Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-20
"REMINISCENCES OF ROCHESTER,.
The Falls of the Genesee and Sara
Patch's Fatal Leap-One of its
Business Houses and it's
great Magnitude

.
The present floods, which are either
devastating or threatening the country
in every direction. are Justly cause for
apprehension. No matter whether they
come suddenly or by slow degrees.
they are, in either case, a great
evil and much to be dreaded,
and yet America viii always be
troubled by these spring overfiovs.
Probably one of the most disastrO S that
was ever known, occurred in Rochester,
n. Y, about twenty years ago. The
Genesee river. just above the falls, where
Sam Patch made his final and fatal leap,
became completely bockaded by ice,
forming an impossible dam, and the
water coming down the Ganpsee river
overtiowed 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 it. The
writer happened TO be in Rochester at
that time and was GREATLY interested Ia
the manner in which this great catas.
trOphe was ) erted. Every few moments
roar like the peaj5 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 0verl0oks the
Genesee river. From here he WIS not
only enabled to see the process Uninter-
ruptedly, but also the magnificent build
ing which has just been completed This
is nquestionably the finest building de-
voted to business and manufacturing
purposes in America, being entirely
tireproOf, eight stories high, and contain
ing over four and a quarter acres of
flooring. Mr.. Warner treated your cor
respondent very courteously, 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 less, the pain and
indisposition, the headaches, colds, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, dull pains, sore
Threats, coughs-all the 1901 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
especially 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 [ sup
posed Warmers Safe Cure was for the
cure of rheumatism
''And so it has Teen until our remedy
wi i n was especi lily for rheumatism
and neuralgia, was introduced. We
have been three years perfecting this
new remedy. Study first taught us
there were certain powerful elements in
Warmers Safe Cure, better known as
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
that made wonderful cures in chronic
and acute rheumatism, but during our
inveatiga3 ion we learned Of a remarka-
bic cure at celebrated springs, and put
experts to investigate and found that
the springs did not contain any valuable
properties, but the course of treatment
that was being given there was perform
ing all the benefit. By carefully COM
biuing the active principles Of this rem
edy with our Safe Cure, wehave pro-
Guced our Safe Rheumatic Cure, and
the cures it is effecting ar simply wen
deiful, and do not doubtit will become
as popular as our Safe Cure"
You seem to talk freely in regard to
your remedies and appear to have no Sc
crets, Mr.. Warner"
'None whatever. The physician with
his hundred calls and one hundred dis
eases, is necessarily compelled to guess
at q great deal. We are enabled to fol-
low 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 discov-
cry, he is bound to give it to the other
physicians, which, of course, discour-
ages investigation, to great extent.
This is why the great discoveries in
medical science of late years have been
made by chemists and scientists and not
by physicians, and it in a measure &C
counts for the great value of our RENE
dies, also for the remarkable success of
all those doctors who make speciality
Of one or two diseases"
And you find that you are curing
as great number Of people as ever be-
fore?"
Eyes. greater number. We never
sold so much of our medicine as now
and never knew of SO many remarkable
cures"
The writer departed after the above
interview, but was greatly impressed,
not only by the sincerity Of Mr.. Warner,
but By the vastness of all he saw. Mr..
Warmers medicines are used throughout
the entire length and breadth OF the land,
aud we doubt not the result they are eft
fecting arc really as wonderful as they
are related to be.
VIII Slide Down LIfe's Cellar Deer.
Lampasas CTex) Dispatch.
Bob Mcdonald and Sue Mitchell
Joo1JoJ ~ cl3Jr DOW, tho oolIa1,