The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-04-26
"REMINISCENCES on ROCHESTER,.
Tl~s EaIls OF the GenesSe and Sam
RatcIEs Fatal Leap-0nc OF Its
Business Houses and Its
Great Magnitude.

Great Magnitude.
The present foods, which are either dev.
asfating or threatening the county in ev-
CRY direction, are justly cause for appre-
hension. No matter whether they come
suddenly or by slow degrees, they are, ID
either case. q great evil and much to pe
dreaded, and yet America will always DO
troubled by these spring overhows. Prob
ably one Of the most disastrous that was
ever kDown, occurred III Rochester, N. Va
about twenty years ago, The Ganesee
River. 1ust above the Fails, where Sam
Patch made his final and fatal leap, be-
came completely blockadad by ice, form
fnn an imDnssable dam, and the water COM
Ing down the GeneSee River 0vefliowed the
principal portion of the city Of Rochester.
This catastrophe would have been repeated
the present year had not the energy and
foresight OF the city authorities prevented
iii The writer happened TO be in Rochester
at that time and was greatly interes ed In
the manner In whtchtbis great catastrophe
was averted. Every few moments, a roar
like the peals 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 OK the new Warner building.
which overlcoxs the Genesee River. From
here he was not only enabled to see ths
process uninterruptedly, but 's2 the mags
pIeted. Tnis is unquestionably the finest
building devoted to business and manu-
featuring purposes in Amsrica,s being en-
tirely fireprcof, eight stories high, and con-
taininE over four and a quarter acres Ok
flooring. Mr. Warner treated your CORE.
sp0ndent very courteousiy, and in the
course OF the conversation said.
We are doing tremendous business
and are far behind in our orders. This is
the season Of the year when people, no
matter how strong their constitution may
be, feel, more or lees, the pain and indis-
position, the headaches, colds, neuralgia,
rheumatism, dull pains, sore throats,
coughs-alI the 1,l01 ills that flesh is heir
to come this time of the year, If at all. It
is natural, therefore, that we should be very
! busy. This is specially true Of our Safe
Rheumatic Cure, and it is crowding us very
sharply for new remedy"
Singular, but had forgotten that you
do not advertise to cure all diseases from
one bottle, as is done generally BY many
other medicine men, but supposed Warm
er's Safe Cure was for the cure OF rheuma-
tisn.u
And so 1t has been until our remedy
which was especially for rheumatism and
neuralgia, was introduced. We have been
three years perfecting this new remedy.
Study first taught us here were certain
powerful elements in Warmers Safe Cure,
better known as Warner IS Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, that made wonderful cul es in
chronic and acute rheumatism, but during
our investigation, we learned of remark
able cure at celebrated springs, and put
expe. Is to Investigate and found that the
springs did not contain any yaluabl prop
critics, but the course of treatment that was
being given there. was performing all the
benefit By carefully combining the active
principles OF this remedy with our Safe
Cure, we have produced our Safe Rheumatic
Cure, and the cures 1t Is effecting are sim
a y
becoIns as popular as our Safe Cure"
You seem to talk freely in regard to
your remedies and appear to have no So
crets, Mr.. Warner"
"None whatever. The physician with
/ his hundred calls and one hundred diseases,
IL necessarily compelled to guess at great
\ deal. We are enabled to follow UP and
perfect, while physicians can only expert.
! ment with their hundred patients and hun.
4 bred diseas es. With the ordinary physi-
clan, the code binds dim down, 50 that il
! he makes discovery, he Is bound to give
discourages investigation to great ex
4 tent. This is why the great discoveries in
! medical science Of lato years have been
made by chemists and scientists and moi
by physicians, and it Ia measure accounts
Tor the great value OF orr remedies, also
tors who make speciality OF one or two
| diseases.D
And you find that you are curing az
great number Of people as ever beforer
Yes, far greater number. We never
sold so much Of Our medicine as now and
naver knew Of so many remarkable cuTes.'
The writer departed after the above in
terview, but was greatly impressed, no
only by the sincerity of Mr.. Warner, bu
by the vastness of all he saw. Mr.. Warn
erss medicines are used throughout the en-
tire length and breadth Of the land, andav
dnfhA mt the tsaaatlt thew are affaCtiunr arg
really as wonderful as they are related to be