigation we learned # a remarkable cure
at a celebrated springs, and usexpsrts TO in
vestigate, and found that the springs did not
| contain any valuable properties, but tie
course Of treatment that was being given
thers was performing all tie benefit. By
carefully combiniug the active principles Of
| this remedy with our Safe Cure, we have pro-
duced cur Safe Rheumatic Cure, and the
| cures it is effectiDg are Timply wonderful and
| | do not doubt ia will become as popular as
our Safe Cure"
"You seem to talk freely in regard to your
remedies and appear to have ne secrets, Mr.
| Warner"
"None whatever. The physician with bis
| hundred calls and one hundred diseases, is
necessarily compelled to guess at great deal.
| We are enabled to follow up and perfect
while physicians can only experiment with
their hundred patients and hundred diseases
| With the ordinary physician, the code binds
| him down, so that if he makes a discovery
he is bound to give it to the other physicians,
! which, of course, discourages investigation,
TO, a great extent, This is why the great dis
coveries in medical science of late years have
been made by chemists ard scientists and
not by physicians, and it in measure &C.
coucts for the great value Of our remedies,
also for the remarkable SUCCESS of all those
doctors who make speciality Of one or two
diseased"
"And you find that you are ousing as great
number of people as before p
eyes, o far arester number. We never
sold so much of our medicine as now and
| never knew of 50 May remarkable cures."
The writer departed aitsr the above inter
view, but was greatly Impressed, not only by
the sincerity of Mr. Warner, bus by the vast
ness of sll he saw. Mr.. Warmers medicines
are used throughout the entire length and
breadth OF the land. and we d ubt not the re-
suits they are efectipg are really as wonderful
as they are related to be.